₦airaland Forum

Sugarboyy:
If we are playing 3 defence, it should be Bassey, Ajayi and Fredrick. While Zaidu can play LWB and Simon plays RWB. And if I'm to suggest, I will suggest we play a 3-5-2 in this play off. Such would limit our opponents from scoring while we will surely score.

Nwabali/Okoye (anyone of both is okay by me)

Simon
Fredrick
Ajayi
Bassey
Zaidu/Agu

Ndidi
Onyeka/Onyedika
Iwobi
Osimhen
Lookman/Adams/Tolu

i cant blive you people are removing chukwueze again over lookman
This must be juju.

Same lookman we have been palying in all our Qualifiers without result and nearly missed out until 2 yellow cards save us from lookman .

If Nigeria miss blow thier last chance bcoz of this Lookman fever nobody should blame the players.
Becoz there is ablosolutely no reason lookman should be on that field over chukwueze. CHUKWUEZE & SIMON should be maintained until otherwise

Since my experience of watching football coaches has always maintained using
THE LAST TEAM THAT GOT U RESULT UNTIL IT FAILS

Sugarboyy:
Remember, Ajibade won the MVP recently and Oshola can be said to be the greatest Nigeria female footballer, even though personally I would rate Mercy Akhide ahead of him.
Also, thankfully, Osimhen, Ikpeba and Ighalo are from Edo State. Chukwueze shouldn't be in this list

Ragingthunder:
lol I don't share your pov

Ragingthunder:
ok? Should we invite onuachu or what are you insinuating?

Ragingthunder:
how many matches has osi played in the league? Infact he's on the bench now, just calm down

malali:
Thats the "least" of what he did......LMAO
That guy deserves to rot in Jail.
People lost live and property in the South East
While he was abroad having money wired to him and going to kenya to meet up with random women

malali:

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Kanu said many things that were false and dangerous — he threatened national peace with conspiracies like

“Buhari is dead and replaced by Jubril from Sudan.”

Nigeria’s problems are bigger than Nnamdi Kanu. He should remain behind bars.

Mujtahida:
😂😂😂😂 Na semid4lyfe add English flavor to our Nigerian lingo of Otu. "Otuness" or according to forgiveness "otuniness" na for real swegbe player

Mujtahida:
We always have Victors in our team
Victor Igbinoba
Victor Ikpeba
Victor Agali
Victor Moses
Victor Osimhen


Toh Boniface I dey contemplate whether to add your name.

Kog45 any more names?

TheSuperNerd:
Esther "Messi" Okoronkwo and Rasheedat "Madam Consistent" Ajibade make the Nominees for the CAF WPOTY award.

CAF Awards 2025.

Mujtahida:
We always have Victors in our team
Victor Igbinoba
Victor Ikpeba
Victor Agali
Victor Moses
Victor Osimhen


Toh Boniface I dey contemplate whether to add your name.

Victor anichebe

Kog45 any more names?

TheSuperNerd:
Easily The Best Meme of Afcon 2023 (Held in 2024).

Nwabali on his day is the right mix of fun and intimidating.

forgiveness:
N:B nobody is clamoring for Awoniyi now. I am just debunking lies.

I watched the Benin match again but I no see the otuniness wey dem talk about Olusegun.

Of course, I am not clamoring for him ooo. Though I noticed he he won the Russian league with his team last season to get the attention but I don't know his contribution. I will find out myself because I don't believe some people here.

Moreover, when Iwobi moved into the attacking midfield after Onye entered, he was poor.

His ball control and passes were atrocious.

We need a better AMF with good ball control and an eye for tailored passes.

Goke7:
Again you guys be careful what you wish for. It’s because chuks is in form we are saying this. When Lookman was in form doing great things for us we didn’t feel this way o

Mujtahida:
My brother finish work in that analysis. Kundus to him. Realpoacher more ink to your pen.

muyico:
And many Nigerians is calling for his release

Ozzyk:
I tried at first to reason with her excuses throughout last month until last week that it doesn't seem to make sense anymore....
When I talk say she go talk say she no ready give in until after 9 months
You won't even notice that she's pregnant yet
She's very active at her work place, goes to chuch regularly, markets, cook and other day to day activities

realpoacher:
The nerd,

I am not going overboard with my Praise of Chukwueze... My accolades on him is based on extensive analysis of his game play since 2015 U-17s.

De nerd, you know what I am saying. Look at him with your trained eyes. Chukwueze has mastered the art of playing 3 solid positions on the field. He started with 11 at the U-17s to Villarreal and even his early days in the SE. Later switched to 7 and inverted RW. Now Chelle mistakenly played him as a 10 against Jamaica and he shoned like he was born for that role.

His wing play either as a LW or RW can be erratic but I promise you, his midfield role will not be the same.

You people forget that Chukwueze has more Assist in that Team than any other players, yet he played less than most of them.

He has been giving Osimehn assist back to back. He was the one who assisted Osimehn with the second goal away to Rwanda.

Playing him as a 10 with a free role means that he can be seen anywhere on the pitch and he will do well with the ball, LW, RW, AM, CM etc just name it, he will always wiggle his way out.

In the process, the issue about his on & off performance won't even arise.

If you are making Iwobi sit deep with Ndidi, then by all means allow Chukwueze sit and roam just ahead of them.

Another person Chelle is not utilizing is Uche, Second half, Uche can come in for either Iwobi or Chukwueze. Having a versatile player like Uche is always a blessing most coaches pray for, someone that can play DM, CM and AM comfortably is who you are rooting to the bench.

This squad is more than capable of putting aside all teams in the playoffs including Cameroon, Bolivia or Costa Rica. It doesn't matter who we meet.

We have been given a lifeline here, let's not blow it.

Let them approach this playoff as our own World Cup before the main world Cup. Whatever display we are hoping to do at America should start from the playoffs.

realpoacher:
I have been saying it before and I will keep saying it.

Chukweze holds the key to our long lost number 10. Chukweze holds the key to our qualification.

Chukweze is the remaining gel to our team play. He is the missing piece to our destruction of teams going forward.

Chukweze is tricky, sleeky, skillful, technically astute and a ball carrier.

This is not an argument of either playing Ademola or Chukweze. Play Chukweze and others. Just make sure he starts especially through the middle.

His skills are specially designed for free midfield role and you will see magic. He is left footed and that makes him a perfect candidate for the 10 role.

Think Messi, Think James, Think Odegaard, then think Chukweze.

He showed what he is capable of doing through the middle during the Unity cup, yet Chelle kept him on the bench.

Look at how we have struggled for goals all through the Qualifiers and suddenly Lookman Ademola is benched due to yellow cards and we suddenly won 4-0, through whose Magic?... Chukweze!!!!


He is the unsung hero in that Match.


This is not even about Osimehn,..(Osimehn has been playing since without been fed )

No matter how good your strikers are, they need feeding.

It bothers me that the coach didn't notice all these while. It took God to make Ademola get banned to force his hands to play Chukweze.

If Lookman had played that game instead of Chukweze,... We will not be analyzing any Playoffs because we all know how that match would have ended.

We would have struggled to score one Goal from beginning to ending,.. we will manage to score one in the 60th or 70 minutes and Benin would equalize in the 80th minute... 1-1 game over.

In all these, Playoffs will come and Chelle will be back to benching Chukweze for Lookman, then bringing him in the 85th Minute to play wing football and Perform Magic.

Chukweze is the Okocha of our time, the scoring Okocha actually.,.. Just play him through the middle and see Magic

Amedino99:
even rohr will say something like that and we know how that one's tenure ended.

elyte89:
lol dt defensive coach

GMBOFASIA:
Since Chelle is not a good coach maybe they should re appoint finidi George na

Diavolo:
Two things can be right at the same time,doesn't have to be one or the other. Does he play hero ball yes because he shoots in areas where he's expected to pass but what if that's because we are using him wrongly. Put him as a striker where he collects the ball and creates spaces for himself and shoots instead of in situations where he collects the ball and he's expected to make a pass like a chukwueze or Iwobi would do

elyte89:
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What are u even talkin abt a player is not producing for you and u keep playin him at the expense of ur job ? Even when u hav other options ?..
He tried chukwueze with freindly and he delivered. Yet he benched him all through.
Chelle is ass
Abi no be same chukwueze dt has been so inconsistent,cos he played well against Benin 🇧🇯…I pray it continues dt way ..cos any small thing now,u will begin to curse him 😊

Diavolo:
was lookman out of form or was he played out of position. First game he played him on the left,second game he played him on the right which is even worse. Lookman is a striker or supporting striker. No matter how good a player is playing him out of position will reduce his output.

Goke7:
@the bolded, this is true. That flash chuks showed against Jamaica was a free expo but don’t know why the coach didn’t utilise that going forward after that tournament

elyte89:
Bro let’s be realistic when. Making some points ,we re not Brazil 🇧🇷 or Argentina 🇦🇷 where we can boldly say we av superstars dt can replace each oda easily in the team

Will u have a lookman (African best in ur team) and bench him as a coach ? Let’s be sincere .i am not saying chelle is perfect ,but in dt Nigerian 🇳🇬 team two players are practically untouchable even when not match fit ..wc is osimhen and lookman

Mujtahida:
Chukwueze was on good streak. Chelle kept benching him. He played Dessers against South Africa when Tolu should have been his first option.

Diavolo:
I think Chrisantus Uche problem is our technical team (Chelle and NFf) inability to correctly profile him. They don't know what position he's best at. Wrong profiling of players has been a long standing problem,eg Iwobi,lookman,Simon. I think he's best as a box to box cm where he can use his energy

Mujtahida:
Determination is a spirit. How did Osimhen score this third goal. I marvel at the doggedness of this maverick

mostob:
Cc
NIGHTMARE0O7

Elock1:
chief them no dey call out some players flaws for here ohh

Once you call them out, dem go begin label you as enemy of progress, forgetting that we state what we see and want the best