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yinkeys:
I thought they did this at last WAFCON final
Smh

Sore losers!
Terrible!!

zuchyblink:
1994 set should not insult today's Super Eagles. African football is more competitive now than before due to influx of foreign based players.

There’s also round of 16 now

Goke7:
Towel collection 😂

On a serious note dude was not even available for the first round games. CAF na real olodo

No one else does it better.😂

Let's do this today Osimhen!!
Can we push for 8?

TheSuperNerd:
No one else does it better.😂

🤣🤣

Can we draw out Oliseh's skeletons in the comment section of his YouTube video as well as wherever he has posted too?

The man needs to be aware that people are not ignorant of his cupboard.

Goke7:
He’s indeed toxic as he’s actually trying to set osihmen up again to react so people will start attacking the striker again. He’s a devil just trying to act intelligent and objective in the eyes of people. He was even mocking the entire country for celebrating bronze when we know how this team was before Afcon. He actually doesn’t want to see any national team succeed again cos his voice is only loud and clear when the team fails!

The same Lookman he’s trying to praise now, during the Tanzanian game he never commended the player for scoring that beautiful goal he kept quiet while his fellow commentator kept praising the player. I will continue to say it again and again he doesn’t see any Nigerian player both past and present better than him and the ones he feels are the greatest in the generation after him he must pull them down. Hypocrite!

All things being considered, we shouldn't be celebrating a bronze medal. I was miffed about that as well. We came to win it all, not settle for third and pat ourselves in the back for getting a 9th bronze. We have enough of those already, winning another one should be an insult. Especially knowing we don't have a World Cup to participate in. That being said, yes, Oliseh did make a whole lot of bizarre assertions in his inglorious tirade, particularly with regards to why the team lost. Nigeria lost because of two reasons: 1) poor officiating that killed our momentum, 2) Chelle not having a solid plan B. Even if he did have a plan B, it was clear the players had not soaked it fully enough because the execution was practically non-existent. That's all. Any other reason is largely in Oliseh's imaginations.

Vahid Hashemian

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3505318.stm

darkelf:
Who was the team mate he headbutted?

ChrisKels:
I wish the part of Nigeria that is of same stock as these Senegalese could be giving us mad talents like these Senegalese sha. 🥴

Hmmm. Have we ever had a decent Fulani football player? I'm not saying this to drag or insult anyone. I'm just genuinely curious.

opes:
The late Mark Aku was the sport minister then, Oliseh was very rude to him, when they asked him to apologise for his action, he publicly said the minister was not older than him, he refused. The problem he created in super eagles goalkeeper department affected the team for many years before Nwabali came over.
In the video, he was talking of the dwindling fortune of the team and inability to qualify for AFCON and worldcup. Did he forget he was the coach when the team failed to qualify for 2017 AFCON, before SIasia could turned things around, it was too late. Yes, we lost the playoff to DR congo via a penalties, Oliseh as a coach lost to the same DR Congo.
All what he accused Osimhen of, he did the same, even worst as a player

We lost to Congo, not DR Congo (formerly Zaire). That's even worse because Congo is not as good of a football team as DR Congo (Zaire) when it comes to football pedigree.

yinkeys:
That age sha
But the guy must be a baller

Yes, it's true. We saw his doings at the last CHAN tournament where we lost to Sudan.

darkelf:
Remember the coaching stint he had in Netherlands do you know why he was sacked?

Not for a poor run of games ooo. Baba was do toxic to player and staff that a player cried after Oliseh scolded him during half time

That's how he is.

If he had good character, he would've made a great manager. Tactically, I think he's the best from that 94 set

Oliseh is a bit of narcissist. He tries to hide it well, but you can sometimes see his true character when the penny drops and his mask slips. Even when he gives complements, you can notice sometimes it borders on condescending and/or patronizing - as if implying you punched above your weight. He was a football legend though, and I still believe a good coach and tactician. He is also clearly very intelligent, just not good with emotional intelligence.

opes:
Don't mind him. Was Vahid Hashemian not his teammate at Bochum that year?

I've seen it. Make una come see Saint Oliseh oo. My God, the hypocrisy is off the charts 👇👇👇

Samueltemi337:
Official team of the tournament

Hakimi played three matches and became the best RB. Being the best RB in the world is not the same as being the best RB in the AFCON..

darkelf:
Remember the coaching stint he had in Netherlands do you know why he was sacked?

Not for a poor run of games ooo. Baba was do toxic to player and staff that a player cried after Oliseh scolded him during half time

That's how he is.

If he had good character, he would've made a great manager. Tactically, I think he's the best from that 94 set

Yes, he's tactically sound but abeg, he should carry his toxicity far from the team. He's petty and divisive.

NasirIbnLaAhad:
All things being considered, we shouldn't be celebrating a bronze medal. I was miffed about that as well. We came to win it all, not settle for third and pat ourselves in the back for getting a 9th bronze. We have enough of those already, winning another one should be an insult. Especially knowing we don't have a World Cup to participate in. That being said, yes, Oliseh did make a whole lot of bizarre assertions in his inglorious tirade, particularly with regards to why the team lost. Nigeria lost because of two reasons: 1) poor officiating that killed our momentum, 2) Chelle not having a solid plan B. Even if he did have a plan B, it was clear the players had not soaked it fully enough because the execution was practically non-existent. That's all. Any other reason is largely in Oliseh's imaginations.

The team has been poor before this Afcon so celebrating bronze is not out of place. Let’s stop glorifying our past successes. Not many gave this team a chance after struggling against Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Rwanda. I get am before no be property. Let’s stop overrating ourselves. This is one of the most competitive Afcons ever that we have 3 players in the overall 11, and foreign analysts are even saying we should have more on there. We played the best football everyone all over the world admires. Sweet attacking football like never before. This is not a mediocre performance by the eagles in any standard and that bronze was a testament to that. Oliseh is only trying to name and shame the team and the nation. He should be ignored totally please

Forget Oliseh , it seems truidstarr has an info about the DR CONGO CASE , give us update now 🤨🤨🤨

elyte89:
Onauchu and ejuke might not make chelles list again most especially ejuke ,dessers run well na

Ejute might not make Eric Chelle's team not for footballing reasons.

Samuel Chukwueze was neglected by Eric Chelle not for footballing reasons
In the match against Egypt, Samuel Chukwueze won defensive duels 3x more than the entire midfield combined and made more contributions to defense 3x more than the entire midfield combined. We are talking about a midfield that has a designated DM.

Players with the highest number of chances created in a single match:
Alex lwobi (6 chances) in the match against Tanzania.
Samuel Chukwueze (5 chances) in the match against Uganda.
Ademola Lookman (4 chances) in the match against Tunisia.

These stats reveals Chukuneze's creative role and contributions to defense.
Even if Samuel Chukwueze won't start matches, give one reason why Samuel Chukwueze will not be the first to be subsituted on when changes are considered in the more offensive areas of the pitch.

Tochukwu Nnadi was neglected not for footballing reasons.
In the indices that can be used to qualify a good DM, Tochukwu Nnadi is ahead of Raphael Onyedika.
Both players feature in the Belgian Pro League.
In statistics such as Tackles per 90, Blocks made per 90, Interceptions per 90, Clearances per 90, Nnadi is ahead of Onyedika.

It is very clear that Eric Chelle clearly doesn't know his players and can wrongly drop or feature them.

Garba Lawal, Tijani Babangida?

FiveFootNinja:
Hmmm. Have we ever had a decent Fulani football player? I'm not saying this to drag or insult anyone. I'm just genuinely curious.

chrisooblog:
Garba Lawal, Tijani Babangida?

Oh wow. Thought they were both Hausa. Thanks.

The fact that so many people including present and former footballers dislike him is a bit of a pointer to his character.

NasirIbnLaAhad:
Oliseh is a bit of narcissist. He tries to hide it well, but you can sometimes see his true character when the penny drops and his mask slips. Even when he gives complements, you can notice sometimes it borders on condescending and/or patronizing - as if implying you punched above your weight. He was a football legend though, and I still believe a good coach and tactician. He is also clearly very intelligent, just not good with emotional intelligence.

lbrichman2:
Him agent sef no do well
He could have gotten a midtable team in Norway, Belgium, even Turkiye
He carry am go dump for academy wey them go dey teach them 2 times 2 is 4
Lol

Well, at all at all, him don enter UK

unpopular opinion but these clubs are also in on it.

Mujtahida:
Truth about?

Embracing mediocrity & celebrating 3rd
However this tournament looked prearranged for Morocco to win by certain football powers
Im glad we came third because I wouldn’t want our players or staffs to be in Western media & FIFA’s black book
Senegal the rebels
They’re about to sanction Senegal FA & their coach
Some Senegalese players could be punished too
Thé gap between the 1st & 5th placed teams in Africa isn’t much, tiny margins separate them
There should be no excuse for Super Eagles in East Africa, I don’t see North African teams doing well there
Senegal, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroun, Egypt potential winners

chrisooblog:
Garba Lawal, Tijani Babangida?

None of them are Fulani...

Before the moroccan match, i was never in support of Raphael Onyedika playing the DM role.
Frank Onyeka or even Tochukwu Nnadi should have been considered. I have done my studies on these players, having Onyedika feature in the DM role when Frank Onyeka and Tochukwu Nnadi were available revealed a fault that cannot be neglected.

In that match, Frank Onyeka won 5 out of 8 duels, Raphael Onyedika won 2 out of 10 duels. In addition Frank Onyeka made 3 interceptions, and a vital block in a very central area. Frank Onyeka made 4 recoveries of the ball, Raphael Onyedika made 1. Considering that Frank Onyeka moved even deeper to make a vital block in a very central area tells that he is capable of providing a more defensive cover.

When Raphael Onyedika performance was not to impress, the good thing to have been done should have been the introduction of either Tochukwu Nnadi or Samuel Chukwueze. I preferred Samuel Chukwueze because he is more creative and better at winning defensive duels when compared to FDB and Moses Simon.

The best RB at Afcon 2025 is between Krepin Diatta of Senegal and Bright Osayi Samuel of Nigeria. But because Hakimi na APOTY, he just has to be included despite playing 4 full games.

Bright and Krepin played 6 games each and were impressive throughout.

Mujtahida:
Hakimi played three matches and became the best RB. Being the best RB in the world is not the same as being the best RB in the AFCON..

yinkeys:
Embracing mediocrity & celebrating 3rd
However this tournament looked prearranged for Morocco to win by certain football powers
Im glad we came third because I wouldn’t want our players or staffs to be in Western media & FIFA’s black book
They’re about to sanction Senegal FA & their coach
Some Senegalese players could be punished too
Thé gap between the 1st & 5th placed teams in Africa isn’t much, tiny margins separate them
There should be no excuse for Super Eagles in East Africa, I don’t see North African teams doing well there
Senegal, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroun potential winners

What’s Mediocre about the eagles in this Afcon or is it another eagles I watched?

Even when we won in 2013 some said it was a mediocre performance. This our attitude of downplaying our performance because we don’t like some players or the coach is witchcraft. All because Nigerians criticised oliseh for his performance as a commentator then we should be mocked for celebrating bronze, Issorite

chrisooblog:
Garba Lawal, Tijani Babangida?

Wrong.

Shehu Abdullahi

Amedino99:
unpopular opinion but these clubs are also in on it.

Definitely
It's all a cash cow to them

TheSuperNerd:
The best RB at Afcon 2025 is between Krepin Diatta of Senegal and Bright Osayi Samuel of Nigeria. But because Hakimi na APOTY, he just has to be included despite playing 4 full games.

Bright and Krepin played 6 games each and were impressive throughout.

Simple!
These things are not hard

I think he was referring to good to outstanding talents. Shehu was just there.

ChrisKels:
Wrong.

Shehu Abdullahi

Goke7:
The team has been poor before this Afcon so celebrating bronze is not out of place. Let’s stop glorifying our past successes. Not many gave this team a chance after struggling against Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Rwanda. I get am before no be property. Let’s stop overrating ourselves. This is one of the most competitive Afcons ever that we have 3 players in the overall 11, and foreign analysts are even saying we should have more on there. We played the best football everyone all over the world admires. Sweet attacking football like never before. This is not a mediocre performance by the eagles in any standard and that bronze was a testament to that. Oliseh is only trying to name and shame the team and the nation. He should be ignored totally please

Okay, let's leave Oliseh aside for now. I'm speaking for myself alone here, and not Oliseh. Now I'm not diminishing the bronze itself. What I had an issue with was the manner of celebration. The way the bench ran out like they won the final felt a bit cringe to me. I get it. You finished in the top 3. Any team should be proud of that. But when you're minutes removed from a semifinal loss, with a World Cup spot denied and legitimate grievances about officiating still raw, jubilant celebrations naturally feel premature and tone-deaf. Not to mention the fact that you did one better in the last tournament by winning silver. Everyone has low expectations pre-tournament which the team exceeded with quality football. But I'm not sure how that warrants effusive celebration as opposed to quiet satisfaction. Having an elite mentality demands we feel the sting of falling short in the first place, especially when the prize was genuinely within reach.

When Oliseh made that observation, I was reminded of William Troost-Ekong's hilarious and ridiculous celebration after scoring a PENALTY against LESOTHO in that World Cup qualifying match in October last year. Take note of the words I emboldened. There was no need to go off celebrating when the match wasn't even over. I think it was Osimhen who just ran into the net and picked up the ball to resume play quickly.

My fear is that we're becoming too satisfied with anything less than the best. We need to maintain high standards and hunger. You can appreciate progress while still being appropriately disappointed about missed opportunities. Both can coexist. The way they celebrated suggested contentment with bronze when gold was attainable, and irrespective of how you felt about Oliseh's critique there, I don't find anything there to fault completely. For me, Lookman had the right mentality. He scored the winning penalty against Egypt but he didn't start jumping all over the pitch over it. He was walking back until Awaziem came and lifted him up.