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The moment the Black Starlets of Ghana 🇬🇭 and Golden Eaglets of Nigeria 🇳🇬 danced to highway by @phynofino as the first phase of WAFU U17 ends, both teams qualified for the semis.

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Correction: Pep has won 2 UCL

Danielnino00:
And Pep has zero UCL with his over 1 billion dollars spending

Modified: It's funny that you keep posting something Klopp said in 2016 to justify your argument... 2016 was 6 years ago.. A lot of things have changed... In 2016, how many players were being signed for over 100m? Klopp has still managed to balance the books at Liverpool..Nunez transfer fee will be funded from the sale of Mane and some other fringe players... So it's no big deal..

Nunez has played less games but Osimhen has the edge due to the level of leagues he has featured in.

andrewbaba44:
Scudetto doesn’t matter ,but it will be very big for him if he wins it and a plus

And yes he needs 1 more year at Napoli

Osimhen is destined for great things ,better stats than 100 million Darwin Nunez

We need to study how Darwin Nunez is more expensive than vlahovic and Haaland

The Master Chef himself feel for Udoka though

Blueelf:
Forgive me guys

Better team go handle Portugal jare. I adore CR7 but his teammates don't sure up when it matters most.

daveP:
Belgium? Portugal have a better. Chance than Belgium anyday. Belgium no sabi moment to turn up the tempo. Portugal sabi. And Portugal no be just favs yet.

Even better we won't have to bother with too much paperwork.

Joebie:
Pretty decent. Highest number of blocks. Voted clubs player of the season. I think he received two awards. One of the best CBs in the championship last season. Also has a knack for scoring.

Modified
May I add he’s played for our U20 in the past

Ok that's fair enough hope the NFF and Jose extend an invite to him.

Joebie:
Pretty decent. Highest number of blocks. Voted clubs player of the season. I think he received two awards. One of the best CBs in the championship last season. Also has a knack for scoring.

How were his performances last season?

Joebie:
26. Blackpool in the championship

`No team is perfect 'Magwaya' wey dey England starting XI nko?

Forget Brazil have the pedigree at competitions like WCs.

charlesemeka85:
can’t be compared to brazil of old

Brazil wey Fred Dey and richardlison Dey start games for?

Hmmm Chief you sure? Team wey get Allison, Marquinos, Vinicus jr, Neymar to mention a few can't be average o!

charlesemeka85:
the current Brazil team no Dey really fear me

They re just average

Hoping Brazil can do something. I would have said Belgium but they too dey fall hand.

charlesemeka85:
highly possible

My instincts Dey tell me say na Argentina go win the world cup

In the famous words of MI bad belle is allowed

Seriously though looking at Senegal and Cameroon to do something special maybe Morocco too

andrewbaba44:
It’s your wish ,but I smell bad belle

You won’t say this about the eagles ooooo

You just spoilt your post with the last few sentences.

Charles was highlighting the SE's lack of quality options in defence, but here you are going of tangent mentioning a Elijah scoring goals in the championship when we already have decent forwards playing across the top 5 European leagues.

If you had mentioned decent CBs playing in the championship that would have helped your argument but no you can never miss an opportunity to drop agenda.

komekn:
With regards to Osaze he is simply not good enough from what I've seen. Right from when he was at Sheffield Wednesday.

Valentine Ozornwafor, John Nwankwo are simply just starting their career and there is nothing to report of substance.

Alhassan l know nothing about so no comments Onyedika is playing in the lowly Danish league more or less first season. Not sure what makes him exceptional.

That league is on par with English league one, if l were to suggest a number of Nigerian origin players in League one all of you would start doing summersaults.

Double standard and hypocrisy anchored on sentiment based favouritism.

Elijah Adebayo scored 16 goals in the Championship this season just ended, has any body talked about him.

There is a good number of Nigerian origin CB in the Championship but not one mention but we keep talking about expired players like Shehu, Omeruo,etc

To be fair he alongside Tijani were invited for the friendlies in America but he no showed.

Joebie:
I don’t know why we are shying away from Alhassan Yusuf.

Nothing much can be gotten from this result to access the true standing of the team but at least it shows a mental shift. Our teams have to play with ruthless aggregation to always want to win every match. This kind of mentality will serve us well when we start encountering tougher opposition

Yes I like it like that you you face minnows pound them to dust! don't go and be playing nonsense and be giving the rest of your group's opposition hope.

jihday:
Agbayas

In the wrestling business as a top guy there will eventually come a time when you will have to do what is good for ''business''. The Undertaker made a young wet behind the ears Randy Orton look credible in their first match together because he recognised his potential.

Guys like Taker, Bret Hart, Mick Foley to mention a few are loved and respected not just because of what they achieved or their wrestling ability but for the selflessness they show in willing to put others over.

Why do you think a legend like Hulk Hogan is disliked.

ValeeLove:
I just have one question for you. Let's say you're in a wrestling company and you're part of the top guys. And in this company, you get paid based on your level on the card - upper card, mid card, lower card. With this knowledge in mind, knowing he would suddenly get paid more than you, would you like to 'put over' another wrestler?

But that's the thing in the history of Nigerian elections the presidential candidates that won did so mostly on their own steam without much contribution from the vice. OBJ in 1999 & 2003 what was Atiku's contribution? In 2003 even with rigging PMB still flogged OBJ in the north.

In 2007 who knew GEJ at the time that translated to votes for Yar Adua in the south?

In 2011 did Sambo save GEJ from getting brutalised by PMB in the north?

Who knew Prof Yemi Osinbajo in the south for 2015 that helped PMB win?

In my opinion Tinubu has already built the necessary alliances in the north that can realistically garner votes he doesn't need to complicate things with this muslim/muslim kite you're flying.

PassingShot:
I don't know of any northern christian who can bring him the needed votes

Under normal circumstances a muslim-muslim ticket shouldn't be a big deal, but the Nigeria of today is vastly different from the Nigeria in 1993 where MKO was able to win the presidential election.

The sad reality is that the country is even more divided today along religious/ethnic lines. Most people around the country need reassurance and the unfiltered truth is that a Christian/Muslim ticket is what will calm many people down before we even begin to talk about campaign manifesto no matter how progressive.

The northern governors appreciated the need to be sensitive to regional feelings that's why they said the south should produce the presidency even though it's not explicitly stated in the Nigerian constitution that the office of the president will be rotated between north and south.

Plus how many people will be comfortable with a Christian - Christian ticket if the roles were reversed?

If Tinubu decides to pick a Muslim vice he will definitely lose that's not a prediction but a spoiler alert.

Sometimes you have to do things to guarantee peace and tranquillity even when it's within your rights not to do so.

PassingShot:
I have read a lot of people saying "no to Muslim-Muslim ticket" even before Asiwaju emerged. Now that he has emerged as the standard bearer of APC with Atiku as the major challenge to him, I wonder why a Muslim-Muslim ticket of Tinubu presidency is not better than a return of the presidency to north possibly for another eight years after 8 years of PMB.

Like or loathe APC, it has demonstrated being a truly progressive party by standing with a return of the presidency to the South even after Atiku had emerged as PDP's candidate. PDP damned everything common sense by making Atiku emerge with possibility of keeping the presidency in the north and a lot of people seem not to care because PDP is doing what they need to do to win the election without considering fairness and equity.

I am strongly convinced that when the time comes, majority of voters will side with an APC' Muslim-Muslim ticket which returns presidency to the south and reject a Muslim-Christian ticket which keeps the presidency to the north for another eight years to make it 16 straight years of Northern dominance.

Bros fear God na the weight of the pass clearly shows it was meant for Iwobi.

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daveP:
That Moses pass was actually meant for Osimhen. Iwobi broke thru and got the goal. Rewatch it. Smart guy Iwobi. Once in the box in GWG, he has a 100% goal record. Check it. Especially in Qualifiers.

Looks like JPes loves the duo of Iwobi and Aribo. I don't see any person big enough to break rank on these two. I wonder how it would seem with Nacho in the lineup. He will make that RHS click. If Simon continues to do the rubbish he does, it will be Tunisia all again when we jam a more technical, equal team, at least. Guy should be syncing with Bassey by now. Chai.


JPes loves Aina. Make Ebuehi return asap abeg. Tired of that number 12.

Good battling win. Not the best performance but a precious win nonetheless which is what is important at this stage.

Positives from the game for me:

The attacking intent of the team and sharp play.

Bassey's crosses yesterday make me feel like doing thanksgiving in church on sunday that thank God finally we have a player who can cross the ball. Even though Calvin has only played 5 odd games he's already the best crosser we've had in the team in over 10 years no caps.

Iwobi looks like he's maturing into the player we expected he should be.

It's early days but I'm impressed with Peseiro's reading of the game and quick thinking to change things if stuff is not working out on the pitch.

Negatives

Defence is still error prone and always looks likely to concede. We absolutely need a good CB not average or above average but good.

We've let in 4 goals in 3 games which is concerning, but not totally unexpected. When playing a more attacking style there will always be risk of space being exploited. I can leave with that as long as we continue to create more chances and are absolutely ruthless in burying those chances.

Hopefully Ndidi's later return will provide more defensive solidity. It will be interesting also to see how Jose utilizes Iheanacho.

Overall room for improvement but decent start.

BascoVanVeli:
highlights


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAz0DrkCJGA

His participation in the presidential election next year is still up in the air considering the party he joined is locked in a legal battle over the real head of their party. I have a sneaky feeling that a few months to the election he will stylishly back out and urge his 'supporters' to back Atiku.

Anyway it's a free world let them support their candidate.

donstan18:
100% of Okwute’s miscreants.

40% don’t have PVC

Out of the remaining 60% with PVC, 30% will be online tweeting and posting on Twitter, WhatsApp, Anambra Facebook group, 2go groups and Nairaland.

Our of the remaining 30%, 20% who wanna vote will be stucked between collecting free 7k to vote for Atiku or 5k to vote for Tinubu, they’ll choose either of both and then the remaining 10% will vote for Okwute.

This will be the reality of Okwute’s miscreants.

Please I hope people are noting down this picture o! Not that in 4/5 years time you will say one of them is married with a kid because of some made up story on social media.

TheSuperNerd:
Like Flying Eagles, Like Golden Eaglets...

In other news, really looking forward to the new cadet stars that will show their stuff starting from this weekend in Ghana at the Wafu B Afcon U17 Qualifier tournament.


Some lads to look out for according to various live camp reports and close scouting observations:

GKs:

Pascal Uzoho, Richard Odoh (Team's #1)

Odoh is said to be quite good at almost everything between the sticks at this level. Hopefully he lives up to the hypes.



Defence:

Emmanuel Michael (left sided attacking Midfielder converted to LB)

Jeremiah Olaleke - Fullback and Center back potential.

Yahaya Lawal - Fullback potential.



Midfield:

Ebube Okere (Midfield's trojan. Ball winning MF)

Ozor Okeke (technically gifted MF. Said to possess a high football IQ in the middle game. Time will tell)



Attack:

Kevwe Iyede (one report likens him to another rising Osimhen).

Precious Williams - Team Captain and Goals Lord of the team. Highly rated by the coaches.

Abubakar Abdullahi - Sweet left foot. Good build. Tall, strong physically.

Jubril Azeez - In the words of a close observer, he could be the team's joker. Also left footed.


Really hope the team live up to the hypes from close observers of the Ugbade-assembled Team.

Wishing the team all the best.

With BAT emerging as the APC flag bearer I agree that Atiku is likely the favorite now. A lot can still happen between now and february next year but Tinubu has his work cut out for him. Big shout out to PYO he did his best but that's democracy for you. The majority choice is not always the best choice

Kyase:
As it stands now, the election is Atiku's to lose

Happy Birthday to a great servant of Christ.

May Almighty God continue to strengthen and bless your noble ministry of winning lost souls for the kingdom of heaven.

ismoney:
My Father Pastor W.F. Kumuyi is 81 today. God has shown in this generation and many generations to come that it is possible to remain spotless in one's area of calling.

God has shown that it is possible to do Pastoring without greed nor deception by telling the congregants to do things God has not told you yet is ever productive and results oriented.

God has shown that it is possible to be extremely intelligent but also so humble to be an able minister of the Gospel.

God is showing that not all Pastors are fake through the transparent lifestyle of Daddy Kumuyi.

I want to use this opportunity to celebrate my father and God's Honourable vessel of holiness, Pastor W.F. Kumuyi for the mercies of God that has brought him into this new year.

Happy 81st birthday Daddy.

Sad but absolutely spot on. If I didn't know better I would say their was some ancient evil like the one in cabin in the woods movie constantly demanding death and blood.

OBJ days deaths from religious riots mixed with plane crashes, MEND, Ikeja cantoment explosion.

Yaradua had boko haram in its infancy, niger delta militants, religious riots too.

GEJ gave us small MEND, Boko Haram promax, small bandits sef join.

PMB Bandits promax, boko boys still roaming, ungun known men.

In all of this still a large group of poverty stricken people chai!

donstan18:
People get killed and slaughtered, it trends on social media and gets forgotten in 3 days time.

Rinse and repeat!!

I give this less than 2 days and APC primaries will take over the social media trend table.

Then BBNaija, Zazuu Zee, leaked nudez of influencers, Davido and Wizkid Fc, back to Peter Okwute and his interview, then to Gistlover Instagram leaked, Burna boy and Stefflon, then back to another Tiktok trend.


In few weeks time, another massacre will take place and trend will repeat itself.

Who are you and what have you done with the real Shma?

Shma:
On average, a black SAn is richer than a Nigerian.... Simply because of the opportunity and vast spread of development across the region which facilitates economic empowerment of individuals In a grand scheme of things.

To the extremist... Nigerians are waaay smarter and richer than any black South African.

NEVER back down. Fight anyone... Stand for truth. Don't allow nonsense to be peddled... Be it South Africa, Tanzania, or ghana. Stay Taliban like pokuasi, popazino, or Kenyans.

All the same Sierra Leone is a team we are expected to beat.

Samueltemi337:
we are facing Sierra Leone


Sierra Leone way Rohr nor fit beat

Even that won't be a perfect judge cos the opposition we will be facing are relatively weaker. That said it will be interesting to see how Peseiro lines up against sides that pack the bus.

Blueelf:
Make SE play one AFCON qualifier game first make we see

Till then, I withhold any opinion i may have

Musa at the last AFCON said that particular AFCON would be his last unless he updates us that he has changed his mind.

As for Shehu nothing lasts forever one day one day him godfather go sha leave NFF.

Odunayaw:
The guy is probably thinking of retiring after Afcon. The Afcon is so close already

I'm tired of seeing his name on the list. Worst case is Shehu. Not because he is bad, but because he has nothing to offer

Musa sef shebi he talk say he wan retire before!?

Odunayaw:
Once Musa and Shehu kicks a ball in these matches then I know we are about to be defrauded again

Coaching is still important bruv. If you think this team is full of carpenters then you have forgotten the 2013 team that won the AFCON. Remove Mikel, Moses and Enyeama then you would have seen real experts in woodwork. I still think the team can do something substantial especially in Africa. These same 'carpenters' beat an Egyptian side that Senegal with all its superstars could only put one goal past.

I agree we overhype some of our players alot but to be fair a vast majority of the people on this thread are very frank and honest when it comes to our players ability. A good 3-5 year plan can make us competitive on the world stage but the right manager is crucial to our success.

Still watching Jose and it's early days won't judge him on the results of these 2 friendlies.

Blueelf:
I goal in 2 games from a goalkeeping error on the Mexican GK part

Abeg, these boys na carpenters

At this point, it ain't coaching alone...I think we have overrated these guys beyond their actual abilities

Make una forget....

It will take 10 years of total rebuild to get our football back on track. Hiring and firing foreign coaches isn't the way when your local league is in shambles and there's no template for grassroots development