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oloriooko:
what is Alhassan doing in that team list
why ignore Uche in crystal palace

I'm one of Uche top advocate right from his time at Getafe but I think he doesn't deserve a call up over Alhassan. Is he better than Alhassan? Maybe but he has to start playing for C.palace. he doesn't even make cameo at c.palace anymore and it's worrying

AndSunGorilla:
Exactly, I be dey thunk say no be Dumfries dey play that position again? Meanwhile fir me, best RB or RWB na between Hakimi and Dumfries but na Hakimi be my own choice. Da guy should be tested every day for performance enhancing drugs, he too dey run.

Dumfries is Dutch
I love how rugged he plays
He plays like Maicon

Bossoflife25:
Dimarco is not a right back. Bellanova, Cambiaso, and Lorenzo are the right backs. Even the Udogie and okoli guy no get invite again.
A word is enough for the wise. The Italians always produce great defenders.
You can only have a long career as a Black guy if you are a striker and really outstanding!

These black players never seized to learn
Udogie that the Italians celebrated at a time just for him to play for the Italian NT has immediately been dumped because he has lost form at Tottenham. If it were the SE, he would still be getting invited and such might have helped him to regain his form

charlesemeka85:
Brentford’s Kayode didn’t get a call up from the Italian national team handlers

We fit seize this opportunity reach out to the guy mk em switch to us

But jokes aside e go tey before that guy go fit smell Nerazurri shirt ooo because of Dimarco

The inter wing back is the best in the world in his role

DiMarco plays as a left back and Kayode plays as a right back. Guess you wanted to mention Di Lorenzo

2scholar:
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mekabuachi:
The officials for the NIGERIA 🆚 GABON World Cup Qualifier have been confirmed, with a full team from South Africa set to take charge.

Leading the match will be Abongile Tom as Centre Referee, assisted by Zakhele Thusi Granville Siwela, while Akhona Zennith Makalima will handle VAR duties.

The Referee Assessor, Hugues Alain Adjovi, hails from Benin Republic.

COPIED

So them even bring ref from Benin republic too😂
Ooh wow

We still have more than a week to the play off. The NFF won't start protesting this abnormally now before it's too late.

chrisooblog:
I don say sorry na

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

BankyGee:
It has been bad o. It's not working well.

But in the SE, Tolu has done better than Boniface, Onuachu and Sadiq

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Ok but i thought he is back..
I saw news that he is back

I'm not too sure he will be fit for the play off... I hope he is though

daveP:
Just like Boniface and Osimhen didn't work imo, i doubt Osimhen and Tolu will work. Its Akor and Osimhen that will work. Infact, Akor and Tolu will work more if no Osimhen. What do you think?

Osimhen and Tolu hasn't really been bad.
But I personally love Adams decision making when with the ball. Na that Boniface I nor wan see anywhere near the SE

NIGHTMARE0O7:
i cant blive you people are removing chukwueze again over lookman
This must be juju.

Same lookman we have been palying in all our Qualifiers without result and nearly missed out until 2 yellow cards save us from lookman .

If Nigeria miss blow thier last chance bcoz of this Lookman fever nobody should blame the players.
Becoz there is ablosolutely no reason lookman should be on that field over chukwueze. CHUKWUEZE & SIMON should be maintained until otherwise

Since my experience of watching football coaches has always maintained using
THE LAST TEAM THAT GOT U RESULT UNTIL IT FAILS

I intentionally omitted Chukwueze this time because he is injured. Same way I didn't include Aina

Danielnino00:
You people are forgetting that Ajayi is ineligible for the Gabon game

Oh, that's true. Make Ogbu replace Ajayi. Ekong shouldn't be seen anywhere near the stating 11

Ragingthunder:
brother we have clowns like Jack draper and musetti in top 10, tennis has most definitely fallen off but I get your point

Draper is not in the top 10.
Player like Medvedev that hardly win a set against Alcaraz and Sinner was doing such against the former 3 top guns during their prime. Some of today's players like Zverez, De Minuar, Fritz and even P. Tommy and Tsipsipas are good players, it's Alcarez and Sinner that are too good for this generation

ChrisKels:
This Eletu is looking like yet another Rabiu Ibrahim and Kelechi Nwakali.

Not near half the level of Rabiu Ibrahim

Cocony:
On evidence based analysis, I concur.

If we are playing 3 defence, it should be Bassey, Ajayi and Fredrick. While Zaidu can play LWB and Simon plays RWB. And if I'm to suggest, I will suggest we play a 3-5-2 in this play off. Such would limit our opponents from scoring while we will surely score.

Nwabali/Okoye (anyone of both is okay by me)

Simon
Fredrick
Ajayi
Bassey
Zaidu/Agu

Ndidi
Onyeka/Onyedika
Iwobi

Osimhen
Lookman/Adams/Tolu

VeteranOG:
I tire for people. They be mentioning Eletu everytime like he is playing anywhere 🤷 till today, I never see one picture of Eletu playing anywhere...

Uche of crystal palace too. People will include inside line up.

That was how they were mentioning and praising Daga to high heaven until he went to the U20 World Cup and disgraced himself. They have now shifted to Eletu 😂

daveP:
One could never be a full football fan with these papers. They'll insert Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Open here and there and the pics of our fave, Roger Federer and Serena. Lol. Now Tennis has fallen off.

Tennis 🎾 has not falling off, rather I think you are the one that has lost interest in it.
Alcarez and Sinner are the young guns ruling the world of Tennis today and I can beat my chest and say these 2 would have done same thing during the time of Federar, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, Juan Martin Del Potro, etc

Enoughpull:
I know Fisayo.. He's kinda chubby (face) yeah NTA Benin.. Great guy. Only those who grew up in Benin and were sport fans might know him..

Yeah, he is chubby.

Spainever:
If the coach decides to use him again Gabon the game will be over at half time . Ekong should serve as advisory captain not a playing captain . If we beat Gabon Cameroon or Congo will be waiting . The coach must not gamble with selection

Chelle have no reason whatsoever to start Ekong, even if we are playing a 3 man defence

Troos Ekong scored an own goal today in his club El Kholood 2-3 home lose

Mujtahida:
Mumuni Alao
Yinka Craig
Kayode Tijani
Modele Sharafat Yusuf
Tayo Balogun
Larry Izamoje
Paul Ogazi
Fabio Olanipekun
Aisha Falode
Charles Anazodo
Mike Maiyaki
Nkechi Obi


These guys really tried for football journalism in Nigeria. Anazodo is the bridge between the old guys and the Gen Zs. Fabio Olanipekun, Yinka Craig and Kayode Tijani have passed on. May God grant them rest.


Now Gen Z has Pooja
Mowiz
Victor Modo
Oma
Calister
Victor Ademola and many others

Do you know Fisayo Ogunbiyi(can't really remember his surname correctly), nickname Fizo with the whistle? To me he is the best sport journalist Nigeria has ever seen. He was working at NTA Benin sport section before he was transferred to NTA Abuja or so. He was so good in his sport analysm and programmes that every Monday afternoon, 1pm, we must tune into his sport programme to watch all countries highlights of the previous weekend.
Another that did well to me were Godwin Enakhena and Emeka Nwani

Joebie:
My AFCON Starters

As at today, any SE starting 11 without Fredrick will not fly. Him, Osimhen and Bassey are the few players that plays with their hearts for the SE

QueenJazz:
Is a storm brewing? 👀

Honestly I hope so, if it means we're going to rejig the entire football association.

If FIFA themselves aren't corrupt, they would have handled the project themselves by paying directly to the contractors and not sending money to the corrupt NFF hoping that they would use the money judiciously. That's how the World Bank handles most of their projects in "corrupt" countries.
Though, I really wish this would bring a lasting change to this inept NFF board, from the President to the Eguavoen that has held the technical director position for long with no meaningful progress

Cocony:
Even when Nwabali's CLUBSIDE performance is subpar.
What was Ekong's performance like barring the own goal scored against SouthAfrica? I mean in the Saudi League?

How often do you watch Nwabali to make this assertion that his club performance has been subpart? Nwabili has been doing excellently well for his club, his teammates are not just good enough and that's why they are last on the table. Nwabili usually makes atleast 3 saves per matches and he recently saved a 90mins penalty that helped his club to a draw

Samueltemi337:
Wetin be this

Trash 🗑️

NIGHTMARE0O7:
I dont understand this una arguement oh.

But the greatest Nigeria male footballer is KANU NWANKWO but if u want to judge with goals in national team its YEKINI.

The greatest Nigeria Female footballer is OSHOALA but is u want to Judge with Goals in national team then is NKWOCHA.

My point is the bases for judgement should be consistent if we want to Use individual archievement or collective archivement.

Sorry, to me Nigeria greatest male footballer is by far Okocha and not Kanu. All over the world, ex footballers recognises Okocha while some current footballers also recognises him as their football mentor. Even recently, I think Zico picked him as Africa greatest ever.
I remember when they were both active, there were always anxiety whenever Okocha wasn't playing either for club or for country but there was never a time Kanu was the go to man both for country and all the club's he ever played for.

Cocony:
We can reel out our Gold,Silver and Bronze winning teams in male and female football and it resonates that names that sound like Victor Osimhen, Odion Ighalo, Chukwueze, Esther Okoronkwo, Perpetual Nkwocha, Kanu Nwankwo, Victor Ikpeba etc are mostly the ones delivering the goods for the country in football.

Remember, Ajibade won the MVP recently and Oshola can be said to be the greatest Nigeria female footballer, even though personally I would rate Mercy Akhide ahead of him.
Also, thankfully, Osimhen, Ikpeba and Ighalo are from Edo State. Chukwueze shouldn't be in this list

123jamessmith:
I think ademola lookman is in the same class or even better than Victor Moses.

Hope you are referring to Moses Simon and not Victor Moses? Or you are just seeking for irrelevant attention?

Niger just beat Zambia from home 1 nil. Niger are now 2nd in the play off with 15 points and +1 goal difference

koladata:
Bro, I’m not even based in Benin. I made the biggest mistake of my life driving down to PH, so I passed through Benin. That main junction link road when you are travelling through benin damaged a lot of things in my car; the engine leakage till date is still under management, and the back and front bumper are gone forever.

The annoying part is that even 100 bags of cement would do justice to that road. With ₦20 million, trust me, that road would fly. What is the state government doing if the federal couldn’t fix it? And you want to campaign for the next election with a budget of ₦100 billion, but just ₦20 million is needed here. I got a contract early this year and, trust me, I finished all the money fixing my car because of that road. Worse mistake of my life, I had to lodge in hotel for more than 30 days because the gear of the car was sent down from lagos, and we kept going back and fort, I didn't want to leave the car in ph then return to lagos. I can't write the story of my life without including that expereince. Just because of a road o....

I think there’s more to this than wickedness.... what these politicians are doing definitely more than wickedness. This is occultic; this is counterintuitive.

For the first time since 1999, Edo State is receiving better attention from the FG on federal roads... Edo State used and still have the worse FG roads in the whole of SS.
You can pass through Benin/Sapele Rd when going to PH, you can also pass through Benin/Agbor road.
For the Sapele road if that's where you passed, by the bypass bridge, the road construction had already started by the FG but the contractors were been slow, so the FG had to terminate the contract, gave some sections to the Edo State government to construct and the Edo State government are already doing that, the construction has passed winners already at Sapele road, so hopefully it will get to that location that damaged your car.
If you passed through agbor road bypass, the road has been awarded for reconstruction by the FG and I think construction will commence soon.

koladata:
Only the chairs and Furnitures in their houses will fix benin road, until you pass through benin road , you won't understand how wicked our politicians are

Benin roads, caused by Buhari that didn't fixed any federal roads in Edo State for 8 years and by Obaseki that also couldn't fixed the state roads for 8 years. When it comes to road infrastructure, Obaseki was a total disaster. Some of the good roads, e.g Akpakpava, Airport road, Siluko road, sakponba road, upper mission road, 2nd east-new Lagos road, Iyaro-Ugbowo-Uselu roads, etc that you are still seeing in Benin today were done by Oshiomhole as governor. Okpebholo is trying already but really needs to do more