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1) NFF - left appointment of coach late.
2) Finidi and Peseiro
3) the mathematician
4) 94 set
5) fans except some of us here
6 journalist

These are the people responsible for no world cup for us, arranged in order of culpability.

lovewins:
Was the ref biased? Obviously. Was his bias enough to have prevented us from winning? Absolutely not.

We just got a lot of things wrong. Sad but that's just reality.

Referee was not bias.

minfelix:
The biggest question is
WHY DID EKONG START THIS GAME?

Were you not there when media ask coach why he didn't start him ?
Nigerians on social media advocated for him to start too.

Senegal turned it around 3:2

QueenJazz:
If we don't win this game, it's on Chelle. Honestly.

What's his shirt number?

If we were fighting like this why we no for qualify.

South Africa are scared though. For us fans nothing matters again, we have already conceded no world cup. If it comes na Jara.

Senegal loosing 2:0 to DRC

Senegal will finish 2nd and win the playoff.

Nice play by Fredrick

Yobo did it.
Ekong has done it.

Moses Simon ineffective with his dribbles so far.

lovewins:
That pitch is terrible.

FIFA/CAF actually moved this match here claiming the other pitch is in bad shape. The politics is massive!

Senegal and Nigerian in must win away game tomorrow.

minfelix:
omo SA na really kolos nation…just click on this link amd see the turf this crase people carry our match go🤣🤣🤣🤣

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1EteCbj1Xt/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I doubt this is correct, FIFA changed both games (Vs Lesotho and Vs Nigeria) to Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein because the field of previous venue isn't good. We are playing in same field that Lesotho played. Lesotho and South Africa played well there. It is not excusable, if we don't play well at same stadium.

minfelix:
seriously i rewatched the video and i just weak🤣🤣….im like if a Nigerian can analyze it this way na em b say we dont have say again na

The guy na Obotte. On an international station TVC. He's talking rubbish.

Instead of using past scenario to paint a picture of why it should be done.

Instead of appealing to emotions internationally by saying Lesotho being neighbours to RSA may have affected their decision not to protest within 24hrs and afterwards.

Instead of saying why rule should be enforced by the umpire, he's talking about protest.

Last year Equatorial Guinea was punished without a protest. Was the rule created this year?

Nonsensical unpatriotic deluded Nigerian.
Once they carry screen and microphone give person e don become analyst.

Meliforme:
Iwobi is not lackadaisical.
Do you know how many tackles and recoveries Iwobi made against Rwanda from my eye test.
Iwobi made a goal line clearance.

Iwobi's primary role in midfield is not a defensive role, even if it is.
You need a trained eye to assess a player's involvements. A player may not rush into duels, but has a way of blocking passing channels.
Some players needs to be be free sometimes in order to receive passes depending on the team's structure and tactics of the day.

Iwobi is always their scapegoat because his name is easy to pronounce or type. Some don't watch ball analytically. All they see is result and goals.

QueenJazz:
Oh really? Thought it was Engineering. I do am for CVE 311 that year.

@odunayaw n @queenlazz
I'm lost. Physics and engineering for Eagle's camp?

Ppogbae:
This whole Eritrea situation totally changes everything. While a 1st place finish is out of our hands, we are surely in the drivers seat when it comes to finishing as one of the best 2nd place teams.

It's not decided yet. CAF/FIFA can still say that that Eritrea's group is off the picture and still go ahead with the 6-team permutation. It's a 50:50 decision that they'll have to take.

mostob:
I think if they're going to remove these points due to Eritrea's absence, then it makes sense to do it before declaring automatically qualified teams.

Why I said that is because in a case where we become tied on points with RSA at the end, the table topper can't be determined until point deduction. RSA losing 6 points and Nigeria losing 2 points will make us the automatically qualified team. I hope you get my point

The deduction is not to determine who top group but to place all groups on equal footing in order to select the best 4 runners up.

minfelix:
im telling you….those things he did was really really annoying….i wish coaches at and technical team review those things he did and caution him….
1. first one, u made an easy catch and on rushing to serve the ball into the field next thing na to slap a player from back neck and the guy stumbled in the box18

2. second one u went to make a swift catch and threw and ankle sliding tackle on the striker bringing him down in the 18yard box…omo ref really was bias in this very one…it was a straight red and a penalty.

in my mind im like wetin dey worry this guy sef…which kind nonsense overconfidence b this, or shey he don bet to collect red card for that game?

Reason why Rwandan coach said refree wasn't fair.

semid4lyfe:
South Africa is sailing and scoring goals for fun.

SA - 16 points with +8 GD.
Nigeria - 10 points with +2 GD.

Remove 3 points and 3 goals and SA will still be on 13 points with +5GD.

There's no other option. We have to beat SA handsomely on Tuesday, win our remaining matches and also hope SA looses somewhere down the road.

Its an uphill task but its possible, and I choose to believe till the end.

Na Peseiro and Finidi put us for this gbege.

South Africa will be +3 not +5.
-2 goals for deducted and -3 goals against added.

Where is the mathematician (Segun Odegbami). Haven't heard from him in a while now. He's one of those that put us in this wahala. He always glamour for home grown coach. I hope if Chelle manages to qualify he and 94set won't bring their media antics again.

orriyomi33:
You mean all these conditions are needed to be satisfied, this is unlikely.
🤔🤔🤔
The draw against Zimbabwe was partly the cause, I hope we can do better in the future, our performances has been poor.

All other things being equal.
That draw against Zimbabuw has no effect on our situation. Even if we had won that game, we would still have needed to win all our remaining games and hop SA looses 3 pts.

lbrichman2:
Now this is more like it..
Win that SA game and throw the group open..
It will be more interesting if Benin lose or draw..

Benin will win Lesotho.

Now that Rwanda and Zimbabwe know they won't qualify, I hope they will still put up a good fight against South Africa in October.

If we win South Africa, out toughest match will be the last, because Benin would still be in contention then.

mostob:
That ball he caught cleanly but proceeded to sweep the Rwandan guy off the ground. I shouted cos another ref would have punished him for that.

Potential penalty move.

CornOak:
Final whistle.

Nigeria 1 – 0 Rwanda

We will win South Africa. Was more scared of this home game.

JohnBullMySon:
Lol funny thing is that VAR would’ve probably removed the goal as offside.

Those people wey Dey ask for VAR. It would’ve messed us up in this game.

Two players other than keeper were ahead of him. No offside. But was afraid that linesman would follow the Rwandans

Unlimited22:
Was that offside?

They didn't even show the replay from the correct angle.

owbabs:
Probability is low but can happen

For this to happen:

1. Nigeria must win all 4 remaining games. Any slip-up and this theory will not hold.
2. It does not look like FIFA will deduct points from South Africa, so we must be 2nd on the table with a max of 19 points.
3. Eritrea pulled out of the World Cup qualifiers, meaning there is a group with 5 teams.
4. Nigeria will be in the conversation for 2nd place if we beat Rwanda and SA.
5. In determining the top 4 second-placed teams fairly, points recorded against the last teams in the group may be cancelled due to the imbalance caused by the 5-team group.
6. Zimbabwe must sit in last place in our group so that the points deducted from Nigeria are only 2 compared with most second-place teams that would have recorded 3, 4, or 6 points against their last-place group opponents.
7. Coupled with hopefully an imperfect campaign from the 2nd place teams in the remaining matches, SE could have a chance to finish among the top 4 second-placed teams for the playoffs.

But again, Nigeria must win all remaining and have a perfect record going forward for the points above to materialize.

This is the right thing to do but isn't official yet.

We are out due to arrogance and lack of stability.

Nigeria vs RSA (2021 till now)
Up to 4 different coaches vs 1 coach.
Most of the coaches appointed too close to key matches.

MKPUOGALIGA:
I dont know why this moderator is deleting my comments for calling out the sort of attitude that got us here which are tribalism/ethnic hate, nepotism, electing criminals like drug dealers and election riggers into power. You cant allow these negative commodities to dictate your decisions then expect success....you are fooling yourself. Nigeria is paying for their lack of sense.

You don explain why den delete your post na.

7demons:
South Africa will lose 2matches.
Nigeria and Benin.

They've already played Benin. Won both leg

etebefia:
So, some of you are still hopeful of qualifying for the world cup? With a coach that can't even win Zanzibar and a stinkingly corrupt NFF that's only interest in personal gains.

Don't mind them. The way we started is same way Algeria started that 2014 qualifier - with a home draw. Before they knew it, it was over. It's over for Nigeria. The pressure alone is enough to make them fall like pack of cards in the remaining games.