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jihday:
the first guy is struggling at Villa, the second one is ok not great while the last guy is just there, Brighton offloaded him to sunderland where he’s not exactly pulling up trees

Amad Diallo not great? 😊 🤣😆😆. Did you watch the guy yesterday against Liverpool yesterday?

jihday:
this their attack is very very mid

Guassand, Amad Diallo and Adingra are not mid bro.

BankyGee:
Maybe not the best squad overall, but if na CBs, leave am for them.

Singo na another beast and na from bench he dey come play for them.

Even Evan Ndicka sef na Ivory coast.

Their Attack of Amad Diallo, Evan Guassend of Villa, Adingra and Sabastine Haller is solid. But yeah for example Nigeria has a better attack than them.
Midfield I will give it to Senagal, Canerooon too has some mad midfield combo of Frank Zambo Anguisa and Carlos Baleba

BankyGee:
Has he capped for Ivory Coast? 🤔

Forget, I don see him AFCON trophy 😂

Why isn't he on the list then? 🧐 Transfermarkt don jonze! 😒

Yes. He won AFCON too, he was just injured before the final. My brother Ivory Coast has the best squad in Africa, but many people no know.

They also have Odillion Kossounou another CB. Their is also Wilfired Singo.

Oasis007:


......we got a win, but still ain't impressed. We were just lucky to win the game, not like we deserved it.

Gods of Soccer ain't with Liverpool yesterday, otherwise they wouldn't have lost the match.

We were unlucky against Fulham and Arsenal.
Agaisnt Brentford if the referee had givn the correct decision and Bruno had scored to make it 2-2, who lnows we would have won.

Yesterday, Bruno would have easily made it 2-0. And you wont be talking about luck no.

TrebleChamp:
So far so good....

Our game against Brighton, Hmmn that team is demonic. We need to win despirately

BankyGee:
I don't think so.... If he is, he'll be on the list my boss. That list is directly from transfermarkt.

And sporting wont even accept €45m for him. Minimum €60m, the guy is legit one of the best CBs in Europe. He is a baller.

afrodoc2:
The talent is there. He just needs to look up more and make better decisions. The coach needs to talk to him about it because sometimes when a player is too eager to impress and get his first goal he might develop tunnel vision.

Our next game is Brighton at home, I see either him or mount getting dropped for Sesko to come in. Amrorim said he benched sesko today because Konate and VVD will neutralise him on air.
I will be curious to see if he will continue with this lineup in a home game.
Meanwhile our next 4 games are away to Spurs and Forest and Homes to Brighton and Everton. We need to amass points here and see how it goes.

engrelvis:
They shud leave that keeper alone! His positioning n confidence has been amazing.look at that lsak block.No way Onana would save that ball.

If na Onana tht Isak block na goal, then that second half Salah cover he go first sit down, Salah go chip or slip in for 2-1, as we will be about fighting back, he will drop his normal howler to make it 3-1 and game over

afrodoc2:
The difference between him and Mbeumo for now is that Mbeumo has learnt to play with his teammates. Cunha has superior dribbling and ball carrying ability, but he always wants to carry the ball from wherever he received it until he gets into the box.

Well let him function well sha

TrebleChamp:
Our midfield is still a worry, i hope they address it in January even if na loan deals...

We need a pair of Midfield starters. I watched Wharton yesterday, I was surprised how good that guy is.
For me sell Ugarte, casemiro Contract finishing to free up Cash. Go all out for him. If Baleba will be too expensive, Scot for a Competent DM to compliment him. Move on Bruno or move him to AM where he is more effective and less of a defensive liability

MRTA7:
I really like our new keeper Lammens. Solid nothing fancy or crazy just steady. Not too much to ask.

If we had Onana or Bayindir in goal today, we would have conceded that ISak strike that he saved with his legs and that shot from Salah that went wide, 2-1 in 50mins, Gakpo later to make it 3-1, then another howler to make it 4-1 late on. QED

Englishisamust:
Is lammens the right keeper now??. that gakpo goal he was not in the right position..

Lol. See complain. How is that goal his fault?

afrodoc2:
If Cunha release ball on time he go die. Na secret covenant.

Amorim seems to like him, but he frustrates me honestly

Arizoner:
I'm looking at you and all i see is someone who is just talking out of reality goofing around like a stray chicken. The same korea SE struggled to beat in 2010 and yak missed an open goal or the same medium european who you struggle to beat in2014 and 2018? Aside from 94 and 98, the SE has been shambolic against opposition of any confederation yet some people will be goofing around because they qualified for play offs they are not sure of when their mates qualified directly

I would have replied you with better analysis, but you i wont since you felt insult is the best thing for you to deploy unprovoked.

BankyGee:
1. Achraf Hakimi (RB) - €80M (most expensive African Player)
2. Edmond Tapsoba (CB) - €35M
3. Evan Ndicka (CB) - €30M
4. Calvin Bassey (CB) - €28M

Ousmane Diomande of Sporting Lisbon from Ivory coast is worth around €50m.

BankyGee:
This is why I want us to go to the World Cup! WE WILL COOK!

Make them first give us Jordan for a start 😂

Nigeria always does well against medium European teams. We have beaten Greece, Bulgaria twice , Bosnia, and Iceland, we were leading Greece 🇬🇷 in 2010 until Sani Kaita madness. We always are unlucky to meet Argentina always. We also always overcome teams from Asia. Our biggest issue is SouthAmerican teams.
In 2018 world cup Senegal had Poland, Japan and Colombia. If we had that kind of group we would have qualified to the second round. Our group had Eventual finalists Croatia, Argentina and Iceland 🇮🇸, and Iceland was really good that period.

Even if they give us say SouthKorea, Or Saudi or Watar, plus Mediun Euro team like Austria , Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 or Czech Republic and Big team like Argentina 🤣😁. We should qualify.
Argentina
Korea
Austria
Nigeria

Mujtahida:
We always struggle against South American teams oo

No mind am, omo any SouthAmerican team dey dangerous and unpredictable

minfelix:
go and check their qualifiers table…Honduras has qualified to the world cup already

I have checked it tay tay. There are still 2 mathes to play in November. Honduras is on 8pts Costarica is on 6 points.

14/11: Nicaragua vs Honduras
19/11: Costarica vs Honduras.

For Costarica.
14/11. Haiti vs Costa rica
19/11. Costarica vs Honduras (possible decider).

Meanwhile Costarica needs to be careful oo or else Either Suriname or Panama can overtake them in second team ranking. They seem to be draw specialists like Nigeria.

For me if possible let Caracao and Suriname come out from cCONCACAF.

Please did NFF approach Noah Atubolu or did he rwject us? That guy no go ever pin down a starting place in Germany. He should come a help us and deliver us from Nwabali

minfelix:
Chai intercontinental play off in march 2026 go dey interesting sha, let me start my own simulated prediction 🤪🤪😜
Intercontinental play of teams
Conmebol (1)= Bolivia 🇧🇴
OFC(1) = New caledonia 🇳🇨
AFC (1)= winner between Iraq vs UAE 🇦🇪 (i pick UAE)
Concacaf (2)= Curacao 🇨🇼 and Costa rica 🇨🇷
CAF(1) = Nigeria 🇳🇬 (my prediction 😀)

Now this is how it will be arranged from fifa source:

2unseeded teams faces each other from two different brackets more like:

bracket 1: (New caledonia 🇳🇨 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴)
my pick : Bolivia to win
bracket 2( Curacao 🇨🇼 vs UAE 🇦🇪)
my pick: UAE 🇦🇪 to win


then winner from the 2 bracket of unseeded teams will now face the top seeded teams according to fifa ranking for the remaining 2slots for 2026 Fifa worldcup

More like:
Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs UAE 🇦🇪
Costa rica 🇨🇷 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴

My pick: Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Costa rica 🇨🇷 to be the 2 final qualified nations

It will be played in Mexico. Omo we need to do everything to avoid Bolivia oo, they play well in high altitude. They do well in high altitude. From your projection if we can play UAE that will be best.

minfelix:
Chai intercontinental play off in march 2026 go dey interesting sha, let me start my own simulated prediction 🤪🤪😜
Intercontinental play of teams
Conmebol (1)= Bolivia 🇧🇴
OFC(1) = New caledonia 🇳🇨
AFC (1)= winner between Iraq vs UAE 🇦🇪 (i pick UAE)
Concacaf (2)= Curacao 🇨🇼 and Costa rica 🇨🇷
CAF(1) = Nigeria 🇳🇬 (my prediction 😀)

Now this is how it will be arranged from fifa source:

2unseeded teams faces each other from two different brackets more like:

bracket 1: (New caledonia 🇳🇨 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴)
my pick : Bolivia to win
bracket 2( Curacao 🇨🇼 vs UAE 🇦🇪)
my pick: UAE 🇦🇪 to win


then winner from the 2 bracket of unseeded teams will now face the top seeded teams according to fifa ranking for the remaining 2slots for 2026 Fifa worldcup

More like:
Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs UAE 🇦🇪
Costa rica 🇨🇷 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴

My pick: Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Costa rica 🇨🇷 to be the 2 final qualified nations

If it goes based convention, i have looked at the fixtures, Honduras should go to play offs, Costa Rica should qualify directly. Just prediction though

Please guyscan we just ignore this troll please. Why are we even responding to him/her.

Ragingthunder:
he got two yellow cards tho?

Yeah how many match suspension is 2 yellow card and a red card

QueenJazz:
Curacao in the playoffs? 😃😃

Lol, if Nigeria don't start exhibiting bipolar tendencies again, this playoffs should be a breeze.

I predict Costa Rica as our deciding game in March. They're roughly on par with Jamaica. If we could put Jamaica away with our B team, I'm sure we can beat Costa Rica if we face off.

If Costarica qualify to play offs we will avoid them due to fifa ranking

AndSunGorilla:
What about the game they played yesterday? He missed it cos of d 2 yellow cards/red.

You are correct oo, he is eligible oo

AndSunGorilla:
He should be, it wasn't a straight red card but two yellow cards so he would have finished serving his suspension before the playoffs.

There is no more competitive match before that match, infact Gabons next match is against Nigeria. So he will miss the match. Thank God

minfelix:
even Ajayi now has a second yellow card….mk dem tell Chelle oo

Felix Agu will be back. Fredrick will move to the CB. Agu will play right back.

mekabuachi:
Since we would be playing Gabon in the playoffs
Is aubameyang available for the match on November after picking up that red card?
Abeg make start early now dey plan Gabon ooh😭

Aubameyang will miss the match oo. Na true oooo. Jesus he was sent off in their last game. Wow nice observation.

9JAMac10:
I want us to play Cameroon in the semi final then Congo dr in the final of the playoffs. Keep hopes alive

We are playing Gabon.

minfelix:
Chai intercontinental play off in march 2026 go dey interesting sha, let me start my own simulated prediction 🤪🤪😜
Intercontinental play of teams
Conmebol (1)= Bolivia 🇧🇴
OFC(1) = New caledonia 🇳🇨
AFC (1)= winner between Iraq vs UAE 🇦🇪 (i pick UAE)
Concacaf (2)= Jamaica 🇯🇲 and Costa rica 🇨🇷
CAF(1) = Nigeria 🇳🇬 (my prediction 😀)

Now this is how it will be arranged from fifa source
2unseeded teams faces each other from two different brackets more like:
bracket 1: (New caledonia 🇳🇨 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴)
my pick : Bolivia to win
bracket 2 Costa rica 🇨🇷 vs UAE)
my pick: Costa rica 🇨🇷 to win


then winner from the 2 unseeded bracket will now face the top seeded teams for the remaining 2slots for 2026 Fifa worldcup
More like:
Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Jamaica 🇯🇲 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴

My pick: Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Jamaica 🇯🇲 to be the 2 qualified nations

Jamaica won today. Its Caracao thst will make. Jamaica will qualify directly

lbrichman2:
You sabi book!!
That was when we finally got some control in the game
We shouldn't continue with 2 man midfield abeg
We almost didn't see Ndidi today

That 2 man Midfield should be Onyeka and Onyedika