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Kog45:
Chelle must have collected money from that boy from England who was invited recently abi....Oga eagles call ups after Westerhoff left get as ebi o.

Kog45:
Chelle must have collected money from that boy from England who was invited recently abi....Oga eagles call ups after Westerhoff left get as ebi o.

Papi85:
I don’t know of Elegbete’s character but what he said about Keshi na true, forget abt been dead or alive

NasirIbnLaAhad:
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‎If you ask me, Edafe actually said some things that needed saying. You see, Nigerians just don't like to hear the truth. Especially when it's presented so plainly as a matter of fact without polishing and soft landings. The only problem here is that he actually mixed up a lot of his claims with so much factual errors that it's now easy for everybody to just wave the whole thing off. Which is annoying, because a) he's mostly correct with his arguments but b) making blatant factual errors also makes him a part of the problem as well, because we should be educating people on the FACTS, not making up nonsense.
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‎Okay, for instance, Edafe said FIFA rankings started in 1994 and that the top five spots back then belonged to the five regional champions -- which is hilariously wrong. FIFA rankings actually kicked off in December 1992. And yes, Nigeria did hit 5th in April 1994 after winning AFCON, but the other four teams in that top five were Brazil, Germany, Norway and Switzerland. First, Argentina were the 1993 Copa America defending champions and not Brazil. Secondly, Norway and Switzerland had never won any regional trophy in their lives. They were just in form at the time. I'm surprised no one in that room thought to fact check him on this and it showed that none of them bothered to do their due diligence and make proper research before recording the video.
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‎It's these kind of schoolboy gaffes that make people stop listening no matter how strong the spine of your argument is. Once someone catches you fumbling something this easy to check, they start wondering what else you got wrong.
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‎Also our 2013 AFCON win was anything but luck. Calling that win luck isn't just wrong, it's disrespectful to Stephen Keshi's memory and to every player who fought for that trophy. I recall nobody gave Nigeria a chance in hell going into that tournament. Keshi built a squad around home-based boys. Home based! Let that sink in. Meanwhile Ivory Coast rolled in with their "golden generation" and were clear favourites, having reached the final just last year in Equatorial Guinea-Gabon. And yet Nigeria beat them 2-1 in the quarters. Keshi himself said the boys showed character, that when he played for Nigeria he had to fight for everything and that's exactly what they did that day. Even Enyeama admitted they weren't the "golden generation" type of talent, but they had a bond most teams would kill for. How is that luck? Edafe is the same person talking about how the biggest teams in the World had a culture during their moments of dominance so how did he miss the fact that Nigeria at the 2013 AFCON had a culture defined by cocunut head, iron teeth, physical, never say die football?

‎These are the blunders that make him sound ridiculous, but like I said earlier, the man wasn't entirely talking nonsense.
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‎Point one: Nigerians are arrogant, easily satisfied, and terrible at long-term planning. That's a cold brutal fact and anyone that disagrees is too far up his own arse not to see it. One AFCON win, one decent friendly result against a European side, and suddenly we're acting like world beaters. We have no plan, no building, no structure, nothing at all except vibes. 2026 World Cup qualifiers, we were drawn with Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Benin and South Africa, with nine African slots up for grabs, and we still couldn't secure automatic qualification. A country that made three straight World Cups between '94 and '98 couldn't get through a group with minnows and a war-torn nation in it. We had all the time in the World to get a new coach and draw up a blueprint to not just qualify but compete at the actual tournament and yet we didn't do jack.
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‎Point two: our current players are indeed overhyped. I wouldn't go as far as calling them "shit" as Edafe did, that's too harsh. Osimhen, Lookman, Iwobi are genuinely gifted footballers. But we as fans rate them 8s and 9s when on the pitch they're really just 5s and 6s. There's a real gap between how good we think they are and what they actually produce. And the bigger issue in my own opinion, which I will add to Edafe's argument there is: work ethic and mentality.
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‎Remember the training boycott right before the World Cup playoff, over unpaid allowances, days before a must-win match? The DR Congo collapse? Nigeria up early, Osimhen goes off injured, and the whole team falls apart and loses on penalties. Once Osimhen left the pitch, that was that. Then there's Troost-Ekong hosting a charity match back home while qualifiers were still live. Lol. And then some people will get their knickers in a twist when these players are rightly called out for their poor decision making?
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‎Come on.
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‎Anyway, long story short, Edafe might have spewed a few nonsensical statements here and there, but overall, he's not wrong. It's just sad that both him and his staff can't bother to do some actual research so they don't actually come across sounding like they don't know what they're saying.

ChrisKels:
I came here to read about summer transfers but everywhere looks dry. Charles what's the problem, na say barber no sabi barb again abi the razor blade no dey sharp? Sammer us with some news wey dey sweet bele nah.

What's up with these expected moves;
Fernandez?
Femi Azeez?
Osimhen?
Etc 🙄

ChrisKels:
If Martinez could take Ronaldo to the world cup and also keep starting him eventhough Ronaldo was cog in the wheel of their mission, just because he wanted to use Ronaldo's influence to land a contract in Saudi, then anything is possible.

Sugarboyy:
Osimhen make Galatasaray wan give captain handband? That guy is not leaving Galatasaray till 2030 at most

Sugarboyy:
Everything you said here were succinctly stated but let me also support your point 2.
Nigeria players to me are the most hyped players in the world and if not for Chelle, these were players that would play against minors like Chad and Lesotho and would end up losing every battles on the pitch, mostly midfield battles even when players like Ndidi and Iwobi were playing. Then again, look at Chukwueze and Simon whom in 2026 still can't cross the ball accurately.
Only very few of them are truly talented, Osimhen, Lookman, Iwobi, Bassey and now Frederick and of the lots I think Lookman is the most refined and none is upto 8, including Osimhen.

Kog45:
Onigbinde dropped Oruma and picked James Obiorah, everybody were shouting baba don collect money but did you know that the man didn't collected a dime...am sorry if I said I have old players as friends,am not joking na fact...I boarded the same flight with James Obiorah to Accra in 2015,James is a friend that do come to our house when he was in Ilorin to chill.. James I know will never give bribe,I asked him about Onigbinde and bribery allegations he just smiled,you sabi me Kay.

Kog45:
It's a pity that someone like Osimhen at this stage is playing for Gala,well money go dey but nobody would bring Gala players into conversations talking real stars

Kog45:
Building the team around players like Ndidi,Simon then we should forget world cup again, that's basic truth,missing two world cups is like 6 years in a career of a player

Kog45:
Onigbinde dropped Oruma and picked James Obiorah, everybody were shouting baba don collect money but did you know that the man didn't collected a dime...am sorry if I said I have old players as friends,am not joking na fact...I boarded the same flight with James Obiorah to Accra in 2015,James is a friend that do come to our house when he was in Ilorin to chill.. James I know will never give bribe,I asked him about Onigbinde and bribery allegations he just smiled,you sabi me Kay.

Kog45:
Building the team around players like Ndidi,Simon then we should forget world cup again, that's basic truth,missing two world cups is like 6 years in a career of a player

Sugarboyy:
Osimhen make Galatasaray wan give captain handband? That guy is not leaving Galatasaray till 2030 at most

Sugarboyy:
Egbon, most times you always behave as if you didn't grow up in Nigeria or are you just trying to act like it isn't your age group that started the decline of Nigeria? Stop vouching for these old men coaches and players, they were corrupted to high heaven. James Obiora was a very good friend to you doesn't mean even in you guys closets, he will admit bribing Onigbinde.
In 2005 U20, Siasia collected between 300-500k from some of the boys he took to the U20. This same Eguavoen, when he coached Enyimba, he took 2 players from Edo State to be part of the Enyimba team, they never started any matches but he was sharing their salaries with them. I won't even talk about Ladan Bosso. They are all criminals and most of these old coaches were and still worse than Nigeria politicians.
Even in grassroots football, do how know how many players would be picked to go to Europe for trials but the coaches would always substitute their names for the highest bidders?

ChrisKels:
Obiorah was a baller and was doing better clubwise than Oruma at the time, so his selection was justified but that doesn't mean Onigbinde was a saint.

ChrisKels:
Chelle is already gathering his men. If he succeeds in getting Iroegbu, Ugo and Ileni on board, you will see something different. I feel he has even had enough of Osimhen's attitude hence he is fighting to have a good backup that can easily stand in once Osimhen misbehaves.

ChrisKels:
Chelle is already gathering his men. If he succeeds in getting Iroegbu, Ugo and Ileni on board, you will see something different. I feel he has even had enough of Osimhen's attitude hence he is fighting to have a good backup that can easily stand in once Osimhen misbehaves.

ChrisKels:
I came here to read about summer transfers but everywhere looks dry. Charles what's the problem, na say barber no sabi barb again abi the razor blade no dey sharp? Sammer us with some news wey dey sweet bele nah.

What's up with these expected moves;
Fernandez?
Femi Azeez?
Osimhen?
Etc 🙄

Sugarboyy:
Osimhen is talented but he is not refined. I don't know but I doubt if he would even have an adviser(not an agent), a nutritionist and a financial advisor. Because if he does, he won't always get injured and won't always been seen living waywardly like he is still in the slumps of Lagos

chrisooblog:
This! I was watching an interview by Frank Onyeka and he was asked what he wished he knew earlier in his career and he spoke about how he wish he had intentionally built a team eg accountants, publicist, social media manager etc to manage his overall brand.

Osimhen unfortunately doesn't appreciate the level of his brand and is moving like some young upstart who's making his first millions.

Kog45:
Sir,even as at 1998 World cup, Obiorah supposed made the team but guess what?James dey play ball,after Jayjay na Obiorah if you know you know

I will burst this thread how foreign coaches engaged in deals with agents regarding our players with facts and people who always brings unsubstantiated claims about local coaches would be surprised

Kog45:
Hey get real Osimehn back up go hard o,but if we can create a good style of play that can suit whatever we have then we are free to go.

elyte89:
Chelle is a crazy coach,d guy no Dey send anybody papa..someone dt benched prime bissouma den, d guy no send, I am sure he’s working hard to c someone close to osimhen

chrisooblog:
This! I was watching an interview by Frank Onyeka and he was asked what he wished he knew earlier in his career and he spoke about how he wish he had intentionally built a team eg accountants, publicist, social media manager etc to manage his overall brand.

Osimhen unfortunately doesn't appreciate the level of his brand and is moving like some young upstart who's making his first millions.

ChrisKels:
Onyeka seems to be a smart dude and he is level headed too. For him to have made it from Benin city amidst the cultism, fraud and all should tell you the quality of human he is. Seems dude is the last player from Benin city since Osaze Odemwingie.

Papi85:
I don’t know of Elegbete’s character but what he said about Keshi na true, forget abt been dead or alive

Kog45:
Sir,even as at 1998 World cup, Obiorah supposed made the team but guess what?James dey play ball,after Jayjay na Obiorah if you know you know

I will burst this thread how foreign coaches engaged in deals with agents regarding our players with facts and people who always brings unsubstantiated claims about local coaches would be surprised

“The big people of this world do everything with intention. Look at the last World Cup, Messi lifted the trophy wearing a special robe. That’s how you see outside influence in the game of football. POLITICS. The world is not the same, whether you like it pic.twitter.com/KdLzOZE99l

— Don Miguel Felix Gallardo 🎩 (Radio Sicario) (@Daddy_cholo1) July 24, 2026

opes:
I would still rate both Chris Obodo and Oruma ahead of Obiorah when it comes to who ranks next to Okocha.