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Some of our players are beginning to come into their own too. Last season Ndidi and Iheanacho's contributions helped Leicester win the English FA Cup, Chukwueze contributed to Villarreal winning the Europa league, Onuachu helped his club win the Belgium cup, Aribo and Balogun helped Rangers win the Scottish premier league so it's not as if our players are complete bums. They know what it is to win a trophy too.

Agreed reputations do not play on the field but when you have better talent more often than not you will prevail. Respect to the Egyptians but they are not the team that dominated Africa in the mid to late 2000s. They will give us a game no doubt but I'm optimistic we can handle them. If they do defeat us when we meet which is a possibility it won't be because they have superior talent to us now speaking generally.

Barryseal:
So Afcon have not thought you not to rate a teams chance based on the strength of their European contingent? Its not even like our European players are playing for champions league clubs, mostly mid table clubs an in most cases not the overall best players in said teams.

If it was all about European base players, Nigeria would have 7 Afons while Egypt 3, but its the other way round. Respect those Ahly boys, a team that can beat an opponent 3-0 in the finals in addition to Salah, Al Mohamedi will be a 50-50 match, not sure 3 points like you put it.

To be fair both teams have come a fair way since then.

The SE were relatively not as stacked as we are now even at that we almost beat them that day if not for poor finishing and loss on concentration when it mattered most. Nowadays we have a better strength in depth in our attack, midfield not perfect but ok, defense decent and more experienced, goalkeeper relatively stable.

Egypt is still rebuilding to the strength of their 2010s squad and they are quite heavily reliant on Salah. The advantage they will have is that most of them play domestically in their league so they should be able to blend better.

Don't get me wrong I'm not implying that facing them will be easy but I'm reasonably confident that based on the current quality of players in the SE we should be able to defeat the Egyptians if we play to our full potential.

Barryseal:
Last time we played them, Salah did us strong thing in Kaduna. Generally speaking we have never had an upper hand against Egypt , except maybe the Super Falcons, so what's feeding your confidence?

I thought Bordeaux was broke

charlesemeka85:
Lorient rejects 19m euros bid frm fellow Ligue 1 side Bordeaux for Terem moffi

andrew444:
Easy group

yep it's decent but it won't easy

safarigirl:
Ehen, now that the draw is over, you people should come and give me hope in that Egypt match

Egypt is basically pass to Salah and inshalah

but seriously speaking we have the tools to beat them but we absolutely have to bring our A game because they will surely play as a team because most of their players play in the domestic League and their clubs a pretty solid and very capable of defeating any African country on their day.

I wonder o then some random official will then give a 20-25 minute speech nobody gives a damn about.

Plus they should tone down the musical/cultural performances. If we want to watch traditional dances we know were to go watch them definitely not at draws for a football tournament.

Ppogbae:
Too much fluff. Just present the damn draw.

Cool Troost-Ekong interview with club teammate Ben Foster


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEoa7wbkxg

Nice great way to win the fans over.

Have to say I'm quite surprised clubs having been falling over themselves to sign Onuachu. To score 30+ goals in a decent league like the one in Belgium is no joke.

Good that Dessers is taking his playing time seriously and seeking options.

TheLoneCitizen:
Onyekuru will debut his red hair on Thursday. Olympiakos are helping him conceal it to surprise the home fans. No picture yet.

As he warned last season, Dessers is in talks with a Spanish club over a potential move.
If Onuachu is not offloaded before a certain date, advanced negotiations will start. Dessers doesn't want to play backup for two consecutive seasons.

I guess I should have said scared not to face any opponent.

Of course we should be cautious with any team we face. Even Man City will be cautious all the time even if facing Katsina united.

I just don't want us to go into the tournament with any inferiority complete at the end of the day to be the best you have to beat the best.

andrew444:
We should not be wary ke

You think klopp tuchel or guardiola is our coach abi

Looking forward to the draw don't have any particular preferences regarding which team we should face. With the level of talent we currently have at our disposal we shouldn't be wary of facing any opponent.

Might be the biggest indication that Onuachu is moving

charlesemeka85:
Ike ugbo to join Genk this week on a permanent deal

Big fan yes but not number one. I remember him arguing with me against his own guy based on present stats on who is better between Saka and Simon.

andrew444:
Forgiveness is Moses Simon number 1 fan

I am also a big fan ,I always remember the afcon rohr preferred him ,many where against him but I backed Simon

Kalu is not bad but I have always preferred Simon

Serious respect to the Nigerian military for restricting Boko haram to their current enclaves seeing what has unfolded in Afghanistan should tell us how everything could have seriously unraveled if not for the determination of our brave men and women of the Nigerian armed forces.

A lot of people are worried about the ripple effects the victory of the taliban will have on the fight against terrorists/jihadists especially in Nigeria. Apart from the moral boost it will give to ISWAP I think the Nigerian state's situation still defers from that of the Afghans. Unlike the locals in Afghanistan I don't think boko haram enjoys the support like that from the populace in Borno, Yobe or Adamawa. The atrocities they have and continuing to commit in the NE will never get them that level of support they first enjoyed when they emerged. Definitely not taliban levels of support.

I think the current strategies being deployed of intense military bombardment and the caring reconciliatory approach of Gov Zulum has really helped and will optimistically bring this war to an end soon.

That however doesn't mean we shouldn't be on our guard remember how just like that around 2013/2014 boko haram controlled almost the entire NE bombing parts of Nigeria with impunity. We must do everything so that doesn't repeat itself again.

Man seeing the Taliban easily seize cache load of weapons and aircraft the Nigerian government had to cough out dollars with blood to purchase just has me all

They were both related to extremely hot weather but nevertheless he needs a complete medical checkup.

jihday:
during afcon it was exhausting this one na dizziness, ok o

Thank God Samuel Kalu's collapse wasn't more serious than feared wish him the best and quickest recovery. Hope he gets thoroughly checked to make sure he doesn't have any underline condition because two collapses in 2 years is not funny. Big ups to the Bordeaux and Marseille players for taking care and shielding him before medical help arrived.

obaaderemi:
Number of billionaires:

Nigeria. 4

Kenya. 0

"How many billionaires does Kenya have?"
That was the question.

my brother I was wondering before where all his shalaye was headed

solonnachi:
Dennis, Moffi, Osimhen, Iheanacho, Awoniyi, Onuachu will all give Rohr selection headache. I love it...

great headache to have

same here. KC should be able to do something this week.

maidaboi:
only Ndidi and Nacho are in for now I will surely use some as the season goes on

Best scenario Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone (them again ), Malawi

Worst Nigeria, Ghana (because of the rivalry), Zimbabwe, Sudan

Danielnino00:
Meanwhile, the AFCON draw will take place on Tuesday...

Here's the seeding
Pot 1- Cameroon, Algeria, Senegal,Tunisia, Nigeria and Morocco

Pot 2- Egypt, Ghana, Mali, Ivory Coast,Guinea and Burkina Faso

Pot 3- Cape Verde, Gabon, Mauritania, Zimbabwe,Guniea Bissau and Sierra Leone

Pot 4- Sudan, Malawi, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia and Gambia

hmmm and these are their stronger players

Eizzy003:
Southampton might go down, they sold ings, Ryan Bertrand and vestergard is also leaving to leichester city.

Same as me I thought the blues lacked a cutting edge upfront but the Lukaku signing has changed all that.

Yes Liverpool is always dangerous but they haven't strengthened enough for me. Midfield is slightly weaker with the departure of Wijlnaldum. Attack still relying on the same trio of Mane, Salah, Firminho which the bigger teams have started to figure out. Personally I think they have peaked and diminishing returns is setting in albeit slowly.

If Harry Kane still somehow ends up at City before the transfer window closes then I would use my full chest to predict City retaining the EPL.

andrew444:
I am only putting Chelsea in the title challenge because of Romelu lukaku

Please don’t underrate Liverpool ,those guys are good ,Forget last season ,they are coming back stronger

I will still observe Chelsea first 10 games

Seems the MKO Abiola pitch is almost ready

https://www.nairaland.com/6700395/mko-abiola-stadium-abuja-ready

Terem Moffi in action today at the principality while Onyeka should be taking his premier league bow can't wait

Definitely one of The Manchester teams or Chelsea is winning the league. Liverpool look slightly weaker. Leicester could surprise if one of the big 4 messes up.

I predict Newcastle, Burnley, Brighton, Watford, Norwich and maybe Southampton to be involved in a relegation scrap

Yeah forgot about Mexico. I think the cumulative results from previous matches would have affected our ranking reason why I added Sierra Leone

jihday:
Sierra Leone no, Cameroon don’t think, Mexico definitely

Yep inactivity, results against Sierra Leone and Cameroon probably contributed.

Ppogbae:
Yikes, our rankings took a nosedive

True but for whatever it's worth you still respect the feelings of club supporters sometimes they can be irrational and make or mar your time at the club.

One simple misstep on the pitch they might start questioning his commitment to the club talking about his hair color and flashy lifestyle. Might sound silly but you know how some critics can be. Even though Pogba scored twice and don't think that has still exactly made him the darling of fans at old trafford.

Plus it's not the act of dyeing his hair that is the issue but choice of color. We may not be partisan like that but you know how crazy European fans can get.

Anyway this is still conjecture. Wishing Henry all the best.

BascoVanVeli:
That kind research. Who that one hep If he does all that and doesn't perform would he still be a fan favourite? They are paying for Henry Onyekuru so they should accept the complete package. He always colours his hair and now he wants green simple as that. Pogba scored 2 goals against city with blue hair so go figure.

Maybe calling Henry's actions stupid was a bit harsh but Onyekuru should have done research on the club he is joining and modify his behavior accordingly.

First impressions matter a lot. To you and me dyeing your hair color is no big deal but to Olympiacos fans it might be more serious. Remember how Man U fans some seasons back gave Pogba grief for changing his hair color blue before a derby game against Man City so it's not unheard off. Henry should just make sure his football does the talking for him positively.

BascoVanVeli:
Oga u are reaching. Panathinaikos don't wear Boston Celtic jerseys to play matches the lad didn't sign up to join a gang with a dress code. Everybody knows Henry Onyekuru is flamboyant so what is the big deal. Allow the guy be jor.

Honestly you have said it all. I like Nwakali but he's yet to do anything extraordinary that has warranted the hype he gets on this thread. For me performances in a friendly kick about and the spanish second division is not something that will set my heart racing.

Hope his matter won't become like that of Rabiu Ibrahim who had a lot of hype around him but eventually fizzled out.

Like you said this might be Kelechi's last chance to impress rohr this season.

humility33:
God bless you. That nwalaki is the most rated average player in Nigeria at the moment
If he can't cuts it at Heusca this season will take it up with anyone that suggest him to Rohr

Sometimes i wonder why other co aches and scouts dont rate him the way, some of us do here.

lloydtruth:
Nigerian players better move now that the transfer window is open, not when it's closed we will be hearing Inter Milan wants Simy, Tottenham and Inter battle for Mukairu, Lyon desperate for Onuachu, Liverpool and Atletico Madrid go head to head for chukwueze, Real Madrid wants Ndidi, Chelsea wants Iheanacho, Dortmund wants Moffi, and the rest of those imaginary speculations.

I will not say anything to derail but the bold

sheyishemba:
I can how pained you're
I gave a balanced view of a stupid assertion you made

@ d bolded which stupid money are you talking about..you talking as if you have at least 4 IT companies in every state in Nigeria...many graduate of computer science are finding it damn difficult in this particular industry...their is particular nairalander here sla.womirr he is a graduate of computer science UNIBEN after some much struggle in the industry now he is now a Yahoo do you know how many sla.womirr are there on street that's even someone that did all this tech stuffs at an advanced level...go to the programming and webmasters section on nairaland see people begging for freelancing jobs so they could survive...whats has your government to create an enabling environment for this people has there been loan, has their creation of more IT companies ( in a particular country that's doesn't even have the data of it citizens) , is there room for foreign investors in this particular industry...many people doing well in this industry in Nigeria are Nigerians who left Nigeria for greener pastures and now back to the country to develop this sector...flutterwaves is a perfect example...the developing sector is a struggling sector in Nigeria most Nigeria programmers are on Fiverr, upwork, e.t.c begging for jobs everyday, the stupid image the country has are even making it more difficult for this people to make their mark in the industry.


I met someone here on Nairaland sometimes ago she studied in computer science in Ghana and was telling how companies and tech firms were offering jobs to her..I was shocked most of her colleagues here are totally jobless are you telling those people are useless and less talented no!!! The country failed them.
I agree to the fact people are making in this tech industry but 9 out of 10 making it in this industry are Nigerians in diaspora which agboola happened to be one of them...the tech industry in Nigeria is trash and nothing to write home about.

Now to my business well I think it depends on what I define as loss I might make an investment of 20million and naturally am bound to make 5 million (-tax and other expenses)due to your poor infrastructure I might make just 2 million, to me that's loss I mean big loss not due to the fact am not up and running or lazy no!!! Dangote is running at loss recently and might be forced to sell the refinery he is building and I bet with you it due to the effect of the covid and what's dangote is losing in Nigeria is much more that's what he is losing in other country nah for Nigeria dangote dey buy car for police nah same Nigeria he dey take care of staff wey get road accident...how many time have your heard dangote trailer get accident for ghana or other country...your assertions are trash and incorrigible

Ciaos.

Good list. Kind of surprised you omitted Onuachu. For all his flaws Onuachu is a proven goal scorer every squad needs such people.

Omeruo too is an unnecessary addition. If it's experience we already have that in Ekong and Balogun. The Kenneth I've seen in a few of our last friendly matches doesn't bring anything new again to the team IMHO. Yes he's decent but I would rather give younger upcoming CBs like Awaziem and Akpoguma a chance to stake their claim.

If Musa regains his form in Turkey I would include him as well.

charlesemeka85:
My super eagles 23 man squad to next afcon

Goal keepers
Maduka okoye- Sparta rotherdam
Francis uzoho- Apolo nicosia
Noble John - enyimba

Defenders
Troost ekong- watford
Ola aina- torino
Leon Balogun- Glasgow rangers
Zaidu sanusi- FC Porto
Kevin Akpoguma- hoffenheim
Chidozie awaziem- boavista
Kenneth omeruo- leganes

Midfielders
Wilfred ndidi- leicester
Joe aribo- Glasgow rangers
Alhassan Yusuf- royal antwep
Frank onyeka- brentford
Oghenekaro etebo- watford

Forwards
Victor osimehn- napoli
Samuel chukwueze- villarael
Kelechi Iheanacho- leicester
Moses Simon- nantes
Terem Moffi- Lorient
Alex iwobi- Everton
Samuel kalu- bordeux

If olise and lookman comes through I will use both to replace etebo and kalu