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yinkeys:
Morocco has shown the world they can play attacking football
Last time they were at the tournament they came to defend
Imagine how DRC & Cape Verde will become in a few years with their World cup exposure
Frightening

This is the reason Nigwria can't afford to be sleeping

NFF should be sanitized. They are the bane to football devt in Nigeria

Because the whole world is catching up to Europeans and south Americans

Football is now everyone's game

FiveFootNinja:
Lol. That DRC team is well designed to counter top tier teams. Insane physicality, insane stamina, good pressing, a stupidly strong defense and counter attacks that are swift and hard to stop.

You can't play against DRC and be as lethargic and undecisive as Portugal were today. You have to be disciplined, organized and most importantly, very fast and technical. You also must not waste any chances. And you must match them in speed and physicality.

The only team I'm 100 percent certain that won't just manage a 1-0 or 2-1 win over DRC but can actually try and take them apart is maybe France. I honestly can't vouch for the others, though I could be wrong.

The best game to watch to understand how to neutralize this DRC side is the Senegal vs DRC world cup qualifier game that Senegal won 3-2.

You're 100% right, especially when you mentioned france

Joezinho:
Nigeria doesn’t deserve to be at the World Cup.
DR Congo might just represent Africa better than Nigeria at the World Cup after all.

So you're judging this because they beat us at the friendly where we missed many of our stars abi?

Lolll. Uba dey talk sha

Martinez is playing with his source of livelihood

How can you have such a team on paper and you can't squeeze a win against a very inferior side

And I hate DRC so much BTW. They play nonsense football and I just hate them so much. Was hoping Portugal will best them like theives but it seems my hope was misplaced

Ronaldo please na...

What many teams are.missing in this tournament is a traditional creative central midfielder

It'd not just a Nigerian problem. Even France had to rely on their wingers for creativity yesterday

That's why many matches seem very boring

Belgian sides have always been good on paper and quite disastrous when it matters

Kai

I won't say I'm surprised at the cape Verde result

They usually like to spring surprises and they've been on the come up for a while now

WarHammer2000:
Tunisia don fire their coach. Them fit bid 200k per month for Chelle now😁

Loll. True that

But chelle no go wan go

What makes chelle different is that he actually believes in the Nigerian talent pool and feels like it's an honor to actually coach Nigeria

Someone said that this CIV team will comfortably best the Super Eagles

Lollll. I know the SE limits and yes, we didn't qualify but common guys!!!

We wouldn't have performed as poorly as Tunisia na. Haba

Our only weak links in this tram are Zaidu and Moses Simon. I think it's high time they retire. They offer nothing in this team except for bodies

Amovingman:
Is that your x account

NO

Someone re-echoed my sentiments on twitter

I am known for being a ruthless critic of naija football. In fact, I hardly praise them

But you see these things I am seeing on the ti.eline because of Morocco draw with Brazil is just beer parlor football talk

Morocc9 has improved since AFCON but so has Nigeria

The Brazilian team the Moroccans faced aren't the best Brazilian team. They have become Europeans and have lost thwir footballing identity. This is a wild take but I dare say that if Brazil had gone strictly with their home-based best with a home-based coach they would've beaten morocco.

Morocco beat us in AFCON because they had support of thw ref who gave them the 50/50 calls and made sure to kill all our attacking forays.

I'm not saying the Moroccans are trash but I'm saying that we shouldn't start hyping them like they are clearly better than the Super Eagles. The only team I fear facing in Africa is Senegal. That's the only team I can agree is better than us in all aspects (bar coaching maybe)

With the rubbish I have seen many countries play in this world cup, I dare say that had we qualified, and qih chelle as our coach, we'd have done way better.

There's no way Australia is beating us. Not even Mexico or Switzerland. We just held Portugal to a 2:1 loss against thwir fast team while missing many of our regulars.

I have seen many teams play and I'm not even impressed with the standard of play so far. Super Eagles with an osimhen, lookman and akor will so feast. You guys have no idea what Chelle has done to these guys and their mentality

And I predict Morocco to get booted out in R16 or maybe (a very big maybe) in the quarter finals. They aren't invincible. They just didn't face a wrll-oiled Brazilian team

oloriooko:
This Maroc side is not same as the side we met at Afcon, this side is slick and dangerous
Excellent football

So in other words, they will beat SE in a competitive match abi?

Congrats to NYK

This was long overdue

But they aren't repeating

Hopefully my GSW can learn a thing or two and stop drafting or trading for midgets

Also, Mike Brown should've taken over kerr at least 2 -3 seasons ago.

Also, we should've taken that OG Anunoby deal when he was offered to us

Napoleon55:
If u really think it's easy for them to get the national job,think again.

Make una dey always leave our ex internationals for us.

If they hustle for national jobs,problem, if they don't, still problem.

These are legends that have brought joy for us at some points

It's not even easy for black Europeans to get a coaching job,you have to be really good.

Have they gotten any jobs on the African continent?

How many of them have even tried coaching in thr Nigerian league?

Loll

Their priorities aren't to develop young talents or coach. They aren't that cerebral

Truidstarr:
See Yaya and em brother..improving themselves and coaching outside. Majority of our ex internationals na national team dem dey hustle...why they don't get hired outside..the lame excuse is racism.

They aren't even hustling for any national coaching jobs.

Rather, they are busy fighting to be brand ambassadors for betting companies

They said Madrid I'd looking to mourinho as their next coach and Mouringo said he wants his own coaching and fitness staff as well as authority on transfers and contracts. If this happens, then an Osimhen move to PSG isn't unlikely because mourinho admires him so much

BascoVanVeli:
Ademola just has to stay ready because that chance will come.

Lmao

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

lexyman:
yes , we will never walk alone ......but some people are hoping that Gala will qualify ahead of Liverpool o .... e go hard o .

I'm a Liverpool fan. A diehard one

But galatasaray may edge it. Tbh, either team has a 60% chance of going through because they are quite similar

I really don't understand why many people are using that opportunity to throw shades at Victor Osimhen- both covertly amd overtly all over twitter

I have read more than 20 twitter posts condemning Osimhen. That guy is patroitc no matter his temperament and doesn't deserve all these

I just hope all this funny tweets don't drive a wedge between Victor and Lookman

Guys...

It is well sha

What do I'll think?

Although I'm concerned about Athleticos style of play, it is better for visibility

Guys e be like say Atheltico no gree for fenebache ooo

Bossman5:
He was already a Chelsea player even before the tournament started.

Didn't know this

However, you cannot entirely refute my claim

TheSuperNerd:
Mamadou Sarr literally plays for Strasbourg which is called Chelsea's feeder side in France by some. Strasbourg are owned by the blueCo group that is also owned by Todd Boehly (who also owns Chelsea). So basically Chelsea and Strasbourg have same owners.

The Mamadou link is no surprise if you do a little research on your own.

Still doesn't refute my claims that Naija players aren't usually preferred in the transfer market, research or not

In the last 10 years, how many Nigwrian players have earned a move to Big Name clubs and compare that number to Senegal or ivorycoast

Not that their players are entirely better

Confirms what I said earlier

0robably did t have a good a tournament as bassey

But guess who Chelsea is going for?

And he does t even have EPL experience

It is well

Charlesemeka85

See wetin I dey talk yesterday

charlesemeka85:
my brother the thing dey surprise sometimes too

If Bassey happen to be Ghanaian or even Senegalese with his performance at the just concluded Afcon and epl this season many big clubs would hv been fighting over him

I dey tell you

Imagine being in Turkey at the twilight of your career

It's not a massive step up at all, no matter the love fans are showing osimhen, it will severely limit their chances at silverware

See Semenyo, see sesko, see Gyokeres, how many good seasons did they have to prove themselves before a big club picked them up?

Is Man City too big a club for lookman? Or is Liverpool too big a club for osimhen

Stupid Arsenal with thwor racist boas will rather sign a "white one season wonder" striker than snap up Osimhen

Life truly ain't fair my bro

Osimhen has been doing his thing since royal charleroi and no big break yet..

Omo......

I often wonder why Nigerian players hardly get offers to g9 to bigger clubs after good performances

An Osimhen or Lookman shouldn't be playing in Turkey at this stage of thwir career

I pin it down to bad agents but I may be wrong

See all the talk of Bassey - I remember saying it that Bassey would go nowhere - he is Nigerian after all

No matter how good you play, clubs would either underprice or something would come up that will break down talks

It is what it is

It is mid boggling because ypu have a delap in Chelsea and gyokeres and sesko in top epl teams

I can't fathom it at all

Kog45:
In court of law you will lose..."you said there's no match he play and you expect a goal"are you not lying here?

Just few days ago you said the guy is fat and a reputable member even corroborated you but I showed you his six packs body...

Now tell me who is doing this analysis with bias and sentiment

He scores once in a blue moon boss

Kog45:
No be only catching I wan arrest you😅Good morning

Good morning boss mi