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Currently watching Manchester united playing Manchester city and seeing Bruno Fernandes play today is reminiscent of the great Austin jay jay Okocha of Bolton wanderers. The way he tries to bring in his teammates into the game, the way he interprets the game on the field, Releases the ball on time .

Karlovych:
The boy will play for England

Play for england, no problem
Play like Tammy and Tomori
Or play to be a core full time player . I doubt it.

Wouldn't be surprised if arsenal sells him to Brentford, palace or Newcastle.

Daninya33:
Eric Chelle is in London to meet Arsenal Whiz Kid, Ethan Nwaneri to convince him to commit his future by dorning the green white green.

Eric Chelle has plans to meet other players to beef up the SE squad.

He better come to Nigeria , the earlier the better. He will be second choice to saka at arsenal. Saka in England is not a constant but still ahead of Ethan. So the earlier Ethan realizes this the better.

Pidginwhisper:
Blame the coach. Why bring in another striker instead of a defender?

That coach has a penchant of losing matches at die minutes.
With Mali he lost against Ivory coast and Ghana in his manner.
Now he has conceded a goal that can hurt us in the same manner

9JAMac10:
Honestly home based players would have been a better fit for games like this. Late Stephen Keshi knew how to get the best out of our home based guys.

It's more about mindset. Home based players need to be infused into that team.

DrKlever:
I will be so gutted if the coach doesn't bring in Bruno, take out Osayi and switch Aina to the right. Osayi has been so poor. You can't have the current best RWB in EPL languishing on the left.

The coach must be quite redundant not to have figured this out. I wonder why he kept the same line up .

9JAMac10:
You sure this our boys want to be at the World Cup . Miss our old generation of players. These guys can’t even come from a goal down to
Tie the game let alone win it

They don't want to be at the world cup.
They don't deserve it

Even if they wait for them to deduct a whooping 6 (six) points from south African. They don't deserve it.

You wake up in the morning to hear south Africa will be deducted points, and you start playing freaking rubbish to us. What do we enjoy about this goddam country than football. And this bunch of averageee can't turn up for their nations. Let them go to hell. If they have to field our hungry local home based boys with Osimhen as a point man they will easily beat this teams. But no way. This boys aren't hungry. They are just okay.

This boys don't have any feeling of ice in them.
They don't know how to turn up when you expect them. The have a weak mentality when it comes to eagles matter.

I see why Rohr called them bunch of averageee...and even after all this games, Rohr's team still tops them.

What nonsense is this. What sort of performance is this. What a shameful display..
Winners don't play like this.
Lions don't hunt like this.

Every coach has come and failed with them.

The ones that don't fail with them are the defensive playing coaches. The most successful being Pesiero and Rohr.

I see why Rohr was cautious about them. It's all in their heads.

Sadly we have a better away record than home. There is so many things wrong with them.

I was not particularly impressed with lookman who seemed to play for goal. He forgets that sacrifice is the real substance. The spotlight don't have to be on you always. It's all about the team.

Ikanium:
Lobatan!

This AI was made in South Africa. 😂

AndSunGorilla:
That Isak guy is good. But one thing for sure is, his personality is no way near as strong as Osimhen. Osimhen is a beast!!! His passion, drive and doggedness is out of this world.

Isak is sleeky, tricky, a better ball player, and slightly technically better

semid4lyfe:
SA lost to Mali in their first match at the AFCON right? I think then they were still finding their feet and hadn't settled into their stride.

In their next match, they dispatched Namibia 4 - 0 and thereafter played goalless with Tunisia.

In the round of 16, they defeated tournament favourites Morocco 2 nil. I watched that game. and they were really impressive.

Q/F, they dispatched Cape Verde by penalties in a game they should have lost,

S/F, they played their best game against Nigeria cos Hugo Bross changed their formation to mirror ours by playing a 5-3-2 which was the first time we encountered a team playing that formation so it proved difficult for us.

3rd place match, They reverted to their normal formation. SA played terribly and Congo DR should have won if not for profligacy in front of goal really. SA eventually won via penalty.

After the Nations cup, they've only lost once, which was to Rwanda away in match day 2 of the WCQs.

This SA team is a problem. Make Rohr and Benin Republic just do the Lord's work for us by defeating them or playing a draw.

Who are the teams, we're most likely to meet in the play-offs?

That's interesting...so SA has lost once after AFCON. So many interesting coincidence.. although Nigerian team has lost thrice since AFCON. We have lost to Chelle's Mali.
Lost to Benin as well as Rwanda at home.

I hope South Africa follows this pattern , they lost to Chelle's Mali at AFCON , lost to Rwanda and now I pray they lose to Benin...just like Nigeria. 😋🙏😞

minfelix:
in all this, how Chelle manage use Mali to beat SA 2-0 at the afcon needs to be studied..
after tomorrow’s game with Zimbabwe if it comes out as a convincing win for us, guys forget Eric Chelle will be tagged a silent beast coach

Was this the last time they lost a match in 90 mins?

Tchinaidi:
There is a problem with this crop eagles most of them including the captain are not natural ball players.They are stiff, Lethargic and don't seem to know what to with the ball.Coach chelle has to get us some grassroots players with understanding of the the Nigerian Traditional style of player,real baller from the NPL to blend with a few foreign based players or else we might have supporters loosing interest in our games.Our football play is very boring walahi

The truth is when they bring them on like that, they will leave the Nigerian league to play in Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Cyprus division 3.. some even will use the national team to play in the Tanzanian league. It clearly shows that this players you bank on for that role aren't good enough for the national team. They will rather use the national team as a footstep to play in less popular leagues which meets their financial needs. Now if you are a really good player, you can start from the Nigerian league and force yourself to Belgium, Norway, Sweden and Denmark..any Nigerian league player who carves out this pattern of development is good enough for the eagles

Clint02:
Omo. Did Nigeria play like this under Genort Rohr?

Yes. We would lead Seria Leone by four goals and end up playing a draw, just as Benin is doing. Then Rohr will wait till a player is injured or late on in the game before he makes a substitute, that's what is happening to Benin. Then he will make a substitute and bring on a defensive midfielder to stable his team playing a draw, simply because he believe his team is a bunch of averageee players and cant perform better than that. Rohr is old. When you are old you tend to be apprehensive of risk. Thank God we have dodged this bullet. He has done the best he could for us.

Newly invited Igho Ogbu's wife is Rwandese. Lol.

BankyGee:
Possibly, na now I just dey connect the dots.

Na wetin go sup be that.

Yeah .. people like Ekong are quite smart to understand the Nigerian terrain. He is backed by Godswill Akpabio, that's why he is always running to visit Akpabio after any tournament.

It's unfortunate that his partner Balogun who I believe is rather more talented than Ekong doesn't have this grace. What did Balogun say that made them refuse to invite him again, was it not about how they treat players in terms of welfare and all. And that was the end. A person like Ekong will not speak on those things but will play politics on it.

BankyGee:
Yes na... That last game wey we lose against Rwanda, for press conference, the guy come dey throw very disrespectful shades at Boniface, say make them use Boniface as goalkeeper. Everybody dey laugh, including Eguavoen, na only Ekong no find am funny, he come ask for the guy name.

He ended with, "Mowiz, right? I'll make sure not to forget"

Then na Ekong do am strong thing.
See how smart Ekong is. As a journalist if you think you can talk carelessly in public, then it means you write and publish carelessly as well to the public.

charlesemeka85:
what do u mean by naturally talented? E get players wey be artificially talented?

Baba Bassey is more talented than Ndah any day any time

The progression of their career says it all

I mean if Olisa Ndah was born in Europe like Bassey, he might equally be playing for an EPL team at least. That's what I say he might (debatable) be better at reading games and less eratic as compared to Bassey, who is more bullish and physical like the classical defenders of the 90s. Ndah captains Pirates will all due respect. But I know it will be hard for any player playing for a team like Pirates or the other two big teams in SA to thirst for European football. They are quite ok at the level.

Kog45:
Take it or leave it I will pick Olisa Ndah over Bassey and Ajayi but Koko be say make selected players beat Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

Olisa Ndah is not cutting his teeth in the EPL. Bassey is consistently doing it for a very good team this season. Bassey is facing feesome offensive lineup week-in-week-out.
Yeah Olisa might be naturally talented than Bassey, but Bassey has a better working experience...

Ppogbae:
This is a non issue lmao. Japanese football fans extend the same courtesy.

We should even appreciate them for coming to the stadium to watch the match live. As a football fan in Lagos. All my life I can count the number of times I have watched a football game in the stadium. I have watched Enyimba, Sharks, lobi stars and Rivers united play. I have never seen the national team play in the stadium

elyte89:
Obviously na…Shey na matchday e wan come out b4 😊

😂😂

Hanibal:
Seems Boniface has played himself into Alonso's bad books, thus getting benched for non footballing reasons

He cannot become so bad that he can't get in the team 3 straight matches

He will start him against Bayern Munich in the CL

Alfryd:
🚨The Nigerian Sports Commission (NSC)🇳🇬 has given full support to the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF)🇳🇬 in their pursuit of Arsenal Star Ethan Nwaneri.
According to a close family member, the youngster will play for whoever approaches him first between England and Nigeria 🇳🇬.
Although he has already represented England in the youth level, he still remains eligible to represent Nigeria as he is yet to be capped by the Three Lions.

This is only some sort of publicity, some sort of media stunt, and for whoever the party that benefits from this I can't tell. But you see, if you really have such a high potential player within your reach. And you have the slightest possiblity of getting him you will not need the media on this anymore. You will go directly for him.

lexyman:
wetin Ahmed Musa dey do for there , even iheanacho , Aribo ... . they should all be replaced

By who...since 2015 when we last won the under 17 world title. The Osimhen and Chukweze's set. It's been ten good years now. Since we last found a group of local groom young prospect for the eagles. While Iheanacho , Awoniyi and Ndidi have paid their dues with time, they only remain in the discussion of our national team simply because of their experience. Their success at the youth level was good enough to qualify them as regular national team players.

komekn:
One question do you think 💬 he is better than Morgan Rogers and Leon Bailey .

Considering that Seria A is not as competitive,fast and physically taxing as the EPL.

That' didn't stop a number of players from excelling in the EPL . Players have generally come from weaker leagues than Seria A and performed excellent. The question is , is it because he is called Chukweze the Nigerian player that you doubt his abilities. Or have you forgotten who he is when he is at the top of his game, have you forgotten about his skills, his pace, his trickeryness, and his eyes to shine in big games. As far as I'm concerned it' just didn't happen in Seria A for him , but it doesn't stop anything bigger or better from happening to him in the EPL. That's life. It's all about adaptability. If it is about physique, how big is the Salah of Liverpool. Or Silva during his City career. Chukweze can achieve bigger things in his career wherever he goes.

Ademola's response to his coach is what I have always looked for in Osimhen and Boniface.
Truth is in life no one is perfect and no one knows it all.

safarigirl:
Was watching AIT some months ago and found some shocking revelations.

Do you know that a person cannot become NFF President if he isn't the head of a State FA? So, you have to hustle state Chairman before you can even dream of NFF President.

Do you know how State Chairmanship is gotten?

Sitting Governors get to appoint someone as State Chairman, more often than not, this someone is usually one of the thugs who helped the Governor secure his mandate via voter intimidation and such antics. So basically, what we have as NFF Presidents are thugs. Ex-footballers and sports writers cannot be NFF President.

Do you now see why our football is so utterly f-ucked?

If someone doesn't change such a useless constitution, we can't move forward. You see the problem with Nigeria as a whole?

And going by how CAF is run, I'm guessing such madness takes place in most African countries, or pray tell, can anyone tell me Issa Hayayou's achievements as a footballer?

Idah peterside contested for the nff chairmanship. At best he was a third choice goalie and analyst on super sport. I don't think he had been a state sports chairman

elyte89:
He’s not…na seniority dem Dey pick ndidi ahead of d guy..I can tell u categorically dt chelle might bench ndidi for dis guy .it seems he rates onyedikaa and d guy in Augsburg

Whichever way. Ndidi has been injured for ages.
We don't even know the type of Ndidi that will return from injury. Since he got injured and didn't make the AFCON team he seemed to have depreciated in his defensive set skills with the Eagles, however his offensive skills has improved with Leicester. When he comes back from injury we hope he doesn't depreciate further , if he does it will be easy for anyone to pick onyedika ahead of him.

At AFCON onyedika was not a regular, even with the absence of Ndidi. Times have changed now and we are watching what is to come next under chelle

femianski:
That can't be true.
Andrew is a barca fan. Pooja is anti barca and a die hard Mourinho lover

Chass can lie ooo🤣😂

charlesemeka85:
PSG are reportedly interested in Club Brugge midfielder Raphael Onyedika (The Telegraph)

Bayern, Inter, Dortmund and Porto have also reportedly shown interest.

The Golden boy of European midfield.
For Nigerian team, he is still struggling to break into the first 11

charlesemeka85:
yes 😁

🤣🤣🤣🤣...
Eweee🤣🤣
Jokes aside Charles ?

How you take know

charlesemeka85:
Andrew and our coachy Chelle 😁

Andrew is Pooja ?