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Nathan Tella playing well for Leverkusen. If I don't see this boy in that November squad I will start calling out Eric Chelle. Nathan Tella is significantly better than Moses Simon. This boy should a lock in the SE when healthy. Enough of this nonsense. We have a player at Leverkusen prior to his injury was playing the best football of his carear. He is now back from injury and is balling. This boy should be an absolute lock on that squad when healthy.

EElopa:
Nathan Tella playing well for Leverkusen. If I don't see this boy in that November squad I will start calling out Eric Chelle. Nathan Tella is significantly better than Moses Simon. This boy should a lock in the SE when healthy. Enough of this nonsense. We have a player at Leverkusen prior to his injury was playing the best football of his carear. He is now back from injury and is balling. This boy should be an absolute lock on that squad when healthy.

My only issue with Tella is that he never seems to stay injury-free whenever international break approaches, otherwise there's no reason the lad isn't getting a full chance in the NT, I'm tired of seeing Moses Simon already.

EElopa:
Tochukwu Nnadi performance today is the best performance i have seen from Nigerian midfielder this season. A masterclass. This boy is good 👍

He conceded a PK but still had a great performance. We need him to kick on.

Chuks4041:
💯💯. Even that ayaosi and isife. Honestly isife will be a very good option when we switch to 352. Even this dude bewene. Eric Chelle is doing well. Not forgetting iroegbunam, david ozoh

Midfield options dey...it's now up to Chelle to grow some balls and retire Ndidi from the team... Even in his prime, Ndidi never really clicked for the SE, so I don't see how he will do better now that he is approaching the twilight of his career.. the last AFCON was probably the best outing he ever had for the super Eagles...

Danielnino00:
Midfield options dey...it's now up to Chelle to grow some balls and retire Ndidi from the team... Even in his prime, Ndidi never really clicked for the SE, so I don't see how he will do better now that he is approaching the twilight of his career.. the last AFCON was probably the best outing he ever had for the super Eagles...

Yeah Ndidi has never been a spectacular player for Nigeria, I can remember midfield generals who bossed it for Nigeria from years past and Ndidi is easily one forgettable player, even in his prime years at Leicester when he was one of the best DMs around, he never really stood out in national colors, just some decent games here and there.

Your beloved onyedika has been with us since 2022. Its been 4 years and he has never for once earned the trust of any of the coach since then to be a consistent feature in the team. A whole 4 years with no defining moment but me advocating for other players means im a hater. I will really love to see the metrics you use to judge players. Intellectual isonu.

EElopa:
Amedino99 he had a bad game last week, and he bounced back this week with an outstanding performance. The players people like you are clamouring for will struggle to make the match day squad of any team in the Bundesliga talkless of starting. All these players you guys are wishing to replace, Onyedika, are inferior players, and with time they will be exposed. I don't follow the crowd and shout 'blue murder' toward certain players due to personal biases. I think logically, and I look at issues from a critical thinking point of view.

I don't need Stanly Nwabili to have atrocious games to know that he is not better than Maduka Okoye. My logical point of view is in Maduka Okoye, I saw a player that won the best player of the season for a Serie A midtable club, Udinese; a player that Inter Milan are after; a player that Roma had an inquiry on this summer with Udinese. On the other hand, Stanly Nwabili cannot even get a club in Africa. There is no logical person that will tell you that Stanley Nwabali is better than Maduka Okoye. People don't think critically or logically in Nigeria. Everything is about emotion, biases and agenda driven. Morocco, Ivory Coast, and Senegal have top quality midfielders across the big 5 leagues. They can get rid of Onyedika, but Nigeria currently cannot afford to do that because we lack midfielders that are currently playing at the highest levels.

TheSuperNerd:
Maigari was no saint but I really miss the approach of his regime to our Youth teams program.

The GoodJoe has been proven right eventually.

At this rate, I will also point fingers at the NFF technical unit. The current admin units in the NFF too needs to be taken a critical look at. It would be fantastic to get a new and competent NFF board as soon as possible.

My own opinion (of course myopic) would be to have the NFF fully independent and run as a well oiled private establishment. Yes they would need government subvention or subsidies to start. They definitely need competent hands in all units. Competent employees always come at a huge cost we know, they should employ bright people and pay them well, football is big business. Now if the leadership us corrupt, of course EFCC can investigate private companies and such corrupt people should be convicted and tried in court!! We are just not getting the right people to run the NFF and this is clearly destroying our football.

There are many profitable companies run in Nigeria so it can be done.

Aina's step brother is starting again and Ola dey bench. I think Aina should seek a move away from Forrest except the coach is changed cos he has become a fringe player or better still being played in a back 3 which isn't his forte.

Amedino99:
Your beloved onyedika has been with us since 2022. Its been 4 years and he has never for once earned the trust of any of the coach since then to be a consistent feature in the team. A whole 4 years with no defining moment but me advocating for other players means im a hater. I will really love to see the metrics you use to judge players. Intellectual isonu.

He is a good player in the double pivot. Rafael Onyedika is technically sound. I have seen him play in the champions league on numerous occasions for Club Brugge against big teams and he bossed the midfield. He is not a like for like replacement for Ndidi. He is not the destroyer type DM, he is a ball circulating possession base DM. Nnadi & Onyedika double pivot could turn out to be masterpiece with Iwobi playing further up the field. Rafael Onyedika has been consistent starter for every club that he has ever been at which should tell you he is not a bad player. Onyedika does not necessarily need to be starter but he has qualities that can help us in situational football. We simply do not have enough quality midfielders around to discard a 20 plus million pounds rated bundesliga starter.

SymphonyRad:
Yeah Ndidi has never been a spectacular player for Nigeria, I can remember midfield generals who bossed it for Nigeria from years past and Ndidi is easily one forgettable player, even in his prime years at Leicester when he was one of the best DMs around, he never really stood out in national colors, just some decent games here and there.

In his job as a DM and a destroyer he has done his job very well. There's a reason we were scared what would become of our defence going in AFCON 23.

Na una de find Busquets

If you see how angry I am watching this Colombian rightback keeping Ola Aina on the bench simply because that German coach is just in love with him. Ola Aina need to get out of that club in the winter transfer window. There are definitely market for him in the prem.

Odunayaw:
In his job as a DM and a destroyer he has done his job very well. There's a reason we were scared what would become of our defence going in AFCON 23.

Na una de find Busquets

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I challenge you to lost 5 games where Ndidi put up MOTM performances for Nigeria, don't worry I'll wait...I have all the time.

The same rigid, repetitive thinking leads us to elect and recycle familiar politicians. We are carrying this pattern into football. There is no compelling reason for Moses Simon to approach 100 caps or for Ndidi to remain a starter. They lack the generational talent or indispensable quality we insist they possess. Our reluctance to try new approaches causes us to reuse old materials while better options exist.

If I were the coach, I would deliberately use new midfield combinations regardless of the outcome. The old guard offers no guarantee of results either. This is how you build for the future and keep everyone alert.

Enugu Rangers 2-0 MC Algiers

CAF CL Round 2 1st leg.

The Algerians began destroying seats. Rangers also had a legit goal ruled out earlier.

Aina's step bro abi na Glasner's love interest. Lol

AndSunGorilla:
Aina's step brother is starting again and Ola dey bench. I think Aina should seek a move away from Forrest except the coach is changed cos he has become a fringe player or better still being played in a back 3 which isn't his forte.

SymphonyRad:
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I challenge you to lost 5 games where Ndidi put up MOTM performances for Nigeria, don't worry I'll wait...I have all the time.

The obvious nonsense here is making a motm the sole metric for a good job. DM motm? SMH

Again, there's a reason why his absence in the SF against Morocco was felt.

We have seen Nathan Tella in the GWG. He struggles like his leverkusen teammate, Boniface. Also looks lightweight and easily bullied off the ball when he played for us.

EElopa:
Nathan Tella playing well for Leverkusen. If I don't see this boy in that November squad I will start calling out Eric Chelle. Nathan Tella is significantly better than Moses Simon. This boy should a lock in the SE when healthy. Enough of this nonsense. We have a player at Leverkusen prior to his injury was playing the best football of his carear. He is now back from injury and is balling. This boy should be an absolute lock on that squad when healthy.

Odunayaw:
The obvious nonsense here is making a motm the sole metric for a good job. DM motm? SMH

Again, there's a reason why his absence in the SF against Morocco was felt.

Cho cho cho cho still nothing, exactly what I thought

I am glad by the back to back (Saturday and Sunday) performances of our lads across the Top leagues and other leagues.

Akor Adams winner ⚽️ vs Napoli.

Nnadi Monster MF performance today.

Calvin Bassey's CB masterclass again and cleansheet.

Iwobi's MOTM and matchwinning performance.

Arierhi Kparobo's Brace⚽️⚽️ today.

Mubarak, Isife, David Moses and Ayaosi all vs Umar Abdullahi as Slavia and Hradec played goalless.

The Super Eagles and U23s have must win games next month. It's make or break and the lads are showing form at the right time again.

AndSunGorilla:
Aina's step brother is starting again and Ola dey bench. I think Aina should seek a move away from Forrest except the coach is changed cos he has become a fringe player or better still being played in a back 3 which isn't his forte.

Let him look to leave in January

It doesn't even have to be an English club..any other club in Europe's top 5 league will do, so far he starts

We don't play in the mud here.

You go say you sabi ball but na motm be metric of a destroyer
How won't you grasp at straws when I cited real situations where we shook at the absence of Ndidi

SymphonyRad:
Cho cho cho cho still nothing, exactly what I thought

Abdullahi Bewene also had a top performance vs Czech giants, Sparta Praha today helping Banik Ostrava to a goalless home draw.

TheSuperNerd:
I am glad by the back to back (Saturday and Sunday) performances of our lads across the Top leagues and other leagues.

Akor Adams winner ⚽️ vs Napoli.

Nnadi Monster MF performance today.

Calvin Bassey's CB masterclass again and cleansheet.

Iwobi's MOTM and matchwinning performance.

Arierhi Kparobo's Brace⚽️⚽️ today.

Mubarak, Isife, David Moses and Ayaosi all vs Umar Abdullahi as Slavia and Hradec played goalless.

The Super Eagles and U23s have must win games next month. It's make or break and the lads are showing form at the right time again.

They abandoned the system that produced results,the U15,U13 projects,the U17 open camps trials in several parts of the country and believed it was archaic.

Now that they are using a modern approach which is to invite some players from few academies, where has it gotten us to?

Some wouldn't even want to hear the name of an ex international as one of our youth team's coaches because they believed all of them are corrupt,but at least some of them have given us results in the past.

We can't even qualify for ordinary CAF U17 competitions anymore.
Some would argue it's because of the qualifying format CAF is currently using,
in the past,we wouldn't have worried about any opponent from any region in Africa,
but now,every country were just beating our darling U17 team black and blue,the most successful U17 team in the world.
The team that gave us the great Kanu,Mikel Obi and monster machine,Victor Osimhen.

Because they deceptively believed they can always run to our foreign born players for recruitment for super eagles duties as though those foreign borns were not produced by system that works,they neglected our entire youth system which used to be our talent factory.
These days, our young players barely make progression from U17 to U20 to super eagles.

I keep saying it,whenever NFF sorts itself out and the new board emerges,their priorities should be to our youth system.

Cyriel Dessers starts and scores again, today 😎✌️✌️

TheSuperNerd:
We have seen Nathan Tella in the GWG. He struggles like his leverkusen teammate, Boniface. Also looks lightweight and easily bullied off the ball when he played for us.

How many games did he really play in the GWG though? his last real game in the NT was seems like a case of hastily discarding a player.

How many games has Stephen Michael and Wilfred Igor played? Yet we all agreed they are not even close.
Tella is not Super Eagles material. Wish him the best at Leverkusen.

SymphonyRad:
How many games did he really play in the GWG though? his last real game in the NT was seems like a case of hastily discarding a player.

TheSuperNerd:
Aina's step bro abi na Glasner's love interest. Lol

You had pointed it out way ahead of time and that prophecy came to pass.

When I saw Munoz struggling towards the end like he had a possible hamstring injury, I was saying in my mind I fit sweet for the coach if he attempted to bring Aina. He should continue playing and enjoying his boo like that.

EElopa:
If you see how angry I am watching this Colombian rightback keeping Ola Aina on the bench simply because that German coach is just in love with him. Ola Aina need to get out of that club in the winter transfer window. There are definitely market for him in the prem.

TheSuperNerd:
How many games has Stephen Michael and Wilfred Igor played? Yet we all agreed they are not even close.
Tella is not Super Eagles material. Wish him the best at Leverkusen.

Apples and Oranges comparison...the two fellows you mentioned play where exactly? how many Nigerian fans even knew about Stephen Michael and Igor before the Russian friendly?. Tella is still playing at a top league for a reason, if he wasnt good enough, then he would have been back in Burnley by now.

TheSuperNerd:
How many games has Stephen Michael and Wilfred Igor played? Yet we all agreed they are not even close.
Tella is not Super Eagles material. Wish him the best at Leverkusen.

Tella is currently playing in the top 5 league

Odunayaw:
In his job as a DM and a destroyer he has done his job very well. There's a reason we were scared what would become of our defence going in AFCON 23.

Na una de find Busquets

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SymphonyRad:
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I challenge you to lost 5 games where Ndidi put up MOTM performances for Nigeria, don't worry I'll wait...I have all the time.

I challenge you to put up 5 games he was the worst player on the pitch

Waiting with my beer and Marlboro