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Uzoho would have conceded from this Fofaana shot

This game is tailor made for Alhassan.

Curtisaxel10:
Out come the calculators!😎

My brother, we simply don't have a good team. We all know it. If we had a good team, the confidence will radiate to the fans.
We hope, regardless.

A draw won't be favourable tonight as we have to rely on Ivory coast beating Eq Guinea in their last match by atleast 2goals.
The lack of winning culture in this team must be arrested, starting from today!

Danielnino00:
I won't be too excited about Nwabili.. he was composed and confident yesterday,yes, but he was barely tested...we can't say for sure how good he is until he faces some real threat..CIV will definitely provide that

Uzoho didn't even have to be tested to parry balls into his own net. Let's call a spade a spade, Uzoho is not a national team material and Nwabili doesn't have to do anything extra ordinary to better than him.
I say this with my chest, Uzoho can't bench any keeper in the NPFL if he played in Naija.

Papi85:
I don’t care the position he played in that game but judging by your take he should be a super eagles regular till date because of the sumptuous goal he scored against Atleti

You make it sound as if Nwakali have been up to nothing. Wasn't he named man of the match in his club's game just this December?

This is how some of us have been clamouring for a change in the Gk position and midfield. Today Nwabili and Al hassan put up a commanding performance.

Same will happen when Igho Ogbu and Nwakali are brought in.
The voice of the people is the voice of God

Papi85:
very aware of that

But since he dribbled all of Atleti’s defense with Oblak and scored a lovely solo goal he should be super eagles number 10 till date 😜😜😜😜

Or even captain self 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

He didn't even play 10 in the game to start with and guess who was the man of the match? Yeah! You're absolutely right

Papi85:
oga if na like that e get one ex youth international wey dribble all of atleti’s defense even dribble Oblak join to score the teams 3rd goal for be super eagles number 10 till date 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'm sure you're not aware that "number 10 guy" played at the Olympic games in Brazil.

Papi85:
preseason game? Nawaoo

Ok base on that goal mk u believe he is the next thing to xavi and iniesta? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I talk am say u n ur likes Dey hype bobo based on past glory

Him for wire the same R6 against oblak when em Dey with huesca na 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Your super Eagles have been playing friendlies ever since. Why haven't any of your midfielders wired such R2 shot past Owenuo mbonuo Mengunou in any of those low key friendlies?

Papi85:
I bet you that sporting Lagos go beat Chaves blue black if them face each other 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Was Nwakali playing for Barcelona when he wired that R2 shot past Oblak who was the best goalkeeper in the world at the time in Uyo?

Papi85:
if he is good enough he will be snapped up easily by the club you mentioned cus his transfer fee will be easily paid from the wallet of sporting’s club president 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Also mk I correct you, he is the one who needs the help of the national team not the other way round. One of the reasons he was posting his videos on Instagram few weeks to the release of the 30 man list 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

People like you are the likes easily deceived by agents 🤣🤣
That's how Collin Udoh announced Henry Onyekuru was about to be signed by Bayern Munich.. Boom! Onyekuru made the nations cup list 😂😁🤣
Joseph Akpala kept making the national team because of these hysterical links to big clubs 🤣
Dey play o.

Papi85:
not just playing in begium but plays for a team that played in the ucl this season and won the league last season

Also he have been able to attract suitors from bigger clubs and the ones in bigger leagues like sporting Lisbon, strasbourg and Hellas Verona

Moreover when Nwakali made it to europe Al Hass was still playing grassroot football in Kano 🤣🤣😜😜😜😜

So Nwakali has to be wanted by Lisbon and Strasbourg before he can help Nigeria? 🤣

humility33:
Not Man City let any top 15 club in England, Italy, Spain, France or Germany come for him

You guys are just carried away with sentiment.

I will rather pick an NPFL midfielder instead of Nwakali

You're being hysterical. Your best player this afternoon plays in Belgium having transfered from the almighty Sweden Allsvenskan league. Dey play

humility33:
Nwakali does this effortlessly and top clubs or any club in top 5 leagues still have not come snatch him up

Nwakali supporters are the problem of this thread. How you guys glorify and hail the mysterious talent of this journeyman that is invisible to top club scouts in germany, england, italy, spain and even france baffles me

You guys need to come of it.

Here we go! Lets wait for Man City to sign him before we believe he is good! We are Nigeria you know, the country with 5 world cup trophies.

Mujtahida:
Then you are asking him to do the impossible. I thought the function of Nwakali was to come and give long passes. Okay Nwakali will dictate tempo? We'll then but my point is that Iwobi did his bit

Dictating plays from midfield goes beyond playing long passes. The Deeplying midfielder should have the most touches of the ball. The game goes through him, both short and long passes. I can't remember Iwobi switching the game from left to right or from right to left. I'm not saying Iwobi is a poor player but Nwakali does these effortlessly. Is it that you guys don't watch football enough to understand what Nwakali brings?

The DLM is supposed to be an arsonist and a fire fighter. He can turn the heat up when gamestates demand it yet quell the flames others ignite.

And yes the fire fighting is done on the ball like Jorginho & off the ball like Rice.

Can you list a Nigerian midfielder you know who can do the above listed effortlessly if you exempt Nwakali?

mank1234:
Most of the time I saw him in the middle I stead of his traditional line hugging. Did not complete even one single take on

He was really poor. We are witnessing a serious decline before our eyes.

Mujtahida:
Iwobi might struggle with playing from deep but not in this match. He comfortably threaded splitting passes from deep today. If his passes had been converted, you'd not be so confident to post this today.

How about the turnovers? Can you say he dictated the tempo of the game the way a real deep lying midfielder does? A one off pass here and their doesn't cut it. He's supposed to have absolute control of the game. Watch Rodri or Toni kross

By the way chukwueze was the poorest player I've seen so far in this round of matches. He played like those players you have "unattached" next to their names on Wikipedia.
Horrible performance to put it mildly.

Victor Osimhen is not the finished product yet. He needs to practice yoga or something to calm his spirit. He's too rash and hurried, this explains alot of short coming in his game.
He should watch Eto'o or Harry kane tapes to help him. He can't keep relying on scoring headers. Someone tell him a gentle chip or placement could do the magic sometimes.

I say this again. We set up Iwobi to play the deep lying midfield role which he clearly struggles to do for long periods. Nwakali, who could be the best African player with this specific skillset is left at home because he earns $5 per month? Someone make it make sense to me. It's not adding up

Napoleon55:
One hattrick from him,everybody will forget all these misses.

Osimhen is still quality...

This is football

If he gets a hattrick in the next game I will volunteer to become a suicide bomber targeting those kidnappers at Okene axis.

That Osimhen miss has sucked the life out this match. The team have resigned to play a draw. You can see it from their faces.

Ajayi is a misfit. Has to be said

Wow
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The rank and file of the Super Eagles management and leadership of the NFF have contrived to put us in jeopardy. It is almost as if the Afcon came up suddenly or the Super Eagles were called in late to replace a country.

It's absolutely shocking reading Brown Ideye's tweet alleging that Sodiq was injured before coming to camp and the management was aware. They are now hustling to bring in late replacements on hitherto unbalanced team.

This reminds me of a botched friendly against Romania back in mid2000s where we couldn't field 11 players and resorted to ask the Romanian FA if they knew Nigerians playing football in the country who could be interested to play the game.

On a lighter note, maybe we should ask Ivory coast if there are Nigerians who play football in their country and would be interested in playing Afcon 😂

MetalJigsaw:
Why can't this guy just leave for chelsea, a club that needs and will appreciate him more.

Why should he go to Chelsea? You want African footballer of the year not to play European football? In addition to possible point deduction for financial fair play sanctions and even relegation, Chelsea should be the last club he ought to consider except he doesn't take his career serious at this point.

mostob:
Nigerians are angry he didn't post anything about CAF awards we won yesterday. So, he is contesting for the best digital journalist award alongside some journalist but notably, David Ornstein. Since the vote is public, Nigerians have vowed not to vote for him but for David Ornstein.

Did David Ornstein post the CAF awards?

We've been careless with the GK situation over the past few year. Thank God something is finally being done

Nomyth:
You guys using club side to assess and judge Nwakali, someone posted the full 94 squad and their clubs some pages back , how many of them played for club sides that are better than Chaves now?

Yet they won the AFCON.

Exactly. Yekini played for Setubal a club about the same size as Chaves and he was the least paid player in the team.
The profiling of players based on what they earn is rather embarrassing for a supposed scout. He would have signed Molde's highest paid player instead of Halaand if he was on a scouting duty to Norway.

Icon4s:
I know Pitso had always admired Nigerian football especially as he tasted several defeats from us during his time as the coach of SA but, sorry, the Super Eagles is above his level of coaching.
Besides, can he withstand the mental stress of working with the NFF?

The Super Eagles above his coaching level as per say Nigeria are world champions?
The man won the Champions league with two different teams, he will be above our pay grade if he was European.

jihday:
nothing do the players, get a quality coach.

It goes deeper than just the coach my guy. Rohr, Eguavoen and Peseiro have basically churned our same result. One variable is constant here. "The Players"!