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Bannedlargejr:
The entire team except Bruno were average or below average let’s not single out Iwobi here

whoever peeps lookman playing hero ball a little too much. Let this African awards not swell his head up yet

Samueltemi337:
Yekini 58 assists?

E go be 58 matches, which is still incorrect, 'cos na 67 matches he play.

Where the 58 assists wan come from for a striker? In 67 matches?

Goke7:
Shebi they say we Dey overhype the player

You no fit disgrace who carry grace. They don't know.

Not sure if the players just didn't care to give their 💯because they found out we had already qualified anyways, but that was hands down the worst SE performance I've ever watched in some years now, and I've seen some pretty terrible games by the SE. Eguavoen need to have a serious talk with certain players on that team if he's still retained as coach.

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lbrichman2:
Please kindly tell me if Osimhen got up to 5 chances today
Thats all I ask

Leave the clown, the thing wey dey vex me pass na the "remove the goals against..." are you that slow? The Ronaldos and Messis them, the highest number of their international goals are against Luxemburg, Andorra, Bolivia, San Marino etc...

We played Zimbabwe and Lesotho in the WCQ without Osimhen, na midfielders dey equalize 1–1 for us, when Osimhen scored two and gave an assist against that same Lesotho in one match the previous year.

Person go just wan feel intelligent start dey jam talk anyhow.

Starboytwo:
I swear to God, I told the man behind me today, I suspected the rain for this performance, cuz it was awful.. At one point I stood up :[ Bad passes everywhere. Benin actually played better of the two teams.

Lookman no lookman today at all, then the same man told me he expected it, say Lookman can't hide again, he Don blow so he was marked. Ekong awful pass upandan. Again, I'm blaming the rain and the slippery pitch.

Today game was definitely one of the bad game. Thank God for Moses and Victor.

You mean Victor Moses? 😂😏😏

Bannedlargejr:
Osimhen despite his well deserved goal (Good goal) was AVERAGE today. Multiple offsides and 3 missed SITTERS is unacceptable at this level and will be punished against world class team. (Don’t listen to the PR campaign going on here) infact, the entire Team except Bruno onyeamachi were AVERAGE and Below average today. Eguavoen will have to improve on that midfield because today’s performance wasn’t acceptable. Additionally, against rwanda, I expect a 4-0 Win in addition to coherent football. Bruno and Moses Simon just focus on delivering precise crosses because we have the best header of the ball in the world

You won't talk about Lookman?

BankyGee:
Leave the clown, the thing wey dey vex me pass na the "remove the goals against..." are you that slow? The Ronaldos and Messis them, the highest number of their international goals are against Luxemburg, Andorra, Bolivia, San Marino etc...

We played Zimbabwe and Lesotho in the WCQ without Osimhen, na midfielders dey equalize 1–1 for us, when Osimhen scored two and gave an assist against that same Lesotho in one match the previous year.

Person go just wan feel intelligent start dey jam talk anyhow.

You didn’t see the two SITTERS missed in the first half? Clear cut chance from bruno or you want to be a Pathological Liar? Anyway, he scored and rightly deserves commendation but he needs to improve on his “Offside trap” and “Conversion rate”. The entire team except Bruno were AVERAGE maybe it was because they were aware of secured qualification. We can not be celebrating todays performance or draw against Benin IDGAF they’re a small team in African football history

Samueltemi337:
You won't talk about Lookman?

Hold am for neck..

Alex Iwobi is surely a mainstay in the Super Eagles midfield but today saw him drop probably one of his worse GWG performances. Iwobi struggled to be incisive and looked leggy in his distribution at times.

He completed 30 passes out of 39 attempted in 72mins of play.

Raphael Onyedika came in at half time and completed the same number of passes (30) out of 36 in lesser time than it took Iwobi. And his passes were mostly purposeful recycles, top distributive and switch plays-effective.

What am I saying? Not that Iwobi needs be replaced by Onyedika. Absolutely not.

But that a metronomic middle game figure like Onyedika should not be left on the bloody bench when he holds the key to how our middle game operates and how our transitions and switchplays happen.

Onyedika should be playing alongside Iwobi and one more midfielder for proper middle game balance that perfectly places our fingers on the trigger of our attacking weapons.

Iwobi, our creative outlet was underpar but thank God for the Metronomic outlet in Onyedika who came in and got our midfield wheels working effectively again.

Samueltemi337:
You won't talk about Lookman?

Lookman Who is my Boy was also Below average today. Eguavoen needs to realize that lookman beat position is Centre and not the wings. You watch a world class player terrorize seria A defenders playing Centre and you decide to play him on the wings? How do you expect him to perform at his best. Like I said, the entire team were average or below average except “Bruno onyeamachi”

Bannedlargejr:
You didn’t see the two SITTERS missed in the first half? Clear cut chance from bruno or you want to be a Pathological Liar? Anyway, he scored and rightly deserves commendation but he needs to improve on his “Offside trap” and “Conversion rate”. The entire team except Bruno were average maybe it was because they were aware of secured qualification. We can not be celebrating todays performance or draw against Benin IDGAF they’re a small team in African football history

One of those balls ended up SITTING inside the net.

Use your brain sometimes... You whine too much. I know you edited the rubbish draft you wanted to post that he didn't score, now it's "he missed two sitters" oshey, Joseph the Carpenter... Keep counting seats.

Bannedlargejr:
Lookman Who is my Boy was also Below average today. Eguavoen needs to realize that lookman beat position is Centre and not the wings. You watch a world class player terrorize seria A defenders playing Centre and you decide to play him on the wings? How do you expect him to perform at his best.

So are you blaming AE for Lookman poor performance?

Samueltemi337:
So are you blaming AE for Lookman poor performance?

I say this guy hypocrisy is off the charts, he's a hypocrite to not even admit he's a hypocrite

His takes are just always funny to me. 😂

Wilfred Ndidi is a seasoned midfield General. I respect his contributions and all but he doesn't make this midfield two fly the way Onyeka did alongside Iwobi.

Personnel combos matter.

Ndidi still outdueled everyone today though. Won the most duels (10) in the game and completed the 2nd most passes (69) in the game (1st was Bassey). But I know for certain Ndidi in a balanced midfield 3 will be more appreciated in the GWG.

BankyGee:
One of those balls ended up SITTING inside the net.

Use your brain sometimes... You whine too much. I know you edited the rubbish draft you wanted to post that he didn't score, now it's "he missed two sitters" oshey, Joseph the Carpenter... Keep counting seats.

You must be crazy so you want me to be excited that the Giant of Africa were held to a stalemate by one the Historically Giant of African football, Benin? We have to be truthful devoid of any emotions when analyzing Games. Todays performance by the super eagles was an eyesore and everyone except Onyeamachi were Average or Below average including my fave Ademola lookman. I’m sorry but I can’t celebrate today’s performance lai lai

🔥🔥🔥🔥

Samueltemi337:
So are you blaming AE for Lookman poor performance?

Lookman is not a winger his best posits centre and you want the best lookman play him the way Atalanta play him. How you want to translate it is your cup of tea

TheSuperNerd:
Wilfred Ndidi is a seasoned midfield General. I respect his contributions and all but he doesn't make this midfield two fly the way Onyeka did alongside Iwobi.

Personnel combos matter.

Ndidi still outdueled everyone today though. Won the most duels (10) in the game and completed the 2nd most passes (69) in the game (1st was Bassey). But I know for certain Ndidi in a balanced midfield 3 will be more appreciated in the GWG.

Ndidi is not a better player than Onyedika or even onyeka and is only starting due to seniority

Bannedlargejr:
Lookman is not a winger his best posits centre and you want the best lookman play him the way Atalanta play him. How you want to translate it is your cup of tea

It obvious you don't watch Atalanta games then
Lookman played as an inside forward today a position he has played many times for his club

By the way, Congratulations to osimehn for breaking the legendary segun ofegbami goal record of 22 goals. I expect him to break yekini record prior to his SE retirement. Simon and onyemachi are good crossers and star boy will score many headers

BankyGee:
E go be 58 matches, which is still incorrect, 'cos na 67 matches he play.

Where the 58 assists wan come from for a striker? In 67 matches?

Found the correct one. It's matches, not assists. That's impossible; and Yekini even played 62 games, not 58.

Bannedlargejr:
You must be crazy so you want me to be excited that the Giant of Africa were held to a stalemate by one the Historically Giant of African football, Benin? We have to be truthful devoid of any emotions when analyzing Games. Todays performance by the super eagles was an eyesore and everyone except Onyeamachi were Average or Below average including my fave Ademola lookman. I’m sorry but I can’t celebrate today’s performance lai lai

I never praised the performance of the team today, if you followed the thread during the match, you'll see my comments regarding how bad the match was.

I'm only celebrating Osimhen's goal, you're talking of the team. If not for Simon's brilliance and Victor's goal, this is a lost match for Nigeria but a big win for you and your anti-Osimhen squad. The fact you've deleted your initial draft on Osimhen is a win for me. Stick with the missing sitters one.

Shameful how Nigeria treated yekini hope Osimhen shatters his long standing record since 1998

I prefer Osimhen to lookmAn. No Osimhen no goal for Nigeria

9JAMac10:
I prefer Osimhen to lookmAn. No Osimhen no goal for Nigeria

Let’s celebrate our boys equally because on their day, they’re our best players

Our midfield trio should be Onyedika, Onyeka and Dele-Bashiru...play Iwobi from the wing if he has to start or bench him. Eguavoen gaffed big time by starting Iheanacho and even more baffling that he played him from the wing! like what kind of self-sabotage is that? Ndidi offers us nothing, just another pedestrian player living off on "experienced player" tax.

I'm sorry but players like Ndidi, Iheanacho, and Sadiq have absolutely no business in the NT! Ojediran of Lens is looking like a exciting prospect, why not just give players like that a chance? Vince Osuji is balling in Sweden top flight football, why not give the kid a chance? I'll even take Ariehi over Iheanacho right now at this point- at least he's one for the future.

Aina sef dey Bleep up these days, he needs serious competition in that position and Osayi doesn't inspire much confidence. So why can't NFF try players like Kingsley Ehibizue, Felix Agu and Kayode from Fiorentina? Osimhen and Moses Simon keep carrying this team but for how long can we keep depending on their individual brilliance to bail us out... Nwabali sef needs to stop letting media hype get into his head and calm down. Lookman is really trying but he was so isolated and crowded out with no options available for those lay-offs.

The only positives today were Bruno Onyemaechi (solid baller), Simon Moses and Onyedika to some extent. The rest were absolutely gash. Lots of work and revamping needs to be done going forward and NFF have to come out clear and decide who our coach is after the Rwandan game, if it's Eguavoen then announce him as the substantive coach and find tactically sound assistants to support him (if possible bring back Siasia into the coaching fold).

I hate to say this but I'll gladly take Rohr back if he decides to try his redemption arc with us, his football wasn't pretty on the eyes but he made us play very effective and pragmatic football.

BankyGee:
I never praised the performance of the team today, if you followed the thread during the match, you'll see my comments regarding how bad the match was.

I'm only celebrating Osimhen's goal, you're talking of the team. If not for Simon's brilliance and Victor's goal, this is a lost match for Nigeria but a big win for you and your anti-Osimhen squad. The fact you've deleted your initial draft on Osimhen is a win for me. Stick with the missing sitters one.

Bro, you have every right to celebrate his goal and I don’t have an issue with it. My only issue was people celebrating the team performance individual and collective when they were Average except Onyemachi. It’s disrespectful to label anyone as “anti anyone” simply because of an opinion

Oganigwe:
Our midfield trio should be Onyedika, Onyeka and Dele-Bashiru...play Iwobi from the wing if he has to start or bench him. Eguavoen gaffed big time by starting Iheanacho and even more baffling that he played him from the wing! like what kind of self-sabotage is that?

I'm sorry but players like Ndidi, Iheanacho, and Sadiq have absolutely no business in the NT! Ojediran of Lens is looking like am exciting prospect, why not just give players like that as chance? Vince Osuji is balling in Sweden top flight football, why not give the kid a chance? I'll even take Ariehi over Iheanacho right now at this point- at least he's one for the future.

Aina sef dey Bleep up these days, he needs serious competition in that position and Osayi doesn't inspire much confidence. So why can't NFF try players like Kingsley Ehibizue, Felix Agu and Kayode from Fiorentina? Osimhen and Moses Simon keep carrying this team but for how long can we keep depending on their individual brilliance to bail us out... Nwabali sef needs to stop letting media hype get into his head and calm down. Lookman is really trying but he was so isolated and crowded out with no options available for those lay-offs.

The only positives today were Bruno Onyemaechi (solid baller), Simon Moses and Onyedika to some extent. The rest were absolutely gash. Lots of work and revamping needs to be done going forward and NFF have to come out clear and decide who our coach is after the Rwandan game, if it's Eguavoen then announce him as the substantive coach and find tactically sound assistants to support him (if possible bring back Siasia into the coaching fold).

I hate to say this but I'll gladly take Rohr back if he decides to try his redemption arc with us, his football wasn't pretty on the eyes but he made us play very effective and pragmatic football.

Ur last statement spoilt everything 🤨

If we want to qualify for the WC, then boys need to win every match from March 2025 onwards. Draws will not cut it.

I hope these guys know the task ahead of them. That's all.

wayodude:
I watched the entire 90 mins of this game and that easily qualifies for a top 2 worst Super Eagles performance in living memory. Please don't let the fact it ended in a draw deceive you. Benin really were the better side and should have won convincingly. It was so glaringly obvious who the better managed team was.

Who to blame?

Eguavoen has had several auditions and has serially proven not to be cut out for it at this level. Iwobi and Ndidi in a 2 man midfield? Starting with 3 centre backs but with no idea how to progress the ball through the lines? Not a single attempt at creating overloads on the Beninoise full backs, they did that to ours several times? Really really poor.

Iheanacho is finished at the top level. After he inevitably gets offloaded by Sevilla he will disappear into the ether. I don't see how he gets interest from a top flight team in any big league.

Bassey cannot be a guaranteed starter. He's all brawn no brains, very aggressive but no real physical qualities to talk about, not fast can jump ...simply not good enough to be starting every game. He's still young so might improve with time.

Iwobi also cannot be a guaranteed starter. We've seen his performance ceiling, it isn't very high and he hardly ever brings it to the party anyway.

Gabriel Osho was very very poor. I think it was a good idea to see him in this sort of game and the nerves of making his debut might have got to him. Maybe he gets one more chance. We need to try out a few more players here so his invitation was welcome.

Osimhen needs 5/6 clear cut chances to convert 1. His finishing for club and country are not worth the hype he gets. The best part of his game is his hard work, physicality and athleticism but against strong, athletic African strikers they don't leave him with any change. Remove the 7 goals he scored against Sao Tome and penalties against the likes of Sierra Leone and you'll see where his real stats should be. We still need him for his hard work but we need to remeasure our expectations. His goal today was his first for Nigeria since the AFCON opener against Equatorial Guinea in January.

Tired of writing....




NB: I missed the goal he scored Vs Benin in Uyo but still my point stands. His goal return rate is not good enough.

Guy I agree with you, the whole 23players are just not good enough nor are guarantee starters.