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Agree with elyte89. These people have not shown that the incorrect personnel is their issue. Even with the correct squad, these goats could not even qualify to the world cup. They could not even top a group where a team was deducted 3 points. Let these ones come and play their own lets see

Diavolo:
I think the list is okay. No point inviting players Chelle won't use like uche. It's clear Chelle picked his 23 man list that's going to be sponsored by caf while the 5 extra were handpicked by NFf for their own selfish interest. Players like usman and Fargo will just be used as training cones just like the way papa Mohamed was pushed until he got a move abroad. We should be fine with Chelle 23 man list

Fargo isn't a bad player
He is young and doing well in the Croatia league

Amedino99:
Preliminary squad will be out soon.
Those that will pay for 4 extra slot will be obvious

it was always going to be obvious. Let the competition start lets see what they will play.

elyte89:
Like I said nff slots Dey …d inclusion of akinsanmiro and nnamdi in dt middle is a good idea for me ..

Agreed!! But men na so Eguavoen too include one guy dat time, we don't even know where he is again.

Samueltemi337:
What do we even need 5 CF for

Now someone is asking the right question

QueenJazz:
Midfield looking good though.

Now we are talking

opes:
How do we rebuild with a 31 year old new invitee playing in the Israeli league? Chelle picks his 23-man squad first, and the NFF adds the remaining five since they are the ones sponsoring the extra. That is what just happened.

You know book
NFF will even cover the expenses for the extra 5, as CAF will only cover for 23..

9JAMac10:
Irrespective of the squad list let’s rally behind the boys ahead of the Afcon Cup finals. If they can make it to the semifinals that will be a boost considering the players on board

I think it's a good list
The gaffer finally did something about the midfield
If our midfield clicks, we will go all the way
We have a solid defence and attack

Samueltemi337:
Fargo isn't a bad player
He is young and doing well in the Croatia league

I watched his highlights yesterday
He is not that bad
Might not make headlines but he's good

Amedino99:
it was always going to be obvious. Let the competition start lets see what they will play.

The truth is Nigeria will always do politics and drama with everything, even AFCON list
Nevertheless the squad is strong enough to go all the way

Average!!!!!!!! TEAM

On uzoho..

Eric Chelle will be axed after the AFCON.
He won't make it to the semi-finals of the tournament.

Lol super eagles still dey give some of una sleepless nights?

My feelings for them died the day they were clobbered by the DRC. Lol I didn't even know there will be an AFCON this month.

I pray they get kicked out in the group stage, to save Osimhen the unnecessary stress.

I'm glad Maduka isn't going to the AFCON. I never wanted him to go after being away for weeks for a ban. He needs to be with his club and help them survive.

If I had my way, I would use home based players for this AFCON. Yea, that's how inconsequential this year's AFCON is to me.


The trophy belongs to either Senegal, Morocco or CIV. DRC and SA can try their kicks too.

semid4lyfe:
Maduka asked for first choice and playing guarantee which wasn't given so he asked to be excused. Would Maduka have pulled this stunt if we had qualified for the World cup? I don't think so!

The team should always come before individual, and at this point Maduka should be axed from the National team and never invited again.

Still, Eric Chelle made a big mistake selecting Francis Uzoho. A Dele Adeleye or even an Ebenezer Harcourt would have been better for the experience and futuristic purpose.

Eric Chelle doesn't realize how terrible Uzoho is. Uzoho cannot even play goal kicks. His goal kicks don't go far at all. Na defender dey play goal kick for am. He is also very clumsy with his feet. His ball playing ability and distribution is very poor too. Anytime, he is given a back pass our hearts will be in our mouths.

Reflexes nko? Na just average. He will not make any save he is not supposed to make, and he will still concede goals he should ordinarily be saving. Goal keeping sense and anticipation na Zero. He is not dominant in the air and even gets bullied aerially. What a waste of height, and space in the squad.

If Eric Chelle selected 23 players, and the NFF added 5 to make it 28, wasn't Francis. Uzoho in the 23 players selected by Eric Chelle?

Now, I am going into this AFCON with an additional prayer point that Nwabali should be fit to play all the games and Amas Obasogie is the designated backup/2nd choice goalie.

Eric Chelle really fumbled with the choice of Uzoho.

I think you meant to say Maduka, but you wrote Uzoho in the first two paragraphs

Let's rally behind our team irrespective of heart breaks and team selection. Tears of sorrow today will be tears of joy tomorrow.

Truidstarr:
Let's rally behind our team irrespective of heart breaks and team selection. Tears of sorrow today will be tears of joy tomorrow.

As for me , no heartbreak ❤️‍🩹 anywhere…it’s just another super eagles list 😎

When we had d perfect list, we couldn’t defeat 🇱🇸, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, Benin 🇧🇯 away , abeggi

I'm just watching the AFCON for the vibes at this point. If they win or not, I do not care. Nothing they can do in this AFCON will erase the fact that they bottled another World Cup qualifiers, especially one hosted in the freaking USA and when the teams and slots have been expanded. That loss to DRC seriously numbed me to this AFCON. I have no expectations from this squad.

For the sake of their reputation, they should at least win the AFCON. But for me personally, they'll need to win at least two AFCONs and qualify for the next World Cup before I start to believe in this team again.

Typical Nigerian call up lists since as far back as I can remember (circa 2015)

Goalkeeping/defense: strong
Midfield: weak
Attack: strong

Goalkeeping/defense: weak
Midfield: strong
Attack: strong

Goalkeeping/defense: strong
Midfield: strong
Attack: weak

For the past ten years, I don't think I've seen a list where all three areas were solid and had depth at the same time.

semid4lyfe:
Maduka asked for first choice and playing guarantee which wasn't given so he asked to be excused. Would Maduka have pulled this stunt if we had qualified for the World cup? I don't think so!

The team should always come before individual, and at this point Maduka should be axed from the National team and never invited again.

Nah I disagree. It won't happen. So he should leave his first choice position in the Serie A and sit on the bench throughout AFCON. Maduka is good enough to be exchanging gametime with Nwabali. Someone that can even make Germany's squad list at this point. So asking for gametime is not out of place.

Chelle is a shtty coach anyways so he won't be there for long. The kind of coach that will substitute a player in and substitute them out.

JohnBullMySon:
Nah I disagree. It won't happen. So he should leave his first choice position in the Serie A and sit on the bench throughout AFCON. Maduka is good enough to be exchanging gametime with Nwabali. Someone that can even make Germany's squad list at this point. So asking for gametime is not out of place.

Chelle is a shtty coach anyways so he won't be there for long. The kind of coach that will substitute a player in and substitute them out.

Wetin make am shitty 🙄

Main reason for Okoye's omission

Okoye made it very clear that if he won’t be the starting goalkeeper at the AFCON, he won’t come for the tournament,” the source told SCORENigeria

123jamessmith:
I'm seeing news on Facebook that tosin adarabioyo has decided to play for Nigeria. Is it a confirm news.

I don't care

MKPUOGALIGA:
If na you , will you invite a guy called "otele" ?

,Even if his name is lucifer

charlesemeka85:
who is the Usman and which club does he play for?

With this list my hope of super eagles winning the afcon is dashed

Na that boy way score that fancy goal against Atletico that year

Make una de calm down abeg. Nothing do the list. Akinsanmiro, Nnadi and Ryan are there that have a very high chance of playing good minutes. Usman is not an important player to be discussing

CornOak:
This list doesn't inspire hope nor confidence, almost unbelievable. I will watch the tournament with a free and open mind with no emotions attached.

Good luck to them.

Which selection of players will inspire your confidence.
Please list them.

I will be grateful.

Meliforme:
Which selection of players will inspire your confidence.
Please list them.

I will be grateful.

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Amedino99:
Agree with elyte89. These people have not shown that the incorrect personnel is their issue. Even with the correct squad, these goats could not even qualify to the world cup. They could not even top a group where a team was deducted 3 points. Let these ones come and play their own lets see

I don’t even know why folks are complaining all the main guys are still there Abi na eye Dey pain me? Osihmen, Lookman, Iwobi, Chuks, Nwabali, is this not our core team?

solonnachi:
Main reason for Okoye's omission

Okoye made it very clear that if he won’t be the starting goalkeeper at the AFCON, he won’t come for the tournament,” the source told SCORENigeria

If this is true he’s not a serious person, we got to the final of the last Afcon without him so who’s deceiving him he’s our best keeper?

You see all these yeye hype we give to these guys?

Samueltemi337:
Fargo isn't a bad player
He is young and doing well in the Croatia league

and he deserves the call up more than Durosimi?

I don give up for this AFCON.
This squad does not inspire any confidence

Goke7:
If this is true he’s not a serious person, we got to the final of the last Afcon without him so who’s deceiving him he’s our best keeper?

You see all these yeye hype we give to these guys?

He should lose his number one role at udinese for a bench role at the AFCON. You sef reason am if you were in his shoes