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Unlimited22:
Lmao
My guy
I just came back to this 😂😂😂😂😂


This country will stress you gan

What to do. We love our kwantri

On the world stage, Morocco has a pattern of play which I also watched their Latest U17 side use to conquer Africa at the last U17 Afcon vs Mali in the final earlier this year.

Morocco plays ultra defensive football and hit on the counter with fast outlets(Fast wingers, speedy ball carriers, etc). This is their pattern on the world stage for all their men's football sides.

They used it in Qatar 2022 and reached the semis.

They used it at U17 Afcon 2025 and won it vs a better Malian side.

They are using it at the U20 WC 2025 and are in the final.

This is the pattern they have adapted for their national teams at the world stage and it will be on display again by them at the U17 World Cup and ofcos at next year's 2026 WC.

Will Morocco employ this at the Afcon? Only against the top sides. They will utterly run riot on teams perceived to be smaller than them in quality. But time will tell.

Joebie:
I'm sure they will disappoint (not win it) again at the AFCON. But that WC, dem go play like say they believe they can win it. And when you look at their football development , you see the connection. Until we start taking some things very seriously we will keep failing at the world stage.

Unlimited22:
Playoff spot. We. Need Sudan to somehow hold DRC

That's as long as we win this game 1-0 or by more than two goals, and Uganda vs Algeria stays like this or Algeria win or draw.


The thing be like Carnot cycle for Physical Chemistry.

Omo as at when I ask this question, I neva know of CAF update. I think say we don go house if SA win

TheSuperNerd:
Taaaaaa!!! We go again!

E no go sweet. ☺️☺️

semid4lyfe:
Nerdy, I go lie for you?

I think Nigeria has this pull and it's become attractive to identify with Nigeria these days so I'm not really surprised.

Of course, playing for Nigeria na another thing entirely.

If we Nigerians can reduce the way we disgrace ourselves out there, especially on social media, more will come out to identify with us. Our sportsmen and entertainers are giving us a great boost to our image and reputation out there. Gone are the days when Nigerians in the diaspora claim to be Caribbean to avoid identifying as Nigerians. It's a new day for us on the global stage!

forgiveness:
Dey deceive yourself.

That is meant for you and other yes yes non-objective supporters.

Osimhen and his Shoutout to the rest of team, one by one

Victor Osimhen keeps showing why he is the true leader of this team, The Super Eagles. He is this generation's leader on the pitch and obviously the biggest voice in our dressing room.

Image 1 - Osimhen praising Tolu Arokodare
Image 2 - Osimhen talking up Akor Adams
Image 3 - Osimhen on Moffi...Good talk
Image 4 - Osimhen praises Captain Ekong

9JAMac10:
Oga club soccer is different from international duty. Since that hat trick what has he done that’s exemplary. Lookman is not indispensable but Osimhen is.

Accurately said.

By the way, how far with Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham.

When last did England invite them? Are they even in the camping roster for their world cup preparations?

And to think that both would have been mainstays in the Super Eagles if they'd decided to represent us. It's a pity.

More on Osimhen and his NT teammates. Tell me why they would not dare give their best with their Number 1 Striker absolutely sharing the glory with them. Osimhen understands he needs them as much as they need him.

A General is as good as his Supporting Lieutenants.


Image 1 - Osimhen salutes Iwobi
Image 2 - Osimhen always has kind words for his best buddy in the team, Chukwueze. They have come a long way since 2014 together at the U17s under Amunike
Image 3 - Osimhen praises Moses Simon... "This man!", he says. Lol

Mujtahida:
E no go sweet. ☺️☺️

Victory no go sweet ke?

Truidstarr:
On the contrary..it's gonna be a breeze for us. Easy peasy.

You might be on to something. But will not say more than this for now. But indeed, on to something, u are...

BlewMahn:
What to do. We love our kwantri

Your crashout for thread that day would have been so funny if I wasn't so focused on the outcome of the game and God punishing Nwabali 😂

You just dey type dey go man

Corrected.

So yes Super Eagles vs Gabon is officially confirmed based on the October 2025 rankings.
Cameroun vs DRC is set.

Reference to this below:

TheSuperNerd:
Updated with Current Ranking Pts... Source: FIFA

AFRICA'S TOP 20.
SUPER EAGLES IN TOP 5.

Top 20:
🇲🇦 Morocco — 1st in Africa | 12th in the World - 1710pts

🇸🇳 Senegal — 2nd in Africa | 18th in the World - 1650pts

🇪🇬 Egypt — 3rd in Africa | 32nd in the World - 1525pts

🇩🇿 Algeria — 4th in Africa | 35th in the World - 1501pts

🇳🇬 Nigeria — 5th in Africa | 41st in the World- 1495pts

🇨🇮 Ivory Coast — 6th in Africa | 42nd in the World - 1491pts

🇹🇳 Tunisia — 7th in Africa | 43rd in the World - 1490pts

🇲🇱 Mali — 8th in Africa | 53rd in the World - 1455pts

🇨🇲 Cameroon — 9th in Africa | 54th in the World - 1453pts

🇿🇦 South Africa — 10th in Africa | 59th in the World - 1423pts

🇨🇩 DR Congo — 11th in Africa | 60th in the World - 1421pts

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso — 12th in Africa | 63rd in the World - 1398pts

🇨🇻 Cape Verde — 13th in Africa | 71st in the World - 1364pts

🇬🇭 Ghana — 14th in Africa | 73rd in the World - 1356pts

🇬🇦 Gabon — 15th in Africa | 77th in the World - 1329pts

🇬🇳 Guinea — 16th in Africa | 80th in the World - 1305pts

🇺🇬 Uganda — 17th in Africa | 83rd in the World - 1287pts

🇿🇲 Zambia — 18th in Africa | 87th in the World - 1268pts

🇦🇴 Angola — 19th in Africa | 89th in the World - 1267pts

🇧🇯 Benin — 20th in Africa | 92nd in the World - 1259pts






Africa's 21-53:
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea — 21st in Africa | 99th in the World - 1229pts

🇲🇿 Mozambique — 22nd in Africa | 101st in the World - 1227pts

🇲🇬 Madagascar — 23rd in Africa | 106th in the World - 1193pts

🇹🇿 Tanzania — 24th in Africa | 107th in the World - 1187pts

🇳🇪 Niger — 25th in Africa | 108th in the World - 1187pts

🇰🇪 Kenya — 26th in Africa | 109th in the World - 1185pts

🇰🇲 Comoros — 27th in Africa | 112th in the World - 1180pts

🇲🇷 Mauritania — 28th in Africa | 113th in the World - 1179pts

🇱🇾 Libya — 29th in Africa | 114th in the World - 1177pts

🇳🇦 Namibia — 30th in Africa | 116th in the World - 1162pts

🇬🇲 Gambia — 31st in Africa | 117th in the World - 1162pts

🇸🇩 Sudan — 32nd in Africa | 119th in the World - 1157pts

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone — 33rd in Africa | 121st in the World - 1149pts

🇹🇬 Togo — 34th in Africa | 124th in the World - 1140pts

🇲🇼 Malawi — 35th in Africa | 128th in the World - 1129pts

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe — 36th in Africa | 129th in the World - 1125pts

🇷🇼 Rwanda — 37th in Africa | 131st in the World - 1117pts

🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau — 38th in Africa | 132nd in the World - 1108pts

🇨🇬 Congo — 39th in Africa | 134th in the World - 1105pts

🇧🇼 Botswana — 40th in Africa | 137th in the World - 1084pts

🇱🇷 Liberia — 41st in Africa | 138th in the World - 1084pts

🇨🇫 Central African Republic — 42nd in Africa | 140th in the World - 1083pts

🇱🇸 Lesotho — 43rd in Africa | 144th in the World - 1069pts

🇧🇮 Burundi — 44th in Africa | 145th in the World - 1060pts

🇪🇹 Ethiopia — 45th in Africa | 147th in the World - 1055pts

🇸🇿 Eswatini — 46th in Africa | 159th in the World - 1010pts

🇸🇸 South Sudan — 47th in Africa | 167th in the World - 978pts

🇲🇺 Mauritius — 48th in Africa | 177th in the World - 915pts

🇹🇩 Chad — 49th in Africa | 178th in the World - 913pts

🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe — 50th in Africa | 191st in the World - 871pts

🇩🇯 Djibouti — 51st in Africa | 196th in the World - 847pts

🇸🇴 Somalia — 52nd in Africa | 202nd in the World - 818pts

🇸🇨 Seychelles — 53rd in Africa | 204th in the World - 805pts

Mujtahida:
E no go sweet. ☺️☺️

Lol. I just had this funny visual in my head of us winning the next WAFCON, but instead of celebrating it, we just take the trophy, stroll out of the stadium, get on the bus and head home, because we're bored of winning the trophy and having to jump and celebrate it every year. 😂

realpoacher:
The nerd,

I am not going overboard with my Praise of Chukwueze... My accolades on him is based on extensive analysis of his game play since 2015 U-17s.

De nerd, you know what I am saying. Look at him with your trained eyes. Chukwueze has mastered the art of playing 3 solid positions on the field. He started with 11 at the U-17s to Villarreal and even his early days in the SE. Later switched to 7 and inverted RW. Now Chelle mistakenly played him as a 10 against Jamaica and he shoned like he was born for that role.

His wing play either as a LW or RW can be erratic but I promise you, his midfield role will not be the same.

You people forget that Chukwueze has more Assist in that Team than any other players, yet he played less than most of them.

He has been giving Osimehn assist back to back. He was the one who assisted Osimehn with the second goal away to Rwanda.

Playing him as a 10 with a free role means that he can be seen anywhere on the pitch and he will do well with the ball, LW, RW, AM, CM etc just name it, he will always wiggle his way out.

In the process, the issue about his on & off performance won't even arise.

If you are making Iwobi sit deep with Ndidi, then by all means allow Chukwueze sit and roam just ahead of them.

Another person Chelle is not utilizing is Uche, Second half, Uche can come in for either Iwobi or Chukwueze. Having a versatile player like Uche is always a blessing most coaches pray for, someone that can play DM, CM and AM comfortably is who you are rooting to the bench.

This squad is more than capable of putting aside all teams in the playoffs including Cameroon, Bolivia or Costa Rica. It doesn't matter who we meet.

We have been given a lifeline here, let's not blow it.

Let them approach this playoff as our own World Cup before the main world Cup. Whatever display we are hoping to do at America should start from the playoffs.

Quite insightful and I must say that many people here show great understanding of the tactical demands of modern football.

Having said that, I was first enthused by your statement in the bolded portion above but on second thought, this might prove to costly as the defensive burden will be on Ndidi alone. On the flip side, our defensive onslaught coming from Chuks sitting in front of the attackers and even Iwobi from deep makes me salivate but it depends on the kind of opposition we facing.

QueenJazz:
Lol. I just had this funny visual in my head of us winning the next WAFCON, but instead of celebrating it, we just take the trophy, stroll out of the stadium, get on the bus and head home, because we're bored of winning the trophy and having to jump and celebrate it every year. 😂

Exactly. It will be too routine. The romance that gave flair to mission X will not follow mission XI if we win it next year. We need to be starved a little.

NIGHTMARE0O7:
U dey scatter my head u sabi ball die!.
As i read ur post it seems like im the one posting them.. because u say a lot of things i have in mind to say but i camt say them because i dont have that patient to type lenghty stuffs.

Kudos to you

My brother finish work in that analysis. Kundus to him. Realpoacher more ink to your pen.

TheSuperNerd:
FIFA rankings for October 2025 is out so it is official.

Nigeria vs Gabon in the playoffs just like we expected.

Cameroun vs DRC.

Nigeria and CIV share same points now in the FIFA rankings, 1484 pts so who is 5th in Africa? Lol

Africa's Top 20 below

🇲🇦 Morocco — 1st in Africa | 12th in the World

🇸🇳 Senegal — 2nd in Africa | 18th in the World

🇪🇬 Egypt — 3rd in Africa | 32nd in the World

🇩🇿 Algeria — 4th in Africa | 35th in the World

🇳🇬 Nigeria — 5th in Africa | 41st in the World

🇨🇮 Ivory Coast — 6th in Africa | 42nd in the World

🇹🇳 Tunisia — 7th in Africa | 43rd in the World

🇲🇱 Mali — 8th in Africa | 53rd in the World

🇨🇲 Cameroon — 9th in Africa | 54th in the World

🇿🇦 South Africa — 10th in Africa | 59th in the World

🇨🇩 DR Congo — 11th in Africa | 60th in the World

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso — 12th in Africa | 63rd in the World

🇨🇻 Cape Verde — 13th in Africa | 71st in the World

🇬🇭 Ghana — 14th in Africa | 73rd in the World

🇬🇦 Gabon — 15th in Africa | 77th in the World

🇬🇳 Guinea — 16th in Africa | 80th in the World

🇺🇬 Uganda — 17th in Africa | 83rd in the World

🇿🇲 Zambia — 18th in Africa | 87th in the World

🇦🇴 Angola — 19th in Africa | 89th in the World

🇧🇯 Benin — 20th in Africa | 92nd in the World

Oh wow, nice to see that we've reclaimed the 5th position.

Although I'm curious which international matches caused Ivory Coast to fall back.

Love the way Victor is building that kind of CR7/Messi like aura around his teammates.

All his teammates love and respect him.

TheSuperNerd:
More on Osimhen and his NT teammates. Tell me why they would not dare give their best with their Number 1 Striker absolutely sharing the glory with them. Osimhen understands he needs them as much as they need him.

A General is as good as his Supporting Lieutenants.


Image 1 - Osimhen salutes Iwobi
Image 2 - Osimhen always has kind words for his best buddy in the team, Chukwueze. They have come a long way since 2014 together at the U17s under Amunike
Image 3 - Osimhen praises Moses Simon... "This man!", he says. Lol

It seems Onyedika, FDB, Osayi and Okoye would be the only players to come back to the team from the list that didn't partake in this window.

We need a right back so that Fredrick can move back to partner Bassey in the CB. I don't trust Osayi, neither do I trust Ekong anymore.

Agu and Aina are out till next year.

forgiveness:
How can you claim Moffi is more reliable than Awoniyi with 4 goals in 799 minutes after 19 matches?

Awoniyi on the other hand played 426 minutes and had 2 goals in 10 matches. Do that stats look like Moffi is more reliable than Awoniyi?

You are also wrong about Awoniyi being on the same level with Boniface andOnuachu

Boniface with 655 minutes in 13 caps score only 1 goal. How does that look same?

Onuachu own worst pass. Only 3 goals in 25 matches with 797 minutes. How are they the same?

Simmy didn't get more chances though.

It's not always about numbers. There's something more. Maybe I should call it ginger plus luck. Boniface, Onuachu, Sadiq lacked it. You know even if you give them days to play for the team, dem no go score like that.

On the other hand, some players just have this air of danger around them. Even if they don't score, you can sense it that it's coming.

But honestly D'Law is our DM destiny tied to Ndidi?

Can't anybody just do a job even if it's two games?

Wilfred is a cool guy but the way he gets easily bypassed by opponents these days causes me serious palpitations.

Mujtahida:
Quite insightful and I must say that many people here show great understanding of the tactical demands of modern football.

Having said that, I was first enthused by your statement in the bolded portion above but on second thought, this might prove to costly as the defensive burden will be on Ndidi alone. On the flip side, our defensive onslaught coming from Chuks sitting in front of the attackers and even Iwobi from deep makes me salivate but it depends on the kind of opposition we facing.

Double post.

chrisooblog:
But honestly D'Law is our DM destiny tied to Ndidi?

Can't anybody just do a job even if it's two games?

Wilfred is a cool guy but the way he gets easily bypassed by opponents these days causes me serious palpitations.

I say Onyeka but peeps here say Ndidi is better than him. Frank carried the full burden of defending from our midfield during the last Afcon and he was awesome - energetic and mobile.

Cocony:
That is meant for you and other yes yes non-objective supporters.

Are you objective?

Don't deceive yourself.

Mujtahida:
I say Onyeka but peeps here say Ndidi is better than him. Frank carried the full burden of defending from our midfield during the last Afcon and he was awesome - energetic and mobile.

Onyeka hasn't been giving us that display since the AfCoN ended. He was so poor in his last 4 games. The bulala 3 days ago was just a redemption.

What do you think about Awaziem being invited at least to cover RB?

He was decent in that position at the 2019 AFCON admittedly that was a long time ago.

I hear Olisa Ndah is back to fitness but the coaching crew might not want to take a risk on him.

ChrisKels:
It seems Onyedika, FDB, Osayi and Okoye would be the only players to come back to the team from the list that didn't partake in this window.

We need a right back so that Fredrick can move back to partner Bassey in the CB. I don't trust Osayi, neither do I trust Ekong anymore.

Agu and Aina are out till next year.

TheSuperNerd:
You might be on to something. But will not say more than this for now. But indeed, on to something, u are...

Those matches in Morocco are a blessing disguise...we are going to spy the land for eventual takeover in December during the AFCON.

The formation helped though. JP's counter attacking defensive approach was suitable for Frank.

Not sure our current attacking style that places a lot of defensive burden on the DM will suit Onyeka.

If only we had prime Onazi or Etebo.

Mujtahida:
I say Onyeka but peeps here say Ndidi is better than him. Frank carried the full burden of defending from our midfield during the last Afcon and he was awesome - energetic and mobile.

chrisooblog:
What do you think about Awaziem being invited at least to cover RB?

He was decent in that position at the 2019 AFCON admittedly that was a long time ago.

I hear Olisa Ndah is back to fitness but the coaching crew might not want to take a risk on him.

I don't rate Awaziem highly but you are right, he can be a cover in that position. I have even totally forgotten about that one.

BTW, I suspect he was the player that was alleged to have rejected an invite because he was angry that he wasn't featured against Rwanda and SA.

TheSuperNerd what's up with Tino Anjorin? What's going on with him at Torino? We need creativity in that midfield. It hurts me watching Osimhen being starved of better services.