Arsenal, not Chelsea, to win the premiership – My verdict! Welcome to the 2015/2016 Barclays Premier League. Permit me to admit that even with all my wide and varied experiences in football I still do not consider myself expert enough...
Football
My crystal ball – predicting the 2015/2016 football season!
We are moments away from the start of the European football season. I must pick the teams that will win the Spanish La Liga and the Barclays Premier League. To start with, I do not need any consultation to determine...
Analysis, Featured, Football
The foreign coach Nigeria needs!
No foreign coach has ever won the World Cup! If that is a fact I find it totally unbelievable that some Nigerians are actually still suggesting that after the exit of Stephen Keshi what the country needs is a foreign...
Football, Sports Development
Enter Sunday Oliseh – an intellectual as Nigeria’s new coach!
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the news of Sunday Oliseh’s appointment as Manager of the Super Eagles would have been announced by the Nigeria Football Federation by the time you are reading this. Let me also state clearly why I am...
Analysis, Sports Development
Between Winning and Losing – the thin line!
Sport is a great platform for revealing some of life’s best lessons. Theoretically, at an early age, we are introduced to sport as play, to enjoy and celebrate the right and freedom to demonstrate our skills and physical endowments. In...
Football, Sports Development
NFF – testy times ahead!
The number of friends I have in Nigerian football dwindles in direct proportion to the number of times I express what is considered an unfavourable opinion about any personality in the sector. So, I avoid doing so as much as...
Analysis, Football
Barcelona on my mind
I guess every reader of this column knows by now that I am a fan of Barcelona. I love the team because, like me, they are football purists, always winning by playing the better football, cleanly, clearly and on the...
Featured, Football
How will Africa fare? (Part 2)
Group G Ghana will have their hands full against Germany, Portugal and the USA. Ghana’s first advantage will be psychological - Brazil 2014 is not expected to be a European World Cup even with experienced campaigners like Germany, Spain, Italy...
Featured, Football
The Oracle is back – How will Africa fare? (Part 1)
The oracle is back. Those who want to know how Africa will perform at the 2014 World Cup had better keep a date with this page. We have spoken with some renowned persons in the international football media and published...
Featured, Football
Football Mastermind 2014
You think you know about football and can place your football wits against mine then you need to take part in my FOOTBALL MASTERMIND COMPETITION and get the chance to win a 55inch LG SMART LED TV as well as...
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