Napoleon55: And all of them may end up playing for Morocco,
But when it comes to young Nigerians FB at the big clubs,90% of them will decide to wait for their countries of birth. Nigeria players are the most unpatriotic
Hmmm
Can you really blame them?
Morocco has a better footballing structure that is world class. We don't have auch
Morocco CA doesn't owe match bonuses sor hire incompetent coaches that collect bribes. This is something that had been endemic in our NFF before the arrival of Chelle
Morocco has world class stadiums and a clear development template. We don't have such
There's your answer bro. It isn't that they are unpatriotic but if you were in thwir shoes, you may make the same choices as them too
minfelix: We have oo bro…Africa may not have won the world cup…But the likes of Super eagles raised a high standard in 1994 and 1998, Senegal gave a good account in 2002, Ghana did well in 2010, Morocco brushed their way to the semifinals in 2022. Thats a good statement/pedigree from African teams which we(Africans) need to sustain every worldcup edition. Enough of cowardice display that will always see these Europeans dominate us
Omo, I slept off early yesterday
Just watch that France highlights
Bro, the team wey go bewt France has to sacrifice 20 Virgins ooo with one babe inside deep forest for oyo state
Because this team too fluid brother. See passes, see shooting, see midfield.
When will Nigwria get to this level Olorun? . Make we even try win AFCON sef. This current Super Eagles team has a high ceiling for improvement but NFF is weapon fashioned against them..
minfelix: Atleast Lookman had the first shot on target for Nigeria in this game and secondly no dey compare Host and world top 10 Morocco team to Norway….currently and also in the last 4yrs Morocco are in the same league with those upgraded European teams like Netherland,Spain,Portugal. them no b Norway mate
i understand youbut we should aim to be better than morocco giant of africa no be for mouth alone na
minfelix: Make una leave Afcon and talk of Nigeria world cup form against not too fantastic European teams. A super eagle team can lose to Ghana,Morocco etc but will catch Poland(Lewandoski) catch Iceland(Sigurdudson and all the son son son), Catch Bosnia(Edin Dzeko) and flog them and this una Norway. I will only shut up if its a Croatia,France,Portugal and some Uplevel world cup european regular teams(Denmark,Switzerland….
9JAMac10: Am just saying this Black African teams need to invest in sport psychologist or a motivational speaker
This mental imposter syndrome they have needs to be removed.
This is what I said about the national team of the super eagles
I don't even care about other african teams. The super eagles of today lack that winning mentality to grind out results that actually matter against an equally strong side
minfelix: omo let me relish my darling super eagles small,one more time. Now Just imagine a fired up dominating super eagles with Osimhen,Lookman upfront, Bassey/Benjamin at the back, Iwobi/Onyeka in the middle, Nwabali in goal…against Norway. With Eric Chelle on the touchline
Make i no talk too much, we no qualify so what im i even saying sef😊😊😀😅
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Charles, how good is this guy really?
I know of Gibson Yah.
Do you think iroegbunam will be open to representing the SE?
Mujtahida: My brother, if I talk people will think I am a self hating black. Not at all but our character as a race is something else.
As a race, or let me narrow it to Nigerians: We love failure so much to the extent that if one person takes us high, we find it difficult to remain there. We are so used to failure that success makes us uncomfortable.
It's not in us abeg. But that's not the issue. We are not ready to create an alternative culture like Morocco has done.
When we see one person breaking boundaries, we term it oversabi
If you enter the head of the JFF leadership, you'll see that their goal is to embezzle
As a culture, when we see ourselves in leadership positions where we can implement policy changes, we rather see it as "God has done it for me, let me see how this benefits me first". A culture of selfishness which breeds corruption
Mujtahida: I'm happy Morocco won. Planning and systems win over magic thinking.
And I think this reflects the character of Morocco in other aspects too. Their tourism industry is one of the best in the world.
Here we'd rather die than plan. If we plan, to execute am, wahala. One person go siddon chop all the money.
I hate heterogeneous societies. If we were all one or two or even three ethnic groups, it would have been better.
There's this sense of lack of ownership that drives corruption in Nigeria.
Inspite of my avowed antagonism to all African countries, I really do wish Morocco well.
Very true
You cannot hate Morocco. My ill-feelings towards them is due to the various shenanigans they pulled st the last AFCON. However, they play beautiful football and my hate regardless, they could go all the way to the semi finals like the last time. Only Senegal matches them (in talent) but they have the best football structure in Africa currently
When people think Nigeria football will move forward, I admire their optimism. The only reason there's a glimmer of hope now is that we have an egunje-less coach. A coach that loves his job, knows his job and wants to move on from the old guard
Hopefully, the corrupt demons at the glass house and technical committee don't hinder him
I believe strongly in our boys because we have a Coach now that cares, that wants to see us better and is passionate about the job. Were not had this type of coach in a long while
That said, what chelle needs to do now is find a lot of replacements for that midfield. And I'm not saying he should send any player packing. NO. We need to strengthen that midfield. You see Morocco play so well because they have welcomed midfield , good in transition amd disciplined to close down spaces
We can't tell on iwobi all the time. The last AFCON showed us that and I remember before the Morocco match warning us that since all our forward attempts started with him, any tactical coach will close him down
We need to step up and do better. We have a large talent pool and we need to start contacting many of these players and bringing them in. We can't keep depending on the same players, tactics etc. Ndidi is getting old and his legs are tiring out. We also need younger and hungrier players to deputise for our attackers. The era of seeing ejuke or Simon on the bench should be phased out. These guys offer nothing to us except mindless dribbling or off-target crosses.
I'm glad we invited femi azeez when we did. I see him playing for a top 4 team in 2-3 years if he doesn't relent on his work ethic
Our central midfield is the weakest part of our team and reinforcements are needed
Hope you guys can sew the winning mentality most African teams have showcased in this tournament
When it mattered the most, they've shown courage and strength. This is lacking in the current Super Eagles. Sir mujtahida, has my point been made or not? Hope you can see it now?
Automatically, super eagles is a laughing stock. All of the African teams that made it through no have bragging right and rightfully so.
NFF, wrll done oo!!!
Yeye administration
Let someone hype nonsense for any of these players again. I guess we won't be seeing ludicrous comparisons to actual world class players again
FiveFootNinja: Most pundits I've seen online and offline insist that Zadok's dribbles are purposeful and decisive, as opposed to Chukwueze and Ejuke who dribble for the sake of it, and don't actually know exactly what they want to do with the ball moving forward.
I'm sha rooting for the lad. Anybody that can give Chukwueze a run for his money and make him sit up is a welcome addition in my book. We'll likely see him at the AFCON qualifiers later this year or at most the U-23 AFCON next year.
Sani Suleiman just came back from injury -if I'm not mistaken
I heard RB Leipzig are looking to integrate him into the first team as soon as possible because yan diomande may move away this summer
This is someone chelle should also monitor
This chukwueze that people have been waiting to improve for over 8 years now - I think the train has reached ita final destination
Mujtahida: I watched Dembele yesterday curling balls into the back of the net and it made me think: why can't Chukwueze play like this?
If he attempts to drift across the final third, the ball gets taken from him. If he attempts to dribble, the ball becomes tangled in his legs or gets taken away.
He rarely crosses the ball.
We need a more effective player on that right. I prefer Azeez to Zadok. To me Azeez has that kind of Lookman's intelligence.
Dribble to the touch line like Ikedia irritates me. And that's how I see Zadok. I might be wrong sha
You're not wrong
Nigerians just like the superficial nonsense that comes with mindless dribbling is the reason chukwueze is rated
In most European teams, coaches will bench him. He adds nothing of value to pur scoreline
African teams were given 10 slots. Unprecedented by FIFA
All naija had to do was get at least 1 of those slots. Not 2, just 1.
We didn't. We didn't qualify for 2022 and now again, we didn't
What makes this more painful?? We have at least 6 African teams in the knockout stages (if I'm not mistaken) - this is unprecedented as well
But no, some people will rather you smooth the ego of players who don't see playing for the National team as thwir pride and joy
In as much as we can blame the NFF and Finidi George, the players share a huge chunk of that blame
Games you should've won at home, you draw such that you garnered a measly 2 point from several games
Yet you want to go to the world cup.
God of soccer gave you a second chance against DRC, yet you couldn't get over the hump. But no, Super Eagles players are world class...lolllll
In a working country:
The entire NFF would've resigned, including the fake guardiola called Eguaveon
Some players should never be invited to the Super Eagles again. Chukwueze should've been disciplined for the comments he made after missing that penalty at AFCON. No need for rafiu durosinmi, Bonifsce or arokodare. These ones aren't footballers but faux-yahoo guys with athleticism.
A sports psychologist should've been hired for the National teams. They seem to become lily-livered at critical games.
Sports minister should've been asked to resign
Finidi shouldn't have been allowed to coach even in the NPFL because he even failed there before failing on a grand stage at the Senior Team
Our grassroots football would've been taken seriously. I see some people defending age-chesting on this thread - "na you born am"
Last last, it'll be rinse and repeat.
Don't worry, I am quite sure that if nothing drastic is done, they'll miss the world cup again next time amd waste osihmen and lookmans prim
Na here we dey.
NFF has turned the national team to ridicule in the eyes of other Africans
Very demonic organization that has nothing good in mind for national team
9JAMac10: Argentina and Cape Verde will face each other in the Round of 32 of the World Cup. Another easy path for Messi and his comrades. Messi about to clinch golden boot after this game.
If Argentina loose guard, they may loose this match or play until they get to penalties