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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Ragingthunder(f): 2:35pm On Nov 10, 2025
Bossoflife25:
If you think the game against Gabon will not be tough, you need to fasten your belt and rethink again.

Gabon will be our biggest threat! They almost defeat the Ivorians home and away. Infact they struck the goalpost both home and away.

And in Auba, they have a threat we have not faced in years!

If we beat Gabon, nothing else will stop us!
not necessarily true but I get your point
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Ragingthunder(f): 2:37pm On Nov 10, 2025
minfelix:
them don sack this werey
grin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mujtahida: 3:00pm On Nov 10, 2025
mekabuachi:
I'd post a link soon
Omo E talk plenty ooh...E even mock osihmen join😂
You can check complete sports (newspaper) page on Facebook
Let him keep running his mouth.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by minfelix(m): 3:08pm On Nov 10, 2025
Bossoflife25:
I predicted we will beat Benin 2 nil. So what are you on about! Watch football abeg, don't be emotional!
even your prediction against Benin has an element caution and fear…you don’t believe we could maul them by the required 4goals to topple burkina faso…you 2-0 simply mean we cant break into the playoff…

Gabon cannot be our biggest threat..you see that DRC/Cam thats where spilling of blood will be…cos any team in that stage is as good as qualified to the world cup, if any of Nigeria,DRC,Cameroon wins the playoffs they will just have 1 match against a minnow country to play in the intercontinental playoffs….Gabon will give us SA vibe and we drew that SA match due to absence of Osimhen and early injury to Aina
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by minfelix(m): 3:17pm On Nov 10, 2025
i really dont know why this Gabon game is not freaking me like the
Nigeria vs Benin and the outcome of SA vs Rwa….i was highly tensed that last month….

i could remember at the afcon when we where about meeting Cameroon my body was vibrating with fear, after the game i wasn’t freaked about the Quarterfinals vs Angola, but my trembling returned when we were to meet SA
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Bossoflife25: 3:31pm On Nov 10, 2025
Lol! I predicted we will defeat Benin and South Africa will draw Rwanda which is normal going by the results of the previous match by those countries. Our main threat will be Gabon does not equate to we will lose to Gabon! lol
minfelix:
even your prediction against Benin has an element caution and fear…you don’t believe we could maul them by the required 4goals to topple burkina faso…you 2-0 simply mean we cant break into the playoff…

Gabon cannot be our biggest threat..you see that DRC/Cam thats where spilling of blood will be…cos any team in that stage is as good as qualified to the world cup, if any of Nigeria,DRC,Cameroon wins the playoffs they will just have 1 match against a minnow country to play in the intercontinental playoffs….Gabon will give us SA vibe and we drew that SA match due to absence of Osimhen and early injury to Aina
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Toylove: 3:37pm On Nov 10, 2025
mekabuachi:
https://www.pulsesports.ng/football/story/you-said-that-before-gabon-coach-responds-to-osimhen-comments-ahead-of-showdown-2025110720022320954

Osimhen said he would do everything to take Nigeria to the World Cup," Mouyouma said at Thursday's press conference.

"I think Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has already answered this question and demonstrated by scoring four goals against The Gambia.

"Against Burundi, he did not return to his club to prepare for the next fixtures. He stayed with his teammates to show that he really wants to lead the national team to the World Cup. So, I have almost nothing to say about Osimhen's words."
It's motivation, a call to unite his team behind him. But he also said in the last Afcon that he would do everything to bring the cup to Nigeria.

"Unfortunately, Ivory Coast won. Well, these are motivational words that everyone uses without conviction. It’s his opinion alone."
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Toylove: 3:38pm On Nov 10, 2025
mekabuachi:
I'd post a link soon
Omo E talk plenty ooh...E even mock osihmen join😂
You can check complete sports (newspaper) page on Facebook
talk is cheap
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Meliforme: 3:38pm On Nov 10, 2025
if Eric Chelle intends to implement 4-4-2, Ejuke and Chukwueze should start on the left and on the right respectively
If Eric Chelle intends to implement 4-3-3, then Moses Simon and Lookman should start.

In a 4-4-2, you need wingers who can also slot in as midfielders. who: have good control of the ball, can progress the ball, can make good passes of the ball and can provide good defensive cover.
In the qualities mentioned above, Ejuke, Chukwueze and Iwobi are the top picks.

Moses Simon and Ademola Lookman are arguably our most lethal wingers, they are most lethal when played in the final phases of an attack. They do not have the level of control of the ball when compared to Ejuke, Iwobi and Chukwueze, to be fully involved in a patient build up to goal.
This is very easy to see and one of the reasons why we should not prioritise possession based football if we are to win a game.

If we are to utilise 4-3-3, Moses Simon and Ademola Lookman must start, supported by three midfielders who should be creative enough to know when to release the ball to them to finish the move or assist in finishing the move.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Toylove: 3:41pm On Nov 10, 2025
minfelix:
i really dont know why this Gabon game is not freaking me like the
Nigeria vs Benin and the outcome of SA vs Rwa….i was highly tensed that last month….

i could remember at the afcon when we where about meeting Cameroon my body was vibrating with fear, after the game i wasn’t freaked about the Quarterfinals vs Angola, but my trembling returned when we were to meet SA
I'm not saying we will defeat Gabon by 4 goals o, but i think Benin presents a more formidable opposition to Nigeria compared to Gabon
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by jihday(m): 3:41pm On Nov 10, 2025
victornoah:
Auba weh don old finish..?

Abeg talk another thing... The match would be the easiest of our qualifiers cool
he has 4 goals in 10 games (6 starts) na you know what you are talking about
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by mekabuachi(f): 3:49pm On Nov 10, 2025
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ4SLqhjawS/?igsh=MWJ3eGs2bDc0MXlqYQ==
Please everyone watch this.. apparently it was the back of the hotel not the hotel itself
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by QueenJazz(f): 3:56pm On Nov 10, 2025
minfelix:
i really dont know why this Gabon game is not freaking me like the
Nigeria vs Benin and the outcome of SA vs Rwa….i was highly tensed that last month….

i could remember at the afcon when we where about meeting Cameroon my body was vibrating with fear, after the game i wasn’t freaked about the Quarterfinals vs Angola, but my trembling returned when we were to meet SA
Really? Lol. I kinda knew we would whoop Cameroon in the R of 16 last year sha. I remember they were piss poor coming off the group stages. I was only really worried about Angola. They had a really good run before they met us.

I wasn't worried about SA before we faced them but they surprised me with their performance.

I know I was also nervous going into the finals but I can't decide if it was because of Ivory Coast as a team or just the overall nervous excitement of getting to the AFCON finals.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by MetalJigsaw(m): 4:04pm On Nov 10, 2025
Mujtahida:
Hahaha hahaha hahaha if this man made this statement, that means he's afraid. Very afraid.
Lol.. Why do you think so?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Meliforme: 4:12pm On Nov 10, 2025
If we are using 4-4-2, Ademola Lookman should pair Victor Osimhen. This is the best combo from my perspective and understanding of the players in camp. Another good combination is Alex lwobi and Victor Osimhen.

Alhassan Yusuf should pair Wilfred Ndidi in the middle.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by BankyGee(m): 4:20pm On Nov 10, 2025
minfelix:
i really dont know why this Gabon game is not freaking me like the
Nigeria vs Benin and the outcome of SA vs Rwa….i was highly tensed that last month….

i could remember at the afcon when we where about meeting Cameroon my body was vibrating with fear, after the game i wasn’t freaked about the Quarterfinals vs Angola, but my trembling returned when we were to meet SA
This guy, your confidence since this World Cup qualifiers began till now is just unreal and omo, maximum respect for you. We will qualify, and if God forbid we eventually don't qualify, you don too try. Omooooooooooooooooo.

Low-key na you I dey use boost my hope too most of the time... 🫡
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by BankyGee(m): 4:21pm On Nov 10, 2025
Toylove:
I'm not saying we will defeat Gabon by 4 goals o, but i think Benin presents a more formidable opposition to Nigeria compared to Gabon
Facts.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by minfelix(m): 5:13pm On Nov 10, 2025
Bossoflife25:
Lol! I predicted we will defeat Benin and South Africa will draw Rwanda which is normal going by the results of the previous match by those countries. Our main threat will be Gabon does not equate to we will lose to Gabon! lol
ok oo no wahala😅🙏
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by minfelix(m): 5:24pm On Nov 10, 2025
Toylove:
I'm not saying we will defeat Gabon by 4 goals o, but i think Benin presents a more formidable opposition to Nigeria compared to Gabon
The way we will cruise pass that Gabon eehn, e go shock people…the cruising here na just give them 2-0 and move on…Eric Chelle super eagles is a deadly one with or without osimhen, his major bane is our defensive errors against Zim,Lesotho and SA….so far oo i just have lil form of relaxation with his team…even the midfield people are always gnashing teeth here on is very good and formidable….go and watch super eagles highlights since eric chelle took over, then you will ask why have not been stamping teams with 3-0,4-0,5-0 on match days
-against Ghana at Unity Cup(it was tense 60-40 game)
-against Jamaica, chukwueze was just mesmerizing that midfield free role(but our defense was just conceding)
-against Zimbabwe in uyo, why we didn’t beat those guys 4-0 still baffles me
-against Rwanda in kigali, we pinned and press there neck tire and fold 2blows on their face
-against Rwanda in uyo, Ntwari turn to prime buffon, cos that game we pin their papa till final whistle
-against Lesotho same thing, it was towards the end our defense and nwabali decide to snooze
-against SA in Al-shabab pitch, even without Osimhen we played them clean clean
-let me not talk about Benin…

just calm down go and watch extensive highlights of these matches and see how Chelle teams is playing deadly…..
IFFA HEAR SAY I SHAKE FOR GABON MAE I BEND, those ones wey Gambia wan kill for banjul
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mujtahida: 5:28pm On Nov 10, 2025
MetalJigsaw:
Lol.. Why do you think so?
Chochocho too much
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by minfelix(m): 5:28pm On Nov 10, 2025
QueenJazz:
Really? Lol. I kinda knew we would whoop Cameroon in the R of 16 last year sha. I remember they were piss poor coming off the group stages. I was only really worried about Angola. They had a really good run before they met us.

I wasn't worried about SA before we faced them but they surprised me with their performance.

I know I was also nervous going into the finals but I can't decide if it was because of Ivory Coast as a team or just the overall nervous excitement of getting to the AFCON finals.
omo our rivalry with cameroon unending ooo….
You see anytime a rival match is looming it’s always dicey and trembling oo
Nig vs Gha
Nig vs Cam
Nig vs SA(currently, though not regarded as our rival, but they are now forcing it) so it always create tension
Nig vs CIV(though not much of a rival fixture, but you know CIV are also africa’s heavy weight)

so there are some matches that cant freak me at all
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mujtahida: 5:31pm On Nov 10, 2025
minfelix:
i really dont know why this Gabon game is not freaking me like the
Nigeria vs Benin and the outcome of SA vs Rwa….i was highly tensed that last month….

i could remember at the afcon when we where about meeting Cameroon my body was vibrating with fear, after the game i wasn’t freaked about the Quarterfinals vs Angola, but my trembling returned when we were to meet SA
Then you have a faith - fear - faith - fear rhythm in relation to our team.

All I know is that we are going to the world cup
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by minfelix(m): 5:32pm On Nov 10, 2025
BankyGee:
This guy, your confidence since this World Cup qualifiers began till now is just unreal and omo, maximum respect for you. We will qualify, and if God forbid we eventually don't qualify, you don too try. Omooooooooooooooooo.

Low-key na you I dey use boost my hope too most of the time... 🫡
where i dey shake na that final😅…any of DRC/Cam will be brutal…cos that’s actually the world cup ticket…that intercontinental playoff na just charity match to any of Nigeria,DRC or Cameroon
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mujtahida: 5:33pm On Nov 10, 2025
mekabuachi:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ4SLqhjawS/?igsh=MWJ3eGs2bDc0MXlqYQ==
Please everyone watch this.. apparently it was the back of the hotel not the hotel itself
See, when it comes to news on SM, I try to let at least a day pass before I take a position. We react too quickly in the flurry of news on SM, passing judgment, reaching conclusions which later turn out to be incorrect because the news is false
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mujtahida: 5:38pm On Nov 10, 2025
BankyGee:
This guy, your confidence since this World Cup qualifiers began till now is just unreal and omo, maximum respect for you. We will qualify, and if God forbid we eventually don't qualify, you don too try. Omooooooooooooooooo.

Low-key na you I dey use boost my hope too most of the time... 🫡
Even when all hope appeared lost, minfelix had faith that we will qualify. He's the sort of guy you'd want around you when you are faced with a daunting task.

I hope there's a minfelix among our players. I really do hope they have one or two who fire them on with belief and faith.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by minfelix(m): 5:40pm On Nov 10, 2025
Mujtahida:
Then you have a faith - fear - faith - fear rhythm in relation to our team.

All I know is that we are going to the world cup
it depends on the team we are facing sha…in tournaments rival teams usually get the better of us…check all the teams that defeated us at afcon final or semifinal, you will see that they are teams that holds terrible rivalry with us….the 3afcons we have its only Algeria(that i will consider as a formidable team presently) the rest Zambia and B/faso pose no threat to us at crucial games….the game against Benin, i did over 4.5 in on my tickets na Rwanda scatter that ticket, i put x2 for them🤣
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mujtahida: 6:14pm On Nov 10, 2025
😂😂😂
For those who enjoy putting out line ups, I think this one takes the crown 👇👇

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by QueenJazz(f): 6:18pm On Nov 10, 2025
minfelix:
omo our rivalry with cameroon unending ooo….
You see anytime a rival match is looming it’s always dicey and trembling oo
Nig vs Gha
Nig vs Cam
Nig vs SA(currently, though not regarded as our rival, but they are now forcing it) so it always create tension
Nig vs CIV(though not much of a rival fixture, but you know CIV are also africa’s heavy weight)

so there are some matches that cant freak me at all
Lol yh I get.

Don't get me wrong, Cameroon have been our biggest rivals for a long time, but to be honest I feel like they've been a shell of their past selves over the past few years, almost like the SE.

As for overall rivalries, I think Ghana is the only team I'm ALWAYS concerned about whenever our senior teams clash, because you can never really guess how the game will go as we're so similar in many ways. No side ever truly has the advantage over the other lol.

I'm also jittery about North African teams for obvious reasons.

Ivory Coast is often hit or miss like Cameroon but recently they've been on top form, so yes I guess facing them now would make me anxious. Although I'd be much more afraid of Senegal now. I still insist that fatigue was our undoing in the last AFCON finals. We'd have beaten Ivory Coast a second time. Even with the tired legs, we almost did.

South Africa is a weird case because while they've been decent recently, I don't think they've ever really been able to punish us -- which is something a lot of our top rivals (Ghana, Cameroon) have been able to do occasionally. And that's why I don't always feel comfortable calling it a rivalry. A win rate of 90% isn't really a rivalry, speaking from statistics.

Until they can beat us at least twice or thrice in the next 5-6 matches, I'll always look at SA games like Nigeria vs Argentina. We always play against each other, but no matter how tight that fixture is, or how good both teams play, you can almost always bet who'll come out on top lol. Highest na draw.

But jokes aside, as a Super Eagles fan these days, it's easy to be jittery about literally ANY team we face, even if it's Botswana, because of how unexpectedly disappointing our performance can be sometimes. Who would have thought that we would lose to Central Africa Republic or Rwanda, for instance? Or draw with Zimbabwe in a crucial World Cup qualifying match?

So I totally understand why people would be afraid of Gabon.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Ppogbae: 6:24pm On Nov 10, 2025
Eric Chelle managed to pull this team from the catacombs of missing a 2nd straight world cup and has given us a new lease on life with this playoff route.

And the best NFF can give the team is a dilapidated hotel? I honestly hope Iwobi is joking and that the hotel itself is decent sad sad
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by BankyGee(m): 6:28pm On Nov 10, 2025
Mujtahida:
Even when all hope appeared lost, minfelix had faith that we will qualify. He's the sort of guy you'd want around you when you are faced with a daunting task.

I hope there's a minfelix among our players. I really do hope they have one or two who fire them on with belief and faith.
I swear 💪🏾💪🏾
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by lexyman(m): 6:34pm On Nov 10, 2025
if we can have 6 of our players firing on all cylinders , trust me we will be at the WC .... Currently we have Osimhen , Fredrick , Akor Adams ....we need more 3 players in that spirit ,others will catch up , then we are good to go ....
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Goke7: 6:54pm On Nov 10, 2025
Make Una humble for this play off o, after we beat everybody then we fit make mouth but for now caution is the approach.

Our boys won 4-0 against Benin because they wanted to prove a point to a lot of people including me who have almost given up on the World Cup dream. I think our boys know when we don’t really expect much from them and that ginger them the more to go all the way but when we praise them too much ahead of a crucial encounter then often we see complacency so my suggestion will be caution to everyone and let the eagles know we still want them to continue to shut the mouth of critics and pessimists!
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