- Nigerians are very Passionate about Football:
Are we really that Passionate about football? If
your answer is yes then why do we find it so hard
to get supposed passionate fans into stadiums
whenever the Super Eagles or any of our National
teams Play? Why are our so-called Passionate fans
not willing to buy tickets (Part with money) to
watch their National teams Play? You'ld only find
sizeable crowds at the stadium when the gates are
thrown open.
Even more disturbing is the fact that these fans go
to stadiums to support the national teams without
wearing the National team colours, thus, resulting
in a sea of Rainbow colours at the stands which
make for distasteful viewing for Television
audiences and also make the away team feel less
intimidated.
- Our Super Eagles are no more Super
We keep referring to auld Lang syne when our
national team was a force to reckon with in world
football. This begs the question: were our Super
eagles ever Super? The only successes we've
achieved in football were at the age grade level
and continental level (for both male and female
teams). Let's be factual, even the so-called USA '94
squad which is touted to be our best ever team was
not much of a success on the global stage. We Lost
to the two Big teams we came up against at the
1994 World Cup (Argentina and Italy); Senegal
secured a World cup berth for the first time at
Korea/Japan World cup (2000) and ended up
beating 2 Big teams (Former world cup winners) in
France and Uruguay but eventually crashed out at
the Quarter finals (Emphasis on Quarter finals).
- Talented Footballers abound in Nigeria:
Maybe in the past this would have been correct but
as it stands right now I don't even think the talents
abound anymore. I think we saw the Last of our
truly talented footballers when Austin 'Jay-Jay'
Okocha and Nwankwo 'Papilo' Kanu retired.
If you have a divergent view on this matter then I
think you should ask yourself the following
questions: How many of our Super Eagles Players
can break into the first team of any of Barcelona,
Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, P.S.G
or Mancity
How many of our Nigerian Players Play first team
football in a Bug club in any of the top five Leagues
in Europe?
When Last did a Nigerian Footballerr win the
African Footballer of the year award?
- We Have The Best Supporters Club in the World:
Have you noticed how dull football Matches may
seem when the Nigerian Supporters club are in the
stands Beating their drums and blowing those
trumpets in a bid to Lend the needed support to
the National team, Now compare this to what you
get in football matches involving European teams,
South/North American teams and even Asian
teams...Like seven-up the difference Is clear right?
Can't forget the South-Korean fans at the Korea/
Japan World cup (2000), those fans brought a whole
new dimension to football supportership
- Feel free to add yours...
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