Siasia was more impactful in the SE than Kanu.

Was a good foil for Yekini in the early 90s. His performance in the 1994 is overlooked due to the disciplinary wahala he had with a Westerhof before the second round match against Italy. His more mature interpretation of the midfield role at the USA 94 WC really gave the SE a cutting edge unlike the playing to the gallery jayjay in his early days.

I can remember a handful of games that Sia1 came up clutch for the SE.

Marjoribanks:
I was familiar with his story! He did not play any AFCON until 1992. That is my point!

How then can I rate such player ahead of Papillo?

Okocha's own was almost unforgivable because he was captain and should have led by example.

Kog45:
Okocha,Kanu and Aiyegbeni skipped matches then in 2006

Honestly the behavior of some of our players then. Same thing that Foden did that almost ended his England career.

Kog45:
It was Cele Babayaro,Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Victor Agali that were sent home but funny they didn’t cared and showed no remorse

Na that indiscipline matter be the koko. Pesin wey go club the before match. Also remember how he was bounced from the 2004 AFCON squad for smuggling girls into team hotel after SE lost first group game against Morocco.

jihday:
if injuries did Iroha bad them injuries destroyed Celestine, he never really touched the height he was supposed to, he was also indisciplined too sha.

Very fair assessment kudos egbon.

If I were forced to choose I would probably go for Babayaro because of his technical qualities on the ball and ability to go forward and defend solidly. His longevity and overall impact in the SE is very low which admittedly would rule him out of the best LB conversation.

Iroha like you rightly noted was rock solid for Nigeria injuries did him bad.

Kog45:
I want us to give fair assessment to our judgments regarding the trio.

Ben Iroha was a solid member of Westerhoff era and did so well.He has below Europe career.He won Afcon and had two WC appearances.What could have been his best tournament was marred with injury and Mike Emenalo step in.He had 50 caps and a goal.

Celestine Babayaro remain the best talking of European career.He played for Anderlecht,Chelsea and Newcastle.He played in two WC and was a regular member of eagles in the late 90 to mid 2000 with Afcons appearances.But I will rate his super eagles career average 27 caps and a goal.

Taye Taiwo would have been the best Nigeria LB.He started well with Marseilles but his transfer to AC Milan ruined his progression and he never recovered from it.He played in a WC and had Afcon appearances.He had good eagles career with 54 caps and 8 goals.

My submission,based on Europe career I gave it to Celestine Babayaro…..On trophy I gave it to Ben Iroha cus he was part of eagles that was ranked 5th in the world…..Ranking Taye Taiwo the best eagles LB would bring debate but If he was part of 2013 Afcon team he would have been adjudged the best cuz having 54 caps with 8 goals showed how solid he was with eagles.

I hope to see emerging talent that will break Iroha,Babayaro and Taye records in eagles.

Iheanacho don born?

Nice

https:///SSE_NGA/status/1786803836549546288

As much as it's good to raise the minimum wage what we should insist on is the affordability of such a wage.

No use increasing the wage to N1 million if inflation will take 90-95% of the monthly pay.

bennybuhari:


https://www.thecable.ng/ajaero-fgs-35-pay-rise-mischievous-living-wage-should-be-n615k/

As an NPFL coach he might feel obliged to give his constituents (local players) a chance.

Danielnino00:

As an NPFL coach, Finidi might feel the need to invite players from the league.. possibly, he might be pressured to... I wonder what Komekn will say about that

As in! Look at Benjamin Fredrick for instance straight from NPFL/academy to EPL club. If our resident brit expat 'scout' would have commented about how youth football is not bla blaa.. or I know a boy in Peterborough who's father's uncle's sister's boyfriend's brother is his coach.

Danielnino00:


While he accuses others of eating bitter leaf soup (which by the way is an absolute delight), he drinks raw undiluted bitter leaf juice when it comes to issues about Nigerian born players.

I have never hidden the fact that I no too rate Amuneke but I be learner when it comes to Charlesemeka's 'love' for Emma

elyte89:



I don Dey notice u since ..e b like say u ko even like amuneke at all 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂,u just Dey hide

Even if na me and amuneke remain…I am sure u will choose me (😆elyte ball😀😀😀)

Not properly utilizing his bench especially for the second game was annoying hopefully he learns.

Joezinho:


I pray he succeeds. Some of us wants the best for Nigeria football.. But he should never try the rubbish he did during the friendly games.
Kept Lookman, our best player on the bench for the two friendlies. Was loosing and brought him 15min to the end of game. No Tella, Yusuf ,Dele. These guys were having good season..

Bruv no need for the harsh words. Yes we can disagree but let's keep it at light banter.

Joezinho:
Omo. E pain these takaka mofos say Amunike nor get the job. 😂😂😂

Dude you crack me up

I've been disposed to Finidi being the SE's coach but I won't lie the Mali friendly sowed seeds of doubt in my mind if he was up to the task. Hopefully the NFF will back him up with competent back room because no doubt he has a talented group of players to succeed.

Amuneke I feel still needs to prove himself in another coaching role. If he stays the course he will get his chance with the SE one that day.

Oasis007:




Like wetin. They said Finidi doesn't get UEFA Pro, we dropped Link, they said na Lie. Where is the Link that proved Amuneke gets Pro and Masters?!

They said Amuneke is drenched in the pool of tiki-taka, same as Finidi cos he was made in Ajax. As a player, Finidi is far more successful than Amuneke. He is a UCL Winner and also won other Trophies that Amuneke didn't even smell as a Player.

As a youth Coach, he managed a spanish U19 Club [not even U17] for 5 years. Guess what?! Spain is home of tiki-taka. As a Men Coach he has won a League, as in a League for God's sake!

He is technically a foreigner too, coz he is also a spanish. LOL!

The undisputed starters in the SE right now based on current form and impact for club and country are Nwabali, Ekong, Aina, Bassey, Onyeka, Osimhen and most definitely Lookman! Boniface based on the tactical set up can be a starter. Iheanacho on the other hand has dropped to be an impact sub.

Meliforme:
In my appraisal Ademola Lookman can be rightlfully benched for the likes of Victor Boniface and Kelechi Iheanacho because the duo interprets the SS role better.

Finidi it is

https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-nff-appoints-finidi-george-as-super-eagles-head-coach/amp/

Him winning the Albanian league is a big plus for him.

Solace Chukwu seems to like him.

elyte89:




My pick is ndubuisi egbo from day 1 ,judging by their cvs

Not too bad considering number of games he missed due to AFCON.

opes:


Four more. He is currently 3rd on the top Scorers table, 14 goals from 22 matches.

Guy ebi like say your godfather dey run things for you

elyte89:
Lol I kan pity amuneke sha …upon all d lobbying and protest 😀😀😀





https://owngoalnigeria.com/2024/04/29/breaking-nff-board-reject-choice-of-amuneke-as-super-eagles-coach-picks-another-nigerian/

With Mane and Firminho gone Kloop was probably wary of using an attack with little to absent EPL experience.

Rebuilds can be a delicate balancing act.

Ibime:


They were foolish not to accept 200m from Saudi last summer. You can't turn your nose up at rebuild money

Jackson is a decent footballer but from the few times I've seen him he lacks that innate ability that distinguishes elite players from the rest of the crowd.

I'm not all knowing to proclaim he won't improve or get to the heights of world class footballers but he needs to work extra harder.

ChrisKels:


Below is the response I got from a small boy wey no sabi anything about football. Trust me, Jackson would have been doing better in a midtable teams like WestHam, Aston Villa, Everton etc

You dey give me PTSD. Muntari wan nearly kill am that day that was unofficially his last SE match Surprisingly we didn't play too badly that day especially in the first half. Eguavoen was the coach.

Pidginwhisper:
I stopped rating Abbey after that London friendly against Ghana.😂😂😂

Obviously you don't know about the player because if you did you would know Tijani had a terrible ACL injury and is just trying to get good form from a run of games.

Oh and he's on loan from RB Salzburg an Austrian team reputable for giving bright new talent like Mane, Haaland, and Minamino their big breakthroughs.

But you wouldn't know that since he wasn't born in the boroughs you say you frequently 'scout'

komekn:


He is 21 and playing in the Austrian Bundesliga and has been for 4 seasons.

If he is so well rated according to you what is he doing playing in the Australia league rated 13 in Europe.

Will my question ❓ be considered HATE.

According to Charles Anazodo new SE manager has been given a 2 year deal and will be announced before weekend.

https:///chaplinez70/status/1783124831388471607

Yes Nsofor was crucial during that period. My distinct memory of that era was of a very flat midfield (that was the time when Mourinho almost completely suppressed Mikel's flair) and an above average defense constantly getting bailed out of jail by Enyeama.

charlesemeka85:
also Nsofor who bailed the team out in few occasions with his match winning late strikes

And he duly used them to qualify for the WC plus win an AFCON bronze medal.

Besides you forget he had talented opposition to grapple with like the Drogba led Ivory Coast, Ghana that had Essien, Muntari, and Appaiah not forgetting the amazing Egyptian team that had Aboutreika and co.

Kanu was in diminishing returns by the time Amodu came back for his second stint, So was Martins. The only person I would say Shaibu benefited from in terms of football form were Osaze and Ike Uche.

jihday:
the last part isn’t true, Amodu had peak martins, Utaka,Yakubu, Osaze,Nsofor, Mikel also had portmouth Kanu

mostob:
Chelsea was actually better off as a dry gin. Na peer pressure dey make them play football.

True but he always delivered and met his targets. Qualified Nigeria twice for WC and won two AFCON bronzes without the best of talent yet we still undermine his efforts.

jihday:
not to defend the NFF but Amodu’s teams were very boring and we often struggled in games

The only local coach given the chance to manage the SE was Shaibu Amodu but he was hounded and disrespected despite delivering on his targets.

jihday:
my biggest issue is we never give the most qualified Nigerians the job, Emetole and Kadiri Ikhana are the most recent Nigerians to make Caf champions league finals but both of them were never considered for the SE job but we kept on giving exinternationals like Chukwu,Eguavoen etc, who couldn’t cut it the Nigerian league.

Still want to know who was advising the boy to take such a risky decision. May have set his career back by almost 2 years.

ChrisKels:
Hwfa that boy wey run go do trials for Chelsea? It's been over a month oo.

You right we've had poor coaches whether Nigerian or foreign.

For me the first criteria whenever the discussion of choosing a coach comes up is competence followed by if he's Nigerian. I will never under any misguided patriotism advocate for an obviously unqualified local coach to handle the SE if the foreign one is a better option.

Kog45:
I already acknowledged the mistake after AndSunGorilla pointed it out…..na vex I Dey vex make me forgot that Sam Okwaraji scored the best goal of the tournament against Cameroon,the match ended 1-1 but why are we always pointing out local coaches mistakes as if the foreign eagles coaches are perfect.

Correction egbon on the bold. Hoener only lost the 1988 AFCON against Cameroon even that was controversial due to the Henry Nwosu goal that was wrongly called offside.

Kog45:
Westerhof lost to 10 man Italy team with a goal advantage….Rohr under 5 minutes to round things up failed to beat Argentina…Vogts came and find Afcon difficult to handle….Bora was whitewashed by Denmark,in fact looked clueless,Hoener came and lost to Cameroon twice in the same tournament,Seoul 88 he lost everything,Bonfrere Jo put us in tight corner until a local coach Shuaib Amodu rescued us and gave us WC ticket but na to dey use local coaches as bad examples….Oga Joe make we just dey watch go

Mr Charles you too like wahala

Anyway in all seriousness now is the time to back him up to succeed 100% we may all have our misgivings about his appointment but let's just believe his tenure will bring much success to the SE. Not that he should be immune from criticism when wrong or team is floundering but let's just believe he will succeed on the job.

charlesemeka85:
So finally we will get to see super play barca style of football🤩🤩🤩

I can’t wait 😊😊😊