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Even though a lot might not agree with me but I believe alhassan Yussuf is more balanced with or without the ball as a DM for Nigeria 🇳🇬 but d problem is where he is playing at d moment (club wise )

lbrichman2:
Isn't it shocking that coach after coach has failed to give Onyedika regular minutes?
Abi is there something they see that we are not seeing?

Was this not the same Onyedika that balled last night?
Curious!!

In a team that hardly keeps possession, Ndidi and Onyeka will always be preferred ahead of Onyedika. Without the ball, Onyedika is almost like playing with one less man, as his defensive skills are questionable. His ball recovery is not on the same level as Ndidi or Onyeka, which may explain why chelle doesn’t usually start him ahead of the other two.

But with the ball ,he’s far better Dan ndidi and onyeka

charlesemeka85:
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Dem Dey show serikis pepper …ordinary Frankfurt o if na Man City nko 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

do4luv14:
Ivãn Jurić Atãlanta coach🗣️------Its obvìous Atalãnta can't dêny Adēmolå Løøkmåns exceptional contributions to the team, we suffêred a defêat today and tomorrow isn't guaranteed.. cause a player like Adēmolå Løøkmån wasn't there..

The pãst Coãch Gaspêrin hãs spoìled a lot of thìngs in the team, the team spirit is dêad, fightìng with Adēmolå Løøkmån was an irrêdeemable damãge to Atalanta,.

the players wants Løøkmån at all cost but Løøkmån doesn't want to stay at longer and mãde it clear Gaspêrin didn't only insülted him on media but has mãny times addrêsses him as blãck mōnkey in the presence of the whole players which made the other player Left the team.

Mōre players wants to make usê of the door if Løøkmån finãlly lêaves, the Bond they enjoyed has been brōken and without têam work it's impossible for any team to achieve..

If thìngs are not addrêssed I May quït from Atalãnta to save my career 🙏.

ESPN sports news reports....

On lookman

This news looks fake

minfelix:
it doesn’t need to affect us, so long Benin will benefit and likely qualify im fine…if they deduct that 3point they will fall back to 14pts and 5goals…they are playing Zimbabwe in Botswana and later facing a stubborn Rwanda…i see a 4point accumulation for them here or even less
SA 17 - 3pts (14pts +5goals) winning or drawing Zim
Ben 14pts +4goals(next win to take them to 17pts
Nig 11pts + 2goals (next win take us to 14pts)
Rwa 11pts (next win likely to take them to 14pts)

omo no go whine that 3points deduction oooo….if it dares happen🤣🤣….SA will be in hot seat

if it dares happen….walai Rwanda will fight their lives🤣🤣

ok lets do a bias prediction for next game
Rwa v Ben(Rwa to win takes them on 14pts level with benin)

Les vs Nig (Nigeria to win takes us to 14pts level with Benin and Rwanda)

Zim v SA (Zim to draw or do a shocking win🤣🤣 and leaves SA on 14pts after they must have deducted them that 3pts)

Moving to the last game 10 everyone will now be on
SA 14pts
Nig 14pts
Ben 14pts
Rwa 14pts
And you say Rwanda no go wan kpai themselves 🤣🤣

omo forget ooo that 3 points can play a huge huge huge role ooo🤣🤣

Finally

Kog45:
Felix Agu has been cleared to play for Nigeria

I doubt …where’s d official latter from caf or fifa stating that…we only saw a letter from the German 🇩🇪 FA dt he’s clear to play for us …anyway I hope nff will do deir due diligence b4 fielding him

TheSuperNerd:
Is this info on good authority? That he has not been cleared yet?

I heard so from one rumor and it looks like dt cos I don’t believe chelle will be so gullible to bench an obvious better option in “agu” for 180minutes for dt olympiacos guy

TheSuperNerd:
So who is your gamble for RB?

Chelle will stick to dt Birmingham guy or invite alhassan Yussuf over again…he played dt role against Rwanda 🇷🇼 at home and he was decent .


Another option is awaziem

TheSuperNerd:
Hmmm... could be why he was left out vs SA? If he has not been cleared, why did he feature in a FIFA Grade A fixture for us?

Dts friendly na…we can risk it ,not in a competitive match dt points can be deducted

TheSuperNerd:
Felix Agu: Super Eagles RB conundrum

I think there is an option 5 on our Super Eagles Rightback issues with Aina sidelined.

Felix Agu is predominantly right footed even though strongly ambipedal and have featured at RB several times for Werder Bremen, Osnabruck and even the German U21s back then in friendlies.
His composure, game intelligence, experience in the role and natural right foot in sync with his two-footedness makes him a likely candidate.

He could be our answer for the October games as RB.

Zaidu and Bruno are strong on the left like Agu so perhaps it would serve us well to shift Agu to the right temporarily while Zaidu and Bruno battle for the left come October.

This Agu option is dangerous o cos from what I heard ,he hasn’t been cleared officially from FIFA,make we no find ourselves in 🇬🇶 shoes …if dem deduct 6points from our small points wey we get , we fit Dey -3points …make we Dey owe FIFA points 😊

do4luv14:
What is this nonsense am hearing about the Nff planning to sack Chelle

Dey want to save deir face 🤣🤣 at Mujtahida ;please forward my resume to nff

TheSuperNerd:
Relax. It has been a practice since the 80s/90s. I remember reading about the 1993 Golden Eaglets and how they prepped themselves towards to the World Cup. They played close to 40-50 friendlies I think, mostly with amateur sides from before the African qualifiers till the world cup itself.

But I see your point, winning 10 out of 13 friendlies does not paint a clear picture which is why time will tell. I have not even seen the team play yet.

I get ur point too but One can’t compare the quality of clubs back then to what we have now. The recent CHAN tournament is a perfect example. I’ve noticed that our underage teams often struggle in competitions because the results we get during preparation against amateur clubs give a misleading impression of our strength. These warm-up games make us look flawless before the tournament, but once the real competition begins, our weaknesses become apparent. Preparing against amateur clubs acts like camouflage,the flattering results don’t reflect the team’s true readiness.”

TheSuperNerd:
I hope not too.

On prep note, they land in CIV today. The team played 13 friendlies during their Abuja Camping, winning 10, drawing 2 and losing 1. Scored 25 goals and conceeded 5. Time will tell even though Manu sounds confident.

Nff shld stop dese friendly model of playing friendlies with amateur clubs (both u-17 and u-20) ,it gives deceptive angle about aw prepared the teams are ,when Dey can actually play against deir fellow countries like Benin 🇧🇯 Togo 🇹🇬 Ghana 🇬🇭 and co (under age teams) ..this is one of the reasons affecting us to qualify

Nomyth:
In other news...

FIFA are set to give 70% more money to all clubs who release players for World Cup Qualifiers and the World Cup Finals. 🚨

£260million will be shared between all clubs.

We need more local players to participate (not necessarily play) in the qualifiers to benefit the local clubs.

lol dis thing go curse wahala ..e sure say na like 10home base players from diff clubs go Dey enter list now

ChrisKels:
When will Maduka Okoye be back?

October

Goke7:
There are integrity issues already with the wcq, especially in our group. Even if this rule is eventually applied, why it has taken this long is an indictment already.

This one is not new …I think is caf problem not fifa …this happened too prior to Qatar 🇶🇦 2022 ,d opponents in Morocco 🇲🇦 group played most of their matches in Morocco 🇲🇦…na caf Dey do dt rubbish not fifa ..They organise d wcq competitions as a body under FIFA . FIFA no fit Dey everywhere na ..

Meanwhile when it comes to CAF , South Africa 🇿🇦 and Morocco 🇲🇦 are above caf rules .they dictate everything in caf ..that’s my observation

Nomyth:
Babe, we have fumbled this right from the beginning and at this time we can only hold on to any hope we have.

SA losing 4 points in the final 2 games might just do d trick. And there is a chance of this happening. That SA team doesn't seem to hv xter to me.

If they fail to beat Zimbabwe in Rwanda and Rwanda at home this will open up a whole new permutation of possibilities especially with the three points deduction.

Believe me, if any of Nigeria, Benin or Rwanda finishes 3 points below SA, the 3 points deduction will be shouted to the highest heavens till fifa does something and a whole lot of association and confederation globally will be sympathetic to it .

I think they re playing in South Africa 🇿🇦..I mean d game with Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

QueenJazz:
Even if those points are docked by FIFA, then what? At this stage, how does it benefit us? Are we seriously expecting South Africa to lose to either Rwanda or Zimbabwe?

This 3-point deduction stuff was more interesting when we hadn't played SA yet and there was a chance we would actually win all out remaining matches. Right now I find it hard to be excited about it. Should they deduct it? Obviously yes, if they don't want to appear shady and commit robbery in broad daylight. But how does it affect us at this point? How does it salvage our position?

On an unrelated note, please who the heck is Abdullahi Shitu that is supposedly from Man City playing for us in the upcoming U-20 world cup? Never heard of him. Plus, he's non-existent on Google apart from recent news reports of the Flying Eagles list. Which Man City is he playing for? Is it the one in England or somewhere else?

If Dey deduct it now, I can tell u dt it will
Affect South Africa 🇿🇦 psychologically besides i doubt if SA will defeat Rwanda 🇷🇼 at home..best bet is a draw

TheSuperNerd:
Osasu Obayiuwana is a proven and respected Voice in African football Journalism. So na him dey that studio. Very good.

Idah Peterside on point all the way.

Raymond, a neutral and sound authority on all things legal within FIFA and CAF hit the nail on the head. Someone is playing cards with those 3 pts.... FIFA cannot and will not escape their own rules NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY DELAY.

Raymond pointed out twice in this video and clearly too that in all his years of legal football experiences with CAS and all that, he has never seen FIFA drag their feet this much on a decision for just one game.

Time will tell coz if those 3 pts are not gone, a dangerous precedent is set.

Thanks man. Enjoyed every minute of this.

From ur last option FIFA HAS two options …to do the right thing and deduct d points


Or Damn it and soil their reputation


Infact dt Nigerian 🇳🇬 case osasu highlighted is what is given FIFA headache 🤕,cos it’s d same thing (same way Algeria 🇩🇿 didn’t protest, it’s d same way Lesotho 🇱🇸 too didn’t protest and Dey acted INDEPENDENTLY to dock the points .so no hiding place for dem to do OJORO 🤣🤣🤣

Check dis out …the 3points debate is getting hotter


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEC2cGji2Oc?si=VjrBieEJv1IrkAin

After dis year u-20 tournament 🏟️, abeg I no wan c bameyi name for anything u-20 again ,E don do 😊

TheSuperNerd:
To displace who? I am just happy for his start to life at Celtic jare. He should carry on.

Na Akinsanmiro my eye dey abeg.

So a day like dis can occur on dis thread dt nerdy number 1 chief supporter of nacho is against his invitation to d national team 😊

TheSuperNerd:
Ebenezer Akinsanmiro having a good game vs Udinese in Serie A for Pisa.

If I am chelle I will invite dis guy in d next wcq since he’s not trusting onyedika enough

jihday:
comot mind from those ones, no serious talent on the roaster

Dt deir coach is a palmwine tapper ..shishi e no sabi

Mujtahida:
Moses Simon will be his undoing. Let him continue to show Simon favoritism.

Sincerely he needs to grow some balls and drop him or else ,it won’t be funny …d last 5matches for Simon in gwg has been so underwhelming,very poor

TheSuperNerd:
But yes. I agree with Awaziem to RB as another option while Benjamin keeps his CB place.

That is Option 4 @Elyte89

Trying to jot down options incase I am called upon to take over for the playoffs 😎 @mujtahida

TheSuperNerd:
Lol... Life shaa. Na turn by turn.

Sincerely dt ekong option no b am..he is d weapon fashioned against our qualification..let him sit out and be introduced like d coach did against Rwanda 🇷🇼 to c off slim lead

TheSuperNerd:
Cc Chrisooblog

I forgot to add that Okon's interview was beautiful. I dont know if you saw it right after his heats win.
They told him he had big names in his heat and he still won, wasnt he fazed? Okon answered, "I'm not scared of anyone. I have two legs, they also have two legs..."

Naija Energy! Lol

Who do u suggest to replace Aina in d next coming wcq and hopefully for “play offs “ if we eventually qualify

Truidstarr:
Greetings to everyone who has been holding this thread down!!! Una dey try!!! Since Tuesday I be like person wey Malaria bring down. My personal battery don run down.

It’s never over until it’s over

C better stadium 🏟️ wey dem carry deir next opponents go …na God go punish South Africa 🇿🇦

opes:
Rwanda is also pushing for the 3 points deduction against South Africa. They believe they have a chance if they can win their remaining two matches and the 3 points are deducted.

Rwanda 🇷🇼 even stand a better chance Dan Benin 🇧🇯 if d three points are deducted.it will be easier for a camel 🐪 to pass. Thru a thread 🪡 Dan Benin 🇧🇯 defeating Rwanda 🇷🇼 at Kigali ..and once Dey get d result …dey will be very motivated to battle against South Africa 🇿🇦 in dt last match

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Rwanda might actually beat thwm if they lose guard.. that tram beat them 2-0 first leg. My own worry is Zimbabwe might give them anoda free 3 points becoz them be neighbours nd using their pitch

Zimbabwe will lose against South Africa …so I no even put hope …but dt Rwanda 🇷🇼 is my joker ..those team stubborn,it will even be more interesting once Dey defeat Benin 🇧🇯 at home