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Rita Chikwelu is minus-1 and a weak link in that midfield

Too slow, indecisive and hugs the ball too much

Goal to Naija

1 - 0

Ifeoma Onumunu

Samueltemi337:
Wikipedia don give us coach

Marco Parolo?

Obviously someone is playing with his/her Wikipedia access

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Curtisaxel10:
When I pointed out Osimhen's deficiencies after the first game, I was nearly nailed to the cross. Now, you all can see for yourselves.

A good striker is not determined by headless chicken runs. There must be a level of guile, wile and technicality in you to be one.

I am sure the brown envelope hypeman is somewhere now plotting a comeback.

He will soon return and the "monster machine" chorus will resume again. We never learn!

Baba cut Osimhen some slack.

He was the only one that played with zeal, determination and as if something was at stake. It's unfair to dump on him.

My only criticism of Osimhen (not limited to the WCQ Play-Off) is his susceptibility to offside traps set by defenders.

gustav25:
Achieving more failures

Baba, una don win.

We don ja from Qatar 2022 so we can only set our eyes on the 2023 & 2025 AFCONs and USA/Mexico/Canada 2026 World Cup.

Pls don't troll us for our future aspirations too.

daveP:
Erm, Semid4lyfe, pls can we remove that Afcon and 2026 part from the title? Rebuilding Process is enough. We aren't looking forward to any of such yet.


Thanks.


A Concerned Nairalander!!

The title of the thread has been changed to

The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup

I think this new title encapsulates the journey towards achieving our new set goals and targets.

isan:
Why all the regulars in this forum hiding even chriskel that claims he doesn't care can't show his face

Our Super Efiko has given this thread a wide berth

But

He's waxing lyrical on twitter and spinning yarn about Emmanuel Ammuneke being the tactical genius and Kelechi Nwakali being the midfield conductor/ orchestrator that will turn around the fortunes of the Super Eagles.

It is well even in the well.

andrewbaba44:
Eguavoen resigns

Not enough.

He should also resign as Technical Director of the NFF.

His utterances and conduct prior to the AFCON and the World Cup Qualifier Playoff screams incompetence and indicates he's unfit for the role of TD of our National teams.

I am surprised Eguavoen has not resigned as coach of the team and Technical Director of the NFF.

What is he still waiting for?

Djamel Belmadi of Algeria and Carlos Quieroz of Egypt resigned immediately and didn't wait to be sacked.

Eguavoen's sit tight attitude is disgusting.

Omanambala:
That coward semid4life did same thing to me and spared people that were calling me names.

Semid4life is simply a dirty incompetent, corrupt and inconsequential eidiot!

"I no go gree" , "I no go gree", na him crab dey talk until dem pour am hot water and him kpeme inside pot of soup.

Egbon, dem no dey give prize for internet toughness & stubbornness so be calming down.

Anyway, see you in a few months time.

PurpleHouse:
Semid4lyfe or whatever you call yourself.

Ogun go kee you.

Please ban me for life make thunder nor fire you. Idiot.

Why are unbanning me now bro? To celebrate or mourn in you people's misery?

Please keep me away from your rotten negative bad energy here. You dey crase.

You banned me and kept (protected) your friends who instigated an unprovoked violent attack against me for airing my opinion. They ganged up, insulted my mother, called me mad and a psychiatrist patient, said all sort of inhuman things and you wanted me to remain mute, because I aired my views? I didn't insult them, I didnt attack them, they didnt like my view, they didnt have my topnotch logical reasoning to handle a discussion, and then attacked me verbally.

All you could do after I defended myself was to ban me and protect your friends. Ogun kee your generation. You dey mad.

You even had the guts to block and hid the comments of those who stood up to your babaric actions in my defence, thinking I was the one. Lol. I won't ever roll with low life Idiot like those here in my life again, ever.

What a set of low lifers. People who are not constant on their opinion. People who can attack but get annoyed when they are attacked. People who say all sort of things here about our players but you dare not say anything about their favs.

I watched as the one who calls himself AndrewPikin called me purple cow, mad man, demeaning words, but what did you do? You throwey face Semid4life. You watched as He kept insulting me even when I begged him to leave me alone, he refused. But later came here and be runing round saying NOBODY INSTIGATED ME. You dey mad AndrewPikin. Ogun kee you and your generation. Idiots.

I watched as the olosho here called me names and asked me to be thrown out for defending myself from their "imposing authoritative MINDSET" as if they own this place, you followed their instructuon like a brostitute that you are Semid4lyfe. Ode.

I wonder who una think say una be here. Bunch of flies. You lot can't handle or like people who can stand up to your bossy attitudes here. No wonder almost everyone here have a defeatist mentality, like they don't have a voice of their own anymore.. Like some folks here are top citizens and others are low class citizens... Bunch of animal farmers.

You think you will treat me like shit and i'll stay shut? If this was'nt a forum some of you for don miss tey tey. Animals forming bossy.

Semid4lyfe, ban me for life and keep your houseboy position to yourself and the rest houseboys here, im not in you people's leagues. Im too big to be here in animal farm with lowlifers forming push. Idiots.

Eyan MayWeather.

Egbon, I did not unban you. Rather, the period you were banned for elapsed so you were automatically unbanned by the counter algorithm.

Anyway, it's obvious from your vituperations that you haven't learnt any lesson so I have magnanimously acceded to your request for a lengthier ban.

My best regards, sir.

Barryseal:
The thread should be closed and a new one set up to reflect a fresh start for everyone.

Make we see as e dey go but for now we gats run post match analysis for here...

*This thread will not be closed*

It has a lot of brilliant contributions, analysis, data and is an invaluable resource library / repository on Nigerian football and footballers

Furthermore, this thread has transcended Nigerian football into our personal lives as connections have been made and friendships have been forged here.

The thread will only be renamed to reflect our future aspirations and I welcome suggestions for that.

Also, Alloy Agu should not come anywhere the next technical crew

Agustine Eguavoen should be sacked as coach of the team, Technical Director of the NFF and banned from Nigerian football at all levels for life

Shehu not a competent sub for Onyeka

Midfield has collapsed

Osimhen..... I need a goal from you.

You can do it

Ghsma don lock gate

No urgency from the team. The pace is too pedestrian

We lost the midfield with the exit of Onyeka.

Our attackers are now isolated and we're now resorting to long balls

Eguavoen folly in not inviting enough midfielders is being exposed

Shehu in for Onyeka who has been immense

End of 1st half.

45 minutes more to do the job.

Super Eagles abeg biko ejoor

Make una score 2 more goals

God please...

Na wetin I dey fear be this

Goal for Ghana

Joebie:
I see the addiction to wing play. But the selection is right. Would have still loved Sanusi to start. Overall, I am very okay with the starting list.

Hmm, I'm not sold on the central defence.

Ekong and Balogun are not comfortable with ball at feet, cannot play out from the back, tend to boot the ball forward, yield possession when pressed and are also prone to errors.

I hope the team plays well today and gets the W but I'm as nervous as a cat in a dog pound.

mostob:
i kinda feel the same way too...this match has to do with bragging right als

More than world cup qualification and bragging rights is at stake here.

The appointment of indigenous coaches to coach the Super Eagles is also at stake.

If we do not qualify, no Nigerian will be appointed to coach the National team in the next 10 years.

.

It's 2022.

Our wing forwards Chukwueze and Simon were having a horrid game and Eguavoen's solution was for them to swap wings?

Just Comical!

Eguaveon is a carpenter coach stuck with the philosophy of old school 90's football.

He shouldn't be coaching any team in this modern era.

isan:
Aribo was playing well yesterday making good runs i was surprised when Eguavon haul him off

Surprised?

It was a travesty of a substition and I was furious.

TheGoodJoe:

I agree with you on Onyeka showing cream quality but the problem has always been that he is box to box and goes too advance.

Same thing goes with Aribo. So it is always a matter of dropping one for the other.

Secondly, we still need a defensive cover. Aribo, Onyeka and Etebo are not the kind of midfielders that will sit and act as a pivot for build up plays.

However, I will pick Onyeka over Aribo from what I saw yesterday.

Good observation.

I noticed Etebo was dropping deep to collect the ball from the back 4. Etebo played as the DM yesterday while Onyeka played as CDM/Box-to-Box midfielder.

I believe it's better if they swap playing positions for Onyeka to play DM while Etebo plays box-to-box in the return leg simply because Onyeka is better defensively.

If Onyeka is given strict instructions to sit and provide cover for the back four, he will.