TheSuperNerd: Lol. What 2-1 loss? Again, you are WRONG. Aniagboso is yet to lose a game with Chernomorets Odesa in the Ukrainian 2nd tier IN 25/26 SEASON. He has conceeded 3. 2 in a 3-2 win and one in his last game that ended 1-1 on October 13, 2 days ago.
So I have definitely been following. If you have been following, u wont drop info from the 24/25 season and wrongly infer that he is in the topflight.
Correct yourself Cocony and stay correctly updated.
You stated here: wrongly infer that he is in the top flight; his trajectory started there.
TheSuperNerd: I never stated a cup game as he was not included. I clearly mentioned league games only coz I know they have lost no games in the league especially with the lad featuring in all.
And even the Cup match you quote was not a 2-1 loss. They actually WON 2-1. It was in the next round they fell 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. So again, you got it mixed up with Chernomorets' Cup records in 25/26 season.
Yes a 1-1 draw and an eventual loss which I stated as a loss. If you get to the finals of a tourney or even the quarterfinals of a tourney and lose on penalties will it still count as a draw? Let's leave the semantics, you were right in his 11match streak but you boldly stated he did not play in the premier league of Ukraine I beg to be corrected. Secondly you were not aware of his previous call up making my use of the term recall seem incorrect whereas it was accurate.
TheSuperNerd: Jerome Akor as a striker should have gotten his chance earlier while at Montpellier but it still worked out. Upgraded to La Liga, Super Eagles call came and he bagged. But I maintain he should have gotten his call earlier. I believe the plethora of attacking options then, made it not happen.
As for Aniagboso... I will be the first to absolutely champion his call to the team if he goes this entire season, leading Chernmorets Odesa to promotion to Ukrainian Top Flight. But right now, I will be cautious and keep monitoring, and watching the lad improve.
And recalled? You make it sound like he has been called before. Chill, his time will come.
TheSuperNerd: Jerome Akor as a striker should have gotten his chance earlier while at Montpellier but it still worked out. Upgraded to La Liga, Super Eagles call came and he bagged. But I maintain he should have gotten his call earlier. I believe the plethora of attacking options then, made it not happen.
As for Aniagboso... I will be the first to absolutely champion his call to the team if he goes this entire season, leading Chernmorets Odesa to promotion to Ukrainian Top Flight. But right now, I will be cautious and keep monitoring, and watching the lad improve.
And recalled? You make it sound like he has been called before. Chill, his time will come.
I did not make it sound hence I said earlier you have not truly been following. After the 2023 U20 AFCON, he and Daniel Bameyi were called up to the senior Nigeria squad for their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches against Guinea-Bissau on March 24 and March 27, 2023 but Chijioke remained an unused substitute
TheSuperNerd: You have to also correct the 2-1 loss. Chernomorets also have not lost a game. 11 games played. All featuring Aniagboso and they have either won or drawn. Second in the 2nd tier.
The game I quoted was a Ukrainian Cup match which his team lost 2-1 and he was not included on the match roster(Hence I said you were not accurately following). In the league yes,they have not lost.
Lionessza6: You are allowed to analyze and dwell on that for months,but we are gone.
You guys should focus on the future now ,this will not help anything. We obviously made history and cannot be reversed ,but you guys can petition FIFA and CAF to never allow it again
No analysis needed. Facts stated. Our focus is on the first game of the playoffs which if by dint of hard work and better luck we scale through we hope for same to recur in the 2nd game. You see the South African matter we all shall reconvene after the 2nd round of matches at AFCON for reassessment.
TheSuperNerd: Yeah at the moment he cant. This is why I havent been dropping steady updates on him so folks wont get the wrong idea.
Loads of players play weekly but I cant be dropping all so I select what I can most especially to focus on who can bring extra to the team. But I still drop the odd names when I see fit.
Same way a Jerome Akor Adams might not have been valued when Montpellier were drowning but he was an outstanding performer. I make a case for Aniagboso to be recalled. He played same tournament with Benjamin Frederick who has respectedly taken his chance to become a starter.
TheSuperNerd: Lol. What 2-1 loss? Again, you are WRONG. Aniagboso is yet to lose a game with Chernomorets Odesa in the Ukrainian 2nd tier IN 25/26 SEASON. He has conceeded 3. 2 in a 3-2 win and one in his last game that ended 1-1 on October 13, 2 days ago.
So I have definitely been following. If you have been following, u wont drop info from the 24/25 season and wrongly infer that he is in the topflight.
Correct yourself Cocony and stay correctly updated.
You are right on the 3 conceded. I have updated but I still maintain he will be a threat to the first choice. 9 clean sheets in 11 is no flash in the pan. He started in the Ukrainian Premier League and got relegated with them. He played a role in 4matches first as already previously quoted on 28th September 2024 in the Ukrainian Premier League against LNZ Cherkazy, then subsequently against same team, Obolon and Verses Rivne.
lbrichman2: Thanks for sharing doc Unfortunately he can't push Nwabali..
Assumptively, just same way we were like Chippa United what when we needed to displace/replace Francis Uzoho. Anyone who takes his or her chances in 2 or 3 consecutive matches he is played in becomes a threat from historical antecedents of Nigerian football.
TheSuperNerd: We are in the 2025/26 season and Aniagboso is not in the Ukrainian Top Flight. He is in the 2nd tier and featured even 2 days ago for Chernomorets.
Been following the lad's euro journey since joined Polissa Zhytomyr right after the 2023 Fifa U20 WC. He didnt play a single game for their first team. He joined Chernomorets Odesa for the 2024/25 season and finally made his senior debut which is what your post quotes and has been with them ever since even after they got relegated same season of 24/25.
So currently, he is in Ukraine's 2nd tier with 11 games played in the 25/26 season and has kept 9 cleansheets with 3 goals conceeded only.
Been following but havent seen need to drop his stats till now.
You have not truly been following. Otherwise you would counter points correctly. Yes he is currently(previously in the Ukrainian Premier league) in the 2nd tier of Ukrainian football and has only conceded once. HE WAS NOT IN THE AWAY GAME HIS TEAM LOST 2:1 to Ahroteks. That is an information you did not give correctly alleging he had conceded 3. Thanks all the same.
TheSuperNerd: We are in the 2025/26 season and Aniagboso is not in the Ukrainian Top Flight. He is in the 2nd tier and featured even 2 days ago for Chernomorets.
Been following the lad's euro journey since joined Polissa Zhytomyr right after the 2023 Fifa U20 WC. He didnt play a single game for their first team. He joined Chernomorets Odesa for the 2024/25 season and finally made his senior debut which is what your post quotes and has been with them ever since even after they got relegated same season of 24/25.
So currently, he is in Ukraine's 2nd tier with 11 games played in the 25/26 season and has kept 9 cleansheets with 3 goals conceeded only.
Been following but havent seen need to drop his stats till now.
He was in the top flight. The fact that he plays and has 9cleansheets is a good reason to invite him as a backup competitive plan
CapitalCee: The coach need to replace Ndidi with Onyeka or Onyedika Permanently. We should continue with the flat 4-4-2. GK: Nwabali. DF: Ola Aina; Fredrick; Bassey; Zaidu/ Agu. MFD: Lookman; Iwobi; Onyedika/Onyeka; Simon/Chukwueze. FW: Osihmen and Adams.
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru will be back too for the play offs.
Very much on point, Fisayo and Ejuke can bring some creativity. Onyedika is a modern version of Sunday Oliseh with a knack for goals.
semid4lyfe: Oyinbos are using Osimhen's performance yesterday to drag Gyokeres and Isak for failing to score against Kosovo. I don see like 3 videos on TikTok.
Meanwhile, the way Galatasaray supporters take love Osimhen ehn, e eclipse Napoli fans by far.
Osimhen, Onyeka, the entire squad and the technical crew, ese gan.
Amedino99: i know. I just need clarity on that south africa senegal case and the link in that wikipedia page is not going for me for some reason.
Copied World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal to be replayed Published 6 September 2017
Share Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey Image source,BackpagePix Image caption, Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey has been banned for life by Fifa
A World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal will be replayed after the match referee was banned for life by Fifa.
Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for "match manipulation".
He awarded a penalty to South Africa in their 2-1 win in November last year for handball but replays showed the ball hit Senegal's Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly on the knee.
The match is due to be replayed in the November 2017 international window.
Lamptey was initially banned for life in March but on Wednesday the decision was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Lamptey, who also officiated at the Rio Olympics last year, declined BBC Sport's invitation to comment at the time of his original ban, which came about after a complaint from the Senegal Football Federation.
lbrichman2: Aniagboso is in Ukraine? Top flight or the lower league?
Top flight.
On 6 September 2024 Aniagboso joined Ukrainian Premier League side Chornomorets Odesa, making his debut against LNZ Cherkasy on 28 September 2024. Making his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League at the age of 20 years 166 days, Aniagboso became the youngest foreign goalkeeper in the Ukrainian national championship.
Amedino99: i dont understand this case. I thought south africa asked for the replay. Why so if they won initially?
Amedino99, I was discussing the BENEFITS SOUTH AFRICA DERIVED FROM PLAYING 7HOME MATCHES IN THE 2026 FIFA WC QUALIFIERS IN COMPARISON TO 50% HOME MATCHES IN PAST QUALIFIERS.
But you also cant deny that you got a lifeline from our blunder , lack of VAR in the tournament and of ofcourse the Eritrea saga ?
And lastly, you can never fault us for capitalizing on our own advantages. Those stadiums were built with a future in mind, and part of that future is playing out now. We are surrounded by countries who lack such facilities and they have many citizens based here ,do you think they'd opt for venues away from the region ? Zim contemplated it but their fans fought them until they took their match to Durban.
The only advantage which was a gift to NIGERIA was the ERITREA ADVANTAGE. Take this to football experts outside African shores for analysis. However it was still not directed at Nigeria because had we ended 3:0 it would have been of no effect. Moreso rule had been known but the more than 50% home matches matter: UNPRECEDENTED!
lbrichman2: The role Adams played yesterday, that's Lookman's best role.. support striker Having him and Osimhen upfront immediately increases our quality.. Lookman should be competing for the second striker role, not with Simon or Chuks
Chuks utility role as a winger and improvised playmaker makes me give the nod ahead of Lookman for now. Lookman is an excellent player but as it was in USA 94: LIKE OSIMHEN-LIKE YEKINI LIKE AKOR-LIKE AMOKACHI LIKE FINIDI-LIKE CHUKWUEZE LIKE SIASIA-LIKE LOOKMAN.
IF YOU WATCHED THEM THEN OR REWATCHED THEM YOU WILL SEE THE SENSE I AM MAKING.
Lionessza6: We have similar sentiments. It would be hard for you to ever go back to your 94 glory where you could walk on the heads of all African teams, not with the individuality and selfishness of your current eagles. And also your NFF is incompetent and disorganised . Whilst we are making heads roll with SAFA for their stoopid blunder that cost us 3 points , you should also be looking at dissolving that NFF; a totally wack gathering if you ask me. You have a lot of talented players but your management skills are totally dismal.
At your last point....I agree.
Looking at things qualitatively 1994 appeared to many as our best outing moreso as we ended up being ranked 5th in the World by FIFA rankings but for me I think(please you must not accept the view) FRANCE 98 was better save for our ignomininous display against DENMARK in the 2nd Round.
Why did I come up with such conjecture? Bulgaria of USA 94 going into USA 94 proper had no WORLD CUP INTIMIDATING PEDIGREE SAME as DEBUTANTS GREECE.Those were the teams we beat. GOING INTO FRANCE 98 however,we were initially shortchanged by CAF BAN that prevented our participation in 98AFCON qualifiers and the AFCON itself but we still crushed SPAIN a quarterfinalist at USA 94 and squeezed past BULGARIA the 4th placed team from USA 94. Judging from SPAIN AND BULGARIA'S ANTECEDENTS AT EURO 96 the 98 PERFORMANCE OF THE SUPER EAGLES STOOD OUT. HAVE WE WON THE NATIONS CUP SINCE 1994 : YES WE HAVE WITH A LESS FANCIED SIDE BUT IN STYLE IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD IN 2013 WHILST ELIMINATING A DROGBA LED IVORY COAST THAT HAD DEALT WITH US PREVIOUSLY(THAT IS BESIDES THE POINT). WE HAVE MADE IT TO ALL SEMI FINALS OF AFCON EXCEPT 2008 VERSION WHENEVER WE QUALIFIED. DOES THE NFF NEED OVERHAULING? NOT NOW. THEY NEED RESTRUCTURING AND RE-IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS THAT HELPED OUR YOUTH TEAMS THRIVE AND GAVE OUR LEAGUE REPUTATION. THANKS!
Lionessza6: I think you're getting desperate now. Because I have clearly Said that we were one of the "minnows " of Africa and we were getting bytch-slapped by all the big teams even teams like Zim but not anymore. And you are still going around digging up our past fckeries to prove what ?
I can also go back and fetch your previous rankings and compare them to where you are today ,will that change anything?
It's my pleasure. Records don't lie except they are falsified. I talked clearly about qualifiers played as per 7home matches for South Africa being a gift. If you intend to misconstrue the 7home matches talk, you may end up replying yourself.
Whilst I respect John Moshoeu, Lucas Radebe, Benni McCarthy, Mark Fish, Andre Arendse and the rest of their generation as they were near excellent. This cannot be said of the rest after them. You current U20 should/may be a threat to Africa and the World in the nearest future if properly integrated into the Senior Team.
Lionessza6: 1. Show me where I hyped Bafana ? I have always maintained that our team is still on developmental stages and we are happy with it's progress so far. Never had I ever claimed our team to be a top African team,but we are happy with the fact that we are climbing up the ranks and challenging the historically better teams head-on.
2. Nigeria has beat South Africa before in South Africa, but in recent matches that's proving more and more difficult for you. And we are now even winning against you in your backyard, so quit acting as if the only reason we qualified was because we played a lot of matches here. And if you were as competent as you were expected to be,you wouldn't even care about that . You are simple looking for easy excuses to hide your own shame. By the way did you not see that half of the stadiums were filled with people from those countries,? That's why they were comfortable playing here,they have too many citizens here than even in their own countries
3. The fact that you always need Victor around is an indictment of how far you have fallen as a team,that's why you all thought we would suffer against Rwanda because our star defender was given a red card,guess what ? We are a team. South Africa isn't a country of stars but a country that seeks to give everyone a chance to develop themselves. We can't rely on one man. That's selfish .
4. And for the umpteenth time....yes,you're still ahead of us in football. But we are closing the gap in ranks gradually, whilst you're still singing in my time or " had it been the 94 squad " . No position is permanent and definitely not in sports
2022 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS. IN ALL THESE QUALIFIERS NO TEAM PLAYED AT HOME MORE THAN 50% OF THE GAMES
Lionessza6: 1. Show me where I hyped Bafana ? I have always maintained that our team is still on developmental stages and we are happy with it's progress so far. Never had I ever claimed our team to be a top African team,but we are happy with the fact that we are climbing up the ranks and challenging the historically better teams head-on.
2. Nigeria has beat South Africa before in South Africa, but in recent matches that's proving more and more difficult for you. And we are now even winning against you in your backyard, so quit acting as if the only reason we qualified was because we played a lot of matches here. And if you were as competent as you were expected to be,you wouldn't even care about that . You are simple looking for easy excuses to hide your own shame. By the way did you not see that half of the stadiums were filled with people from those countries,? That's why they were comfortable playing here,they have too many citizens here than even in their own countries
3. The fact that you always need Victor around is an indictment of how far you have fallen as a team,that's why you all thought we would suffer against Rwanda because our star defender was given a red card,guess what ? We are a team. South Africa isn't a country of stars but a country that seeks to give everyone a chance to develop themselves. We can't rely on one man. That's selfish .
4. And for the umpteenth time....yes,you're still ahead of us in football. But we are closing the gap in ranks gradually, whilst you're still singing in my time or " had it been the 94 squad " . No position is permanent and definitely not in sports
Lionessza6: 1. Show me where I hyped Bafana ? I have always maintained that our team is still on developmental stages and we are happy with it's progress so far. Never had I ever claimed our team to be a top African team,but we are happy with the fact that we are climbing up the ranks and challenging the historically better teams head-on.
2. Nigeria has beat South Africa before in South Africa, but in recent matches that's proving more and more difficult for you. And we are now even winning against you in your backyard, so quit acting as if the only reason we qualified was because we played a lot of matches here. And if you were as competent as you were expected to be,you wouldn't even care about that . You are simple looking for easy excuses to hide your own shame. By the way did you not see that half of the stadiums were filled with people from those countries,? That's why they were comfortable playing here,they have too many citizens here than even in their own countries
3. The fact that you always need Victor around is an indictment of how far you have fallen as a team,that's why you all thought we would suffer against Rwanda because our star defender was given a red card,guess what ? We are a team. South Africa isn't a country of stars but a country that seeks to give everyone a chance to develop themselves. We can't rely on one man. That's selfish .
4. And for the umpteenth time....yes,you're still ahead of us in football. But we are closing the gap in ranks gradually, whilst you're still singing in my time or " had it been the 94 squad " . No position is permanent and definitely not in sports
Lionessza6: 1. Show me where I hyped Bafana ? I have always maintained that our team is still on developmental stages and we are happy with it's progress so far. Never had I ever claimed our team to be a top African team,but we are happy with the fact that we are climbing up the ranks and challenging the historically better teams head-on.
2. Nigeria has beat South Africa before in South Africa, but in recent matches that's proving more and more difficult for you. And we are now even winning against you in your backyard, so quit acting as if the only reason we qualified was because we played a lot of matches here. And if you were as competent as you were expected to be,you wouldn't even care about that . You are simple looking for easy excuses to hide your own shame. By the way did you not see that half of the stadiums were filled with people from those countries,? That's why they were comfortable playing here,they have too many citizens here than even in their own countries
3. The fact that you always need Victor around is an indictment of how far you have fallen as a team,that's why you all thought we would suffer against Rwanda because our star defender was given a red card,guess what ? We are a team. South Africa isn't a country of stars but a country that seeks to give everyone a chance to develop themselves. We can't rely on one man. That's selfish .
4. And for the umpteenth time....yes,you're still ahead of us in football. But we are closing the gap in ranks gradually, whilst you're still singing in my time or " had it been the 94 squad " . No position is permanent and definitely not in sports
2006 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS WITH NO TEAM HAVING TO PLAY MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR MATCHES AT HOME
Lionessza6: 1. Show me where I hyped Bafana ? I have always maintained that our team is still on developmental stages and we are happy with it's progress so far. Never had I ever claimed our team to be a top African team,but we are happy with the fact that we are climbing up the ranks and challenging the historically better teams head-on.
2. Nigeria has beat South Africa before in South Africa, but in recent matches that's proving more and more difficult for you. And we are now even winning against you in your backyard, so quit acting as if the only reason we qualified was because we played a lot of matches here. And if you were as competent as you were expected to be,you wouldn't even care about that . You are simple looking for easy excuses to hide your own shame. By the way did you not see that half of the stadiums were filled with people from those countries,? That's why they were comfortable playing here,they have too many citizens here than even in their own countries
3. The fact that you always need Victor around is an indictment of how far you have fallen as a team,that's why you all thought we would suffer against Rwanda because our star defender was given a red card,guess what ? We are a team. South Africa isn't a country of stars but a country that seeks to give everyone a chance to develop themselves. We can't rely on one man. That's selfish .
4. And for the umpteenth time....yes,you're still ahead of us in football. But we are closing the gap in ranks gradually, whilst you're still singing in my time or " had it been the 94 squad " . No position is permanent and definitely not in sports
Can you tell us why you have not qualified or reached the last stage of qualification since you hosted it in 2010? Let's check something about the 7home matches you are discarding as not being a gift.
minfelix: Costa Rica and Curacao are the two teams coming to the intercontinental playoffs going by this table
NOT YET. 2 MORE MATCHES LEFT. CHECK THE REMAINING FIXTURES AS THAT WILL GIVE A CLUE. DON'T FORGET THE MADAGASCAR SITUATION WHERE THEY NEEDED A WIN ON THEIR LAST MATCH TO MAKE PLAYOFFS WITH 16POINTS AND MALI WHO WERE ALREADY OUT OF CONTENTION DISPATCHED THEM READILY
CapitalCee: If it goes based convention, i have looked at the fixtures, Honduras should go to play offs, Costa Rica should qualify directly. Just prediction though
1. You were always group favorites because of your history in football( dominance in African football)and the fact that you have so many international stars in your team . So naturally ,you being in the position you are in will attract a lot of attention; from critics to well-wishers. You're simple the most disappointing in our group ,you were in a group of "minnows "and you failed to secure a direct qualification even after all the reckless mistakes of SA ?. You should be the talk of the town for 6 months sister .
2. No one cares for that" giant of Africa" title ,it's yours to keep ,so relax we ain't fighting you for that. But we will surely fight to death to be the number one country on all development indices that make life a bit comfortable for citizens. If we stay on top of that, We can be called the ant of Africa for all we care .
3. Who is the government, not the same Nigerians? . It's you who is failing on all sectors of governance not some aliens from Mars. We are all to blame for the failures of our respective countries . Those who govern us are a reflection of the societies that groomed them to be what they are . You cannot run away from that simple fact .
Now go on and continue consoling yourself with nothingness 👉👍🫵🤝🙌👏🤜
And Goodluck on those play-offs. You do deserve to win for the sake of osimhe .
We wish all representatives well but truth be told you did not do excellently well giving the advantage of 7home matches. Were Osimhen present against you in South Africa the story would have been different. Had every team played their home matches in their country, chances are that NIGERIA might not have been in the playoffs but would have qualified directly.STOP OVERHYPING BAFANA BAFANA but do a truthful analysis during and after the Nations Cup. Of a truth, your development has been outstanding but not near NIGERIA in terms of the Senior Teams. Rest awhile from our Convo as Nigerians if you may.
minfelix: Chai intercontinental play off in march 2026 go dey interesting sha, let me start my own simulated prediction 🤪🤪😜 Intercontinental play of teams Conmebol (1)= Bolivia 🇧🇴 OFC(1) = New caledonia 🇳🇨 AFC (1)= winner between Iraq vs UAE 🇦🇪 (i pick UAE) Concacaf (2)= Curacao 🇨🇼 and Costa rica 🇨🇷 CAF(1) = Nigeria 🇳🇬 (my prediction 😀)
Now this is how it will be arranged from fifa source:
2unseeded teams faces each other from two different brackets more like:
bracket 1: (New caledonia 🇳🇨 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴) my pick : Bolivia to win bracket 2( Curacao 🇨🇼 vs UAE 🇦🇪) my pick: UAE 🇦🇪 to win
then winner from the 2 bracket of unseeded teams will now face the top seeded teams according to fifa ranking for the remaining 2slots for 2026 Fifa worldcup
More like: Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs UAE 🇦🇪 Costa rica 🇨🇷 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴
My pick: Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Costa rica 🇨🇷 to be the 2 final qualified nations
Costa Rica might not come for playoffs as they might top their group and qualify directly. In our simulation let us not forget the mistake of thinking about BRAZIL when we have not surmounted DENMARK a la FRANCE 98. THE PLAYERS WE HAVE ARE UP TO THE TASK AND GOD WILL HELP US.
TheLoneCitizen: Nigeria vs Benin in the first 74 minutes before Onyeka’s introduction 5 shots attempted
Nigeria vs Benin in the final 16 minutes after Onyeka’s introduction and switch to 4-3-3 6 shots attempted
The truth: 5 shots attempted with 3 goals. 6 shots attempted with 1 goal. In yesterday's match it ended well and apart from 3 Super Eagles players(I DON'T WANT TO MENTION NAMES BECAUSE THEY CAN IMPROVE IF GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE) the rest of our players were above average.
Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Cocony(m): 11:22am On Oct 15, 2025
