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TheSuperNerd:
Raphael Onyedika.... Frankfurt links 🔜

FiveFootNinja:
I'm calling (and also wishing for) a France vs England final.

chrisooblog:
D'Law had we scored that crucial second the Congolese would have been shaken to their core and we would have played with more confidence.

We slightly dominated the first half but the loss of Osimhen completely demoralized the team before the 2nd half. Unfortunately many of our forwards were also off colour.

Napoleon55:
You have about 17 AFCON medals, and what you should be worried about is whether you will be able to defeat Cabe Verde or not?

If you go further and include the youth and the women football,it would be over 60 podium finish Nigeria have recorded.
And you still think Nigeria is not a major football nation to compete among the best but to be worried about countries that has never won any major title in their history.

Napoleon55:
What Nigeria is supposed to be concerned about in football is going toe to toe against the best of the best like France,Spain, Argentina, Brazil,Germany, etc. That is the path we were headed before.
Not worried about struggling against the likes of Cabe Verde and Curacao,or even the likes of CIV

Napoleon55:
Midfield of Iwobi,Ndidi and Onyeka is good enough to achieve something in Africa, they don't necessarily have to be more creative than Mikel,
But as Meliforme claimed that Iwobi is more creative and better passer than Mikel, so I wondered why they couldn't achieve what Mikel and his co midfielders achieved.
Because player for player,the players playing alongside Iwobi is equally as good as those who played with Mikel .

Ndidi and Onyeka is as strong as Onazi, even if Onazi is better,is not by large margin.

In other departments,it's only in goalkeeping department in Enyeama that is far better than the present Eagles.
Lookman is on the same level with Victor Moses,
Osimhen’s led attack is even better than Emenike and Ighalo led attacks,
Bassey's led defense is solid.

May be the present Super Eagles should check their attitudes,their zeal and commitments.
And put more effort if they are to win something tangible

Napoleon55:
No, but people have complained a lot about our midfield since Mikel retired.
And since he retired,we have truly struggled in that department for a period of time

Napoleon55:
You don start again,
If Iwobi is better than Mikel in these you mentioned, what have been preventing the super eagles all along from achieving success?

SymphonyRad:
I just dey imagine a wing battle between Diomande vs Zaidu in a knockout game at the AFCON, imaginations like that dey make me even laugh at myself...Chelle really needs to drop some players for good and clean up that team walahi.

9JAMac10:
England squad is majority black, France squad is majority black, Netherlands has a bunch of black players, so does Germany and even Spain has two black players. Yet those countries still racist. It's time all these black players start playing for the countries of their parents

CornOak:
Dele-Bashiru provided the assist for our GOAL. He's had a decent first half.

Mujtahida:
All of them - home!
No mercy

minfelix:
France’s loss to CIV saw Argentina move to number 1 team in the world
Argentina
Spain
France
England
Portugal

AndSunGorilla:
It is Onyekuru is more intelligent than Mahrez and Iheanacho is better than Mbappe

Meliforme:
I am very sorry for you.
Nwabali beats the De Gea in anticipation and aerial claims. That is the undiluted truth. Your contracted estimation of him will not change it.
Nwabali also beats Okoye in the same category, but my preference is with Okoye for other goalkeeping reasons.

I have known De Gea even before Nwabali.

Nwabali's club situation is not a true testament of his abilities.

Meliforme:
Nwabali beats De Gea in anticipation and aerial claims even when De Gea was in his prime.
Nwabali is that good.

Nwabali's ball distribution is one of his let downs and his balance is not as fluid.

I believe i am one of the occupants of the front seats when it comes to singing praises of Nwabali.
When many were clamouring for Arthur Okonkwo as a competition to Nwabali i rubbished the clamour because Nwabali is clearlly ahead in almost everything.

When concerns are on modern goalkeeping, Okoye's attributes makes him the better pick. Okoye's balance is more fluid, making him a better candidate for secondary saves, meaning that the saves Okoye made yesterday Nwabali might struggle to make due to having a more static balance.
(Fluid and Static balance have both their pros and cons).

minfelix:
with this our form we suppose drag with portugal…this super eagles currently deserves a world cup spot
Nigeria 1-1 Brazil(first team played)
Nigeria 4-2 Argentina (first team played except Messi)
A serious and well coached super eagles outfit should be winning or drawing portugal in a friendly

yinkeys:
Algéria just beat Netherlands, I would not be okay with a loss
A draw would be decent
They should win before going on holiday since we aren’t at the World Cup

minfelix:
asinn ehhn Nwabali would now be substitute keeper for Penalty shootout🤣🤣

forgiveness:
Onuachu is to be blamed. You could see one Nigeria player jettisoned to him to press before that strike but he was ball watching.

If you don keep before, you go know say that was a banger.

yinkeys:
Will the Eagles fly or will Portugal embarrass us ?
What do you think ?

minfelix:
Yess boss i believe he is learning…and i will really want him to challenge Nwabali…He is young, He is handsome(super eagles poster pride 😀), he plays for a top european team….so i wont totally trash him….Him saving that long range screamer and we eventually winning Poland will just move him higher than Nwabali in the pecking order

lbrichman2:
Watch the goal again my bro

lbrichman2:
Two steps to the left and he's saving that, and retiring Nwabali
Now he has made himself a placeholder till Nwabali returns

TheSuperNerd:
This is not true. Adingra was 22 at that Afcon. Did he move to Brighton at 22? Adingra was already balling for Brighton in the 2023/24 EPL before he came up against an injured Aina in early 2024.

He had previously shone on loan at Royal USG in 2022/23 after Brighton acquired him in the summer of 2022 @age 20.

Zadok is 18.

opes:
The same Brighton made similar signing with Simon Adingra and it worked out.