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tbaba1234:
The penalty was very soft. Even if we accept that the keeper was barely off her line even in the first take. That on the line rule is a stupid rule in the first place.

Home-town call in my opinion

annoyingly soft the penalty could easily have not been given extremely proud of the girls whatever happens

Taliban:
By God's Grace, all shall be well. Nothing we can do except hope and pray for the best and safety.
But if caf notices or suspects anything, let them do the needful abeg. Nothing more important than human life and safety.

amen oh cos the group The now deceased former president heads the Muslim Brotherhood are quite fanatical

yep lose by a very small margin like 1-0 2-1

Icon4s:
None of those 5 teams you listed as being "out" are actually out.

While Likes of Thailand, Jamaica, and South Korea need a miracle to qualify, likes of Cameroon and South Africa may just qualify if they win by 2 or 3 nil.

Nigeria have a good chance and MAY still qualify even if we lose to France. Provided it is by a very slim mergine. Like 1:0, 2:1, 3:2, 4:3 etc

actually yes we beat egypt in march please remind me when last the black bulbs won a major trophy

bingbagbo:
As if you can beat Namibia

Ordinary Zimbabwe u couldn't beat at home, is it Egypt u can beat?

ordinary namibia beat and you are here shining teeth u no dey shame. you better advice your FA to fumigate your trophy cabinet cos charlee your trophylessness is about to enter next level

bingbagbo:

jihday:
I can see some people whining about Ighalo, somebody that still played about 2/3 weeks ago, not months o and he's resumed training ahead of tournament that will start in over one week time, what exactly is the problem there? players have knocks and they come back from it fully fit. I know weytin they pain some of una, it's because if he had been dropped your favorite boy would have been picked sorry Ighalo will start at Afcon and he'll surely bully Burundi

as in I don't get it this is someone that is your best striker going into a tournament and you want him dropped because of a minor knock sometimes we need to take it easy on this thread not everything should be a conspiracy theory.

well the source you put there still says the pitch was still being worked on anyway that's neither here or there because pinnick also took them to a terrible port harcourt pitch. i still think dalung was the one causing problems after all during the giwa/pinnick leadership tussle when FIFA threatened to ban us it was the same President Buhari who was disrespected who saved the day when dalung was pouring petrol to fire

forgiveness:
The pitch was put in order but Pinnick ignored and went to Port Harcourt.

Pinnick acted on his own accord by taken the team to Aso rock after he had disrespected the office of the Presidency.

Now, the office of the president has unleashed.......to chase after him and at the same time left the federation to Pinnick and co fate since he is the boss.

“The minister of sports has directed that the Abuja National Stadium should to put in shape for the Nigeria and DR Congo friendly match. We are putting everything possible in place to ensure that the turf is ready on time. As you can see, the pitch is now lush green, safe for some few patches which we are working on.

“We are putting in every effort to ensure that the pitch is put in good condition to be to host the Eagles versus DR Congo match. The Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr was also here to inspect the pitch and he is more favourable to playing here from the way he spoke,” an official told Complete Sports.

really? i'm just hearing that now although i remember then there were issues regarding the state of the abuja national stadium pitch. anyway pinnick still took the team to aso rock to meet with PMB before they left for the world cup

forgiveness:
Remember, The ministry wanted the friendly match going to the world cup be played in Abuja with the President in attendance to act as send off but pinnick and his crew ignored the plea and went ahead to play the match in Port Harcourt.

That was disrespectful.

bro if he "had a good game to goal/assists ratio" like you say why did pep promptly drop him for jesus? sometimes even playing sterling as a false 9 when KC was the only obviously fit striker?

TheGoodJoe:
He has played under 3different managers,pep,puel and now Rodgers...yet to u d system is not offensive enuf

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Under Pep, Iheanacho had a good game to goal/assists ratio especially when it concerns amount of minutes played. Nacho is yet to have a full start under Rodgers. Yet you are making the point make look flawless while it is filled with holes.

yeah also wondering why it's close door if you are hiding tactics from opposition won't senegal be potential opposition down the line in AFCON?

naturecures:
what sort of rubbish close door friendly match they want to play all in the name of mastering tactics, common training clips we did not see except pictures here and there. they just leave fans here creating imaginary images for us and taking up coaching jobs for themselves. arrg

forgiveness:
You should inform NFF about this since they want total independent.

What do you expect from the federation that you don't respect?

sorry i don't get the bolded?

until the NFF law is officially promulgated the federation is still under the sports ministry and the federal government has the responsibility to take care of them. it will take a few years before the NFF is fully autonomous which will require legal backing. whether you like pinnick or not he has tried to reduce the financial burden on FG. instead of dalung to appreciate and partner with amaju to sort things out he's doing probe upandan just because pinnick and co probably didn't allow him get his hands on the FIFA 2018 world cup participation money. i suspected before but with the whole missing IAAF $135000 debacle i'm almost certain all this hullabaloo is because amaju no drop.

forgiveness:
NFF wants independence. Independence they have.

Why should the same NFF look up to the ministry of sports for support?

it's wasn't one game that convinced rohr or nigerians of baloun's quality. Leon has almost always been good in the GWG irrespective of club form the day he posts consistently bad performances he will be dropped. on KC suddenly pulling a stunning performance i think it would have been unlikely considering his recent form. i won't say much safarigirl has done justice to KC's matter time to focus on the national team

TheGoodJoe:
You are not getting my point. Look at Balogun. The one game convinced people that his lack of game time did not diminish his quality.

It is not about Rohr’s decision. That was already made. I am talking of preventing a public critic of him making the wrong decision. As it stands, no major cryout. If Nacho had pulled a stunner and Rohr still dropped him, there would have been some noises.

That I think was why Rohr avoided playing Nacho in the friendly.

This is not about dropping Nacho or not. Rohr already made his decision.

Dalung is one real petty human being. if the super eagles should win the AFCON now they will start falling all over themselves to reward them with cash gifts instead of supporting them when it would have come in handy nonsense

Danielnino00:
So apparently, the NFF is currently broke..
From what I gathered, the ministry of sport didn't include the expense for the international games Nigeria would be participating in in the 2019 budget. Could have been a deliberate act by Dalung.

If the above is really true then we can hardly blame Pinnick for taking the super eagles games to Asaba for monetary gains...
The NFF really has a lot on its hand this year. U-20 and u-17 AFCON done.. u-20 world cup done... Women world cup ongoing. AFCON coming up. u-17 world cup coming up . u-23 AFCON coming up. Beach world cup coming up....

can we move on already instead of focusing on one person who is the neither reincarnation of yekini or eusebio.

seems the friendly with senegal is going to be behind closed doors. guess we will have to rely on trusted journalists who will watch the match.

has anyone watched the mikel interview? really interesting viewing really opened himself up

Marjoribanks:
Though I admire our Girls however I don't see them holding France.
2nil or 3-1 in favour of France.
But they will give France a good game cos they have nothing to fear now..
Against the Koreans, they were a little afraid but after the goal they came out and played some really good football.

yes I agree sadly they will lose the match I'm just hoping we can keep it down to a low score and hope results elsewhere are in our favour

Icon79:
Bros, here's the bottom line, we're all after the same goal here. So let's hope they'd keep winning … even if they win ugly.

All in all, I really wasn't impressed. It's still the same Nigerian team winning by sheer natural talent and brute force. And I was expecting to see a better organized team considering their good preparations and the addition of a foreign coach. Is that too much to ask for


O pari

nobody has said the girls are world-beaters we are just saying considering the level we are at right now whether you are pleased with the way they played or not get it this is a competition all that matters is a result if you can do it sexy all well and good if not no problem as long as you win

ChrisKels:
Watching Zambia versus Nigeria 2013. Chai Emenike is a beast. How we ended up with Ighalo still baffles me. Onazi doing well as a Right back. Moses balling

Omeruo gud kwanu Dat year oo

the referee in that game was a fool 4 giving that penalty against us

Icon79:
Respect what? They are still clueless and shambolic. This result actually flatters them. I mean, they were lucky today (or shall we say, the officiating helped them a lot)

First, our first goal should've been called back but it was allowed to stand.
Secondly, the South Korean equalizer was actually good but they ruled it off.

All in all, South Korea was the better team today. They played with more cohesion and created better chances, but they were goal shy.


O pari

guy are you for real the South Koreans goal was clearly offside while our first goal was debatable I guess they decided to give us the benefit of the doubt.

You don't have to like the way we play today but respect these women it is not beans to beat a country ranked 20 places higher than you are

PDPGuy:
What an assist by Chidinma Okeke

wonderful girl good in Defence also

Jarus:
A professional journalist will not use falsehood as bait. 50 kobo bloggers do.

There are ways to create clickbait without misleading people.

Clickbait is about exaggerating, not falsehood.

the title itself of the article wasn't false it was stated briefly in the body of the article but the writer gave the impression it was a major point of the write-up which it wasn't

TheGoodJoe:
We have bloggers on this thread. Some of them of very high quality and reputation. Let any of them tell us that the Headline of the article is not a big part of the whole message.

There was no relation between the article and the headline. Meanwhile Solace chose that headline for a deliberate reason.

You think it is a mistake? Solace is a very knowledgeable writer. His intentions were clear. You think Ndukka Ugbade did not have clear intention in releasing that message.

Please, people are not stupid. This was clearly crafted and orchestrated like a script. Talking about Iheanacho's character has no role in it. It is about a devious plan laid. Invited Iheanacho, dropped him, Rohr talking that he made up his mind before camping, then played Balogun, then Ugbade, then Solace.

Men, Iheanacho should leave that team for them. Focus on where he is seeing love.

Finito.

yes the title of the article was obviously clickbait but other than that I don't buy any conspiracy theory of orchestrated bad Media against KC if anything most Media commentators has been sympathetic to his current state. Yes some of them might have criticized his initial inclusion in the list but none has questioned his Talent or ability when inform

The young man should just dust himself off and work hard I'm sure he will come back stronger

Jarus:
I am a blogger, and very close to the media as well, that title is very misleading. It was not Manu Garba that was what was attributed to him in the title. But I think it was a mistake from a careless journalist.

the title wasn't a mistake I'm sure as a blogger you are familiar with the term clickbait that's the function the title was meant to serve

if i should talk now my guy andrew will show i prefer he sees it for himself when AFCON starts

Olulong:
Ivory Coast full squad :
Goalkeepers : Sylvain Gbohouo (TP Mazembe), Ali Badra (Free State Stars), Tape Ira (FC San Pedro)

Defenders: Serge Aurier (Tottenham), Wilfried Kanon (ADO The Hague), Wonlo Coulibaly (ASEC Mimosas), Ismaël Traoré (Angers), Mamadou Bagayoko (Red Star), Cheikh Comara (Wydad Casablanca), Souleyman Bamba (Rennes)

Midfielders : Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Mainz), Geoffrey Serey Dié (Neuchâtel Xamax), Jean-Michaël Seri (Fulham), Victorian Angban (Metz), Franck Kessié (Milan) , Ibrahim Sangaré (Toulouse)

Strikers: Max-Alain Gradel (Toulouse), Nicolas Pépé (Lille), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa), Roger Assalé (Young Boys Bern), Maxwel Cornet (Lyon), Wilfried Bony (Without a club).


How is dis team better than Senegal's own.
I don't even think it's better than Nigeria's own sef

average? guy they are a fearsome squad the only slightly weak area i see in their squad is midfield but even that is because of their lack of creative type midfielders which is not even their style anyway. you will see how good they are when we play them on sunday

fabyom:
Average midfield and attack. Nothing spectacular here!
Ivory coast is the real deal in terms of squad.
But in terms of big game temperament on the African continent; Nigeria, Cameroon and Egypt even Ghana.
Senegal and Morrocco, even if all their players are playing in Liverpool that cannot win this year's Nations Cup.

good squad although most of them were at the last AFCON so they are not invincible

Jarus:
Player for player, Senegal easily trumps Nigeria.

We don't have any player as big as Khalidou Koulibaly and Sadio Mane. Inter's Keita Balde is also highly rated.

See the clubs their players play and compare with ours.

SENEGAL SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Abdoulaye Diallo (Rennes, France), Alfred Gomis (Spal, Italy), Edouard Mendy (Reims, France)

Defenders: Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli, Italy), Moussa Wague (FC Barcelona, Spain), Pape Abdou Cisse (Olympiacos, Greece), Salif Sane (Schalke,Germany), Youssouf Sabaly (Bordeaux,France), Lamine Gassama (Goztepe, Turkey), Saliou Ciss (Valenciennes, France), Cheikhou Kouyate (Crystal Palace, England)

Midfielders: Alfred Ndiaye (Malaga, Spain), Santy Ngom (Nancy, France), Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton, England), Keprin Diatta (Club Brugge, Belgium), Pape Alioune Ndiaye (Galatasaray, Turkey), Sidy Sarr (Lorient, France), Henri Saivet (Bursaspor, Turkey)

Forwards: Ismaila Sarr (Rennes, France), Keita Balde (Inter Milan, Italy), Mbye Niang (Rennes, France), Moussa Konate (Amiens, France), Mbaye Diagne (Galatasaray, Turkey), Sada Thioub (Nimes, France), Sadio Mane (Liverpool, England)

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As for Morocco, I hope you know that 2 key members of the Ajax team are from Morocco. They also have players in Borrusia Dortmund, etc

true

Jarus:
Midfield is Ghana's traditional strong point, just as Nigeria tends to produce attackers more.

Some of the best footballers in Ghanaian history (Abedi Pele, Essien, Appiah, Muntari, etc) were midfielders.

yeah terrible oversight by the NFF then. remember Pinnick had to issue a statement apologizing

Jarus:
Thanks God we had enough gap to still top the group after the 3 point deduction, otherwise, we would not have gone for that WC.

midfield is their strongest point but attack is looking a bit weak with an old gyan and misfiring jordan ayew. i'm however not completely dismissing their chances based on their pedigree and history in recent AFCONs

andrew444:
Jordan ayew making Ghana 23 man squad after a poor season just 1 goal while majid waris with a better season than him being dropped

Apart from some midfielders from Seria A and Thomas partey ,the rest Ghanaians player are below average

yeah awarded full points to algeria

andrew444:
Okay bro

They deducted the point from us right ?

from an attacking and defensive stand point this is one of the strongest squads we have ever taken to an AFCON midfield though light and lacking depth is well balanced. it's just the goalkeeping department that spoilt everything.

rohr has good tools to work with so he has no excuse not to bring his tactical A game. we are not outright favourites (like everybody has said senegal morocco and egypt are the ones) but we have a fighting chance

Dannyxy:
let's discuss afcon...

In context of Africa, and the African nations cup, this Nigerian super eagles Team is the most solid side going to this nation cup in my opinion..

Quality almost all around , many people forget that ndidi did not even play Saturday's game...

That this Nigerian team would not make it to the finals, might just be a case of pure misfortune..

I tip Nigeria to win the afcon, I predict a final of Nigeria Vs morroco

Facts... This genort rorh super eagles has lost only two games to any african team..
Loss against South Africa and Algeria (board room loss, it was actually a draw)..

he means the last inconsequential world cup qualifying match that FIFA punished us for fielding shehu abdullahi who had already gotten 2 yellow cards from previous matches

andrew444:
When did Algeria win us ?