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Goke7:
Our FA wey no even know say SA use ineligible player, no be for this thread that the ineligible player was exposed? Even the Libya issue it was Ekong who voiced out as our FA would have gone ahead with that match. Just forget our FA please reason I said they are a disgrace how can your opponent play most of their games in their own country. The North Africans from day 1 after seeing the match schedules would have raised objections but our FA just have this attitude we can always find a way to win but am happy this has happened so we as fans too can begin to shout early enough when see these things. It’s obvious all the champions league the North African clubs win are not just on the pitch alone.

Most definitely
They play the politics very well and back it up with ruthless results on the pitch

Our FA no be am true true..
If we are to truly take our football to the next level, we need a massive overhaul of the whole NFF setup from top to bottom..
But only an Abacha type leader can try that.. and besides, FIFA doesn't allow government interference in football matters
Na why NFF dey get away with all the rubbish they do

CapitalCee:
So what then will Fifa do? We should just pray that Zimbabwe should finish last. Trust me if Nigeria make it to the playoffs they will qualify.

Personally, I prefer we qualify through the play offs route..
We need those extra matches to strengthen our team, make e be like friendly, lol
So in a way, I'm glad we are not topping our group

BankyGee:
Gbam... Well well well said.


Plus Benjamin Fredrick played against Rwanda, yes, he was good but any coach will want to start Ekong because of how big this game is. Even subbing out Ekong and putting Fredrick was like him saying "omo, anything wey wan happen now, make e happen, let the boy play", and now that the boy still had a solid game, I'm sure Chelle won't make that mistake again. He no dey forget and he no dey fear anybody.

Benjamin made 12 clearances o, for someone that played just 45 mins.

Bassey and Fredrick are a match made in heaven.

You too sabi..

Goke7:
SA does not deserve anything they were unduly favoured by FIFA and CAF allowing Lesotho and Zimbabwe to play their home games in SA. That’s so unfair

Why didn't our FA protest?
Will the north Africans have allowed such a fiasco?
Them for scatter everywhere!!

Goke7:
Imagine SA playing like 7 matches in their own country omo naija na disgrace 😂

Our FA is weak
We no get mouth for Africa again..

I remember those years Enyimba won the CafCL, Orji Uzo Kalu played all the necessary politics..

Gusau is a weak president of a weak FA

elyte89:
One thing I av learnt about dis wcq series is to qualify u need to knw aw to play politics aspect of football cos I am very sure d approval of this stadium was a deliberate act.A premeditated move by South Africa 🇿🇦

They have learned very well from the north Africans

QueenJazz:
I'm telling you. Now that I think of it, with the stage we are in presently in terms of squad depth and efficiency, we've been excellent over the past few games. We have no business defeating a South African side that has worked hard and hustled to where they are now. Then we wey just carry new coach come after years of unseriousness and dilly-dallying and confusion from Peseiro to Finidi will now beat them out of nowhere.

I know football is a game that comes with a lot of surprises and it can favor you on a good day, but in hindsight, we were really pushing our luck with this game.

Exactly
South Africa deserve to go to the world Cup
We just wake up
Let's take our chances with the play off spots and hope for the best
But no, it would have been unfair for them to lose our after being so excellent since MD 1

Lookman was made to look ordinary today.
I was almost embarrassed!!

Mybettingtips:
- Victor Osimhen
- Ademola Lookman
- Samuel Chukwueze
- Alex Iwobi
- Ola Aina
- Nathan Tella
- Calvin Bassey
- Christantus Uche
- Victor Boniface
- Cyriel Dessers
- Tolu Arokodare
- Raphael Onyedika
- Wilfried Ndidi
- Moses Simon
- Frank Onyeka
- Joe Aribo
- Kelechi Ihenacho
- Taiwo Awoniyi
- Umar Sadiq

Just some of the names Nigeria have in their ranks and yet are not qualifying for a second-straight World Cup

Yes because you need a strong FA with good administration and competent coaches who know what they are doing..
Otherwise you just have a group of individuals and not a team, as we have found out ourselves

123jamessmith:
Everybody go rest now for 3points deduction.
FIFA rules this, FIFA rules that.
Nobody go talk about that one again

Simple.. because South Africa deserve to go to the world Cup
They are super consistent

QueenJazz:
At this point, even if we qualify, what are we going to do there? Our team is clearly not prepared. That's if we even have a "team". We just have a squad of very talented players who don't have enough chemistry, and coached by someone who's still figuring his way round the players. Our attack is not well polished. If we somehow get to the mundial, our best chances of progressing will probably be to revert to Peseiro tactics and lock shop at our defense, then try to scrape points through penalties and inshallah.

South Africa players may not have the overall pedigree of the Super Eagles, but what we can learn from our last couple of meetings with them is that together, they are a well oiled machine. Hugo Broos has spent at least 4 years with them and together they've developed a playing style that churns out results. They move with urgency, and play as if they can predict what their teammates will do and where they will move. That's the kind of chemistry we need in the SE. The last time I saw that kind of chemistry in the SE was during the days of Oliseh, Babayaro dem.

At this point, I've made my peace with us possibly not qualifying. In fact I'm not even sure I want us to qualify. The highest we can achieve with this current squad at the level of football we are in now will be Round of 16, and that is if we play haram football. Imagine this squad playing Spain or Portugal. Even Ecuador sef. The only thing we'll benefit from the mundial is that all of us will go to America for vacation and sight-seeing.

That's why Chelle needs to stay. He has the potential. He has the right ideas. What he needs is the liberty to make his own choices + more time with the players to learn and study them well enough to understand their strengths, weaknesses, psychology and tendencies. Then he can use it to his advantage and build the perfect squad. If we're well co-ordinated, with the crop of players we have now, we're at least supposed to be rubbing shoulders with Uruguay, Croatia, England and the likes.

Did you watch our match against Russia?
Did you see how we handled a technical team?

That Russian team is a very strong side and is a pointer to the kinds of teams we will face if we qualify..

We won't be disgraced, I can assure you of that

Diavolo:
I even said it before the game started immediately the line up was posted. Kudos to him for correcting his errors with the substitutions but he's being paid to make the right ones from beginning primarily.

I don't blame him for trusting Ekong
Unfortunately Ekong failed him
And he acted swiftly and ruthlessly

Me I like that kind of coach for the SE
Same way he subbed Dessers in the first half against Rwanda and still subbed him out when he wasn't performing..

This coach is clearly taking the team forward..

I feel kinda sad because this group of players should be at the world Cup competing against the best of the best..

But I know even Chelle himself understands we need better players
Some of these players need to go

Mujtahida:
In Africa, it's only naija no dey employ wuru wuru for football. And it's ironic because we are an unbelievably corrupt nation yet whenever we play football we win or lose neat neat.

Naija would not have ever taken South Africa to play on that kind of pitch if we were in their position.

Our corruption no dey reach that side and it's very curious

minfelix:
Super eagles striker
1. Osimhen
2. Tolu
3. Terem moffi



4. the rest
when it comes to strikers that can fight, win balls and run like turbo engines the above mentioned is what we need…
Dessers
Boniface
Awoniyi
make dem go sit down one place abeg, they cant play the aggressive african football

I completely agree 💯

Kog45:
Sir,Ekong had 3 to 4 own goals in eagles,so forget SA player squared the ball wickedly.He has everything to put the ball into corner...This is not the first time so he should be blamed

Baba, Ekong has played himself out of the team

Goke7:
I no blame South Africa honestly am good with the result of today cos like I said earlier it’s more difficult to win away in Africa as all manner of antics will be used against you, it’s that Zimbabwe match I can never forgive these players. The result today is ok by all standards.

That match was painful!
We just needed a few minutes to see out the game!!!

9JAMac10:
😂 keep hoping. This generation doesn’t have the energy and factor to make any difference. Wake up.

No worry
We go still hope
Impossible is nothing!

mrwilliams9:
Chelle messed up starting Ekong but rectified it by subbing him out.

I think Chelle wanted experience for this match bu Ekong is past it.

Chelle should stay on and learn from these mistakes.

He has already learned
Ekong, Simon and Dessers failed him
I don't think any of them will start any match for us again

9JAMac10:
Honestly focus on the next World Cup. All these permutations and gambling will not help anybody. Awaiting Afcon in December

But what if we just somehow qualify??
We won't give up as long as there's a glimmer of hope

Goke7:
As for the physical side the SA players were just giving all for their nation. That’s what I expect from our players too sadly just few of our players are like that

My brother..
See pitch wey South Africa carry us go play!
Any small mistake now, them fit carry season ending injury

ChrisKels:
Now all you disturbing us over Dessers can rest. The guy no be am and that's why he isn't rated anywhere. Despite his goals, Rangers still no rate him.

Bassey and Fredrick 💯

You see the bolded?
I have said it before..
The guy is not aggressive at all
Very languid and laid back
I no blame am sha, be like he grew up as a rich kid
He too should be phased out along with Ekong and Simon
He is not cut out for African football

joelsteron:
It's Eric Chelle realizing his mistake for starting Ekong and carelessly removing him for me.

For the record, allowing Eric Chelle to continue means you might not see some old players again. Bold coach.D

That's a Coach humble enough to realize his mistakes and correct them

Mujtahida:
Be like na curse. That's how Yobo scored an own goal in 2014 WC match against France

Very painful
That South African player square that ball wickedly
No time for Ekong to sort out his feet
I don't blame him much sha
I don't blame Chelle either
I know Chelle put him in because he scored against SA last time out..

But this version of SA were not just technical, they were super physical too
Omo!!
We were not ready for their physical side

Kog45:
There is no need inviting Ekong again except we want to go the way of Keshi,Yobo,Kanu,Mikel and Ahmed Musa...time to integrate Ogbu, Frederick,Bassey as nucleus of our defense,good that we have young Bruno and Agu,also reliable Aina and Osayi.

We still need Ekong's leadership for now
He should still be on the bench and can come in against the weaker teams
But this should be his last year with the super eagles

Kog45:
Time for Akinsanmiro,Eletu, Ogbu and Frederick to be eagles main players..... Frederick justified my confidence in him....well Ekong was averaged at best but surprised many in the last Afcon,Eagles made him but naturally he is not a good ball player, average in reading the games and reason for having 3 or 4 national team own goals

Not sure about Eletu, but Akinsanmiro, yes..
Ekong will start games from the bench till he retires after the AFCON
Frederick was superb today!

BankyGee:
Walahi, and he makes the right subs ASAP. I said this man is building a team.

Which of our previous coaches can sub out Ekong at halftime? The man no send, once you eff up, you're out. Our biggest bane in this Qualifiers have been missing chances. He subbed in Uche, Uche's freekick almost resulted in a goal for Lookman.

Asin..
We suppose give am 5 year contract
He clearly knows what he's doing

The south Africans were fast, strong, determined..
Omo!!
Never saw this version of the bafana bafana before..
I wished Osimhen played this game..

Goke7:
Am not one of those blaming any coach o! Chelle has done his best in the wcq. 13 points is what we would have had now but for the carelessness of the players against Zimbabwe. No matter which coach you appoint if our players are not taking enough responsibility these are the kind of results we will continue to get

You're right..
We shouldn't have drawn that Zimbabwe game..

joelsteron:
Captain that couldn't mark the Zimbabwean came around and got an own goal. Quite sad though.

Even Ekong himself knows his time is up
And I commend Chelle's bravery to take him off

kennysville:
Finally we can now rest and hope we start to do the right thing as a nation. I salute the boys. They fought well. South Africa really prepared for us in terms of Sabotaging super eagles. It showed in their goalie how jittery he was. Our coach still dey learn work no doubt. But no coach would like to be on a backfoot even before his job starts. It is what it is. Maybe some old guards can start exiting the stage.


More to come later on the NFF

Ekong and Simon need to be eased out of the team
Ndidi can still do a job
But we really need to give onyedika games
Iwobi can still do a job

lexyman:
but i will say i like this team .... the depth is good . ... we may not qualify but the team is getting robust with some interesting players , we are unlucky not to have Osimhen on the pitch , he would have charged them up the way Bassey dd . so far Bassey is the man of the match

I will pick Frederick as MOTM

Odunayaw:
I can't give any answers but I commend his willingness to correct himself and fast too.

Exactly