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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by charlesemeka85(m): 9:37am On Aug 25, 2025
TheGoodJoe:
I used the term effective.

This ties to the speed, fitness and tactical acumen. When it comes to these, KDB rules.

Zidane was more skillful, gracious and his one on one play was just out of this planet. KDB can't come close.

However, for today's football, I won't hesitate to pick KDB over Zidane because of the current demands for intensity and fast decision making.

There is a context.try to understand it.
truth
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by charlesemeka85(m): 9:40am On Aug 25, 2025
elyte89:
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by daveP(m): 10:00am On Aug 25, 2025
Odunayaw:
Kun Khalifat and Barau have their fair share of noise on Twitter o. They had 15k attendance yesterday.
I mean pre matchday. I saw the crowd. They really are loaded in that aspect. But for buzz to their arrival to the league-nothing. Just like another normal day in the office. Let's hope they drag attention to themselves like IK City and Remo did sha.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by daveP(m): 10:03am On Aug 25, 2025
TheGoodJoe:
You guys keep repeating the same thing but avoid the basic point.

The reason why the players of the past looked more technical is because there was a huge gap in quality. They were playing against unfit players.

Today players are faster, fitter, more technical, and more tactical. Even goalkeepers are now skillful, technical and tactical.

Your prime Ronaldo, Kaka, Ronaldinho will not skip past players today as they did in the past. The quality of the game has changed.
Naaah. This is too easy and absolutely wrong. Habaaaaaaaa.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 10:13am On Aug 25, 2025
daveP:
I mean pre matchday. I saw the crowd. They really are loaded in that aspect. But for buzz to their arrival to the league-nothing. Just like another normal day in the office. Let's hope they drag attention to themselves like IK City and Remo did sha.
Yeah. More private clubs staying up in the topflight may give the momentum for professionally run clubs.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by charlesemeka85(m): 10:38am On Aug 25, 2025
19-year-old Clinton Ezekiel was the difference in Bayelsa United's away win over Shooting Stars yesterday. He made five saves, including double saves inside the 18-yard box.

The future is safe 👏

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Amedino99(m): 10:44am On Aug 25, 2025
Meliforme:
He might be giving a hint of what actually transpired.
you can only have this thought if you are oblivious of social media conversations surrounding boniface. This exact reasoning you have (this is not an insult) was what made fabrizio posted that in the first place too. Nothing wrong with the content, it was the timing that made it blow up.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by BankyGee(m): 10:44am On Aug 25, 2025
🇳🇬 Victor Osimhen's goal yesterday made him become the official highest scoring African in Galatasaray's history. He has scored 38 goals in 43 games to surpass Shabani Nonda who scored 37 goals in 93 games for the Yellow and Red!

Starting the season with another broken record! Inevitable! 🤫
King of Strikers 🦁👑🇳🇬
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Amedino99(m): 10:46am On Aug 25, 2025
Danielnino00:
Ademola Victor actually posted a screenshot of Boniface telling Fabrizio in his DM to delete the post.... I like Fabrizio, but he dey goof at times
he is an independent journalist (i think). These types of situations are what he uses to feed himself.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 10:53am On Aug 25, 2025
daveP:
Naaah. This is too easy and absolutely wrong. Habaaaaaaaa.
Explain how it is absolutely wrong. I am waiting
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 10:57am On Aug 25, 2025
Kog45:
Ekong ball playing defender?if Ekong have all these attributes he will not failed in Gent and Watford, Ekong only had it so good with ordinary Udinese but really surprised you are trying to downplay a local Taribo who moved from NPFL to starting XI in ligue 1,from there to start studded Inter Milan.

Talking about defenders good with ball on their feet even in Super eagles,no one will mention Ekong,so really surprised seeing you telling us how great Ekong is with his feet on the ball.

Big question, will you pick Ekong over Keshi with these you modern football of focus,start attacks,positional awareness,high pressing

I did not watch Keshi to even judge. From the few highlights, I will take Keshi because I have the faint idea of him drifting into midfield. However, I didn't watch much of him to judge.

With respect to Ekong failing, it is with respect to this generation. The modern ideas are wide spread, which are totally oblivious to someone like Taribo. Also on the ball and passing range, Ekong rules Taribo.

It is a generational thing.

The ideas today are advanced.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 11:02am On Aug 25, 2025
Kog45:
Today football or PEP football,even Pep will never bench old Zidane for any of his players including KDB,well historically football fans will continue to remember Zidane than KDB who would always be remembered as Man City all time best.
That is assumption. When it comes to effectiveness, even history will put KDB ahead of Zidane.

Zidane will be remembered for his generation and KDB which is easily the best midfielder in the EPL history will be remembered by his.

At the end, one generation was faster, fitter and more tactical. You know the answer which generation.

Finito.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 11:03am On Aug 25, 2025
Karlovych:
Can you mention the players Ronaldinho and Kaka wouldn't be able to skip past in modern times.
grin grin grin

You must be joking.

Watch more football closely.

Remember that Guardiola dropped Ronaldinho because he won't fit in.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 11:08am On Aug 25, 2025
zicky:
i quote your comment where you say they were a wide gap in respect to skills, techniques between the attack and the defence in old era, that you even refer to the defenders as grassroots. So my question is, in this modern era did the defenders improve significantly and the attack remains stagnant without any improvement that closed this wide gap

I have explained to you. Use a ceiling.

No player has hit the ceiling. Some of the greats were like 80% close to the ceiling.

Many were below 40%.

That is why you had the Laudrups, Okocha, Pele, Ronaldinho, Maradona etc.

As time went on, we have most players operating on 60-80. Very few at 85% (Messi and CR7).

That is why the game looks boring
Because of the rise of lots of good players. Including Goalkeepers.

If you understand the point, there is no need asking if others didn't improve.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 11:23am On Aug 25, 2025
grin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by chrisooblog: 11:41am On Aug 25, 2025
That's not true. Ronaldinho was dropped because Pep and the Barca management thought he was a potential bad influence on an up-and-coming Messi because of his hard partying lifestyle.

TheGoodJoe:
grin grin grin

You must be joking.

Watch more football closely.

Remember that Guardiola dropped Ronaldinho because he won't fit in.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Shegzdave: 11:41am On Aug 25, 2025
BankyGee:
🇳🇬 Victor Osimhen's goal yesterday made him become the official highest scoring African in Galatasaray's history. He has scored 38 goals in 43 games to surpass Shabani Nonda who scored 37 goals in 93 games for the Yellow and Red!

Starting the season with another broken record! Inevitable! 🤫
King of Strikers 🦁👑🇳🇬
Naija baller 🇳🇬💚⚽
This guy will ruin that league with goals😂
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by daveP(m): 11:53am On Aug 25, 2025
TheGoodJoe:
Explain how it is absolutely wrong. I am waiting
Unfit? What does that even mean? Ahaaann. Small small now.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 11:55am On Aug 25, 2025
daveP:
Unfit? What does that even mean? Ahaaann. Small small now.
The players of the past as a whole can't compare in fitness to the current players. I have watched some of them acknowledge it openly.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by daveP(m): 11:56am On Aug 25, 2025
Odunayaw:
Yeah. More private clubs staying up in the topflight may give the momentum for professionally run clubs.
The govt themselves running clubs are not ready to work to hand over. Lol. I'll be on the watch for these two clubs though.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by daveP(m): 11:57am On Aug 25, 2025
TheGoodJoe:
The players of the past as a whole can't compare in fitness to the current players. I have watched some of them acknowledge it openly.
that's you handling the truth carelessly to conclude that way about them like that.


It's subjective at best. The current ones wey dey go Luth regularly? Wow.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by BankyGee(m): 12:02pm On Aug 25, 2025
Shegzdave:
This guy will ruin that league with goals😂
I swear 😂
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 12:04pm On Aug 25, 2025
chrisooblog:
That's not true. Ronaldinho was dropped because Pep and the Barca management thought he was a potential bad influence on an up-and-coming Messi because of his hard partying lifestyle.
From Frank De Boer, former Barcelona Captain.
The team believes in his system," De Boer explained.

"They believe that if they lose the ball that everybody has to work very hard to get it back and I've seen them in games - in three or four seconds they already have possession again.

"I think if you can convince players like Leo Messi, Thierry Henry, Eto'o, Xavi or Andres Iniesta that approach works then Barca become a very hard team to beat because they are so good attacking anyway.

"You can see from Barca's results that it works. And he knew that Ronaldinho, for example, was not the right player for him because he does not want to do that kind of job in a game."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8013929.stm?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 12:07pm On Aug 25, 2025
daveP:
that's you handling the truth carelessly to conclude that way about them like that.


It's subjective at best. The current ones wey dey go Luth regularly? Wow.
There is no way the players of the past can be more fit than the current generation. It is not even logical.

Did you read the Arsene Wenger quote I made?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Kog45(m): 1:20pm On Aug 25, 2025
TheGoodJoe:
I used the term effective.

This ties to the speed, fitness and tactical acumen. When it comes to these, KDB rules.

Zidane was more skillful, gracious and his one on one play was just out of this planet. KDB can't come close.

However, for today's football, I won't hesitate to pick KDB over Zidane because of the current demands for intensity and fast decision making.

There is a context.try to understand it.
Sir goodjoe,going by your context Arteta was wrong signing Ebere Eze due what's demanding from today midfielders.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Kog45(m): 1:30pm On Aug 25, 2025
charlesemeka85:
19-year-old Clinton Ezekiel was the difference in Bayelsa United's away win over Shooting Stars yesterday. He made five saves, including double saves inside the 18-yard box.

The future is safe 👏
The boy come resemble foreign born😄 and for him to bear Clinton meaning he was born during Clinton era or after,well he is 19 and good that Clinton left office in 2001,meaning 24 years ago..the boy still in a very good age range.

CC:BascoVanVeli
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:36pm On Aug 25, 2025
Kog45:
Sir goodjoe,going by your context Arteta was wrong signing Ebere Eze due what's demanding from today midfielders.
Statistical Evidence show Eze's defensive has won the ball back in the middle and defensive third of the pitch more than "almost any other attacking player" in the Premier League. He wins the ball back "considerably more per game than Martinelli, Trossard, or Rodrygo.

So I believe Eberechi Eze is a wonderful signing for Arsenal when you consider his net contribution to the team. He fits the modern day intense forward.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by AndSunGorilla:
charlesemeka85:
19-year-old Clinton Ezekiel was the difference in Bayelsa United's away win over Shooting Stars yesterday. He made five saves, including double saves inside the 18-yard box.

The future is safe 👏
1st time am seeing you promote an NPFL talent. Thanks.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by AndSunGorilla: 1:55pm On Aug 25, 2025
charlesemeka85:
19-year-old Clinton Ezekiel was the difference in Bayelsa United's away win over Shooting Stars yesterday. He made five saves, including double saves inside the 18-yard box.

The future is safe 👏
Meanwhile what's his height? If your name isn't Enyema, medium height go make keeper suffer, like the Adebayo guy.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by M7even(m):
Time and time again Boniface keeps screaming he is okay where he is. He enjoys his life how it is. He has fought his battles and many more we wouldn't know about to get to where he is. We shouldn't take what he post as anything personal about him. It's his own guilty pleasure. If two deals collapse within a space of months. He is not complaining, he still has a club where he can go back to. And the club will readily accept him. He recognizes his career could have been over a long time ago when he first had this career threatening injury, through resilience he bounced back and has gone on to make a name for himself in Norway , Belgium as well as Germany as he was a core member of the Leverkusen that went undefeated in that season to win the league. He is ever grateful for that career limelights. He has represented his national team, something every footballer dreams of. Yes he has an eye for social media frivolities, that's just the extra perks of his wholesomeness.

TheLoneCitizen:
The sheer daftness of this Gen z crop of players need to be a lesson for the next set.

Your move to a top club collapses and the whole world uses it to push a narrative that you're unprofessional with social media

Instead of you to read the room, you go ahead to score a cheap post with an IG post which rebounds on your face after the world's most popular journalist misconstrues it.

You now have to go even cheaper by posting DMs of your chat with the said journalist to prove a point, indirectly blacklisting yourself from further reporting by that journalist. All cos of a lack of professionalism

In other words, proving that the world was right about your unprofessionalism.


Even Naira Marley against all odds was able to clean his image because he shut up at the right time
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by daveP(m): 3:00pm On Aug 25, 2025
TheGoodJoe:
There is no way the players of the past can be more fit than the current generation. It is not even logical.

Did you read the Arsene Wenger quote I made?
Better to stand on the subjective stance than outright conclude they are unfit. There were many players of that era that played 30 consecutive games. Today it is a problem. Does that now mean i have to conclude they were more fit absolutely? No.

I saw the quote, but you are also aware that there's a study that also highlighted the increase in hamstring and co in modern football. Despite that study, we didn't conclude about modern football.

You saying they're unfit is wrong. Wrong wrong!!
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Karlovych: 3:43pm On Aug 25, 2025
TheGoodJoe:
grin grin grin

You must be joking.

Watch more football closely.

Remember that Guardiola dropped Ronaldinho because he won't fit in.
As usual
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