tuzle:
lampard and good coach in the same sentence. Wonders shall never end

I had to read d statement again…like lampard 🤣🤣🤣,he’s not fit to coach Oshodi fc

Joebie:
Emeka Chaves, how market?

Him energy lost to report deir win but if dem Dey lose,e go don mock dem die 😀

Marjoribanks:
Senegal no sabi! I am not scared of any team. They should be wary of us.
We will break any AFCON defence with a rejuvenated Ndidi and Iwobi in midfield, and an attack of Boni, Moffi, Lookman, Chuz, Simon and the Oga himself (Osimhen).
Without injuries/red card AFCON will be a walk over for us! Believe me!

I could remember we had dis scary personnel prior to World Cup 2018 qualifiers,we were on form (individual wise), one of d things rohr benefited ,wey we feel say baba sabi coach 😊

Make I cause small wahala for dis thread

Boniface is a more complete striker Dan osimhen…discuss (25marks) 😀

joxxy01:
Apart from Senegal, any other team in that pot1 is welcome

I will avoid Algeria 🇩🇿 anytime anyday

NwaIdeato:
I'm not a football expert so make una no vex, but why aren't the likes of Victor Eletu ready for senior football already? how old is he?

If e neva old or play for d elite league we no Dey consider dem

Marjoribanks:
AFCON is ours to lose! Onyeka, Iwobi, Onyedika, Aribo, Ndidi Nwakali, Alhassan and Nacho are good enough midfielders to win AFCON.
Ekong, Bassey, Ajayi, Omeruo, Tourouniga, Akpoguma, Igbo etc are good enough defenders to win AFCON.
Uzoho, Adeleye are fairly good goalkeepers to win AFCON.
Give me a country with better defenders and midfielders than ours on the continent?

Comoros 🇰🇲 😎

Marjoribanks:
Arsenal has agreed personal terms with Osimhen for the next season transfer!

Osimhen needs a team like Arsenal who will give him so much passing volumes.
Napoli is not that team anymore!

Too early …source?

Curtisaxel10:


I will never forgive whoever it was that handed Aribo that no.10 jersey. A shirt that has been worn by legends like Okocha and Mikel now being abused by an average dude that shouldn't even be making the team if we had decent midfield options? Nah.

Honestly, shame dey catch me whenever I see Aribo with that shirt.

Nobody can argue dis …..d only thing going for aribo is because he’s part of d fb quota ,else he has always been below par ,yet Dey keep extending invites to him

Kog45:
So Semi don messed up in eagles before…..Balogun is not really playing right now but I think Omeruo is playing…Bassey,Akpogunma are suspects as CBs.

Dt akpoguma na scam ….he doesn’t play like a German breed…we knew when balogun was introduced…we could c d difference,it was an instant hit

charlesemeka85:
sure but the argument is that him and Musa should be dropped after the afcon to mk space for younger players to come in

I can’t talk about musa cos obviously we av better options, however in dt defense ,omeruo and balogun is needed ,I never trust dt bassey guy and semilogo Ajayi sometimes mess up his games..

Kog45:
We have seen the best of Omeruo is not issue or his pace which was even better than Akpogunma and Bassey against Guinea Bissau.

Omeruo still making eagles is cuz the young ones have not really impressed.

Omeruo is going to afcon…except injured

I won’t be surprise if he starts all d games sef.

chrisooblog:
I concur with your list however I would swap Omerue with Jordan (if he's impressive) or Awaziem. Last attacking spot would probably go to who impresses the most between Orban, Sadiq Umar, Moffi and Akor Adams.

If the list is 26 I would add one more winger Ejuke or Olayinka, another midfielder (anyone of Nwakali, Alhassan, Ebenezer, Eletu etc) and Bruno as cover for Zaidu.

I think d maximum list of players is now 27 for every competition.

TheSuperNerd:
Only thing that playing Nacho and Lookman showed is that JPes loves to attack. He wanted Goals rain.

But the man still shows ineptness in balancing our midfield dynamics. The way out? I am afraid we are stuck with JPes till Afcon.

I hope he can just manage to find a good enough balance in the middle (not perfect but something not far from it by a few hundred miles) that can enable our attack really wreck havoc on the continent or he should find a way to make our attacking wingers function as extra playmakers VS the TOP Sides, both invertedly and on the outside in sync with their corresponding Fullbacks.

These ways, our attack won't be shackled but free of most limitations to destroy Africa and bring home the Title.

This is Nigeria's chance. Senegal for me is on a decline although they remain strong by reputation and class (which is permanent than form). Egypt is "Play and die for Salah" and Inshallah. CIV is a bunch of above average players with more grit and power than brains. Algeria is also strong but nothing like their 2019 squad. Morocco is possibly the strongest team in Africa now based on Team Chemistry ONLY but Cameroun is not to be taken lightly as they are always a traditionally clutch tournament team. Ghana? They blow hot and cold... and always hot against the GWG.


Look, Nigeria has the best and most dreaded attack in Africa. Best CFs, some of the best Wing forwards/creative attacking wingers. Nigeria also boast decent midfielders albeit functioning unbalanced due to JPes' picks. Our defence is not the strongest but it is decent enough with quality fullback depth and hopefully Torunarigha joining the CB options strengthens that department.

We have what it takes to make it number 4 but it rests on JPes' tactical and technical selections and decisions. But trust me, the tools are all there. It is more about whether he will recognise he needs a hammer when faced with the problem of nails.

Welcome back … d question is what stop d coach or nff to invite d likes of nnadi nwakali akinsanmiro now….at least two out of d three options mentioned above

DABIGATRAN:
If Ighalo wants that, he will arrange it with the NFF. They don't have to force a last game on him. Besides, he already announced his retirement long ago so that case is closed.

U forgot he came out retirement against Ghana 🇬🇭 World Cup qualifiers?

lovewins:
Nigeria will reportedly be playing Saudi Arabia I'm a friendly next month

If true … I will suggest nff/ coach shld invite ig halo as his last parting game to serve as his official last game since we knw he won’t be invited again to the eagles game

I knw say chriskel no go like dis idea 😀

AndSunGorilla:

No mind them jare, Abi Finidi and Amuneke follow im go Portugal where he was top scorer in the league inspite of not playing for a top team in the league. He scored 91 goals in 114 appearances for Vitoria Setubal in Portugal.

Charles emeka and majoribanks ,most especially charlesemeka have always downplayed our old players effort and success,given diff scenarios to back his claims but d fact still remains dt Dey re most successful set uptil now 😎

Kog45:
Marjori,my discussion here always centering on learning and getting info..I gave you two examples of Germany and South Africa that played on 9th and today 12th but we played on 10th so what stopped us from playing tomorrow which is 13th.

13th is closer to Friday (wc d clubs might b having a match ) , so it will b unwise hosting a friendly match …players sef no b machine na , dem go need rest b4 joining deir clubs

comodo:

Pls will the SE collapse if Akinsamiro is called up We no get at all, make we dey try d ones we get. It's only here we argue about who is good or not even when we don't have any.

Sincerely dts what I don’t get…if player never play for elite league or reach old age..e never ripe b dt,when In actual sense ,he can be better Dan what we av at d moment…I don’t c any reason y Dt guy can’t be invited,most especially Nnamdi dt u-20 guy

Marjoribanks:
In the first half, Paserio played a disorganized 352, making the game unnecessarily complicated. Ndidi moved to CB when building from the back to allow Aina to overlap, and Nacho to move to the midfield thus disrupted our right-side midfield and affected our compactibility in midfield and attack.

The introduction of Chukweze immediately changed the game.

Our primary issue in the first half was the absence of a right winger (RW). To maintain our team shape when starting Awoniyi, Oshimen, and Nacho together, we needed to replace either Onyeka or Ndidi with a winger.

If I were the coach, I would have started with Ndidi as the sole defensive midfielder, moved Nacho to the number 10 position, and placed Chukwueze on the right wing. With this setup, we could have easily secured a dominant victory, potentially winning by a significant margin.

So 6-nil is not a significant margin

charlesemeka85:
São Tomé go collect

Y una kan take dis last qualifying match so serious …anyway I am looking forward to November wc qualifying series

Marjoribanks:
Chelsea wanted to sign Awoniyi that was the reason Nottingham Forest bought Odio and Origi. I think AFCON was the reason they decided to back down since Jackson too will be off to AFCON. Nevertheless, Poch still wants him. January transfer window will be quite interesting!

Chelsea might end up buying a club in d league ,shey na everybody dem wan buy…though Dey need a proper 9ine

charlesemeka85:
Victor Osimhen & Asisat Oshoala are 2023 Ballon d’Or top 30 nominees.

Victor Osimhen becomes the first Nigerian nominee in the men category since 1999 and Asisat Oshoala gets nominated for the second consecutive year in a row.

We’re gradually getting there. 🇳🇬⚽️.

Congratulations @victorosimhen9


@asisat_oshoala

#NaijaFootballers #BallonDor

From dis list we don knw caf top three

Bono/Onana
Salah
Osimhen

charlesemeka85:
good list

It’s a good list but dis 4 midfield players is what I don’t get 😒… and I think Ahmed musa can finally kiss d national team a goodbye

TheGoodJoe:


He is my pickin. He idolised me at Barcelona and played with my style. Learnt from me too at Manchester City.

Also soaked up much knowledge from me

Our own analyst ,if u neva 40 ,u no ripe for eagles 🦅😀

General mathematics 1,11,111 😎

Starboytwo:
Happy birthday G. Y’all make this place tick.

Fagbo loh .

Lol werey say Fagbo loh 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😃

Marjoribanks:
Today na my birthday. I just say make I inform you! Omo, I don hold small oo!

Hbd 70year old man 👴!

Danielnino00:
This NFF clearly have no ambition for our national team... Why all this prolonged negotiation with Peseiro when they could be searching for a replacement? Abi it's because they're owing him?

Also, it's ridiculous that Eguavon and Salisu are being considered for the job... Finidi, I can understand to some extent, but the aforementioned names have shown that they can't handle the super eagles well.....

Dey re striving so hard to retain a poor performing coach and Dey willingly let a proof coach(randy) leave .what an irony!😀

charlesemeka85:
I doubt

Den who b d bony wey start?