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This are some of the incredible saves of maduka Okoye.. Because of one game, people began to show hatred... I am saying it that he is our best goalkeeper now @BankyGee_ @addeolar @omaakatugba @pamelamodella pic.twitter.com/VWBKDCmnrH

— Ojedele Timilehin (@edwintimmy) September 29, 2026

caprikon:
Wake up call for Sekou Chelle.

It is a good this loss happened sooner that later.

Some players in the team need to be phased out. After missing out on back -to-back world cups..an AFCON failure shouldn't be a big deal. Lol

He should start preparing for 2030 and beyond. Our midfield depth is still quite an issue though injuries played it's part during this window.

SolaFide:
I will say it loud and clear.

SACK COACH ERIC CHELLE NOW....

jihday:
nothing much to overthink, it’s just a bad day at the office, things like this happen in football

AndSunGorilla:
Jendor, nobody has beaten us by this scoreline in a competitive game in a long time, not even Argentina, the last time we lost by a 3 goal margin that I recall is at France 1998. My brother it was a bad loss going by our records and standards.

AndSunGorilla:
Jendor, nobody has beaten us by this scoreline in a competitive game in a long time, not even Argentina, the last time we lost by a 3 goal margin that I recall is at France 1998. My brother it was a bad loss going by our records and standards.

TheSuperNerd:
Who does? Akinsanmiro was not invited na. 😅

But wait ooo... Elfy... na u dey talk of more faith in "overhyped", "overrated" Akinsanmiro? Nwakali 2.0 according to you??

What is going on here? 😂

Blueelf:
Bro, I will take an Nwakali 2.0 over Frank Onyeka and Ndidi abeg

charlesemeka85:

This are some of the incredible saves of maduka Okoye.. Because of one game, people began to show hatred... I am saying it that he is our best goalkeeper now @BankyGee_ @addeolar @omaakatugba @pamelamodella pic.twitter.com/VWBKDCmnrH

— Ojedele Timilehin (@edwintimmy) September 29, 2026

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minsfelix2:
SA making a statement by hammering Eritrea 5-0 away.. second team to record highest score line in this qualify series after Egypt went away to dismantle south Sudan 5-0

Meliforme:
Nigerian fans are not helping matters.
Imagine calling Wilfred Ndidi all kinds of names. Wilfred Ndidi is one of our standout performers. Which midfielder in those two games overshadowed him. He was not overshadowed playing against the likes of Vitinha and Neves, it is those players from Madagascar and Guines Bissau that will overshadow him.

You guys are not even grateful for the player: Wilfred Ndidi.

If Wilfred Ndidi happens to come upon some of the rubbish (which are even lies and distorted facts) the people he represents are saying about him, I hope he won't be crestfallen.

Our problem is the system. They get a lot of things wrong.

minsfelix2:
Spain beat us 3-0 at Confederation cup 2013

TheSuperNerd:
If we hope to qualify for WC 2030 and make an impact there, we have to do away with Ndidi and Onyeka as Iwobi's midfield partners. They are annoyingly limited and offers no true balance in the middle.

We cannot seriously hope to have a midfield of Iwobi, Ndidi and Onyeka 4 yrs from now. Tufiakwa!

TheSuperNerd:
😂😂😂

TheSuperNerd:
When I think of the Super Eagles today, these are the players that come to mind for me... the players that make me wanna watch them. The Players that carry the true aura of the team presently in terms of high-end technical quality, intensity, hunger and more.

#1 Victor Osimhen (The Leader)

#2 Calvin Bassey (Defensive General)

#3 Alex Iwobi (Midfield General)

#4 Ademola Lookman (but he has been crap for the last 2 games)

#5 Samuel Chukwueze (love him, hate him... he is still one of our creative heads when he gets going in his elements. Chelle did us dirty benching this lad for 90mins vs GNB)

#6 Benjamin Frederick (Damn! This kid's knee injury really denied us something extra at the Afcon. He plays with his heart and has such a high ceiling)

#7 Ola Aina (has always been a reliable even though he was a bit timid vs Madagascar)


These are the 7 lads. No one else plays with the kind of hunger, intelligence or intensity of at least 6 of these guys. I say 6 because Chukwueze can be off or on but he remains a game changer in clutch moments/games. Showed it vs Benin when we needed 4 goals in the WCQs and did well vs Madagascar.


Every other player is just there. Onyeka is just all brawns, no brains. Ndidi is wasted. Ajayi is slow. Moses Simon is directionless. Nwabali has forgotten how to dive. Okoye models more than he plays football. Bruno is annoyingly unreliable. Bright Osayi scammed us at the Afcon. Onyedika is timid. Tolu is not Super Eagles quality, forget his Ajax showings. Akor is just riding on his Osimhen Chemistry, that's all.... so on and so forth

The laziness and low drive of many of the players yesterday really irked me. Disgusting.

The new ones like Nwaiwu, Fernandez, Femi Azeez, Ilenikhena, Usor, etc have not established themselves in the Super Eagles just yet so we will see.

It is not hard to dump some of these lads and move forward with the aforelisted 7 and a few on probation while bringing in the best of the young talents without further ado. We have a large quality pool but we make it look small because we keep limiting ourselves to the same scope of players that failed to qualify for 2 world cups in a row.

Kog45:
Feast on Okoye for conceding those goals?Oga don't bully me here😁 even Argentina and Portugal would never allowed Messi and Ronaldo to do a shitty promotional shoot during international games....am not blaming Okoye but Chelle.

Kog45:
Good post but your last paragraph...Okoye came to camp when?see there are things we just need to be factual of,not always being emotional and pls tell me how Nwabali cost us yesterday? and from Okoye profile so far any of those goals would beat him hands down.Okoye don chop 10 goals so far this season.

If Okoye want eagles number one he should man up,giving excuses when it was cleared for him to be number one.

He excused himself from Afcon,again was doing fashion shows when we have two important matches and he is our number one keeper but you expected Chelle to give him number one just like that over Nwabali and Okonkwo who are in camp already sweating abi, it's not done.

Pls tell Okoye to be serious with eagles job

Kog45:
On goalkeeper,pls blame Maduka Okoye and Chelle not Stanley Nwabali,if he made to camp early as agreed between him and Chelle he would have been in goalposts,reason why I said Chelle lacks discipline,he play with these boys too much...eagles camp full of ladies journalists with skimping dresses interviewing our boys,using eagles camp for contents.....and to we fans it seems we are overrating our boys cuz it's cleared now something serious is wrong with our team

EElopa:
The whole thing is just insane to me. Seyi Ajayi was atrocious against Madagascar. Guinea-Bissau have fast aggressive players and I was thinking Eric Chelle would have started Chibuike Nwaiwu knowing how slow Semi Ajayi is. Like you said the option are there but Eric Chelle is just not making use of them. Ajayi was atrocious, Osayi and Bruno was ass. Why did he not take out Osayi, Ajayi and Bruno and then move Bassey to leftback. Bring in Nwaiwu and Fernandez as center back partners, then introduce Fredrick as the right back. The center forwards were on holidays I would have hook them at halftime bring in Ilenikhena. Instead of bringing Simon i would have brought on Chukwueze.

SymphonyRad:
Eritrea no be the same as Guinea Bissau sha, GB is a very decent side that can beat any of the top African teams outside of Morocco, Ivory Coast and Senegal.

minsfelix2:
Ok ooo, until the day dem catch super eagles shock us with a 1-0 or 2-0 win🤣🤣

MKPUOGALIGA:
Honestly, I didn't know this sham of a midfield would last this long before it disgracefully exposed but they held on for quite a while.

This is Idennaa by the way.

Some of the old posters like the Supernerd and Kelz would remember my running battle with Charlesemeka/Papi over my insistence that Iwobi and Ndidi are mediocre players and as long as they continue to feature in that midfield the Super Eagles will never achieve a dime of success. Well , here we are and nothing seemed to have changed. Its still the same gutless and weak legged Iwobi with his partner in crime , Ndidi. We all know that Ndidi started off as a defender before he was converted to defensive midfielder and he held it together for a while with his workaholic nature. He was able to race the entire pitch for ninety minutes , tireless , which made up for his obvious shortcomings in ball playing abilities. Therefore, it was a matter of time before the chics come home to roost. As soon as he started aging his weaknesses were badly exposed. This team performed appreciably well at the last nations cup due to our world class attack and solidity in defense.

And where do we go from here ? I still maintain that this midfield will still not deliver the necessary results, we desperately demand. Iwobi and Ndidi must go for this team to get rescued. We need proper midfield players to execute our games going forward. We certainly don't have midfielders....I thought Nwakali was going to come good but sadly he never made it.

Finally, the Nigerian football is in complete mess. The problem with the super eagles starts with who is the president of the country, then the minister and NFF. We have no football development in this country and no plans to improve. All we do is scan obscure leagues in Europe looking for left overs or mediocre players.

Blueelf:
Bros, Morocco isn't getting whopped by Guinea bissau on that pitch

What characterised Morocco is what I said there - a very good understanding of the fundamentals which one can only get by being educated properly in a proper academy wither home or abroad

Your onyeka, onyedika and other carpenters lack this

I'll take a team of above average European stars over local champions anytime, anyday