₦airaland Forum

Kimbeast:
You have made salient points. I don't know why Noah Atubolu at Freiburg is rejecting us for Germany. He won't ever become a regular for them.

Noah has a small chance once Neuer set clear out.

There is also another Japanese-Nigerian goalie called Leo Kokubo that plays in Belgian league who is a possibility but that one's mind is still on Japan

In addition, Arthur Okonkwos junior brother plays as goalie for West Brom Under 21. So Naija could be parading two brothers as number one and backup

Kimbeast:
Why would Tosin pay Nigerian influencers for Pr? It doesn't add up.

He is about to apply for Nationality switch to play for Super Eagles

It started with his visit to Lagos last summer and now he's going all in at the age of almost 29

Someone who had no prospect of playing for England by the age of 27 and didn't reason us then, na when our defence done settle with Fredericks and Ogbu as solid backup, naim he want come pour sand for our garri

Kimbeast:
Why are you excited for a championship goalkeeper?

Carl Ikeme was a Championship goalie

At 6ft 6 and 25 years old and of decent quality, thats 10 years of reliable service incoming

And unlike Okoye, he won't be picking and choosing to only play World Cup so as not to lose his club place

Let's be honest, no top level abroad born keeper now will jeopardise their club career for an African team. You have to catch them from Championship level, and that is better than most keepers in Africa level. Check well, most African keepers play in lower leagues and African leagues. Our 2nd choice keeper plays in Cyprus and our 3rd choice in Tanzania. Ghana keeper plays in Hearts of Oak and Ivory Coast keeper plays for one yeye Turkish team.

Enyeama, Ejide, Ikeme, Shorunmu and Rufai are our 5 most reliable keepers ever and you can check which leagues they played in for the most part

PDPGuy:
I think I read somewhere that Arthur Okonkwo’s switch has already been approved by FIFA

Yes it's imminent

Maduka Okoye and Nwabali can no longer make yanga for us

raumdeuter:
Wike has won 3 straight elections in Rivers when he was in favor with the center govt or against them. That is someone in control. Fubara is just a small boy who has never rolled dirty on the street

Almost everyone supporting Fubara today were against Wike and Tinubu just a year ago. Fubara is just a means for them to get back at Wike and by extension Tinubu

Wike does not have platform this time if Tinubu takes platform away from him

Wike has only fought election in opposition against Buhari once, and Buhari was a soft touch with opposition which is why Peter Obi was able to have a strong run. That will never happen under Tinubu for Peter Obi. And if Tinubu turns favour away from Wike, he will be finished. There is no loyalty in Rivers politics. They don't back losing horses. You must be anchored to either the Governor or the President for them to support you, with a reasonable prospect of winning from your anchor; and Wike is only anchored to the President now. To lose election in Rivers is to lose everything and nobody will stake their pocket on you if you don't have power aligned in your favour. If President Tinubu aligns with Governor Fubara, it's over for Wike. The HOA and all structure will abandon him like they did to Amaechi

With an unbiased jury the ICE agent will be convicted for the 2nd and 3rd shot even if he claim self defence on the first shot which was dubious

He will definitely be prosecuted, the incident having occured in a blue state, they will not whitewash it for him. He should pray for biased jury

The unfortunate thing about the lady killed by the ICE agent is she wasn't a protestor. She was just at the wrong place at the wrong time and they mistook her for a protestor. She panicked and tried to flee, but was interpreted as putting the officers life in danger.

I am against people protesting against ICE and disrupting their work. It's obvious this lady was not doing that but was just on that street unfortunately.

raumdeuter:
Wike controls the street of PH. Why risk a war front in Rivers by opposing a Wike who controls the Rivers grassroot when you should be focusing efforts on other places

The entire North is not sure for you, then you want to and Rivers to it? That is not wise

Wike don't control no streets. He controls HOA who would easily buck to a Tinubu/Fubara coalition once they see Wike out of favour

Wike no longer has PDP or ADC to fight from, all his eggs are in Tinubu basket

Wike is actually in his most vulnerable state and Tinubu has the chance to pull his plug and bounce him from Naija politics once and for all

Wike does not have any other party backing him, all his eggs are in APC basket. The minute Tinubu sack him, those HOA members will turn their back on him and align with Tinubu/Fubara coalition

But what does Tinubu have to gain by sacking him is the question.

CrystalTiger:
It's because no level of stupidity has any real "damaging" consequences..If someone from NFF has ever been taught real lessons for this nonsense, we wouldn't be here every time..

Very shameful..

Super Eagles should keep boycotting until NFF get their admin right and it becomes standard to pay on time

My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me

Mehn thunder will surely fire Bruno G and Thiago

They keep conspiring with my opposition every week to finish me

Tochex101:
I think the player should be sanctioned, what he did was just too provocative......

Na just banter and correct banter

pkasso:
AFCON na tournament of memes, walahi. Just saw a pic of that DR Congo Lumumba Statue man collapsing the moment Algeria scored a last-minute goal to knock them. O lu le!

Jokes aside, I couldn't help but feel bad for the man. He stood up there with tears in his eyes after the match. All of those hours spent standing, hand raised. To add insult to injury, an Algerian player mocked him by imitating him and then 'collapsing'. That was just brutal.

Lumumba-statue has been the supporter of the tournament and at the very least deserves to be nominated for the FIFA The Best Fan Award for this year. I would like to even see him at the World Cup, IF DRC qualifies( I know, I know )

No worry, AFCON Lumumba, the Super Eagles will avenge you on Saturday.

Did you see the Algerian goalscorer mocking the statue man after scoring?

He went in front of the Statue man after scoring, mimiced his pose then fell down to symbolise that statue done fall

Premium banter

This is great presentation from Rosenoir

Liam Rosenior 🗣️ “When teams came to Stamford Bridge before, they knew it would be a long day. I want that feeling back. High tempo. Front foot. Wave after wave in the first 15 minutes. Stamford Bridge has to feel like hell for opponents again”

pic.twitter.com/NwdHloGRQM

— SHAYEE 𒀭 (@tier_1st) January 7, 2026

drisham:
Rosenior: “I want us to play high-tempo, aggressive, front-foot football… I want the fans at home to be off their seat in the first ten minutes and feel like it's wave after wave.” [📷chelseafc]


Let's have it then 😁

Na so AVB talk

Control and rest on the ball is part of football

If Rosenoir teams have a weakness it's always pressing everything and conceding goals when they overcommit

nateevs:
Ah! That makes Rosenoir our second ever black manager then, right?

He no black for your eye before?

Or you don't remember his father Leroy Rosenoir always analysing rubbish on football TV shows back then?

CrystalTiger:
Legit the best last eight I've witnessed in AFCON.. Whoever goes ahead to win the tournament, really tried..

Top 8 teams in Africa. Only Ghana can argue that they should take Malis place

drisham:
Just saw that Liam rosernoi and emegha had a spat so he doesn't want him at Chelsea



We thank God

Emegha threw a bottle at Rosenoir in the dressing room

Emegha na another Osimhen

What do Leroy Rosenoir and Trevor Chalobah have in common?

They both from Sierra Leone

BlueMann:
The quarterfinal lineup is elite

The best 8 teams in Africa no less

onyeomaonyeoma:
See who una coach learnt work from Incase shits start going sideways..make una no too para for Rosemary

No. That was the only time Rooney did OK as a manager and Rosenoir did all the work. One of my guy who studies football mentioned then that Rosenoir was the one doing all the work and should have got the job after but they gave it to Rooney for his name

Ivory Coast is cooking. Morocco isn't getting past them

Chelsea coaches multiyear contracts have a 1 year break clause so compensation won't be more than 12 months when they are sacked. Fear not

It was Akor Adams that requested to leave camp to visit his sick mother not Osimhen

Unless NFF is now running propaganda to douse the Osimhen situation

pkasso:
E be like Primate Ayodele eye blur for that vision wey e get There appeared to be a breakdown in the transmission, decoding and reception of that prophecy Na why e go mention Lookman instead of Osimhen. Lookman was involved alright, not just in the way he expected. It is now clear to all and sundry that Osimhen is the weapon fashioned against the Super Eagles

I hear he has threatened to leave camp. Abeg, make dem epp am pack im bags. Good riddance!

Primate prophecy is on track. He will tell you the inclusion of Lookman is what caused Osimhen to down tools and that's why we didn't win AFCON

Only winning AFCON can invalidate Primate prophecy. Even if Lookman score 10 goals and we lose in the final, his prophecy is on track

popizaino:
As per him be Messi,Delima, Ronaldo or what?

You are insulting the collective intelligence of every Nigerian if his teammates have to go and beg him.

When your alternative is Onuachu the statue, you will beg

This is why we were flabbergasted that Terem Moffi and Awoniyi were not included in the squad, strikers who can mimic Osimhens mobility and physicality and would allow us to keep the same tactical structure if Osimhen is injured, but no, NFF had to bring corruption into their selection with no thought for this.

We saw against DR Congo how the team structure collapsed when Osimhen came off at halftime. Another immobile statue Tolu was the culprit then. A player like Onuachu or Tolu can be included in a squad when you are chasing the game in the last 10 mins and flinging crosses, but what was the reason for the selection of Dessers and that Croatian rookie instead of an Osimhen alternative like Moffi and Awoniyi?

Una dey behave like say Una no see how Nigeria play against DR Congo when Osimhen comot for halftime, or in the WCQs when Finidi sidelined him

Make una go beg Osimhen oh, and stop acting righteous

These are not Venezuelans but socialists in their respective countries

No Venezuela who fled Venezuela is protesting

And there are little to no Venezuelans in Cuba except Govt staff, so this is a major lamba

It's too easy

Thank God they are wrapping up early cos I will miss the 2nd half due to a scheduling conflict