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TheSuperNerd:
And I already said what our biggest mistake was. Not calming down to control the game. Playing at the Malawian's scatter gun pace did us in

If the ref gave us those fouls, these ladies in gwg that are playing tonight will make no difference with it. Im ashamed of this display mehn.


One of my egbon Adugbo that i hyped these ladies to that they're worth watching don dey change am for me. 🤦🏽‍♂️😂

How will i tell him this is a 1/100 games display now.

TheSuperNerd:
The Zambians were not even this dirty the last 2 times we played them. When they beat us in 2022, they beat us clean.

In 2025...fine we beat them but they were physical but not dirty. And the ref was balanced in foul calls.

But now, in this game, I know we have been bad but I cannot ignore how bad the ref has been.

this ref has not been half as bad as our games against Morocco and South African in last 3 Wafcons. That's even why i no dey look that side. Just look at how we are doing on this pitch asif nothing is at stake? The two fullbacks that are supplying Chawinga are roaming free this entire 2nd half. They get the ball and give long sweet passes b2b2b.

Unlimited22:
With Banda and Kundananji


We should keep standing still while everybody is moving forward


And waiting for individual quality and pace and power to bail us out every time

Lmao

Those two have gotten better. And they go wan revenge. We never ready. This is rubbish. -2 GD.


Make these ladies no forget say na 2 dey qualify per group o. Ehen

The ref decisions has nothing to do with our lack of bite and coordination upfront throughout the 1st and 2nd half. They played nothing and pedaled back while the malawi babes doubled up. They spotted a weakness and exploited it. Till now we no even get coordination or exploiting any weakness. Just anyhow vibes

TheSuperNerd:
Our shots on target have all been straight at the keeper.

it's an irony considering the size of that goalie.

Make Zambia no kon double the trouble o. They play similarly.

One would think these ladies were given the Iranian team treatment at the just concluded men's world cup where they had to travel hours into US and back. Who is that panting and holding leg and why is Madugu so fvvlish to not remove who go messup these last few minutes?

This is totally on us. We have no business having a goalless halftime with debutants. This is an aberration on display. We can't even threaten or get a big chance in their box.

Mtchewwwww. See their decisiveness

And werin concern Chiamaka with offside? Girl just budey the ball out, what's that nonsense hesitation for?

This is rubbish on display mehn.

Unlimited22:
I can’t believe what I’m seeing lol

We better not lose this game. Hmmm. Cos this is nonsense on display.

TheSuperNerd:
We are playing at their Jaga Jaga pace and it is not to our advantage at all. We are technically superior across all depts like you have pointed out but we need to calm things down and play at our own pace.

If he no get natural positions for team now i go understand this yeye out of position approach. Arghhhh

TheSuperNerd:
These Malawians cant even build up from the back. Once they run into passing trouble, na to throw in legs and balloon the ball out.

They are only dangerous or seemingly "playing well" when they manage to get the ball into the final third.

That's the more reason we should be ahead by now. They're not here for football. Our technical superiority should have taken preeminence by now. This is tactical rubbish on display by us. There's still time to bury this game and get the win anyways

Out of position idea is crap
Okay they are rough, just signal to the girls to tikitaka these Malawians out of the aggression. When they're tired of turning and running they for just face front. Rather na long balls🤦🏽‍♂️😏😏

Not Alozie and Okoronkwo dramatizing cos the identity of the attire is That Naija Aunty 🤣🤣🤣

Abiodun and Nnadozie are the prime clowns.
Rinsola and Toni be hiding when they're actually dangerlos off camera


Esther dey do like agbero mobilizer for bad hotel reviews due to the theft. I love it!! 🤣😎😎

NasirIbnLaAhad:
I'll make this post as cryptic as I possibly can.

There's an interesting question I thought of this morning when I woke up. Why did the NFF wait until the boys had landed in Yamoussoukro, and checked into the Trio Corridor Hotel, before releasing the final WAFU B U20 23-man list to the public? Not before camp in Abuja. Not right after the provisional 35 got trimmed weeks earlier. Only once the plane had touched down safely on Ivorian soil. I'd say that awfully convenient, but let's even ignore that one and talk about the other gigantic elephant in the room: Mavlon FC.

The NFF house shill in this thread (I know who he is) polishing this timeline will not tell you about the actual pattern sitting in plain sight.

Wahab Musa, tagged FC Malaga on the official list, but which academy actually produced him? Mavlon.
Imrana Muhammad, tagged Deportivo Alavés, but he was showcased at the Viareggio Cup wearing a Mavlon shirt before Spanish scouts even knew his name.
Rufai Abubakar, tagged NK Istra 1961 today, but this same player was listed as Mavlon FC less than a year ago in the 2025 AFCON U20 squad, same position, same face. That's exactly how the trick works. You'll never see "Mavlon FC" boldly printed on a final NFF release again, because the instant one of their boys lands in Europe, the tag and paper trails and everything else updates itself. So you end up with a clean list and clean conscience, and no follow-up questions.

But mayhaps you think I'm trying to blacklist the academy for no reason, so here's an honest question I want you to ask yourselves if you're keeping up: how many of these Mavlon products have ever actually crossed over into the senior Super Eagles setup? Can you count that on one hand? Or is the entire operation functioning more like a scouting agency that collects goodwill through chairman donations with one hand, while quietly moving promising kids off the books with the other, all while using "youth development" to pull the wool over our eyes. A certain barrister has already shown there's money being thrown around, donation after donation to these squads. The question is what exactly that money is buying. Visibility? Access? Favorable placement? To be clear, I'm not accusing anyone of anything provable in a courtroom. I'm asking why this pattern repeats itself, season after season, age grade tournament after age grade tournament, for the past 6-7 years at the very least, with almost surgical consistency.

My honest prediction for the WAFU B U20: Nigeria might not even secure the AFCON U20 ticket, talk less of the U20 World Cup, and once the postmortem begins, you'll hear plenty of talk about "player availability", you know, anything except the actual conversation about who's really running this pipeline, and who benefits from it.

I saw a clip earlier today.

The guy that scouted Zadok was back with more scouts eager to export talent. It looked like Jos or Kd. While they were calling out the final roster, which was all done by 3 Nigerian officials, the list was on a paper. He called 4 names and then brought out his phone and began to call names from the phone. Then he stopped and continued from the paper. Im glad i wasn't the only one that noticed that.


Bu one thing is certain, i expect the nonsense that ruined the u17 of 2007 and 2009 to repeat itself again. A new form of desperation is here. I just pray it doesn't affect how next World Cup and age grade competitions look like in next few months/years.


There are over 10,000 super talented teens across the country enough to stage a league with them and amplify media levels so scouting can be easier. I dunno. If they reason set structure properly, everybody go chop. But they don't want that.

TheSuperNerd:
Meanwhile Maduka Okoye and Cardi B.... **Coughs**

It is well. Shaa... let the fun end so he gets back to business resuming with preseason.

He better be careful with who many call the goddess of fertility sha.

mostob:
The owner should drop funds... Shikena

Funds dey. They just wan dey form stingy. We need to make that PTSD end inside Emirates🤣

TheSuperNerd:
Good one. 😂😂

Make e no be Yamal baby brother sha🤣🤣🤣🤣

TheSuperNerd:
Like Iniesta in 2010 in the 116th min vs Netherlands.

Like Ferran in 2026 in the 106th min vs Argentina.

Historic. Two different Golden Eras of Spanish football.

As a mystery breaker, now i have to worry about who will wear Spain's number 8 jersey at 2042 World Cup if Jesus tarries. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Iykyk

I feel for England

When last did any top 6 club sign a white teen? The Jamaicans and Nigerians are heavy in the feeders system. Not by sentiment, but by irrefutable talent and hardwork. They're earning their laurels through the system. The only way they fit balance it is to do quota laidis, else Three Lions go turn France 2.0.

They had to carry Henderson to World Cup not cos he is relevant to the fieldplay but cos he's the only pure English on the team. What a corner for them.


I hope Nigerian is getting prepared for lots of foreign borns in the 2030 squad of the Super Eagles cos i expect the English hierarchy to want to fo something about this.


An observation from the reactions by the Brits to their semifinals loss when they themselves made it all about Race mix in the team. Only for Saka, watkins, Bellingham and Spence to carry the team. Their backline is wack sha. I wonder how they'll rebuild



Rebuilding will be the most gruesome part for UEFA teams. Many old legs will not be present for 2030 or the next Euros.

Spain
France
Switzerland
Norway look secured IMO.

Germany
Italy
Croatia
England
Portugal
⌛

ChrisKels:
👀 Jude Bellingham was one goal away from becoming England's highest scorer at a single men's World Cup.

🤝 He handed Bukayo Saka the penalty to complete his hat-trick instead.

⚽️ Ten minutes later, Bellingham scored to break the record anyway.

Take a bow, Jude 👏

Quality of a great leader. One personal glory hunter will be wondering why English players respect a young Bellingham while Portuguese players don't give a fak about him despite being the oldest in the team.

the game will go down as one of the craziest games in World Cup 3rd place matches.


It started like some semi match fixing as France look totally disinterested from start. Then the carpintaahs Tuchel relied on started to misbehave. They'll go down in English history as a really terrible pair. 4-0 turn 4-3 then 5-3. And finally 6-4 when no be penalty shootout 😂😂😂😂

Bellingham look Harry Kane look his talky say no way i go make Harry hold record as e wan retire make i hold this one for England and he decided to score exactly like Ahmed Musa did vs Iceland that year. Sweet goal.


Tuchel is to blame for not using Saka and Watkins vs Argentina.

mostob:
Chrisooblog and DaveP

It all started here

Martinez

Chai. I wished we kept him but career wise they didn't want to give him the slot so he had to do what's best for him. Going on to win the WC with Argentina


For GK, its mostly about Manager's trust and preference. A GK doesn't need be perfect.

Las las the WC is bigger than the EPL title. He did his bit against the best of the best on the global stage barely a year after settling into his new space


Evr since then na soso carpenter we dey acquire for 2nd choice GK😂😂

We need to do better and get a great 2nd choice with valuable minutes too. We can built some good value and sell them bigger that way

germaphobe:
if we can go for vini and pay 100m for him, it would be better than wasting it on english overhyped players.

100m is too much for Vini but i don't care. Everyone doesn't care again. See who dem get for 117m shuu. Let's just enter that market and get the best legs by all means abeg. All the back and forth that goes on about the price no concern me after these. 3 misses.

🔴| Zlatan Ibrahimović REACTS SARCASTICALLY to Arsenal losing transfer battles 🔴⚪

🗣️“Arsenal are champions, yes? Congratulations. But maybe they should also win the race to sign players before the race even starts.” 😏

🗣️“Tottenham takes Tonali, City takes Monga, Chelsea takes Rogers… maybe Arsenal are creating a new competition who can identify the talent first and watch someone else sign him?” 😂

🗣️“Zlatan knows one thing: when you see the player you want, you don’t send an invitation. You go, you take him. Champions do not hesitate.”

🗣️“Maybe Arsenal need a new trophy cabinet one side for Premier League titles, another side for ‘players we almost signed.’”

🗣️“Big clubs act like big clubs. You cannot say ‘we want to stay on top’ and then watch others take the players you were chasing.”

🗣️“Maybe next summer Arsenal should sign the negotiations team first. They seem to need the most strengthening.” 🦁🔴⚪

Real or fake, he's on point! We have that Title now, EVERYTHING NEEDS TO SHIFT

OLD THINGS NEED TO PASS AWAY. ANY DEBRIS OF WENGER'S transfer window era need not still be PTSD. We should not be doing marathon chasing while other see 4 days turn 20 days and they hop on the 21st day and beat us to it.

The Super Eagles have missed b2b World cups.

We will begin a new campaign in a few months, Afcon and then onto the main wcq.


This is to alll Super Eagles players that will dorn the GWG for that duration to NEVER EVER EVER attempt what Sorloth did to Haaland vs England.
I don't care if its any beloved idol or fave. Just don't do whatever wil jeopardize the chances of qualifying for next one. Nigerians go too riot. Make nobody come with any motivational speech of calm o. Country don hard everyone and groaning for b2b misses still dey body like firebender. 😹😹😹

TheSuperNerd:
Well, both are the centerpieces for their sides for club and country so it would always be about them before anyone.

I like the new adjustment. Both

Just that the way they making it about Yamal no fair. That backline did their bit. Even the midfield of Ruiz and Rodri. Especially Rodri. What a combo.

Once Salary and Accountability are never assured, the old will take over.


Terrible superiors need ro be fired or replaced. But only in Nigeria will kids get missing for months and the superior police boss in that domain will suddenly do b2b press release with starched uniforms as though grows incompetence is worth displaying. So even laziness to what duty entails is another issue-dignity of lives, most especially kids, should be enough to make one step down for who go sabi.

But as we are onto connections and securing the bag greedy algorithm mode, this will be impossible even with state police.


Lets not even go down to who and who will be puppet masters if this idea comes to reality.

All of these are viruses of the current system. If the state can't do better, then symptoms persist and even worse as politicians will now play like Emperor dictator

TheSuperNerd:
Yamal just made it 9 wins out of 11 games vs Mbappe (club and country).

More than half of the games, Yamal wasn't even as influential as Oyarzabal and Merino or Cubarsi. Na who get PR go sha carry this stat sha. Defenders dey suffer no pr sha

World cup prodigy-most do it across 3 World cups(12years)


Max age on average for that is 33 for Africans. Which means that at most, they should be debuting at their first World cup by age 20. Mind you!

Considering how African Football is, or more precisely, Nigerian football, to carry undisputed talented youth of that age as debut for World Cup is impossible due to the off field antics.

Carrying and playing are even two different things.

If we want to move forward we need to trust the youth with valuable minutes. Not random questionable ones. But ones that are talented like Mikel, Iheanacho, Kanu, Martins, etc of those years. See Bouaddi aka Guendozi 2.0 for Morocco.

This mentality that WC is always for "seniormen" is crap. If a youth can outperform the seniormen several times, then that rule should be trashed.

Sadly, age and injury can hamper a lot as well. But that's even the more reason they should start early.


We need to fix our castle.

Schemerkhiz:
The SuperFalcons will certainly win the WAFCON, but it will be down to their individual quality, which on the world stage won't be sufficient. They will qualify, though. Very easily, in fact.

Me I'm more for the WC spot and then doing all it takes to have a WC like Morocco men's team did in 2022 for this Super Falcons team. No need to win wafcon. We don choke. Not that I'm against it cos they're more than capable of defending the title. But that's just what my eyes are on.

Semi Finalists at World Cup 2026

🇪🇦 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻

Most Goals — Oyarzabal
Most Assists — Cucurella
Most Key Passes — Porro
Most Successful Dribbles (p90) — Yamal
Most Chances Created — Baena
Most Big Chances Created — Cucurella
Most Accurate Crosses — Rodriguez

🇲🇫 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲

Most Goals — Mbappe
Most Assists — Olise
Most Key Passes — Dembele
Most Successful Dribbles (p90) — Barcola
Most Big Chances Created — Olise
Most Chances Created — Mbappe
Most Accurate Crosses — Dembele

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

Most Goals — Kane / Bellingham
Most Assists — Gordon
Most Key Passes — Declan Rice
Most Successful Dribbles (p90) — Eze
Most Chances Created — Bellingham
Most Big Chances Created — Declan Rice
Most Accurate Crosses — Madueke

🇦🇷 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮

Most Goals — Messi
Most Assists — Messi
Most Key Passes — Messi
Most Successful Dribbles (p90) — Messi
Most Chances Created — Messi
Most Big Chances Created — Messi
Most Accurate Crosses — Messi

We need that France template for our front 4. The way they've delivered 100% is overwhelming.

We have 4 years to get this right. Get a Cherki and Ekitike that will be lethal but still be benchwarmers. Get fullbacks like Echiejile and Celestine. Foreign borns or home grown. No barriers from legit to corruption kind should be allowed to clip the wings of this team flying


And most especially, proper salary structures that ill make all these back and forth over salary from hampering the vibe of the team or the dressing room.


We've also seen how ego battles is ruining quality teams at this tournament. From Portugal to Norway. I can't remember the last time we had one since our midfield duo in 2014.

isan:
Typical Nigerian mindset

Typical about the glaring antics by caf for men and women's football towards favouring Morocco? You're hilarious. This is nothing typical.