Hey Monday...

Where were you when you heard Michael Jackson had passed?
I was at my sister's house, with her in the living room, casually channel surfing when CNN broke the story and the tears began to fall.
Hard to believe it has been 9years.

This weekend was going to end a perfect one until at about 11p.m, I saw something on Instastory that made me go to Instagram and confirm some seriously bad news- Dbanj lost his baby son. Loss is so individual and personal that we can never know how someone feels so all I can do is pray that God will be with him and his family at this time.

And then of course there are the deaths in Plateau state with people missing and houses destroyed.
It is too much and some have said the Eagles should wear black arm-bands at the game on Tuesday.
I do not disagree with this.

Speaking of the Super Eagles, last night I stumbled on an article by Leon Balogun that I recommend to you. It will give you a little insight into his life and journey as an Eagle, and explain why I feel the Eagles should win the World Cup... for him.

Read it here.

I am on a sugar high by the way because my niece celebrated over the weekend and my mum (who ALWAYS looks out for her baby, ME), brought me a goody bag. I kid you not!
So now I have a football, headphones, marshmallows, skittles, cookies, ribena and so much more.
Sugar High!

Tell me about your weekend...

Ahead of the World Cup, Nigeria hires a second fitness coach

Nigeria will be looking to strengthen their team with more hands (or feet) on deck, ahead of the FIFA 2018 World Cup, especially following the results of the World Cup Draw.

In a group where our opponents are Croatia, Iceland and Messi, sorry, Argentina, we will have a lot of work to do. 

While on paper one can conclude that Argentina and Nigeria will end up top two, no one is counting Iceland out, especially after the last Euros; and although the last friendly between Nigeria and Argentina ended with a surprise win for the Eagles, the stakes will be much higher in Russia.

Gernot Rohr is therefore looking to use all the help he can get. He recently disclosed that his scouts are working hard to ensure only the best make his provisional 30-man team. 

He is also hiring Bernard Gines, who worked with him at OGC Nice between 2002 and 2005, as a second fitness coach for the Super Eagles. This is in addition to the physical trainer, Goal-Keeper trainer and a Video Analyst already hired.

 It is not just ‘man’power he is leaning on though as the Eagles are set to train with ‘FieldWiz’.

FieldWiz is an application that accurately measures the physical contribution of a player in training or a match using parameters like miles covered, reaction and speed.

Who do you think will come up tops in this group?