ChrisKels:

Even Ajagun knows why he was excluded

daveP:

Dreads gone.

Napoleon55:

It's not matter of belief,almost every country always believe that they r good enough 4 the trophy,but usually the team with the best quality wins.
We have the squad to dominate Africa for the next 5 years,but not the world stage.

At the world stage is a different ball game,
U will need
2 very good wing backs ,
At least one top defender ,
A very good goal keeper.
A top DM/CDM,
A world class or near world class AM,
A top attacker
In general,u need at least 3 world class or near world class players to truly compete for the WC trophy.
U r still going to need luck,faith,a good coach and discipline ..
Apart from all these,every other thing would b by luck

Truidstar:

I beg to differ sir, Greece 2002 euros comes to mind. It negates your argument. A shit squad, but the german coach molded them into a cohesive unit difficult to break down. No superstar player...players playing in the championship in England and greece. I still affirm it is belief qnd some insane amount of luck.

ChrisKels:
If we didn't see this kid grow up, some old-papa-youngies in this thread would be here debating his age, out of self delusion.

Truidstar:

I beg to differ sir, Greece 2002 euros comes to mind. It negates your argument. A shit squad, but the german coach molded them into a cohesive unit difficult to break down. No superstar player...players playing in the championship in England and greece. I still affirm it is belief qnd some insane amount of luck.

Arabiandude:

Oga stop given false information here, none of Greece players that won the Euro in 2004 was playing in the championship, infact they had no second division players.

andrewbaba44:


This squad looks better than Keshi 2014 World Cup squad

JohnBullMySon:
He's not Osimhen. About two Super Eagles players are on this forum. They're not very regular.

mostob:
who is this?

BascoVanVeli:
Samuel Chukwueze vs Barcelona as requested. Not every moment though but quite enough


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5QbqbJ9a-Y

Legendarytotow:
Osimhen starts against Torino

Legendarytotow:
Osimhen starts against Torino

forgiveness:


SAD, SAD DAY FOR NIGERIAN FOOTBALL

By Lolade Adewuyi

The Super Eagles lost to the Pharaohs in Alexandria and will now miss a consecutive Africa Cup of Nations tournament
GOAL COMMENT By Lolade Adewuyi Follow on Twitter
Nigerian football plumbed new depths on Tuesday as the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after losing 1-0 to Egypt in Alexandria.

Ramadan Sobhy scored the lone goal to send the Pharaohs to Gabon and consign the Super Eagles to missing another tournament after the failure of 2015.

The Eagles, under the tutelage of Samson Siasia looked better organized than the previous game in Kaduna but fell to a more compact side in the Pharaohs.

Despite all their possession, there was a lack of cutting edge as the hosts blocked out their attacking forays and tactically avoided giving away any fouls.

While the Egyptians have just qualified for their first Afcon since 2010, Nigeria will need to ask questions about where it all went wrong.

Reigning champions of Africa at U20 and U23, double world champions at U17, there is surely no shortage of talent for the Nigerian senior national team.

So why have we failed to reach two consecutive Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and three of the last four?

Nigeria’s fate was sealed after the withdrawal of Chad from the qualifying campaign which created a situation where only one team could qualify, as against the original scenario where the second-placed team could go through if it amassed enough points to finish as one of two best second-placed teams.

One of the biggest problems was self inflicted. In all the four matches the Super Eagles have played, there were three different coaches in charge of the team – Stephen Keshi, Sunday Oliseh and Siasia.

The Nigeria Football Federation’s changing of coaches and the infighting which led to loss of focus under the watchful eye of Mr Amaju Pinnick is one of the causes of our downfall.

It is a shame that under Mr Pinnick, Nigeria has failed to qualify two straight times for the Afcon. Twice!

In a sane country, Mr Pinnick would announce his resignation and other key members of the NFF would follow suit in order to take the blame for the situation at hand.

However, if one can predict their reaction, they will attempt to shift the blame on every other person but themselves.

While Mr Pinnick has spent so much money on training back room staff and former players who have had nothing to do with our teams, flying to Europe and back, coaches across the entire national teams as well as players have been regularly owed salaries and bonuses. Yet he wants to hire a European as coach of the Super Eagles.

When Mr Pinnick was elected president of the NFF in acrimonious circumstances in 2014, Nigeria had just returned from the World Cup where it reached the Round of 16 and was adjudged the 16th best football playing nation in the world.



While Algeria, a fellow African side that reached the same stage in Brazil, have continued to build on that feat and now look unbeatable, we have regressed and consistently dropped below accepted standards.

While our boys have shed their sweat and blood to protect our colours, our football administrators seem to wallow in the splendour of underachievement.

Once again we will watch the 16 best teams in Africa file out in Gabon in January without our green and white flying at the tournament.

We will be onlookers as other teams jostle for the title that our boys lifted in 2013, a moment of great triumph for our nation.

We will watch on our TV screens as other young men do their nations proud while ours regret not qualifying.

It is a sad, sad day for Nigerian football.


http://m.goal.com/s/en-ng/news/17252/super-eagles/2016/03/30/21837352/sad-sad-day-for-nigerian-football

Subzero047:

I'm sure Komekn is Onomah and Forgiveness is Ajagun

andrewbaba44:


Give me clue

I Dey suspect smart smith sha

kellycute:
how sure are you? Tag their monikers

kellycute:
how sure are you? Tag their monikers

12large1:
I am proud and impressed with our forward line present performances. But, let's not forget that SE has always produced Decent/Good strikers. Infact, in the dark "super chickens" Era, we had the likes of Martins, yakubu, osaze, Kalu uche, Ike uche, Obasi, obinna, Anichebe, utaka, Ideye all scoring and impressing at their clubside. Did they win any trophy for SE? No. Were they impressive at 2010 world cup, No. Infact, 2010 was SE worst ever world cup performance wise despite having these sharp shooters aforementioned. Anyway, my point is that let's not overestimate our present inform Strikers and we must place serious emphasis on Finding top notch Midfilders to compliment Ndid, etebo, Aribo and also good Defenders to compliment Zaidu, Ebuehi, Aina. Right now, there should be a solid search on Finding a Talented "Attacking Midfielder", Center backs and also adequate replacement in those positions to even mandate or anticipate an ANC win or a WC quarter-finals position.

The likes of Nwakali, Ejaria, and should must be invited in our next game while the search for Adequate CB must continue. Personally, I haven't been impressed by Ekong and Balogun combination and although they're the best available option now, we have to keep searching.

SE Strengths - Strikers
Wingers
Defensive Midfield (because of ndidi and etebo)

SE weakness - Attacking Midfield
Center backs.

Come to think of it, why Is it difficult for super eagles to produce "Attacking Midfielders"? despite the fact that okocha is many Nigerians �? Our upcoming youth/adolescent needs to Be coached on being a solid Attacking Midfieldera

BascoVanVeli:
Samuel Chukwueze vs Barcelona as requested. Not every moment though but quite enough


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5QbqbJ9a-Y

Legendarytotow:
Osimhen starts against Torino

andrewbaba44:


Osimhen will start against Torino

ChrisKels:


Even Ajagun knows why he was excluded

12large1:
I am proud and impressed with our forward line present performances. But, let's not forget that SE has always produced Decent/Good strikers. Infact, in the dark "super chickens" Era, we had the likes of Martins, yakubu, osaze, Kalu uche, Ike uche, Obasi, obinna, Anichebe, utaka, Ideye all scoring and impressing at their clubside. Did they win any trophy for SE? No. Were they impressive at 2010 world cup, No. Infact, [b]2010 was SE worst ever world cup performance wise [/b]despite having these sharp shooters aforementioned. Anyway, my point is that let's not overestimate our present inform Strikers and we must place serious emphasis on Finding top notch Midfilders to compliment Ndid, etebo, Aribo and also good Defenders to compliment Zaidu, Ebuehi, Aina. Right now, there should be a solid search on Finding a Talented "Attacking Midfielder", Center backs and also adequate replacement in those positions to even mandate or anticipate an ANC win or a WC quarter-finals position.

The likes of Nwakali, Ejaria, and should must be invited in our next game while the search for Adequate CB must continue. Personally, I haven't been impressed by Ekong and Balogun combination and although they're the best available option now, we have to keep searching.

SE Strengths - Strikers
Wingers
Defensive Midfield (because of ndidi and etebo)

SE weakness - Attacking Midfield
Center backs.

Come to think of it, why Is it difficult for super eagles to produce "Attacking Midfielders"? despite the fact that okocha is many Nigerians �? Our upcoming youth/adolescent needs to Be coached on being a solid Attacking Midfieldera

Truidstar:

I beg to differ sir, Greece 2002 euros comes to mind. It negates your argument. A shit squad, but the german coach molded them into a cohesive unit difficult to break down. No superstar player...players playing in the championship in England and greece. I still affirm it is belief qnd some insane amount of luck.

jihday:
Please don't ever disrespect 2002 WC again

TheSuperNerd:
Terem Moffi makes both the Whoscored's and Sofascore's Ligue 1 TOTW. No Arguments over his Impact this past weekend.