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TheGoodJoe:
When his CV is brutally above the competition, I see some bad eggs switching to plan B of giving him the job and massively sabotaging the person. We saw it with Stephen Keshi. It was literally open. He was winning games and qualifying for a tournament and still getting reports of bringing in a technical adviser (won't mention the name of the person but a footballing Super Eagles legend).

This time, I think those eggs did not want to take the gamble.

TheGoodJoe:
Story. Amunike's case is pure ethnicity. They know he is good. If Amunike was a Northerner or Yoruba man, he would have landed that job in a flash. Let us tell ourselves the truth. That was why his U17 team was the most sabotaged and his U20 suffered the same. That was why they had a cold reception after winning the U17 World Cup.

Unless you have a credible reason, I only see his ethnicity as the problem.

Danielnino00:
Dear Nairalanders, another exciting football year has passed by, and its time to vote for your favorite Nigerian players in the annual Nairaland Nigerian Football Fans Award.

As tradition demands, the list of nominees was compiled by a team of football enthusiasts from the Super Eagles Thread, the biggest thread on this forum where discussions related to Nigerian football take place: https://www.nairaland.com/3018619/super-eagles-thread-road-afcon/17080

Here are the nominees for this year's award:

Nigerian player of the year
Ademola Lookman



Nigerian female player of the year
Chiamaka Nnadozie



NPFL player of the year
Sadiq Ismail




Most impactful new inclusion (2024)
Stanley Nwabali



Best Ogedengbe goalkeeper of the year
Stanley Nwabali


Stephen Keshi defender of the year
William Troost Ekong

Samuel Okwaraji midfielder of the year
Frank Onyeka





Rasheed Yekini attacker of the year
Ademola Lookman


Most improved player (2024)
Ademola Lookman



Young player of the year (U-21)
Kparabo Arieri

Female young player of the year (u-21)
Shakira Moshood


Super eagles goal of the year
Victor Osimhen goal vs Benin Republic in Uyo (AFCON qualifier)



Best assist of the year
Moses Simon for Ademola Lookman goals vs Angola (2023 AFCON)


Team of the year (club or national)
Super Eagles


Coach of the year
Jose Peseiro (ex-Super Eagles coach)


Prospect of the year

Kparabo Arieri


Lifetime achievement award
Stephen Keshi

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AndSunGorilla:
No. 4. Because that's a trophy we haven't won.

forgiveness:
If Equaveon didn't take that appointment with Ghana, then I can say he is not....that's if it's true.

solonnachi:
This man's mind is made up.
He really wants the job. He really wants international recognition.
You can't miss coaching a country of established stars in established leagues of the world. Even $55000 pay cut can't stop it.
I read somewhere that he has been nursing the ambition of coaching Nigeria since he was 12. He would wear the Nigerian jersey and chose playing Nigeria on playstation.
Nigeria here we go!
Welcome Chelle!

Joebie:
Those stats include 10 goals or so credited to Saintfiet if im not mistaken

Joebie:
Those stats include 10 goals or so credited to Saintfiet if im not mistaken

Joebie:
He is proven by African standards.

Mod
That level should be our starting point.

Chelle stats padding with minnows at AFCON qualifiers. Compare to WC qualifiers

Goke7:
I don’t even know where the racial excuse is even coming from, Questions are being asked about his pedigree and experience but folks think it’s because he’s not a white man. One just needs to ignore some opinions here I tell you. Whether white or black am not sold on the guy and can never be. If he performs thanks to the nff for improving his cv. That’s all

Joebie:
But the Malian na black man na. I call it self hate. Anyway, as far as this thread is concerned the issue has been more about his records. Na this same thread we dey when people criticized Peseiro-s appointment. Na the sane energy I dey use for Chelle. Check my record here

Kog45:
Thank you.I just don't know why calling people haters cuz of their opinions.....What has Chelle achieved as a coach in his career?nothing but here we are bringing different theories just to support his appointment

Chelle need to prove he is the man for the job,nothing more.

Mujtahida:
You put small meat for my ex client mouth make him dey chew am first. Bad guy 😂😂

caprikon:
The SE coaching job is presently a poisoned chalice ..no thanks to the diabolical results under JP and Finidi.

Any high profile coach accepting the job now risks taking a huge dent on his reputation. We are not in an attractive position.

The NFF have rolled the dice, I hope it works out well. fingers crossed.

Jieta2:
We are not patient with our own, pesero was losing friendlies back and front, we wonble and struggle to qualify for the afcon, the only positive in pesero is that he took us to the final apart from that nothing to show for it. Why can't we be patient with our own.

JohnBullMySon:
Funny thing is that after his last game, there wasn’t really any serious talk for him to be removed. It just started recently.

elyte89:
Though not an excuse but siasia was never giving a clean slate SE Job ..he’s always called to rescue situations ,in Wc he failed twice


Meanwhile let’s support Eric chelle as we have no choice .All hands must be on deck for this 2026 World Cup qualification

Goke7:
Don’t worry by the time the eagles start struggling again we will all be back here to whine as usual

elyte89:
Baba stay one place na…Shey u don Dey support chelle back Abi wetin…tot you were not cool with his appointment.i know say na me u want ☺️

Kog45:
Chelle international passport read Malien

Kog45:
Big question why sacked by Mali.... let's just hope he makes it

Franktom247:
Because of AFCON Quarter Final

Joebie:
hisssss.

Naija is finished

Napoleon55:
Abeg what is the difference between this Chelle man and our ex internationals that u don't like at all?

jihday:
MC Oran are currently 10th in a league with 16 teams 🤦🏿

Danielnino00:
A quick google check shows that Eric Chelle is currently coaching MC Oran in Algeria.


If he is indeed appointed,then the NFF have really stooped low..

There's nothing impressive with what he did with Mali, cus anybody that follows Mali football know that they are traditionally a team with good players scattered all over France...

Joebie:
My sources say Roger Schmidt is the leading candidate

Poyet is contracted to a club in the K League

Joebie:
Who wants to know who will be named the new coach?
I have one more check to make to confirm his name

Goke7:
The thing about players like Yaya and Eto is that they were doing great stuff season after season and their impact even at their clubs was too much to ignore, you know why some folks here slam osihmen despite how excellent he is? It's because they want to see that dominance like Eto or Yaya cos that's how he can have 2,3 or 4 APOTYs. Mikel was also consistent despite the criticism and he was a major reason we won Afcon 2013, He's the reason Yaya couldn't do much damage to us in the quarterfinals that year. Lookman or Osihmen still needs to power us to an afcon title before we can finally consider them as one of our greatest players ever, Kanu won Olympic Gold for us despite not winning Afcon and that's why he's still miles ahead so Osihmen and Lookman still need to land us something big for us as a nation or surpass Yekini's goal tally. My view please

Goke7:
but for Yaya Toure, Mikel or Moses would have won APOTY, even Lookman or Osihmen wouldn't have beaten a Yaya Toure, make we talk true o!

Yaya won APOTY in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, that's how dominant in Africa he was o!