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humility33:
Bruno Labbadia
Super Eagles New Coach

Like Rohr I expect influx of Nigeria-German players into the super eagles. That's a good thing though

welcome Bruno Lagbaja, guys lets throw our weight of support for him🙌🏻

Kog45:
Yes you can’t have the nicknames again cuz the man behind it is late Ernest Okonkwo the man wey sabi.

Ernest Okonkwo died 34yrs ago, i doubt if he nick named most of the guys in the 94-2000 eagles golden generation…

Icon4s:
NIGERIA FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH THEIR NICKNAMES.


Legendary Nigeria football commentator late Ernest Okonkwo and later commentators coined most of the nicknames for Old Nigeria footballers , which stuck to them nicely. They were referred to as:

1. Emmanuel Okala - Man Mountain.
2. Christian Chukwu - Chairman.
3. Segun Odegbami - Mathematical.
4. Mudashiru Lawal - Midfield Maestro.
5. Adokiye Amesiemeka - Chief Justice.
6. Uwem Ekarika - Harmattan.
7. Aloysius Atuegbu - Blockbuster.
8. Teslim Balogun - Thunder.
9. Sylvanus Okpala - Quicksilver.
10. Idowu Otubusin - Slow Poison.
11. Christian Madu - Penalty Specialist.
12. Emmanuel Osigwe - The man with bullets shot.
13. Stephen Keshi - Big Boss.
14. Etim Esin - African Maradona.
15. Yisa Sofoluwe - Dean of Defence.
16. Rashidi Yekini - Gangling and Dazzling.
17. Ayo Ogunlana - Freekick Specialist.
18. Samson Ozogula - Zion Train.
19. Nosa Osadolor - Iron Bender.
20. Louis Igwilo - Commander of football.
21. Benjy Nzeakor - Wing Wizard.
22. Dominic Iorfa - Human Express.
23. Bright Omokaro - Ten - Ten.
24. Collins Ebitimi - Barbwire.
25. Emeka Ezeugwu - Destroyer.
26. Oladimeji Lawal - Mesmerizing Winger.
27. Tarila Okorowanta - Master Dribbler.
28. Felix Owolabi - Owo Blow.
29. Friday Elaho - Elastic Elaho.
30. Henry Nwosu - Schoolboy International.
31. Mutiu Adepoju -The head master
32. Daniel Amokachi - The bull
33. Austin Okocha - Jay-Jay
34. Nwankwo Kanu- Papilo
35. Uche Okechukwu - Gentle Giant
36. Taribo West- Dependable defender
37. Victor Ikpeba- Prince of Monaco
38. Julius Aghahowa - Agha wonder
39. Tijani Babangida - Okada
40. Finidi George - Finito
41. Austin Eguavoen - Serezo
42. Abiodun Baruwa - Omo Alhaja
43. Rabiu Afolabi - Robot Corp
44. Yakubu Aiyegbeni - Yakubull
45. John Utaka - The attacker
46. Peter Rufai - Dodo Mayana
47. Emmanuel Amuneke - Kpoi!


We don't have nicknames for our players any more

I no see
Chindo Garba Lawal
Obagoal/Weapon of mass destruction Obafemi Martins
Joseph Calamity Yobo🤣

Zambia 4-2 Australia

Ajibade and Oshoala needs to be sharp in front of 1v1 counter attack

Chiamaka Nnadozie is the reason we are still in this olympic female football competition so far

Gernot Rohr watching Falcons v Brazil at the olympics…
i guess he still want to study how to beat eagles in september by watching falcons🤣🤣😅

You know you can actually play this spanish team man for man, but you chose to play with inferiority mindset …score 1-1 still go dey fall back😡😡

Mujtahida:
I don dey shake oo. Make Spain no win this Euro ooo. Tiki taka doesn't want to perish ni? TheGoodJoe come outside

on paper and on all level of analysis spain 🇪🇸 will win,but in reality England will drag them with a perceived long extra time football.
Get ready to watch the replay of UCL 2012 semifinal/Final match between Barca/Bayern V Chelsea

mekabuachi:
I am talking of world cup qualifications... you are talking of AFCON.. lol
everyone complained of this same lack of zeal during the qualification match (you probably did too)... no one is discrediting their past glory.. don't try to make it seem like we are crucifying them... that's the situation on ground and it's glaring to even a blind man

Also read things without sentiments and emotions. Shalom.

Pre-afcon we were still busy using yeye goal keeper, post afcon we changed coach suddenly, their poor display is somehow excusable

i miss super eagles of Afcon 2024 against Cameroon,Angola, CIV, SA, omo the die hard football was massive, all this Rwanda,Lesotho,Benin must be really lucky we are on our worst form

SamueItem337:
Did you watch AFCON at all?


Did you see Osimhen assist to Lookman against Cameron


Did you know the mental strength it took Ekong to score both penalties against South Africa and all other penalties he scored in that tournament


Did you know how impressive Nwabali was against South Africa and even went on to save two penalties in the penalty shootout


Did you know how solid our defence was against cote d'Ivoire in the group stage match


Ekong, Aina , Sanusi and Osimhen who Played their hearts out even with injuries


You guys just look for any slightest opportunity to discredit our players
And it's not good
The same Spain and Germany you are praising today we all saw how they performed in the last world cup

Nigerians especially super eagles fans across social media, infact football fans generally have short memories.
once their team start playing badly its seen as though its their habit over the years, they will jus totally forget the glory days/moments and times the players gave their best

chai
Ben vs Nig(played)WCQ
Nig vs Ben(pending)WCQ
Ben vs Nig (pending)AFCONQ
Nig vs Ben (pending)AFCON Q
Rwa vs Nig(pending)WCQ
Nig vs Rwa(pending)WCQ
Rwa vs Nig(pending)AFCONQ
Nig vs Rwa(pending)AFCONQ
omo this is not too good for us sha as regarding WCQ, they will now be too used to us after playing ourselves tire🤦🏼
shebi dem for kuku put all us in same WCQ in this same AfconQ group lets be beating ourselves till 2026

Goke7:
Morocco used haram football to get to the semi finals of the World Cup, a feat that would be difficult for any African team to beat in the future now that’s a Morocco that has the antecedent of knocking the ball around, but they had to adapt when the occasion demands

Ghana Just needed a 1 on 1 with keeper to get to the semifinals of the world cup….omo Africa need to step up with that word “determination”….there is no way we are dominating these week in week out UCL,UEL,EPL,LA LIGA, SERIE A players….laiye laiye….we just need to look for a pattern
Long term plan, pele oo by 2070 we no go stil dominate and win WC

in our remaining 6 WC matches, since its not a back to back 6 games(we will jus play two in march) omo our guys should smuggle that winning at all cost, in 2006 we needed winning at all cost to close in on Angola and we did justice to that
Alg 2-5 Nig
Nig 5-1 Zim
thats the kinda spirit we need from these guys…Se use vex beat Cameroon 2-0 for Afcon why cant we use vex beat Rwanda and Zimbabwe in the games…

Goke7:
All we need to do is build on our successes not all those mumbo jumbo sexy or penetrating passes football that won’t bring anything but pain like we have now

Eggzaactlyy🔥🔥

Odunayaw:
They were building again

with that they have rebuilt, they must win another back to back to back trophy oo

HISTORY CAN NEVER REMEMBER WHO DOMINATES
BUT TROPHY GIVES PRIDE TO THE CONQUEROR

i cant even remember france dominated italy in 2006, except i go watch the video again…na who win i dey remember.

i see SA trying to play possession football, but when they meet us they will start to play counter attack.
Nig 0-2 SA in 2017, pure counter attack football them use finish us
Another thing with football is that if there is determination amongst players they will play to equal the strength of their oppressors, imagine spain leading us 1-0 at france 98 but determination brought us back to fight and win…we didn’t dominate them.
Argentina leading us 2-0 in 2017, but determination and die-hard fighting brought us backt to nail them 4-2

Goke7:
Na that long term plan super eagles Dey so o so tey we wan wait make one coach finish serving ban before returning to coach the national team e no go better for that long term plan

i swear 🤣🤣🤣 e no go better for longterm plan…that blue man is just trying to “Guardiolize” our mindset as Nigerians….i never see the long term plan Nigeria will go into that wil make us equate germany,brazil or spain…stop the self deception

TheGoodJoe:

Spain won the Nations League and made Semi finals of the Euros in that window. You can't equate them to Greece. That is the point.

they must win all trophy oga, dont limit them semifinal else we will bring morocco into the argument

TheGoodJoe:
The point is that you should show me a team that has dominated like Brazil, Spain or Germany without being sound in good possession play. If you can't, the debate is over.

Finito.

bros in the world of football
these names are there to stay forever as leaders, there nothing you will do to catch up with them…they are traditional powerhouses of football…not becos of they are dominating, but because of trophy they have won for themselves Brazil and Germany especially…

TheGoodJoe:
Spain is current Nations League champions.

what happen to them in 2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023…Phcn take them light?

TheGoodJoe:
That is just guessing. You aren't time. Allow time to tell.

Have we not allow time to tell on some teams that have tried it? where are they now with their long term plan…where is your longterm dominant Iceland of euro 2016? abi na 2020?…no be 9ja pursue them go house for for WC

Greece did not dominate anything in 2004, yet they are nowhere to be found, spain dominated from 208-2012 , yet they are no where to be found.
There is nothing like longterm plan, when you are winning its simply your time…it will soon be over wether you are dominating or not

TheGoodJoe:
That is why I said time is the true tell of progress. Not a game or tourney.

Finito.

bros Ukraine will come back from Euro and may mot qualify for the next one, or even struggle to qualify for the next one

TheGoodJoe:
You are now evading the point.

The point is simple. If we are to become that consistent top side, we need to work on playing good possession game because most top sides went that route. The point is simple. It is more than a game or tourney.

i will still tell you its a big lie, you dont need to be dominant to be consistent….if brazil play us today they will surely dominate us, but are they consistent, since 2002?

How can i dominate you and you still flog me 3-0, and all i hear is its in the long term plan🤣🤣
do you know how 3-0 can demoralize a plan…people and fans(eps 9ja) will be like, who send una mumu domination.
There is no way they can give what they dont have…if you dominate you should be loosing by a slim margin not wide margin.
You are dominating and cant compete…its like trying to force and give what you dont have…there is no long term kan kan…if another team catch them, they will still collect with their pseudo-dominance they are trying to form

TheGoodJoe:
I won't tag the Super Eagles a historically dominant side. But they had some good possessive play.

so then it means it was not all about our dominance that created fear in our opponents….we dont play 100% dominantly but teams still fear us in Africa…we won afcon against Bfaso because our the fear bfaso had for us after beating CIV, all these are not becos we dominate.
if we had won CIV in 2024 Ghana for no get mouth to yab us cos we would have equaled there record.
Pesero should have rested some players and started fresh legs to play and win CIV…we needed to be recessive let CIV be dominant…football its not all about dominating

TheGoodJoe:
So I am not expecting teams to win that long but look at Germany winning the World Cup and Euros. Look at Spain winning the World Cup and Euros.

The only national team that have seen cause a havoc by not being possessive and offensive is the Portuguese when they won the Nations Cup and Euros. However, very good possession game is in the middle of most dominance.

That makes it the best route for a side to work towards becoming great.

If you disagree, let me know.

so since you are not expecting teams to have that long streak, it means other with another tactical display will step in to also win, thats to tell yo, its not about domination

TheGoodJoe:
Let me repeat myself so you understand what I mean by dominance. Liverpool in the time of Keegan and Dalglish. Benfica in the time of Eusebio. Brazil in the time of Pele. Ajax in the time of Johann Cruyff. Manchester United in the time of Giggs and Scholes. Barcelona in the time of Xavi. Manchester City recently.

I want to see the Super Eagles walking into tournaments and seeing as a team to be feared and put up terrific performances tournament after tournament.

Can you achieve that without being very good in possession?

super eagles of 1994 dominated without tikitaka, super eagles of 1994 didn’t dominate zambia at the final, it was a balanced game, we won their second stringed team with a slim margin…our football pedigree still make team fear us…not because we are that 100% dominant team..na only 3afcon we get…if we walk into any game against any african team the fear will still be there..the 1994 set created this fear not becos there were 100% dominant…1994 set werent a dominant/possession team but a “determinant team” if im permitted to use that word

TheGoodJoe:
Dominance is not a game but series of games, to years. Like winning streak and lifting multiple titles in a season or years. Keshi and Rohr do not fall into the equation.

bros dont jus bring in any Guardiola philosophy to buttress your point of winning streak over the years…plss give me a national team coach that is staying year to year (for a 5-7yrs stretch) playing dominating football and winning all trophy for the period of the years i gave