The way Arsenal wobbled and fumbled (remember the Fanny Amun Flying Eagles?) against Fulham, Leeds and Swansea in the last three games showed clearly that the team is just not good enough. This may sound a bit too harsh but if truth be told; this team won’t win anything again this year. And this would [...]

As the Nations Cup gets underway in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, the question remains ‘where to Nigeria’? The fact that we are not going to be at the tournament is no longer the issue but the reality of the poor performances of our players in the various leagues scattered all over Europe is the main [...]

For the first time in the long history of the Premiership, three established ‘big’ teams have struggled to cope with the emergence of the new ‘rich boys’ Manchester City. In a film like manner, Manchester City decimated Manchester United, Manchester United annihilated Arsenal at the beginning of the season, Arsenal ‘killed off’ Chelsea at the [...]

What a year it has been in the beautiful game! Who would have thought at the beginning of this year that Nigeria would be virtually ‘extinguished’ in all football competitions without making any major impact? It all started with the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the Nations Cup. In quick succession, our [...]

There are several ways to deal with players if one is to succeed as a coach. Most people agree that it is important to draw out camp rules and clearly spell out the terms of engagement. What however standout within the context of a football team management is discipline. No matter what other arrangements are [...]

Some times I couldn’t help but wonder at the determination of people to self-destruct. I remember at a stage Julius Aghahowa was the arrowhead of Nigeria’s’ attack and his popularity was second to none in terms of the sport. ‘Aghawonder’ as he was fondly called then was the main player after Jay Jay Okocha in [...]

That Samson Siasia has been fired as coach of the Super Eagles is no longer news but the aftermath of it is what I call ‘Titanic Suit’. The gentleman is demanding a princely N1Billion through a lawsuit he filed at an Abuja High Court. Among other things, Siasia claimed that the NFF has not paid [...]

My last post was on the match against the Guineans at Abuja and I was very confident that we would win the match. I however was on the side of caution in the sense that we had messed up twice in the past when it mattered most. I recalled the incidences against Angola in Kano [...]

They lead the group by three points and they are right here in Abuja determined to stop our own Super Eagles from appearing at the next Nations Cup to be jointly hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Nicknamed the ‘Syli Stars’; they outshone the Super Eagles May last year when a lone goal was enough [...]

Most football pundits agree that Wenger is a great coach. They are unanimous in their conclusion that he’s still one of the best managers out there. They, however also agree that the man is losing the plot and that he’s one of the most stubborn coaches to ever grace the game. These are conclusions arrived [...]