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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 12:46pm On Jan 14

MetalJigsaw:
The Nigerian guy analyzing Iwobi is really dumb. WTF!

Bro during the last AFCON, I was watching a South African football channel on YouTube live as they were doing watchalong for the NGA vs SA semi final game that we later won on penalties. One Nigerian called into the show when we were 2-0 up just before the VAR check that cancelled our goal and led to the equalizing penalty.

If you see the way the guy was smarting that day, talking about the team's tactics and all.
Obviously he was bragging in the face of our opps, but I felt like he was talking too much about our squad's weakness. Although to be honest, no be that one wey vex me that day. The guy went ahead to say that Osimhen is overrated and the poorest player in the team.

Nigerians are their own worst enemy. Not only do they talk way more than they should for their own good, they're all too happy to say rubbish about their own country and trash it even when there's no good reason to or it's not necessary. It's frustrating to see.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 7:46am On Jan 14

do4luv14:
Good morning GuyZ

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Happy birthday bro

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 7:44am On Jan 14

One thing that is sha giving me confidence is that this isn't even the final form of our current squad. You can just tell. We're like 60-70% loading. We're still rough around the edges and some of our key players aren't even available (Aina, Agu, Fredericks). So we can even become much more dangerous than we are currently.

Whatever happens tonight, we need to hope against all odds that Eric Chelle stays. The NFF need to do everything within their power to keep him. If we can keep Chelle and maintain this upward trajectory, I dare say a time will come when we'll be dominating men's football in Africa the same way our women are doing right now. And our major rivals will be teams from Europe and America.

Hopefully those witches in Tunisia don't succeed in their plans to steal Chelle.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 9:35pm On Jan 13

Tunisia snatching Chelle will be pure witchcraft.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 8:32pm On Jan 13

Amedino99:
we have been on such highs before. DRC is a recent example. If we fall we will dust ourselves up, accept the bronze, share our heartache on losing (with reduced activity here for the next 3 weeks) and return to normal activity discussing about the next qualifiers in the pipeline to play whether its next year's afcon or 2030 WCQ.

Nah I don't think DRC is a good example. I remember many people were skeptical about that game. They weren't this confident. And it seems their fears were confirmed. People were more confident going into the Gabon game because it was general knowledge that their defense at the time get as e be, even though they had dangerous attackers.

A recurring sentiment prior to the DRC game was that DRC had a stronger defense and midfield and would likely dominate, which they did. Plus we were still in that phase where we were prone to so many errors and blunders at the back.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 7:56pm On Jan 13

How much optimism is too much optimism?.. because the way many people both here and on X are so confident we'll bulldoze Morocco tomorrow, I sha hope we won't be in for a rude surprise. grin

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 5:47pm On Jan 13

minfelix:
so Eric Chelle sef wan start mind games😂😂

I just hope it's mind games o

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 10:37am On Jan 13

Yinkeys abeg leave am no worry.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 10:29am On Jan 13

yinkeys:
I could get suspended for putting up a news site like bbc link here
Go look for it on Twit.ter
Thé journalist baited him & he was just spilling it all
Good thing is we have Onyedika & Bashiru, i don’t know how coach will intend to use them in this game

Can't find it anywhere online. Hopefully it was taken down or something. But by God, wtf is wrong this guy?! If I talk now, e go be like say I dey disrespectful. First he sabotaged us during the WC qualifiers with his gaffes and own goals, now this!

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 10:25am On Jan 13

My gut tells me Senegal might have an antidote for us. I don't know why, but I pray Egypt somehow beats them.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 10:22am On Jan 13

yinkeys:
Troost Ekong went on BBC to reveal in depth all of Nigerias game plan, as well as Osimhen’s positioning while anticipating crosses without talking about the Moroccan game plan
SMH
Onyeka, Adams, Onyedika & the wing backs will have to be extra creative in this game
Dont be surprised if all the supplies are cut off from Iwobi
That trump card could be shut out
If Morocco plays 2 DM’s with big Amrabat on the field we should just be ready for an ultra hard game
Thé Mauritanien référée is a bad sign
Why didn’t CAF pick Eastern or Southern African ref

Please send a link to the video. I wonder why Ekong would go and do such a foolish thing. angry

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 10:11am On Jan 13

joxxy01:
Should a Nigeria win tomorrow be considered an upset?

Depenion how you choose to look at it.

If we're talking strictly based on what they've done so far in the AFCON, and for people watching the tournament closely, it's not an upset. We're the team to beat right now.

But if we're talking from a global perspective, form, achievements and statistics in the past couple of years, and in the eyes of most fans outside Africa, its a major upset and a statement win. Majority of football fans, especially non-african fans have largely written us off after our WC qualifying campaign.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 9:10am On Jan 13

I might have to think deeper because I can't explain why at the moment, but I find Tunisia's move for Eric Chelle to be HIGHLY disrespectful.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 7:26pm On Jan 12

elyte89:
This man fit go , to coach in a World Cup tournament is juicy enough

E dey NFF hand now. If they like make dem jonz as usual

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 6:24pm On Jan 12

JayromWrites:
Why is caf appointing the same referee that officiated Morocco's last game with Cameroon to officiate our match as well??

Is it that there is a drought of referees in the competition that would warrant Dahane Beida to officiate a Moroccan game b2b

Like his last performance was even so bias. God help Us

The way I hate that particular referee ehn. I think there's another game he officiated in this AFCON around the Group stages or Round of 16, can't remember the match right now, but I marked his face. The dude seems to hate too much physical contact in duels. Bassey, Onyeka, Osayi and co need to be extremely careful.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 7:15pm On Jan 11

TheSuperNerd:
You know, speaking of Algeria's head coach.
If only some folks took their time to research the coaching pedigree of Vladimir Petkovic, they would appreciate the victory even more.

Petkovic is the man who overcame Didier Deschamps' World Champions France at Euros 2020 in that very pulsating round of 16 game. His Switzerland side did something magnificent.

He also coached Switzerland to the final 4 of the Euro Nations League in 2019.

He was also Lazio coach as far back as 2012-2013 and won the Coppa Italia.

No be small coaching mind Chelle outclass yesterday.

Like you rightly said, Petkovic did plan painstakingly to stop our key men but was still undone. It just tells us how hard our setup is to stop when in flow. The Algerians did try to press our backline at a point in the first half but the way and manner our lads bypassed them and switched plays to ease pressure made Petkovic and his lads adjust.

How do you see the Moroccans setting up against us (apart from trying to get favorable calls from referees)? Would they try to do something more different tactically to stop us? I'd like to hear your thoughts on the semi-final game.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 4:03pm On Jan 11

ChrisKels:
Our next match is on Wednesday. Morocco played a day before us, hence will have a day of rest more than us, yet we will be the ones to travel from the city we played our last match to go meet them in the city they played their last match?

We have a day less to rest, yet we will also be the travellers? Nna this arrangement get as e be oo. 😟😟

And I'm hearing they aren't even allowed to travel directly to Rabat. They were asked to go back to Fez then come to Rabat later. Straight slimeball antics. They've supported us right until we're about to face them. Now they'll show us their true colors.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 3:37pm On Jan 11

chrisooblog:
Losers from yesterday's games just dey para.

Ivory Coast fans follow join.

https://x.com/Endette__/status/2010094324688793670?s=20[/quote]Abeg who dey hear French abeg? What are they wailing about particularly?

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 9:15am On Jan 11

Nigeria is the only semi-finalist from the last edition that has made it to this year's semi-final once more. Write Nigeria off at your own peril. cool

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 8:51am On Jan 11*

IronGalaxy:
You almost topped that group not by defeating us but by having our points docked.. let it also be said, your group was darn easy.. lets see when you meet, Congo, Morocco, Algeria etc.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 7:19am On Jan 11

The only thing wey dey vex me about our AFCON run so far be say we no get to jam South Africa for road. I know a lot of them are humble now and some have even switched to supporting us but e sure me say that match go be 5-0 guaranteed and we'd have served them that humble pie directly. Then dem go know say their WC qualification was a lucky fluke.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 10:01pm On Jan 10

yinkeys:
I think Egypt will beat Senegal
I pray Nigeria beats Morocco but our eagles will face serious adversity

That would set up a Nigeria vs Egypt final.

Perfect, because we need to explain to the Pharaohs that the friendly match before the tournament was just for charity, and pummel them beyond pardon.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 9:56pm On Jan 10

So basically Nigeria is the only team to have knocked out a North African side in this quarter finals round.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 9:55pm On Jan 10

lbrichman2:
Correct!!!
Make we try push top 20!

If we beat Morocco, I think we have a good shot.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 9:53pm On Jan 10

Just looked up the Egypt vs CIV stats.

Bruh, how is Ivory Coast behind with 71% possession. Which kind haramball Egypt dey play like this? cheesy

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 9:39pm On Jan 10

Since Emerse Fae took over this team, Ivory Coast have become fond of scoring heartbreaking goals at the dying second to upset their opponents. Will Egypt bottle this lead?

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 8:34pm On Jan 10

lbrichman2:
We don't need to wait till then
If we are not fast, another country can move ahead of us
Tie him down now!!

I fit naked swear for NFF if they let that man go.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 7:03pm On Jan 10

We are clear favorites now. cheesy

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 6:40pm On Jan 10

Odunayaw:
Nah, he just refuses to be bullied

I'm sha loving it. cheesy

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 6:37pm On Jan 10

Let me be honest. I think referee is on our side. grin

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by FiveFootNinja(m): 5:52pm On Jan 10

I'm not going to be calm until we score. See as shiitt just hold me for the past 30 mins.

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