Cybereagles

This is how they build hype only to tear you down later. The problem with a lot of young players who are good at a young age is that they tend to burn out quicker. I wish the young man the best. Players like Messi, Ronaldo, Pele, Maradona (before his drug issues), Thierry Henry all worked out well ...

Egypt - was simply not good enough. Maybe it would have been different with a fully fit Salah, but it all went downhill from there. Morocco - they can feel hard done by the referee vs Portugal and Spain. Against Spain they were simply robbed, but Morocco were already out by then. The fact of the ma...

Good insights from the Drog. I liked how he talked about the coaching and cultural issues. What he failed to also cite is that unabashedly biased officiating against African teams has contributed significantly to hampering their progress in the WC. We should never give up though, but build things o...

Very interesting that he question the mentality of African teams. I think it is important that we question the mentality of our teams. If teams just go there with the idea that they came to learn or make up the numbers, they won't make it through these tournament. Also about officiating, even with ...

As stated many times over here, France's victory shows what our people can do if they are well financed and organized. We have the talent, but the problem is do we have the institutions to harness their abilities, teach them the right ways to play football, the experience to teach them how to defen...

Agreed. However, British police don't go around shooting black/Arab kids. France has a lot to learn from Britain in that regard. This is a great opportunity to shed light on the problems of those minorities who are not football stars. When France won the World Cup 20 years ago, Liliam Thuram (the d...

Pogba is a great player and is World Class. There I said it. Also to the haters you need to know that Pogba is a WORLD CHAMPION!!!!

Marko, England was one creative attacking midfielder away from being in the WC final. Their defense and CM are good enough and so too is Kane upfront. However I promise you that even with maturity and experience this same group of players will fail to make it this far in any upcoming major tourname...

Water found its level. Despite my bias against them I noticed early on England didn't have the creativity needed to win the WC. They rely too much on dead balls and revert to defense after scoring even when they are capable of controlling the game. Crisis has been averted and order is restored. I'm...

Amidst the cheer, I just want to point out that this is how Europe keeps winning world cups. Even in this tournament which was wide open, England still made it to the final 4 because they had an extremly easy draw. They had this draw because the FIFA ranking system determined that their matches aga...

Bros, that is not accurate based on my recollection i.e. that African teams have been poor on this. I remain open to compelling data, to be certain. African teams have also scored via set pieces. Did you work out data indicating that they were far outscored by set pieces. From my view (I did not wo...

The EPL is the best league in the World!

Welbeck plays for Arsenal.

Can you imagine Welbeck winning the World Cup?????

Also move AFCON back to February. Have it once every 4 years, same year as the WC. But we rely on European clubs to buy our players but yet you want to take players out mid season on a World Cup year?Football is a business in Europe so if that’s what you want expect to see your favourite Nigerian p...

We need something that makes sure the best teams play each regularly the way Brazil are guaranteed a couple of games against Argentina every couple of years. Exactly. The proposed idea of seeding 24 teams is nonsense, seeded for what, reaching a round of 16 at the Mundial? South Korea have been to ...

So, how was it tailor made for a team that lacked all of the above? Another Uruguay moment it seems. Every time a team puts in a decent display, its Nigeria coulda', shoulda', woulda'....Did'na! Out. The only thing tailor made for Nigeria was their swaggerific kit. The football left Us behind with ...

I don't completely agree with Orion. Yes you need quality but you need confidence in yourself that you can win as the fact is that this world cup there were some significant upsets. I look at Iran, or South Korea or Japan. Also Mexico, do you think they are really that far above us in ability? They ...

*Clears throat* This is why it's a mistake to celebrate wins without paying attention to performance. Anyone can pull off a win over a 90 minute games but solid teams put in solid shifts that lead to more wins than losses over a larger sample size. The Senegal win over Poland was nothing to write h...

Africans simply cannot defend set pieces. END OF. This is how Europeans always found a way to end up winning. I called it before this tournament began, thinking it was only Nigeria, but it is every single African team. They are simply SCARED TO HEAD THE BALL, OR LACK THE CONCENTRATION TO MARK KNOWN...

Yep CAF teams don't see the game. Like a QB, in high school you pass to wide open receivers, in college you pass into easy gaps for receivers to catch the ball but in the NFL you must throw receivers open. CAF football is rudimentary. Tunisia today, players had acres of space to exploit but consist...

I'm going to go against the grain of what some people are trying to push here and be real. The "AFRICAN" style of football is archaic. It's really just a variant of the "kick and rush" football that you saw old school European teams use. Throw in some dribbling and add some pace ...

I think our lack of quality also puts self doubt into the team and into results so with players thinking about themselves like that they lack confidence in their ability to win. Quality comes from confidence. Confidence in your ability to pass a ball, shoot and so on. But that also comes with time, ...

I don't think this is a bad move for etebo. He didn't take too big of a step and he should be getting regular playing time. Also if he does well there and gets promoted with them he will go to a bigger club. IMO he isn't ready to be in a top club and probably wouldn't be guaranteed a starting place ...