Mujtahida:

But you won't say this when Spain loses oo. In the last three WCs Spain - the archetypical tiki taka team - have been horrible. I recall how vehemently you defended them after Qatar 22. You don't see it that tiki taka is the flashy variation of negative football.

Ultimately it boils down to what you like and what you don't like even when the results are the same. This kind of negative football took Morocco to the semi and took naija to the finals. Do I like negative football? No but it's not in your place to condemn it while lauding tiki taka.

Icon4s:
Overall an excellent AFCON outing. For me I had an open mind going into that final game and already prepared for a defeat in case it comes.

Prio to commencement of the tourney I am not sure up to 10% of us here could have predicted we will get to the Semis let alone the final.

The team gave all they have, you cannot give what you don't have. Playing against a host team in a Cup final is not an easy fit. This is Cote D' Ivoire we just played in Abidjan.

Let's just take the positives and continue to build.

Peseiro needs to scout for more midfielders and inject them into the team while also reducing the number of defenders. Thank God we now finally have a goalie, which is one of the major positives of this AFCON outing.

We can build from here as we push towards world cup qualification. 2026 World Cup is just by the corner . Core of this team will still be available then, if we qualify.

I AM PROUD OF THE BOYS

Mujtahida:

But you won't say this when Spain loses oo. In the last three WCs Spain - the archetypical tiki taka team - have been horrible. I recall how vehemently you defended them after Qatar 22. You don't see it that tiki taka is the flashy variation of negative football.

Ultimately it boils down to what you like and what you don't like even when the results are the same. In fact, this kind of negative football took Morocco to the semi and took naija to the finals. Do I like negative football? No but it's not in your place to condemn it while lauding tiki taka.

Barryseal:

I think Peseiro will quit, the search for more midfielders will be the job of the incoming coach.
Nice submissions though. Playing the hosts in a final was never going to be a cake walk.

TheGoodJoe:


There is a difference between having a tough game against the host and just sitting back and doing nothing. We offered nothing.

Kog45:
A very good tournament for Nigeria and time to reflect on how to fix the team up for WC qualification.It is time to give the likes of Akinsanmiro and Eletu the chance cuz it was glaring we couldn't controlled our games in the middle in all our matches.

Joebie:
Facts. These players give their 100%. They must be protected.

Daninya33:
A big congratulations to the Super Eagles for coming thus far.
I never envisaged that we could even get to the finals.
Kudos to everyone for making that possible.
It's no time to trade blames as we cannot undo what has happened.
We can only draw lessons from the tournament.
Who knows?,we can be Afcon winners next year if we fix areas that are broken.

It's high time we move on to the next game which is a world cup qualifier against our rivals,South Africa next month.
Nigeria has underachieved at the Afcon looking at the number of times we have reached an Afcon semi finals.

From a reliable source,Jose poseiro won't continue as Head Coach. Should the NFF source for a Nigerian to lead the team? Or source for a White journeyman who is familiar with African football?.

The second dilemma stems from the fact that certain players need to exit the team. Who are the players that can add depth and stealth to the current team?.

A member of the NFF technical team is reading proceedings on the thread.

Members can suggest players good enough to play for the Super Eagles.

We,football loving Nigerians want to

Barryseal:

Lets be real, pound for pound they have better midfield than us. I feel the occasion got to our players and they frooze.

Kog45:
A very good tournament for Nigeria and time to reflect on how to fix the team up for WC qualification.It is time to give the likes of Akinsanmiro and Eletu the chance cuz it was glaring we couldn't controlled our games in the middle in all our matches.

TheGoodJoe:


Let us be real, throughout Peseiro's time here, we have never built our midfield. We did not freeze on the occasion. We never grew. That is how we ran with the myth that we had no keeper. Scout and screen and freaking build a team. Nigeria is not a country that fields chickens as players. Pound for pound, Brazil had far better players than us in 96, but we did not cower, we gave them hell.

andrewbaba44:
If chukwueze see Madrid or Barcelona na that time e go turn prime messi

Show us you are a winger just as adingra did ,no amigo we don’t do that here

TheGoodJoe:


Let us be real, throughout Peseiro's time here, we have never built our midfield. We did not freeze on the occasion. We never grew. That is how we ran with the myth that we had no keeper. Scout and screen and freaking build a team. Nigeria is not a country that fields chickens as players. Pound for pound, Brazil had far better players than us in 96, but we did not cower, we gave them hell.

Ppogbae:


This is some food for thought.

Blueelf:


Boss, these guys are too young. bTW, how many senior professional games do they have under their belt?

Blueelf:
Going forward, perseiro is not the one for us he is too timid and defensive. While he has improved our defense, he is too lazily a coach to scout for midfielders. This bad tradition of carrying 4 midfielders to major tourneys must stop

Iwobi can't be starting for us. This tourney showed that he isn't really as good as he is touted. A good sub nonetheless but not a starter for a title contender.

Osimhen tried. He just wasn't getting services

Zaidu sanusi shouldn't be starting. We need to get a solid LB or draft a player there.

Maduka Okoye should come take the place of Uzoho. His time with is is over.

We did great and surpassed expectations. Just need a new coach and some few tweaks here and there. Maybe Angola's coach or Hugo boss since he has more experience...or herve Renard. Emmanuel Amunike wouldn't be bad but I'm not sure about him

I'm talking of coaches that are realistically within our reach

TheGoodJoe:


Let us be real, throughout Peseiro's time here, we have never built our midfield. We did not freeze on the occasion. We never grew. That is how we ran with the myth that we had no keeper. Scout and screen and freaking build a team. Nigeria is not a country that fields chickens as players. Pound for pound, Brazil had far better players than us in 96, but we did not cower, we gave them hell.

Blueelf:
Going forward, perseiro is not the one for us he is too timid and defensive. While he has improved our defense, he is too lazily a coach to scout for midfielders. This bad tradition of carrying 4 midfielders to major tourneys must stop

Iwobi can't be starting for us. This tourney showed that he isn't really as good as he is touted. A good sub nonetheless but not a starter for a title contender.

Osimhen tried. He just wasn't getting services

Zaidu sanusi shouldn't be starting. We need to get a solid LB or draft a player there.

Maduka Okoye should come take the place of Uzoho. His time with is is over.

We did great and surpassed expectations. Just need a new coach and some few tweaks here and there. Maybe Angola's coach or Hugo boss since he has more experience...or herve Renard. Emmanuel Amunike wouldn't be bad but I'm not sure about him

I'm talking of coaches that are realistically within our reach

Blueelf:


Boss, these guys are too young. bTW, how many senior professional games do they have under their belt?

Goke7:


Dude played with an injury, He is one of the players am most grateful to. He wasn't 100% fit for this Afcon yet he gave his all. Twice in the early minutes against SA and CIV he went down, how he still gets all that energy to press upfront is a wonder. His APOTY is no fluke

Kog45:
We just need to fix that midfield

Kog45:
Truth be told,am not happy yesterday not cuz we lost but we failed to fight gallantly.Alex Iwobi and Chuckwueze i just don't know

Kog45:
Right man to cover for Stanley Nwabali is Christian Nwoke not Okoye Maduka cuz he is a complete keeper,if Nwabali sleep that boy will become number one.

leathalbeast:
so your team lost and you are still here ?

Barryseal:

On the contrary, Peseiro have tried to develop our game to be more possessive. Nobody can deny we controlled games prior to this championship, we just couldn't keep a clean sheet thanks to an unbalanced defence and Uzoho.

Alot of people commended our posessesive play against Saudi Arabia and Uganda abi na Mozambique, even you, I remember reading your blue font.

Just like the way we struck gold with Nwabali, I feel same will happen to that midfield in fullness of time.

I hope we get the next managerial hire right. Alot depends on that