₦airaland Forum

andrewbaba44:
So the highly rated Enock Mwepu and patson daka who plays for salzburg who is better than all teams in turkish league could not help them get a draw

TheSuperNerd:
Honestly, I take back that small hope I held out for them thinking they might even clinch second. It seems they will achieve nothing yet again unless some magic happens in the next four matchdays with Daka, Sakala, and Mwepu all returning. But really, Zambia have blown it.

forgiveness:
Sadiq Umar seems to be the best option though he is not playing in a top league. Followed closely behind by Okereke based on club form. I don't think Rohr rates the Dutch league else Dessers should have been the number one bonafide option.

However, if Kelechi, Maja and Awoniyi who are in better leagues get to play and score goals consistently for one month, forget those bonafide options ever making the team ahead of them. In fact, Kelechi will be the first to regain his place in the national team ahead of everyone here due to..wetin we know but I don't know if there situation will ever change.


NB: Peter Olayinka is better on the LW.

TheSuperNerd:
Super Eagles Stats report...


Each of Nigeria's last nine goals in all competitions have been scored by players aged 23-or-under:

4- Victor Osimhen (20)
2- Joe Aribo (23)
1- Alex Iwobi (23)
1- Samuel Kalu (22)
1- Samu Chukwueze (20)


#YoungAndNotAfraid

tbaba1234:
Kalu is the odd one out.

darkelf:
On another note. What are the chances of the Super Eagles if we should play the following teams (in a friendly or tournament)?

1. England

2. Portugal

3. Croatia

4. Austria

5. Denmark

cc Icon4s
andrewbaba44
thesupernerd

humility

charlesemeka

joebie

thegoodjoe

komekn

etc

forgiveness:
Take a look at him.

Meliforme:
Etebo's absence remains the reason for the manner at which we concede goals.

He is the missing link. He has improved a lot in his game. He should be ahead in the pecking order, followed closely by Ramon Azeez and then Aribo. Aribo is a decent player no doubt.

Omeruo and Balogun are still our best defenders. They bring a lot of maturity and stability.

forgiveness:
Very impressive scoreline though it could have been more than that due to missed chances. However, the team still lacks in some certain areas. Especially, the wing backs, where we were exposed several times and conceded the first goal from the right back.

Aina should be moved back to his natural position while we look at Chima Okoroji for redemption at the LB. Pending the time we try him, Idowu should be allowed to play on the LB. He is better than Collins both defensively and offensively.

Rohr should also look for a back up for Aina and Oshimen. I suggest Kingsley Ehizibue be given a look at. He seems to attacking minded than Ebuehi. I have not written off Ebuehi oooo.

On the other hand, we need a better back up for Oshimen. We don't need to realize or start looking for one during crises.

Moreover, Iwobi's position needs a better player.

tbaba1234:
Nigeria changed formation at half time to 3 5 2.. Simon versatility made that kind of switch easy.

Joebie:
That's the same guy who delivered that beautiful pass to Aribo to convert against Brazil. Aribo also seemed off today. I won't comment after just one match. Moses Simon is still needed in the team. But he has to prove his continuous invites after he is subjected to more competition.

TheSuperNerd:
Josh Maja is no upgrade on Awoniyi.

Alhassan Yusuf- Was available. Imama failed here.

David Okereke- Might not even stay still the 19th.

Ejuke Chidera - Reports say he was stopped by his club.

Kingsley Michael- Another who can come in but won't stay till D-Day.

Igho Ogbu- Not better than Ozornwafor or and maybe on par with or slightly better than Olisa Ndah.

Onyekuru- Was available. Imama failed here too. I am sure Henry would not have minded jumping at the opportunity to help the U-23s knowing Rohr would be monitoring things too.

Zaidu Sanusi- His availability was not gonna be certain till D-Day and not certain he will do better than Bitok Stephen. Jury out on him there.


In all, Imama could have called up a couple more (better) quality players but he failed to do that. In all, "some" of the players (on the 21-man list) were selected based on absolute availability.

Joebie:
Icon4s I warn una that Zambia taunting was too early. Didn’t want to say much at the time before una label me prophet of doom.

Danielnino00:
we don't share a border with them...

mostob:
Wetin dey do gtv na....
they have changed it to civ vs Zambia o

Danielnino00:
5-0 now..



True champions..

Icon4s was right ...Zambia sacrificed this AFCON game for Olympics qualification...

Kbs468:
Hmmmmn. That reminds me.

Clicking on the first page ONLY for the second time ever and I want to share my experience with you all.

1. Where is terzurum5? His last seen is on the 4th of November. That's about 10 days ago and never seen a post from him since my first day in here

2. Icon4s - Still and ever readily available as always till date.

3. Forgiveness - same as Icon4s above.

4. AIG07 - Where is he too? Last seen is a month gap between himself and terzurum5. Never come across his moniker too.

5. TheGoodJoe - Yeah. Not too conspicuously missing though but no longer a regular. Once saw him reading as a ghost reader

6. groundnutoil - Never read from him before but twice caught him peeping from the background without commenting

7. maputohq - Never come across the moniker before and Interestingly, his last seen is just yesterday.

8. Nobody - A deactivated account. So no comment more than that.

9. blueto - Nothing note Worthy to be revealed

10. karlovich - Never ever come across it. last seen is July 24th! Way way back! What happened? where are you?

11. TheSuperNerd - Same card as Icon4s. He even took permission for his absenteeism yesterday.

12. CFCman - same as blueto

13. achimotan - Never before but still alive on Nairaland

14. robosky02 - Never seen it here too but somewhere else - Other threads sometime in the past.

15. daveP - Never before today and last seen is today's early hours.

Ladies and gentlemen, Those are the monikers I came across on the first 2 pages of this thread while noting that a greater number of other monikers with superb personalities have also been discovered too numerous to mention right from my first day in here.

However, In order not to spam your various mentions, I would jettison the listing accordingly.

Guys, I wanna say,

Thanks for accepting me as I am haven given me a sense of belonging already as part of the family of a patriotic Nigerian Football loving community on Nairaland - An online social media forum that originated from NIGERIA.

forgiveness:
2018 news?

charlesemeka85:
Thank God oooo! Finally the Commentator of yesterday's match hv been arrested. Nigerian police is working

simiife:
Honestly, i envy the Europeans a lot,everything seems to be going well with football over there.Even the stadium doesn't inspire confidence,i hate stadiums that has that track stuff. Organization sef is very poor, look at way people were loitering around during the match.

Kbs468:
Eya and so sorry about your experience Sha..

But they later hooked up with the NTA telecast and funny enough, the AIT that hooked NTA was showing a faster motion ahead of the same match being shown by the NTA PORTHACOURT on NIGCOMSAT ooo with even a clearer voice note.

It was very very funny to be honest with you in truth

Sorry too to Simiife

simiife:
The painful part is that after all the criticism they got yesterday, noting will still change

simiife:
Hmm,whosoever did dis to Nigeria, my God wee judge you,I don't want to know the kind of power you are using,the God I serve wee judge you *wipes tears*

After trekking the entire duration of the first half,looking for viewing center to watch the match, I couldn't find any,it was then those idiots decided to give us electricity.I went home since I had read earlier that AIT will show the match.

I got home, switched on the TV,tuned in to AIT,then I started seeing something that looks like kogi state election campaign,i decided to watch like that,due to the love I have Nigeria.

I settled on the couch, grabbed the remote and increased the volume, the commentary sounded the exact way my principal usually sound whenever he's telling those jargons tells us every morning during assembly, I felt pain watching that match.


We have a long way to go in Nigeria *wipes tears again*

Commentator: Super eagles 2,Nigeria 1

Euniceadetun:
lol it's my quest in searching for a link that brought me here sir. I think I will remain a regular as I am staunch supporter of Nigeria football. My club is super eagles I hope to share more scintillating moments with you all my lovely eagles supporters.