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Saturday, November 28th, 2009I have to apologize to you, my readers for going AWOL on this blog for the past two weeks. I guess I had too much to do and the euphoria of our eventual qualification surely got the better of me. But not to worry, now that we‘ve qualified, I will be doing a lot towards [...]
Siasia: What’s Happening?
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009If a question on which coach has the most pedigree and respect among teeming football fans in the country is posed, the answer is likely to be Samson Yebowei Siasia. There is ample reason for this. In the last four years, the former Super Eagles attacker has been the most consistent gaffer around. His tinkering [...]
This and That!
Sunday, September 20th, 2009The unfortunate result obtained by our drawn match with the Tunisians has thrown up a lot of other issues that borders on the competence of coach Shuaibu to steer us to the world cup in South Africa ab initio. We have travelled this path before and a sense of déjà vu is palpable in the [...]
Unbelievable Foolishness!
Sunday, September 13th, 2009When I did my post previewing the match between Nigeria and Tunisia last week, little did I know that what would eventually play out would leave sour taste in the mouths of millions of Nigerians. We were close to sitting atop our group until our defenders connived to gift the Tunisians a most unwarranted equalizer [...]
Threatened Hegemony!
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009With a lot of investment in quality players the duo of Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspurs have not dropped any point in the early matches of the current season of the English Premiership. The two clubs have shown right from the start that they mean business. They hit the ground running as it were!
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Bunley, a [...]
Le Prof Has Started Again!
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009Having won the largely uncompetitive Emirates Cup on home ground, Arsene Wenger declared that he’s committed to looking within his squad for a savior and not outside it. He made this remark when reporters asked him whether players are still coming in having signed only Thomas Vermeleen from Ajax and selling Adebayor and Kolo Toure [...]
Threading Carefully!
Thursday, June 4th, 2009Â
After the lackluster performance of the Super Eagles in Mozambique the last time, a lot of football fans in the country expressed their anger and disappointment over what most called lack of commitment from the players. Even the coach, Ahmodu Shuaibu uncharacteristically lambasted openly some of the players and declared in the process that he’s [...]
Finally!
Monday, June 1st, 2009And so it came to pass that Barcelona are the European Champions! This represents the third time in the history of the club to be so crowned. It was an anticlimax of a final! It was also one of the most one-sided finals of all times; it could have been tops save for the 4-0 [...]
The Final!
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009After nine months of rigorous exertions on the field of play and more than a hundred matches, we are down to the finals of the 2009 UEFA Champions League. The date, May 27, 2009 will go down in history as either the day that Manchester United won their fourth European cup or the day that [...]
SAF and Manchester United!
Saturday, May 16th, 2009‘I want to knock them off their perch’! That was Sir Alex Ferguson’s (SAF for short) target when he was appointed as Manchester United manager 22 years ago and he was referring to Liverpool’s enviable position as England’s most successful football club.
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As ambitious and ridiculous as that statement was all those years ago, the [...]