Suspension instead of Fine cost us Cup.

reuben · Post by **reuben** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:26 am

Oba from Montreal wrote:All this talk is bullshit. As far as I am concerned, we won more than the cup in this tournament.

Discipline was important. Without discipline, we won't have gone as far as we went.

Even if we did, indiscipline would have hunted us down eventually.

Excellent, couldn't have said it better! It is discipline that wins battles! This is how dem European boys have kept us down despite our obvious greater talent and physical strengths

Shownoja · Post by **Shownoja** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:27 am

Utter bollocks. Didn't bother reading the post but i'm reacting to the headline. Utter boolock I say again.

Post by **juventuss** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:33 am

this is a rubbish post. Abeg i am happy those guys got sent home. IT goes to show any player that if you take the SE for granted, you'll be dropped.

Jiggerman21 · Post by **Jiggerman21** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:39 am

Those boys broke the rules so they should be blamed for handicapping the team. Harsh or not, the rules had to be upheld.

However, discipline starts from the top (the NFA) and flows down to the bottom (the players). The whole system was crumbling and that's why we suffered.

Bell · Post by **Bell** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:49 am

MANY GOOD POINTS HERE

You'd have to be a prophet to know what would have happened if the adventurous trio hadn't been sent packing. As others have pointed out, Nigeria lost will all three, two of them starting.

Having said that, it's worth the price because I'm sure future squads will remember this episode. If you desire discipline, you must be willing to pay the price.

As JIGGERMAN21 said, the NFA also needs discipline but that would have to come from their minister. (As a basher of the NFA, it's fair to point it out when they do something right: this tournament, after the banishment of the trio, was one of the most peaceful in recent SE history.)

Billybones · Post by **Billybones** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:14 am

When a player commits an offence, the first step is to impose a stiff fine on him. By so doing U correct bad behaviour, U punish him alone and not the team as a whole. Prior to the WC 2002, we had disciplinary pbms, and we decided to kick out the whole team. Where did that leave us? On the outside looking in after only 2 matches played at the WC.

Blakes · Post by **Blakes** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:27 am

personally I think we made it this far because the trio were expelled...for one it stopped C3 from using his preffered all out attack formation or 4-2-4...

nakson · Post by **nakson** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:34 am

It's better to go into battle with ten commited soldiers than to go with 1000 uncommitted soldiers. Babayaro should be banned for life. As for Agali and Yakubu, i have never felt that they belonged to the team. Patrotism is not a choice, it's a must.

theYemster · Post by **theYemster** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:45 am

If we couldn't win at Mali 02 with them guys and we couldn't beat Morocco with them guys, what guarantees do you have that we would've beaten Tunisia with them?

onye olu · Post by **onye olu** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:55 am

Agali na waste pipe he doesn't have pace either. Yakubu can be easily replaced. I only missed Babayaro and his overlapping and good crossing skillz.

our game lacked cohesiveness,we couldn't launch a good attack and most times Tunisia were playing above our midfeild and that was how they did damage. they completly avoided Utaka and JJ. They didn't have strikers either but they passed da ball well and fought harder to get and keep possesion. Having strikers like yakubu and agali wey no do dey ever come back collect ball might have cost us more.