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charlesemeka85:
my oga I hail oooo

E don tey I never see u online, hope all is well? Weldone sir 🙏🙏❤️❤️

Big man I dey o...how Una side.

Bannedlargejr:
You guys watch Lookman week in and out at a certain position excelling. Tomorrow, when he visits the super eagles, our coach will select him as a LW and Nigerian fans will be asking why SE players aren’t replicating their club performances

Lookman has been doing well even as LW in eagles.

charlesemeka85:
if we can hype players from the English 3rd tier what’s wrong according same mention to those doing well the Scottish top tier which is more competitive?

Even we dey hype Spor Spor league now😄 Abeg make Osimhen comot for that league joor...

lbrichman2:
That's just the reality Chief
Boni performing in the bundesliga & UCL gives him a lot of rope
And if he wins another trophy this season, e don finish be that. We are stuck with him
Boni will come through though..

The difference between boni and other SE strikers not named Osimhen is, Boni is a league champion and plays for a top team
That quality will prevail soon

I just hope he shake things up....if he go by 13 to 15 caps with no goal you will know that we are not stuck...

chrisooblog:
This is one of the reasons I wasn't a big Yakubu Ayiegbeni fan. That I could hardly be bothered attitude. Fans, players and coaches are tense you will be catwalking on the pitch like nothing is at stake.

Boniface is a player to give us needed boost even if Osimhen is not available.The talent is there to see but damn too comfortable and relax when it comes to national team.He just need to shake things up.....we have Osimhen, Lookman and Boniface and still be struggling

jihday:
so are you telling me that Boniface could have taken 6-7 years off his age? 😏 Dessers is 30 while Boniface is 24 besides as we’ve seen recently a player loosing form may have nothing to do with his age

Oga age matter make we no go there...i hate discussing it cuz I have seen enough,so nobody should bring age to castigate foreign born player with precise data capture and still use age to eulogize a player born in a country where everything goes,am sorry to say this cuz am apostle of "don't let us talk about age"

jihday:
while I’m not against having Dessers in the team but anytime the bar is raised high for him he doesn’t do well i.e his time in Italy and even now Rangers fans don’t exactly think highly of him, I don’t think he’ll do better than the strikers we have in the team. What we have is a chance creation problem not necessarily a scoring problem

Sir am a real orthodox football fan and here am talking eagles...big question what has Boniface done in eagles that Dessers has not done, sometimes we need to be objective in our talks.....I should be waiting for Boniface to perform cuz he is doing wonder with Leverkusen and coming to national team doing content than footballing......now do we have such patience for other strikers like Moffi,Awo,Sadiq and Dessers...pls rate this guys in eagles color and see where Boni stand.

My stand Boni should perform or give way than relying on Leverkusen to keep on getting invitations and at the end nothing to show.

Joebie:
Orihuela vs Getafe (Uche in action)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OujTIawhzHs

Oga Jobie na Uche you come show us abi Getafe keeper

lbrichman2:
Boss, no way that will happen
Only injury can keep him out of SE, as long as he keeps performing for B04

So keep on performing for Leverkusen and keep on coming out poor in eagles color? invitations still guarantee

GMBOFASIA:
I don’t see boniface being dropped anytime soon He is enjoying immunity playing in the bundesliga and delivering for b04 and also doing well in champions league too I feel that the reason why people are being patient with him that goals will come if he were to be playing in Scottish league or any retirement league people would have come for his head so far boniface is playing in top league and he is doing very well he will always be invited and he will be given benefit of doubt to replicate that form in the national team

Let us keep on waiting....by the time any striker seized the opportunity then you will understand better that fans no send any bundesliga and UCL performance.....no be Nwabali dey keep Seria A Okoye for bench.

lbrichman2:
Boni has age on his side and plays at a higher level than Dessers..
That's why Dessers is often not remembered
Age and where he plays
Dessers will have to post super human numbers to get a look in over Boni

I hate doing this regarding age especially when it involved Nigeria born and our foreign born,so don't let us go into age factor....Akure born vs Dutch born age matter,hope you get it.

I think you are over hyping Boniface telling us Dessers need to post super human numbers to get a look in abi no be the same Super eagles

TheSuperNerd:
Well answered. To be honest, Boniface's Zero goals in 11 caps is impossible to defend anymore. At this point, any whisper of Dessers from this angle is valid.

But then stretching this to Osimhen is another matter.

Thank you...Mujtahida and kog just dey look some monikers here...imagine waiting for Boniface goal and condemning other strikers...wetin dey vex me Boni man no see am as anything..."imagine Osimhen played straight 5 matches with zero goal,this place go scatter.

Not a fan of Dessers but he is next to Osimhen go by his current form.

lbrichman2:
Not happening Chief
Boniface will always be invited whether he scored in the next game or not..
At worst, he go dey come from bench
There's no way our handlers will overlook VB balling in the bundesliga & UCL
Not happening..

Oga forget o ...well Libya cancelled match gave Boniface lifeline.let him continuing enjoying his immunity of Leverkusen performances,soon he would be remember as another Akpoborie if he failed to come to the party

Lookman dey WOTOWOTO DEM DEM.....APOTY in waiting...Nigeria best Africa best...APOTY is not leaving Nigeria soon.

adonainana:
First time I will support a protest

Someone used pen and paper to write against you

Why don’t you use that same pen and paper to defend yourself and all the allegations

Instead, you go around criminal detaining him

How many corrupt politicians have been detained in such manner before

How is democracy going to thrive if you don’t have freedom of speech

There is no smoke without fire, it’s possible Afe Babalola was an extremely corrupt lawyer who received kickbacks and contracts illegally through govt influence

His university costs billions almost the same on par with universities built with fraudulent pastors who milk thier congregation for money such as bishop oyedepo and the rest

If he had nothing to hide he won’t be running helter scatter because of a book

Like
How can a book trigger someone so much

Read what you wrote here and gives verdict.....too much of emotional bla bla.

Subzerooo:
If he's a midfielder bring

Forward but we have Christanus Uche of Getafe and Akinsanmiro Ebenezer of Sampdoria

humility33:
This Lazio kid Tijani Nsolim is he stil eligible for us?


How did we loose out on the lad

Loose who? 25 years old man a kid?

Tijani Nsolin is a Dutch with Nigeria and Indonesia roots,played for Sittard,Verona and now Lazio after struggling to make it in his earlier career,released by Twente.

Are you saying Nzolin deserve eagles call up?

zicky:
For me, my ranking of Nigeria best performance
1.Ekong
2 Lookman
3.Onyeka
4 Osimhen.
5.nwabali
6.Aina
7.Bassey
Then the rest
The whole team gave their all, but looking at Caf listing you can draw your conclusion who has the best performance.
Same tournament that see Ekong listed among Best defenders?

My Afcon best Super eagles performers....

1.Ademola Lookman...3 goals and wonderful assist for Osimhen against EG was great.He had a great tournament and came to the parties when we needed him most.He was wonderful against Angola and Cameroon.

2.Troost Ekong...3 goals,scored Ivory Coast twice,a decisive penalty against Ivory Coast and had a wonderful tournament that surprised fans.

3.Ola Aina....played RB and LB in the tournament and had performance that would be remembered as the best by any eagles wingback in Afcon,though very average in the final.

4.Frank Onyenka...he was all over the field,worked his socks off with full energy,reminded fans of Onazi scintillating performance in Afcon 2013.It will take third eye to recognize Onyenka on the field.

5.Bassey Calvin...what a great tournament for the young lad.He did well in 3 man defence alongside Ekong and Ajayi and full of strength moving forward to complement Sanusi.

6.Stanley Nwabali...came in and gave us world class performance that have been eluding us in our goalkeeping department for a long time.He gave masterclass performance during penalty shootouts against SA.

7.Semi Ajayi....with Ekong and Bassey were on defensive all through the tournament based on Peseiro approached to our games.He formed a good understanding at the back with Ekong and Bassey.I rated the trio as the best cuz they did very well defensively.He was denied a goal against Cameroon.

8.Osimhen Victor...a goal in the tournament but worked for the team throughout and had a great performance against Cameroon, especially never die assist to Lookman speak volume of his class.

The team generally did well,hope we make it to WC.

Amedino99:
no let nairaland bubble deceive you. person wey dey chop slander for Twitter and Facebook Wella. Better expand your horizon no let nairaland deceive you. I don see person wey call am oh semen as slander name.

This thread represent real football talking about eagles,X and Facebook critics are more of bla bla,many out of football context

zicky:
Which whatsapp group Boniface dey.

No o we are waiting for Boniface goals

DeloitteNG:
Imagine say Dessers lead our line for Afcon you think say we for smell finals
Abi nor be the same Dessers we see against Mali
Dessers, sadiq, Onuachu and Awoniyi na the same WhatsApp group them dey
We should move away from these people

Why did you omitted Boniface....my Man fact,we don't believe in these guys and any mistake we take them on,just check their minutes and see criticisms they received.....I can only blame Onuachu considering his caps with eagles.

COOL10:
I've barely even said much about Osimhen yet about three people have already come out to defend him, yet they claim that Osimhen has a lot of critics.


I know more defenders will come. . They keep proving my points every single time. I'm loving it

Are you criticizing Osimhen for not scoring goals or poor performance in Afcon?

minfelix:
-imagine what would have happened if Osimhen had not wrestled that defender to set up lookman free goal.
-Imagine what would have happened if osimhen had not been brought down in second match vs CIV…ekong for see penalty score?
-Imagine what would have happen if Osimhen had not given Ekong another penalty chance against SA, shey him for see goal score?.
Osimhen did not score goals at the afcon but he was not terrible

wait oh,did you praise any player for doing the same for Osimhen and others cuz we have seen players wrestling and doing a lot of stuffs in assisting for goals

COOL10:
Here are the minutes played of the players I mentioned:

Awoniyi: 426 minutes

Saqiq: 309 minutes

Onuachu: 797 minutes

Boniface: 591 minutes

Dessers: 322 minutes


You can see that even by minutes played, Cyriel Dessers has a better goal scoring record in the Super Eagles than those particular players.

Good bro but can you give me their starting stats not coming from the bench minutes....

Samueltemi337:
Go to super eagles social spaces and see how people hate Osimhen
Some people even still carry that finidi matter for head till today

Osimhen goofed on Finidi matter and anyone supporting him on that is not helping him.

COOL10:
Now compare that to the multitude of fans who defended him against those so called criticisms. That's my point. There will always be exceptions but what matters is the majority. Majority always carries the vote. Osimhen is the Super Eagles' favourite child for a reason.

I'm not getting your point on criticism...are you saying a must to criticize a player even if he is performing cuz Osimhen has not had any woeful performance in eagles that would warrant heavy criticisms

COOL10:
How many strikers have clicked for the Super Eagles apart from Osimhen and Iheanacho? Bro, I don't where you were when I made the initial comparisons but in case you missed it, here's the updated list:


Sadiq Umar has 1 goal in 12 matches for the Super Eagles.

Paul Onuachu has 3 goals in 25 matches for the Super Eagles.

Awoniyi has 2 goals in 10 matches for the Super Eagles.

Boniface has 1 goal in 11 matches for the Super Eagles.

Cyriel Dessers has 2 goals in 6 matches for the Super Eagles and those 2 goals came from 2 starts. 1 against Mexico and another against Ghana( 2 teams that are not easy to score against).


As you can see, Dessers has a better goal per game ratio for the Super Eagles than most, if not all of the strikers I mentioned above apart from Osimhen and Iheanacho, yet they keep getting multiple invites ahead of him.


Dessers is one of the few Nigerian players who decided to play for us despite the fact that he could have easily played for the country of his birth/naturalization. The other players I can think of are Iwobi, Victor Moses and perhaps Lookman.


As at the time Dessers decided to play for us, the only Belgian striker that had a better goal scoring record than him was Lukaku. Every other Belgian striker was beneath Dessers. Even Lois Openda was nowhere to be found. I made the comparisons on this thread some years back.


If Dessers decides to play for Belgium tomorrow, he's walking into that team WITH EASE, especially now that Openda isn't performing well, but I know he won't because he loves Nigeria so much.

Pls can you gives us minutes played stats of our strikers in eagles.

COOL10:
Lol, how many Nigerian fans have the balls to criticize Osimhen when he performs poorly? 😂. Let's be realistic please.😂


If Dessers is involved in the WC Qualifiers and we fail to qualify, Nigerians will ask for his head, as well as the head of the usual scapegoat: Alex Iwobi 🤣. That's when you'll hear that Foreign born players don't have the "Nigerian spirit." Nigerians are funny people.


Let Eguavoen leave Dessers alone abeg. He should go and play the qualifiers with Sadiq Umar and the rest. Magic can happen 🤣

Fans criticized Osimhen against Ghana

TheSuperNerd:
To be fair, Dessers has more Super Eagles goals than Boniface and in lesser caps too. Just saying.

Anyway, all of the striking backups hasn't exactly impressed much in the GWG.

Osimhen competency will not let us see much of other strikers,like playing time.Boniface started with Osimhen on the bench twice but failed,other strikers didn't have that opportunities.It is left for AE to give us reliable striker in case Osimhen is not available.

elyte89:
Give me d news 🗞️ where Dey secure d sponsor or u remain silent 🤫 😊😊😊,i am still in d race


Nb …no quote owngoal o 😊

Sebi na to get another foreign carpenter...checking Rohr stats with national teams you will see that he just used Nigeria to paddle his CV,very poor coach....my grouse with NFF is not appointing competent foreign coach.

SouthSouth1914:
Whitewash! The IGP wasn’t vindicated, those officers took the fall. Have you been to the force headquarters before? If you have, you’d know the protocols involved in these things.

So IGP directed the officers to do the dirty deal...pls there are times to praise and condemn

LandMann:
When the head (Tinubu) is corrupt and rotten, the body (public officials) become sick and rotten as well

Una too like wahala...na today corruption started...instead of you to condemn Ejike,Okafor and Kayode na to divert real topic just cuz of emotional support