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Mujtahida:
No be by you Sabi play ball. You fit qualify? 😉😉😉

Why you pour charcoal inside this soup na

You need 100℅ concentration to play these Asian teams. One moment, they're passing aimlessly, and then suddenly you concede. They will keep passing around till they carve you open.

mostob:
You need 100℅ concentration to play these Asian teams. One moment, they're passing aimlessly, and then suddenly you concede. They will keep passing around till they carve you open.

Czech scored a disallowed goal…i was hoping for the game to end in a draw…..Korea looks like a serious team

elyte89:
If I were president, I would order the Super Eagles and everyone involved in the World Cup qualifiers to gather in a heavily secured conference room in Nigeria and watch every South Africa and DR Congo match ,the groups they could have been part of had they qualified. I’d make sure the disappointment really sinks in and suspend their holidays until both teams are eliminated from the tournament.

MUMU PLAYERS 🙄😏

They even deducted three points from this poor South African team, yet we still couldn’t right our wrongs. And no NFF member has lost his job for failing us. This is embarrassing. 🙈

when was this posted?
If Eric is leaving then it's a confirmation of what i've always said: NFF is the problem of our football and 9ja football may never see progress again

SymphonyRad:
Eric Chelle posted this on his Instagram account, hope it's not what I'm thinking sha?

Moniter0:
CAF should structure the next WC qualifications in such as way the 4 teams that made semi finals in the AFCON secures automatic qualifications to the WC, while the other teams participates in the regular group games to secure the remaining African WC slots.

CAF are not that smart bro.

daveP:
Me sef go troll SA well tonight but this disgraceful performance by them only makes me vexed morw at Nigeria allowing this crap to happen. We messed up gaaan. I still maintain we need to raise the standards on how we analyse their games going forward.


How did these guys qualify convincingly over us? Why did we now get ginger when playoff was involved? Mehnnn!!!

It was the bad blood between key players and the inept coach NFF hired that caused this. If we had started the qualifiers with a tactical coach like Eric Chelle, we would have qualified without a doubt.

mostob:
Why you pour charcoal inside this soup na

Hahaha hahaha. No comfort for the unqualified. We must feel the pain

Thank you mexico. Mostob, Mujtahida, elyte89, how do you feel

oloriooko:
when was this posted?
If Eric is leaving then it's a confirmation of what i've always said: NFF is the problem of our football and 9ja football may never see progress again

It was posted yesterday, check his IG...not sure what to make of that post cause it seemed ambiguous.

Moniter0:
CAF should structure the next WC qualifications in such as way the 4 teams that made semi finals in the AFCON secures automatic qualifications to the WC, while the other teams participates in the regular group games to secure the remaining African WC slots.

This is a very wrong suggestion from you. Nobody should buy this idea. What kind of reasoning is that? World cup start from the qualifiers and each team must pass through the rigors of home and away fixtures to clinch a ticket. Afcon tournament is a one off with upsets here and there. Anything can happen. We want a free and fair format where the big boys and small boys can slug it out ko

minfelix:
Czech scored a disallowed goal…i was hoping for the game to end in a draw…..Korea looks like a serious team

who are you rooting for

Portugal sliced Nigeria though & dominated play
Neto & Conceciao sliced us open
Fernandes also created space for a hot shot saved by Okoye
Ronaldo could have had a sweet header/sitter from a corner kick
Eagles struggled to make combinations, interplay
The goal Nigeria scored goes to individual efforts of Dele, Maduka & Akor as well as luck/defensive error
Can Nigeria hang if we play against S/Korea & Japan ?
Eagles were much better than the 4 nil embarrassment they gave us 4 years ago though
Can we really hang with the big teams tactics wise?

Carot:
Thank you mexico. Mostob, Mujtahida, elyte89, how do you feel

I am not against SA because of their so called Xenophobia.

Naaa. Whether, whether not, I just want all African countries back home.

Sorrow loves company. Can't be watching alone from Africa. They must all join us.

Mujtahida:
Hahaha hahaha. No comfort for the unqualified. We must feel the pain

🤣🤣🤣

Carot:
Thank you mexico. Mostob, Mujtahida, elyte89, how do you feel

The hate watch was nice. I dey wait Morocco. Plenty scores to settle 🤣🤣

minfelix:
After match day 3 table will be
Czech
Korea
Mexico
SA
Czech is beating Korea this night/Morning

😂😂😂😂 Reading this again is funny
Is it because they're Europeans who's Czech in world football currently

yinkeys:
Portugal sliced Nigeria though & dominated play
Neto & Conceciao sliced us open
Fernandes also created space for a hot shot saved by Okoye
Ronaldo could have had a sweet header/sitter from a corner kick
Eagles struggled to make combinations, interplay
The goal Nigeria scored goes to individual efforts of Dele, Maduka & Akor as well as luck/defensive error
Can Nigeria hang if we play against S/Korea & Japan ?
Eagles were much better than the 4 nil embarrassment they gave us 4 years ago though
Can we really hang with the big teams tactics wise?

So you think these Japan and S/Korea that you mentioned won't be scared playing Nigeria?
Yes, Portugal dominated the SE without Osimhen, Lookman and with a debutant and inexperienced right back, why they had their full squad. Did you watched how Portugal totally dominated Chile? Or you think just the presence of a player like Osimhen wouldn't have changed a narrative in the match?

Sugarboyy:
So you think these Japan and S/Korea that you mentioned won't be scared playing Nigeria?
Yes, Portugal dominated the SE without Osimhen, Lookman and with a debutant and inexperienced right back, why they had their full squad. Did you watched how Portugal totally dominated Chile? Or you think just the presence of a player like Osimhen wouldn't have changed a narrative in the match?

I don't know why this is so hard for these people to grasp, the absence of one or two top level players significantly affects the dynamics of a game...if we had Felix Agu, Aina, Nwabali, Osimhen, Lookman, Benjamin, Nwaiwu and even Femi Azeez...our odds of converting those chances Akor, Chukwueze and Moffi missed would have been higher. The presence of these aforementioned players would have made that game more cagey and competitive...the fact that we didn't field our best backline (Akpan was too green, Zaidu is not good enough to be our starting LB, Ajayi was rusty and is behind Benjamin and Fernandez in the order now) yet limited a world class Portuguese attack to shots outside of our box actually shows we did better than expected.

SymphonyRad:
I don't know why this is so hard for these people to grasp, the absence of one or two top level players significantly affects the dynamics of a game...if we had Felix Agu, Aina, Nwabali, Osimhen, Lookman, Benjamin, Nwaiwu and even Femi Azeez...our odds of converting those chances Akor, Chukwueze and Moffi missed would have been higher. The presence of these aforementioned players would have made that game more cagey and competitive...the fact that we didn't field our best backline (Akpan was too green, Zaidu is not good enough to be our starting LB, Ajayi was rusty and is behind Benjamin and Fernandez in the order now) yet limited a world class Portuguese attack to shots outside of our box actually shows we did better than expected.

No need for all these plenty names.
Just Osimhen and Lookman in attack would have unsettled their defence and Aina or Osayi in RB would have added to our defensive and offensive player.
I was watching the friendly match between Argentina and Iceland... Argentina were just a normal team but immediately Messi was brought in, they started playing like a world cup winning team. That's how a single Player can have effect in his team play

Well said! I think Nigerian fans we suffer from two extreme views. We have the best talent and are world contrasted with we are absolutely overated and piss poor.

The truth is we are a mid tier national with some outstanding talent that if we play to our potential should easily be qualifying for WCs and reaching/winning AFCON finals.

Now the harsh truth is that we're currently not close to the top tier sides and that will take at least 2 decades of talent discovery, organizational acumen, and sustainable financing to fill.

At the moment we can only settle for giving the best teams a run for their money. Beating such teams means A. we were either lucky on the day. B. They were uncharacteristically terrible or C. Both.

SymphonyRad:
I don't know why this is so hard for these people to grasp, the absence of one or two top level players significantly affects the dynamics of a game...if we had Felix Agu, Aina, Nwabali, Osimhen, Lookman, Benjamin, Nwaiwu and even Femi Azeez...our odds of converting those chances Akor, Chukwueze and Moffi missed would have been higher. The presence of these aforementioned players would have made that game more cagey and competitive...the fact that we didn't field our best backline (Akpan was too green, Zaidu is not good enough to be our starting LB, Ajayi was rusty and is behind Benjamin and Fernandez in the order now) yet limited a world class Portuguese attack to shots outside of our box actually shows we did better than expected.

Carot:
who are you rooting for

Like this im rooting for Korea oo

Franktom247:
😂😂😂😂 Reading this again is funny
Is it because they're Europeans who's Czech in world football currently

With what Korea and Czech played…those two are capable of humbling mexico

Sugarboyy:
So you think these Japan and S/Korea that you mentioned won't be scared playing Nigeria?
Yes, Portugal dominated the SE without Osimhen, Lookman and with a debutant and inexperienced right back, why they had their full squad. Did you watched how Portugal totally dominated Chile? Or you think just the presence of a player like Osimhen wouldn't have changed a narrative in the match?

It’s a team sport
Portugal will still be decent without Leao, Vitinha, Fernandes or Ronaldo
I’d go check out the Chile game, is Sanchez still a member ?
We can’t string a combination of passes, that’s my point
Chukwueze messed up our attack against Poland when it was 3 versus 1

yinkeys:
It’s a team sport
Portugal will still be decent without Leao, Vitinha, Fernandes or Ronaldo
I’d go check out the Chile game, is Sanchez still a member ?
We can’t string a combination of passes, that’s my point
Chukwueze messed up our attack against Poland when it was 3 versus 1

No, Alexi Sanchez isn't part of Chile squad anymore. For most of the match between Portugal and Chile, Portugal had 80% possession. At a time the possession was 87-17%. That should tell you how dominant Portugal is right now.
For Chukwueze, I have since wrote off that one, same way I wrote off Onyedika. I pray Zadok succeed at Brighton so that him and Azeez can takeover Chukwueze position

SymphonyRad:
I don't know why this is so hard for these people to grasp, the absence of one or two top level players significantly affects the dynamics of a game...if we had Felix Agu, Aina, Nwabali, Osimhen, Lookman, Benjamin, Nwaiwu and even Femi Azeez...our odds of converting those chances Akor, Chukwueze and Moffi missed would have been higher. The presence of these aforementioned players would have made that game more cagey and competitive...the fact that we didn't field our best backline (Akpan was too green, Zaidu is not good enough to be our starting LB, Ajayi was rusty and is behind Benjamin and Fernandez in the order now) yet limited a world class Portuguese attack to shots outside of our box actually shows we did better than expected.

Which Ajayi was rusty against Portugal? Most of you watch faball through bias or sentiment which is clouding your judgment.

Dude played well against Portugal. His interception, clearance etc were obvious for all eyes to see.

Benjamin and Fernandez does not possess the experience Ajayi possess currently. Do you think they will fare well in a competitive tournament like AFCON? Time will tell.

Besides, the 2 goals we conceded has nothing to do with Ajayi. All had to do with the RB and LB. So make you na stop this joke of giving a dog bad name to hang it. Na lie.

forgiveness:
Which Ajayi was rusty against Portugal? Most of you watch faball through bias or sentiment which is clouding your judgment.

Dude played well against Portugal. His interception, clearance etc were obvious for all eyes to see.

Benjamin and Fernandez does not possess the experience Ajayi possess currently. Do you thing they will fare well in a competitive tournament like AFCON? Time will tell.

Besides, the 2 goals we conceded has nothing to do with Ajayi. All had to do with the RB and LB. So make you na stop this joke of giving a dog bad name to hang it. Na lie.

I just watched one of the goal again...Bruno failed to mark the scorer,fact he gave him the space to shoot and nothing Maduka can do about it,the two goals Maduka view was blocked cuz the scorer drove Bruno from LB to the edge of 18 yard and took the shot and the samething happened through RB......well on Ajayi,i asked him why he was so harsh on Ajayi?Bassey was even caught out of positions than Ajayi in that game but Calvin Bassey was brave in his game,but his point on Ajayi i no understand o cuz calling a player washed just like that...the team did well with the absence of Osimhen,Lookman,Aina and Osayi

SymphonyRad:
Go re-watch the game again, watch Ajayi's poor positioning in several of the chances Portugal got including the one where he froze in a daze as a ball that was crossed in his path somehow evaded him and found CR7 on a sitter (thank God the GOAT isn't the same anymore cause that was horrible defending by Ajayi).

You don't know football. Besides, that ball didn't evade him, rather it frozen Bassey and the LB. Watch ball deviod of bias.

The same Ajayi intercepted a ball through pass to CR7. Didn't you see that? Na only one inconsequential one you dey see.

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forgiveness:
Which Ajayi was rusty against Portugal? Most of you watch faball through bias or sentiment which is clouding your judgment.

Dude played well against Portugal. His interception, clearance etc were obvious for all eyes to see.

Benjamin and Fernandez does not possess the experience Ajayi possess currently. Do you thing they will fare well in a competitive tournament like AFCON? Time will tell.

Besides, the 2 goals we conceded has nothing to do with Ajayi. All had to do with the RB and LB. So make you na stop this joke of giving a dog bad name to hang it. Na lie.

The RB was Akpan... and yes he had a very nervy game because Chella threw him into the thick of battle against a world class team so we can cut the kid some slack (not every debutant has the calm and composure of a Bewene), our LB was Zaidu, who has no business making the team.

Lmao Oga, if Benjamin Fredrick was fit you and I know Ajayi won't smell that starting XI under Chelle, and you can bet your two kidneys that the same Benjamin who is back with Brentford will definitely send Ajayi back to the bench once he's back for the September AFCON qualifiers. You talk of experience? Benjamin Frederick literally announced himself in a big way during the last unity cup and went on to have MOTM performances in those tough qualifiers we played that saw us make the playoffs, while your Ajayi was subpar against DR Congo, Benjamin who was played out of his natural position still outperformed him and even had to clean up some of the mistakes Ajayi made, so which yeye experience nonsense are you talking about?

I like Ajayi and think he has earned his stripes as one of our reliable defenders over the years, but right now if we go by the pecking order of our CBs at least under Chelle> it will easily be Bassey, Benjamin Fredrick, Fernandez, Igoh Ogbu, Nwaiwu and then Ajayi. The only reason Ajayi even played that Portugal game was because Ogbu was injured and Fernandez had a slight groin injury.

forgiveness:
You don't know football. Besides, that ball didn't evade him, rather it frozen Bassey and the LB. Watch ball deviod of bias.

The same Ajayi intercepted a ball through pass to CR7. Didn't you see that? Na only one inconsequential one you dey see.

You too dey yarn nonsense, ogbeni go and watch the replay of the cross and CR7 miss again, observe the defender who froze in his tracks and let the ball somehow evade him when he was in a better position to intercept the ball before it landed in CR7's path...except all of us are blind not to have seen it was Ajayi who messed up there, then I don't know what else to tell you.

SymphonyRad:
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The RB was Akpan... and yes he had a very nervy game because Chella threw him into the thick of battle against a world class team so we can cut the kid some slack (not every debutant has the calm and composure of a Bewene), our LB was Zaidu, who has no business making the team.

Lmao Oga, if Benjamin Fredrick was fit you and I know Ajayi won't smell that starting XI under Chelle, and you can bet your two kidneys that the same Benjamin who is back with Brentford will definitely send Ajayi back to the bench once he's back for the September AFCON qualifiers. You talk of experience? Benjamin Frederick literally announced himself in a big way during the last unity cup and went on to have MOTM performances in those tough qualifiers we played that saw us make the playoffs, while your Ajayi was subpar against DR Congo, Benjamin who was played out of his natural position still outperformed him and even had to clean up some of the mistakes Ajayi made, so which yeye experience nonsense are you talking about?

I like Ajayi and think he has earned his stripes as one of our reliable defenders over the years, but right now if we go by the pecking order of our CBs at least under Chelle> it will easily be Bassey, Benjamin Fredrick, Fernandez, Igoh Ogbu, Nwaiwu and then Ajayi. The only reason Ajayi even played that Portugal game was because Ogbu was injured and Fernandez had a slight groin injury.

Oga so to you Ogbu,Fernadez and Nwaiwu are ahead of Ajayi?Oga you do not rate Ajayi simple,we have players some of us don't rate here....are you talking about another Ajayi abi no be the same Ajayi that paired Bassey during Afcon.....

Stop it,Ajayi and Bassey are billed to start Portugal match,forget Ogbu injury

Kog45:
I just watched one of the goal again...Bruno failed to mark the scorer,fact he gave him the space to shoot and nothing Maduka can do about it...well on Ajayi,already asked him why he was so harsh on Ajayi?Bassey was even caught out of positions than Ajayi in that game,so me i no understand him point on Ajayi...the team did well with the absence of Osimhen,Lookman,Aina and Osayi

If not agenda, I don't see why criticizing Ajayi against Portugal. Both goals had nothing to do with him.

Portugal dominated us I no go lie but I know we could had done better with the aforementioned players and If I include Nwabali because Dat one go shout for any misbehaving players at the defence. Those are fighters.

Osimhen, Lookman, Nwabali, Aina, Ndidi and Akor are players with winning mentality. They can't be easily intimidating. We need to inject players with such mentality into the team to enable us compete at the highest level.