Van Gaal, José Mourinho and Ibracadabra; Tales from Old Trafford.

   If Louis Van Gaal had been a manager in the days of Athens and Sparta, he would have been a god alongside Zeus, Athemis and Hercules. But in present day football where fresh blooded Pep, Simeone and Klopp are unjustly looking for older Managers to embarrass and send into compulsory retirement, LVG should have known that his rigid style will get him very far into the land of Nowhere.

Mountain of Fire, miracles and football.

   Mountain of Fire and Miracles ministries is one of the few churches I haven't been to. The most common story we hear about the church is her military style of prayer. Scary if you ask me. It is said that a lazy and unfit person cannot pray in the church. I am neither lazy nor unfit, but I am not military. Me nor get the energy for dah kain prayer.

Pharaohs of Egypt halt Nigeria's AFCON comeback parade.

   At the Borg El Arab stadium in Alexandria, the Pharaohs of Egypt ended Nigeria's hope of making an AFCON comeback. A lot of Nigerians can still replay the moments that led to that evil goal. From the Mohammed Sallah corner kick, to the scuffle in the box, and the eventual goal by Ramadan Sobhy, Nigerian hearts shattered into a million pieces.

Finally, Sunday Oliseh chickens out.

   First major test of his managerial ability was the Vincent Enyeama saga. One he bungled so bad that even the cruelest sadist would have handled better. Then arose his allegations of 'witchcraft in the team'. I decided to ignore that one. Then the YouTube rant. No. Former Super Eagles Coach, Sunday Oliseh had been walking a tight rope.

José Mourinho's second Chelsea missionary journey ends.

   The picture above captures the beginning of José Mourinho and Chelsea woes.  On that fateful day, duty conscious Team physio and Doctor both ran into the field at the invitation of centre referee to attend to Eden Hazard's injury. José was infuriated and Caneiro was suspended. The rest is history.

Boring, boring Manchester United.

   On Tuesday night, The Volkswagen Arena in Germany saw the back of Manchester United as they exited the UEFA Champions League. United bowed out in a game consistent with their new found love for beautiful-nonsense style of football. Two quick fire goals from Naldo and Vierinha cancelled out Anthony Martial's opener. Wolfsburg scored an own goal to level scores again before Naldo scored his second of the game during the dying minutes. A good thing though that United lost because if they had scaled through, morale would have still been high with the team and fans alike living in denial.

Golden Eaglets, gift of peace and the man, Emmanuel Amunike.

   Football has a way of making Nigerians forget the many problems facing them. Sports, especially football, has been an aspirin of some sort to ailing Nigerians. Coach Emmanuel Amunike led Nigeria's Under 17 team, the Golden Eaglets to victory in the recently concluded U-17 FIFA World Cup in Chile.