first of all i want to let you all know that i went for my introduction some two weeks ago, i am gonna get
married to these gorgeous chick who has beign an integral part of my life
for the past three years. we have come a long way and i do think that it is time to take this to the next level.
the whole ceremony was kinda short but qiute interactive, hannys old man was really nice and was accomodating. we had fun
all the way, i have some pics poste here for you to see....... dont mention..
SUPER EAGLES AND NATIONS CUP 2008.
i watched the draws of the 2008 african cup of nations to be hosted by ghana and my heart was in my mouth when we got grouped with
mali, cote'd'voire and benin. after the hulabaloo i did a thorough analysis of the super eagles and i want to present my honest but
candid opinion, beign patriotic, of course my tip for the trophy was the super eagles, but then lets do an x-ray of the team and
see who and where needs to be added to the squad to make a strong statement and the tournament.
goalkeepers.
right now coach vogts is sticking with austin ejide as first choice but personally i am not convinced, i think that enyeama should be given
another shot despite his alledged misdemenour, his perfomances in the uefa cup matches really caught the eye... his my first choice.(personal opinion)
austin is really growing in leaps and bounds and should be second choice. the third slot will be s straight fight between dele aiyenugba and greg etafia, but i think that chijioke
ejiogu should be called to camp to battle for a shirt.
defenders...
this is one department that gives me a lot of worry, the defence has beign a problematic area and i think berti vogts has his hands full.
the only area i feel a bit comfortable is the centre back position where i expect joseph yobo and big dan shittu be to first choice
, rabiu afolabi and obinna nwaneri will make the cover in that position, the right full back position is a big challenge, chidi ordia
has beign in and out of the operating room and there are no assurances on his fitness come january 2008, so the position is wide open for a
challenge, nice og of france defender apam onyekachi comes to mind here but i am not yet convinced about the quality of his delivery of crosses
what i think the eagles need is a wing back in the mould of dani alves, one that can run the flanks as well as beign responsible defensively, onyekachi is good defensively but his attacking snitch
is not up to scratch but i think he can come in handy depending on the coaches's game plan, i also think that rabiu afolabi ca play as a right back, i saw micheal lamey play for diusburg in the german
bundesliga last week and i think he looked decent, the only issue here is if he still wants to play for nigeria, after turning down the chance two years ago. another Nigerian born player who can easily slot
in here is the manchester city youngster, chinedum onouha, if he decides to turn out for nigeria, thank God "herr" vogts has arranged a showdown talk with him to persuade him about his international future.his is
young athletic and packed with pace. the left back position to me should be thrown open because taiye taiwo has not impressed me one bit, his calamitious defending against mexico leaves alot to br desired,his displays in the championat hasnt helped his course
i would love to see steau bucharest's ifeanyi emeghara tested, his displays in the uefa champions league has really caught the eye, he was solid against arsenal and i think he should be given a run-in.mutiu adegoke a.k.a mutiu john is another
prospect, the former enyimba man now at ivorien champions asec mimosas has improved considerably, he plays in an advanced position for "les mimosas" which should put him in a good stead to challenge because of his attacking flair and pace. to be continued..
i am here to state that the more i try to understand women the more foolish i look, maybe i may have to abandon the while idea and live with the fact that i might never get to understand them, maybe i should take them to be what they are... women.
i have being going through a lot these days and i wish things wil clear up but for now let me let it go and talk about more interesting things.. will drop a line so you can get the gist,,
Arsenal's purple patch continued when Arsene
Wenger replaced nine of the team that started against Derby at the
weekend with young fringe players eager to impress, and saw them turn
on the style to defeat a strong Newcastle side 2-0 in the third round
of the Carling Cup.
Last season Arsenal's youngsters reached the final of the Carling Cup, and tonight they served notice that they could go all the way again, putting on a performance of breathtaking passing and movement in the style of the first team to beat Newcastle United 2-0.
Afterwards, manager Arsene Wenger hailed the new generation of Arsenal stars as they delivered a seventh straight victory in all competitions.
Although Arsenal dominated the match for lengthy spells, the crucial breakthrough did not come until seven minutes from the end, when Dane Nicklas Bendtner powered home a header from Armnd Traore's cross, before Brazilian teenager Denilson thundered in a 20-yard effort to seal the win.
Wenger said: "It was a good game at good pace, slowly we took over and in the second half it was all us.
"We were good and intelligent, and I like that.
"The game was of the same level we played recently with the players who did not feature tonight, and with a style of play with a continuity.
"We have wave after wave of generation of young players.
"We work with them and when they have come in, they show top quality.
"We have a small group of good quality, and very young.
"For me, all of them can play on a regular basis in the first team."
Ironically, Wenger has some £70 million available to spend on new players if he wishes when the January transfer window opens, but the Frenchman does not anticipate any big signings, becausde he has full confidence in the quality and character of the players he has already brought to the club and worked with.
He said: "I feel I have strength in depth, if you look at the players who did not play tonight and you add the two teams.
"We did not play against an average team. We played against Newcastle.
"We have shown technical maturity and looked strong in every department.
"With this team, we can have a chance against anybody."
Bendtner, on loan to Birmingham for the whole of last season - scored his first competitive senior goal for the Gunners, and Wenger believes the 19-year-old striker can have an impact.
"His presence in the game was great," he said. "The best way for him to put me under pressure was to play like he played tonight.
"We have four strikers, not 20, so in a season you need that."
Despite the success of his team(s), Wenger stressed the importance of not getting carried away.
"With football, I am a bit cautious," he said. "It is just the beginning of the season. We have to show we are consistent throughout the whole season.
"What is a big strength of my squad at the moment is good togetherness, good camaraderie and that everybody is on the same wavelength.
"We just want to stay where we are. We have had a good start and want to continue."
Meanwhile, Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce reacted sourly to
defeat by Arsenal's kids, bemoaning the fact that his team had to play
on Tuesday after having played on Sunday.
The Magpies had five players who started from the team that began the 3-1 win over West Ham on Sunday.
They had a few good chances, mainly at the feet of Obafemi Martins, with Arsenal's captain-for-the-night Philippe Senderos clearing off the line after the Nigerian striker had rounded the keeper. That was immediately after Bendtner's goal and shortly before Denilson's clincher.
Allardyce said: "I am more disappointed about being forced to play the game tonight.
"What we got in the end was a fatigued set of players who could not run any more or give any more, and Arsenal capitalised on that.
"We cannot control that. We are told to play and have to play. It is sad, but we had to try to deal with it.
"I do not know why we could not play on Wednesday night the same as Tottenham. I believe the police said we couldn't, but it happens in the north-west, and they have more police down here, don't they?"
Allardyce added: "For Arsenal, it is fourth in the list, this competition. For us, it is a high priority, to get as far as we can in the cup competitions.
"Drawing Arsenal away with the mood they are in at the moment was difficult enough, but to do it in these circumstances has contributed towards our defeat."
i have beign away from my blog for a long time so this time i hope to be able to talk to you about where i work and what i think of the people involved in what i do.
first and foremost i want to let you all know that i work at the federal college of education, kontagora in niger state,ihave colleagues that are kinda dear to me , the guy that is my pal is called sola niyi, he is a mathematician by trainign and a computer guru by inclination, we do have a lot in common, we are both gunners (arsenal) we love the internet and computers, music movies basketball and cotemporary issues.
then there is abafaras abednego who i think is a vey intelligent man, he lectures at the fine and applied arts department, he is a painter and a philosopher per se...... stay here for more.
hi there the new premiership season began today and i am really excited . after my bout of typhiod fever, football is a major distraction for me.
the opening day was kinda nice for nigerians, even though yakubu lost with boro, obagoal hit two past bolton, youngster victor anichebe was also on target in evertons win, new boy, john utaka got off the mark even though pompey drew, kanu came on as a sub, we do hope that this will be the begining of a wonderful season for both africans and nigerians, not only in thr premiership but the other leagues of europe
sorry for being away for sometime now, but hey i am back and i am gonna tell you all thats beign happening around, and there are a couple of things that have come up that needs discussing so this week i am going to drop it all so that we can discuss in true terms the reasons why these things occur.... here are some pics for your delight
i had known her for a while, just before i left for my youth service in 2001, when i came back from service, we kinda became close and before long we started daing. it was all good from the unset till afetr six months after service, the jobs didnt come in as anticipated, then i noticed the abuses and temper problems she had. i tried to calm her down explainign that God will do his bit in his own time and promised to make her a proud woman for staying by my side through the difficult times.
she was also trying to do her best to make contacts for me to be able to get a job, then i was staying with my aunty and she was not ok with the set up cos she said it wasnt private enough. fine no qualms, but she didnt hesitate to rain abuses on me and my mum at the slighest provocation, i remember some time she slapped me twice, YES SHE DID, in front of my friend's house. every body could see the problem with her except me for the obvious reasons, i was more interestdi in her good sides than the bad, i kept on holding on, hoping that one day she might change or improve.
we carried on like that till she came to meet me at my cousins book launch, where she was suppose to be an usher, aske her where she was coming from, she said she went to the swimming pool with some friends, she now told me she was tired of the relationship and wanted out.
i said fine, thanks for all the good times we had togehter, i really appreciate it and wish you all the best, she smiled and i escorted her to board a taxi for home. two weeks later she was at my house claiming that i did not come to beg her to come back... imagine, at that point a had already started a new job, i can even remember when she came to my office and asking me to ... u know.
during christmas 2005, she called me up and told me to meet her at a concert which i did, she was blabbig some mumbo jumbo, i asked her to tell me the truth if she really was pregnant, cos i would not be happy with her if she aborted my child, she said she was kiding and wanted to see if i really loved her.
i left for kontagora then and i did not see her till late 2006, about a year later, infact i was at the park when i saw her pass by on a bike, i called her on her cellphone and told her she just passed me, she came back to the park we had some chat about her school work (she was doing her hnd then), asked me about my new station, i offered hr 200 naira for the bike guy to take her back to school.
that was the last time i saw her, noe april/may 2007, all i hear in jos is that u went to beg ur ex, and even offered her money to come back to you. very funny, i wanted to call her and confont her but i thought it might give her some leverage, so
i feel a bit empty this weekend , probably because the loan wasnt available in time and now i get to hear that intercontinental bak are saying that the second batch will not be feasible again, damn i really needed that cash to buy first bank shares and the hp laptop.
i was of the opinion that by the end of the coming weekend i would be able to finish all these ht i have set for myself but alas it didnt come to fruition,
my have to switch to uba where the business manager is a fiend and can facilitate the loan so can take care of all of things i was to do.the laptop i want to buy is a hp cpq nc 6000
pm 1.6ghz, 512mb, 40gb hdd, 14" 10/100 56kps. it should do for my seminar presentations and notes for my pgde per se.
its a beautiful saturday, woke up aroung 7.30am, said ma prayers and proceeded to do some house cleaning, swept the palour and the toilet, the bedroom was a bit ok so i did not do much there. mopped up the floor from the bedroom straight up to the kitchen area and then outside. washed the toilet seat and the bath tub too, after that i decided to finish up the stew i started the other day, there was fish and meat combined finished them up and sat down to watch united lose by 1-0 to chelsea, a keenly contested match, i felt for united, they did quite well but still lost.
take care will hola later.
i am right here at home with my pals shola niyi and yunusa talikng about how much naija can be developed for the average man, we do hope that our contributions are taking note. will feed u with da details later.
got a call from lane in lagos and he wanted to know how to go about using his graphics and if i could recommend some places for him which i just did now and its all for free, he was qiute suprised but i told him that some of us wan naija to be on the it map and we need to help it other, he could not beleive it.
i am a teacher and my service is to humanity if i can afford it.
just got info that i may be in line for a scholarship. wow i pray it works out, gonna be at ghana and south africa
so nice to know
so the permiership is come to end and my darling team the gunners "arsenal" played out to fourth position, no probs, though we expected more but na so the game be, we have to delve ito the markets and get more experienced players that will help the course without changing our brand of football which is the best in the world the soul is still there, we give football a face despite all the brouhaha about takeovers and all that, lets hope for the best.
i plan to be at the national stadium come june 3rd to cheer the dream team 4 to victory against the meteors of ghana. last time i was there {see pics) naija played out an uninspiring 2-0 victory over niger republic, i hope this time will be better.
coach samson siasia is not yet prepared and he said so on kickoffnigeria.com, but i do expect by saturday the pros will hit town, so preparations can begin in earnest. the expected pros include
felix ogbule.....israel
bernard okorowanta.... ashkelon israel
femi ajilore....myljiland..denmark
victor nsofor...chievo verona
david abwo
captain isaac promise
solomon okorowanta
kelvin amunike and many more with the complimnets of home based emma ekpo, westeloos moses adams we do expect a good match. unfortunately mikel obi is out of the game, but i think we still have enough to do the job. up naija
Like you already know the names are Andrew Randa Hodu Randa, an indigene of of plateau State, irigwe by tribe and by Gods grace, his servant. I was born in zaria, kaduna State some 30 years ago or so my parents said, i was quite a big child when i was given birth to but then along the line i shrink ( i no know why oh?) but they were like i drank some ugly water and that was the genesis, even up to today if i drink small water wey bad na so i go dey sick but God is in control sha, notin dey pa. eehen as i was saying... so when we were at zaria i began my Schooling right at home.
By the age of four, i began reading or so my father said, he did notice that i was interested in newspapers and magazines and as such he mad efforts to get em for me so that i would be able to take care of that interest, we were not that rich but he could afford all of this things for us and given the fact that ours was an academic environment, he has seen it all and he swore to himself that he would make sure we got all the education that he did not get, and so we al started early in life. the love warmth and guidance i received has helped me to progress to this stage. no be say i be saint oh,. far from it but then i have been able to cage myself to a certain level knowing well that my parents most not be put to shame for all the dedication and sacrifices that they have made so that we could be something in life despite the opposition thet got when we were growing up people telling em that all the expenses were not worth it, because daddy's salary could not send allof us to federal colleges and send us to mission schools or even abroad as my case nearly turned out to be.. I started out formally at L.E.A School in tudun wada zaria, but ws ssson moved to C.A.S Primary School cos ma own skool was kinda rough no seats adn lot of fight with the hausa boys cos my accent, so Dad thot maybe he should shift me where i could be able to meet my type (watever that means ). that was the best decision that he made at that time because i met people who were interested in me as a child and then was able to develop my football skilss.
I can never forget people like Mr. Gambo who was my mentor, ma late friend Akinola Ojokuku (R.I.P) his sister Adeola, Hauwa, Mrs. Hyai, Mrs. Shamaki, her kids allen , jelebi, ma pal raymond, yamai timbuk and lots of em that i have forgotten fro so long a time. Primary School was kool to say the least i had lots of fun and learnt so much that is relevant up to this day. My bossom friend and rrival in class Akin Ojukuku died when we had just got into Jss one and it was quite opainful for me and all the other guys, such a brilliant guy.
