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oga oo u20🤣🤣

Godforbid we go hear say osimhen is injured when we want to square up against Rwanda and South Africa in september…its just better we dont play and give up the ticket to any of the teams that is ready to qualify

in 4 world cup matches without Osimhen we manage 3points
In 2 world cup matches with Osimhen scoring all goals we amassed 4points.

Ahhhh omo the rest super eagles players should just retire abeg…is it not better to just single out Osimhen and surround him with all our u-20 boys who are yet to make name for themselves and are hungry for success, cos whats the use of all the remaining 22 players(maybe with the exception of Lookman)?

Abi whats all these nonsense, so its looking like this our Osimhen is potentially not going to play at the FIFA world cup when he is hot….
Anyways let me blame it on Injury sha, cos we cant have Osimhen in the first 4 games against
Lesotho,Zimbabwe,SA,Benin and be playing all 3 games in a draw and also a loss…never!!!!!!

yinkeys:
Uyo stadium is not a fortress
Is the turf bad?
Can they get honest opinions from the players so that something can be done
Does it slow the ball speed ?
Rwanda will come in September again

same Uyo dem beat Benin 3-0…..our boys just need to up their game and play with more hunger and passion…pursuing every ball, recovering every lose ball with hunger…if them like make them play against Rwanda at wembley, if them play rubbish Rwanda will still chop their eyes

Abia warrior 2-0 Rivers United

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1FEj1y8dkx/?mibextid=wwXIfr

plsss can you guys just take a look at where this match is been played…..Like for real NPFL approved this shiiiiiit for our professional league match? my Godnesssssss🙆🏼🙆🏼🙆🏼🙆🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼

Starboytwo:
first of all, those last ones you mentioned wey host world cup no follow at all... Those ones be mumu...

Well to your question. I guess Oyinbo will always be Oyinbo.

Oyinbo na master. Make we just try our best... Who knows 🤷

laugh wan kee me🤣🤣

Starboytwo:
Abeg we need this guy 🙏🏾🙏🏾 he is damn good. I know he is 29 but for Super Eagle we will imagine he is 24/25.

If this guy can be bagged we should bag him. He is very effective. Although African football no be premier league.

inasmuch as this is true, why e be say na only Ghana survive small and showed that africanism grit for world cup wey African continent host in 2010?…na Spanish La liga carry that world cup, dutch eredivisie carry second, bundesliga came 3rd and Uruguayan league came fourth…..
although sha premier league reached round of 16 and got hammered and sent parking by bundesliga in 4-1 thumping….why does the so called African football get hammered when Europeam teams comes to the same africam soil to play them in a match?
That 2010 world cup
-Greek league beat Nigeria the African football like mumu
-Danish and Dutch beat cameroon like mumu
-As tough and stubborn as the Algerian na common slovenian league beat them
-most advanced and well branded league in africa wey host world cup no fit cross group stage(first ever in world cup record🤣🤣)

why?😭 why? why?😔😔 begging questions that needs answers

Napoleon55:
Don't get yourself worked up over wrong notion.

People are not saying Kanu is the greatest super eagles player but the greatest Nigerian player,or the best Nigerian player.

Super eagles is the biggest team in Nigeria's football but it's not the only scale to measure greatness of every Nigerian player.

Sunday Mba wrote his name in super eagles history book with his AFCONS winning goals,but there were so many nigerian players who never won AFCONS or score that are greater or better.

i joined here strictly becos i wanna be seeing facts about super eagles…Kanu played his best part for super eagles, Okocha also did,but my pick for Nigerian to ever don the SUPER EAGLES jersey by performance senior team goes to Yekini till date

Napoleon55:
Don't get yourself worked up over wrong notion.

People are not saying Kanu is the greatest super eagles player but the greatest Nigerian player,or the best Nigerian player.

Super eagles is the biggest team in Nigeria's football but it's not the only scale to measure greatness of every Nigerian player.

Sunday Mba wrote his name in super eagles history book with his AFCONS winning goals,but there were so many nigerian players who never won AFCONS or score that are greater or better.

bros abeg im not getting my self worked up ooo😂😂…my own is Yekini is the best player to ever don the super eagles jersey oo…anyone that wanna argue that should present a player that has those stuffs i listed of him being a super eagles player…they should even go and break his goal record self and same time win APOTY as a super eagles player…Godbless Kanu and he is massive legend of the game for Nigeria, same for some other top Nigerian legend..na my own b that o

AndSunGorilla:
Yakubu is my own.

Good luck sir 😅😅🙌🏻🙌🏻

Sleekiest, most intelligent human on earth bla bla bla, if you no shine by putting super eagles with your sheer hardwork and goals to show for, you no b my own best super eagles player ever lai lai
-let your sheer hardwork help super eagles to Shine at the world cup by scoring sweet goals that will even advance us to the knock out phase

-win Afcon by scoring some quality decisive goals from the group stages for super eagles that will even make us advance to the final and win it

-win African player of the year by these awesome showings in the super eagles

-score goals that will suffocate many generations of super eagles player to meet up with…

then you can pass for the best super eagles player of all time….

from the days of John the baptist Yekini’s heroics in goal scoring has been driving us to either semifinal or final or even winning the afcon
Afcon 1988 registered a goal, played at the final
Afcon 1990 scored 3goals(his goal sent us to the final after beating Zambia 2-0 in Semifinal)
Afcon 1992 top scorer of the tournament with 4goals
Afcon 1994 top scorer of the tournament with 5goals played at the final and best player of the tournament
make anybody beat this back to back top goal scorer of afcon first for super eagles make we see how far..

Kanu is an awesome player to be celebrated massively with very good numbers and also made us smile at Age grade competition(u17 and u23), and won for himself an individual APOTY….but he no help super eagles in any way to achieve anything…
o pari

charlesemeka85:
Kanu is the greatest

Yekini is the greatest super eagles player

zicky:
oga distinguish between a Nigeria player and a Nigeria midfielder make we dy ask yeye questions, go ask fifa why Osimhen won golden Booth and Nwakali won golden ball at 2019 u17

so like this now u dont want to categorize Kanu as a forward striker/player but just a midfielder…the other day i try call IK uche a striker but you wanna try to bend me to see him as a winger🤣🤣

zicky:
so what brought Kanu into the conversation, if not same person that mentioned Yekini as SE best player was at the same time talking down on Kanus achievements to make his point appear legit.

bros nobody is talking down on Kanus Achievements, we are only telling you cannot cannot be the best super eagles players every laiye laiye…A player that never shone at the world cup nor lift an Afcon trophy or register an afcon goal for SUPER EAGLES….laiye laiye he is not the best super eagles player ever….no vex i no gree with you

Kog45:
Oga Zicky,Kanu is intelligent and won laurels that only Mikel can compete with but Kanu cannot be the best Nigeria player ever,only way to rate Nigeria best player is Super eagles,I repeat it Super eagles.......how could Nigeria best ever player went to 6 Afcons and 3 WCs with no goal and his assists is debatable..... Argentines accepted Messi after winning WC,and they valued his goals and assists.

I respect Kanu cuz I watched his debut match live for Nationale against Ranchers bees of Kaduna in FA cup played in Ilorin,he came in from the bench and scored,zeal it for Iwanyanwu in a dramatic way,after the match me and my friends went to Circular hotel in Ilorin where Nationale lodged to see tall and skinny boy Kanu,then baba I be real local football fan and tagged stadium boy.

Pls how would you rate Boniface as at today in Nigeria football history compare to Osimhen and Lookman

thank God una dey help me face am, reading all his point just dey make me laugh…he wanted to use brain and rope Musa into the equation…this was all about who was Super eagles best player…this page just get luck i dey busy yesterday, walai we go drag that argument enter 2026…but make i chill dey enjoy all the counter una dey give am

Kanu best player
Yekini best striker🤣🤣

Napoleon55:
It's better you always separate between the greatest super eagles player and the greatest Nigerian player,it will make it easier for people to understand and cause less arguments.
Even between the best and the greatest.

Like in my own book,
Kanu is the greatest Nigerian player of all time,and probably the best Nigerian player,but he may not necessarily be the greatest or best super eagles player of all time.
The title for greatest super eagles player should go to Rashidi.

In this way.

Greatest Nigerian player of all time: Kanu

Greatest super eagles player of all time: Rashidi.

Best Nigerian player of all time: Okocha/Kanu

Best super eagles player of all time: ??

thank you very much…the debate started with being the super eagles player and some people wanna dethrone Yekini for Kanu….Yekini is the best super eagles player so far…anyone wey no gree make ge go dey watch olympic and uefa champions league….This page is even primarily dedicated to super eagles before secondarily looking at other Nigerian team and club level

zicky:
Yekini is Nigeria best striker for now no debate, kanu is Nigeria best player no debate.

distinguish being a Nigerian player and being a Nigerian striker…A striker cannot pass for a player abi…Yekini being a striker makes him the team bus driver abi and not a player in the super eagles?


Nigerian striker and Nigerian player🤣🤣

zicky:
Listen to yourself all rounded abi local champion. Since you were using scoring at Afcon to talk down on kanu achievements, lemme use it to upgrade Musa achievements since we all want to reason with our left brain

oga you dey cap, Yekini is the greatest super eagles player of all time, if you like go and drag Emenike and ideye into the equation, na that one concern you….

best Nigerian player/ best Nigerian striker🤣🤣🤣…
.CEO of Caprisonne

zicky:
Best Nigeria striker, yekini for now 😂 Best player kanu

thank God say you even laugh your comment

zicky:
Kanu is Nigeria best player, name a better player

Yekini in super eagles shirt is a better achieved player and has more successful numbers than Kanu

zicky:
Ahmed Musa is better than kanu na, since he won Afcon and had Afcon goal, ena no get talk. Make ena go remove his 2 APOTY from his cabinet.

what is this one even saying sef🤣🤣….does Ahmed musa have things Kanu and Yekini have…una go just dey argue like beer parlor analyst 🤣….oga we are talking of APOTY that has intimidating record for is alrounder…not one sided APOTY but all rounder senior National team football….Does Musa have it? Does Kanu have it?

Yekini has Afcon gold medal
Yekini scored at the afcon
Yekini scored at the world cup
Yekini won APOTY
we are talking of super eagles best player ever, not club football best player ever

Kanu only has an egde in Olympic(Age grade tournament) over Yekini in Nigeria’s color

chrisooblog:
My brother if no be say I like Papilo and respect wetin him dey do for the Heart Foundation parole I for enter analyze him matter wella.

Kanu is one of Nigeria’s most decorated player, but dey should please not tag him as Nigeria’s best player ever abeg abeg abeg make una no vex biko i no gree😅

Kog45:
Nigeria best ever player Kanu? debatable....yes two APOTYs but cannot be the best ever rating super eagles player.

best player wey no win afcon trophy or even score 1 Afcon goal…Abeg oo

Napoleon55:
3 excellent players in a team is not only enough to get decent results, but enough to win tournaments even,having up to 5 is a plus.

But do we really have up to 3 excellent players in our team we can rely on at all times.
We have Osimhen, Lookman maybe, who else makes them 3.


This is my ideal of 3 excellent,or top class players in our team.

SA 2013
Mikel,Enyeama, Moses.

Atalata '96
Kanu,Babayaro,Okocha/Oliseh
Taribo/Okechukwu

USA'94
Amokachi,Oliseh, Amuneke/Finidi
Okocha/Siasia

Tunisia '94
Rashidi, Oliseh, Finidi.

though we didn’t win 2024, we would have safely said
Lookman,Osimhen,Moses Simon
🤦🏼🥺

7demons:
South african may push this to politics, Lesotho is like a state within SA. A landlocked country at that matter. This is a very sensitive issue and SAFA is willing to do anything to get this qualificaton. They know what's with at stake with Nigeria.

there is nothing SA will do to them, if they stubbornly go ahead and file a petition…Lesotho is a sovereign nation even if they are 5of them in their country…highest SA wont allow them use their stadium…those guys will fight SA to get that 3points oo

in september
Nig v Rwa(can we do a double against them?)

Les v SA (if SA get deducted off 3 points, these game will be a tough one for them, but sure they will likely beat Lesotho again)

Ben vs Zim(can zimbabwe hold Benin to another draw?…Genot rohr no longer have that bite again, his team plays nonsense…Zimbabwe may win this game or still draw the match)

as a Nigerian, i await FIFA’s Verdict on SA

7demons:
It's too early to conclude. FIFA is yet to appointment disciplinary committee on this case and Lesotho is yet to table the matter. SAFA is pressuring them not to.
Since the NFF put us in this mess, let them also keep Pressuring FIFA to do the needful. It is their job cos they put us in this mess.
Lesotho may not even need the 3points, We do.

Lesotho may not need the 3point u say?🤣🤣🤣… if the deduction happens, lesotho will move to second position ooo, those south african babies can defend their lives if they move to second place oo…who no wan play world cup?

ChrisKels:
Maybe I'm the only one who hasn't given up hope, and my reason is because SA still has Rwanda to play. Rwanda will fancy their chances to make it to the world cup, and they have an axe to grind due to the political tensions between the two countries considering SA's role in the DRC where the Rwandan backed M16 was doing some clean up.

SA will either lose that match or get a draw at best to remain in 11 points after being ducked 3 points.


I will say it again, I always fancy our chances against SA in SA. There is no better place for the eagles to play against SA than in SA.

i fancy us doing well in these games
Les v Nig (away match) october
SA v Nig (away match) september

but you see these games
Nig vs Rwa (home match) september
Nig vs Ben(home match) october
i dey fear super eagles…they can play rubbish at home

semid4lyfe:
The site I got the result of Super Eagles matches under Gernot Rohr misled me but it doesn't invalidate my main point.

The Super Eagles have had defensive frailties for a long time, and the team hardly kept clean sheets.

ohkkk, but sha im not after the point, im after the information in your text…it’s necessary

Amedino99:
I guess it just won't count towards our fifa ranking. They still played against Zambia on the 25th of this month beating them 5-0 and so far I'm yet to see any news about ban against zambia

to be in a safe side, NFF should avoid them oo

semid4lyfe:
Since the final days of Gernot Rohr, the Super Eagles have struggled defensively, finding it difficult to keep a clean sheet.

◾Sierra Leone came from behind to draw 4-4 in Benin City.
◾Benin Republic defeated us 1-0 in Porto-Novo.
◾Cape Verde beat us 2-1 in Mindelo.
◾Central African Republic stunned us 1-0 in Lagos.
◾Cape Verde held us to a 1-1 draw in Lagos.

Even under José Peseiro, the same defensive frailties persisted, with the team conceding goals to supposed african minnows we should have handled comfortably:

◾Nigeria 2-1 Sierra Leone
◾Nigeria 0-1 Guinea-Bissau
◾Sierra Leone 2-3 Nigeria
◾Mozambique 2-3 Nigeria
◾Nigeria 1-1 Lesotho
◾Zimbabwe 1-1 Nigeria
◾Guinea 2-0 Nigeria

The breaking point came at AFCON when we drew 1-1 with Equatorial Guinea. That was when Peseiro finally acknowledged we had a defensive problem.

His solution? Switch to a five-man defense—three center-backs and two wing-backs (Ajayi, Ekong, Bassey, Aina, and Zaidu). The result? A vastly improved defense that didn't concede until the semi-finals.

Finidi George should have stuck with that system, but instead, he let armchair analysts dictate his tactics with their "You can't play five at the back against African minnows." "The best teams in the world play a back four", "Our strength is in our attack"etc nonsense talk, And so, he reverted to a four-man defense —conceding three goals in two games and managing just one point.

Now, enter Eric Chelle. After two games, he already looks like a rigid coach stuck on playing a 4-4-2 diamond—even with the wrong personnel. If we were to face Spain or Argentina, I wouldn’t be surprised if he stubbornly sticks to the same 4-4-2.

His squad selection also raises eyebrows. Dropping Frank Onyeka from the 23-man squad makes me wonder if he even reviewed our AFCON matches. How do you watch those games and decide Onyeka isn’t needed? He was our midfield engine—running, marking, covering every blade of grass, harassing opponents non-stop.

Even his lineup choices are questionable. Sticking with the same starting XI from the Rwanda game against Zimbabwe suggests he didn’t study the Rwanda match properly. If he had, Chukwueze, Osayi, and Ndidi shouldn’t have started against Zimbabwe.

Furthermore. his game management seems poor. Sometimes, 1 goal is enough. The team just needs to play defensively, park the bus, protect the lead and grind out the result.

Moving forward, Eric Chelle must be dynamic and show tactical flexibility, play players in their best positions, make bold decisions, and bench underperformers when necessary. The Super Eagles cannot afford another tactically stubborn coach.

South Africa scares me. That team is more or less a club team so their understanding and chemistry is high.

They press, mark, joggle and pass the ball well. They're a well drilled team.

If I were Eric Chelle, I'll go full Italian Catenaccio on their asses by adopting and playing a tactical formation that prioritizes a solid defense, disciplined man-marking and counter attacks.

Super Eagles have to beat SA in SA, there's no other way.

under Rohr
we did not lose to Benin in Portnovo(Ben 0-1 Nig)
we did not lose to cape verde in mindelo(CPV 1-2)