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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 5:55am On Jul 20

Argentina is synonymous with trickery, dark arts, antics, shithousery, I could go on and on.........

Never thought any team would best Paraguay in thuggery and anti-football in this world cup but Argentina took it to another level.

Their display against Spain was an embarrassment and utterly disgraceful.

Mightily pleased with the outcome cos it's a victory for football.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 9:09pm On Jul 18

Papi85:
Sani Suleiman got his first minutes for RB Leipzig in their pre-season friendly this afternoon.

He represented Nigeria at the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.

He's done away with the chubby look, and now looks slim and fit. Hallelujah.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 10:07pm On Jul 15

Argentina dey use jazz, nothing wey anybody wan tell me. Coming from behind to beat England? shocked

This one na clear victory, no controversy. Congrats to Argentina

I'll be rooting for Spain in the finals

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 8:54pm On Jul 15

Never thought there'll be a day that I'll be supporting England in international football but I'm actually rooting for them against Atgentina

Let's go Boys.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by semid4lyfe(m): 9:06pm On Jul 13

The greatest olodo uprising we experienced in this country was Prof. Yemi Osinbajo agreeing to be VP to Buhari, and coming out 4 years later to tell us that Buhari is poorer now than he was before he became president - Edafe Mathew Elegbete

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 5:38pm On Jul 12

Kog45:
I beg make Dem bookmark this comment,no be tomorrow a coach go talk say cuz him be Yoruba Kano Pillars no engaged him....really surprised that Simon Moses can come out and said he wasn't signed by Ranger cuz he is not Igbo,my area brother Lateef Alanamu a yoruba played for the same Ranger international and was loved by Enugu fans.

Two truths can co-exist. The fact that your Kwara brother Lateef Alanamu was a beloved player at Enugu Rangers doesn't invalidate Moses Simon's experience

The circumstances and people at the helm of affairs at Rangers could have been different when both events occurred, and from experience I know this kinda things depend on the personal disposition of the person in charge.

I work in a Federal Institution. E get one oga wey enter and begin dey employ only people from hin state until hin tenure finish. It was so bad that junior staff from his state were appointed over their seniors to head units and departments they were unqualified for, and staff even gave him a nickname associated with his state

But the newly appointed Oga is not ethnocentric like his predecessor, and is giving people of other ethnicities a fair shake in terms of appointments to head units and departments, and also trying to balance out recruitments.

Most times, na the Oga at the time dey set the tone of these things

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Sports › Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by semid4lyfe(mod): 10:57pm On Jul 10

Gutted for Ashleigh Plumptre and Chioma Okafor.

Francesca Ordega na waste of space. Ordega wey go dey run and her yansh go shoot out dey impede her motion, na hin we still dey carry go tournament in 2026?

Osinachi Ohale - She's past her best and gets beaten a lot for pace these days but her man-marking ability, defensive organization and experience got her on the plane.

Asisat Oshoala - Na her rep still dey keep her for team. Hasnt been it in the past few years.

Our Super Falcons players siddon tight attitude dey worse than Nigerian politicians .

Make Madugu no look Uche face. He should be bold and pick his starters based on performance and form, not past reputation.

Wishing the team the best and hope they win our 11th WAFCON title

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 6:03pm On Jul 07

The most annoying posters on this thread are those who attempt to stir Messi vs Ronaldo debates with Argentina and Portugal matches

Even more annoying is the fact that people engage their posts

Omode ni yin. Una need to grow up

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 5:30am On Jul 07

Rest of the World - 4
USA - 1

Thrilled by the result.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 9:10am On Jul 06

Nothing I despise more than ojoro and I consider FIFA suspending the red card given to Folarin Balogun such.

USA certainly has leverage on Gianni Infantino and the FIFA brass cos this decision is embarrassing.

Should we even expect fair and unbiased officiating in the match when FIFA is going overboard to please Trump/USA?

Belgium your job is cut out for you. Defeat the USA. Anyhow wey una wan do am, just do am

All people of good conscience around the world are supporting and rooting for you.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 11:25pm On Jul 03

BlackManta:
Australia allowed an 18 year old to take a penalty for them.

Older players stood by and passed responsibility to a teenager.

Shame on them.

FVCKING COWARDS

They deserved to loose.

This reminds me of Jonathan Tah's missed penalty kick that eliminated Germany vs Paraguay.

A defender who had never played a penalty in his professional career stepped up because Leon Goretzka, Waldemar Anton, Nathaniel Brown, and Malick Thiaw declined to take the 6th sudden death penalty...,.....and he skyed it, but I applaud his courage.

Unpopular opinion - Experienced players who decline to take PKs for their teams are saboteurs and should be given the Eric Cantona et al treatment

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 6:41pm On Jul 01

Odunayaw:
DRC shits the bed

Very poor anticipation by that hair plaiting defender

E pain me.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 6:02pm On Jul 01

Mujtahida:
It's not that Messi or Mbappe would not score but check out Messi's goals against Algeria and Austria. Man just waltz into space and scores. Mbappe often has free space to shoot.

Baba, yes those other guys can do damage but I will delegate one player to man mark these specific dangerous guys. Even if they drift to their own 18, follow them. Make sure he is not free to do whatever he likes with the ball.

Let the remaining 9 maintain shape.

Thank God say you no be coach grin

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 5:41pm On Jul 01

Mujtahida:
Good analysis. At the end of the day, Messi and Mbappe stroll in and bang in goals.

Reminder, football na 11 vs 11.

If you delete Messi and Mbappe from match, Julian Alvarez, Simeone, Lautaro, Dembele, Olise, Barcola etc fit still do the damage.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 5:25pm On Jul 01

Mujtahida:
Thierry Henry once said that the defendant he found most annoying was Taribo West because during their time at French ligue one, Taribo would man mark him and not give him space at all.

I am saying this against the backdrop of my observation in modern football: they don't man mark players anymore.

Messi roams free, Mbappe too. Dangerous players oo. Dem go leave them to dey prowl like hungry lion.

Old football will assign at least one player to follow these guys. Yes Messi is hard to mark but he's old now na. I don't agree with some aspects of these modern game

In this year of our Lord 2026, and with how much the game has evolved, I can't believe that some of una still dey romanticize strict man marking. No be na wa, na real wa.

There's good reasons why man marking is not utilized anymore and has fizzled out in the modern game. And rightfully so if I may add.

1. Teams defend in blocks and zones, with defence and midfield moving in sync, and assigning a player to man mark a designated opposing player breaks the defensive shape of the team.

2. In the modern game, players play multiple positions and constantly rotate in-game. Strikers drop into midfield, wingers switch wings and also tuck inside, wingbacks/fullbacks dey overlap, teams play with false 9's, midfielders make runs and pop up in top striker positions etc.

For example, I have seen Messi and even recently Harry Kane in Bayern Munich drop so deep that they're part of the back four, collecting pass from goalie to build play. How do you man mark such players? Any defender assigned to man mark spends most of the match out of position and disadvantages his team severely.

3.Most times, man-marking creates an overload of attacking team vs defenders, 4 v 3, 2 v 1 etc situations because the teams defensive shape has been compromised by the man marker who has been drawn out of position and created space for an overlapping wingback, unmarked midfielder, attack minded defender (Harry Maguire, Sergio Ramos, Pique etc) to exploit.

4. Its physically tiring and extremely exhausting to man mark a player. Nobody fit do am for 90 minutes. If the man marker loses concentration or attacker dribble the man marker once, goal fit happen.

5. Football is increasingly data driven these days. There are data scientist crunching numbers, doing computational analysis, simulating all manners of game plays and formations. and they have come to the unanimous conclusion that it doesn't work hence the reason it's not utilized.

6. Bonus point. Officiating these days is pro-attackers to encourage goalscoring, and tackling like Taribo did to Henry in those days will most likely result in a red card and the defender being sent off.

So what coaches do these days is share the responsibility - high pressing, zonal marking, keeping a high defensive line/offline traps (this one dey work wella for Osimhen), assign specific man markers during corner kicks etc. But for one defender to follow a player everywhere for 90 minutes, that tactic is a net negative.

Summarily, modern football values the integrity of the team's shape more than stopping one individual. Coaches would rather have their defensive block remain compact and force the opposition into difficult areas than allow one defender to abandon his position chasing a star player across the pitch.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 1:44pm On Jul 01

That Ghanaian witchdoctor has predicted that Cape Verde will knock out Argentina. grin

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 7:45am On Jun 30*

ChrisKels:
Most people(Ronaldo fans) hate Morocco because of stopping Ronaldo same year Messi won the world cup. Ronaldo fans have had that hatred for both Morocco and Randal Kolo Muani long before the AFCON final.

ChrisKels:
Morocco is the model to how African teams should play. There is nothing special about these European teams, and Morocco is showing us that, unlike other African teams that tend to be jittery against these so called European big boys.

\I will always root for Morocco just as I root for other African teams except Ghana and SA.

Speak for yourself. Nothing concern me with the Ronaldo vs Messi fandom, and projecting love for Ronaldo and Morocco's elimination of Portugal as the reason for hatewatching Morocco is puerile.

In fact, I supported Morocco until their shitshow at the AFCON. The current Morocco has always been a good ball playing side and all those antics they pulled at the AFCON were off putting.

Ivory Coast hosted the AFCON before theirs and won it. No one raised an eyebrow or accused them of underhand tactics.

If Morocco wants to win the AFCON, they should do so on their football merit and not resort to refereeing bias/assisted officiating, underhand tactics and boardroom politics.

I rate them highly and actually picked them over Netherlands and will pick them over Canada in the R16 but the last AFCON left a sour taste in my mouth so I'll be hatewatching them until they're knocked out. Hopefully in the Q/finals.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 5:17am On Jun 30

9JAMac10:
Germany and the Netherlands

Black players missing penalties

They’re about to have a field day with racism in Europe 😂

This crossed my mind but more likely in Germany than Nerherlands

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 5:11am On Jun 30

COOL10:
How can you set up a Netherlands team to play defensively? What kind of nonsense is that? That was how he almost destroyed Barcelona's style of play with his nonsense football. Koeman should be sacked and he should retire from there abeg.

The Dutch fell off since. Just look at their roster, and the clubs they play for and compare to dutch squads of yesteryears.

I rated Morocco higher and considered them better and favourites in this game.

Hatewatched Morocco but predicted them to win the game.

Hatewatch ❌
Prediction ✔️

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 5:04am On Jun 30

COOL10:
Sack that idiot Koeman right now. Sack him right now!!!!!!!

His players let him down. From VVD not picking up Issa Diop to let in that equalizer and the terrible PKs the player played.

Not a coaching problem.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 5:01am On Jun 30

Samueltemi337:
Looked similar to Burno Onyemaechi penalty

Exactly what I wanted to type.

Bono is a colossus in PK. He doesn't overcommit in PKs and has good secondary reflexes. Could also be from watching tapes and memorizing player PK routines

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 4:43am On Jun 30

Netherlands vs Morcocco. 1 - 1, after 120 minutes.

Hatewatching Morocco but team wey go beat them go try gaan.

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 3:58am On Jun 30

Damn. What a goal. Issa Diop.

Predicted Morocco to win but will prefer Netherlands to go through.

Still hating on Morocco cos of their AFCON shenanigans.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 4:34pm On Jun 29

Mujtahida:
You no go understand. My bad belly is especially for Congo, SA and Ghana. Once these three flop, the rest have their fate in their hands whether to advance or not. But those three must come back home.

Add Morocco to the list. Though I think they'll defeat Netherlands

Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 10:05pm On Jun 28

Got my prediction wrong but delighted with the result.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 6:38am On Jun 28

yinkeys:
So FIFA has been cheating African teams
When the WC was 32 teams we used to have just 5 slots
Now that we are in the round of 32 we have 9 slots, wonders shall never end

The way you think ehn. its worrying

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 6:36am On Jun 28

TheSuperNerd:
Confirmed Round of 32 Fixtures (Full Matchups)...

Germany v Paraguay

France v Sweden

SA v Canada

Netherlands v Morocco

Portugal v Croatia

Spain v Austria

USA v Bosnia-Herzegovina

Belgium v Senegal

Brazil v Japan

CIV v Norway

Mexico v Ecuador

England v DRC

Argentina v Cape Verde

Australia v Egypt

Switzerland v Algeria

Colombia v Ghana

Germany v Paraguay - Germany
France v Sweden - France
SA v Canada - SA
Netherlands v Morocco - Morocco
Portugal v Croatia - Portugal
Spain v Austria - Spain
USA v Bosnia-Herzegovina - USA
Belgium v Senegal - Senegal
Brazil v Japan - Brazil
CIV v Norway - CIV
Mexico v Ecuador - Mexico
England v DRC - England
Argentina v Cape Verde - Argentina
Australia v Egypt - Egypt
Switzerland v Algeria - Algeria
Colombia v Ghana - Columbia.

I've got six african teams making it into the round of 16. They are South Africa, Morocco, Senegal, CIV, Egypt and Algeria.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 4:23am On Jun 27

yinkeys:
I jus Dey hope for VO9 & Nwabali news sha

Nwabali's clublessness dey worry me.

Next football season go start August. If by the end of July, hin no see club sign am, make hin come back NPFL.

Playing for Enyimba, Rivers United or any other NPFL club is better than being clubless and inactive.

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Sports › Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 4:45am On Jun 22

TheSuperNerd:
Noooo... plss by all means, let us apply their logic. World #9 Belgium, a team packed with stars and at full strength failed to beat Iran. It was 0-0. Belgium now drops to #10 in the world after that result.

Nigeria beat same Iran 2-1 without 5-6 of our regular players. So I guess Belgium will be battered 5-0 by Nigeria.

This is why that talk of CV over Nigeria is indeed banal.

Football maths doesn't work. Dem gonna learn

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by semid4lyfe(m): 7:05am On Jun 15

Double post

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by semid4lyfe(m): 7:04am On Jun 15

GrammarNazi1:
Congratulations to Gane!

Gane was doing well against Tom Aspinall before the bout was cancelled.

That was painful.

I really wanted to see Tom's performance after all the Tom hype.

With what I saw in that fight and this fight, Cyril Gane is favourite to win when they eventually fight.

Talking about the fight sef, you know Tom is now being managed by Eddie Hearn and with wetin Eddie dey talk, you sure say that fight go happen this year?

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by semid4lyfe(m): 6:29am On Jun 15

semid4lyfe:
UFC Freedom 250

Justin Gaethje making hos octagon walk now.

Rooting for him.

Justin Gaethje is New UFC Lightweight Champion.

Glad the two I rooted for, Cyril Gane and Justin Gaethje won

My day is getting off to a good start. cool

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