₦airaland Forum

daveP:
That's arrogance on display. What about the Semi Ajayi one? Let's call a spade a spade and stop downplaying what we all saw abeg. You prefer we modify the grammar to "holding each other accountable" abi?

semid4lyfe:
Bro, are you O. O. of Nigerian Football Weekly Podcast?

Cocony:
The question I think would be better if we asked what performance led to his invitation to the National team? For instance FC Ebedei if I am not mistaken churned out Obafemi Martins, we only discovered him when he was at Inter Milan. The significance to his invitation was his delivery whilst at Inter Milan because whilst at Ebedei he did not earn any Nigerian youth team invitation.
By the way he was registered with Nasarawa United before attending U20 AFCON in 2023.

jihday:
abeg who discovered Benjamin? ABS or Moses Simon?

jihday:
this Aniagboso wasn’t great at U-20, for now he can continue to grow, no need to rush him

Amedino99:
Since we only need to win the semi final in the intercontinental play off to pick a ticket, why is the final still necessary for us to play. E go come with trophy?

comodo:
Arthur Okonkwo is not doing badly.

Cocony:
On 31 January 2023, Orban joined Belgian Pro League side Gent on a permanent deal.[13] On 11 February, Orban scored two goals on his Pro League debut in a 3–3 draw with Westerlo.[14] On 12 March, Orban managed to score four goals in a 6–2 away win over Zulte Waregem, which made him the first Gent player to do so in the 21st century. All the goals came in the second-half.[15][16] In his very next game on 15 March, he scored a first-half hat-trick in 4–1 away win over İstanbul Başakşehir in the UEFA Europa Conference League round 16. The hat-trick was scored within three minutes and 25 seconds, setting a new record for the fastest hat-trick in UEFA club competitions, breaking the previous record of six minutes and 12 seconds held by Mohamed Salah in the Champions League.[17] In the 2023–24 Europa Conference League campaign of KAA Gent, Orban scored another European hat-trick, this time against Pogoń Szczecin in the first leg of the third qualification round, resulting in a 5–0 win for Gent.[18] One of his sterling stats.

lbrichman2:
We don't even need him

ChrisKels:
Some time ago I read that Togo FA refused to submit his clearance papers or something.

ChrisKels:
Thanks man but I don't rate Orban. I'm not even sure he's been totally cleared to represent Nigeria.

Cocony:
We pray, hope and believe so. However if he doesn't, Akor Adams and Ademola Lookman would fit in. Tolu still needs time to gel with the team and I believe he will have a good AFCON if makes the cut. Gift Orban (The Tiv/Togolese) of Hellas Verona has been consistent over the years in all the clubs he played for and should be given a call-up. We want a situation where a suitable backup is readily available for all positions.

ChrisKels:
My major concern now is, will Osimhen remain fit for the entirety of the playoffs?

Cocony:
Actually Osimhen, Chukwueze, Adams upfront. Moses Simon should get brief roles as an incoming sub.Fred Onyeka is our Modern Day Thompson Oliha and we might need Ejuke for creativity. There was a boy in one of the U17 WAFU B tourneys between 2020 to 2023 that was an excellent freekick taker reminiscent of Austin Okocha. I think we need him as well.
Chijioke Aniagboso former U20 2023 goalkeeper currently playing his trade in Ukraine should be called up to give NWABALI and Okoye a keen fight same as Detan Ogundare good at stopping penalties.

Cocony:
Whilst we may not rate Chief Festus Onigbinde as the worst, Finidi is/was not the worst either. 2 matches are not sufficient to establish that.
As for Onigbinde in 2002, dropping the bulk of the team that ensured your qualification and going with more than 60%neophytes was not a brilliant idea at least not for a tournament as huge as the FIFA WORLD CUP all in a bid to punish certain players. That was travesty and foolish decision at the time hence our worst participation at the World Scene managing only 1goal in 3matches.

Why did I say Finidi was not the worst: he had not gotten enough time yes the Osimhen issue also considered valid but things could have changed. His offence for me was losing to Benin Republic(a historical dent considering the array of stars at our disposal).

Away from the comparison of FINIDI WITH ONIGBINDE, A good yardstick(my idea) to label a Coach(especially at National Team levels) would be his 1st 8matches in charge of the team. A 60% points achievement should allow for continuity and a revaluation after another 8matches should show further improvement greater than the former or equalled otherwise a sack should follow.

forgiveness:
We that were already born then appreciate him for that. He gave us a true legend that won us AFCON with motm performance.

The 2002 players were rightly dropped in my own opinion.

123jamessmith:
Henceforth, chukwueze should always be starting games, the coach can be alternating between Moses Simon and ademola lookman.

dominique:
Read to comprehend. I said was rooting for Benin to make their world cup debut and maybe do well the way cameroon, Senegal and Ghana did as debutants who all went as far as the quarter finals. Cameroon made their world cup debut in 1990 so I know exactly what I'm talking about.

QueenJazz:
Abeg Burkina Faso players and fans should rest abeg. They're bloody hypocrites. I'm sick and tired of reading their complaints online.

It's the audacity for me: accusing CAF and FIFA of systemic bias when you're attacking a rule that was explicitly designed to ensure equitable comparison across nine groups with unequal number of teams. Just lets you know they don't really care about justice. They only care because they got the short end of the stick.

The teams in the 5-group category, no thanks to Eritrea's withdrawal, would have faced an insurmountable mathematical deficit if Burkina's "easy wins" were counted. Do they care about that? No, because that's not their problem. Afterall it's not their group.

Isn't it funny how people only seek justice when the system doesn't favor them? When it favors them, they won't mind it at all, lol.

They should be livid at their own football association (FA), and not FIFA. Their footballing government should have taken note of the Eritrea situation, and anticipated the possibility of getting knocked out of the second place table, and go all out in their last two games against Ethiopia and Sierra Leone.

Abegi!

TheSuperNerd:
The thread can testify that I made my first post on Ebenezer Akinsanmiro even before he left Nigeria as a young teenager. He was on my young talents watch then and has proven my talents eyes right few years on from then.

And again, nearly everyone who follows this thread knows I follow nearly all our players. There is nearly none who escapes my sights. If I drop a full report on everyone, I will be banned by the bots or will not have time for other things.
So this futile attempt at trying to show I dont follow who? Aniagboso? Lol... is dead on arrival. My history speaks for me.


And yes, you should be telling yourself your last words. Present facts and truth. Not telling us Aniagboso is in the topflight whereas he is in the lower league. Or telling us his team lost 2-1 whereas that never happened or telling us Yekini scored 5 when that is clearly your memory failing and u still backing up the fallacy. So many erroneous info from u. If it was just one, I would let it slide.

So again, in all your epistles, you make no sense. Just learn and be humble. You are a newbie in here yet you want to walk around like u own the place because of Small calculations u did alongside some others? Others are not doing what u are doing right now so rest!

TheSuperNerd:
We have a playoffs to execute and we need two kinds of players:

1. Battle bred warriors.

2. Players with the quality to uplift the team.

And we have someone trying so desperately to push Aniagboso on us. Agenda and some of you ehn. This is why I am always wary of new monikers. Some of una get hidden agenda. You will first wanna get noticed and then with time, reveal your true mission here.

Please it is dead on arrival. Let Aniagboso keep doing well in the Ukraine 2nd division. His time will come as he keeps improving.

TheSuperNerd:
Your answer (look again below in bold) says you dont. You dropped his debut info from last season and ended it there not indicating where he is now in 25/26.

And from the way you are dragging this, u probably have an immediate Aniagboso agenda to push and maybe to have him installed as our #1 for the playoffs. I hope you are not towing this line.

TheSuperNerd:
So your mission is to show I have not been following Aniagboso? I guess I was wrong to give you attention because of the Super Eagles Calculations... Lol. I picked up on your tendency to feel important when I corrected you about Yekini's goals. You said he scored 4 or 5 vs Ethiopia but records clearly show you are wrong. I corrected you but you kept yapping about other irrelevant info just to feel like you know what yoi are saying. That is a very bad look.

Now again, you are corrected on where Aniagboso ACTUALLY features in the Ukrainian league system and you are still dragging talk.

If I was not following Aniagboso, I would not report his first club joined on this thread back in 2023. And if yoU truly followed, u would not say he is CURRENTLY IN THE TOPFLIGHT.

TheSuperNerd:
You were asked where he plays now?
Topflight or lower league.

Your answer revealed Topflight. Meaning you dont know the current state of things.

TheSuperNerd:
Below is the question u were asked.




Below is your answer. TOPFLIGHT. WHICH IS VERY WRONG INFO.





This is where it all started. You were asked a direct question and you answered with a wrong info. I corrected it and you have been on a mission to shift the posts since then. Just let it rest Cocony.

TheSuperNerd:
You are not making sense. What you quoted clearly stated that Aniagboso is not in the top flight but in the 2nd tier.

You said he is in the top flight Which is wrong info. Stop trying to alter your words in order to feel good. Just accept you were wrong and move on. Simple.

TheSuperNerd:
Well, he never featured. And I dont recall him making the matchday squad for a competitive fixture. His time will come but currently he should just keep it going with Chernomrets. He wasted a whole seasom in Europe without getting a single game at Polissa Zhytomyr (except a game with their second team in a much lower tier).

Aniagboso is finding his feet now, so let time do its work.