El Naijaico

[The Eagle]

What a poor attempt of trying to be funny.


Boooo boooooo.booooooo

Unku na true Sharks errr Rivers United are shooting for the stars? They seem to be hanging around clubs named stars...

To imagine Sharks and Dolphins combined going down.

This recession is jos too mush.

Rivers United that lost at home on a waterlogged pitch against Club Africain? A Port Harcourt club losing a rain-ball match against a Sahara-bordering club? Dis one pass recession o.

PS: Perhaps Okocha can begin his managerial career by turning Rivers United around?

[Ayo Akinfe]

Rangers have been useless this season!

Correction: Rangers are useless every season!

[khalela]

I heard the present governor of Oyo state is not interested in sports and so the whole sector is in chaos. Bear in mind that most of our clubs are state sponsored.

[anointed]

I heard the present governor of Oyo state is not interested in sports and so the whole sector is in chaos. Bear in mind that most of our clubs are state sponsored.

constituted authority

[The Eagle]

I heard the present governor of Oyo state is not interested in sports and so the whole sector is in chaos. Bear in mind that most of our clubs are state sponsored.

People say this a lot in different states, relative to different clubs, at different points in time .... to explain their bad results. But I know from experience that there is a way you run an organization when the budgets are lower-than-normal, but you still have to achieve your goals (pun partially intended). In fact, the disinterest of the respective state governors should theoretically give you a freer hand to manage your resources as you see fit, as opposed to when the governors want to micromanage things.

My opinion is the people who manage our clubs have interests and goals that are different from what they should be, if the motivation were to achieve the best for the clubs, the league and even the national team. Yes, a massive infusion of state money can allow a team purchase the title (the way billionaire-owned and cash-rich clubs do in Europe), but it ends up being a temporary situation that glitters without being gold, and at the end of the day there are countries in Africa that are "poorer" than Nigeria but are home to two or three clubs that are head and shoulders above anything we have in terms of institutionalized professionalism and financing.

I like the fact that our league is "democratic" and has been won by many different clubs instead of dominated by a few .... but I don't think this is because all of our clubs are "competitive" in the abstract sense of the word, but rather that dominance in Nigeria is a temporary thing that doesn't reflect any firm institutions behind it .... heck, the number of Nigerian clubs that have won the league, the cup, or a state cup and then either ceased to exist or descended down into the amateur leagues, must be a record among FIFA members.

PS: My 2 kobo.

[Cellular]

I heard the present governor of Oyo state is not interested in sports and so the whole sector is in chaos. Bear in mind that most of our clubs are state sponsored.

People say this a lot in different states, relative to different clubs, at different points in time .... to explain their bad results. But I know from experience that there is a way you run an organization when the budgets are lower-than-normal, but you still have to achieve your goals (pun partially intended). In fact, the disinterest of the respective state governors should theoretically give you a freer hand to manage your resources as you see fit, as opposed to when the governors want to micromanage things.

My opinion is the people who manage our clubs have interests and goals that are different from what they should be, if the motivation were to achieve the best for the clubs, the league and even the national team. Yes, a massive infusion of state money can allow a team purchase the title (the way billionaire-owned and cash-rich clubs do in Europe), but it ends up being a temporary situation that glitters without being gold, and at the end of the day there are countries in Africa that are "poorer" than Nigeria but are home to two or three clubs that are head and shoulders above anything we have in terms of institutionalized professionalism and financing.

I like the fact that our league is "democratic" and has been won by many different clubs instead of dominated by a few .... but I don't think this is because all of our clubs are "competitive" in the abstract sense of the word, but rather that dominance in Nigeria is a temporary thing that doesn't reflect any firm institutions behind it .... heck, the number of Nigerian clubs that have won the league, the cup, or a state cup and then either ceased to exist or descended down into the amateur leagues, must be a record among FIFA members.

PS: My 2 kobo.

Preach bro, preach!

[kalani JR]

Was there any "tactical" involved?

[Gotti]

[fabio]

Nice of you tpp show face. It must have been really hard to post on this thread.

[Gotti]

Nice of you tpp show face. It must have been really hard to post on this thread.

Not as hard as you searching for Division Two results later in the year...

[cchinukw]

Cicob you suppose be Premiership Press Secretary

lol!