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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Blueelf: 5:53pm On Sep 25

Joebie:
Osimhen's heir is already here. Not because of the goal. I already saw it in his movements

Don't be too hasty oo my big bro

He has the work rate but not much else

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Goke7: 5:53pm On Sep 25

mrwilliams9:
There was a poster that said it very simply. You want your best players playing in the best leagues.

Turkey and Saudi are not the best places for our boys to ply their trade. The level of competition isn’t as high as the top 5 in Europe. Not just the competition, but the tactical level.

The pressure to perform week in and week out isn’t as high and naturally you’ll be off game if you’re relaxed.

Ndidi has been finished for a long time now. We need to look at the next gen

What about the Madagascar players? Where do they play? So all your players must play in LaLiga and the EPL to beat Madagascar? grin

God abeg!

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 5:54pm On Sep 25

AndSunGorilla:
Dem never ready for George Ilenikhena

A naturally born centre-forward. He's making the runs and taking up those positions in the centre

Debut match, first goal

Welcome George Ilenikhena, Osimhen's heir apparent

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Chuks4041: 5:54pm On Sep 25

Pidginwhisper:
Our players are average at its best in this match. Zero urgency, just sluggish here and there. Bassey has been the best player on the field, he’s dominating every part of the field, including the midfield, so many line breaking passes from him and his daring movement forward. That young man has really grown.

because Madagascar score one goal. That field self is not helping our players. We are winning this game

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 5:54pm On Sep 25

Ilenikhena's debut goal

https://x.com/TheGoalsZone/status/2103526904649171072

TheSuperNerd:
Worth every this and that

How far naa...

ILENIKHENA IS HERE!!!

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by GodOfBanter: 5:54pm On Sep 25

Blueelf:
Don't be too hasty oo my big bro

He has the work rate but not much else

He will grow into the role inshallah

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Napoleon55(m): 5:54pm On Sep 25

joelsteron:
Ola Aina hmmm.

beginning to prefer Osayi o

Ola Aina is good,he just needed to return to his full fitness.

Left back position is where we need an upgrade from Bruno,i don't have much confidence in him to always make the right and intelligent decisions

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Elnino9(m): 5:54pm On Sep 25

Omo y'all should rest. The game isn't over. Too quick to judge

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by minsfelix2: 5:54pm On Sep 25

Joebie:
Osimhen's heir is already here. Not because of the goal. I already saw it in his movements

He may not be a good header like Osimhen or plays like Osimhen, but I see an "Obafemi Martin" kinda move he has...that boy na very good striker...just go and watch how he placed that ball again

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Goke7: 5:55pm On Sep 25

COOL10:
Brilliant goal. Iwobi the sexy penetrative pass (as usual) and Lookman with an intelligent dummy for George who went through on goal and scored the 1 v 1. 🔥

Reporting you to Daniel Amaokachi for plagiarism and copyright infrigment grin

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Pidginwhisper: 5:55pm On Sep 25

Chuks4041:
because Madagascar score one goal. That field self is not helping our players. We are winning this game

We for wait make dem score 5? Na this kind make us miss world cup.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Samueltemi337(m): 5:55pm On Sep 25

Goke7:
What about the Madagascar players? Where do they play? So all your players must play in LaLiga and the EPL to beat Madagascar?

God abeg!

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Elnino9(m): 5:56pm On Sep 25

Nigeria super eagles won't be the first team to concede first....

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Papi85: 5:57pm On Sep 25

MKPUOGALIGA:
Twitter for people like us not brokey...lmao

Onye mkpurummiri

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 5:57pm On Sep 25

Blueelf:
Don't be too hasty oo my big bro

He has the work rate but not much else

Not much else 45'

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by mrwilliams9(m): 5:57pm On Sep 25

TheSuperNerd:
Saudi League has equalised.

That’s fine but my point still stands. This is Madagascar we are playing. Against elite teams the gap in quality will show.

We saw it at the World Cup with the likes on Koulibaly, Mendy and Mane. You could tell they were just off the pace. Their decision making was very slow and that is partially due to where they play their club football.

I’m not saying in a vacuum that players from Saudi, Turkey, Scotland etc can’t do well for the SE - at the end of the day these are still professional footballers and Int’l football has fewer matches than club football. But those players ideally shouldn’t be our first choices.

In our heydey are players were starting in UCL finals, playing for title challenging clubs etc. That is the standard we should aim to return to.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SolaFide(m): 5:58pm On Sep 25

Skippo Ndidi should allow the strikers to do their job.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Hardrive(m): 5:59pm On Sep 25

When playing with 2 strikers, one is a main strikers while the other is a support strikers, the pairing could have been tolu and either akor or illeni.....
The 2 upfront are both supporting strikers.
Secondly, when using lookman you have to put him on the wings while giving him a free role to find space to operate not choking him in the middle. Very soon Nigerians would pounce on the players saying nonsense. A taller player would have been dealing with chukwueze's crosses properly. I have been saying the same thing all the time. Always put lookman on the wings.

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Ppogbae: 5:59pm On Sep 25

Uyo is already looking like an eyesore. Chai, Naija football deserves so much better in 2026.

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by COOL10(m): 5:59pm On Sep 25

Goke7:
Reporting you to Daniel Amaokachi for plagiarism and copyright infrigment

I couldn't stop myself. I just had to grin

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by mrwilliams9(m): 6:00pm On Sep 25

Blueelf:
But our midfield is thin

GBAM!! SE is like Manchester United and Real Madrid. We have neglected our midfield for far too long.

We saw it in the WC. Once you lose the midfield, you lose the game.

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by lordofstrings: 6:00pm On Sep 25

TheSuperNerd:
Ilenikhena's debut goal

https://x.com/TheGoalsZone/status/2103526904649171072

Is he right or left footed?

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Chuks4041: 6:00pm On Sep 25

Pidginwhisper:
We for wait make dem score 5? Na this kind make us miss world cup.

clam down. Nigeria is winning this game. They are playing well. Besides malagasy team is on ultra defensive mode.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by kellycute(m): 6:01pm On Sep 25

Make Una post link oo. Chai

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by minsfelix2: 6:01pm On Sep 25

This goal now will boost Ilenikhena confidence....that guy will do wonders for super eagles

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:02pm On Sep 25

Ilenikhena is the only one from the Saudi league and we did not recruit him for what he is doing now in the Saudi League. We recruited him for what he showed at ages 17 and 18 in Ligue 1, the UCL and in Belgium.

This was a chance for us to cap him and bring him home and we have done that.

He is the exception. More than anyone here, I want our lads in the best leagues but I also know how to apply context to certain invitations like Ilenikhena.

mrwilliams9:
That’s fine but my point still stands. This is Madagascar we are playing. Against elite teams the gap in quality will show.

We saw it at the World Cup with the likes on Koulibaly, Mendy and Mane. You could tell they were just off the pace. Their decision making was very slow and that is partially due to where they play their club football.

I’m not saying in a vacuum that players from Saudi, Turkey, Scotland etc can’t do well for the SE - at the end of the day these are still professional footballers and Int’l football has fewer matches than club football. But those players ideally shouldn’t be our first choices.

In our heydey are players were starting in UCL finals, playing for title challenging clubs etc. That is the standard we should aim to return to.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by EElopa: 6:02pm On Sep 25

Our midfield is wide open because Lookman is not working hard for the team. Ademola Lookman needs to start performing like a superstar on this team. He and Victor are the biggest profile players we have on this team, and this his lackluster performances for Nigeria in the qualifying series of a major tournament is becoming very irritating. He simply cannot just be an average player for this team.

Ndidi is off form, and you can see why he has lost his place at Besiktas, and Chukwueze is not Frank Onyeka, so he is not really putting in the effort to do the dirty work to help out in the middle. Akor Adams has not really been on form, and he has been clumsy this half. The only reason why his place is somehow secure on this team is his effective partnership with Oshimhen. He really needs to sit up because Eric Chelle is definitely not afraid to show the axe. Ndidi is really struggling; he simply does not look to have the legs to do the job needed of him in this chelle system today.