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Actually, I don't complement either the male or the female team. For the male side, our best performance to date is U.S.A '94, so we really haven't progressed. The female team is even worse because we seem to be going backward with that group. In USA 1998(?) World Cup, we reached the round of 16... it was only inexperienced that prevented us from making the quarter finals. Since that time, we haven't even won a single match at the Women world cup.


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Khaytunechi:
Never thought I'd read such an illogical comment from you..
You spend 25hrs a day talking about the male team who the federation showers with attention and all,, yet they disappoint time and over again but yalls still support them every time..
But here you are,, undermining the female team who has tried time and time again to hold down Africa and still put in decent shift at the global stage..
Such sick double standards from you..

Let the male team even conquer Africa back to back (since African teams are not real footballing countries according to your twisted logic) and let us then start taking them seriously when they start defeating real footballing countries..

When has the male team ever had to protest before being paid their dues after winning a tournament?? Those ones that they'll even promise to dash money and yet they'll still flop like arindins..
This female team went a whole year like Oga Naptu2 said,, yet you expect them to just take on the Brazils and Germanys and Englands of this world (countries with well laid out structures for their female teams) and wallop these countries??

You should cover your face in shame for this comment.. Your biasness and insensitivity and to an extent sexism shines through like a billion rays.. It is a terrible one to make..

The midfield thing weak me sha. Are you sure there's no typo? So neither one of Etebo or Onazi made the list? Strange!
Is Tyroone Ebuehi still injured?

Anyway, there are no surprises to the list. I am just happy that Bryan Idowu didn't make the list sha.


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andrew444:
25 man list ? That means 2 players will be dropped

And someone is saying we don't need mikel ,no he only 4 midfielders we get ?

Iheanacho ,shehu Abdulahi should be dropped,but I don't trust rohr concerning dropping shehu

I hope Paul onuachu will not be a scape goat because I want the dude to be at afcon

Chuks should make the cut easily .

I said the same thing o. Where's Etebo?

And by the way, I am happy to see that Bryan Idowu didn't make the list sha.


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Earthquake3:
Look at our midfielders

But why now

Why always them

NCAN members, over to you guys!


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Don't mind them. Some folks are congratulating them for defeating some bunch of Niger Republican women in hijabs

I won't start rating them until they start defeating real footballing countries.


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HabuD:
lolzzz... this is to sensitize and enlighten pple here on why it makes no sense. its like watching a match between barcelona and a primary school team in a village. We would already know the outcome, so that suspense and competitiveness will be lost.

Great. That's good news. Hopefully, he and Rohr can settle whatever they have going on... we need our best legs representation in the AFCON.


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Joebie:
He is the best midfielder in the championship — some of us have suggested here.

That's good news for Naija. I was worried about him when he moved to China.

I didn't know how he's been playing because I only watch EPL and La Liga


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charlesemeka85:
dude was immerse in the just concluded season for boro which have made epl teams interested in having him. he is currently in talks with newly promoted norwich and shelfield united

Cool. Then I think we still need him. Mikel brings calmness to our game.


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Humility017:
please bro don't mind..
Darkeff.
you should know that he will the last person to approve mikel's return to the team.

mikel has been fantastic for his club...to the extent he was given the captain arm band upon injury suffered by the team's captain.

He has been very instrumental to the team success lately and almost earn them the play off spot....

Trust me he will be a great addition to the super eagles quest for the afcon trophy...
he has gained his mojo back....

bros, it'd difficult to be prolific if you don't get much game time. Scoring comes with confidence. And you get confidence by playing day in day out. He'll excel at Barca. Trust me, he wouldn't have missed those passes that Leo Messi supplied to Coutinho and Jordi Alba at Anfield.

I agree with you on Kante. Barca doesn't want him, for a reason that I can't understand. The dude is the hardest working man in the game.


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Earthquake2:
Gabriel Jesus kwa, the guy is not prolific abeg

Ryan Sessegnon is not much of a left back as much a winger, Barca sold Digne without an assistant to Alba

Ngolo Kante is good but I don't think Barca want him

Yup. I think Kante and de jong can play together actually. Kante would be playing as a destroyer (although barca has never adopted that "Mikalele role" and De jong would play further forward in a more creative role. Just as Kante and Jorginho at Chelsea - but in a reverse role, with Kante playing as the anchor and de jong in a more creative role. But for some reasons, I don't think Barca wants Kante.

I see a lot of upside to Sessegnon's game. I think he's got a potential to become world class in a few years, and he would come cheap as well

I agree with you on Jesus but Pep might not have a choice though because Jesus needs game time now... not in 2 years time.


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andrew444:
You want kante when you just got de jong?

Barca will never bid for ryan sessegnon

Barcelona will not sell lenglet if there is anyone to be sold its injury prone umtiti

Aguero will be 31 soon, pep will not sell jesus

You wanna bet?

Haha!!! @Omerua vs VVD. Bros, do you know that I have been begging Barca to sign VVD since when he was still an unknown quantity at Southampton? Yup, I recommended him along with Ngolo Kante the year Leicester City won the EPL. That was during the Luis Enrique' time as Barcelona coach. But they kept wasting money on junk players.

Meanwhile, if Mikel is still in form them I will support his recall but only if Rohr thinks that he still needs him. But I knew that he wasn't happy in Russia after he was forced to play DM. I don't want him to do to Rohr what Steven Keshi (RIP) did to Westerhof in USA '94.


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andrew444:
Bros dont ask that question abeg, how can you be asking if mikel is having game time at boro, he has even captained them this season, world class obi mikel for that matter?

Thats how you said ekong is better than lenglet

I am still waiting for you to say Omeruo is better than van dijk

The current board is useless to say the least. Meanwhile, along with De Jong (and hopefully, De Light), here are the 4 players (plus coach) that I am recommending to the Board:

Gabriel Jesus (22) F - Luis Suarez is still good enough but he's ageing and can't play a full season any more. He's a better option for Barca than the prima donna called Antoine Griezmann.
Ryan Sessegnon (21) LB - to me, Jordi Alba has never been good enough to play for Barcelona.
Kalidou Koulibaly (27) CB - then they can sale either Lenglet or Umtiti. In addition, Pique is ageing and can't play full season any more
Ngolo Kante (28) DM - in my opinion, Sergio Busquets is ageing and should become an impact sub nest season. I was gonna recommend the younger Wilfred Ndidi but I can't recommend too many non-EU players


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Earthquake2:
Anything about the recent Barca board disgust me, from not producing players to buying players for outrageous prices to bribing and corruption to sneaky practices in player transfers to Valverde

I just hope Bartomeu finishes his tenure so I can enjoy Barca again

I concur 100%, especially with him playing in the championship. Is he getting game time? How has he performed with Boro?


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darkelf:
O have told people times without number here that we would be better off without that overrated player called Mikel.

It seems Rohr has noticed that too. I may be wrong though...

it's all politics/connections. Somebody at the highest levels of Nigerian govt must have put a call through to the Saudi govt.


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ReeLoaDead:
I agree ... “somebody else put it there” is always a lie.
I am just surprised KSA let her go free .

KPOM! You nailed it. After the miracle of Anfield, many pundits talk as if Liverpool already has the cup in the bag but it's far from that. To me, it's still a 50-50 chance. Spurs won't be intimidated by Liverpool at all.

As for me, ordinarily, I will be supporting Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool because I am a big Klopp fan. And in addition, I believe that they deserve to win something after everything they did last year and again this year; however, I am still mad at them for eliminating Barca so I will be rooting against them on June 1st


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TheGoodJoe:
I will be supporting Liverpool that night because the have fought so hard this season and deserve a title for such consistency.

However, you have a point and if anyone has the antidote to Liverpool's Gengen pressing, it is Pochettino. I have not seen a team so formidable against the press as Tottenham Hotspur under Mauricio Pochettino.

That was what killed Ajax when they felt they could go for the jugular. Best way to play Spurs is to keep it tidy at the back press lightly and win the ball when they attack with the ball in your own half.

If you go for the ball with a high press fighting for it in Spurs half, it is like pointing a hot barrel of a gun to your head.

Ironically, that is the strength of Liverpool and I fear for them against Spurs whose strength lies in countering it.

Has anybody been monitoring Mikel's games in the Championship? Is he still good enough or is he gonna get an invite because he's John Obi Mikel


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charlesemeka85:
There is nothing going on BTW the both. I read somewhere online that few weeks ago that Mikel asked to be left out of the team in recent matches for him to regain full match fitness in Boro which was the main reason why he joined the championship club which was understandable

Rohr knows that Mikel for now is an important figure in his young team to Afcon and no sane coach will drop a player of mikel's quality and caliber heading to the tournament

We missed a big chance this year. That's my biggest anger!

That coupled with the fact that Messi winning a 6th Ballon d'Or is now a toss up


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andrew444:
I swear

Next season go hard o

I think the man didn't learn a thing from Barca's performance in the first leg. He thought that he could wobble and fumble to defeat Liverpool again. But those of us who understand the game knew that it would be a long day at Anfield if Barca doesn't improve.

Honestly, I believe that my selection would've salvaged that series …. even if we lose, there's no way we'd lost by more than 2-0 and we'd probably gotten a goal back as well.


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Earthquake2:
Valverde is an idiot

Anyway maybe because Lenglet has been playing since

I think there's definitely something going on between both of them. And honestly, I think Rohr would prefer if Mikel retires before the AFCON.


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charlesemeka85:
and what makes you guys think rohr will not take mikel to afcon? making insinuation always as if mikel and rohr get beef

Nna, maybe I am still confused but, for some reasons, I feel that Barca played better than they did against Liverpool even in those PSG and Roma loses. I felt that they were just unlucky not to score in Paris and Rome. And I can remember that Barca was denied a legit penalty in Rome as well because there was no VAR at that time.

But I can't say the same for what happened at Anfield last Tuesday. They were played off the park including the first game. Liverpool where unfortunate not to score in the first leg and dominated Barca, if not for Messi. The second leg proved there is only so much Messi can do by himself. Barca’s old guard with the exception of Messi where exposed. Their lack of pace and creativity was stifled by Liverpool pace and creativity due to diversity in their side! Barca has no major African and South American presence of note! That must change if they want to keep up with the bests in Europe.

The tournament can only get tougher to win next year. PSG will improve and they will have a healthy Neymar (if he stays) and a more experienced Mbappe. ManCity will improve and Pep would definitely prioritize Champions cup next year. Real Madrid will improve. And Liverpool would improve as well. And if Antonio Conte moves to Juve, that would make them a contender as well.


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andrew444:
Start wetin ?

So you want him to drop one of the best defenders in Europe this season ?

Maybe umtiti can win back his shirt next season if he stays

Hope you know umtiti was there when psg won you 4-0 and the Roma 3-0 ?

OK. So why did Ernesto Valverde decided to start Clement Lenglet at Anfield over a fully fit Samuel Umtiti


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Earthquake2:
Umtiti is more athletic, but Lenglet has a better understanding with Pique

Besides Umtiti is one of the top defenders in the world, no comparison

KPOM! We all like Barca because of Leo Messi but I won't forget that the football club hasn't really been great for African players.

Samuel Eto'o was their best striker during his time but that didn't stop Pep from running him out of Barca.

#JustSaying


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andrew444:
Thats why i said ndidi has the potential to play for barca

People are quick to forget that world class yaya toure was turned to a cenral defender at barcelona

What of alex song? Alex song at arsenal was so fvcking good , what happened at barca? he didnt do that bad sha but e no play wetin we expect

But would you start Lenglet ahead of Samuel Umtiti


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Earthquake2:
You have a point there but that should not make us to overate the stars we have

Lenglet was one of the most sought after defenders before Barca snapped him up

But would you start Lenglet ahead of Samuel Umtiti


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Earthquake2:
You have a point there but that should not make us to overate the stars we have

Lenglet was one of the most sought after defenders before Barca snapped him up

Roberto is very average. I was screaming at my TV when I was him starting at Anfield!

#CrimesWeCannotForgiveValverde


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andrew444:
Vice versa didnt liverpool chop 3 goals also? whats the difference between 3 goals and 4 goals just 1 goal difference?

Liverpool collect 3 goals for camp nou dont be quick to forget and that didnt change van dijk

Didnt psg won you 4-0?

Didnt roma beat you 3-0?

Sergio Roberto is an Average player

You kept metioning Mikel. Is Mikel even invited


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Danielnino00:
Which is your preferred midfield combo for the AFCON?

A- DM- Ndidi

CM- Mikel

AM- Iwobi



B- DM- Ndidi

CM- Etebo

AM- Mikel


C- DM- Ndidi

CM- Etebo

AM- Iwobi



CC: all distinguished members of the thread!!

Ndidi is good enough to play for any top team, trust me on that one. But sometimes being African, you gotta be twice as good as your peers before you can get noticed.


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chrisooblog:
men i'm just checking ndidi's stats in comparison to other top 6 defensive midfielders how this guy is not being raved about is really surprising. defensively he completely eclipses most of them. even in the attacking stats for a DM he's up there. just his passing needs more work 79.85% completion rate which is not bad for a decent midfielder but the good to great ones are doing 82% plus on average

Please don't encourage them! Unbelievers who go to Church just to find wives


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ImaIma1:
Good point. Attending midweek service takes extra effort and even discipline

If Lenglet is African, would he make your top 10 African defenders? I mean, assuming he's African and doesn't play for Barca??

I doubt it.


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andrew444:
If i mention top 10 africa defenders i no go call ekong and you are saying he is better than lenglet?

Are you ready to listen to my list of top 10 african defenders?

Nna bros eh, after the show of shame at Anfield, I wrote all of them off: Lenglet, Pique, Sergio Roberto, and most especially Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets


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darkelf:
Eking isn't even in top 30 defenders.

He isn't even among top 5 in Africa.

I think Icon79 was just angry at Lenglet's recent performance

Nope. I don't watch that boring leagur. I was rating Ekong based solely on his performance in green and white.


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Earthquake2:
Dude have you watched Ekong at Udinese, the guy still dey miss balls and make mistakes

Bro, trust me, I have never been a big fan of Pique either. I think Puyol made him look good, plus he can score important goals as well but defensively he's weak.

And I haven't watched Ekong in serie A though, I don't usually waste my time with that boring one team league
But the Ekong I know in the Super Eagles is a top class defender. I mean, his forward passes can be atrocious but that's just one weakness. After all, Arturo Vidal's forward pass is as bad as Ekong's but doesn't he play for Barca?


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andrew444:
You didnt watch lenglet at sevilla

Pique has been the poor player from last season but you barca fans will always side him because him get mouth for the team

Lenglet is good, ekong better than lenglet? lol

Joke of the day