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I'm not trying to push an agenda o... But surely, Okoye ought to start against Rwanda.... He has earned it.... C'mon Eguavon...

Kog45:
Imagine Boniface never score a goal for us but he don sealed second striker position... Dessers is not good enough cuz he is playing in Scottish league? but Leverkussen wonder is always getting the immunity and fans are waiting for his goals,even Osimhen is not enjoying such immunity.

My cross with Boniface is that he does not see it as a big deal

I think he thinks that playing for Nigeria is a skit.

Danielnino00:
I'm not trying to push an agenda o... But surely, Okoye ought to start against Rwanda.... He has earned it.... C'mon Eguavon...

Just pray he doesn’t concede, e own don finish be that. But seriously in the light of our number 1 now bereaved, okoye should start especially now that we have qualified

TheSuperNerd:
Seeing them as a tactical midfield 3 option is fine but I already know the Onyeka-Onyedika-Iwobi will be a lot more balanced than the OOB.

I just want to see the trio against Rwanda.Iwobi na my guy but i no dey gbadun am,today hot tomorrow cold... 84 caps he should be bossing our midfield

Respect to Stanley ..our no 1 keeper..
Played after he heard of his father's death..

No wonder he conceded, We should not be rash to judge ,

minfelix:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17o7XVHJUV/?mibextid=WC7FNe
Super Eagles gk stanley Nwabali sadly announces the passing of his father🥺…our condolences to the family of Mr Nwabali

Respect to Stanley ..our no 1 keeper..
Played after he heard of his father's death..

No wonder he conceded, We should not be rash to judge ,

I surely understand the frustrations with Iwobi. I have them too. It is why I had really hoped Nwakali came good or was given a shot at some point. But Iwobi is all we've got at this point in time from a creative POV.

Akinsanmiro is still growing but I also think he should be given a shot. Until they look his way, Iwobi is all we have.

Bashiru is not your creative CAM-type... he is a shooter. A scoring MF type who will break the lines with his running, do linkup passes up top and drive into space to receive and strike or lay a simple final ball.

With Iwobi, it is frustrating because he has not had actual competition for his profile for years now. And this is due to the coaches refusing to invite similar player profiles who could give Iwobi a run for his money.

So it is okay to see OOB but don't expect Bashiru to do any incisive creative shit. He is not that profile. He's built different.

Kog45:
I just want to see the trio against Rwanda.Iwobi na my guy but i no dey gbadun am,today hot tomorrow cold... 84 caps he should be bossing our midfield

Kog45:
Kenya are not minnow in the 80s,in fact they made Afcon 88 and i do not think Yekini had any goal against Madagascar, Comoros, Lesotho, CAR, Equitorial Guinea and Rwanda cuz it was not easy then in the 80s for these teams to face bigger teams due to strictly CAF features.

A well widespreads features would have seen Yekini scoring more than 37 goals but anyhow Osimhen is going to beat that record with ease.

South Africa came into the party late in 1991 due to aparthied but fast forward they won Afcon 96,meaning they are not amateurs....yes we beat SA, 4-0 in Lagos but return leg was war and it ended 1-1

bros what Kenya and SA were in those days is what Comoros and Cape verde is replicating today…
Kenya since their existence has just qualified for 6afcons out of 34afcons…oga dem be Afcon underdog biko.

Mujtahida:
I think he thinks that playing for Nigeria is a skit.

This one hits in the chest!

One player in the SE that has really impressed me since coming on-board is Bruno Onyemachi, this dude is good, what a tackle to take that ball off the toes of the Benin player which could have resulted in the 2nd goal!

Moses Simon did it again, what an inch perfect cross for Osigoal among 3 defenders with brilliant movement that resulted in that goal
Simon is a gem in the SE, a silent achiever though doesn't score too many goals but creates many.

The pressure was more on Benin but AE should start looking seriously into our defence and AMF more, create more competition for positions, no guaranteed shirt for anybody in these 2 depts.

Kudos to the boys for a job well done, the rain didn't help good flow of passes but we got away with a draw.

TheSuperNerd:
This one hits in the chest!

He is nonchalant. Unlike Lookman and Osimhen who - pardon I can't help but use this word - are always "chalant", always serious and business like.

minfelix:
infact those days minnows were really MINNOWS…like very very poor african teams…not now wey minnows don dey wake up
Madagascar
Comoros
kenya
Lesotho
CAR
Equitorial Guinea
Rwanda
these teams during yekini days were highly mumulized…dem no sabi play anything…even SA during our golden generation days were real amateurs

Please always add Ghana. They are now certified minnows.

Mujtahida:
Please always add Ghana. They are now certified minnows.

Please b kind with ur words cos I am thinking of contacting u dt we might be considering applying to the Ghana 🇬🇭 coaching job once it becomes vacant after tonight match with Angola 🇦🇴

TheSuperNerd:
I surely understand the frustrations with Iwobi. I have them too. It is why I had really hoped Nwakali came good or was given a shot at some point. But Iwobi is all we've got at this point in time from a creative POV.

Akinsanmiro is still growing but I also think he should be given a shot. Until they look his way, Iwobi is all we have.

Bashiru is not your creative CAM-type... he is a shooter. A scoring MF type who will break the lines with his running, do linkup passes up top and drive into space to receive and strike or lay a simple final ball.

With Iwobi, it is frustrating because he has not had actual competition for his profile for years now. And this is due to the coaches refusing to invite similar player profiles who could give Iwobi a run for his money.

So it is okay to see OOB but don't expect Bashiru to do any incisive creative shit. He is not that profile. He's built different.

For a minute yesterday, I felt we sold the match because of Rohr because Benin were all over us.
AE should learn from yesterday's game.
1. Never play Iwobi and Ndidi in a 3-5-2
pattern. Ndidi gases out easily unlike Onyeka. Iwobi plays too deep
2. Never leave Moses Simon on bench again
3. Iheanacho has lost it. Should not be invited anymore.
4. Let's now see Maduka Okoye in goal against Rwanda
5. Aina is always overworked or stressed out in 3-5-2.

aicon4s:
The number of Offsides Osimhen was caught in Yesterday was so awful for a player of such calibre. He obviously has not improved from this downside of his game.

I don't blame him. Na goal he wan score. I think Marco Van Basten suggestion that the offside rule should be dispensed with is making some bit of sense to me.

Go back and watch old football. You will not see this nonsense of keeping a high line compressing the field of play and contributing to the side ways passing that has come to dominate modern football. Cos if you play direct football, you'd be caught in the offside trap.

A mediocre coach with mediocre but disciplined players will manipulate space and even without touching the ball, they will make you suffer and possibly defeat you.

It's high time football is rescued from the hands of coaches and put back into the hands of players.

It shall not be well with Gaurdiola for what he did to football. He destroyed this beautiful game. From jogo bonito, it has become jogo jogodo

elyte89:
Please b kind with ur words cos I am thinking of contacting u dt we might be considering applying to the Ghana 🇬🇭 coaching job once it becomes vacant after tonight match with Angola 🇦🇴

😂😂😂You again? After you mount pressure on Oga majoribanks and he entered premature retirement.

TheSuperNerd:
I surely understand the frustrations with Iwobi. I have them too. It is why I had really hoped Nwakali came good or was given a shot at some point. But Iwobi is all we've got at this point in time from a creative POV.

Akinsanmiro is still growing but I also think he should be given a shot. Until they look his way, Iwobi is all we have.

Bashiru is not your creative CAM-type... he is a shooter. A scoring MF type who will break the lines with his running, do linkup passes up top and drive into space to receive and strike or lay a simple final ball.

With Iwobi, it is frustrating because he has not had actual competition for his profile for years now. And this is due to the coaches refusing to invite similar player profiles who could give Iwobi a run for his money.

So it is okay to see OOB but don't expect Bashiru to do any incisive creative shit. He is not that profile. He's built different.

Is bashiru a frank lampard like player

Bruno Onyemaechi is yet to drop a bad game for Nigeria and it is impressive. Bruno plays like a left fullback who reminds me of how Chidi Ordiah operated on the right as a RB.

Bruno truly is a standout and deserves his flowers. Makes me not miss Zaidu so much at all.

oloriooko:
One player in the SE that has really impressed me since coming on-board is Bruno Onyemachi, this dude is good, what a tackle to take that ball off the toes of the Benin player which could have resulted in the 2nd goal!

Moses Simon did it again, what an inch perfect cross for Osigoal among 3 defenders with brilliant movement that resulted in that goal
Simon is a gem in the SE, a silent achiever though doesn't score too many goals but creates many.

The pressure was more on Benin but AE should start looking seriously into our defence and AMF more, create more competition for positions, no guaranteed shirt for anybody in these 2 depts.

Kudos to the boys for a job well done, the rain didn't help good flow of passes but we got away with a draw.

Mujtahida:
Please always add Ghana. They are now certified minnows.

🤣🤣🤣

I eyed Aina like mad yesterday

Made me relive the Afcon final.

But you need to see this

https://x.com/Jiji_Byte/status/1857346167446646851?t=GVg3M16TqYwPAVEBOPuwjg&s=19

Boniface should be careful ooh if not e fit no make afcon list
Nigerian no get tgat patience ooh

Match highlights


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN84GIQGZNY

TheSuperNerd:
I surely understand the frustrations with Iwobi. I have them too. It is why I had really hoped Nwakali came good or was given a shot at some point. But Iwobi is all we've got at this point in time from a creative POV.

Akinsanmiro is still growing but I also think he should be given a shot. Until they look his way, Iwobi is all we have.

Bashiru is not your creative CAM-type... he is a shooter. A scoring MF type who will break the lines with his running, do linkup passes up top and drive into space to receive and strike or lay a simple final ball.

With Iwobi, it is frustrating because he has not had actual competition for his profile for years now. And this is due to the coaches refusing to invite similar player profiles who could give Iwobi a run for his money.

So it is okay to see OOB but don't expect Bashiru to do any incisive creative shit. He is not that profile. He's built different.

This is where I come in cos I am not planning to rely on iwobi as our creative hub y.any coach still relying on iwobi shows he’s a lazy coach

mekabuachi:
Boniface should be careful ooh if not e fit no make afcon list
Nigerian no get tgat patience ooh

lol 😆 for someone scoring and assisting in the German bundesliga I believe he will come good soon in the national team

opes:
Then we should also remove Yekini penalty goals and all the goals he scored against minnows and see what remains of his 37 goals.

That suggestion has to be the must anyhow suggestion in football arguments - remove the goal 😂

Make dem go comot am now 😂 what's the aim of a striker in a match?

Danielnino00:
I'm not trying to push an agenda o... But surely, Okoye ought to start against Rwanda.... He has earned it.... C'mon Eguavon...

Very very necessary intro.

In the first half, the Cheetah's pressed on our defence.They kept on attacking our 3-man back-line that you will truly wonder if there was one screening or shielding the defence.

They easily went through our midfield, thereby exposing the CBs to a barrage of attacks throughout the first half.

When things like this happens,the coach should react by throwing in combative,distributive and scoring midfielders.

Bashiru and Onyedika should have entered the game in the beginning of the second half to complement Ndidi.

Ralph's introduction stabilised our midfield and not our reversing to a midfield three.

Ahead of the start of the WC qualifiers where we need to win all our games and not our usual home win,away draw.

Bashiru and Onyedika must start in our midfield.The pair are the only midfielders that can get us goals when the going gets tough and our forwards are being marked, doubled or tripled upon whenever they have the ball.

Any of our line-up going forward or in a competitive game must have these two scorers in mid-field with Simon completing our attack.

Throw all your scoring guns in our next WC qualifiers.

Should we go with a 3-4-3, Simon starts alongside Lookman and Osimhen but must come from the left because that's his most effective position.

In a 4-2-4 which best suits both Simon and Lookman and makes our team more balanced and stable.

Ndidi starts alongside Onyedika in a double pivot.

Bashiru starts on the Right side since he is left footed, and should be made to drift into the midfield occasionally i.e playing as both RW and CAM.

Simon plays the LW.

Osimhen and Lookman leads the attack or Osimhen leads the attack while Lookman plays as a support striker in a 4-4-1-1 i.e just behind the main striker.

Simon,Raph and Bashiru have no business on Super Eagles bench.They should henceforth be part of all Super Eagles subsequent starting XI.

This is the only way for us to make it to the 2026 WC after missing the previous edition.

GMBOFASIA:
lol 😆 for someone scoring and assisting in the German bundesliga I believe he will come good soon in the national team

Apart from Victor Agali, we have not had it good in National team with Nigerian Strikers in German league..

Jonathan Akpoborie
Anthony Ujah
Martins (When he was with wolfsburg)
Young Osimhen
Young Awoniyi

Boniface will come good

BankyGee:
That suggestion has to be the must anyhow suggestion in football arguments - remove the goal 😂

Make dem go comot am now 😂 what's the aim of a striker in a match?

I wonder oo. Ronaldo had a total of 11 goals against Luxembourg, same as Messi 11 goals against Bolivia. It is football, that he scored 7 against minnow shouldn't discredit the effort..

TheSuperNerd:
Bruno Onyemaechi is yet to drop a bad game for Nigeria and it is impressive. Bruno plays like a left fullback who reminds me of how Chidi Ordiah operated on the right as a RB.

Bruno truly is a standout and deserves his flowers. Makes me not miss Zaidu so much at all.

Pajero have blood on his hands, didn’t even give Bruno 1 minute at the last Afcon

EEGA:
In the first half, the Cheetah's pressed on our defence.They kept on attacking our 3-man back-line that you will truly wonder if there was one screening or shielding the defence.

They easily went through our midfield, thereby exposing the CBs to a barrage of attacks throughout the first half.

When things like this happens,the coach should react by throwing in combative,distributive and scoring midfielders.

Bashiru and Onyedika should have entered the game in the beginning of the second half to complement Ndidi.

Ralph's introduction stabilised our midfield and not our reversing to a midfield three.

Ahead of the start of the WC qualifiers where we need to win all our games and not our usual home win,away draw.

Bashiru and Onyedika must start in our midfield.The pair are the only midfielders that can get us goals when the going gets tough and our forwards are being marked, doubled or tripled upon whenever they have the ball.

Any of our line-up going forward or in a competitive game must have these two scorers in mid-field with Simon completing our attack.

Throw all your scoring guns in our next WC qualifiers.

Should we go with a 3-4-3, Simon starts alongside Lookman and Osimhen but must come from the left because that's his most effective position.

In a 4-2-4 which best suits both Simon and Lookman and makes our team more balanced and stable.

Ndidi starts alongside Onyedika in a double pivot.

Bashiru starts on the Right side since he is left footed, and should be made to drift into the midfield occasionally i.e playing as both RW and CAM.

Simon plays the LW.

Osimhen and Lookman leads the attack or Osimhen leads the attack while Lookman plays as a support striker in a 4-4-1-1 i.e just behind the main striker.

Simon,Raph and Bashiru have no business on Super Eagles bench.They should henceforth be part of all Super Eagles subsequent starting XI.

This is the only way for us to make it to the 2026 WC after missing the previous edition.

You will be a very bad coach
We are all shouting that a 2 man midfield isn't working, you are still here proposing it.
What's Ndidi and Onyedika as our pivot midfielders in a match?
What's Bashiru playing as a RW because he is left footed?
And who told you the SE didn't reverted to a 3 man midfield when Onyedika came in? Onyedika came in for Osho who is a defender and our 3 man midfield became Ndidi, Onyedika and Iwobi.
There is no much talks, AE should stop playing 3 defenders because it's not working for him. He should be playing 433 instead

Nwabali

Aina Ekong Bassey Bruno

Ndidi/Onyeka
Onyedika Iwobi/Bashiru

Lookman Osimhen Simon

Or Lookman can play a SS to Osimhen, why Chukwueze takes the RWF position.

Personally I will prefer a midfield 3 of Onyeka (a workaholic), Onyedika (a decent CM), and Bashiru (a scoring AM). With this 3 man midfield, we won't lack power, control on the midfield and a scoring midfielder to compliment our attackers

minfelix:
bros what Kenya and SA were in those days is what Comoros and Cape verde is replicating today…
Kenya since their existence has just qualified for 6afcons out of 34afcons…oga dem be Afcon underdog biko.

pls rate SA from 1991 till date in international football... well Kenya of 80s better than Kenya of today cuz i remeber our matches with them in the 80s when Comoros,Cape Verde, Botswana,Guinea Bissau, Lesotho are not in existence talking Africa football