LAWAL SCORED TWICE

nemi2002 · Post by **nemi2002** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:20 pm

At least Lawal scores goals for the SEs, unlike some strikers like Kanu

Post by **King Futcha** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:30 pm

All those who were hating on my boy Lawal take a bow

anikulapo · Post by **anikulapo** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:53 pm

Some of you guys are just too much.....A worthless player scores in a worthless match and some of you have the temerity to use that as a basis for his inclusion on our National team....

Thank God none of you work in the human resources department of any reputable company. You would probably hire a habitual scam artist because he has good people skills

PaJimoh · Post by **PaJimoh** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:00 pm

And there are some who are worth their weight in gold and haven't scored yet. Goals win games my friend. HABA WHAT DO YOU WANT, BLOOD?

anikulapo wrote:Some of you guys are just too much.....A worthless player scores in a worthless match and some of you have the temerity to use that as a basis for his inclusion on our National team....

Thank God none of you work in the human resources department of any reputable company. You would probably hire a habitual scam artist because he has good people skills

omey2k4 · Post by **omey2k4** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:02 pm

I am itching to say something but id rather shut up..

Guv007 · Post by **Guv007** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:08 pm

anikulapo wrote:Some of you guys are just too much.....A worthless player scores in a worthless match and some of you have the temerity to use that as a basis for his inclusion on our National team....

Thank God none of you work in the human resources department of any reputable company. You would probably hire a habitual scam artist because he has good people skills

Ani

you forgot clubless.

A clubless, worthless player scores in a worthless match.................

Elexus · Post by **Elexus** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:08 pm

I do speak German.
Nigeria won. 3:2. But Cologn played without their regulars (legionaire)according to the information. Cologn opened scoring on 52 minutes and dominated the first half. But SE took over the second half and dominated the match. What is that you don't understand. Lawal scored 2 goals and Utaka 1. Tell anything you don't understand and I will help you.

Its a Goal · Post by **Its a Goal** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:10 pm

No matter what, Lawal has continued justified his inclusion. The least we can do is give him and his selector(s) a benefit of a doubt.

PaJimoh · Post by **PaJimoh** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:11 pm

Elexus, the bit they don't understand you can't help them. They can't understand why Lawal, a clubless player, also described by many as "past it, too old, worthless" could score 2 goals. But if he hadn't score and we had lost. They'll be asking how could we have lost. They'll even blame players like him and others for the loss

Elexus · Post by **Elexus** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:16 pm

It is difficult to satisfy everybody. What do they want from the Eagles. You provided even the website of Cologn for them and they still question. One asks if Labal scored an own own goal. This people really can try the patience of Job.

Its a Goal · Post by **Its a Goal** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:20 pm

If we don't have such minds on this site, it won't feel Nigerian

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Guv007 · Post by **Guv007** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:20 pm

Elexus wrote:It is difficult to satisfy everybody. What do they want from the Eagles. You provided even the website of Cologn for them and they still question. One asks if Labal scored an own own goal. This people really can try the patience of Job.

We want those deserving of the tops in the SE.

theYemster · Post by **theYemster** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:55 pm

Futcha22 wrote:All those who were hating on my boy Lawal take a bow

Dude, I am one of his critics; good job by him today but this in all honesty is still a training match; we still have to see him in a tourney proper. Akwuegbu scores in training matches but yet eats cow crow dring the biggie.

Once Garba does well in Tunisia I will conceede...but this is a good start for him though and if anything is making me have a rethink about my criticism of his inclusion.

Molue Conductor · Post by **Molue Conductor** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:05 pm

maybe Lawal scored 2 and Utaka scored the own goal

Unisol · Post by **Unisol** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:17 pm

Its a Goal wrote:If we don't have such minds on this site, it won't feel Nigerian .

True that

I guess thats y we are the happiest people in the world

Chief Ogbunigwe · Post by **Chief Ogbunigwe** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:20 pm

theYemster wrote:
Once Garba does well in Tunisia I will conceede...but this is a good start for him though and if anything is making me have a rethink about my criticism of his inclusion.

I'm proud of you, my son!

Cristao · Post by **Cristao** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:34 pm

PaJimoh wrote:Waffiman, i go dey knock on your door very soon. I beg get redy to roll up your sleeves. You don disrespect my Hot Spurs for the last time.

Waffiman wrote:Na training match be this oh. How many times Pajimoh dey report Spuds training match wey Postiga score.?

abi .. oh call me when u dey go .. make i show am wahala as well

lagos777 · Post by **lagos777** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:18 pm

My critic of garba's inclusion is not based on wether he does well now or in ANC . I beleive thier's gotta be a criteria for making the SE team , albeit not writeen. There's going to be a time when clubless players don't make our team. You see European and South American players changing clubs to make their national teams. You see perenial bench warmers and clubless players suiting up for the eagles and we wonder why we don't jave stamina.

Gotti · Post by **Gotti** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 1:54 am

LAGOS777:
There is actually a well-established DE FACTO criteria: performance in an Eagles' shirt! It is only on this forum and among the chattering class that prestige (as in league, club or minutes) constitutes the premier criteria for selection.

Amokachi was a "bench warmer" at Everton when he was one of the Eagles' best-ever players, while Aghahowa performs in a purportedly 'backwater' league. I am not exactly sure how some European managers make their decision (eg, Isaac Okoronkwo cannot get a game on one of the Premiership's worst defenses), but the day that the Nigerian squad is effectively selected in far away European locales is the day that we should finally rip up the Green passport!

African Star · Post by **African Star** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:45 am

Scoring goals against Yeye competition is nothing to write home about, Isn't it the veberable Ayo Akinfe that is fond of saying that Yakubu is a div one player who only sparkles against mediocre competition, now he wants to vindicate Lawal for scoring against the B side of a bottom rung bundesliga team. Abeg comot for road wit this yeye conclusion. I predict lawal will stink up the ANC but this game will just confirm my predicted CCC starting lineup with maybe Utaka replacing Ikedia.

Its a Goal · Post by **Its a Goal** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:09 am

AS, you have to give Lawal some props. Reports indicate dude is having a steller time at camp. Until we see him play and assess his potential first hand, it's better to put all criticisms on hold.

King of the Abyss · Post by **King of the Abyss** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:51 am

Gotti wrote

LAGOS777:
There is actually a well-established DE FACTO criteria: performance in an Eagles' shirt! It is only on this forum and among the chattering class that prestige (as in league, club or minutes) constitutes the premier criteria for selection.

Interesting, and one can make an argument out of this till one turns blue in the face but I will simply address the case of Garba. The argument against him is that he has played for the team for the better part of a decade, and while he has acquitted himself reasonably well over this period of time, he does not fit the category of players you want to build a FUTURE world cup squad around. Look at the big picture now.

Lawal's inclusion, based on his past performances which is just one of many valid criteria you can use, has prevented the SE from blooding one deserving younger player, and thus delayed that player's process of assimilation into the FULL SE team. O.K, it's just one player, but you never know.

To the other point raised by various forum members, I ask, how can the scoring of goals validate Lawal's inclusion. The argument against him has never been his inability to score goals. One can infact see this performance as a single aberration, which is quite likely given his long history in the national team.

Next · Post by **Next** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 10:42 am

i speak and understand german.

going by the report posted by pajimoh, it simply means: fc cologne lost to the eagles by 2-3, and that lawal laid 2 egg in their nest!