Nigeria 's Absence from CAN......

[Enugu II]

First, it has to be acknowledged that the federation's management and support of the team is important in helping the Nigerian national team qualify for the CAN finals. What we find, additionally, is that the use of the same coaching team appears important to a team's chances of making it to the CAN finals. Adverse to team's chances of reaching the finals is replacing the head coach with a coach that is not part of the coaching crew or with an assistant that is not the most important under the replaced coach

See link below:

http://eaglecity.blogspot.com/2017/01/s ... geria.html

[Senator WIRES]

ok!, thanks for the info. 60 million viewers lost

[Dammy]

It must be made mandatory in the NFF constitution that any board that fails to qualify for the CAN must quit.

[ohenhen1]

I didn't even know the tournament started today. I will probably watch just the final and maybe semifinal.

[cic old boy]

[Gotti]

Abegi, here in Naija, "we" are too busy fighting over "our" EPL teams to care...AFCON ko, TFCO ni!

[cic old boy]

Abegi, here in Naija, "we" are too busy fighting over "our" EPL teams to care...AFCON ko, TFCO ni!

Funny but true.

[ohenhen1]

Every time Nigeria misses out, it is a big loss for the Afcon. I didn't watch today games. I don't care. I rarely watch it even if Nigeria had qualified. The games are boring and we have poor officiating. I watch Nigeria games and maybe the marquee games.

Cameroon vs Burkina Faso

Guinea Bissau vs Gabon

don't excite me

[kalani JR]

Every time Nigeria misses out, it is a big loss for the Afcon. I didn't watch today games. I don't care. I rarely watch it even if Nigeria had qualified. The games are boring and we have poor officiating. I watch Nigeria games and maybe the marquee games.

Cameroon vs Burkina Faso

Guinea Bissau vs Gabon

don't excite me

Big loss for who? I care a lot less but these competitions will go on with or without Nigeria.

[akamoke]

Every time Nigeria misses out, it is a big loss for the Afcon. I didn't watch today games. I don't care. I rarely watch it even if Nigeria had qualified. The games are boring and we have poor officiating. I watch Nigeria games and maybe the marquee games.

Cameroon vs Burkina Faso

Guinea Bissau vs Gabon

don't excite me

Only Nigerian fans talk like this, AFCON has survived with or without Nigeria, lets not diminish the tournament because our team is not there

Nor be AFCON say make we no kwolifai.

Let's just enjoy the tournament, heart attack free jare, its one thing not to be interested but let's not have an overinflated sense of importance

[Damunk]

Every time Nigeria misses out, it is a big loss for the Afcon. I didn't watch today games. I don't care. I rarely watch it even if Nigeria had qualified. The games are boring and we have poor officiating. I watch Nigeria games and maybe the marquee games.

Cameroon vs Burkina Faso

Guinea Bissau vs Gabon

don't excite me

But you will be fighting over EPL.
This is the same attitude that makes it easy for Africa's top stars to opt out of the tournament.

[akamoke]

Every time Nigeria misses out, it is a big loss for the Afcon. I didn't watch today games. I don't care. I rarely watch it even if Nigeria had qualified. The games are boring and we have poor officiating. I watch Nigeria games and maybe the marquee games.

Cameroon vs Burkina Faso

Guinea Bissau vs Gabon

don't excite me

But you will be fighting over EPL.
This is the same attitude that makes it easy for Africa's top stars to opt out of the tournament.

A bit of a side topic but I remembered once, I believe it was the 2000 Nations cup when players were leaving for the nations cup and Gary McAllister (who??) was suggesting that it was sad to see the African players go and that he was sure Mustapha Hadji would have rather played for Coventry City against Leeds??? than go to the nations cup, to which Hadji in his infinite wisdom said nothing is better than taking is chance against Nigeria, Tunisia and Congo and that he honors Coventry but its a greater honor to play for his country..something like that

[pajimoh]

Nigeria playing in afcon, I will not miss. Nigeria not playing, I don't bother.

[Mr. Piffington]

Every time Nigeria misses out, it is a big loss for the Afcon. I didn't watch today games. I don't care. I rarely watch it even if Nigeria had qualified. The games are boring and we have poor officiating. I watch Nigeria games and maybe the marquee games.

Cameroon vs Burkina Faso

Guinea Bissau vs Gabon

don't excite me

But you will be fighting over EPL.
This is the same attitude that makes it easy for Africa's top stars to opt out of the tournament.

I agree with ohenhen on this one. I'm sorry but the AFCON is boring and if Naija isn't there then there's no point watching.

[Mr. Piffington]

Every time Nigeria misses out, it is a big loss for the Afcon. I didn't watch today games. I don't care. I rarely watch it even if Nigeria had qualified. The games are boring and we have poor officiating. I watch Nigeria games and maybe the marquee games.

Cameroon vs Burkina Faso

Guinea Bissau vs Gabon

don't excite me

Only Nigerian fans talk like this, AFCON has survived with or without Nigeria, lets not diminish the tournament because our team is not there

Nor be AFCON say make we no kwolifai.

Let's just enjoy the tournament, heart attack free jare, its one thing not to be interested but let's not have an overinflated sense of importance

It's not by force, if he doesn't want to watch it then so be it.

[Eaglezbeak]

The Afcon has been hard to watch since the 90s/early 2000s I find it hard to watch,without Nigeria I just can't waste my time watching amiture referees and bumpy pitches,I might the last half of the final or the expected penalty shootout!

[Mr. Piffington]

The Afcon has been hard to watch since the 90s/early 2000s I find it hard to watch,without Nigeria I just can't waste my time watching amiture referees and bumpy pitches,I might the last half of the final or the expected penalty shootout!

The last good AFCON was 2008, it's been boring since.

[Chimex101]

Wasn't even aware the Afcon already started until I came here, and it honestly wouldn't have made a difference if Nigeria was in it, didn't even watch most of our games back in 2013 when we won it except the Quarter final and final... in any case I'll pay close attention to the top teams like Algeria,Senegal, CIV,Ghana,and DRC...could care less about the rest tbh.

[Cito]

Wasn't even aware the Afcon already started until I came here, and it honestly wouldn't have made a difference if Nigeria was in it, didn't even watch most of our games back in 2013 when we won it except the Quarter final and final... in any case I'll pay close attention to the top teams like Algeria,Senegal, CIV,Ghana,and DRC...could care less about the rest tbh.

But you did watch the dross served in euro, Romania v Albania or NIR v Ukraine, Iceland v Hungary. No?

[Bigpokey24]

Watching those games yesterday dey burn my belle..The Afcon is the most important tourney in my head, I grew up watching it and fell in love with the then green eagles..nah wah ooo missing the 3rd Afcon in 5 years ..shame

[mcal]

...AFCON, CAN, ANC, or whatever you call it will not placate a thieving FA free chance to their big dance.
Those of you saying you careless of the on-going tournament ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
Yeah, you kit and kin is caught in a compromising way, you say you are not perturbed, let the egghead and thieves continue making their mess.

[Bigpokey24]

Did yall see the crowd watching in Guinea Bissau. . I have never seen such in my life during Afcon...it was enormous. Wow

[Damunk]

...AFCON, CAN, ANC, or whatever you call it will not placate a thieving FA free chance to their big dance.
Those of you saying you careless of the on-going tournament ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
Yeah, you kit and kin is caught in a compromising way, you say you are not perturbed, let the egghead and thieves continue making their mess.

I agree.
I can even understand small if your own nation is not there. But Ohenhen wey talk say even if Naija dey, him fit no watch, that one get as e be.
Unless of course you're not a football fan.