₦airaland Forum

isaiah9:
USA beaten. Chai this world cup is full of surprises.

Thus was like the USA 5th team.

No team can stand up to the real team USA

PDPGuy:
I wish these guys would be cslledup to D’Tigers Olympics camp!

Ogugua Anunobi - Toronto Raptors -
Jesusemilore Ojeleye - Boston Celtics
Chinanu Onuaku - Houston Rockets
Ike Anigbogu - Indiana Pacers
Femi 'Bam' Adebayo - Miami Heats
Kostas Ndubuisi Antetokounmpo LA Lakers
Olumiye Oni Utah Jazz
Chikezie Okpala Miami Heats
Chuma Okeke Orlando Magic

With the poor support from the NBBF and Naija people as a whole for basketball, I doubt most will even accept the call. Especially the really good players

tbaba1234:
Abi o..

There are levels to this football thing. How is sudan under 23 a proper guage for who is ready for the super eagles?

Let us see them in the AFCON and in the Olympics if they qualify. Then we might have an idea on who is ready for the super eagles.

Exactly my point sir

BascoVanVeli:
Back to the molly whopping don by our dream team. Sanusi Ibrahim is the next top npfl player to come out of nowhere. Our CB pairing can play for the Super Eagles right now. I have never seen Imama coach a good defense, this seems weird. Normally his catch phrase is you score one I score two. We will miss Zuby and Nwakali at the tournament no doubt about that but this team will be very solid.

Please note that we played Sudan and not a top level team.

I advice we wait till we start appraising this guys

charlesemeka85:
Indirectly telling u guys azubuike is better than ndidi

This zuby of a guy has been hyped to high heavens and some have even compared him to Ndidi. Maybe, they know better than European scouts. If he was this good, he would be playing in a top four league.

For me, I don't even know the lad

witorwitoutyou:
OGBENI...D DAY ROHR INVITES ZUBY TO OUR NATIONAL TEAM,JUST DRINK SNIPER OF 500NAIRA..DTS UR SOLUTION

No need for insults bro

Its a mature thread and we are one here. If you mist criticize, do so without acerbic words. Once again, we are one

Humility017:
please I beg you in nairaland's name..keep super eagles out of this...

just because they could beat a lowly rated Sudan shouldn't make you to start recommend them for the super eagles....

let them play for CHAN first
and from there we can tell if they're good enough for super eagles bench

Gbam.

tbaba1234:
Does the super eagles still need Ahmed Musa?

Respectfully no.

Same way we no linger need Balogun (unless he finds a new club and starts playing regularly) and Ezenwa.

Earthquake1:
This one is already crowning himself

Funny isn't it.

Its called self-delusion. Its curable but it has to start from within

opalu:
Why not since?

Ondo indigenes ought to be wise.

This man started his good works now after nearly 4 yes in office just because election is around the corner.

Its a good one for the state indigenes all in all

TheSuperNerd:
Just accept you never got the core of that post. It would have helped if you did. Meanwhile, any more doom messages for us after yesterday's 2-2 draw as we go forward?

Thou knowest that I escheweth every evil against our Super Eagles. So, no doom messages

TheSuperNerd:
I am talking of the years before AFCON 2019 and not just AFCON 2019. The post you quoted had a message you just didn't decode. There was a time it was said, "Mikel had no replacement" and truly he was the best at what he does then. But now... the pendulum shifts to Iwobi. It is his era now.

By the "years", I take it that you mean 2013-2017. Because after then, he declined rapidly

timay:
Just like FIFA ranking, those above them have already accumulated a lot of points in the past. so winning the UCL won't just close the gap. They need to continue at the top and rack up more points to close the gap.

Still, eight is too low for a club their status. They should be in top 5 at least

TheSuperNerd:
You are again off-point. Mikel was indeed the best we had then until Egypt 2019. Look Elfy... Try to understand a post before you quote it. You always seem in a hurry to run in here and start screaming 'I told you so' negatives. Haba.

Mikel wasn't the best we had Nerdy. Its not about negatives. Its the truth nobody choose to admit because we looked to his past glories.

Aribo would have done better than Mikel as a CM at the AFCON. I would've even taken Ebere Eze in place of Mikel. Mikel was invited on pure sentiments. He wasn't even the best or most important player in his championship team.

tbaba1234:
I think Rohr is a major reason why we are approaching a golden age in terms of talent. Invitations to the super eagles are more on merit now. Our players are moving to the big leagues to get attention of national team selectors.

We know how poor team selection used to be.

I understand the frustration with Rohr but he has met every target expected of him. If we are replacing Rohr, we must get someone who is tactically better and someone who will not invite junk players.

There is no point sacking him if we get a coach that will ignore our best players for crucial games.

His meritocracy and the fact that our players no play for better clubs are reasons why I still defend Rohr

BUT

We aren't winning the games we should win comfortably and he is tactically inept. These are big minuses.

I'm 50/50 on Rohr

Earthquake1:
New UEFA club ranking

So Liverpool is still eight.

Okay....Now I know not to take them serious

TheSuperNerd:
How the tides have changed. Before we used to say... We have no replacement for Mikel.

Now it is the era of Iwobi.... how time flies

And I warned you guys when you touted Mikel as the Alpha and Omega whose presence in the team was necessary for "morale"

Thank God you guys can see the light now

cromz:
onyekuru or ihenancho. If Kalu,chukuwueze and 1 or 2 other wingers can be clinical enough, we can play like Liverpool. However we will need a ball playing defender like van Dijk and our midfield must be solid.

Lol.

And the hype begins.

Well, nothing is impossible. To play like Liverpool, you first have to change your coach

timay:
Who needs an old fashioned Drogba or Costa kind of Playing style. How many strikers today are into bullying defenders with strength or Power. Modern football has moved past that.

Infact , Osimhen kind of style was what was missing all this while, cos you could see that the wingers and Midfielder were more comfortable in playing with him, cos he matched their tempo and fast paced style.

The way you guys are praising Osimhen, he scored due to a penalty and bit from open play. He has yet to score from open play for the SE like Ighalo, so I don't see why you guys are comparing both players. Osimhen isn't even at Ighalo's level yet

Eligreat247:
I really don't understand what happened to Jamilu Collins yesterday, I expected fire power from him offensively.. He was a strong attacking outlet during the qualifier against Libya & at AFCON. Defensively too he's been better bar yesterday.

Libya isn't Ukraine

And I don't understand how to defend Rohr again, I'm short if words.....

There's no defending Rohr

Seriously, there's no defending this coach.

I'm done!!!!!!!!!

Prectega:
kylain iheancho is finally in the camp ..

if iheanacho play for that friendly mah bend

Who e wun bench

Mbappe?

Yes

ChrisKels:
Hahahahaha o di egwu


We know better

The fact that she talks about it too much means she has/had a strong crush on KC even while denying it

TheSuperNerd:
God... Elf of darkness never disappoints... you don carry your wahala from football come basketball too...

You no dey tire....

Its not so Nerdy boy.

The NBBF is a lazy organization that won't lift a finger to ensure good outing. To even source for good sponsorship is a problem. Of only we had half an Amaju at the helm of affairs at NBBF (and I'm not saying Amaju is a saint ooo).

Bolowolowo:
Congrats to the boys! In Coach Nwora we trust!

Good coach buy bad NBBF officials.

There's little the coach can do

Neimarjnr:
nawa o ooo

dem dy happy say dem qualify for Olympics

medal dem nr go see

You're damn right

I just dey look. We will sew a repeat of previous Olympics. I'm so sure about it

TheSuperNerd:
Countdown to Ukraine vs Nigeria - Sept 10


18 players in Dnipro, Ukraine for Tuesday’s International Friendly.

Paul Onuachu (The Iroko), Maduka Okoye (Safarigirl's Newest catch), Joe Aribo (Son of Charlesemeka85), Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Custodian of Experience... Icon4s' distant baby cousin), Leon Balogun (Dean of Defence), William Troost Ekong (King Kong), Alexander Iwobi (New Lord of Blue Merseyside), Josh Maja (From Lion in a little league to mouse in a big league... so far ), Jamilu Collins (leftie), Simon Moses Ajala (backflips for free in france), Bryan Idowu (Back in the fold), Francis Uzoho (Super boy), Victor Osimhen (The Menace/The Supa Strika), Samuel Chukwueze (Robben Reloaded/Robben Evolution+ ), Samuel Kalu (New bundle of skills), Anderson Esiti (World's most physical), Peter Oghenekaro Etebo (The War tank), Emmanuel Dennis Bonaventure (The Dazzler).


Still expecting: Kelechi Iheanacho and Chidozie Awaziem.



Courtesy: @NGSuperEagles


Tick Tock...... tick tock

All hail theSuperNerd

Hyper king

Earthquake1:

Earthquake my guy, how's work going?

If any of you think a very physical Sudan will come to Naija and not sit back and close their defence like the great walk of China, then you must be in fairy tale land.

Libya isn't Sudan and our pitch here in Naija is equally bad, so no excuses. Me I predict a 1:1 draw.

O pari

charlesemeka85:
Parlour urges Abraham to stay with England

TalkSport pundit Ray Parlour feels Tammy Abraham should commit his international future to England amid attempts by Nigeria to lure the Chelsea striker away from the Three Lions.

The 21-year-old has represented England at various youth levels and earned two senior caps for his country in 2017. However, neither was a competitive international game, raising the possibility he could still play for Nigeria, the homeland of his father.

While Abraham was not called up by head coach Gareth Southgate for England’s upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Kosovo, Parlour has urged the youngster to stay patient.

‘If he keeps scoring goals, he will definitely get into the England squad,’ said the former Arsenal midfielder.

‘Jamie Vardy has retired and they’re lacking a little bit up front. He’s got an opportunity to be in the squad, but obviously he won’t be in front of Harry Kane.”

‘Once you start with a country as a youngster, I think you should stick with them,” Parlour added.

‘It’s up to the player; he’s looking at whether he’ll get an opportunity. It’s a battle, because there are a lot of good players at England, and you’ll get a lot more caps if you go elsewhere.

‘As a manager, you’d be on the phone straight away saying, “You’re in my plans, keep playing as you are, and you’ll get an opportunity”. That’s what I’d be doing if I was Gareth Southgate.

There is no need to beg Tammy. He will commit his future to England. That I am sure of. If southgate lik, let him snub the guy 100 times. That's one thing about Tammy I like, his tenacity and single mindedness

peterd53:
Came across this

And the unnecessary hype begins.

"Mikel the professor"

I laughter

marvinsync:
shut up southafrican mofvcker

But he isn't far from the truth. If we allow anger to determine our reactions instead of common sense, we may end up regretting it