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WC third place at least. That should be the goal

semid4lyfe:
Pick one target for the Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle

1. World Cup Qualification
2. Win AFCON
3. World Cup Quarter Final
4. Win CHAN 2025

Which would you choose and why?

All those discussing skillful players. Good job on your recommendations for Chelle o

charlesemeka85:
ayam here ooo🤣🤣

Who get matter don answer "present" o.

Na person leg i dey pull my brother

AndSunGorilla:
If the above is true, then it means you are not Joebie.

It's one thing to believe. It's a bigger thing to make others believe. I've always desired a coach that believes in our true potentials. I do hope he is dreaming beyond Africa. All the same, a very good way to start.

Leave matter for Matthias o. Where oga Charles?

TheGoodJoe:
That tactical perspective is what I am not sure of. I don't really know if Eric Chelle plays with a deep lying playmaker. Remember he dropped Bissouma from his side as the AFCON progressed. So I am not really sure if Kelechi Nwakali's deep control side will work for Chelle. He is the one to decide.

How Bonfere Jo made Okocha reduce his dribbling at the Olympics but other national team coaches failed to do that.

Nwakali get stamina and he sabi run wella. I don press one button.

TheGoodJoe:
Some things we should know about our new coach, Eric Chelle.

1. He is very strict and demands discipline from all players. He has no room for big boys.

2. His philosophy and tactics rules his actions. Any player that does not fit in, no matter the level of the player will be cut off.

3. His system demands a lot of running. If you can't run and keep up stamina, sorry.

4. He hates interference with his work and is a kind of man that will not allow it.

5. We can expect new players to break into the team because if he sees anyone that suits his strategy, the person has a chance to break into the team.

When analysis is not your thing

Odunayaw:
being flexible isn't a crime na

Change mouth from what to what?

Truidstarr:
you don dey change mouth na?

I like the passion and belief. Looks like a guy that will not give excuses like "we are a young team' etc. the likes of Rohr, Peseiro had a "humble" approach. This is a breath of fresh air and we want to see it on Matchday one.

elyte89:
Ok

Where did i imply he handled WC qualifiers game. Chelle handled all 4 WC qualfiers. And yes you are right about AFCON 2025 qualifiers

jihday:
Saintfeit didn’t handle any world cup qualifying game, just checked what you posted, the Afcon qualifying table you posted is for this year’s own, Saintfeit handled all

Ok, but my stats was not drawn from AFCON 2023 qualifiers

jihday:
Mali have struggled for goals under Saintfeit but they’ve been solid sha. Under Chelle they qualified for 2023 Afcon winning all but 1 game which was a loss away to Saitfeit Gambia scoring 13 goals while Mali under Saintfeit qualified for this year’s Afcon by winning 4 and drawing 2 with 10 goals scored 6 of them at home against Eswatini no need to downplay his record with Mali let’s just hope he get it right with the super eagles

A very good point i wanted to make earlier. Chelle will meet a different profile in SE, will he be able to make our midfield click? Time will tell. Let's hope for the best with him at the helm

Goke7:
The free-flowing football Mali played at Afcon is what is deceiving many, forgetting the Super Eagles don't have that spine or personnel for it. Even one-touch football is a problem, Whether it is Chelle who will play the midfield himself for us, we'll wait and see.

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

jihday:
only if Peseiro and Finidi had stat padded with African minnows we would have been top of our group now

Anyway, make we MANAGE Chelle and support him.. but make them no fire am IF e no go well. We cannot continue like this.

I am hoping for a miracle

Lose? no be draw draw Peseiro bin dey draw...

Mali still has some decent players.


Mod
I just tried to attach a list of players that Chelle utilized with Mali, but I can confirm attachment functionality is broken

minfelix:
bros everyone in that group has tasted defeat…will still beat themselves and they lost to Ghana which is a stronger team…let them lose to Comoros and Madagascar before we conclude

for some reason it seems attachment is broken on NL, but over the 4 games in WC qualification, nothing impressive, and it is not looking like the situation will improve. Note the only win is against Chad at home.

minfelix:
with or without Chelle..Mali will slug out that group with Ghana and Comoros

Well, not me

minfelix:
you ppl are making it look like he is the worst

Chelle is not the worst na.. who said he is the worst? haha

minfelix:
you cant always get the best and doesn’t mean the one you got is the worst

Oga Ghana team na wash.. but granted the battle of west african nations can be unpredictable. If Chelle is the level you guys are placing post AFCON, those games after the AFCON should have been walkovers

minfelix:
bro nothing changed….Mali is not an African giant…stat padding against minnows means they are have quality above those guys…now playing the likes of Ghana and losing to them is expected..Ghana is not their mate…Comoros is another strong force rising within the rank..a team that ousted Ghana at 2021 Afcon….and plus qualifiers has not ended they still have 6games to play…A Chelle led malian team can stil turn table around against Madagascar and Comoros…
their first game after Afcon was against Ghana, you should know Ghanaians are under pressure to deliver…you cant write off a wounded Ghana team…if Mali had met Madagascar on home soil first game immediately after afcon, oga dem go beat madagascar

If you have a company you have every right to questjon the rationale of how the MD was hired. The Super Eagles is our enterprise, and we demand the best we can possibly get based on the circumstance we are in

minfelix:
Hiring a Guardiola to give you and your likes a hope and high chance of qualifying because they are the ones that can handle such pressure and later failing to deliver…no b heart attack b that?

Chelle in WC qualification with Mali

For more insight see my modified post for the Mali qualification tables

minfelix:
omo the way you people are so robotic about this football eehn…this rigid mindset doesn’t work in football ooo…its not asif Chelle was just picked from the roadside to come coach SE.
Im sure many finished Keshi back then for including sunday mba and dropping some more illustrious to afcon 2013 sqaud…

Yes gambling makes you not robotic.

minfelix:
omo the way you people are so robotic about this football eehn…this rigid mindset doesn’t work in football ooo…its not asif Chelle was just picked from the roadside to come coach SE.
Im sure many finished Keshi back then for including sunday mba and dropping some more illustrious to afcon 2013 sqaud…

Make i vouch for person based on NL alone abi? Lol

Tessyy1701:
If its by the love for SE, Elyte name would have been in the mix

I agree with him. Go for a coach that has faced similar presures and fared well. Still not a guarantee but a more calculated decision. And also have the long term in mind.

Modified
Chelle wasn't doing well with Mali in WC qualification.

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

elyte89:
I disagree on dis cos any coach we employ right now is a gamble even if u re guardiola ..what impact will guardiola make within three days of camping aside maybe d confidence …our qualification rest on d shoulders of our players if Dey truly want to qualify .Dey need to give deir all on the pitch

The deed has already been done. We have to hope for a miracle and plan for a future that will see us surpass Morroco's feat at the WC.

minfelix:
capping capping capping everywhere.
hire Herve renard
hire Tom Sanfiet
hire Pep Guardiola
Hire Eric Chelle
Employ Sia Sia
if the goal and mindset is to qualify SE at all cost to world cup, then all amount to gambling…e no sure any coach..all of them will come and try their luck.
respect NFF decisions of who they chose to gamble with….at this point Grade A or Grade B or Grade C no matter in our March Crucial qualifiers….when situations has entered level of gamble or rushing, e no sure any coach again..anyone can come in and try his luck.
Emerse Far came in and luckily gambled his way to final beating all so called grades especially that Senegalese coach and our foreign grade A peseiro

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

Odunayaw:
I agree If Herve is not a grade A coach then we'd need to have a lot of faith in whomever we decide to employ

If we are truly patriotic and we belive our nation is a big nation at least in football then we should demand someone befitting. We can't watch and see other African nations employ proven coaches yet we say we can't afford it. Can we truly not afford proven coaches, put together a long term plan etc? Aren't we Nigeria?

Modified

They tell you they don't have money and we suck it in like a simp. Whereas people are sharing salary.

Today, we need him as a solid option. Facts

M7even:
The point is we don't need him. Even when he actualizes his dreams to play for England, we wish him good luck.

If we are goung to have a sustainable playing style it would take patience and a holistic plan

Odunayaw:
It is when the major is exhausted that we can then look on the minor. Love for handling SE and the PR towards it is secondary to ability and experience.

I appreciate that you confirm they are both blank states. If Chelle don't give us the cup then we can compare him to predecessors. That is fine. They've done it to everyone, he is not special.

On quality of play. Yes results matter but it is a worry that it seems that after they leave the team descends into disarray.