₦airaland Forum

Cocony:
How did he run away? Enlighten me.

BascoVanVeli:
He was called up and was a no show. These are documented facts.

123jamessmith:
The only player that will add so much to the current squad is Ethan nwaneri. I don't know if the coach can get him.

Cocony:
My brother, we or some of us are not pulling down NWABALI.
Have you asked yourself these:
1)Where was Chippa United after these same number of games last season?
2)Super Eagles fumbled earlier in the qualifiers and he was part of the fumbling and when a redemption song presented itself to be sang why was he "singing his own song" against Lesotho and Benin(a feat we would not have entertained years back when Lagos National Stadium hosts NIGERIA'S games) with wrong attitudes and the near miss for Lesotho that would have made it 2:2?
3)Have we gone so low as a Nation that we support decay just because the source once tasted like honey and we call it a phase?
There is room for therapy, mind you not only Maduka did well, Aniagboso did well also in Europe so thinking we are pulling him down is erratic rather he should not pull us down with inconsistencies that might eventually cost us the WORLD CUP PLAYOFFS TICKET.
ONCE UPON A TIME OKOYE TO ME FELT LIKE SHIT NOT NECESSARILY THE TUNISIA 1:0 SECOND ROUND LOSS BUT THE 4:4 DRAW WITH SIERRA LEONE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN OKOYE HAD FEW SOUR STINTS AT OUR 2013 OR 2015 U20 LEVEL(CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG) AND SO IT IS NOT AS IF HE IS OUR FAVE.
OF THE LOT WE HAVE, HE HAS IMPROVED AND FACED STERNER TESTS WHEN COMPARED WITH NWABALI AND THAT HAS BEING AND STILL IS MY POINT.

123jamessmith:
The only player that will add so much to the current squad is Ethan nwaneri. I don't know if the coach can get him.

BascoVanVeli:
So u want us to drop Nwabali for someone who ran away the last time we had a playoff? Nigeria will never learn.

Cocony:
Many hurriedly forget that Victor Moses represented England in the 2007 FIFA U17 World cup before switching allegiance to Nigeria. They make it look like there is a "cast in marble" rule for switching allegiances.
Ademola Lookman likewise featured for the English U20 team in the 2017 U20 World Cup before switching to Nigeria.

If NFF and Chelle consider him relevant to their plans they will go for him.

Cocony:
Many hurriedly forget that Victor Moses represented England in the 2007 FIFA U17 World cup before switching allegiance to Nigeria. They make it look like there is a "cast in marble" rule for switching allegiances.
Ademola Lookman likewise featured for the English U20 team in the 2017 U20 World Cup before switching to Nigeria.

If NFF and Chelle consider him relevant to their plans they will go for him.

TheSuperNerd:
Ethan would add yes but again this take is delusional and borders on fantasies because he is also not available to us. He is English with his heart set on England. Ethan is only 18 so he knows his England chance will come with time.

Michael Olise waited till age 22 before he finally got his France invite (Had Nigeria, England, Algeria and France as options). Same season he joined Bayern, he got the Les Bleus call. But before all these, Nigeria courted him at different points and even included him in a provisional list but Olise turned it all down. He knew what he wanted. France or England and he got France.

Let us talk reality when discussing Player options that can come add extra quality to the Super Eagles.

Odunayaw:
1. This just proves the point that you'd say anything no matter how irrelevant to attack him. What is the direct relation of his goalkeeping with their league standing? Did he drop stinkers that cost games?
At least put effort into this your criticism na.

2. It's not like you are the only one rightly calling out his antics but spare us that "Lagos national stadium" trope

3. Objecting to your exaggerations and whitewashing is not support for decay. What is more erratic than describing one game after months of layoff as "done well" or the subtle PR for Aniagboso.

Okoye faced sterner tests before he lost his place to Nwabali, so he is not doing anything new now that he is improving. When opportunity presents itself for him to take back the starting shirt, he should take it.

TheSuperNerd:
Ah yes! Strasbourg is. I even watched their last game vs PSG. The 3-3 draw. Enrique's young guns (coz Dembele was absent and Vitinha × Hakimi didnt play) vs Liam Rosenior's youngsters.

Strasbourg has arguably the youngest squad in the Top 5 leagues but they play like the elites. Liam Rosenior is doing quite a job there and every talent at that club is a must watch for me because it is like selecting some of the best youngsters in their positions and bringing them to Strasbourg.

Odunayaw:
They will get him between now and next WC? For every VicMo and Lookman there are 5 Tammys and co who turned us down even when the red carpet was rolled out.

Anyway, hope is a virtue

TheSuperNerd:
TheGoodJoe, let me add too that Strasbourg is for me, like Chelsea's junior brothers in France. This is because Todd and Blueco, Owners of Chelsea also own Strasbourg.

This is why they could secure Emegha's signature ahead of next season. And Strasbourg already have Emegha's replacement firing on all cylinders this season, panichelli.

Cocony:
I didn't argue, Can you tell us why he was a no show then?

Odunayaw:
He said he had covid-19

I give him benefit of doubt

Cocony:
False narrative for someone that should know and speak better and the truth.
1)If South Africans on facebook where he resides and play his trade are echoing the sentiment of his dip in form/bad attitude/sympathy in line with loss of his parents , is it you that will over rule the truth or fact?
2) I am no PR for Aniagboso and if he messes up I will be among the earliest to criticise .
3) Is Okoye a better option mentally speaking yes and apart from yesterday's match with Cremonese, I believe he will prove his new form is not a flash in the pan
4) DO YOU REMEMBER THE STATEMENT FROM LATE YEKINI: THE PASS SIASIA NEVER GAVE ME (I THINK NIGERIA VS COTE D'IVOIRE IN ABIDJAN 1993 WHERE WE WERE BEATEN 2:1) AND AMOKACHI CAME IN STRONGLY IN THE NEXT GAME AGAINST ALGERIA IN LAGOS AND ALSO AFTERWARDS BECAME THE MAIN SUPPORTING STRIKER?
SAME RULE MIGHT APPLY IN THE GOALKEEPING SECTION FOR THE PKAYOFFS IF NWABALI DOES NOT SHAKE OFF HIS BAD ATTITUDES TO HIS CAPTAINS, HIS POOR SENSE OF JUDGEMENT AND ERROR PRONE KEEPING FROM THE PAST AGAINST LOWLY FIFA RANKED TEAMS

Odunayaw:
Can you show us the fans on Facebook? Or better still, bring highlights of those bad games.

Argue it if you must, but Okoye has just returned to football. We're grateful but it's too early for PR.

Again, everyone is rightly calling out Nwabali's antics and the errors in the last round of qualifiers BUT it is extreme to rubbish his prior good work.
A GK whose first cap was in an AFCON with a MOTM that sent us to the final neither becomes shyt overnight or deserves amnestic criticism

Cocony:
I don't think that was his first cap. I think he featured in a friendly game against Mexico where we lost(I stand to be corrected).

As for the page where South Africans were criticising him, I will bring it up soon.

BascoVanVeli:
But didn't miss a single game for club Make it make sense Sir.

Odunayaw:
Can you show us the fans on Facebook? Or better still, bring highlights of those bad games.

Argue it if you must, but Okoye has just returned to football. We're grateful but it's too early for PR.

Again, everyone is rightly calling out Nwabali's antics and the errors in the last round of qualifiers BUT it is extreme to rubbish his prior good work.
A GK whose first cap was in an AFCON with a MOTM that sent us to the final neither becomes shyt overnight or deserves amnestic criticism

Cocony:
I don't think that was his first cap. I think he featured in a friendly game against Mexico where we lost(I stand to be corrected).

As for the page where South Africans were criticising him, I will bring it up soon.

Cocony:
His first cap was in the 4:0 loss to Mexico in a friendly in 2021 even though he was later substituted. Now I ask has he met European opposition or any other tough opposition aside African teams since then? The answer is no. He was above average at AFCON and yes no doubt did well to give us hope after UZOHO faltered but he is in decline and needs time off for another to step in.

Cocony:
Many hurriedly forget that Victor Moses represented England in the 2007 FIFA U17 World cup before switching allegiance to Nigeria. They make it look like there is a "cast in marble" rule for switching allegiances.
Ademola Lookman likewise featured for the English U20 team in the 2017 U20 World Cup before switching to Nigeria.

If NFF and Chelle consider him relevant to their plans they will go for him.

Odunayaw:
This is reductivism.
Okoye lost his place while meeting "European opposition and other tough opposition". You can't get around that.

Cocony:
I stand to be corrected the call for Okoye's replacement was hinged on both the 4:4 DRAW with Sierraleone in Ogbemudia(Or is it Ogbe) stadium in Benin City and the goal conceded against Tunisia in the AFCON 2nd round match in 2021.
NWABALI was in the starting lineup of a Chippa United team that lost 4:1 to Richards Bay in a Cup Match in South Africa if I am correct on October 5th 2025. Yet he had an extended lifeline against Lesotho and Benin which he nearly goofed. Why do you think he does not need to be temporarily dropped for someone else for the play offs?

Mujtahida:
Nwabali was a calm presence during Afcon. Why has he become so erratic, so abrasive and a drama queen? A significant part of the conversation during this international break dwelled on him. Is he reacting from the loss of his parents because without being told, that kind of loss can take a toll on a man. May God give him comfort.

Now the call is for Okoye to be given a chance. I don't see Chelle bending that way but if he does and Okoye puts up a good performance, Nwabali will be relegated to the bench.

BascoVanVeli:
So u want us to drop Nwabali for someone who ran away the last time we had a playoff? Nigeria will never learn.

BascoVanVeli:
So u want us to drop Nwabali for someone who ran away the last time we had a playoff? Nigeria will never learn.

yinkeys:
Can we achieve what Morocco u20?boys achieved ?