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elyte89:
Are we still on dis….we all shld knw dt employing a foreign coach is like a night market .we av seen good coaches with quality cv and Dey failed woefully.one of d examples is egypt 🇪🇬 world class coach Aguirre ,despite his cv he couldn’t qualify Egypt pass d second round in afcon,ousted by SA .now we av a chelle, let support him and c what he can achieve .

Exactly. Let the man just prepare himself. I don't want another Finidi cos Finidi was overwhelmed by the brand status of the SE. If Chelle is not a confident person, then e don shelle be that oo.

Truidstarr:
According to sofascore, The average of the SE last 5 matches; we averaged:

Corner kicks and Freekicks combined: 16.2 per match.
We did not convert a single one. This set piece coach Chelle is coming with is very much needed.

We didn't have one before? I thought its routine to have one nowadays

jihday:
what exactly are you trying to say? Even if he manage to qualify us for the World Cup and also win Afcon he still won’t be your cup of tea?

I no come understand Goke7 for that last line oo.

Kog45:
What has he achieved in my context is that people have every right to express their opinions on him.....no one should be seen as hater cuz of Chelle

Sure. People are well within their right to question his appointment. In fact that is the more natural reaction. On the other hand, I feel in the midst of our scepticism, let's give him a chance.

Personally and like Truidstarr said my attitude is to give everyone a chance (since no be me dey appoint or fire coaches) until they misperform. I supported Finidi, he was a colossal failure. I supported Eguavoen, he was a mix bag, neither here nor there. I will support Chelle and wait to see what he comes to.

Kog45:
Thank you.I just don't know why calling people haters cuz of their opinions.....What has Chelle achieved as a coach in his career?nothing but here we are bringing different theories just to support his appointment

Chelle need to prove he is the man for the job,nothing more.

What was Westerhof's achievement before his appointment? Berti Voight won Euro for Germany, Lagersback took Sweden to the world cup yet both had forgettable stints with us.
My point is that there is no guarantee for anything oo. Known or unknown quantity as a coach is a matter of who comes in and performs.

TheGoodJoe:
The problem is short term goals. Gunning for a trophy is a short term goal. However, improving the team play with a long term goal in sight, like a 3 years period will reduce that pressure to have small wins. It will give room to focus on getting better, that when the team meets what is considered a superior opponent, they play with bravery and control. Even if they lose the game, they will know how good they have become.

I agree but when you get to the point of refinement, teams will look for a way to counter you.

I think it's good to have a playing style but it should be dynamic.

elyte89:
What if he clicks in chelle’s formation?

Let's see then. But I doubt. He's just off

Goke7:
you go explain tire, tiki-taka here we come

If na so e no go Shelle oo.

TheGoodJoe:

I am actually expecting nothing less than an explosive Super Eagles under Chelle. Our players need to buy into his philosophy and embrace him.

If they soak in his knowledge of the game, I see the Super Eagles flying high and becoming one of the most fierce national sides in the game.

Elyte89 baba there you have your favorite phrase 😂😂.

I hope Chelle doesn't play tiki taka cos na from there I go withdraw my support.

elyte89:
I won’t give up until after march games …I believe if osimhen is fit and we are able to win Rwanda 🇷🇼 away and Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 at home while oda top teams cancel each other ..our World Cup dream will be alive


Remember osimhen hasn’t. Played any World Cup qualifiers yet hence part of d reasons we struggle for goals to win matches .he will be a big determinant in our qualification quest .

Boniface should be dropped. He offers nothing upfront.

bisqit:
You people should forget about the WC. Its mission impossible. Highest we will get is second runner up because the damage had already been done

Nothing is impossible. It has happened several times in football. Even if it doesn't eventually happen for us, it doesn't mean that we should give up now.

Joebie:
Over our next two games, I am expecting nothing more than 4 points.

Six. Go all in.

TheGoodJoe:
Not true at all. By the next year, Ronaldo was crowned the world best player and Roberto Carlos was number 2.

Crespo, Lopez, Zanetti were regular in big clubs.

Two years later some of the Atlanta players were stars of the France 98 World Cup. You can't call the Olympics few notches from U-17. Especially , Atlanta and Sidney 2000.

What I mean is that if you look at the weight of the u- 23 football Olympics generally, that gold in 96 loses its lustre. Of course I agree with you that the caliber of players we faced were footballing giants.

Joebie:
His stats for Mali specifically is average considering the opposition if we are to look at the results.

Outside Mali, his stars are poor

Even though, even though.

Hope dey! Until hope no dey. You Gerrit?

Napoleon55:
Not until he mentions tiki taka,I will see whether you go still concentrate to absorb without objections.

Butt it's really good to have TheGoodJoe back.

Hahaha hahaha before sef it is even Tiki taka matters that makes me concentrate on him. If he mentions it now, I will give him sliding tackle. 😂😂 Tiki taka must perish.

zicky:
if it was before na to jump pass 😂 😂. Thank God for divine health.

I tell. His analysis get maggi inside now.

Goke7:
You don’t know what you have until you lose it. That’s life. There are folks here controversial or not that spice up this thread including the eminent Quintessential. Everyone including you brings something special to the table irrespective of their views and opinions.

Well said. I appreciate everyone here oo. God bless this thread. I've been here now since 2015. Omo. Some even before then and we still together. May God keep us to see many seasons together.

Odunayaw:
That dying minute goal reach to faint

That Afcon was a proper tournament

It was sweet. Very sweet

TheGoodJoe:


Qualifying for World Cup is not what someone will tag ambition. Building a World Class coherent team like our Atlanta 96 team that could face the best of the best in World football is ambition. You can't tag such a team to qualify for World Cup. They were squaring it with the best players in World football like Crespo, Claudio Lopez, Rivaldo, Ronaldo de Lima, Ortega, Roberto Carlos, Juninho, Zanetti etc.

Looking back from where I stand now u-23 is just a few notches higher than u-17. What made it special was the manner of our victory.

TheGoodJoe:
Personally, I think Eric Chelle's appointment is an unambitious one. Unfortunately, the NFF are cash strapped and we have to make do with whatever decision they make.

Eric Chelle is actually a coach I liked from his AFCON performance, played bright free-flowing football that entertained me. I think I made a comment about him when Mali got knocked out.

I also feel Samson Siasia is more deserving, since Amunike is now working on an interesting project at Heartland FC, I would want to see what becomes of it in the next 3-4 years.

I don't think Chelle is more of a tactician than Samson Siasia and Siasia would have easily been able to put a sound team together.

Either way, we have Eric Chelle as our coach and we need to throw our full weight behind him and hope he succeeds.

I pray he does well with the Super Eagles and have us playing breath-taking football.

Who else reads TheGoodJoe's analysis with more focus now like I do? The way I concentrate to absorb what you write now ehn. Mehn, thank God for preserving you. That's all I can say.

jihday:
I’ll always support whoever is in charge until it’s clear they’ve ran out of ideas, while I think the appointment is underwhelming I’m willing to wait and see what he’s going to do but I’ll still prefer you sha 👍

You put small meat for my ex client mouth make him dey chew am first. Bad guy 😂😂

charlesemeka85:
they were stupid to let him leave. Chelle is a good coach who I love his tactical approach to games especially his high pressing method

I am not a fortune teller but I foresee him doing well with the caliber of players we have. With the difficult task in hand he will definitely invite our most inform players base on merit.

The chance with the super eagles is a big one for him and with the team’s difficult stand in the World Cup qualifiers I think he has a lot of balls to accept this huge responsibility to rescue the team’s hopes of qualifying

Saw his Malian team couple of times at the last afcon and they were very impressive and unlucky to get knocked out by the eventual champs the Ivorians.

Him and the current Angolan coach were my favourites at the last afcon

Odogwu, I dig your hopeful disposition. Very comforting. I pray the man succeeds. We will be very happy if he does.

mekabuachi:
In almost 10 yrs of supporting SE NFF has done something I can applaud them 👏👏

No let Joebie catch you oo

Truidstarr:
Show me one example where I talked down a local coach that was appointed for SE. Na when the person begin dey mess up I go talk. I give everyone benefit of the doubt.

This is my attitude too

forgiveness:
I totally agree with you. Mali FA no dey think but it is better they sacked him for us to pick him up.

Imagine what he will achieve with better players in SE.

Hahaha hahaha hahaha Joebie see coach wey you don condemn, na im forgiveness dey salivate with thanksgiving say Mali sack am for us.

But then his stats are impressive. Make we no lie

WarHammer2000:
Sometimes, the food prepared at the "dirty" roadside bukas taste better than those from the five-star restaurants.

If you know, you know 😉

This guy and minfelix, I gbadun wetin una dey cook. Situation looks bleak. We don't need doomsday analysis. I'm not saying that Chelle is the best. All I'm saying is that given how dire our situation is, what can we do other than to be positive and hope for the best.

minfelix:
bros you can’t win that Ivorian team that came with that fiery 🔥 re-enforcement… spain sef jam CIV at afcon that spirited performance will still have them breeze pass to the final…..CIV won Afcon same way Portugal won Euro 2016, same spirited showing Zambia gave….Remember Mali lost a penalty to seal them 2-0 win…Eric Chelle outclassed CIV than Peseiro did at the final…
Same spirited performance that helped chelsea winning UCL 2012 after meeting a technically sound barca and even chelsea receiving red card and messi losing a penalty, they still went ahead to the final to meet another crazy match….so Eric Chelle not beating CIV was not a reflection of the true stat of that game…Eric was hugely unlucky…..
He is not the best but he is good abeg

I dey enjoy your positive vibes. If something go spoil, e go spoil. It's better to be positive

WarHammer2000:
Well, both Rohr and Peseiro had average RECENT records before they joined the SE but they achieved meaningful success with us.

No matter how good a cook is, if you give her
2,000 naira to cook a pot of Ogbono soup, she will certainly do worse than an average chef given a budget of 500,000 naira to prepare the same dish.

No matter how skilled a coach is, if he keeps getting hired by poor teams with average players, there's little he can do. Chelle has never managed a team as talented as the SE before. Now he has a team with elite players in the best clubs in the world at his disposal.

Let's see how his soup will taste.

Hmmmm I like the taste of what you wrote.

Joebie:
Go check na..
JP had a far better resume than Chelle.. let's leave all this bias and see things the way they are.

Do you have guarantee that if Santfiet had been hired we would qualify? No be you dey support aji baller wey no get pedigree?

You want the coach that will give you peace of mind. No way!

BankyGee:
Coach Elyte, na so dem take left you behind because of €55k

I sha dey behind you behind Chelle

Let's go. No time

AndSunGorilla:
Yes now before nko, Mujtahida go land for hospital!!!!! Charlesemeka85 sef fit get high BP.

My Oga, we have been through many seasons with the SE but honestly I don't know how to categorize where we are presently