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Me I like Osihmen die, but he need to know that the team is not about him. This is Super Eagles with huge Heritage and rich history, many of the players in this team are top players, he should play more for the team, the goals will eventually come.


On to the DRC/Algeria game.

Samueltemi337:
Omo this talk don dey go far

Yes Osimhen shouldn't have reacted that way
That was uncalled for
But wetin dey bring all these talk of jealousy

Its Jealousy, his childish PlayerFC fan boys want him to be the main man, they cant just stand the fact that Lookman has clearly outperformed him so far just like in the last AFCON. You might not notice it but thats the fact, and that character is what we dont want in the team.

Subzero0477:
I don’t care who is outperforming who, if everybody starts playing for individual records we won't go far

Its Osihmen that plays for personal records if not he shouldn’t be shouting at his teammates to release ball only to him

Subzero0477:
Yes I'm defending Osimhen because Lookman frustrated me too especially in the first half, Osimhen would run his ass off to create spaces and chances but when it comes to Lookmans turn he will try to turn every touch into a shot on goal, Osimhen later lashed out of pent up frustration in the second half but like I said he was justified to air out his grievances, I hope Lookman understands he's not totally innocent in this saga and fix up

I think you Osihmen immature fanboys are just jealous of Lookman. Because he is outperforming Osihmen in 2 consecutive tournaments so far

EEGA:
Can you drop Osimhen to the bench for our next game, as a means of punishing him for today's act?

Of course, you can't.

But Lookman can be dropped for Chukwueze, anytime anyday.

The team always collapses in the absence of Osimhen.We saw this against DR Congo.

We are yet to face a tough side in this tournament, only then will you cherish Osimhen and the X-factor he brings to the team.Case closed.

You no well i swear person that is going for player of the tournament you wan drop, because Osihmen with 2 tap ins refused to behave himself?

EEGA:
Osimhen is the most important player in this team.

He is always unselfish infront of goal.You recall the pass from Osimhen that Onuachu failed to convert b4 scoring via FDB assist.

Lookman should be more of a team player.We are grateful, he has a knack of assisting his team mates.

Akor's is understandable because he is yet to register a goal in this tournament.

This team needs a happy and motivated Osimhen.


They wouldn't have qualified without him.

He deserves some respect from his teammates.

We are yet to play Senegal and DR Congo, which I consider the best teams in the tournament.

A player with 4 assists so far this season should be more of a team player? Please i need some that substance you are taking

Moniter0:
But actually Osimhen has arrived, let's not forget he literally carried this team when lookman and the rest were all playing rubbish, he could have done better with his temper tonight though but let's not disrespect him and pretend we don't know his quality.

When he was playing Rubish during the last AFCON didnt Lookman carry the team. So because he carried the team when lookman was having club issues, he should start misbehaving like a child?

Bannedlargejr:
Thunder faya your head. Lookman is 100% the best player at this Tournament. Let’s stop lying

Leave them to be yarning dust, we need Osihmen but Lookman has been our best player in this tournament. The only match Lookman was rested, Osihmen no even see goal score

Clint02:
Na why I dey vex for am. Osimhen himself has killed forward plays many times, wasted and missed many opportunities. I don't know why he's acting as if he's perfect. He himself is not perfect, and he's angry at others who are also imperfect but even better than he is.

Some people are saying we cant play without him, thats a fat lie, yes has more quality than other alternatives but we can play without him. His 2 goals today were tap ins which anyone can score.

Why did Osihmen lash out to Lookman? Thats very Childish, is he the only person to score? Lookman is clearly performing better than him in this tournament, Let it not be that he is jealous oo. He needs to keep his head down, this his attitude should not be tolerated. Him and Lookman are the same level in football. He needs to manage his ego

CornOak:
⚠️Key Players with Caution (Yellow card)⚠️

1. Calvin Bassey
2. Onyeka
4. Winfred Ndidi

That Bassey Yellow was very unnecessary. These 3 players need to avoid card in the next game. Especially Bassey

Lookman with 7 goal involvements so far.

9JAMac10:
Thank goodness the Egypt team won. I want to see the best African teams on the grandest stage. I couldn’t care less for skin color and ethnicity. Glad Benin is out. Such can a low quality decision making team.

Benin 🇧🇯 is poor going forward , na only gidigbo them sabi, but they gave a very good account of themselves

Benin Equalised but, make we no lie, they are not Clinical

Spainever:
Is that not a red card ?

No, he is not the last man

Benin Equalise 😀😀

Benin are Matching this Egyptians toe to toe 😃😃

MKPUOGALIGA:
Benin 🇧🇯 is one country you cant write off. They are a smaller Nigeria

They are not just as big and diverse as Nigeria, amd they are French speaking. If not they are really very good oo

Goke7:
That is why I mentioned earlier that SA may need to do like France or Belgium to tap into the talent pool of their huge immigrant base who are already SA citizens to boost their national team football, and then mix with their lean local pool.

Enough of this SA conversation sef, we get match today

Excellent. That was what France did. France was just not good enough to compete until they started tapping into immigrants talents. They should find a way to Naturalise Immigrants children born there especially Nigerians and Ghanians. But Xenophobia no go let them

Goke7:
You guys should take it easy, SA has produced huge talents in the past, yes, they are not plenty like Nigeria, but to say Steve Pienarr was not a great player is just bad belle, ask Yakubu Aiyegbeni, that was the guy feeding him assists in their days at Everton.

Lol. You don reduce am to great player 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Steven Piernaar is just a decent average player, he is not a great player we all watched him at Everton.
Its not about plenty of great players. We are talking about quality. Ghana is a smaller country than SA they have produce far better quality players all round than SA. Likewise Senegal and Cameroon. My main point is naturally SouthAfricans are not just good in football its a genetics thing.

FiveFootNinja:
Dude, we literally gave you guys a two-year headstart on the World Cup qualifiers and we still came from 5th place and almost topped the group on the last day. Lack of preparation cost us the ticket. Look how things are now that our squad is settled and beginning to gel. We secured 9 points out of 9 - one of only two teams to achieve this feat in this year's AFCON. It’s cute that you remember the qualifiers sha. Nostalgia is all you have left now that Cameroon has sent you to the departure lounge.

Same Cameroon that couldnt qualify for WC don trashed them comot for AFCOn.

charlesemeka85:
Radebe and Benni world class?🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣. No mind am, may be there is another definition of World class that I dont know

Goke7:
I also think Steve Pienaar was decent, if not world-class, in those days at Everton. The problem of SA is a lack of talent. If they are smarter, they should take advantage of the huge immigrant diversity in their country to beef up their national team football, like France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and, in recent years, countries like Canada and the US. I hope they drop their local champion mentality soon.

You must be a joker to think Steven Pienaar is a world class player.

charlesemeka85:
I know Fortune during his time at United but he was a bench warmer

Lol. I am a die hard Man United fan, i like Fortune but he was a bench option at best.

IronGalaxy:
Take your bias aside. They were world class..

Lol. Radebe and McCarthy world class? You must be a joker.

Spainever:
" The last time they luckily eliminated Morocco"
This is false. The South African team is a good team ,they just need to be clinical and look for good strikers. Yesterday they created several chances in the first half.
No need be sentimental , if the SA team is not good when was the last time Nigeria defeat them ? (Not through penalties )

We have eliminated in the last 2 AFCONs we met them. They are just not good enough, i know what i am saying. Tanzania also created chances against Morocco yesterday, they couldnt score because thwy lack the quality. At crucial points quality will show thats what SA doesnt have.

IronGalaxy:
it doesnt work this way.. Radebe at Leeds was as much a revered figure as Kuffour was at Bayern.. so what the point here? Football is not popularity contest.. whether you think Ikpeba is "better" than Steven Pienaar it doesnt in any way make Pienaar less "world-class"..

Also, South Africans that are in the UK, some of them are there for various reasons, like studying, also many of them are white South Africans and white south africans arent Football inclined.. Using naturalized Africans to prove Football ability is a flawed argument.

South africans do have footballing ability.. this is not even up for discussion, underachieving doesnt change this fact..The national team of Spain were perennial underachievers up until around 2007-08.. despite having a good league and renowned teams like Madrid and Barca.. SA is where Spain was in their underachieving years.. lets nit forget you couldn't win the same group with SA in it for the world cup.. youre just reasoning out of the usual Nigerian bias against SA.

North Macedonia knocked Italy out of the Last WC qualifiers, they are no where near the level of Italy. Likewise Sweden who prevented them from going to the 2018 WC. Cape Verde did same to Cameroon, that doesnt place Cape verde ahead of Cameroon football wise. You SouthAfricans should get this into your heads that qualifying for WC in a group that has Nigeria doesnt really make you a top footballing nation in Africa. We all know who the top teams are, Angola did so as far back as 2006. I havent seen Angolans Claiming equals with Nigeria. Togo did same ahead of Senegal too, no where am I seeing togolese claiming they are bigger than Senegal in football. You played 7 of your 10 games at home, and had to take Nigeria to a potato farm to avoid defeat at home. And Nigerian football ws in crises througout the qualifiers. This 2026 WC will come and go, stop behaving like this is the only WC that has been played or will be played.

Lucas Radebe is no where near Sammy Kufour in world football. Steven Piernaar is several levels below Victor Ikpeba. I wonder why you southAfricans are so bad in assesing player quality.

The case of SouthAfrica is not that of Underachieving. Its clearly lack of quality talent. When you had Radebe, Bartlett, Mccarthy, Fish, Fortune, Nomvete etc most of whom played in Europe you always make the later stages of AFCON and qualify for WCs, and that was the level there talents can carry them at that time.
Ask any Nigerian, we are never afraid to play SA in any match compared to teams lke Ghana, Senegal, Ivorycoast etc

jihday:
McCarthy and Radebe

They are not world class. Haba. What is the definition of a world class player?

Odunayaw:
2-0 is luckily?

Hakimi missed a penalty in the dying minutes to make it 1-1. They got a red following a counter before conceding the second goal. The scoreline did not decribe the game properly

engrelvis:
Fletcher as interim coach..lol.From frying pan to fire.Amorim is far better than him

We will see in few weeks time

afrodoc2:
Yeah I think we are safe for this season. Na the first thing I go check be that, my broda.

Abeg I hope we get some new interim manager bounce with Fletcher and deal the deal. One thing I expect is more minutes for some academy players (that is if our injured players don’t come rushing back).

Correct but as long as he doesnt start any of those his twins. 😀. If he performs like interim Ole we might make the UCL. He will at least revert back to our traditional 433. I think players like Dorgu, Mainoo Mazraoui and Amad will do well with a different formation.

I heard Vivell will look for the next coach. So liepzig link might make him go for Nagglesmann. Well for me I am not too invested in the team anymore. Anything wey they wan do make them do

afrodoc2:
They are tunnel-vision people.

With every sacking things appear to get worse. Even this interim appointment of Fletcher dey risky. He has been coaching for less than 6 months.

The first thing I did when I hear the news was to go to check out points in the table to make sure say relegation no dey possible this season again.

Like I always say, the sacking of a coach is not the main issue but the appointment of the replacement is where we stumble. We also need to improve in squid building.

The only manager left that I have some hope in is Nagelsmann but he is another philosophy king. With the last 2 appointments those philosophers don dey scare me.

😃😃😃🤣

We need 9 more points to reach the magic 40 points mark. So we are safe . Lol