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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

Cocony:
It is not confirmed yet. The outcome of DR Congo game is a factor first followed by October 2025 FIFA RANKINGS which will determine who plays who.
That is the correct basis for the playoffs from CAF perspective.
From the look of things if we hopefully qualify from the CAF ZONE, the main threats will be the Asian and South American
Representatives.

Bolivia has qualified from SouthAmerica. If we qualify with our Fifa ranking. We will not meet the South American representatives

lbrichman2:
I see your point, but can you in all honesty say we played exceptionally well?
We had good moments, yes
But we didn't control the game
Benin always looked like they would score anytime
We still need to fix our midfield
We should be controlling games and smashing opponents

I looked at the make up of Benin team, they are not minnows as some people are making them look. They are playing in very good clubs. They will always pose a threat. We Osihmen was just clinical, they were not poor.

Spainever:
I am wondering why these guys Fredrick and Akor Adams were never invited before the last two matches ? I believe inviting wrong players cost us automatic qualification. Moreso the draw against Zimbabwe cost the ticket .. however thanks 🙏 to Eitrea who withdrew

The coach need to replace Ndidi with Onyeka or Onyedika Permanently.
We should continue with the flat 4-4-2.
GK: Nwabali.
DF: Ola Aina; Fredrick; Bassey; Zaidu/ Agu.
MFD: Lookman; Iwobi; Onyedika/Onyeka; Simon/Chukwueze.
FW: Osihmen and Adams.

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru will be back too for the play offs.

isan:
Hopefully there will be VAR at the playoffs .....make dem use am do testing

But we need to warn Nwabali

codemaniacs:
no team is lowly...

We still have Cameroon's Bryan Mbeumo, Carlos baleba, Chupo-moting, Anguissa, Andre Onana to deal with..

Aubameyang and Gabon...

Yoanne Wissa, Wan-bissaka and Axel Tuanzebe to deal with in the play-offs...

SE is in trouble...

I said intercontinental read carefully before replying

JohnBullMySon:
Nigeria in form is beating all those teams in the African playoffs.

My major fear with the playoff is the interconfed stage.

The intercontinental play offs has very lowly teams, and due to our FIFA ranking we will only play one game

Meliforme:
I feel very sorry for Benin, we could have let them qualify, but in this case it is every man for himself.

You feel sorry for Benin, but when they knew it is over for them, they were wasting time and goalkeeper pulling saves all in the bid to deny us the needed goal. Abeg forget that thing abeg. They dont like us as most people here think.

Moreover tgose hyping Gernot Rohr. He tried in Benin but there is nothing spectacular, he got 17 points from 10 matches, Niger got 15 points from just 8 matches.
Little xountries like Madagascar, Mozambique etc got more points. Even Comoros ,Namibia and co got similar points. So whtever he did in Benin is ordinary

Toylove:
Now that we are heading to the playoffs, what will happen to the friendly that the dumbo NFF has scheduled for November

Very useless people. Theywant to use the friendly to cash out

TheSuperNerd:
Kudos. Dear Nehruvia. Cheers to you too. Cheers to everyone who believed.

CAR321... that 3pts revelation vs SA ensured Lesotho got the boost to not finish last. A hero u remain.
BankyGee
Odunayaw
Double Cs (Cocony & CapitalCe)... your qualification maths hopes lit up and enlightened the thread. I loved it. I knew it for myself already but u both took the time to enlighten.
Mineflix and Amedino99... Your monitoring of the 2nd placed team results was beautiful. Great compliment to the double Cs
QueenJazz
Mekabuachi
DrYa
Elyte89... a coach with never give up mentality. Elyte89 is one of the few who never wavered and kept pushing with belief exploiting any chance at all we have.
Semid4lyfe... Amiable moderator of the sports section who is as invested as anyone.


I cant mention all but just know that I see everything and everyone. You all rock. This thread had a direct hand in this Playoffs qualification.

This Super Eagles Thread proves once again why we are the best and most informed assemblage of fans and analysts on all our men's National teams and Nigerian football as a whole.

I salute u all and ask that u keep the faith and the fire ahead of the playoffs. We will get to USCAMEX 2026. We started so badly but here we are. Story not finished but will end in Glory.

Thanks boss.

We will be in the world cup trust me bro.

The Super Eagles technical team need to humble themselves and employ the seevices of guys here, we can even do it pro bono.

Spainever:
Have we qualify for play off or wait till Congo game ?

Its Burkinafaso that will wait for Dr Congo. That Onyeka goal took us above them