₦airaland Forum

ThunderFireAgba:
U dey sell?

yinkeys:
Iwobi doesn't help us defensively though

PDPGuy:
Nwabali is also suspended for the semifinal.. Let’s hope that Uzoho brings his A-game on Wednesday 🙏

TheSuperNerd:
He did vs Mozambique and he did today (his best defensive shift so far at Afcon 2025).

Papi85:
Calvin Bassey is better than Tomori and Adarabioyo

TheSuperNerd:
Naija Afcon Stats updates

🇳🇬 Nigeria has now scored 14 goals at AFCON 2025, our highest total in a single edition of the competition. We have surpassed our previous highest of 12 in 2000.

🇳🇬 Nigeria is the second nation to score at least two goals in each of its first five(5) matches at an Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament, after Egypt in 1974 and 2010.

TheSuperNerd:
Nations with the most own goals in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations:

4- 🇪🇬 EGYPT
3- 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
3- 🇩🇿 Algeria
3- 🇹🇳 Tunisia

With Egypt's own goal vs CIV in their 3-2 win, they now top this stat.

Theflint1:
Yet to see Victor Osimhen in any of the post game celebration clips... Abi e vanish after match finish?

TheSuperNerd:
Algeria coach, Vladimir Petkovic, after losing 2-0 to Nigeria in the AFCON2025 quarter-final in Marrakech:

“Do I have to tell the truth or should I be political [about the match]? Nigeria deserved to win this match. They were better than us. It was difficult to get into this match… We were hit left and right…”

semid4lyfe:
Was delirious with happiness yesterday. Didnt post because I wanted to soak in the victory and marinate in the sweet feeling.

Omo, Super Eagles no small.

vicot:
But this kind take sha..
Literally singled out a player after such team performance??..habba

vicot:
But this kind take sha..
Literally singled out a player after such team performance??..habba

Bossoflife25:
You see Osimhen running like person wey dem thief him wife, then who are you not to run?

Osimhen has no equal in Nigeria's football history!

TheSuperNerd:
Algeria coach, Vladimir Petkovic, after losing 2-0 to Nigeria in the AFCON2025 quarter-final in Marrakech:

“Do I have to tell the truth or should I be political [about the match]? Nigeria deserved to win this match. They were better than us. It was difficult to get into this match… We were hit left and right…”

Algerians need to calm down on this penalty issue. Here's an explanation why this wasn't a pen. Watch and Learn Algeria pic.twitter.com/vTzG1iq1sh

— Olawale Adigun (@SportsAdigun) January 11, 2026

Blueelf:


Remote work

Goke7:
They are all arrogant people who feel because they played the game at the highest level they can’t submit themselves to proper learning I mean an amokachi was assistant to even keshi how come he’s not even good enough to be producing the kind of results Chelle is producing. What they do mostly is to criticise the current generation of players to make it look as if no one else can be better. Honestly I am ashamed on their behalf.

forgiveness:
He is a joker. Many jokers are here. That's why I don't come here too often again because here is full of sentiments and bias. Some don't think straight. Just wan there player to play but do so by slandering another player.

It was here I read SE doesn't score more than 2 goals whenever Lookman plays. Lookman is selfish. He doesn't pass. Chuks is better than him behind 2 strikers. And so so many horrible takes.

Me just dey look pass many thinks. I gat no time to waste these days.

Perhaps, behind his takes lies, make dem comot Lookman for Chuks.

TheGoodJoe:
It is what I noticed and it is for an improved performance of the team. Lookman played well but what stood out for me were moments for transition he missed. I believe if she fixes it, he would be lethal.

Nairalandankra:
Nff said they were too broke to go for a white coach...so they asked the guy if he would accept a pay cut to coach Nigeria... Which he did for reasons best known to him.

daveP:
Observation

Cc: Kog45, Mujtahida, Thesupernerd, Thegoodjoe

I discovered that alllllllll the ex players that ended up as assistant managers to a foreign coach(let me even add the local coaches too) usually end up showing they learnt nothing from their superiors regarding the game.


I can mention almost half a dozen and none of them even went on to get a better coaching experience, job with even the cadet teams. They just fade off into oblivion, go into punditry, or like finidi, make balderdash statements about formation not being important despite seeing all under Jpes. Even in the punditry, they still act like they archaic compared to their mates of their eras. I dunno


So why waste the spot? Or is the spot on the coaching crew simply ceremonial, like for nostalgic effect on the players in camp or what?


Where is Yobo today?


What do you guys think?

mrwilliams9:
Not everything is about money…if he takes Nigeria to a title, that increases his stock as a manager.

Goke7:
His value now have so increased that if my mistake we lose him he will get another job immediately.

emiye:
Nwabali and captain Ndidi out, who is replacing those guys against Morroco?

TheSuperNerd:
On this, you said all the ex-players and local coaches but I disagree. It is not exactly all.

Late Stephen Keshi was assistant manager to Jo Bonfrere at Afcon 2000 and he went on to Coach Mali, Togo (qualified them to the 2006 WC), before eventually coaching the Super Eagles.

Note that same Keshi also coached the U20 Flying Eagles in 2001 after Afcon 2000 and didnt exactly get it right. Infact that was the worst U20 set we ever paraded at an U20 Afcon but it was a genuine moulding experience for Keshi who also assisted Late Coach Amodu Shuaibu at some point.

His coaching journey will help forge his philosophy as a manager and eventually morph him into the Winning Manager he became as Super Eagles Coach. A legend forever he is and one of our greatest coaches of all time.



Another is Samson Siasia. He assisted Austin Eguavoen at some point before he would take up the reins himself later. Siasia's best coaching exploits as you already know are with Nigeria's U20 and U23 Teams.
Gold at 2005 U20 Afcon.
Silver at 2005 U20 WC.
Silver at 2008 Olympics.
Gold at 2015 U23 Afcon.
Bronze at 2016 Olympics.


Emmanuel Amuneke is another. Just like Siasia, it is not for assisting a foreign manager but at least he worked his way up and was part of the assistant crew of Nigeria's U17 side in 2013. They won the U17 World Cup after bagging Silver at the U17 Afcon.
In 2015, he was made U17 Head Coach and finished 4th at the U17 Afcon before going to conquer the world winning the U17 World Cup in Chile.

Left later on for Tanzania and qualified them for the 2019 Afcon. And the rest is history.




So I think the major exception is Stephen Keshi. He showed he learnt even though his relationship with Jo Bonfrere became strained later on.

But in a conclusion, I see your point especially when I think of Finidi under JPes. Salisu Yusuf under Rohr. Joseph Yobo under Rohr. And so forth. Now we have seen Fidelis Ilechukwu under Chelle and especially now, Daniel Ogunmodede under Eric Chelle. See ehn, na God go help us on our local heads but we do have a few good ones. Very few.