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lbrichman2:
We actually have the coach and the players now
Many people forget that even with all their gimmicks, Morocco couldn't beat us in 120 mins, it was Chuks penalty that gave them the advantage
If Chuks had scored, we would've won that game..

I don't see any African country beating us without sweating for it
The only concern I have now is Okoye
I am still not sold, so confidence level is around 70%

If and when Nwabali returns, my confidence will go back to 100%

Chelle and his crew need to work on Penalties…Nwabali ensured we qualified for the world cup and afcon final with brilliant saves but Simon,Bassey,Ajayi,Chukwueze,Bashiru all came and ensured we no go smile… under 2months we cried bitterly twice😭😂😅
November worldcup qualifiers penalty heartbreak
January Semifinal penalty heartbreak

minfelix:
if defenders slowpoke mofos these are the kinda goals you will see, a keeper made a beautiful stop at a goal bound shot, no defender around to clear ball put to safety….on Okoye’s part he should have parried the ball to corner safety

Exactly
It's these fine details that give Nwabali the edge

minfelix:
Chelle and his crew need to work on Penalties…Nwabali ensured we qualified for the world cup and afcon final with brilliant saves but Simon,Bassey,Ajayi,Chukwueze,Bashiru all came and ensured we no go smile… under 2months we cried bitterly twice😭😂😅
November worldcup qualifiers penalty heartbreak
January Semifinal penalty heartbreak

Omo..
You have said it all..

Predator87:
How can we get the likes of Eze and Oliseh when we can't even get the likes of Nwaneri and Ugochukwu? You need to stop making excuses for the useless NFF and Ibrahim Gausau. Even Pinnick with his mango head was able to get the likes of Aina, BASSEY, Iwobi etc to play for Nigeria. Players we still rely on today but that useless alhadji cannot even get low hanging fruit. What does that tell you? Our infrastructure is rubbish. Only 1 caf approved stadium, No training facilities, no development plan, no grassroots plan this is the state of Nigeria football today. That makes us unattractive to anyone. Until we fix our NFF and reform it we will continue to lose out. A time will come when the likes of Morocco and Drc will be beating us home and away without breaking a sweat because we lack quality. But yea o keep making excuses for incompetent people. That's a Nigerian tradition.

Baba if you can disrespect Amaju Pinnick who gave some quality players to super eagles by calling him mango head🤣🤣…wetin u com dey find from Alhaji….if Alhaji gets you Saka,Eze and Olise, you go still insult am….so better make we continue as we dey na abi?🤣🤣

SymphonyRad:
Maybe it's just me sha but this team looks uninspiring on paper

It’s just you. This same uninspiring team knack naija’s inspiring team.

lbrichman2:
We actually have the coach and the players now
Many people forget that even with all their gimmicks, Morocco couldn't beat us in 120 mins, it was Chuks penalty that gave them the advantage
If Chuks had scored, we would've won that game..

I don't see any African country beating us without sweating for it
The only concern I have now is Okoye
I am still not sold, so confidence level is around 70%

If and when Nwabali returns, my confidence will go back to 100%

One thing is cleared,Nwabali top Okoye but having a keeper like Okoye that won club MVP says a lot,now left for Arthur Okonkwo to tell us he is better than Francis Uzoho

Kog45:
One thing is cleared,Nwabali top Okoye but having a keeper like Okoye that won club MVP says a lot,now left for Arthur Okonkwo to tell us he is better than Francis Uzoho

Was telling BankyGee exactly this on X yesterday
Arthur Okonkwo looks to me like another Uzoho
Like you said, let him come and prove himself

Joezinho:
It’s just you. This same uninspiring team knack naija’s inspiring team.

Make una dey talk the circumstances of the knacking

Thiago silva would have been a better option than neymar. Atleast thiago silva plays regularly in europe and recently won a league trophy. Neymar is playing for a relegation threatened santos and possibly injured in his last match

TheSuperNerd:
Brazil's Final WC Squad... 2026.

No Richarlison

No Joao Pedro

No Andrey Santos

No Thiago Silva

Neymar makes it for his final WC Swansong.

A talented-studded and athletic Brazillian Squad.


Injury Absentees: Rodrygo, Eder Militao, Estevao Willian.

Things are not going well at Napoli
Osimhen comot
Lukaku come, follow comot
Coach wet suppose calm everybody down don comot as well
😂 😂 😂

lbrichman2:
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Was telling BankyGee exactly this on X yesterday
Arthur Okonkwo looks to me like another Uzoho
Like you said, let him come and prove himself

exactly. Few times I hv had the opportunity to watch him I wasn’t really impressed to be honest

The only positive is that he’s still young and hv enough time to further his development

lbrichman2:
I know it's just a mistake, but it's one of the reasons I'm still not sold on Okoye..

Jamie Vardy's goal won it for Cremonese 😤#UdineseCremonese pic.twitter.com/3OHLfRyiro

— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) May 18, 2026

Yes I agree he should start as long as Nwabali remains in Limbo, but I pray Nwabali sorts out his club situation fast and sends Okoye back where he belongs abeg..

And where does he belong?

You see all of you pretending to have reasonable doubts, while in reality you’re hate watching the young guy.

You guys are shameless.

lbrichman2:
Things are not going well at Napoli
Osimhen comot
Lukaku come, follow comot
Coach wet suppose calm everybody down don comot as well
😂 😂 😂

karma Abi na Nemesis I go call am 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bukayo Saka with his grandma who came all the way from ORO in Kwara State to watch him

Osimhen receiving Prayer from mama Ighalo

Osimhen with his beautiful daughter dancing to Seyi Vibes song during Gala league trophy celebration

Victor Moses met with Oba Demola Elegushi with some ex Chelsea teammates

lbrichman2:
I know it's just a mistake, but it's one of the reasons I'm still not sold on Okoye..

Jamie Vardy's goal won it for Cremonese 😤#UdineseCremonese pic.twitter.com/3OHLfRyiro

— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) May 18, 2026

Yes I agree he should start as long as Nwabali remains in Limbo, but I pray Nwabali sorts out his club situation fast and sends Okoye back where he belongs abeg..

i did not see any mistake here to be honest

the defenders could have done better

Joezinho:
It’s just you. This same uninspiring team knack naija’s inspiring team.

knack? for game of luck[pk] lmao

Portugal's Final WC Squad...2026.

Damn. Quality all through. Definitely one of the Top 5 WC Favs alongside Spain, Argentina, England and France.

No Antonio Silva in defence but the CBs picked are just as good or even better based on this season.

No Junior Kroupi as rumored. Make him wait for France. No way he was gonna get in.

lbrichman2:
Things are not going well at Napoli
Osimhen comot
Lukaku come, follow comot
Coach wet suppose calm everybody down don comot as well
😂 😂 😂

Conte does not usually stay at a job for more than two years.

Group L

Nigeria
Madagascar
Tanzania
Guinea Bissau

Group L
Nigeria
Madagascar
Tanzania
Guinea Bissau

Ivory Coast got Ghana

Congrats to former NPFL Star, Papa Daniel, CM for winning the Slovenian Prva Liga title with NK Celje for 2025/26.

He played 20 league games (8 starts) for them bagging an assist.

The 3 hosts of the Afcon are in Qualification Groups D, H and L.

D - Kenya
H - Uganda
L - Tanzania

Only one comes out of these groups coz the hosts are already qualified no matter where they finish. For Nigeria, we top the group, qualify with 2 games to spare so we test other legs to further deepen our pool and strengthen the first team experiences of the youngsters and backups.


This is the schedule lineup...
• MD1 & 2:  21 September to 6 October 2026
• MD 3 & 4: 9 to 17 November 2026
• MD 5 & 6:  22 to 30 March 2027

So get ready.

Samueltemi337:
Group L

Nigeria
Madagascar
Tanzania
Guinea Bissau

Is Tanzania 🇹🇿 not part of the host ? ,so automatically na only one country go qualify be dt

Yes. One nation per group where the host is.

D, H, L.

Ghana is lucky there is no host in the CIV group because e sure me dem no go make am if it was so.

elyte89:
Is Tanzania 🇹🇿 not part of the host ? ,so automatically na only one country go qualify be dt

Papi85:
exactly. Few times I hv had the opportunity to watch him I wasn’t really impressed to be honest

The only positive is that he’s still young and hv enough time to further his development

I completely agree

TheSuperNerd:
Yes. One nation per group where the host is.

D, H, L.

Ghana is lucky there is no host in the CIV group because e sure me dem no go make am if it was so.

The Gambia 🇬🇲 can cause an upset 😎

JohnBullMySon:
And where does he belong?

You see all of you pretending to have reasonable doubts, while in reality you’re hate watching the young guy.

You guys are shameless.

Nothing like hate
Okoye will be our starting keeper for now
He's a hardworking guy, and I believe if he continues working, there's no limit to how good he can become..

For now, Nwabali trumps him based on recent NT performances
Okoye will come good
He's putting in the work

Still if Nwabali is available and match fit, I'd prefer him in goal to Okoye for now
In the future, anything can happen..

Papi85:
karma Abi na Nemesis I go call am 🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂😂😂😭😭