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Beautiful city, I wonder why some other cities can't look the same

It will never be well with Amoda Ogunlere,

He must suffer for the terror he has unleashed upon the people.

Just like he did during GEJ tenure and at Lekki toll gate during Endsars he has brought insecurity into the country.

The whole world now knows who he is, spits

Goke7:
Tunisia almost qualified for the World Cup in 2014 through the back door so no be today jare!

Back door o front door all na door. 😂

The SE is not going to the WC

caprikon:
The loss against Italy during US 94 and missing out of this world cup in the manner we did must be the most painful moments in SE history. Edafe's claim about this set of SE players may just be true after all.

It started with the incompetence of the NFF for not protesting South Africa playing almost all their games at home along with them not serious with hiring a coach on time.

Sadly they will find a way to lobby FIFA to attend the world cup with their concubines as some sort of delegates.

Philosopher1979:
Iwobi , Moses Simon the old young man, Wilfred Ndidi , ajayi, and osayi Samuel

ebenezer akinsanmiro, sanni suleiman, onuche ogbelu, benjamin fredericks, a nigerian defender in austria (i have forgotten his name sounds lik aiwu), alebiosu (that chelle just called up), emmanuel chukwu (in the same austrain league).

So want the coach to completely replace experienced professionals with U-21 players who are barely just starting their careers.

Aiwu is an Austrian and might have issues switching to the SE as Austria typically doesn't allow dual citizenship except in certain cases, it's the same issues Tobias Lawal had.

The same ones you all are clamoring for are still the ones Nigerians will abuse after a few games, like they've abused Ekong into retirement.

9JAMac10:
Will Troost ekong be named amongst the 5 best defenders to ever play for Nigeria . Wish he had retired after the previous Afcon. That last minute equalizer against Zimbabwe and the own goal versus South Africa will linger on for a long time. Wait until the World Cup approaches next summer for Nigerians to really feel the pain . Iwobi , Moses Simon the old young man, Wilfred Ndidi , ajayi, and osayi Samuel please follow suit and announce your retirement

Can you mention the players that'll comfortably replace the said players in their current roles in the SE?

Thank you for your services William Troost Ekong, you served your father's land gracefully and diligently.

The Iragbiji Dracula needs to retire as well before he completely burns the entire country up.

It didn't start now, Funso Williams was killed while he was still Governor of Lagos while he was busy claiming to tame the Atlantic Ocean and perform miracles.

His incompetence knows no bounds, spits.

Tinubu is the cause of all this, shame on him. Spits

Very proud of Bukayo Saka, he was very wise to avoid the muscular-legged, beard growing sad.east ones.

I see what happened in Guinea Bissau happening in another west African country soon,

This I have seen!

The Chicago drug lord must be booted out and sent back to the forest he came from.

This I have seen!

Sniffing drugs has completely destroyed him, spits.

I see the FG sabotaging his effort and betraying him,

I see him getting arrested and charged with treason,

I see the drug baron turning a blind eye towards his predicament in exchange of northern votes,

I see him regretting ever caring about the corrupt/useless nation

This I have seen!

TheCongo2:
DR Congo’s football success was built at home.
Nigeria’s football success has mostly depended on players raised and developed abroad. Without this “foreign aid,” nobody would even mention Nigerian football internationally. Meanwhile, Congo’s local league has produced local stars, attracted foreign talents, and even supplied players who represent the national teams of other countries.

DR Congo’s local players have won the CHAN (African Nations Championship) twice, while Nigerian local players have never won it.

Look at the club level:
Congo’s TP Mazembe is one of Africa’s greatest clubs.
– They won multiple CAF Champions League titles.
– They qualified three times for the FIFA Club World Cup.
– And in 2010, they made history as the first African club to reach the final, losing only to Inter Milan.
No Nigerian club has ever come close to that achievement.

Look at the players:
Congo produced world-class talents locally. One example is Mputu Mabi Trésor — a superstar developed entirely in Congo who never went abroad. He won the Best Local African Player award. He was so good that major European clubs, including Arsène Wenger’s Arsenal, tried to sign him, but Mazembe refused, as he was too important to the team.

Recent proof on the pitch:
In the last Congo vs Nigeria game:

Meschack Elia, who scored for Congo, initially joined the national team from the local league and was later recruited by a Swiss club.

Chancel Bemba, captain and scorer of the final penalty, also rose from the local league to the national team before moving to Belgium. Today, he is one of the well known stars in Europe.

Kalala Mayele, whose two goals were disallowed, also came to the national team from the local league before signing in Tanzania. At the CAF Awards 2025, he was named African Inter-clubs Player of the Year.

Meanwhile, in Nigeria, a kid growing up locally cannot realistically expect to join the Super Eagles unless he first develops abroad. This is the Nigerian mentality. Even Nigerians themselves often show little respect for their local league and clubs. On sites like Nairaland, there is a tendency to prioritize European clubs, as if Nigerian clubs and leagues don’t exist. In contrast, visiting a Congolese forum reveals pride in the league and in local players.

I could go on, but I’ll stop here: Nigeria has no better track record than Congo. Only those with low self-esteem who believe anything from Europe is inherently better than what Africa produces would think otherwise. Nigeria relies heavily on foreign-trained players for its football success, and without that “foreign aid,” its football would barely be noticed internationally.

DR Congo called up 23 players for their last round of qualifying against Nigeria and Cameroon, 19 of those players were born and raised in Europe including the 3 goalkeepers they called up.

Tuanzebe was born in Congo and raised in England. Only 3 out of 23 players they called up lived in Congo from the ages of 5 upwards. Their success wasn't built in Congo

The thing about the home based Nigeria call ups is that they'll call up carpenters and bricklayers instead lf actual footballers.

Tinupoos drugs finally got to him, RIP to the deceased

Tinupoo divide the country now!

UncleHaba22:
When person talk about iwobi Una go rush person

Iwobi should focus on Fulham and his music career he's never a national team player

Iwobi is not the reason we lost today and we don't actually have a lot of players to choose from unless we start begging foreign-born players.

The entire team was outplayed by DR Congo from the 1st minute to the 120th.

It's time to focus on the Afcon

Chelle and the players did their best after a rough start under Peseiro and Finidi, it's a miracle they even got this far.

They should just focus on the Afcon next month, the only sad part is that majority of them will be in their 30s if we qualify for 2030.

I see him getting released and accepted into the Nigerian army,

I see him causing a security breach in the unit that will lead to casualties within that unit,

This I have seen!

Mujtahida:
The same Ndidi who was praised to the heavens, is today the villain.

I thank the players for keeping this dream to this point. Life goes on.

Exactly, I don't know why some fans are always looking for a scapegoat after every loss, they quickly did a 360 degrees turnaround on Nwabali after the match, now it's Iwobi and Tolu.

In the previous games it was Dessers and Ekong.

Maybe Bameyi and his u20 brothers should be promoted and used for Afcon, smh

They should prepare well for Afcon then

TheGoodJoe:
We are not yet ready to build a sound tactical playing side. When we are ready, NFF will seat up.

Do you suggest we introduce Nwakali at this stage?

Until the next qualifiers, hopefully Bameyi and other crap players won't be used to destroy the first few games like Sodiq and Taminu were used this time in the early games.

9JAMac10:
Let’s go win Afcon to appease Nigerians.

It's too early for this

TheGoodJoe:
I disagree.

We can't say we tried our best when we were not the better side.

Even though we lost, it wasn't easy dragging it to penalties despite struggling, they did their best

Procashtips:
We played extra time 2 days ago, they didn't.

The game was played on Wednesday, they had enough time to rest

COOL10:
Please let's take it easy on the penalty takers abeg. It's not easy

No one should blame the players, they gave their best

Well the players tried their best