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| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SolaFide(m): 5:26pm On Oct 02 |
Eric Chelle must also know that the imposing lad Vince Osuji can also play as a Defensive Midfielder. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Meliforme: 5:26pm On Oct 02 |
SymphonyRad:The fans are not just undiscerning but also very ignorant. Sorry I don't gel with the crowd because I have seen all kinds of foolishness with them, including this. The call for Ndidi's drop is a very foolish one, especially when you don't have a better replacement. Who is his replacement? Ndidi is a destroyer and is world class at it. This he kept showing in the matches that he has featured. The stats are there to back it. You have only your emotions for an accomplice, error prone emotions at that. The invitation of John Otomewo is a step in the right direction. We will see him for who he is. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SymphonyRad: 5:36pm On Oct 02 |
Meliforme:You're obviously living in lalaland, Ndidi is not only finished as a player, he is also arguably the most uncharismatic captain we've ever had. Go watch that game against Guinea Bissau again and observe how Ndidi showed absolutely no guts or leadership in gingering the players, Bassey was the one who was doing all the shouting, gesturing and pep talks to his team mates while your captain was busy cowering...ideally, the captains armband should have gone to either Bassey or Osimhen. I have nothing against Ndidi, he used to be good as a DM when he was in his prime years at Leicester, now his legs are gone, and if your standards for a national team captain is warming the bench in Turkey, then I have nothing left to say to you. As for Ndidi's replacement, we haven't seen the best of younger options like David Ozoh, Tim Iroegbunam, Nnadi, and the u23 prospect we will see against Russia...let the young ones grow into his role, nobody will die if we give youth a chance, na why Nigeria dey stagnant be that. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 5:43pm On Oct 02 |
Yes but we wont play him there abeg. We have more than enough ballplaying and strong young DMs in the Russia list. SolaFide: |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 5:45pm On Oct 02 |
FIFA Asean Cup 2026. Malaysia needed 6goals to qualify. They got it but never thought Indonesia would bang in 9😭😭😭 Goals yakpa for that side of the world.😂
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| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by EElopa: 5:53pm On Oct 02 |
Meliforme:My brother, please put a little bit of deeper thinking in your thoughts. Players like Ndidi and Onyeka probably can be argued that they will be more effective for Nigeria when we are playing a side that is better than us on paper that we will probably concede position to. When we are playing sides that are going to sit back and park the box, we need more creative midfielders who can do more with the ball. Defenses can be split with long range, mid range, drive-through close control technical dribbling skills and through passes. We need midfielders that can consistently do those. We need midfielders who can actually shoot the ball from outside the box. Ndidi and Oneka simply do not possess any of the mentioned qualities. They are simply runners and destroyers. We need ball carriers in that midfield. We played 10 World Cup qualifiers, and in 6 or 7 of those games we never scored more than 1 goal, and that is because teams know our weakness. They know we are weak in the midfield and slow at the back, especially with Ajayi playing, so their game plans are always to sit back and invite us to break them down, knowing we simply do not have the personnel to do that, and then hit us on a counter with our weak midfielders and a slow defender. It is not rocket science. All the minors in Africa all know the receipt of beating Nigeria. If we don't address this problem now, the script will repeat itself when the World Cup qualifiers start. Let us try something different, my brother. If we fail, at least we tried something different. Aren't you tired of the same script repeating itself? |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Chuks4041: 5:56pm On Oct 02 |
Franktom247:it's clear you don't understand the effect of a bad pitch. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 6:04pm On Oct 02 |
EElopa:This is why I say our coaches are not too good.our opponents use the same strategy of low block and counter against is Everytime and we can't come up with something to counter it. I won't be surprised if Chelle players semi ajayi in the next match. Our coaches lack tactical innovation. Just rigid ideas that don't work . It's baffling |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:22pm On Oct 02 |
Ridwan Abdulrasaq Popoola, 19y/o CDM was involved for Al Wasl today in an Emirati league cup game. His final club engagement before heading to Russia for the Friendly encounter. Subbed in on 70mins in Al Wasl's 4-0 win vs Kalba FC. Anthony Dennis, 22y/o CDM in action for Emirati league leaders, Al Jazira away at Khorfakkan in the Emirati League Cup. Al Jazira leads 2-0 with 75mins played. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SolaFide(m): 6:33pm On Oct 02 |
TheSuperNerd:Good to know I will watch the game and see what the new lads have to offer the team in the future. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:41pm On Oct 02 |
20y/o GK, Sani Hassan Muhammed played all 90mins in Al Ain's 3-2 loss vs Ajman in the Emirati League Cup. He made 7 saves including 2 big chance saves but conceeded 3. He holds UAE passport too and could not honor Chelle's invite for the U23s and Russia game (was first U23 GK in line to be considered) because of his Local player status in UAE afforded him by his Emirati passport. Repping Nigeria would make him a foreigner and jeopardize his playing status in his emirati club.
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| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:44pm On Oct 02 |
Top U22 centre forwards this season so far across 70 leagues worldwide according to CIES Observatory with @impect_official 📊 20y/o George Ilenikhena is up there.
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| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Blueelf: 6:54pm On Oct 02 |
SymphonyRad:This was succinctly put and this nearly have me an orgasm There's no excuse for that loss. A draw would've been easy to.seallow but a loss and a 3:0 loss at that?? Haba, you can't be a logical person and still blame the pitch or any other thing The team and the whole football set up in Nigeria needs an overhaul |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Meliforme: 7:04pm On Oct 02 |
Kog45:Even you, Elder Kog45. Alex Iwobi made the highest ball recoveries of any outfield player, but more impressive is his participation and successes in defensive duels and tackles. Iwobi avoids making defensive duels and when he makes them he loses, but against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau, the story was different. Against Madagascar Iwobi won 1/2 i.e 50% of his tackles, won 2/4 i.e 50% of ground duels and won 1/1 i.e 100% of his aerial duels. Against Guinea-Bissau, Iwobi won 2/3 i.e 67% of his ground duels. This is surely a step in the right direction for Iwobi. You said and I quote " this midfield set up is a burden on the team, defenders would be over working ". Did it ever occur to you that in the match against Madagascar, Wilfred Ndidi made the highest contribution to defense more than any S.E defender. He made 8 contributions, Bruno Onyemaechi made 7, Ola Aina made 3, while Calvin Bassey and Semi Ajayi made 5 apiece, and Iwobi made 2. In the match against Guinea-Bissau, Bassey stepped up and made 10 contributions to defense, Ndidi 7, Bruno Onyemaechi 7, Osayi 5, Frank Onyeka 3, Looking at the stats above, you can see clearly that the midfield is doing its job. Clearly, it seems like the sting of defeat is making a lot of people blind to the individual performances of these players. The problem with the national team has more to with the personnel at the helm of affairs. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Meliforme: 7:18pm On Oct 02 |
EElopa:Mention the players that should have featured, let's analyse them piece by piece. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Meliforme: 7:36pm On Oct 02 |
SymphonyRad:Even after stating the obvious and posting Wilfred Ndidi stats. You still have the effrontery to call him washed. I pray for you, may people see your good works and give you due recognition. May they never allow their feelings and bias to get the best of them. May they never see your obvious good works and still call you washed. What are you guys doing. This is wickedness in broad daylight. Ignorance can be very loud. This is why I do not gel with the crowd. I wash my eyes with pure water and do my fact finding |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SymphonyRad: 7:44pm On Oct 02 |
Meliforme:It's clear you're leaning on your emotions than logic, cause I don't see how your gaslighting and baseless prayers has anything to do with the simple facts of football. Nobody here least of all myself wished Ndidi bad, calling out a player for being washed isn't a death sentence on his person or career, Ndidi is already a fulfilled player who is probably doing well for himself already so I struggle to understand your rants. Every player will eventually get to a point when they are past their prime, right now Ndidi isn't that player anymore. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SymphonyRad: 7:46pm On Oct 02 |
Seeing Moses Simon with his agbaya face among the U23 players arriving in Russia for the friendly just dey make me laugh, including Iheanacho...this egbon adugbos just don't know when to read the room, Ndidi was smart enough to opt out of the friendly game to allow the younger ones have their moments. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Amedino99(m): 7:58pm On Oct 02 |
There are plenty good enough stadiums in Africa to play football that doesnt require subjecting players to play in potato fields. This your submission is just unnecessary sufferhead talk. That your last statement is probably one of the reasons we dont get plenty foreign based players to turn out for us because you are basically telling them to jeopardise their career just for your yeye notion of patriotism. Ola Aina's case is still there nau. There are players that never recover their form after returning from injury and you want them to turn out for you over a national assignment on a very short career in stupid potato farms. And the pitch thing is based on how you are seen because they know we wont complain. You cant even propose this type of pitch to morocco, they will rather tell you to come and play it in their country. SolaFide: |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Meliforme: 8:54pm On Oct 02 |
SymphonyRad:This is my last response to you. A player who is so washed, still has it in him to deliver more contributions to defense more than defenders who are younger and in their prime. Why not bring out football commentaries and documentations to prove me wrong. Why not say Ndidi made 2 contributions instead of the 8 that i aforelisted. Instead you call me emotional and without logic, whille ndirectly refering to your self. My stat sources are Fotmob, Sofascore. Don't let your emotions get the best of you, don't let your emotions make you seem like you are unappreciative and intentionally wicked, because you are not.
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| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by mank1234(m): 9:32pm On Oct 02 |
Chuks4041:So because of effect of bad pitch we should forget world cup for the next 100years? How was the pitch in Africa between in the 90s and early 2000s that we qaulified for almost all the world cup? |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by mank1234(m): 9:36pm On Oct 02 |
Meliforme:Indeed stats can be deceptive. If I didn't watch the game, i would have marveled at this. Forget stats; the team player rubbish and GB could have scored up to 6 of they were clinical. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 9:42pm On Oct 02 |
France vs Italy is always war. It really lived up to the billing. It comes close enough to the intensity of the Euro 2000 final. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SymphonyRad: 9:42pm On Oct 02 |
Meliforme:Ndidi is washed, quit sucking hus d**k and get with the reality. All this your Fotmob and Sofascore nonsense wont change the fact that he's a perennial benchwarmer in Turkey. Iwobi has been struggling with the creative burden of that midfield because the options around him are poor both in ball progression and possession. Nigeria needs a Rodri type of midfielder if we want to do better as a football nation. Bye |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SymphonyRad: 9:48pm On Oct 02 |
mank1234:The person you are telling just won't get it, in his head Ndidi played like prime Iniesta when he was one of the worst players in that game. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 9:58pm On Oct 02 |
Seeing William Troost Ekong on Bein Sports 3 in the post match analysis of the France vs Italy game. Nice. He's really gone gaga on this punditry thing. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by EElopa: 10:46pm On Oct 02 |
Meliforme:Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Owibi midfield failed to qualify Nigeria for the 2022 World Cup. Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Iwobi, midfield, barely qualified Nigeria for the 2023 Afcon. We only qualified because 3 points were awarded to us due to the fiasco in Libya Airport prior to the actual game, where we refused to play. If we actually played that game in Libya and lost, we will not have qualified since Rwanda defeated us at home in our last qualifier. Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Iwobi's midfield did not qualify us for the 2026 World Cup. Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Iwobi midfield is currently in the process of failing to qualify for the 2027 Afcon. If we continue on this path as you are suggesting, Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi's midfield will not qualify us for the 2030 World Cup. They swear for Una in that country. Why are you people over there so afraid of change? This is why you keep recycling the same old failed politicians to continue to sink the country deeper and deeper in mess. Try something new or fresh and let us see how it goes. They swear for una over there. Abegi. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Meliforme: 11:52pm On Oct 02 |
mank1234:Stats are at least 90% of the time correct, and that is huge. Anything that guarantees at least 90% accuracy can be trusted Do you need a video compilation of Wilfred Ndidi's contributions to the games. Would that convince you? I tell you the truth you can't disprove stats 5% of the time. If you like let us try. I am not saying that the team did marvelously well, they were shambolic especially in the final third. In the game against Guinea-Bissau, We completed most of our passes in the opposition's half. We completed a total of 311 passes, 201 in the opposition's half and 110 in our own half and guess the duo that controlled most of those passes: Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi (the midfield) they contributed a total of 108 passes which is roughly one third of the total passes (311) that we stringed together Our problem was not the midfield this time. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SymphonyRad: 11:54pm On Oct 02 |
EElopa:He's your typical Nigerian, people like that are mentally conditioned to fail and repeat history all over again...Hopefully Chelle isn't backward minded enough to tow that line of mentality otherwise that same midfield and team will sack him like his other predecessors. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Meliforme: 12:47am On Oct 03 |
EElopa:The midfield of Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi is not the totality of the best that we can arrange, When we look at their performances we see that what they do individually, reveals them as good players. What we need is an additional creative force, who can also provide a defensive cover and provide good passes of the ball. Kelechi Nwakali is the most suitable fit out of all that is available. Ebenezer Akinsanmiro is another viable option. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by SymphonyRad: 2:00am On Oct 03 |
Meliforme:See person wey I dey even follow argue football, Kelechi Nwakali in 2026 LMFAOOO , now it's obvious you're trolling. |
| Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 3:03am On Oct 03 |
SymphonyRad:See results and what you play matters more than where the player plays. I don't tire to explain. We dey need more natural midfielders. All I care about is result. At the end of the day, no one cares if you play in enugue rangers or real madrid. Football no dey work like that. Okay let's get into real life. You say without money you cannot get a woman. It's only partially true. Ther are some marriages in which the woman is even the breadwinner. Husband only earns 80000 per month while wife earns half a million. Also sometimes, houseboy fit dey back oga wife. I mean life is complicated. What if a woman gets to 37 without husband. She might settle for a man she is richer than so she will not die lonely or unmarried. So life na one kind. A player being good is contextual and not absolute. In reality many things are not binary, they are nuanced. |
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abeg since you're privy to this tactical secret, do you mind telling what those reasons are?