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By -Adewale Ajayi The 2018 WRohr is an opportunist who rode on the back of our failure to qualify for back to back Nations cup to steal our hearts and make us see him as the messiah.    We pampered him, cuddled him and made him look like a bride on the alter of our weak hearts but after all his tactical blunders, Rohr has shown that he lacks the following... 1. Game reading ability 2. Good team selection plan 3. Proper planning before a game 4. Players positioning and perfect match analyses from the bench 5. Authority over the players and crew. Based on the forgoing, he has proved to all of us that he lacks the basis requirements that combines to make a top coach. We needed José Mourinho to remind him that Mikel is a defensive midfielder not a creative midfielder which to me, is a big letdown to his credentials as National team coach.      If Rohr, after coaching Mikel for close to one year cannot decipher his best position on the field, it tells the story of how b

On June 1, 2018, Nigerians from all walks of life especially those in other parts of the United Kingdom, travelled from far and wide to Oxford in London. Oxford street in central London, was locked as British police struggled to curtail thousands of Nigerians trooping in from the various train stations and heading towards Nike Sales office where the Super Eagles jersey was officially put for sale. They were not there for the usual street carnivals but to buy a copy of the much publicised  Nigerian National team Jersey which has attracted massive media hype ever since it was  first unveiled earlier this year. Never in our history have Nigerians based in the United Kingdom expressed deep love and passion for their Father Land, never in a long while has a Nigerian match attracted the kind of publicity and frenzy the game in London attracted. All these points to the fact that the Nigerian youth have all keyed in, to accepting football as the singula

The 2nd Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Chairman of League Management Company (LMC) and FIFA Stakeholders Committee Member, Shehu Dikko in an exclusive interview with Wale Ajayi spoke about the preparations of the Super Eagles ahead of the friendly game coming up in Austria on Wednesday June 6, 2018. 1. How is the team shaping up? All good and everyone shaping up and doubling up... this is the best bunch of players we have seen in a long time... no trouble no issues and everyone focused on the assignment at hand with togetherness all over. 2. What was the training schedule like? It’s a multiple of training focusing on the individual  needs of the players to put all back on top shape and full fitness. Morning and afternoon sessions  involved, some players even doing more on their own to get more sharpness. 3. What is the atmosphere in camp like? All brilliant and togetherness in full action... players and team all excited with the quality of the Camp, faciliti

Officials and players of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries FC have dedicated their 1-0 away win against FC IfeanyiUbah to the director of the team Emmanuel Adeyemi who turned a year older on Saturday June 2, 2018. MFM FC bounced back to winning ways after loosing two games on the bounce as they claimed their first away victory of the season against the  the Anambra Warriors in Matchday 24 fixture of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) played on Sunday at the FC IfeanyiUbah Stadium. Three players, Olatunbosun Sikiru, Okorom Stanley, Nojeem Akinyemi and Uwaga Chuka were missing from the starting line up due to injury but the likes of Austine Opara, Onuwa Chukwuka, Zikiye Jonathan, Ademola Adeshola and Julius Emiloju gave good account of themselves with amazing displays. The host dominated the first 45 minutes of the intriguing encounter creating series of goalscoring opportunities but MFM FC players were resolute with their performance. Ekene Awazie and Patrick Ike