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- Tue May 21, 2024 3:22 am
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Kelechi Nwakali…
- Replies: 283
- Views: 73897
Re: Kelechi Nwakali…
His team got relegated and he is being disciplined for using his mobile phone while sitting on the subs bench.
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- Tue May 21, 2024 3:19 am
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Boniface, Tella (Bayer) - Unbeaten League + Longest Unbeaten Record in European Football
- Replies: 25
- Views: 935
Re: Boniface, Tella (Bayer) Have Achieved The Longest Unbeaten Record in European Football
Leverkusen did not set a record (neither did Celtic between 1915 and 1917). The longest unbeaten streak was 104 matches by Steaua Bucharest between 1986 and 1989. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2g9cpZD75XmQvr5k4PGNcgL/three-of-the-most-incredible-unbeaten-streaks-in-sport More recently. 2...
- Tue May 21, 2024 3:17 am
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Boniface, Tella (Bayer) - Unbeaten League + Longest Unbeaten Record in European Football
- Replies: 25
- Views: 935
Re: Boniface, Tella (Bayer) Have Achieved The Longest Unbeaten Record in European Football
Leverkusen did not set a record (neither did Celtic between 1915 and 1917). The longest unbeaten streak was 104 matches by Steaua Bucharest between 1986 and 1989. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2g9cpZD75XmQvr5k4PGNcgL/three-of-the-most-incredible-unbeaten-streaks-in-sport More recently. 2...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: How many Nigerians are playing for Luton Town?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2296
Re: How many Nigerians are playing for Luton Town?
As I was saying… 43% of teams promoted to the Premier League get relegated straight back down in their first season. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12964710/premier-league-survival-guide-how-clubs-can-avoid-relegation-to-the-championship#:~:text=It%20was%20only%20the%20fourth,are%20se...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:19 pm
- Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
- Topic: Manchester United - News, Developments & Season
- Replies: 10721
- Views: 3656840
Re: Manchester United - News, Developments & Season
Despite having a wretched season Manchester United ironically had 3 goals in Match of the Day’s top 🔝 9 goals of the season, and Garnacho won goal of the season. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qgmhQZzoy1s Bruno’s volley against Burnley and Rashford’s goal on the derby against Man City were the other ...
- Sat May 18, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: What Club Should Osimhen Sign For & Why?
- Replies: 165
- Views: 9574
Re: What Club Should Osimhen Sign For & Why?
...and they want to live close to the training ground. There aren't many multi acre grassed areas in Mayfair or Kensington. e.g. Arsenal, Chelsea, and Spurs train in Hertfordshire, Surrey, and Middlesex respectively (despite being based in north and west London). Only Arabs live in Mayfair and Kensi...
- Thu May 16, 2024 9:10 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Afcon 2025 moved to December
- Replies: 53
- Views: 851
Re: Afcon 2025 moved to December
Here goes: Let us use the Premier League as our test case since that league has more SE players than any other league. The Premier League suspended most games to allow FA Cup matches between January 7-22. African players departed for AFCON in early January at the earliest. Let us use Frank Onyeka (B...
- Thu May 16, 2024 8:38 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Name your SA/Benin squad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 2132
Re: Name your SA/Benin squad
...which is why I said "a tour somewhere". Picking players who live in Nigeria is not illegal under FIFA statues BTW. They cannot conjure up anything to prevent a player who has been placed on standby. Not to mention, the season is OVER. Are you guys really going to bend over backwards to ...
- Thu May 16, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Afcon 2025 moved to December
- Replies: 53
- Views: 851
Re: Afcon 2025 moved to December
The "concern" is overblown. The AFCON usually takes place during the winter break when most European leagues are on recess and the clubs do not have matches. Even the countries that have matches are usually playing cup matches for which clubs usually rest first team players and pick reserv...
- Thu May 16, 2024 3:33 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Name your SA/Benin squad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 2132
Re: Name your SA/Benin squad
Might it also be that putting a European based player on standby means his European club will likely conjure some ojoro and refuse to release him on a few days notice in the middle of preparing for a match or a tour somewhere? But calling up a homebased winger to replace Chukwueze sounds like comple...
- Thu May 16, 2024 2:44 pm
- Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
- Topic: It's official. Ancelotti is the man
- Replies: 72
- Views: 1123
Re: It's official. Ancelotti is the man
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- Thu May 16, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Afcon 2025 moved to December
- Replies: 53
- Views: 851
Re: Afcon 2025 moved to December
I am actually happy about this as I enjoy listening to English football coaches and fans lose their minds about losing squad players for 3 games every 2 years during which their team plays over 100 matches.
- Thu May 16, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Name your SA/Benin squad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 2132
Re: Name your SA/Benin squad
Moffi's in/out status from the team is puzzling. I would actually have him as "third cab on rank" behind the two Victors. Plus he is left footed and has a different playing style to the other contending strikers (eg. faster than Kele and Onuachu, better finisher than Dessers).
- Thu May 16, 2024 6:16 am
- Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
- Topic: VAR Is problematic
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7967
Re: VAR Is problematic
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- Thu May 16, 2024 6:11 am
- Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
- Topic: The Great AJAX is Back!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18839
Re: The Great AJAX is Back!
Litmanen is a good shout. Then again, which of Cruyff, Van Basten, and Bergkamp (3 all time greats) would one drop to accommodate him? Dont forget jari litmanen. Kanu should be ahead of Patrick IMHO. I watched and followed Ajax in the 90s. Finidi, and Overmars deserves a mention. The list was on poi...
- Wed May 15, 2024 9:42 pm
- Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
- Topic: The Great AJAX is Back!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18839
Re: The Great AJAX is Back!
Amazed that Overmars, Neeskens, and Danny Blind did not make the team.
- Tue May 14, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Finidi George's Wages?.....Interesting.
- Replies: 60
- Views: 832
Re: Finidi George's Wages?.....Interesting.
Your 3 below is absolutely wrong (and your 1 and 5 are almost as wrong). Finidi George is not a government employee. FIFA’s rules ban political interference with national football associations. This is why FIFA banned Nigeria 🇳🇬 from its competitions after President Jonathan “dissolved” the team aft...
- Tue May 14, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Finidi George's Wages?.....Interesting.
- Replies: 60
- Views: 832
Re: Finidi George's Wages?.....Interesting.
What on earth does the salary of a University of Maryland employee have to do with the salary of a professional football coach? :shock: Do American university professors coach the national football team on weekends? You are comparing apples 🍏 to oranges 🍊. eg. Gareth Southgate and Didier Deschamps d...
- Tue May 14, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Finidi George's Wages?.....Interesting.
- Replies: 60
- Views: 832
Re: Finidi George's Wages?.....Interesting.
Exactly. He missed the first game against Spain 🇪🇸 due to injury, played in the second match against Bulgaria 🇧🇬, then missed the rest of the tournament. When we consider that Kanu was returning from a heart operation and was not match fit, and Yekini was in his mid-30s and unable to play more than ...
- Tue May 14, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Finidi George's Wages?.....Interesting.
- Replies: 60
- Views: 832
Re: Finidi George's Wages?.....Interesting.
It really is confidential. Employment contracts have confidentiality clauses barring the employer and employee from disclosing confidential information about each other. The employee’s salary is probably the most confidential information in the contract. There is a reason why your employer does not ...
- Tue May 14, 2024 7:32 am
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: Finidi George's Wages?.....Interesting.
- Replies: 60
- Views: 832
Re: Finidi George's Wages?.....Interesting.
I never understand why the press publishes details of someone’s salary. Surely that is confidential information under the contract? The other bit of news that concerns me is Amokachi’s presence in the coaching team. His “analysis” (if gisting like a guy in a bar deserves the name) while commentating...
- Mon May 13, 2024 11:00 pm
- Forum: WORLD FOOTBALL
- Topic: Manchester United - News, Developments & Season
- Replies: 10721
- Views: 3656840
- Mon May 13, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: EAGLES NEST
- Topic: FINIDI PICKS 3 FOREIGN ASSISTANTS( 1 non Nigerian)
- Replies: 106
- Views: 2591