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TheGoodJoe:
Kelechi Nwakali is a brilliant talent and one I hold dear to my heart. I honestly believe he has something to offer football and I hope for a bit of light for him.

I am not thinking Super Eagles. That ship sailed when Amunike was treated badly by the NFF. I don't even break my head for Super Eagles again. The NFF and co. can do what they like with it.

I just want to see Kelechi Nwakali show immense attitude in challenging situations. Emerge from it and shine. A Player of the Match performance certainly fits into this prism.

I wonder why TheSuperNerd reporting that Kelechi Nwakali finally gets good minutes and was very impressive bites people.

Hmmm Amunike again,it seems you love Amunike under 17 boys so much

zicky:
The truth is you must be performing at a top level to get a national team invite, if we start giving excuses for division 3 or farmers league fresh invitee into the team we might be giving chance for mago mago.
Oga 94 and 2024 are different era. The standard difference btw most league was not much.

Oya rate Tanimu and Osho in eagles colour😎......my point is opportunity not lowering invitation standard.

Yes it would be difficult for a player in lower league to get invitation but if opportunity permit and he did well then no wahala

TheSuperNerd:
Meanwhile... let me say this now because I see that a few are already waiting to push this as the next agenda on our GK role.

I will scatter that table before you even set it up. Charlesemeka85, I know you are among.

So this is it.....

Even if Maduka Okoye drops a buffon world class performance vs Rwanda, I don't care!!! He will return to the bench as our second choice while Nwabali Stanley continues his deserved role as Super Eagles Number 1.

Thank you for reading. 😎

I watched Maduka keenly last season and his game against Cagliari which was the turning point.I'm still following him till date but fact he is not better than Nwabali in all ramifications

zicky:
But Taminu was invited to SE squad as a division 3, heaven did not fall. If it happens with Nwakali you know UN no go fit settle the conflict wey go erupt.

Oh you think someone like me and Mujtahida cares...if a player get eagles invite irrespective of the league na him eagles performance be Koko.....reason why I dey use my third eye dey look Boniface.

Emeka Ezeugo got invited from India league and made US 94 team...Uche Okafor was playing in a league I can't even remember...Thompson Oliha for sometime clubless .....Koko be say deliver in eagles colour if a player gets the opportunity

I just dey wait for Tanimu 90 minutes performance...I go scatter this thread for the first time,hyping him....Nwakali review was a dig on kokmne and really surprised some took it serious.

TheSuperNerd report was aiming but thegoodjoe turned it to yes yes and some monikers like humility,Charlesbaba don't want to hear such...Kai division three player.

TheSuperNerd I thought you don retire from Nwakali matter

Ebubu8:
Them no like abroad, even if you ask them to base in Islamic nation like Saudi Them go choose one government work for North or Abuja dey.


Their southern mates go japa finish and in 15 years time, all the parastatal heads are Northerners and we should discrimination whereas there is no legible southerner because their northern mates stayed back while they japad.

Let me tell you koko.Nigeria system of government favoured Hausas than any tribe or what do think about federal character commission..... The military ruled of Buhari, Babangida,Abacha and Abdulsalami were designed to favor Hausa/Fulani to the detriment of others and during this period they made themselves so rich and connected in all ministries and parastatals leaving southerners to look elsewhere for succour.

TheSuperNerd:
South Africa owned!!! Andile Dlamini owned!!! Banyana Banyana owned!!

Up the Edo Queens.

Benin Witchcraft no dey dull 🤨

)Mama Gbokan go sue you o

TheSuperNerd:
It may interest you to know that Yekini's favorite opposition was Ivory Coast. He scored more against them (7 in 8 games) than against any other opponents in his 37 goals journey across 62 NT games.

After CIV, it was Kenya (5 goals in 4 games).

Thank you Dokita.

lbrichman2:
Okoye..
Let's see you now

Yes i said this, better to be excused as a mark of respect for his Dad... Okoye oya

villagereporter:
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SA winning Afcon in 1996 was A COMPLETE FLUKE and it happens due to Nigeria boycotting the NC. After 1996 what has SA tangibly done?

South Africa got readmitted into international football in 1992 and fast forward won Afcon,always Afcon participants,quailified for 3 WCs.... Pls is there anytime SA a minnow in Africa football?

Aboki99:
I would not be surprised if Samuel had a Nairaland account dedicated to calling northern Nigerians names for marrying 18 year olds.

The hypocricy of Southern Nigerian Xtians know no bounds when it comes to these issues.

fact remain Mohammed married Aisha as a 6 years old girl and bleep her at 9 years

Meliforme:
Onyedika and Iwobi are complementary,
I think both should be starting in a midfield three.

Something is missing in our midfield for a very longtime and till date no solution.Iwobi is not the answer, 84 caps and we are still debating his influence in the middle...

minfelix:
i can bet it SA will not take 6points from Lesotho and Zimbabwe , SA wil not beat Benin in CIV…i go stake all these matches when time near

Nigeria chance of making it solely depends on eagles not SA.... we need to win oir remaining matches but eagles am seeing i no fit talk

minfelix:
super eagles back in Nigeria for Rwanda…its reported that Ola Aina has returned to England

Osayi should step in... Nwabali should be excused to respect his late Dad and let's appreciate Okoye form by fielding him against Rwanda.... Boniface should starts so that we can know maybe he is made for eagles

BascoVanVeli:
Match highlights


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN84GIQGZNY

Abeg Bassey dey take weed ni... Keeper parried the ball to corner and Bassey played it back to box 6

GMBOFASIA:
lol 😆 for someone scoring and assisting in the German bundesliga I believe he will come good soon in the national team

He should grab it now

minfelix:
bros what Kenya and SA were in those days is what Comoros and Cape verde is replicating today…
Kenya since their existence has just qualified for 6afcons out of 34afcons…oga dem be Afcon underdog biko.

pls rate SA from 1991 till date in international football... well Kenya of 80s better than Kenya of today cuz i remeber our matches with them in the 80s when Comoros,Cape Verde, Botswana,Guinea Bissau, Lesotho are not in existence talking Africa football

TheSuperNerd:
Seeing them as a tactical midfield 3 option is fine but I already know the Onyeka-Onyedika-Iwobi will be a lot more balanced than the OOB.

I just want to see the trio against Rwanda.Iwobi na my guy but i no dey gbadun am,today hot tomorrow cold... 84 caps he should be bossing our midfield

Oganigwe:
Stanley Nwabali lost his dad a few hours before the match against Benin republic, he literally played through bereavement! My respect for Stanley just went up a thousand more times.

RIP to his dad 🕊

https://x.com/AJSilverCFC/status/1857299466421674275

RIP baba Nwabali.... but if am AE Maduka should have been in goal cuz it is costly

TheSuperNerd:
I strongly disagree with this. Onyedika and Iwobi easily play together alongside another MF partner.

From your take, you are replacing Iwobi with Bashiru and Bashiru is no final ball expert or chance creator. He is a shooter and BTL AM.

Doctor,make we see Onyeka-Onyedika-Bashiru.... Iwobi and Ndidi should rest.

Samueltemi337:
At the end of the day it's a team game and everyone played their part

That was my point

minfelix:
infact those days minnows were really MINNOWS…like very very poor african teams…not now wey minnows don dey wake up
Madagascar
Comoros
kenya
Lesotho
CAR
Equitorial Guinea
Rwanda
these teams during yekini days were highly mumulized…dem no sabi play anything…even SA during our golden generation days were real amateurs

Kenya are not minnow in the 80s,in fact they made Afcon 88 and i do not think Yekini had any goal against Madagascar, Comoros, Lesotho, CAR, Equitorial Guinea and Rwanda cuz it was not easy then in the 80s for these teams to face bigger teams due to strictly CAF features.

A well widespreads features would have seen Yekini scoring more than 37 goals but anyhow Osimhen is going to beat that record with ease.

South Africa came into the party late in 1991 due to aparthied but fast forward they won Afcon 96,meaning they are not amateurs....yes we beat SA, 4-0 in Lagos but return leg was war and it ended 1-1

aicon4s:
Add Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Gambia and Mauritania to the list. Players from these countries now have European exposures and so their level of football awareness has greatly improved.

Even the likes of Senegal, Mali, Angola and Guinea were minnows in the 1980 and 90s.

Chief, how many minnows dey enter Africa qualifier group stage in the 80s.Hope you remeber it was increase in slots before Nigeria made her WC debut....

aicon4s:
The number of Offsides Osimhen was caught in Yesterday was so awful for a player of such calibre. He obviously has not improved from this downside of his game.

I think his early development failed him but with a coach who is ready to work on him... Osimhen go score tire

Samueltemi337:
If There was no Osimhen in AFCON 2023 we for nor reach finals
Forget say Na just one goal he score
But the penalties he won and assist took us to the finals

What can you say about Ekong afcon 2023....

johnjunior39:
Question is what was iheancho doing in that X11.

I cant really fault Iwobi. Why play him deep?

84 caps with no clear cut performances.Iwobi should be the main man by now but his performances na yimmu

BascoVanVeli:
Boniface brace, I'm claiming it

Hmmm,waiting for Boniface goals,hope against Rwanda...... but una no dey wait for Sadiq,Onuachu, Dessers abi Awoniyi... na to dey bash dem even na comeo appearance..... Am waiting for Boniface to come to the party too,starting two matches ahead of Osimhen is a grace that no other CF enjoy

AndSunGorilla:
Moses has really improved on his deliveries!!!!!! second time consecutively!!!!

Oga forget it, some not just rate him,the guy is good or what do you want to say about Chuckwueze,despite poor showings with eagles you will still see some trying to give him soft landing... Boniface getting pampering

elyte89:
Na dis kind matches Dey make nff reason white coach at times…anyway my cv still Dey with dem 😎

J peseiro failed to beat Lesotho and even lost at home to Guinea Bissau,also Rohr lost to CAR at home,baba we too dey overrate this people....

Starboytwo:
I just dey wonder if we no get Osimhen for this country.

Naso we dey wonder if we no get Yekini then so nothing new abi wetin Argentina and Porrugal go talk without Messi and Ronaldo...... Ok who carry us for Afcon 2023....abeg make we dey appreciate our players positive contributions.

Nollywood actress Adesanya tattoed her man name Goriola on her lap but they went their different ways in a messy brouhaha.... the man was telling everybody with pride that she has his name tatooed in her sensitive area wey any man go see before bleeping her..... the thing is not about Gen z but women minds

Franktom247:
This Iwobi I saw today is shocking to know that he has 84 caps already

How can Nigeria be relying on this guy for creativity in 2024

Iwobi 84 caps showed that Nigeria lacks natural midfieders... ex players like Obiorah,Oruma and Duke Udi find it so difficult with presence of Okocha