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lbrichman2:
Even for us, at best, he will be a squad player
He's not good enough

We all know he is not better than Ekong
If he comes, he can replace Ajayi either on the bench or when we are playing a 3 man defence

lbrichman2:
Finally someone says it!

He is good but not big club standard.
Same way he will be good for the SE but not 3 Lions standard

Arokodare score's

No matter what's at stake or what he is promised, Osimhen should please don't return to this Napoli team. So uncoordinated, zero team play and chemistry. Nothing special about this team mhen

semid4lyfe:
That Tottenham left back Destiny Udogie is a fantastic player.

Pity he's cap-tied to Iraly

And he will continue to remain on the bench playing for Italy. Di Marco is better than him

AndSunGorilla:
BBC dey report say Boniface wasted several chances before netting tbe winner, is it true?

He even missed a penalty

Goke7:
Gernot Rohr invited him some years back I think

Yeah and he couldn't play for the SE because of citizenship wahala with his other country if my memory serves me right.

Starboytwo:
even me, as I see uodate, I happy no be small...

Can we use vex and make it a brace? @chukwueze.

I they watch the match
As I see Chukwueze scored, I come they check if my eyes nor they pain me.

This guy at Udinese, he has played all the Udinese matches I have watched this season and he has been awesome so far... Kingsley Ehizibue

Thank God oh
Chukwueze just scored after 3 seasons 🤣🤣🤣

M7even:
Where is this defeatist mindset coming from., no Nigeria is winning it back to back

I don't just understand some Nigerians. It's either they are always complaining or they re losing hope even when wining.
There is no parameters that would make Diaz been ahead of Boniface in second position, not to talk of upsurging Lookman as the winner

Goke7:
I don't care anymore let them dash whoever. CAF has disappointed me endangering the lives of potential APOTY winners. Until Libya is severely punished, don't even give a damn about that organization no more.

I'm 100% sure that Lookman will win the APOTY and I'm also very sure that Lookman won't buy this your sentiment.
Let them give him the award because for record purposes, no one would care what happened that got him been denied the award.
After given Lookman his rightful award, we will all come out and call out CAF for the treatment the SE received in Libya.

Cecco90:
BREAKING!!!

Nigeria did not Apologize to Libya over Super Eagles detention fiasco - Tuggar

On October 15, 2024, the Libya Observer published an erroneous report to gain political leverage and cause disaffection amongst continental football administrators and fans.

The publication by the Libya Observer, which misrepresents the phone correspondence between Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and the East-based Government’s Foreign Minister, is a clear case of misinformation.

The fact of the matter was that the CDA of the Government of National Unity was summoned to the Ministry to seek an immediate end to the unfortunate incident.

However, not much diplomatic headway was made during the meeting with the Acting Charge of Affairs, Imad Mohammed Matooq Aboud, as they insisted that it was not under the jurisdiction of Tripoli, which they represented, but that of the Eastern Government in Benghazi.

This prompted the Minister to take immediate action by contacting the Foreign Minister of the Eastern Government, Abdelhadi Lahweej, to intervene and ensure that the detention ended.

After that, the aircraft was given the necessary permits to fly, and aviation fuel was accessed. Both Ministers agreed that the matter should be de-escalated immediately. Even when Lahweej insisted on rehashing the untruth about the treatment of Libyan players in Nigeria, Amb Tuggar once again corrected the misinformation about the mistreatment of Libyan players during the Nigerian encounter.

He did not apologise or regret the treatment of Libyan officials and players because the account was inaccurate.

Lahweej proposed a joint statement, which the Ministry rejected because it erroneously misrepresented the facts of the incident.

Above all, the federal government of Nigeria only shares a diplomatic relationship with the government of the National Accord and not with the Eastern government.

Nigeria remains unequivocal in expressing its displeasure and disappointment with how the Nigerian Football Federation officials were treated in Libya.

It calls on the Confederation of African Football to urgently ensure that its Disciplinary Board investigates the matter and imposes appropriate sanctions based on its statutes.

Alkasim Abdulkadir
Special Assistant on Media and Communication Strategy
To The Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar.
16th October 2025

Those that said the FG, through the foreign ministry did nothing should read this.
I won't be surprised that the SE team were later released by their abductors because of the foreign ministry intervention.

TheGoodJoe:
Debate points. Not assumptions.

God forbid I debate with you
You don win 🏆🥇

kennysville:
How somebody finds it interesting to be arguing from page to page and still doesn't see the error of his ways is kinda baffling. Now you see why I asked the marriage status thing. TheGoodJoe must always win arguments. The shalaye continues. Las las, man city will resume EPL games this weekend.

Make we nor sugarcoat words, that guy nor go fit stay with wife under same roof.
And if such people old joined this character, whole community go they run from am

semid4lyfe:
Debating Mr Bluefonts is an extreme sports.

He probably thinks that being contrarian and going against the grain equates to intelligence

Please he is the most intelligent Nigerian.
Both Yusuf Tuggar, the NFF Chairman and Nigerians he doesn't like are incompetent

Hanibal:
Nigerians go just dey shout incompetence, clueless upandan

Action film dey sweet to watch until you get in a real gunfight and see your life flash before you.

Behind the keyboard, everyone knows it all.
Reading through the 20 takeovers the NFF released, it was stated that when the boys were held hostage, they were able to make contact with the Nigeria high commission in Libya and immediately they came but the Libya authority refused them entrance, citing security protocols. Not that moves weren't made by the Nigeria government both in Nigeria and FG Representatives in Libya... But some posters here maybe was expecting the Nigeria high commission in Libya to go to the airport with guns and immediately start killing the Libyan security personnel because they abducted the SE.

Hanibal:
Oga you shared zero insights
Just plain annoying assumptions

You a football analyst should know better, during a football match if an opponent pull my shirt and it escaped the attention of the referee, and because of that I decided to slap the opponent in retaliation, who get case? Who is getting red carded?

And please just stop with this devil's advocate you're playing. LFF refused to foot the cost of a flight that will make their team comfortable, but it is the Nigerians that should be blamed for not running kirakita enough to save the day as spiderman/father christmas wey dem be?

They should start commanding money out of nowhere?
Call Akwaibom state government and scream Emergency! Emergency! Then money will be released in less than 3hrs, who exactly should they have called? The commissioner for finance or the state governor? At such short notice... Do you know how many months in advance it takes to plan a match and get funds released, do you how many letters get written and the approval stages involved?

Please stop throwing the word "incompetence" around... When you have no idea what you're talking about!

Reach out to Rivers state FA to put together a reception team with under 3hrs notice... Those ones nor get their lives to live, there is zero probability that most of their officials will be outside of Portharcourt at the time or even already in Uyo for the match, No! they're always on standby in portharcourt waiting for the next order abi? Even the army cannot get boots on ground that fast!

Baba just die this matter Abeg... This your reasoning dey vex person

You know, I'm not holding brief for anyone, I have no personal relationship with either the foreign affairs minister or the NFF Chairman but because these 2 are northerners, most of them here has been calling them incompetent.
Someone even suggested over here that the minister of foreign affairs would have declared instant war on the Libyan government. So funny 🤣
One thing these people fails to realise is that no matter how bad Nigeria has become, before you get to some positions of leadership in this same country, you must have had either the education, knowledge or experience.
Most Nigerians always feel they can do better, until they find themselves in the position and noticed how clueless they have become, that's the traits most of them over here has been displaying.

Odunayaw:
I just saw the circular the Foreign Ministry put out and I remembered Tuggar is the minister. We can expect nothing to be proud about from him and that ministry

If some of you understand how international relations work, you won't be posting such.
Those in the knowledge of international relations rates this same Tuggar very highly and most times international relations doesn't work based on emotions.
Did you read where the Ministry of foreign affairs said that Libya doesn't have an ambassador in Nigeria and because of that, the foreign affairs ministry has not only been in touch with the Libyan Government but has also summoned the head of the Libyan ministry in Nigeria?
You expected Tuggar to immediately call for the arrest of all Libyans in Nigeria just to show you that the ministry is working?
Do you know that there are x100 of Nigerians in Libya, compared to Libyans in Nigeria?
So the foreign ministry and the federal government shouldn't care of what the outcomes of Nigerians in Libya would become and take a decision that would ends up endangering the lives of countless Nigerians in Libya?
With a rough estimate, I can boldly tell you that there are more than 500k Nigerians in Libya and majority of them have settled in there, can same number be said of Libyans in Nigeria?

isan:
NFF should call finidi and sack him again for trying to axe Ekong from the team

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

humility33:
Bro forget that NFF chairman that man is very docile and inactive

Pinnick would've at least done something not this one. We keep putting square pegs in round holes

How did we even got here?
Oga hasn't even said anything, maybe he is still sleeping 😪

Subzerooo:
Wdym no food, are the NFF not prepared at all?

The problem is that the NFF won't even bother to write a complaint to Caf and FIFA. They will see and take whatever is happening now as an act of God.
Except I'm mistaking, Nigeria also have a high commission in Libya, what's the Nigeria embassy in Libya doing about this and why would they abandoned and allows our boys to be going through all of these under their nose?
If I were the NFF Chairman, I will return the boys home, abandon the match in protest and write a complaint to both caf and FIFA

Benin Republic leading Rwanda 3:0 🤣🤣🤣

Misses from Iwobi is becoming unacceptable mhen 😬

kentebemoney:
You seem not to understand the concept of inverted wingers and it's importance to the way we are set up.

Okay coachy 😄

mekabuachi:
If na that one make Dem bring ref from Europe 😒

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

humility33:
I think the coaches really need to try that Victor Olatunji guy and the Iheikheina guy of Monaco

Let's invite fresh forwards and see if we can get oshimen and lookman replacement should push come to shove

Because if we must win our remaining world cup qualifying matches we must learn to get places to stand in absence of oshimen and lookman

Victor Olatunji is sure for the SE but same can't be said about Illenikhena when he is already been scouted by the French National team.
I think we should give Akpom a chance. I would have said Solanke also but England has invited him already.
We need new strikers for heaven's sake because these ones have shown that they can't score if Osimhen isn't playing.
Even Dessers should be recalled to the team

humility33:
Awoniyi is even worse

I think Boniface should be moved to the wings and moses Simon taken off for Nacho

Unfortunately AE needs to take the initiative to invite the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE kids to see if we can get a player that ginger like oshimen amongst them

To me Simon has been our best player since moving to the left wing and it's this kinda players that gives his team a penalty with his dribbles and runs into the opponent 18.
Instead of Boniface to be moved to a new wing, he should be removed for Ejuke or Awoniyi

BankyGee:
They're looking for a barren draw

Nigeria will win 1-0 and we might even score through a penalty

lbrichman2:
Exactly, because he's better at running at defenders..
Positioning is not his forte

Boniface matter don tire us 🤣🤣🤣

jihday:
Just remove Onyeka and put Bashiru or an extra attacker abeg

This is another angle because the Libyans didn't come to score in this match

kentebemoney:
@sugarboy you see the difference?

Same Moses Simon in this match we just watched?
He wasn't playing well when he was playing on the right but he has been our best player so far after changing wings with Lookman.
Instead of Chukwueze, I will prefer Ejuke coming on to play that right wing

lbrichman2:
Well, those times he tried to dribble, Osimhen just turns and shoots

You have a point though.
And I noticed something again about Boniface, his positioning in the opponent 18 yards seems bad. All the balls from the wing from Simon, none has found him