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St.Pauli have been promoted to the Bundesliga, they have a certain Dapo Afolayan who is 26yo in their squad. This season he has 9 goals 3 assists in the bundesliga 2. Watch out for him next season

Lookman wins the Europa league player of the week

This weekend will be Finidi’s last game as Enyimba’s coach as he’s set to be unveiled as Super eagles coach next week

I blame people who are always doing back and forth with this one.

komekn:
He has a football ⚽ academy

doesn’t matter

Amedino99:
wasn't he made assistant to rohr at one point?

yeah, he doesn’t even have coaching badges

USA U19 coach Michael Nsien on why he rejected the opportunity to become Finidi George’s assistant coach.

“Yes they (NFF) approached me. They cannot meet my salary requirements

TheGoodJoe:
Yobo.

Yobo doesn’t look like he has any interest in coaching

daveP:
Most of these players are no longer the ones that made us Happy in the 90s. Oyo for who wan gbe mata sori like say they get best interest of SE at heart. Once we exhaust the 90s set in this coaching debacles, i wonder who they'll start with from the 2000s 😆

I’ve always thought about this because most the players who retired from mid 2000s either don’t want anything to do with Nigeria football are not interested in coaching

TheGoodJoe:
If Finidi did not request Amokachi, why impose Amokachi on him? Na wa for this NFF administration. Finidi should kick against it and set his back room staff himself. Sabotage and match fixing is real. A word is enough for the wise.

per the same source NFF hands are tied, you know Amokachi is now a politician

lbrichman2:
Feb 29
We hit 15 league goals today
Weldone and congratulations Osimhen

funny thing is uncle Martinez haven’t moved from 23 but the people that want to use him to dunk on Osimhen will tell you he’s world class

Marjoribanks:
I thought they changed the format? I though cos Chelsea will play cos they the Champions league within the last 4 years or am I missing something?

that’s the club World Cup

Marjoribanks:
I meant his only World Cup contribution. He almost made us missed the 1994 World Cup. I never said he is not a good player but he was not better than Kanu!

oya mention Kanu’s World Cup contribution and mind you Siasia went to just 1 World Cup compared to Kanu’s 3

Blueelf:


still living on the glory of last season

he is not even top 10 now in the world

list the top 10 strikers in the world now

Kog45:
Half of U17 players failed MRI test…….CC:BascoVanVeli

a journalist denied this, he said he’s in Abuja and it’s not true

Kog45:
It was Cele Babayaro,Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Victor Agali that were sent home but funny they didn’t cared and showed no remorse

Aiyegbeni was never really committed to playing for us, people always mention the Angola game in Kano but have forgotten that the first leg in Angola was a disgrace, we played that game with just 13 players (I think), players like Yakubu and Jayjay failed to turn up for away games and friendly games always citing weak excuses.

elyte89:
From reports , he will be meeting d nff board dis weekend,so by dis coming week , we should knw his contract details and upper week d list might be released

better o, we have about 4 weeks to that game, we need to step up preparations

chrisooblog:
Very fair assessment kudos egbon.

If I were forced to choose I would probably go for Babayaro because of his technical qualities on the ball and ability to go forward and defend solidly. His longevity and overall impact in the SE is very low which admittedly would rule him out of the best LB conversation.

Iroha like you rightly noted was rock solid for Nigeria injuries did him bad.

if injuries did Iroha bad them injuries destroyed Celestine, he never really touched the height he was supposed to, he was also indisciplined too sha.

Kog45:
Yes he played 98 and was used against Paraguay

oh! I don forget be that. We went to 98 World Cup with a lot of tired legs, no wonder Denmark beat us like thief

elyte89:
https://www.completesports.com/2026-wcq-super-eagles-must-beat-south-africa-benin-finidi/



message from the new coach 😎

make he leave story, what are the details of the contract? Who are his assistants? These are what we want to hear

comodo:
His club lost. But he still made it. Maybe he is doing something right afterall.

8.2 is very high and impressive, would be very disappointing if he doesn’t get an invite soon

Kog45:
I want us to give fair assessment to our judgments regarding the trio.

Ben Iroha was a solid member of Westerhoff era and did so well.He has below Europe career.He won Afcon and had two WC appearances.What could have been his best tournament was marred with injury and Mike Emenalo step in.He had 50 caps and a goal.

Celestine Babayaro remain the best talking of European career.He played for Anderlecht,Chelsea and Newcastle.He played in two WC and was a regular member of eagles in the late 90 to mid 2000 with Afcons appearances.But I will rate his super eagles career average 27 caps and a goal.

Taye Taiwo would have been the best Nigeria LB.He started well with Marseilles but his transfer to AC Milan ruined his progression and he never recovered from it.He played in a WC and had Afcon appearances.He had good eagles career with 54 caps and 8 goals.

My submission,based on Europe career I gave it to Celestine Babayaro…..On trophy I gave it to Ben Iroha cus he was part of eagles that was ranked 5th in the world…..Ranking Taye Taiwo the best eagles LB would bring debate but If he was part of 2013 Afcon team he would have been adjudged the best cuz having 54 caps with 8 goals showed how solid he was with eagles.

I hope to see emerging talent that will break Iroha,Babayaro and Taye records in eagles.

the truth is I didn’t really watch Iroha, was too young for peak Iroha , but you said 2 world cups not sure he was in the 98 squad

Kog45:
Oya pick the best LB.

Celestine

Chelsea have made first contacts with Napoli for the signing of Victor Osimhen! 🇳🇬

The offer being discussed was €80-90m + Lukaku and a young player, report by Dimarzio a sky sport reporter

AndSunGorilla:
What happens is Nunes?

Liverpool won’t buy Osimhen when they already have Darwin, unless they plan to sell Nunez sha

This guy too dull and it’s shocking

Kog45:
Emmanuel Amunike should have congratulated Finidi George and move on instead of this statements.
I knew it would be difficult getting the job with Eguavoen as head of technical team.After 2022 Afcon Amunike went to press,saying he didn’t know much about the team selection whereas it was he that recommended Nwakali and Eguavoen accepted.

Emma should know more about coaching,it’s a circle job cuz we have seen Stephen Keshi,Austin Eguavoen,Siasia,Oliseh and Finidi now,so he should calm down.He will surely coach the team if he brings his ego down.

Amunike only joined ahead of the Ghana game and Nwakali wasn’t part of the squad

charlesemeka85:
How true is this?


Nigeria’s Super Eagles is becoming attractive to foreign-born players.

Just like Lookman and Aina, Brighton defender, Odel Offiah, is the latest England-born player willing to play for the Super Eagles.

if he start playing regularly and still holds the same thought then I’ll take him serious

typicalgamer:
Both amunike and finidi are irrelevant and severely backward in the coaching department

None of them is my choice anyone wins is none of my business at least no be only go watch 2026 W/C without eagles

while I don’t think they are backward I just think both of them aren’t good enough for the job

TheSuperNerd:
Finidi was literally on the verge of being sacked by same Enyimba at one point. He won the league last season thanks to the abridged version and the help of Ukaegbu and others who prepped the team even when Finidi was away on NT duty.

Enyimba finished 3rd in Group A of the regular season behind Remo Stars and bendel insurance who were much better in the league compared to Enyimba.
The abridged version just played out in Enyimba's favour.
Infact, had Akwa Utd (tied with Finidi's Enyimba on 32 pts) had a better Goals difference, it would have been something different.

Truth is we are giving all the credits to Finidi to boost him up but the main minds behind Enyimba's plays and training are Emeka Okwandu, Ifeanyi Harcourt and Lawrence Ukaegbu.


Finidi is coaching the most prestigious and richest club in Nigeria with several of the best players in the league while being away on NT duty when it calls. It's a piece of cake. A better coach will be topping the league with Enyimba and wrapping up the league. Not playing second fiddle to Fidelis Illechukwu (a guy I consider a better tactician than Finidi anyway).

trying to downplay Finidi’s achievement? I can easily do same with Amunike

TheGoodJoe:
Amuneke best to handle Super Eagles, give him the job


My name is Adewale Ajayi, i am a licenced football intermediary, a match commissioner with repute, a respected football commentator and analyst, a former media officer of the Nigerian Under 20 national football team and above all, a major Stakeholder.

For 15 good years before I left Nigeria for greener pastures abroad, I have done businesses with Nigeria coaches. I have worked with many from close quarters, I have seen their pre match notes, I have sat down with many to discuss the beautiful game, I have seen them prepare their teams for matches, i have seen their training routines and I have come to the conclusion that, there are not too many sound and intelligent Nigerian coaches around.

However, in 2015, former NFF president Amaju Pinnick appointed me as the media officer of the Under 20 National team of Nigeria. That was the team that had the likes of Victor Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze, Kelechi Nwankali, Orji Okonkwo, Kingsley Michael and a few more stars who have moved on to write their names in gold.

The head coach of that team, was Emmanuel Amunike. We traveled to North, South, East and Western part of Africa for friendlies and qualifiers and we won over 60 matches on the road. We trashed Burundi in Bujumbara and humbled Sudan in Omdurman. The team played with the confidence of Real Madrid and flourished with the brilliance of Barcelona they dazzled with the fluency of Arsenal and never showed any of Chelsea’s weaknesses.

The stars in this team shone on every match day, the unity in camp was superb. The training routine was second to none, the determination to win was top notch.

On match days, we travel to match venues not afraid of the outcome, all we thought about is how many goals we will score on the day. That team was just too good. Unfortunately, we didn’t qualify for the World Cup due to the nonchalant attitude of the then NFF towards our preparation.

The boys knew that the game against Sudan was their final qualifying match to the world cup and got scared that if they beat Sudan, the team will be decamped and their backlog of allowances will not be paid, so they went on a three day strike few days to the return leg of their home tie with the North Africans whom they have already defeated 2-1 in Omdurman

That was the straw that break the camel’s back, as Nigeria lost 3-2 to Sudan in Lagos to kiss the World Cup goodbye. I wept on the day because I was sad that the world didn’t have an opportunity to see the best Under 20 national team ever assembled by Nigeria. A team comprising of young and enterprising players who one year ago, won the FIFA Under 17 World Cup in Chile.

What left me more devastated is the fact that one of Africa’s finest football coaches, Emmanuel Amunike didn’t have the opportunity to showcase his talents and his wards to the world audience. However I am happy to know that few years later, he went to Tanzania and qualified the Taifa stars to their first African Cup of Nations after over 30years.

It is public Knowledge that as one of the applicants for the Advertised Super Eagles job Emmanuel Amuneke, a Nigerian, possesses High Coaching Credentials including the Mandatory CAF A License and the prestigious UEFA Masters Degree Coaching Certificate; UEFA Pro License; UEFA A, B and C Licenses. Among the Front-runners, he is the only one who has qualified an African country for AFCON as he qualified the East African country Tanzania for AFCON after 30 years in the wilderness.

It is also on Record too, that Amuneke has developed the bulk of the present Super Eagles top players including the Reigning African Best Player of the Year, Victor Osimhen; AC Milan winger Samuel Chukwueze and Kelechi Nwakali whom he coached to win for Nigeria and Africa, the FIFA U-17 World Cup trophy twice as Assistant and Head Coach of the Golden Eaglets.

Above all, he has been FIFA and CAF Technical Study Group (TSG) Member in recent time. Both institutions don’t give novices such responsibility.

So who is still saying that our indigenous coaches cannot lead the Super Eagles?

Who is better to get the Best out of Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze in the present Super Eagles than the Man who “moulded” them to become the Stars of today?

Who can command Nigeria and Africa’s Poster Boy-Victor Osimhen’s Respect in the Super Eagles of today than the Coach he Decorated with his CAF Best Player of the Year Award and called him “My Mentor”?

I don’t have anything against Finidi, I am only saying that the only local coach we can trust to take us to Eldorado is Emmanuel Amunike, if not, let’s go and get a foreign coach. I rest my case.

Give Amuneke the job and hold me responsible if he he fails. If you must do that, do it now!

We don’t have much time to plan.

https://blueprint.ng/amuneke-best-to-handle-super-eagles-give-him-the-job/

cc: TheSuperNerd, robosky02

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humility33:
Egbon that guy nor be am. We played wackagainst Mali even Pasiero loosing 4 nil against Portugal was better than that match

He doesn't know how to make sub. He doesn't read games. Didn't you see how he manage Enyimba at continental competition.

None of the members of the 94 set deserve coach the super eagles for now.

I hope you know he played that game with no assistant only a GK coach, basing your conclusion on a friendly game is very wrong