₦airaland Forum

Hardrive:
We have a substitution problem. I always wonder why they take too long to notice that osayi can't last the whole of 90 minutes.
At the same time Simon has no business playing some of the matches he has featured in at this tournament. Lastly, why we don't make use of all 5 of our subs knowing that we have an established way of playing.

Papi85:
Chelle and NFF ✌️


Rangers confirm midfielder Tochi Chukwuani has joined from Sturm Graz on a three-and-a-half-year deal. Initial fee is £4.3m plus add-ons.🔵

@BenJacobs

TheSuperNerd:
@emboldened... Good. You can reserve yours. But dont make it look like others dont know what they are saying when they come out to boldly declare the current tactical quality of our team. Dont pour cold water on the tactical insights, or projections or show of faith others showed prior to where we are now at this Afcon.

Truidstarr and BankyGee are 2 monikers out of a few that believed in Eric Chelle from day 1 of his appointment. They always stood their ground and said Chelle was the right choice even when time after time, analysts like me and theGoodJoe kept knocking him and his tactical rigidity at the time for the 442 most especially.
TheGoodJoe and I would support Chelle ofcos every match day but we would always and always point out the glaring tactical deficiencies we noticed. We were not fully convinced and rightly so.

I personally have always been wary of Chelle initially due to his persistence with the 442 even when I felt he showed some potential. He was trying to work out a diamond but it most times turned out flat. But I always did say he was a manager who learnt from mistakes. E.g. Benching Ekong for Frederick and Rotating certain personnel to either upgrade or check a position.

But you see, it is rather at this Afcon immediately after I saw Chelle deploy the 4-3-1-2 diamond/christmas shaped setup vs Tunisia in a distinct manner that finally made all my months of dissecting, criticising certain of his tactics, knocking few decisions and more, finally make sense, that I came to a major stop at the conclusion that he is indeed like Truidstarr and Bankygee have been saying. He is the One. He is a coach that improves and he will only get better.

This is Chelle's 3rd year as an international manager heading to year 4 and he is still 48.

I am convinced now but it does not mean I still wont point to one or two improvements we can still make as a team.

In conclusion, while you wait for a title before you acknowledge greatness, some actually have the careful or analytical foresight to see it before a title is bagged. Or some just show faith based off info they somehow saw differently than anyone else.
This Super Eagles team is on course and is forging a strong identity again and we dont need a title first to acknowledge this fact. The Title will only "FURTHER" validate the quality that we already see manifesting strongly before our eyes.

chrisooblog:
Losers from yesterday's games just dey para.

Ivory Coast fans follow join.

https://x.com/Endette__/status/2010094324688793670?s=20[/quote]Abeg who dey hear French abeg? What are they wailing about particularly?

Mujtahida:
In every team, some will take the spotlight, others will be working silently in the background. Frank and Ajayi are two guys who are just doing their beat quietly.

There was one block Ajayi made yesterday, if that ball had gone past him, we would have been in trouble

ChrisKels:
A decent midfielder but is he a Nigerian?

aicon4s:
Day light robbery it was. Henry Nwosu had scored through a header but was wrongfully adjudged offside and then Eguavoen's charge on Rodger Miller was given as a penalty.

It was a bitter pill for us to swallow then. On came the 2000 AFCON final played in Lagos and again we were robbed.

Starboytwo:
Where are those southy monikers?? Whey have they gone in hiding??

Papi85:
Chukwuani na Togolese name?😳

Papi85:
Chelle and NFF ✌️


Rangers confirm midfielder Tochi Chukwuani has joined from Sturm Graz on a three-and-a-half-year deal. Initial fee is £4.3m plus add-ons.🔵

@BenJacobs

We need to talk about Alex Iwobi pic.twitter.com/zRcVI93lZI

— Ali Howorth (@ahoworth97) January 11, 2026

yinkeys:
Be very careful o
You are not afraid of cards and laser lights?
Those so.re losers will do everything illegal to win
Like delaying our players direct movement to Rabat

ChrisKels:
Our next match is on Wednesday. Morocco played a day before us, hence will have a day of rest more than us, yet we will be the ones to travel from the city we played our last match to go meet them in the city they played their last match?

We have a day less to rest, yet we will also be the travellers? Nna this arrangement get as e be oo. 😟😟

Napoleon55:
I'm being cautious doesn't mean I didn't recognize the overall tactical improvement and quality of our team.
I did acknowledge the team's greatness so far but it would only make more sense to me when they cap it up with this trophy .
And i strongly believe we can do it.

I've been disappointed so many times when I thought this it,choosing stay cautious does not in any way suggest pessimistic outlook at all.

I was one of the few who stood with the team few days when the Congolese knocked us out of the world cup and argued the team could still win the AFCON.

I wasn't trying to pour ice water on your tactical insights, you are doing great.
I'm only saying my joy will be full when I see the trophy.

For now,I'm more interested on what and what to do in order to get past the Moroccans,especially in the absence of Ndidi.
Between Onyedika and Onyeka, who is better to sit deeper.
How to get Osimhen and Akor to be more clinical.

mostob:
This comment off me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

We never pay players, where we wan get money to pay referees?

Napoleon55:
I have watched this clip countless times.
Iwobi brought out his A game to this tournament reminiscent of how Mikel brought his at 2013 edition,hopefully he would come back smiling with the trophy like Mikel did.

Has Midfield of Iwobi,Onyedika and Onyeka started game for us before in a competitive match?

FiveFootNinja:
And I'm hearing they aren't even allowed to travel directly to Rabat. They were asked to go back to Fez then come to Rabat later. Straight slimeball antics. They've supported us right until we're about to face them. Now they'll show us their true colors.

Kog45:
Nigeria have two strong potential for MVP and it's Osimhen and Lookman..Iwobi need goals to compete and remember Mikel lost it to Patsil of Burkina Faso,Mikel with a goal would have won it but I want Osimhen to get the golden boot

mostob:
Out of the season too I guess.

mostob:
There's a particular Umeh who just came in for Portsmouth against Arsenal.

I don't even remember his other name or shirt number but na me first discover am for here. In case he blow tomorrow.

ThunderFireAgba:
Price?
Where is your location?

ChrisKels:
Our next match is on Wednesday. Morocco played a day before us, hence will have a day of rest more than us, yet we will be the ones to travel from the city we played our last match to go meet them in the city they played their last match?

We have a day less to rest, yet we will also be the travellers? Nna this arrangement get as e be oo. 😟😟

Danielnino00:
Actually, we will travel back to Fez first, then Rabat tomorrow.

I think the squad is already in Fez now

elyte89:
That’s a terrible arrangement na …y not just go to Rabat from dere …everything na tactics sha ..off field own don start be dat

BankyGee:
It's a team game - Victor Osimhen (2026)

2 big chances created, 1 assist – for a top 9.

This goal from Nigeria was so good. Bensebaini nowhere to be seen again.

We’ve been cooked. Roasted. Air fried. You name it. pic.twitter.com/V7X4GbF4Gk

— Dean Ammi (@AlgerianFooty) January 10, 2026