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owbabs:
Probability is low but can happen

For this to happen:

1. Nigeria must win all 4 remaining games. Any slip-up and this theory will not hold.
2. It does not look like FIFA will deduct points from South Africa, so we must be 2nd on the table with a max of 19 points.
3. Eritrea pulled out of the World Cup qualifiers, meaning there is a group with 5 teams.
4. Nigeria will be in the conversation for 2nd place if we beat Rwanda and SA.
5. In determining the top 4 second-placed teams fairly, points recorded against the last teams in the group may be cancelled due to the imbalance caused by the 5-team group.
6. Zimbabwe must sit in last place in our group so that the points deducted from Nigeria are only 2 compared with most second-place teams that would have recorded 3, 4, or 6 points against their last-place group opponents.
7. Coupled with hopefully an imperfect campaign from the 2nd place teams in the remaining matches, SE could have a chance to finish among the top 4 second-placed teams for the playoffs.

But again, Nigeria must win all remaining and have a perfect record going forward for the points above to materialize.

This is the right thing to do but isn't official yet.

We should never have sacked Rohr...

Maladaise:
We should never have sacked Rohr...

Here we go again 😒

Amedino99:
jpes not using that his afcon formation earlier enough is the reason we are in this mess. That formation was very compact that we were creating high volume chances and defending well that the only reason we lost that final was because the players were playing through injury in that match. We cant cry over spoilt milk now (we can, we just shouldnt). Just hope we do better during the 2030 qualifiers.

Why didn’t the coaches that came after him use same formation since it’s that successful

typicalgamer:
Why didn’t the coaches that came after him use same formation since it’s that successful

If I can remember correctly AE tried it when he took charge
That should be the same formation he used against Benin we won 3 nil

Maladaise:
We should never have sacked Rohr...

We did the right thing at the wrong time.
We should have managed Rohr till after the world cup. Rohr with his nonsense might have qualified us for the world cup.
After the world sup, we would have had enough time to look for a credible coach.

Also, if Peseiro had not resigned after getting us to the nations cup final, we will have started winning.
That team that got to the nations cup final was a winning team.
His resignation meant we could not get a credible coach on time

Samueltemi337:
If I can remember correctly AE tried it when he took charge
That should be the same formation he used against Benin we won 3 nil

Then what changed ?

Why did he stopped

I just saw our chances of qualifying and I’m extremely pissed

typicalgamer:
Then what changed ?

Why did he stopped

I just saw our chances of qualifying and I’m extremely pissed

He dropped the formation after we drew Rwanda

Do we deserved to be at the world cup ? No we are not serious . We already gave South Africa the ticket. We drew Zimbabwe twice and failed to beat Lesotho (we lost 6 points ).While other countries prepared ahead the NFF was busy playing politics with appointment of coach . The group was structured for Nigeria or SA to top while one of them qualify for the playoff and qualify for the world cup . Alas we gamble and play politics now we lamenting expecting a miracle .The chance is extremely slim

Im ready for the 2nd absence. Morocco don qualify. Its like we were in a dream cos how did we get 4 draws. Howwwwwwww. How did we score 7goals in 4games?

Spainever:
Do we deserved to be at the world cup ? No we are not serious . We already gave South Africa the ticket. We drew Zimbabwe twice and failed to beat Lesotho (we lost 6 points ).While other countries prepared ahead the NFF was busy playing politics with appointment of coach . The group was structured for Nigeria or SA to top while one of them qualify for the playoff and qualify for the world cup . Alas we gamble and play politics now we lamenting expecting a miracle .The chance is extremely slim

For starters, Eguavoen must resign or be forced to, we have to make a firm example by boycotting every Super Eagles games as fans and pay no match day tickets going forward if Eguavoen and his likes don't go. Then questions would have to be asked if this current NFF should be disbanded and a emergency committee set up to address the fucking issues with our football structure. Enough is enough, we can't for the sake of patriotism keep wasting our time and emotions on a national team that contrives to never give back to us.

Left for me, let the likes of Osimhen etc even retire cause I fear for his mental health if we fail to qualify, the media backlash on him and the other senior players will be brutal.

Lol.... Lamentations.

minfelix:
the screenshot i made is to highlight Sychelles that has swallowed 34 goals in this qualifying series…i didn’t mention CIV

surely you must be fun at parties 🤦🏿

Now Y'all know why Osimehn was angry at that equalizer by Zimbabwe

Bar Osimehn, all of your SE Players are not serious one bit. People that should be ashamed of themselves

It took Osimehn just two games to score 3 goals and giving us 4 points in two matches. Prior to then, we only had 3 points in four matches, scoring a measley 4 goals in the process.

What were the other useless players doing? I bet they were clowning around on the pitch on each match day.

So are they telling me that without Osimehn, these useless bunch of players can't beat the likes of Lesotho, Benin and Zimbabwe?

Stupid fools

At this point. Let’s apply Jose peseiro boring and robotic tactics that got us to the Afcon final last year. I don’t even care who scores. Just get the maximum points 🙏

As it stands, I have removed my mind from any form of Qualification day dreaming. I will watch SE play the remaining games as our own World Cup proper.

For starters, for Eric Chelle to make me happy.

He has to give Chuckweze the midfield free role for tomorrow to play as a 10. So long as Osimehn will be our Top 9, Rwanda will chop nothing less than 3 - nill.

realpoacher:
Now Y'all know why Osimehn was angry at that equalizer by Zimbabwe

Bar Osimehn, all of your SE Players are not serious one bit. People that should be ashamed of themselves

It took Osimehn just two games to score 3 goals and giving us 4 points in two matches. Prior to then, we only had 3 points in four matches, scoring a measley 4 goals in the process.

What were the other useless players doing? I bet they were clowning around on the pitch on each match day.

So are they telling me that without Osimehn, these useless bunch of players can't beat the likes of Lesotho, Benin and Zimbabwe?

Stupid fools

But you just lamented too na? 💀

if we win all our matches that's a slip up by our opponents na.
FIFA go commot those 3 points from SA last last but it would be irrelevant.

junnyjake:
The super eagles will not qualify for the 2026 WC. There's no magic that can guarantee otherwise.

There's no guarantee that we'll win all our matches and even if we do, there's no guarantee of a slip-up by our opponents.

Maladaise:
We should never have sacked Rohr...

Exactly my point we should give him everlasting contract because na him papa get super eagles

Dannyxy:
Nigeria has what it takes to win all 4 games, it’s just mentality that will matter, can our players be dogged enough in mentality and approach to chew this teams as they should be chewed.

We don’t have the Ghanas, Ivory Coast, Egypts in our group, even with this strong African teams, it’s a 50/50 chance, and Nigeria can qualify.

That we are in this situation is because of a poor winning and national team mentality from our players, they keep underperforming and being complacent, they don’t have mentality to beat this smaller teams, fear factor is big deal, and it starts with approach, slip ups can happen and this smaller teams get unexpected wins or draws sometimes, but the truth someone needs to tell our players is that their mentality is very poor, their approach and attitude is very average, it’s not a talent thing, a team with players in very competitive leagues is dragging points with Lesotho, Rwanda, Zimbabwean.

Super eagles players so far have let us down, if they come in with the ready to fight and qualify mindset, bring their A game, we will blow this 4 teams away, and it will not be small win, the fans can doubt but the players must believe it and be ready to do it by all means, man you need to see North African and South Americans fight to win football games, they are warriors.

The only player fighting in that team is osimhen, if the 10 others can also improve on their approach, Rwanda and South Africa will be down 3-0 each by half time, but if we continue with this weak mentality and approach, we drag 0-0, then because we all of a sudden want to score in last 20 minutes, we get hit by 1-0 on a counter by Rwanda, then go draw in South Africa.

And we do not deserve qualification with such poor mentality, we would just be making numbers at the mundial.

They have what it takes no doubt

But just buy ur inhaler, just Incase
Na Naija be this

But fingers crossed we will qualify

The truth of the matter is that the SE should just concentrate on doing “an Egypt” by focusing on winning the AFCON, as the Egyptians did in 1998, 2006, and 2010 when they failed to qualify for the world cup in those years.

minfelix:
Who dey say head to head for that place🤣🤣…abeg read the rules for tie-breaker ooo

As in ehn it should be common knowledge for any football fan that GD comes before H2H

Well, things you'll find on Nairaland

Lesotho never still file the complain for fielding mokeona abi make we wait till tomorrow 😂

Maladaise:
Take a look at the table with 3 full games to go. Gabon is likely going to finish second from their group and they already have 18 points! That is with 3 games left to play. Look at Cameroon's group. Cameroon, at second, already has 15 points with three games to play.

No second place team from Nigeria's group will get to the World Cup. Take that to the bank. It isnt happening. Moreover, let me add -- there will be multiple second placed teams that will finish no less than the 19 points that Nigeria cannot overcome even if Nigeria wins the group. The only route is to win the group and win by huge margins. South Africa already understands this and their agenda is to run up scores making South Africa v Nigeria + forfeiture forced by FIFA irrelevant. Our only path is to run up scores BIG!!

What this means is that Nigeria must win her remaining games with nothing less than 3 goals, starting from tomorrow...if it means packing the bus and scoring those goals on the counter with 25% possession, so be it.

This one done pass further maths

Na physics we dey so

elyte89:
Dem suppose jail finishdi 😄😄😄

Then jail who recommend am
And Jail people way hype am for here

First thing first. Let's beat Rwanda first.

Anything apart from that, we better focus on Afcon...

But as usual, if Osimhen is playing, then I'm confident... Just get the ball to him....

Erm, help us beg Moses and anybody crossing the ball abeg. Remember, the person wey go nod no be issue, na person wey Wan cross ball gan gan be the prayer point....

Let's go and win first.

Meliforme:
The bolded is not true, even if it is, let's be honest, the South African team that are leading the charts do they have better players, I am not saying that we have better players because of the league our players feature in, I am making my emphasis on player to player comparison.

The South African teams is well managed and better coached.

The problem is not in the players, believe me.

I believe you

owbabs:
The goal Nigeria conceded in the 90th min vs. Zimbabwe could be the reason Nigeria qualifies for the World Cup.

Only someone with a deep mind will understand this

I get you completely and I really hope it happens for us

Samueltemi337:
He dropped the formation after we drew Rwanda

Jesus come down and help us o

I don’t want us to miss the World Cup

M7even:
South Africa have played really well. No doubt about that. They came third at AFCON while Nigeria came second. The consistency and growth in their national team is obvious for all neutral to observe.

Sadly, Nigeria is in a precarious situation, we missed out of the last world cup to an African rival. Missing out of another world cup to our anglophone rival again is a hard pill to swallow.

Football isn't just a sport for us, it is a lifestyle, it is an escape from the struggles of our society. It is our little hope and joy. We may not have played well from the beginning of this qualifiers, but we know what we have to do right at the end. We are more than capable of grabbing the maximum 12 points in our remaining fixtures.

That's what defines us, that's what defines the Nigerian spirit. The Nigerian mentality. We are a people of struggle and we know how to crack the egg from the inside when it matters most. This is the Nigerian spirit. We'd never give up.

But now, it will be a game of politics and law. We in our character and element will not let go of South Africa's foul play that allowed for a suspended player to participate in a game where he should be on suspension.

It's the law, not bullying. We can't bully south Africa, they are not Lesotho or Swaziland for us to bully. They are an economic giant of Africa. But it is rather unfortunate that the law is supreme. We have equally been on the receiving end of the law. So at the end of the day should Nigeria finish with the maximum points it is only right that South Africa loses their 3 points .

I wish the south African side success, I know they are a good side. Well funded and on the right trajectory. But this world cup is not for them.

Nigeria reminds me of the story of the tortoise and the hare race. We think that by default we will beat any team effortlessly regardless of the combination of players we parade. We major on the minor and minor on the major. For us... it has always been about top 5 leagues in the world. While SA was busy building brick by brick, laying a foundation of what is now a big surprise to us. They beating all the supposed 'there are no more minnows in Africa' 3 nil and all Naija has to show is top 5 leagues. At this rate, if we sleep in the game against SA... we go also collect our 3 nil too. Maybe then, soap go clear well well for our eye.

Personally speaking, it will take SA bottling their chances for Nigeria to even dream of qualifying. It hurts but it is the truth. While SA has a team, we parade the stars. We brag about how one player is worth the whole of another national team. We forgot that names don't win games, teams do.

Whatever happens in today's game, we laid the foundation many years ago. Good luck to us... even though we don't deserve it

Calling up poor players like Taminu, Sodiq and Iheanacho in the early stages of the qualifying games led to this, now almost everyone is a mathematician.