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What the hell was that Bassey!

elyte89:
Plot twist ….i heard it’s even fifa dt is given Nigeria d hand 🖐️ (back door information) behind d scene to protest 🤣🤣🤣🤣, fifa wants Nigeria 🇳🇬

Wahala if it’s true 😂

Bassey with a goal

QueenJazz:
Heard about it too. Such a stupid protest from Nigeria and Cameroon.

First of all, I don't believe FIFA will be willing to risk having any more drama and upsetting an entire country and possibly an entire continent by throwing DRC under the bus to favor Nigeria.

They're already dealing with so much backlash for the World Cup draw. You know how the average soccer fans think. Penalizing DRC by disqualifying will be perceived as nothing more than corruption to favor Nigeria. I won't be surprised if they just fine them and move on with their lives.

Also, aren't we ashamed that we keep trying desperately to find these backdoors to a tournament we didn't deserve to qualify for? This whole thing is pointless if you ask me. Count your losses and rebuild yourself. We need to stop this disgusting habit of looking for short cuts everywhere.

The problem is that if FIFA does not uphold its statutes, then it risks more future precedents that could be damaging to the game. This is why they had no choice but to uphold their rules when SA fielded an ineligible player against us, despite no one knowing initially.. I'm not sure how FIFA will handle this now, since Cameroon is also involved. Tunisia was the country that started all these player ineligibility things after a game had been won and lost. Perhaps FIFA should amend their statues that once a game has been played and decided, all eligibility issues and complaints will not be entertained. My thoughts.

elyte89:
Stories going around saying DRC fielded 6ish ineligible players ;even Cameroon 🇨🇲 wants lodge protest 😄….abeg make Una no Dey wine us joor

will another play-off final now be played or what? This is becoming a comedy jor

Odunayaw:
😁 Ex-players for Africa no de beat the allegations of poor administration

You’ll expect that a world class player in his days and probably Africa’s greatest striker ever with all the exposure of living in Europe will never be this terrible in terms of administration reason I just Dey look some of our ex players with one eye with their big mouths. I bet you this is what we will get if some of them ever become FA president

😂 abeg make we stop all these complaints na our own still better what about Cameroon I heard they have two lists one by the coach and another by eto 😂 our own good o!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-15373833/Cameroons-bizarre-row-president-Samuel-Etoo.html

justwise:
I like her the same way i like Trump and Farage.

🤣 🤣 🤣

justwise:
You captured it all, i will never vote for kemi in any capacity, i will actively encourage anyone to vote against her. Kemi will never win Gen election even if she ran against a hamster.

na my MP you dey cast like this? eweeeeee! it's not fair, o, I will go to her office in the town centre and mention your name

semid4lyfe:
Maduka Okoye wouldn’t try this if the Super Eagles were going to the World Cup. He knows a stunt like this could earn him being frozen out of the squad by the coach. AFCON is the only major outing on the horizon, so he gambled.

But his judgement worries me. Nwabali’s injury issue has been public for days. Everybody knows Nwabali has been racing against time to be fit. Maduka had a real shot at starting, maybe even taking the number 1 spot with solid performances.
He has thrown that chance away. And chances like that don’t always come back.

He should face his club football. He has shown he's selfish, has a weak mentality and where his priority lies. Me, I want Maduka axed from the team forever.

That's it, the World Cup was on his mind and his target, but after not qualifying, so what? Dude looks like a fair-weather kind of player. If the Eagles hadn't done well in the last Afcon, I doubt he would have returned. Phew!

Mujtahida:
That loss to Congo was the loss of a dream. The dream is gone. Missing two consecutive world cups hurt. Funny thing is that I don't feel the pain but football taste like gravel in my mouth.

chai, I guessed we all overexpect from this cohort, we just have to face reality now!

Opposition party is supporting a coup

charlesemeka85:
no be even about one player matter

Baba no time person enter on social media be it twitter or fb wey u go see any interesting,positive or fascinating news coming from 9ja

The country na horror show. Mk I end here so we no go derail the thread

I understand your feeling bro, we got to make ourselves happy no matter what. Your personal happiness, safety and that of your family is what matters most. No let naija matter depress you o it may not even get better to be honest with you! Just catch cruise Dey go 😂

elyte89:
We re saying the same thing…just mention d best” we av left out

I’ve seen so many so called best or better players that when invited they just end disappointing us all. So much was said about Arokodare, even Dessers, Uche amongst others but at the end nothing extraordinary. As far as our core team players are in any other thing na just after thought. Most times it’s even players we don’t expect much from that performs like Fredericks and Onyeka.

charlesemeka85:
Bro mk we tell our self truth abeg. The union is not working and have never worked. Mk everybody dey em own abeg

Because of one player? Common

charlesemeka85:
Nigeria as a country hv expired long time ago. There is no blessed day person enter online wey em no go see news about the contraption called a country wey no go spoil person mood

Mk dem kukuma divide the country mk everybody go rest and mind em business

on top Afcon list, haba. Calm down, bruv, nothing spoil na shebi na only Usman dat one no reach contraption matter abeg!

elyte89:
Una never name those players wey no Dey d list ,dt will guarantee us success at afcon…please give us names



Meanwhile the list dt got us to final

Apart from injured Aina and retired Ekong, the core team of the previous Afcon is still intact. I wonder why all the tears

caprikon:
Can't remember an AFCON we went into with this much apathy from the fans. SMH

The players let everyone down so no surprises. When you struggle against Gabon and fail to win drc (meanwhile these are like mid African teams) you can’t blame people for their stance o

Mujtahida:
I lost all interest. I wish them all the best. My mind no dey.

Delaw if you’re talking like this, who wan inspire me bayi 😂 please show some interest o!

RodgersAkpafu:
"gobsmacked" by her indeed lmaoooo.

To answer ur last paragraph, the answer is NO...
There would have been little hope for the tories IF Rishi Sunak took the reins the time Liz Truss did

After her disastrous budget saga, that was the nail in the coffin

And tories being "hollowed out" by reform is a figment of your imagination. We will be alive to see how 2029 elections play out

Having said that, almost everything Kemi said is true, ESPECIALLY about immigrants
And yall are mad and feel personally attacked cos yall know it's true

😂 Skin colour as usual was the issue then and it backfired wella

The day we all agree that racism is the root of all these back and forth gaslighting we’ll stop all the English grammar we speak here!

Odunayaw:
Till we ask who should be in the squad to inspire your confidence

If names like osihmen and Lookman no inspire confidence abeg which other name go inspire another kind of confidence 😂

Ihenzy:
He should lose his number one role at udinese for a bench role at the AFCON. You sef reason am if you were in his shoes

He has made his choice so let him stick with it. He was not in the last Afcon so who’s deceiving him he will just come in and become a starter suddenly

Even onana as Man U keeper was on the bench in the last Afcon

solonnachi:
Main reason for Okoye's omission

Okoye made it very clear that if he won’t be the starting goalkeeper at the AFCON, he won’t come for the tournament,” the source told SCORENigeria

If this is true he’s not a serious person, we got to the final of the last Afcon without him so who’s deceiving him he’s our best keeper?

You see all these yeye hype we give to these guys?

Amedino99:
Agree with elyte89. These people have not shown that the incorrect personnel is their issue. Even with the correct squad, these goats could not even qualify to the world cup. They could not even top a group where a team was deducted 3 points. Let these ones come and play their own lets see

I don’t even know why folks are complaining all the main guys are still there Abi na eye Dey pain me? Osihmen, Lookman, Iwobi, Chuks, Nwabali, is this not our core team?

charlesemeka85:
Abeg who Mohammed Usman?

A Nigerian international Abi e pass that one 😂

elyte89:
Even d ones wey dem wan c ,shey e sure say dem go do well ?


Abi no b those mumu draw Lesotho 🇱🇸,Zimbabwe for home …shior

Honestly it’s left to the players to redeem themselves if they care in the first place

elyte89:
D one wey inspire hope …wetin we achieve ,no World Cup ,nothing abeggi ..no difference, let’s rebuild

😂 someone wake me up when they get to semi final, wish them the best!

if they exit, China and India will just be licking their lips!

Goodenoch:
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-forced-to-defend-candidate-from-their-own-racist-supporters-401249/

https://x.com/georgedmadgwick/status/1997973680194826539 Very interesting comments section.

Should be instructive for a few folk here.

Despite the damage control, he still couldn’t convince anyone 😂, but seriously, what was the man thinking when he was bringing a brown person to campaign for the Reform party!

It’s like bringing a Somalian to campaign for the MAGA gang in the US 😂

Cyberknight:
Hilarious. The goofy grin the chap's wearing in the photo reminds one of a scene from one of the Police Academy movies where someone found himself in a bar whose clientele he'd unfortunately misidentified.

On another note, it appears the Reform chap threw some sort of petrol on the fire? He referred to the chap as a "campaigner", then said something about Commonwealth citizens being eligible to "stand [for office?] - which is not the case unless one is settled.

He may be referring to dual citizens, though 😂 you know, even with citizenship, they still don’t see people who are not born in the UK as British. It looks like he was referring to local council elections, actually, and not national elections.

There is still a significant disparity between those born in the UK but without British ancestry and those born abroad with citizenship. Even in the civil service, there are demarcations on what roles they can occupy

Ekpeitut:
Your opinions are valid because we are all entitled to one. Can you in the same breathe and depth explain why the government is allowing the killings in Nigeria to persist?

We have IDP camps with displaced people, we have people seething from the pain of loosing their loved ones, properties and ancestral lands yet the government is turning a blind eye.

Fix your country and you won't attract the attention of others who donot mean well for your people

He’s telling you how America will continue to muscle their way and even sponsor terrorism to do their bidding you’re still arguing 😂 na wa for una

Same immigrants you lampooned every day you want them to patronise you 😂

Who has even attempted to pay the 1m for h1b? Phew!