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adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/osimhen-ndidi-awaziem-party-in-lagos-after-afcon-third-place-win

Please this is fake news

They are in thwir way to Turkwy or already there sef

yinkeys:
Morocco will win tonight
Don’t know how Senegal are gonna do it
Hostile crowd & bad officiating

This is a truth we all know ow within ourselves

But at least a man is allowed to hope for a miracle.. abi??

If they win it, it'll be the most unfair Final and I can tell you for a fact, the World Cup will expose Morocco. Bookmark this bro

lbrichman2:
Unfortunately this guy fit still go chop bench for Greece!!
This life ehn

Please educate me bro, i don't really know ow much about the Greek league - you mean Bruno no dey start for olympiacos Normally?

Ah! That's an anomaly oooo. The guy is quite good oo. Make him just get killer crosses and he'll be chased by clubs all over mhen!!

mrwilliams9:
Our midfield got choked and we couldnt get into the game.

This is where I think Chelle can learn a bit more. We could have modified our formation for more wing play and taken off one of the strikers for an additional midfielder

One thing I agree with (the 94 set) is that we have to be well versed in wing play.

Why? We have the personnel for it. It doesn't mean it should be pur main tactic but it could be a good plan B or C

AGuys like Ejuke shouldn't just be wasting on the bench godamnit

Mujtahida:
You say outclass. At the last world cup, Morocco came out as the team with the lowest possession yet they won up till the semi. Would you agree that they were outclassed in the matches that they won up till the semi in spite of the stats favoring the other side?

I watch SE with clear eyes. Morocco did not outclass us. I know when we play, badly and when we don't.

I say we were slightly outclassed because we didn't even play our game and we ultimately lost in PK shootout

Mujtahida:
Honestly, I really don't see how Morocco outclassed Chelle. That's a gross exaggeration. If you say that the DRC coach outclassed Chelle, I would agree cos we were restricted to our half of the pitch. But not so Morocco. Both teams had a go at each other, Morocco was marginally better. Emphasis on marginal.

The reason why you guys say that he outclassed Chelle is because you expected us to win. That speaks more to how Chelle has raised the standard. The moment that didn't happen, it became a matter of him being outclassed by Regrugui.

Loll, "because we expected him to win"

Pray tell, how many shots did we have. How many on target?

These are indices we can't ignore

Leave sentiments and say the truth

Who were our best players that day - our acts and our GK. This should be a big pointer

Mujtahida:
Honestly, I really don't see how Morocco outclassed Chelle. That's a gross exaggeration. If you say that the DRC coach outclassed Chelle, I would agree cos we were restricted to our half of the pitch. But not so Morocco. Both teams had a go at each other, Morocco was marginally better. Emphasis on marginal.

The reason why you guys say that he outclassed Chelle is because you expected us to win. That speaks more to how Chelle has raised the standard. The moment that didn't happen, it became a matter of him being outclassed by Regrugui.

Remove emotions and read what I said carefully because what you said isn't different from what I said

Mujtahida:
Even the Moroccan coach did not outcoach Chelle. Let them meet on a neutral turf. Did you see what verydarkman said about the crowd?

Bro, apart from the crowd, we can argue that Chelle was outclassed by the Moroccan Coach

There's some element of truth in what meliforme said but I still think that on neutral ground, Morocco won't perform as they did this AFCON because the officiating was very poor

That's why I think they may not go far in the world cup. Moat likely, a second round exit.

What I do know is Chelle has shown signs of growth albeit slow. So, we should keep him but you can't say that the Moroccan coach didn't do a bit better than him (crowd or not)

Meliforme:
You are yet to consider the quality of the opposition.

Believe me, with the quality in our hands, we can compete at the world stage.
We need a very sound tactician.

If we cannot afford one, then let's exercise some restraint in the manner we handle our hopes.

Well, there is nothing wrong in being optimistic even we you are courting average.

I see your point actually

thesupernerd

Papi85:
former Westham youth player

Nigeria has so many football talents than we know to do with

Another challenge is getting this guys to commit because by default, many of them want to play for European teams

TheGoodJoe:
We definitely need a Nations League. But it should be well thought out. That zonal thing will be nonsense. Because the best teams might be in the zone and knock out themselves.

A ranking and divisions arrangement will work.

A south-African on twitter suggested the same thing

TheSuperNerd:
Yes ofcos. Not just me. A few others here as well.

okay. thanks

Do you know this guy, thesupernerd?

Just saw this

thesupernerd, kog45, thegoodjoe, mujtahida

Is this a good Idea?

How do you think this would compare to the AFCON in terms of prestige?

Any worries about player health?

Are we forseeing morocco continued antics with this new tournament?

It's so obvious that Ndidi still has much to offer in Europe Top 4 leagues

Happy for him.if it materialises. He had monster after monster season for Leicester and I remember many of us wondering why no clubs came for him then

have a strong feeling that Egypt may win today

But chelle should still be allowed to continue

Joebie:
That Nwaiwu guy is better than Awaziem

I swear bro, if Awaziem starts against Egypt, we go to hip goals like mad

I prefer any other CB to that overrated CB. I've not seen a more clueless CB like Awaziem in my life

Meliforme:
Ebenezer Akinsanmiro is a first teamer at Pisa and very important to his team.
He left his club just to warm the bench at AFCON.

I pray that the confidence of neglected players won't take a hit.

I remember it happening to Nwakaeme that year and bro sqore not to answer callus again

Bro was talking week in and week out for his club but wasn't getting a look in. Same guy has a statue now in Turkey

But our then coach Eohe felt he wasn't good enough and Ighalo was better

What fo I know?

Justice505:
Whoever knows this pooja as a guy should tell him, there are things people can take and there are things people can not bear. It's not like you keep giving people hope then later you dash all.

It's not just about the false hope (which I feel he's just using to drive traffic to his page)

It's about FIFA frowning at this and deciding to make him a scapegoat and go ahead with DRC

But what do I know?

Please there's a particular player I've noticed in our team that has been hiding under the radar and I can't even pkint to one or 2 good games he has had for us. I also feel the said player should be gradually phased out - Chidozie Awaziem

We need an inclusion of new talents in that CB. Because Awaziem has to go, together with Semi Ajayi (this one don try)

Semid4lyfe, mujtahida, how you take see am?

123jamessmith:
Please the super eagles need quality midfielder o. Apart from frank and ndidi, I cannot put my bet on another.. anthony Denis would do better that onyedika. Onyedika is not a rugged player.

The truth is they haven't given the rest opportunities to prove themselves

Nnadi for example??

Mujtahida:
He must earn his place. Bruno was given a chance. Baba grab am with his two hands. He shut down Diaz and Hakimi. Imagine what that would do to his confidence.

Bro, hope say your anger don reduce. No vex for your guy abeg😀😀

About this Aina matter, let's even talk about his fitness despite his return from an injury

Let's even hope he remains the Same player he was and even get better. We can't serve him that position on a platter. He has to work for it and earn it

semid4lyfe:
You are beginning to sound like our blue font guy, TGJ. Pray tell, how is the penalty loss his fault? .

Right from the WCQ Play-offs, the team practised PKs in EVERY training session knowing they were knock-out games and there had to be a winner.

Even at this AFCON, during the Semi-final pre match presser, Chelle was specifically asked by a Nigerian journo if they were training for penalties and he confirmed they were. I also watched various Interviews of our players in which they said they were practising PKs in training just before the round of 16.

Go back and watch the WCQ playoff PSO, Bruno played our best PK. Fast, medium elevation and to the left of the goalkeeper. Obviously, Morocco prepared for the eventuality of PSO, studied tapes of our PK takers (including the WCQ playoff PSO) and their goalie had memorized how our players played PK. That's the reason Bounou stepped to his left rather than dive even before Bruno hit his PK. Unfortunately Bruno hit it tamely down the middle this time, and Bounou recovered and was able to stretch out a hand to stop it.

As per Chukwueze, do you honestly think that was the kinda PKs he was playing in training that Chelle brought him in specifically to take a PK? You sef reason am. Moreover, no matter how well a team prepares for penalty and how proficient they are, a winner must emerge and its just unfortunate we were on the losing side. Me, I can never blame Chelle for the outcome of the game. Our PK takers let him and Nigerians down.

Despite the painful loss, I am proud of the valiant effort of the team. I saw determination, fearlessness, fighting spirit and a "we die here attitude" all of which were missing in the DR Congo game. The team did not fold this time and just go through the motions, and that's in my opinion is our biggest win from the Morocco game.

Eric Chelle has given the Super Eagles a playing identity. He has met the semifinal target the NFF set for him and did so playing exciting and beautiful attacking football. He is still unbeaten in regulation + extra time with thie Super Eagles. He may not have gotten to the final like JP did in Ivory Coast but I regard him as our best coach in the last five years. The Super Eagles need some coaching stability, and I hope he stays and the NFF extends his contract till after the 2028 AFCON.

The 2927 AFCON will be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania but shey una don hear say Morocco is considering hosting the 2028 AFCON as warm-up and preparation for the 2030 World cup that they're co-hosting with Spain and Portugal? This people wan use hosting win two AFCONS sharperly sha. Hopefully, Senegal spoils their planned party in the final just like the Super Falcons did.

Alright

Some journalists actually said Chelle practically waved off the question as to whether they were practicing PK in practice. Hence my take

I have some questions for you semid4lyfe

Do you think ita possible for Chelle to take this team to a place where they are practically unbeatable even with obvious refreeze boas

Also, what did you expect Chelle to have done differently in that match that he didn't do?

Do you think the Egyptians would borrow from Morocco's playback to stifle our midfield tomorrow?

Goke7:
😂 coach say he pick the best you still Dey argue bro na fight? 😂

K

Goke7:
The coach says they practice pks a lot should we doubt him? And even if they don’t the players nko don’t practice pks at their clubs? Chuks and Bruno both play and have played at solid clubs na, they need coach to tell them where their leg and the ball should meet? As how na 😂

I said chelle should identify and.pick the best PK takers. I did not say he should teach them how to play

Read well bro!!

I'm not calming Chelle solely. Chuks and onyeamachi should've converted theirs too but he's the head coach and the buck stops at his table

Mujtahida:
On this thread, I try as much as possible to be respectful to everyone. I know there are times I fail in that regard but nobody here will say I have said something disrespectful to them and after pointing out to me, I persist.

BascoVanVeli this is the second time you are wilfully disrespecting me. The first time you apologized. I let it slide. If my opinions are too sharp for you, ignore them unless my opinion is what gives you life.

This is a public forum. If I say what anyone does not like, disagree with me. There's no need to be disrespectful while doing so. Many people say things I don't like here, things that are painful to me but I either ignore it or disagree within the bounds of mutual respect.

Blueelf trolls us here. It's painful. We let him be. Goke7 makes insinuations about the 94 set in a manner that I don't like. Those guys are my heroes. But should I then disrespect him because I don't find his opinion flattering to them. Between the 94 set and Goke7, who is closer to me? Why should I diss him because of his opinion about them. Aren't there points we agree on? So if he disagrees with me isn't that normal?

I said what I said about Chukwueze. Semid4lyfe disagreed even with a word of caution. No disrespect. I respect that.

BascoVanVeli I swear you cannot stand to my face and say that I am childish. Such a thought will not even scan the remotest regions of your mind. It would have been an utter shameless slugging of execrable words if I hadn't been blocked.

Take your time.

Bro n9 vex oo. My trolling is just fun for me and n9t to personally insult anyone oo

Infact, na people dey insult me pass but I take it in stride because it's just football, no need to get personal all the time.

Love and light Egbon

Goke7:
Abeg this our current players are not made for pks a situation where your two APOTYs don’t even want to take a risk shows it’s better we avoid it.

Unless you bring back Ekong and iheanacho, pks are a go area

Exactly 😀😀

These one will buckle under pressure but I still think the coach ought to know who his best 7 penalty takers are in the squad by now sha

Icon4s:
You finally have a voice, after we lost.

The fact that Chelle was not beaten from open play, shows he was not conquered. That team is still work in progress. I still maintain if we make it to the intercontinental play-offs and then the world cup the team will be hard to beat. We need to inject more quality and creativity into that midfield and wings positions so we can vary, more, our approach to attacks.

Baba mi, not so

I've been talking about the fact that chelle had just one tactic and stuck to it and I asked thesupernerd what his response will be if a better coach figures him out

However, I agree with you that he's a good coach but fifa may never give us that spot. We would have made a better statement had we won the AFCON

Goke7:
All those our attacks that ref was breaking all in the name of fouls would have resulted into more shots on target so I don’t buy that excuse of we only could get one or two shots. The whole officiating was targeted at our dominance pattern and am now actually questioning the notion that the Moroccans were better. See that run that Bruno was making and he got pulled over by Diaz that definitely was heading for a cross to our strikers what about that run too from Ademola that was cut short by the ref all in the name of a throw in that was never was. Those kind of runs gave Ademola the number of assists he has in this competition so the match was a script well acted not any tactical game. That was the only way the morrocans could contain us yet they couldn’t score. So how was Chelle tactically beaten?

The Moroccans should forever be grateful to chuks and Bruno for their unfortunate loss of pks that saw them through

Okay, you made some very valid points

But you'll agree that the penalty loss is partly his fault

Is he saying that our past penalty failures didn't teach him to prep these guys for that outcome?

See I'm not trying as much as possible t9 blame him because I think he should be given a long term contract with as much support as possible but Chelle too mess up small. Although I've no doubt that he'll improve as a coach in the coming future

Goke7:
In our game against Algeria our coach was dynamic make we no lie he had different approaches for that game. The terrible officiating in the semi finals affected whatever approach we brought.

I agree about the officiating but we could only register 1 shot on Target and 2 shots overall..

This is the same thing the Algerians are saying that we condemn them for. Blaming the ref

I'm not a coach but elven I expected the ref to be very boased. I mean it's obvious that Morocco will be served this trophy on a platter

Was the ref biased? YES

Was chelle tactical enough? NO

In the first half, you saw we were figured out and didn't make the necessary changes in the 2nd half early enough.

Although i .Just give kudos to the marked impr9vementa we saw in the team this AFCON

But he needs to be willing to take a bit more risk in making changes as soon as possible

I'm of the opinion that if he'd switched to wing play with Ejuke subbed in, we would've hit those guys unexpectedly and may have snuck away with a win

As foe the officiating, let Morocco continue. Sheba world cup dey come, let me see them wiggle their way to the finals with officiating..nobody send their papa

Icon4s:
I don't just know, but I am not really pained by this Morocco defeat. There were certain AFCON Semi-Final loses that affected me psychologically for days, but not this one.

Maybe because of their overall performance since the take-over by Eric Chelle.
FIFA should just give us that play-off slot so we can continue with this build up
This coach, with this crop of players fit do the unthinkable at the world cup

Chelle was figured out in AfCON

You think other world class coaches at the world cup won't figure him out?

Boss, they won't do more than second round