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mekabuachi:
South Africa this south Africa that

Uba just dey give them publicity because what's all this😂
We couldn't beat south Africa in 120 minutes
Dem too couldn't beat us in 120 minutes
Player our second 11 in uyo last year.... No osihmen, ekong, aina, Moses Simon.... Still it ended draw

SA are very aware that we are there biggest threat even if SE had 2 points and SA had 15 points....
They won't still breath down till they qualified

Y'all rest with this SA building.. team cohesion blah blah blah
Dem no their mate
I only blame SE for letting these countries feel superior
Mtcheew 😂

Fact,SA performance is not a joke so they are team to beat forget our stars studded team.....the group standing is not fake

Penguin2:
Don’t mind the swines!

Because of how morally bankrupt they are, they think it’s everybody that can be bought like Reno Omokri, FFK, Daniel Bwala, Doyin Okupe and co.

But news flash, some of us are people of character that can never be bought. We are ruled by our conviction and not material things.

That’s why that assertion that everybody has a price is very very fallacious.

Not all of us can be bought like the Nairaland zombies that litter this platform defending rubbish.

Ogbeni you too dey mis yarn rubbish,coming to Nairaland dey feel on top of the world.

Who gave him 5 billion?he failed to mention names but here you are getting your mojo labelling people corrupts...na hypocrisy go kill you guys here,if anything didn't go una ways na to dey spill trash.

Wike under GEJ na good man then fighting Ameachi but now bad man fighting Fubara.

Una be chief HYPOCRITE.

AustineE1:
Unlike privileged Lagos,where federal government awards a whole lot of intra state lines to Lagos,only for Lagos state govt to link it up with inter state rail lines.
Anambra as a pacesetter state,will do well if the ambitious and very determined governor
can nuture these rail lines to fruition,inspite of the obvious lack of support from FG,it will boost the economy of Anambra and environs.

I know you will turned it to Lagos vs Anambra but state wey go catch Lagos no dey naija

Jerrymanta:
The bigger and more baffling problem here( glaring and obvious as it is) is that we've overplayed the same crop of midfielders/players for the larger part of the last decade...and I'm talking about Ndidi and Iwobi as the anchors of our midfield! the real problem is that we relied on these two guys in that midfield that our coaching staffs and NFF have gotten so lazy and unwilling to try new ideas. The heart and soul of every functioning team lies in its midfield- and in Ndidi and Iwobi, we've failed to exist beyond the palpable limitations of these 2.

What happened to trying new midfielders? We have Daga, Ojediran, Uche, Anjorin and Anthony Dennis who should form the core of a new generation for us with the likes of Onyeka, Onyedika and Fisayo who are our latest midfield boys to provide the balance and experience. Ndidi is a done and dusted player while Iwobi is now a luxury player at best.

In attack, we overplayed the likes of Simon Moses and Chukwueze, heck even Lookman needs some real competition...Osimhen has been largely carrying that attack by himself thanks to his natural hustling and gritty mentality, the attacking outlets around him have been largely inconsistent...Boniface is neither here or there and is fast becoming another Jonathan Akpoborie (effective for club, and inconvenience for country). Lookman has his brillant moments but seems to have been found out by African teams who surely want to prove a point against one of Europe's best players...the less said about Chukwueze the better, and then we have Simon who works hard but has his fair share of low IQ moments.

Why not try other attacking dynamics in Ejuke, Orban, Tella, Akpom, Akor Adams, Ariehi Kparobo, Durosinmi etc

In defence Ekong is too slow, father time came too early for him. We have Igoh Ogbu, Osuji, Benjamin Federick, Ndah, Jordan Torunarigha and then try one or two best picks from the NPFL.

Goal-keeping definitely is begging for a Noah Atubolu, Maduka is back in good form and needs more time and chances, Arthur Okonkwo is doing well as well.

Full back position- Felix Agu is doing well, I don't fancy Osayi one bit...would rather try Bassey in the LB position cause I believe that's his natural position. Let Igoh Ogbu/Osuji be integrated into that center-back position and form the much needed chemistry. Zaidu is still a good utility player for his defensive abilities, and Aina needs an understudy/competition which Agu can provide.

We can try all these players at no risk when we play the unity game this June, a perfect window and mini-tournament to start rebuilding some chemistry among our fringe players and prepare for AFCON and world cup 2030 (I've given up on this one barring a miracle).

Osimhen should be given the captains armband as well

I love your points but no time to on this route....Uche Christanus has passed the test by doing it weekly and he is the missing link, regarding CB,Ogbu already got his invitation,fact we need ball playing CB and Olisa Ndah fit the bill but I will suggest Leon Balogun back to the team as squad member....no Africa team has find Lookman out ....Aina and Osayi okay for RB position.

Chelle should stop playing players out of positions

robosky02:
Breaking news;

Big boost for the super eagles of Nigeria qualifying hopes as CAF finally deducts The bafana bafana of South Africa 3 points and award the 3 points to Lesotho and a 3~0 victory to Lesotho 🇱🇸 for the fielding of Teboho Mokoena who was supposed to be suspended for that match against Lesotho for accumulated yellow cards.

This means South Africa 🇿🇦 now have 10 points n the super eagles close in with their 7 points ..

It now means if the super eagles of Nigeria wins their remaining 4 matches, they qualify automatically for the World Cup .

Pain went down to the people from kuvukiland 😊

source

ChrisKels:
Oga nothing concern Lesotho with FIFA's decision. Whether Lesotho tables a case or not, that won't affect FIFA'S decision as long as SA has been found guilty of breaching the regulations. How many times do you want us to say this before you understand it?

Thank you,how on earth will SA and Lesotho would be having meeting abi people forget that tiny Togo made WC..... Lesotho getting that 3 points is sure

opes:
The problem started in the late 80s. After the 1988 Olympics, 3 Nigerian players were found to have falsified their ages. FIFA banned us for two years due to age cheating and Nigeria was stripped the right to host the 1991 World Youth Championship.

Yes the trios of Siasia,Andrew Uwe and Dahiru Sadi,NFF made terrible mistakes in going to Seoul 88 Olympics with data base, funny Olympics then was not an age competition so why?....Dahiru Sadi made under 20 team to Mexico, Samson Siasia and Andrew Uwe under 20 team to Moscow 85,Uwe then was undergraduate in University of Ife,while Siasia finished secondary school 83 but made the team in 1985, meaning they're young.

My point in the 80s Nigeria relied on YSFON,Manuwa Adebanjo cup,Youth sports festival, Principal cups,NUGA and NIPOGA games but after missing out in 1991 due to the ban, Nigeria resulted to league to discover players for under 17.

cenaman:
Government of the Yorubas by the Yorubas and for the Yorubas

But una dey talk say Ilorin na Fulani so which one be Yoruba again....

charlesemeka85:
BankyGee carry on no mind oga Kog45 🤣🤣🤣

Na only Nwakali and Tanimu reporting we wan dey see for here 😄😄

BankyGee:
Moses Simon GOAL!
🇳🇬🦅

BankyGee if I have my way I for ban your reporting on our players performances... Zimbabwe match still dey vex me.

Well done baba Banky

AndSunGorilla:
Richard Owubokiri was writing WAEC while he played for Sharks back in the days. Henry Nwosu and Stephen Keshi were drafted right after their secondary schools into the national team. Adokie also started very young.
Also there was à popular music band in the 70s called Ofege who were all St Gregory students. Yes we have had âgé cheating but it's not totally out of place.

Samson Siasia didn't make Mexican 83 due to WAEC exams when he was in St.Finbaars but made Moscow 85.....I remember watching Nduka Ugbade,Victor Igbinoba,Dimeji Lawal, Lucky Agbosibavre,Fatai Atere during Kwara 85 sports festival....In the 80s we got them from YSFON,Manuwa Adebanjo cup and Principal cup.....but Japan 93 team started the influx of league players into under 17.

opes:
15/16 years old boys already playing in the local league. Lol..few of them had a great career though..

I watched Kanu Nwankwo against Ranchers bees of Kaduna playing for Iwanyanwu Nationale in FA cup match in Ilorin and this was 1991 and guess what he played Japan 93

do4luv14:
Na Ileya Dem dey kill Ram nau

do4luv you go like ram o😄

Starboytwo:
Who kill ram for here??

See yourself 😄 no be this festival Dem dey kill ram o but guess what families no even get money to buy chicken.. it's well o

zicky:
Yea the team held their own in Rwanda but looking at it critically, it was Osimhen individual brilliance that gave us the win.

It was the team collectivity cuz a well laid free kick from Lookman and also Chuckwueze little effort for the second goal.... against Zimbabwe it was yeoman assist from Aina....let us not put Osimhen in Rashidi Yekini situation.

Remember Ekong said eagles is not only about Osimhen,very heavy statement.

We need to appreciate them together,though Osimhen is the main man

opes:
Teslim Fatusi was not part of Japan 93 squad. He made it to Atlanta 96 though and he was not the only player from SW in that team

Part of the team but not registered officially,18 registered with 4 standby....thank you for the correction.

jihday:
some people deserve to be ignored, just empty head and vibes

That thought get as ebi o my brother....having Alhassan and Sadiq na the issue but nobody cried having Tijani and Garba Lawal then and I remember only Teslim Fatusi made Japan 93 team from SW but who care, result be Koko.

Learned guys are losing their sanities just cuz of tribalism, reading meaning to things in tribal lines.

Well,I want Onyeka and Uche Christanus in the next list.

Hanibal:
We don't have midfield deficiencies..

It's the super eagles coaches for whatever reason year on year are refusing to play more than 2 midfielders at a time.
For whatever reason... that defies logic

It's annoying, we will be playing against players from Ashanti kotoko and our midfield will be overrun

I wish a journalist will ask the reason(s) for this anomaly someday

The coaches lacks tactics.I remember Westerhoff used only Sunday Oliseh in the middle during WC instructing Siasia, Amunike and Finidi to support Oliseh if we are losing possession and it works.

I think we are arrogant believing we can override smaller countries using formations that we lack players to execute it,now am beginning to understand Peseiro style of play during Afcon,prior to Afcon he was finding it difficult to get results reason why he drew Zimbabwe and Lesotho....He realized he lacked possessive midfielders and only way out is to have 3 man defenders with 5 players in the middle supporting the attack and defence.

zuchyblink:
Uche and Onyeka? That name alone disqualifies them. That thing Politics has entered our football.

The same politics failed to disqualify the name Ndidi,Onyedika,Iwobi,Ogbu and Chuckwueze.

Abeg Oga Zuchy,make we talk football and leave politics for Dem Dem

Mujtahida:
Since 2017 we've been talking about golden generation. E be like our golden generation has turned to OLDEN generation without anything to show for it oo.

When we dey talk Dem go talk say na IICC,Enugu Rangers abi na stationery stores stories we dey talk.

Muj,fact we are in for it but many are so emotional attached to this eagles,two APOTYs but finding it difficult to beat Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Benin.

joelsteron:
Chelle should try this in friendly

GK: Stanley Nwabali

DEF: Bruno Onyemaechi, Igoh Ogbu, Jordan Torunarigha, Ola Aina

MID: Moses Simon, Frank Onyeka, Raphael Onyedika, Samuel Chukwueze

FWD: Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman

Ekong out,Bassey out,Iwobi out,Osayi out,Ndidi out but you still have Chuckwueze?

Eagles need ball playing CB to support Bassey or Ekong and one of Onyeka or Onyedika should replace Ndidi....Uche Christanus should come in and see solid eagles

Daninya33:
Eric Chelle is clearly not in absolute charge of the Squad selection list that prosecuted the WCQ matches.

It was the hands of Esau and the voice of Jacob.

The NFF and their Stooges, AE the technical advisor and other members of the cabal should clearly hands off the NT at all levels.

Any player who must make the NT list must be based on competency at all levels.

God fatherism must stop in Nigeria at all levels.

Coaches must be given a free hand to select their players.

They will take responsibility for their successes and failures 100 percent.

Chelle should resign if he is not in charge period.....when Finidi was in charge nobody talked about NFF influenced but blaming Finidi.....Chelle is in charge and should take responsibility or else na gbege for him

do4luv14:
Awo keh Does N.Forrest had a match today??

Yes but forget o,Awoniyi is better than Tolu I watched against Rwanda and Zimbabwe,funny Chelle picked Tolu ahead of Boniface and Sadiq,meaning Osimhen is in for a long thing,I pray no injury to Osi monster.

Samueltemi337:
Uche and Onyeka should be starting in that midfield
The same Papa Daniel and Aribo he didn't give a single minute
So why call them up
If you don't trust them to play

Dropping Onyeka just messed up the squad,next call up must include Onyeka and Uche

Meliforme:
Let's wait and see him play more often in midfield to get a clearer perspective.
His passing and creativity doesn't agree to your notion of him as the missing link, as things stands

Na him be Koko no be today we don dey watch this game....we too dey make things difficult in our analysis....make Chelle give me ball playing CB to compliment Bassey or Ekong,and Onyedika or Onyeka shielding the back four with Uche Christanus as real pivotal in the middle and see things done with ease.

Samueltemi337:
We should not judge him with his stats at Barnsley but that of chaves
Just see talk
Even when he was at chaves his stats was not impressive
Uche is doing it in La Liga
But we should leave Uche and think about Nwakali a bench player in English League two

Hmmm,sir Meli no get fault o cuz Chelle preferred Papi Daniel,Alhassan Yusuf over Uche Christanus,even omitted warrior like Onyeka the Tank

Meliforme:
Their preferences and style of football are seemingly disparate.
I will pick both, and vary my tactics accordingly

But Nwakali is more important to the Super Engles.

Pls stop it...I don't care if Nwakali is call up but telling me Nwakali is important than Uche,haba wetin gan sef......Uche Christanus is the missing link

Haha English third division midfielder over La Liga solid midfielder.

yinkeys:
Can he distribute long balls like Ekong does
Can he build from the back like Ekong does ?
Can he pose serious threats to the opposition in setpieces?
We need our best legs ready in September
Time will tell

Ekong build from the back?

DrYa:
Very devilish...
SA again, plus the host... na wa o

I no dey understand CAF o

daveP:
Finidi
Eguavoen
Chelle


If they had just gotten a permanent manager after Peseiro, like Herve Renard, we would be top of that group by now. Mtchew.


No coach for Falcons o. If they have s terrible outing in the wafcon they'll begin to run helter skelter, talking to the press asif dem sabi better thing. Incompetent lots.

Kai you put Eguavoen and left Peseiro out ...wetin concern Eguavoen with our WC qualifiers

kingphilip:
You're still leaving out Peseiro who started on a bad note before it was compounded by others.

Give Peseiro his flowers too please.

Peseiro started the campaign on a very poor note,drew Lesotho and Zimbabwe.

Odunayaw:
This was what you said that made me respond

Slower but better than Ekong with his feet on the ball...

If he played ball well & at the dying minutes his pace and reaction let him down for us to concede, will you accept it?

Just like we conceded against Zimbabwe....my point with CB who read the game very well,possibly we might not have conceded that goal.

I just hope Chelle shake things up