Comments for Mathematical 7 http://mathematical7.com To instigate, contribute to and promote the development of youths in Nigeria using the power of Sports Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:33:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Ilorin and the Kwara Football Academy! by EMMANUEL http://mathematical7.com/ilorin-and-the-kwara-football-academy/#comment-2733 EMMANUEL Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:40:24 +0000 http://localhost/web/m7/?p=87#comment-2733 my name is offong emmanuel etekan,im a Nigerian and im 16 year old,i play football here in Nigeria and play as a striker.i am talented,focused and skillful with great pace and shooting ability.i would love to play in anyteam in england or your team /youthfootball academy team and i promise to always do my best whenever im called on and in the uplifting of your team and im very sure that a trial will convince you.pls,i need your assistance in making my dream come true. kindly brief me on how i can join your youth team and i can be contacted through my mail on emmanueloffong@yahoo.com ,i will be grateful if you get back to me as soon as possible.thanks. pls help my carrer..my life is football and i really wnat to play it help me out my name is offong emmanuel etekan,im a Nigerian and im 16 year old,i play football here in Nigeria and play as a striker.i am talented,focused and skillful with great pace and shooting ability.i would love to play in anyteam in england or your team /youthfootball academy team and i promise to always do my best whenever im called on and in the uplifting of your team and im very sure that a trial will convince you.pls,i need your assistance in making my dream come true. kindly brief me on how i can join your youth team and i can be contacted through my mail on emmanueloffong@yahoo.com ,i will be grateful if you get back to me as soon as possible.thanks. pls help my carrer..my life is football and i really wnat to play it help me out

]]> Comment on Ilorin and the Kwara Football Academy! by foster teye osapear http://mathematical7.com/ilorin-and-the-kwara-football-academy/#comment-2720 foster teye osapear Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:21:30 +0000 http://localhost/web/m7/?p=87#comment-2720 i am a ghanian footballer ,21 yrs of age and want to enroll in ur accademy ,n i just want to know how to start my application so i get there soon,thanks and hpe to hear from you soon. i am a ghanian footballer ,21 yrs of age and want to enroll in ur accademy ,n i just want to know how to start my application so i get there soon,thanks and hpe to hear from you soon.

]]> Comment on Which Foreign coach for Nigeria? by jaguar http://mathematical7.com/which-foreign-coach-for-nigeria/#comment-2705 jaguar Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:38:01 +0000 http://mathematical7.com/?p=740#comment-2705 Well, well, well. Lars who? I hear you say. My reactions exactly.... Lars Edvin Lagerback. That is Nigeria's coach to the world cup 2010. The NFF are having a laugh, surely. In 5 world cups he never took his country; Sweden beyond the first round. They speak the same language, he played in their league, he coached teams in the country, yet he failed every time. He could not even get them to qualify this time round and he is good enough for Nigeria. What a travesty. Now, the NFF expect him to knit a team together that will take Nigeria to the semi finals. Who is fooling who here?. And Amodu has reportedly been demoted to the position of coach of the home based Super Eagles. I was not aware that we have 2 Super Eagle teams. A 6 months contract? Why for heavens sake? The NFF crew seem bereft of ideas and foresight, and very myopic in their strategy, if they really ever had one. They should be held solely and wholly responsible for whatever happens next. Well, well, well.

Lars who? I hear you say. My reactions exactly….

Lars Edvin Lagerback.

That is Nigeria’s coach to the world cup 2010.

The NFF are having a laugh, surely.

In 5 world cups he never took his country; Sweden beyond the first round.
They speak the same language, he played in their league, he coached teams in the country, yet he failed every time. He could not even get them to qualify this time round and he is good enough for Nigeria. What a travesty.

Now, the NFF expect him to knit a team together that will take Nigeria to the semi finals.

Who is fooling who here?.

And Amodu has reportedly been demoted to the position of coach of the home based Super Eagles. I was not aware that we have 2 Super Eagle teams.

A 6 months contract?

Why for heavens sake?

The NFF crew seem bereft of ideas and foresight, and very myopic in their strategy, if they really ever had one.

They should be held solely and wholly responsible for whatever happens next.

]]> Comment on Which Foreign coach for Nigeria? by israel http://mathematical7.com/which-foreign-coach-for-nigeria/#comment-2701 israel Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:05:31 +0000 http://mathematical7.com/?p=740#comment-2701 I dont know what we need a foreign coach for. Nigeria is not going to win the World cup.We failed to develop world class players None of the present crop of players plays regularly in the European Champions League.NFF is not a Multinational Organisation that knows how to hire and manage International staff.They would get a foreign coach at last minute.The Eagles will crash out at the first round.The foreign coach would then abandon Nigeria and we start all over again.I believe we have seen all this before. I dont know what we need a foreign coach for.
Nigeria is not going to win the World cup.We failed to develop world class players None of the present crop of players plays regularly in the European Champions League.NFF is not a Multinational Organisation that knows how to hire and manage
International staff.They would get a foreign coach at last minute.The Eagles will crash out at the first round.The foreign coach would then abandon Nigeria and we start all over again.I believe we have seen all this before.

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]]> Comment on The Greatest techncal problem with the Super Eagles – Flying with one wing! by duro afonja http://mathematical7.com/the-greatest-techncal-problem-with-the-super-eagles-%e2%80%93-flying-with-one-wing/#comment-2697 duro afonja Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:47:37 +0000 http://mathematical7.com/?p=743#comment-2697 There are a lot of left-footed players in the local league. Hardworking and serious coaches will find the good ones. Segun, you stopped short of the radical idea that I thought you were about to propose: let us play Taye Taiwo at 11 and Echejile at 3. End of Discussion. There are a lot of left-footed players in the local league. Hardworking and serious coaches will find the good ones. Segun, you stopped short of the radical idea that I thought you were about to propose: let us play Taye Taiwo at 11 and Echejile at 3. End of Discussion.

]]> Comment on The killing fields of Jos! by gilded tarot http://mathematical7.com/the-killing-fields-of-jos/#comment-2694 gilded tarot Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:39:00 +0000 http://mathematical7.com/?p=716#comment-2694 Great post and a fabulous read. You've raised some legitimate points. Good work, keep it up. I enjoy returning back to this web site and reading the quality content you always have available. Great post and a fabulous read. You’ve raised some legitimate points. Good work, keep it up. I enjoy returning back to this web site and reading the quality content you always have available.

]]> Comment on Which Foreign coach for Nigeria? by FAKAYODE OLUGBENGA http://mathematical7.com/which-foreign-coach-for-nigeria/#comment-2693 FAKAYODE OLUGBENGA Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:47:23 +0000 http://mathematical7.com/?p=740#comment-2693 I'm so tired of hearing this issue of foreign coach.Please let's get things right here.Do we really need a foreign coach or a good coach?We all saw what what Siasia & Keshi did,we all saw what Vogts did,we all saw what Amodu & Bosso did & we all saw what Westerhof did.Before getting you confused,let me analyse this issue clearly.Siasia & Keshi are Nigerians who many people believed have done well in their coaching career so far;Amodu and Bosso are also Nigerians who have performed badly in recent years;Westerhof is a foreigner who was excellent during his days with Eagles while Vogts is also a foreigner who was a failure with the Eagles.From the above foregoing,a quality coach is not determined by colour,race,tribe or country.It depends on the results obtained given a prevailing circumstance.With this,if we can't get a foreign coach that will deliver,I suggest we go for our own great coaches.We have great coaches in Nigeria.Onigbinde, Ikhana,Siasia,Keshi etc are great.If we are going for a good foreigner,please after the world cup,let's develop our so called local coaches so as to prepare them for the various challenges ahead.Let's send them abroad to gather exposure from experienced coaches,let's send aspiring coaches abroad for coaching courses and let there be proper administration of our football.All these will go a long way in helping us.Please,let's find a good coach for our national team regardless of colour,race,tribe or country.I wish NFF the very BEST... I’m so tired of hearing this issue of foreign coach.Please let’s get things right here.Do we really need a foreign coach or a good coach?We all saw what what Siasia & Keshi did,we all saw what Vogts did,we all saw what Amodu & Bosso did & we all saw what Westerhof did.Before getting you confused,let me analyse this issue clearly.Siasia & Keshi are Nigerians who many people believed have done well in their coaching career so far;Amodu and Bosso are also Nigerians who have performed badly in recent years;Westerhof is a foreigner who was excellent during his days with Eagles while Vogts is also a foreigner who was a failure with the Eagles.From the above foregoing,a quality coach is not determined by colour,race,tribe or country.It depends on the results obtained given a prevailing circumstance.With this,if we can’t get a foreign coach that will deliver,I suggest we go for our own great coaches.We have great coaches in Nigeria.Onigbinde, Ikhana,Siasia,Keshi etc are great.If we are going for a good foreigner,please after the world cup,let’s develop our so called local coaches so as to prepare them for the various challenges ahead.Let’s send them abroad to gather exposure from experienced coaches,let’s send aspiring coaches abroad for coaching courses and let there be proper administration of our football.All these will go a long way in helping us.Please,let’s find a good coach for our national team regardless of colour,race,tribe or country.I wish NFF the very BEST…

]]> Comment on Ilorin and the Kwara Football Academy! by emmanuel http://mathematical7.com/ilorin-and-the-kwara-football-academy/#comment-2692 emmanuel Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:21:42 +0000 http://localhost/web/m7/?p=87#comment-2692 My name is offong emmanuel etekan,im a Nigerian and im 16 year old,i play football here in Nigeria and play as a striker.i am talented,focused and skillful with great pace and shooting ability. i would love to play in any team in england or your team /youth football academy team and i promise to always do my best whenever im called on and in the uplifting of your team and im very sure that a trial will convince you.pls,i need your assistance in making my dream come true. kindly brief me on how i can join your youth team and i can be contacted through my mail on emmanueloffong@yahoo.com ,i will be grateful if you get back to me as soon as possible.thanks. FOOTBALL CURRICULUM VITAE . SURNAME: OFFONG OTHER NAMES: EMMAUEL ETEKAN DATE OF BIRTH: 9TH OCTOBER 1993 NATIONALITY: NIGERIA SEX: MALE HEIGHT: 1.75MFT WEIGHT: 60KG NATURAL POSITION: striker LAST CLUB: YOUNG STARS FC,max fc ,godenstar fc. (DIVISION ONE) 2006. PRESENT CLUB: peace fc football club ,NIGERIA NUMBERS OF MATHCES PLAYED: 26 MATHCES NUMBERS OF GOALS SCORED WITH ASSIST 10 GOALS, 12 ASSISTS FOOTBALL FACTORS OF TRAINING PHYSICAL FITNESS My name is offong emmanuel etekan,im a Nigerian and im 16 year old,i play football here in Nigeria and play as a striker.i am talented,focused and skillful with great pace and shooting ability.
i would love to play in any team in england or your team /youth
football academy team and i promise to always do my best whenever im called on and in the uplifting of your team and im very sure that a trial will convince you.pls,i need your assistance in making my dream come true. kindly brief me on how i can join your youth team and i can be contacted through my mail on emmanueloffong@yahoo.com ,i will be grateful if you get back to me as soon as possible.thanks.

FOOTBALL CURRICULUM VITAE .
SURNAME: OFFONG
OTHER NAMES: EMMAUEL ETEKAN
DATE OF BIRTH: 9TH OCTOBER 1993
NATIONALITY: NIGERIA
SEX: MALE HEIGHT: 1.75MFT
WEIGHT: 60KG
NATURAL POSITION: striker
LAST CLUB: YOUNG STARS FC,max fc ,godenstar fc.
(DIVISION ONE) 2006.
PRESENT CLUB: peace fc football club ,NIGERIA
NUMBERS OF MATHCES PLAYED: 26 MATHCES
NUMBERS OF GOALS SCORED WITH ASSIST 10 GOALS, 12 ASSISTS
FOOTBALL FACTORS OF TRAINING
PHYSICAL FITNESS

]]> Comment on Which Foreign coach for Nigeria? by jaguar http://mathematical7.com/which-foreign-coach-for-nigeria/#comment-2691 jaguar Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:33:47 +0000 http://mathematical7.com/?p=740#comment-2691 Are we never going to learn? That this subject is actually been broached now is insulting our collective intelligence. Any foreign coach worth his salt and capable of meeting our expectations will be employed by now. I hope you remember Berti Vogts debacle: picked up from the scrap heap, to fill his pockets. Other countries are already planning for the next world cup, while we are still scraping the bottom of the foreign coaching barrel looking for a messiah. I recently read on allAfrica.com that Governor Rotimi Amechi of River State suggested that: "... the Technical adviser that would be hired by the NFF should be given a five year mandate to develop 'our football'." The idea of longevity is a good one, and will make for a very good start. But is it going to happen? I sincerely pray that it does, because it will definitely take longer for Nigerian football to even go close to where it was, but we have to start somewhere. For the Super Eagles, yes. A five year period will be ideal, but not Nigerian football as a whole. It took Alex Ferguson over a decade to develop Manchester United, and that is a club side. Back to the case in point, the list of potential foreign candidates included the following: Egypt's Coach Hassan Shehata, Russia's boss Guus Hiddink, Bayern Munich coach Louis Van Gaal, former Senegal Boss Bruno Metsu, Ex Ghana Coach Ratomir Dujkovic and one time England caretaker coach Peter Taylor Source: allAfrica.com Someone's pipe dream, or mere delusion?. That list just infuriates me and adds even more insult to my already festering injury. I know the governor has good intentions and loves the game, but I think he might be misguided in this respect. Why should a foreign coach come and develop Nigerian football when we have scores of aspiring and already practising Nigerian coaches and able sports administrators right under our noses, both at home and scattered across the globe?. Give them a platform to practise their trade and watch Nigerian football develop. Mind you, I am not entirely against a foreign coach or whatever you want to call him: Technical adviser, Team Manager, etc. to manage the Super Eagles. But he has to be better than our Siasia and Keshi, to mention a couple with a track record to prove it. What is JJ currently doing, I wonder? What are Kanu's future plans?. When I was last in Nigeria, I spent time with Sam Okpodu, who just happens to be a renowned coach in the United States. I realise that the PTF doesn't have a say in the matter, so what does that leave us?. The NFF and Sanni Lulu: a clueless man plucked from obscurity in Abuja to lead Nigerian football. What has he done so far? Don't make me laugh. Are we never going to learn? That this subject is actually been broached now is insulting our collective intelligence. Any foreign coach worth his salt and capable of meeting our expectations will be employed by now. I hope you remember Berti Vogts debacle: picked up from the scrap heap, to fill his pockets.

Other countries are already planning for the next world cup, while we are still scraping the bottom of the foreign coaching barrel looking for a messiah.

I recently read on allAfrica.com that Governor Rotimi Amechi of River State suggested that:
“… the Technical adviser that would be hired by the NFF should be given a five year mandate to develop ‘our football’.”

The idea of longevity is a good one, and will make for a very good start. But is it going to happen? I sincerely pray that it does, because it will definitely take longer for Nigerian football to even go close to where it was, but we have to start somewhere.

For the Super Eagles, yes. A five year period will be ideal, but not Nigerian football as a whole.

It took Alex Ferguson over a decade to develop Manchester United, and that is a club side.

Back to the case in point, the list of potential foreign candidates included the following:

Egypt’s Coach Hassan Shehata, Russia’s boss Guus Hiddink, Bayern Munich coach Louis Van Gaal, former Senegal Boss Bruno Metsu, Ex Ghana Coach Ratomir Dujkovic and one time England caretaker coach Peter Taylor

Source: allAfrica.com

Someone’s pipe dream, or mere delusion?.

That list just infuriates me and adds even more insult to my already festering injury.

I know the governor has good intentions and loves the game, but I think he might be misguided in this respect.

Why should a foreign coach come and develop Nigerian football when we have scores of aspiring and already practising Nigerian coaches and able sports administrators right under our noses, both at home and scattered across the globe?. Give them a platform to practise their trade and watch Nigerian football develop.

Mind you, I am not entirely against a foreign coach or whatever you want to call him: Technical adviser, Team Manager, etc. to manage the Super Eagles.
But he has to be better than our Siasia and Keshi, to mention a couple with a track record to prove it.

What is JJ currently doing, I wonder? What are Kanu’s future plans?.
When I was last in Nigeria, I spent time with Sam Okpodu, who just happens to be a renowned coach in the United States.

I realise that the PTF doesn’t have a say in the matter, so what does that leave us?. The NFF and Sanni Lulu: a clueless man plucked from obscurity in Abuja to lead Nigerian football. What has he done so far?

Don’t make me laugh.

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