Comments on: Lagerback Gamble And Amodu’s Ghost

By: Isa 4rm S/A

Isa 4rm S/A — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:52:33 +0000

May God almighty deny you all the fruit of your labors,whoever amongst you in support of denying Amodu his reward.Politicians who call themselves journalists.You said Amodu is arrogant,didn’t you and the so-called NFF know this before you called him to come salvage you from disgrace,the first time,the second time.What has attitude got to do with W/C if not for sentiment…………………………..

By: gbolade

gbolade — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:33:57 +0000

All those who plot against Amodu for qualifying Nigeria for the world Cup and getting Bronze at African Nation cup will hide their heads in shame when the “Jesus” they have brought takes us no further than the first Round. Then Amodu can have the last laugh! Wait and see!

By: gbolade

gbolade — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:31:23 +0000

All those who plot against Amodu for qualifying Nigeria for the world Cup ant getting Bronze at African Nation cup will hide their heads in shame when the “Jesus” they have brought takes us no further than the first Round. Then Amodu can have the last laugh! Waite and see!

By: Megison

Megison — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:50:26 +0000

You journalist think you know the game very much, especially You mumuni and onochie Anibeze who always talk of modern football like the game has changed much. You guys ought to get a team to hire you as coaches so that you can stop have hindsight which they say is always 20/20. Let us see you coach a team for once. You guys literally destroyed Amodu with your pen intentionally ingnoring the man’s good record. You intentionally left out his record by saying he is the most capped coach with 54 games but you did not say how many he won and how many he lost. Love him or hate him when the history of Nigerian football is written Amodu’s name would stand out.
I hope Nigeria treat Lagerback the same way they treated Amodu.

By: fosar

fosar — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:31:20 +0000

Obong, all this noise about talent base and pedigree where is the statistical support in todays football or is sombody dreaming?

By: Obong

Obong — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:21:46 +0000

Amodu dug his own grave.For a coach who had the tremendous support of the NFF and its Chairman,the support of the players,and the goodwill of the teeming Nigerian fans to serve up such a bitter soup was clearly unpalatable.Without question,the sheer talent base and pedigree of Nigeria will allow us to qualify from a group comprising Tunisia,Mozambique and Kenya ten times out of ten.A Nations Cup group that also comprised a group of Egypt,Benin,and the aforementioned Mozambique should not have seen us labour to qualify for the quarter-finals.That we were almost universally heart attack and blood pressure candidates each time we played under Amodu was really depressing.What exactly was his plan?To simply continue tossing shirts to Yakubu,Olofinjana,Nwaneri and the likes,and inexplicably inviting bench-warmers constantly was pure laziness.What was the developmental plan?Who really believed Amodu’s team to the World Cup would have been radically different from the calamitous Nations Cup team?I’m sorry.A nation that played in the Olympic and u-17 World Cup Final,and also was in the final stages of Continental tourneys within the last two years,surely deserves better.

By: Esanno

Esanno — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:35:47 +0000

Now the song is changing to at least we get a team that plays together(good football) even if they are out in the first round,what hypocrisy? The mercenary is going home with 1.5mill for a 5mnts job why the person who qualified the team under the most inhumane,harsh and unbearable of conditions, was paid peanuts. If some people here who are as pathetic as can be in their case of inferiority complex,were not waiting for the foreign angel to come save them, Amodu would still be there.So no, first round won,t do, we want at least the semi finals as stated by the NFF else,…. Stupid journalists, and some erratically wayward fans are the source of our footballing problems in this country.One thing is for sure, If Amodu had been from one of the so-called majority tribes, this won,t have happened to him for the second time, tribalists are wrecking football in Nigeria.

By: Louis Ndimele

Louis Ndimele — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:26:59 +0000

Oh come on Mumini! Do you have to follow some local West Africans that are so envious of the SUPER EAGLES and call us the uncomplimentary name that is in your write-up. I expect more than that from a man that has spent most of his journalistic years following the Super Egales. When you deride your national team by using such names as you did above in the second to the last paragraph in ‘the battle of the crumbs’ you are indirectly telling the world not to take you and your national team serious. Have you ever heard any English journalist use any derogatory appellation for the three lions? Come on, you should be educating the public better on this not so serious but important part of the game. OUR NAME HAS BEEN AND IS STILL IS THE SUPER EAGLES! Super Eagle carry go!

By: Adedayo Mark-Adeyemi

Adedayo Mark-Adeyemi — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:38:31 +0000

If Lagerback fails, all of you who used your 419 pen to destroy a hard working achiever, compatriot will not eat the fruit of your labour. What name have you not called the poor man, you have disrespected him tactfully with your piece, you set a high standard for a man you pay 1million naira and want us to expect nothing but an organized team from a man who will earn over 1 million naira. If all Amodu boys did was to play good football and did not qualify, will this usurper called lagerback come to reap where he has not sowed. One day God will Judge all of you harshly. After all you have contributed you own to the rot in the football sector.

By: mosho kalusha

mosho kalusha — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:41:46 +0000

I wld ve wanted more dan 80million Nigerian sport lovers 2 sacrifice dis w/c 4 Amodu. Let him go SA 2010 and close his storybook in our National Team 4ever. With his droppin out now..it means he likely comeback again(he seems 2 be a “comeback king”). Dat will definitely d greatest disaster 2 our football at d highest level in future. Amodu’s spirit or ghost shld be exocised completely once and for all,enof is enof. NFF members we hav now will neva like Sia 1 becos he is d only professional coach or manager we hav in Nigeria now.