Omo this na the joint where we go chat about the eagles run during the world cup. I know say many naijas full this forum, so plz keep this thread buzzing with naija news.

As for the poll i see eagles choking again in the 2nd round, if those great teams of 1994 and 1998 couldn't make it to the qtr finals what make u na think say this team will make it.

Lagerback confused over Eagles World Cup preparation’SportsMay 1, 2010
By Kate Obodo
The appointment of Lars Lagerback as technical adviser of the Super Eagles few months to the 2010 World Cup has been described as a very big mistake by the Nigeria Football Association, NFA.

Lagerback
Former vice chairman of the NFA, Barrister Richard Nwabufo Obienu said the present confusion which has engulfed the Eagles World Cup preparation is a vindication on the fears he raised when Shaibu Amodu was about being given the boot after the heart-rending performance of the team at the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola last January.
He said he suggested at the time that instead of sacking Amodu, the Edo-born gaffer should be supported with other indigenous coaches like Stephen Keshi, Samson Siasia and Sylvanus Okpala but the advice fell on deaf ears.
“I said it at that time that what they (NFA) did was the greatest mistake Nigerian football made, that getting Lagerback was the greatest mistake Nigeria will ever make in football. And I do not want to predict doom, the man is still confused, he is still thinking of players that will fit into his plans.
“We are in May and the World Cup is in June. I do not know what the new coach will do because he is still battling with the players. It is not how well a player plays, it is the mental state of the player and attitude that matters.
That is why I said they should have allowed Amodu to take the players to the World Cup, and get people like Sylvanus Okpala, Samson Siasia and Keshi to join him. But I just pray that I will be proved wrong, because if I say it is going to be a disaster, it means that I am praying for Nigeria to lose. I just pray that in the next six weeks, the NFA will discover the greatest mistake they did by removing Amodu.
“It is going to be a national mistake and there is a spiritual angle to it. Somebody who qualified this country for the second time was not allowed to reap from what he sewed, the spiritual consequence is catastrophe. Being a Christian, I know there is physical and spiritual consequencies and you can not run away from it .But like a true Nigerian, I want to be proven wrong,” he concluded.

I Know that Nigeria is going to reach the 2nd round easily...Just look at Group B....South Korea is weak and Greece is average. the only competition we have is Argentina....

true true

im a sucker for a success story so im really optimistic about Lager
im glad he's searching the globe for new blood to inject into the team.
but our first first round game is argentina......

only one person voted for nigeria not to make it out of the group stages...and he/she was right......pathetic yakubu