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Considering the circumstances, we really need to cut Chelle some slack. From the moment he was appointed, almost every match he’s handled has felt like a “final.” He hasn’t had the luxury of experimenting with his squad, except during the Unity Cup and the friendly games in Russia 🇷🇺. Surely, you wouldn’t expect him to test new players in must-win matches like those against Rwanda 🇷🇼 and Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, or even in crucial World Cup qualifiers.
From his recent interview, it’s clear that the emergence of Fredricks was purely circumstantial the originally invited players were unavailable for the Unity Cup, so Fredricks was drafted in because he was already with the team in Brentford.The same goes for Olakunle, who was also in Russia 🇷🇺 when some players withdrew from the friendlies.
Looking ahead, with two more important World Cup qualifying games coming up, it might not be wise to introduce too many new faces into a team still trying to grasp his playing philosophy especially when even players who’ve been with him for over ten months are just beginning to adapt.
Personally, I think the best time for him to bring in new talents would be either just before AFCON or after the March playoff fixtures.

Mujtahida:
Forget it. In the interview, Chelle spoke effusively that Ndidi understands the 4-4-2 formation.

The others can only fight. Ndidi got it.

I don’t know y ppu just like to turn a blind eye to something so obvious….peeps here will be putting out first eleven wout ndidi

I Dey always tell dem ,any line up wout ndidi na wash ,u heard d part where chelle said he took his time to explain via video sessions to ndidi aw he wants him to play the role and he’s now getting it ..he also used dt analogy to quash fans hope of cin deir players favourite for now ,saying it would be hard drafting new players to the team except for one or two

Danielnino00:
CAF are yet to confirm the venue and kickoff times for the playoff...

It's less than 3 weeks to go

Dem fit don forget 😎

tbaba1234:
Abegi.. with all of that, how many chances did they create in J'burg when we played them?

The same team was struggling against Namibia a few games ago.

Tbaba my guy 😊

Subzerooo:
There is a reason they are able to convince fb players to leave European nations to play for them and that's because they have built a structure and an enabling environment, if e sure for you go and convince common Adarabioyo

I think dis goes beyond infrastructure and facilities to lure dem cos what Dey c in foreign countries where Dey can represent is better or almost d same facilities in Morocco 🇲🇦 or Senegal 🇸🇳 I want to believe deir major success of convincing foreign born players is more of patriotism Dan infrastructure as u suggested cos an average Nigerian 🇳🇬 is not even willing to associate themselves with Nigeria 🇳🇬 let alone of commiting demselves into anything.in everything we do we try to associate ourselves with anything foreign dishing our own values . But take a look at Morocco 🇲🇦 or Senegal 🇸🇳 foreign born players ..I believe they cherish deir values and culture hence finding it easy in convincing them to switch their allegiance.

ChrisKels:
He didn't look solid to me.

E get the kind players wey I want for super eagles bro. I don't like players wey dey give me BP.

He doesn’t have that usual African bulky-player look, but he makes up for it with smart runs, great positioning, and tackles that always come at the right moment.…stuffs I av noticed about agus game

ChrisKels:
Like someone rightly said, our defensive depth is so poor. Zaidu is an average left back but he is way better than Bruno. Bruno is very poor. I have seen Agụ play, I was not impressed. I wonder why our coach doesn't want to give Torunarigha a chance in that left back.

Another very poor defender we have is Osayi Samuel. I think our coach should try talking to Kayode of Brentford.

By the way, those of you who have been following Besiktas games, how good has been Uduokhai? He would not be a bad short-term back up to Bassey.

Not impressed with Agu 😏😏😏..chriskels bia,ur takes dis days ehn ,wetin Dey sup ..? D agu I watched at unity cup was very impressive,miles better Dan Bruno

joelsteron:
Please the Zaidu I watched against Benin had my heart in my mouth till he got injured and left the pitch.

Na u wan put ur heart ❤️ for mouth 😊

jihday:
ended up stinking the whole place, we need to drop this guy from the super eagles, imagine qualifying for the World Cup and we start this guy against France, Dembele go do am weytin no good

The guy no sabi play ball

semid4lyfe:
November 13 no far again.

Baba God, abeg keep Osimhen injury-free and fully fit to prosecute our matches at the African and Intercontinental play-offs.

Anytime he’s on d pitch for gala..my mind skips ..our qualification to World Cup solely lies on his hands

Cocony:
Many hurriedly forget that Victor Moses represented England in the 2007 FIFA U17 World cup before switching allegiance to Nigeria. They make it look like there is a "cast in marble" rule for switching allegiances.
Ademola Lookman likewise featured for the English U20 team in the 2017 U20 World Cup before switching to Nigeria.

If NFF and Chelle consider him relevant to their plans they will go for him.

The only thing dt can convince him
Is a World Cup ticket …and with serious convincing cos it’s not even sure …na 50/50

Damiana5248:
Zachary Athakame of AC Milan set to switch allegiance to play for the SE of Nigeria ahead of our World Cup Playoffs.
He is a versatile CB.

U Dey mind owngoal ?

PDPGuy:
I hope FIFA/CAF will deploy VAR or the Video Support System for the CAF WC playoffs in Morocco, as Morocco has the infrastructure for the technology.

The last thing we would want to see are more legit goals being wrongly ruled out for offside..

Obviously dere shld b var ..na fifa Dey host dis one direct

Damiana5248:
Personal Bias

Players Chelle should quickly integrate into the SE

Ebenezer Akinsanmiro- CMF
Arthur Okonkwo - GK
Philip Otele- RWF
Vince Osuji- CB

It will b foolhardy introducing as much as 4 new players to d team now ..two at most

Mujtahida:
Football can be cruel. Just like that Iheanacho and Aribo are not in the conversation as members of the team.

Iheanacho shld av been long gone in d conversation…na better coach we no get

Cocony:
Your opinion is noted. I ask this in view of your opinion: Taking their past let's say 4 matches both for the National team and their clubsides who would you rather have start as your DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER between Wilfred Ndidi, Fred Onyeka and Raphael Onyedika? Constructive ideas only not sentiment.

Going by ndidi recent performance,I will pick him ahead of any oda options we have ..

Onyedika would have been a better option for me if we re a team dt possess d ball a lot but wout d ball ,onyedika is minus one to d team while onyeka is d opposite of onyedika …very useful off the ball most especially when we want spoilers to tackle and win d ball ..but with d ball ,onyeka is minus one to d team….and we av ndidi,still more balanced off and on the ball..at least better Dan onyeka on d ball and off d ball better Dan onyedika .

Cocony:
My probable line up against Gabon if the players are invited

Gk Maduka Okoye
Df Benjamin Fredrick
Df William Troost Ekong
Df Calvin Bassey
Df Zaidu Sanusi
Mf Fred Onyeka or Raphael Onyedika
Mf Chidera Ejuke
Mf Fisayo D.Bashiru
Fw Samuel Chukwueze
Fw Victor Osimhen
Fw Jerome Akor Adams

I believe Gabon can be beaten with this or 75% of this as starting lineup by 3 or 4 goals margin.

To start with , no ndidi in dis line up,whether u like it or not,ndidi is a starter for chelle except if injured any line up wout ndidi under chelle is like lying to ursef dt tomorrow is not Tuesday

Dannyxy:
Poorly coached players, who looked like they have not learnt anything about professional football.

How do you open your legs for someone to cross through you, instead of pressing, no tactical awareness or position awareness, they look like they lacked fitness, all round poor football team.


Nigeria league is down there, sundowns absolutely outclassed them, if they really needed 8 goals in the final 15 min, they looked like they could get it.

Remo can still qualify…u av forgotten deir full name “REMOTANDA”😎

ChrisKels:
Arokodare is better suited to our system(barren midfield) than Orban.

I disagree ..orban is anoda good option for African football…he will be very unpredictable against opponents but I don’t knw y d nff is foot dragging his nationality case with Togo 🇹🇬…we need dt guy

ChrisKels:
TheSuperNerd what's up with Tino Anjorin? What's going on with him at Torino? We need creativity in that midfield. It hurts me watching Osimhen being starved of better services.

That’s true o …at some point we heard he was already switching..wetin kan stop am

Joebie:
"Fred" is a placeholder for Benjamin Frederick.

Two ways we can start in November. I wouldn't play Simon and Lookman at the same time.

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Una Neva learn or will I say Una just like to Dey disguise cos any line up wout ndidi and Simon ,most especially ndidi is a joke ..this chelle loves both players

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Is he the only option ?
Even Adel amorouche yesterday said a team with talents like SE should be even every world cup. Since NFF like a low budget coach who is still decent...
He is not a bad option

lol dt defensive coach

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What are u even talkin abt a player is not producing for you and u keep playin him at the expense of ur job ? Even when u hav other options ?..
He tried chukwueze with freindly and he delivered. Yet he benched him all through.

Chelle is ass

Abi no be same chukwueze dt has been so inconsistent,cos he played well against Benin 🇧🇯…I pray it continues dt way ..cos any small thing now,u will begin to curse him 😊

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Chelle is not that coach.. i know a lot of people will crucify me for this but he is not that coach. Yes he tried to get us out of the shii we were and he did his best.
But He is not technically sound

A coach who couldnt spot that lookman is match rusty wouldnt know what to do with a player like uche, so im not suprised. Right from the first match lookman played for us during his issues with his club i saw he was out of form and needed to rest. But nope caoch was only using APOTY to keep playing him.
Meanwhile chukwueze who he experimented Vs Jamaica showed signeds but he kept benching him.
If not for lookman double yellow card we wont be here with WC hope today

FATE& LUCK saved chelle Not his technical ability.

Bro let’s be realistic when. Making some points ,we re not Brazil 🇧🇷 or Argentina 🇦🇷 where we can boldly say we av superstars dt can replace each oda easily in the team

Will u have a lookman (African best in ur team) and bench him as a coach ? Let’s be sincere .i am not saying chelle is perfect ,but in dt Nigerian 🇳🇬 team two players are practically untouchable even when not match fit ..wc is osimhen and lookman

TheSuperNerd:
The 442 is not our best. It is only effective when chasing a game or goals. We started with 442 and you saw how the 2 man midfield struggled to keep a hold of plays in the middle. If not for Chukwueze's brilliance, we would have had a goalless first half.

Switching to a 3 man midfield provided the control we needed in the middle to build momentum towards finishing off the job. And that 3 man personnel of Iwobi, Frank and Ndidi is still not close to our best tactically balanced 3 in the middle yet we still fashioned out some chances. Osimhen's header off Bruno's cross which was saved at the last min by the Benin GK is one.
Olakunle's wasted chance is another.

Iwobi went out for Moffi on 88mins and we threw nearly everyone forward. That was no longer 442. It was 424. Or dare I say, 4-1-5. Tolu, Moffi, Olakunle all clustered into the box, Moses Simon driving into the left of the box with Bruno catching up fast on the outside in case of a pass for a quick cross, and Onyeka arriving into the box.

442 is useful in certain game phases but most certainly not our best formation and I would only play 442 with the exact personnel type that suits it.

Ur first statement sums up chelle coaching intents and his exploits in Mali 🇲🇱 …he is not really after controlling games but creating a lot of scoring opportunities hence most times winning d match .he always love to score enough goals in a match..d match against Benin 🇧🇯 and Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 at home is very identical,Dts aw he loves to play

D only difference btw d two matches is dt we didn’t come to party during Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 but we created a lot of scoring chances

TheSuperNerd:
You still have not provided your submission on his showing. The 4-0 win didnt cover the fact that we still have flaws that need addressing in the team.

Sir Kog45, if you cannot honestly provide a true analysis on Olakunle's showing, then it shows u are afraid of spilling the truth. And I hope you keep this energy and not analyse or criticize the performance of other lads as well.

Well as for olakunle he was only pacy and Dts all ..I doubt if he would be called up next month

Goke7:
I thought I was the only one who noticed this, cos most people are too carried away with the scoreline, thinking we were 100%. It still boils down to having a more coordinated midfield. We are overworking our defence, and when they slip up, we'll blame them, leaving our midfielders who can't hold the ball for long enough to control more possession and the game.

It's the result I'm happy for, but am still not impressed with our play generally!

But Dey were just passing around without any much threat upfront;maybe for one or two ,if not for dere keeper,d scoreline could av been 6-0

Ihenzy:
Why?

He has two yellow cards already

E b like say semi ajayi can’t play d play offs o ..make Una tell nff o 😎

BankyGee:
Fulham coach giving Chukwueze space to start in Fulham's next match 😂

But he’s injured right?

lbrichman2:
I have always maintained that I honestly prefer us going through this route..
The games will act as de facto friendly matches for us against solid opposition..

The team will only get better as a result..

Yinmu …it’s a lie ,who no like direct qualification

It’s just like u saying ur iPhone 17 was stolen but na d sim pain u pass 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Samueltemi337:
It was a free kick na

Who told u so ? Ref no blow for free kick na