₦airaland Forum

Goke7:
Thanks to the coach and the boys. DRC deserves to go thru

yinkeys:
Lookman does track back

Bossoflife25:
Oga rest abeg! What rubbish mindset! The same Osimhen scored a hattrick from scrap. Scored two mavellous goal today again. What else do you want? Go watch your so-called Zlatan misses and come back here to apologize to Osimhen. The same Osimhen scored the 1v1 versus Rwanda away that brought you here yet you dey yarn dust. Enter pitch go play am. Nonsense!

Bossoflife25:
Oga rest abeg! What rubbish mindset! The same Osimhen scored a hattrick from scrap. Scored two mavellous goal today again. What else do you want? Go watch your so-called Zlatan misses and come back here to apologize to Osimhen. The same Osimhen scored the 1v1 versus Rwanda away that brought you here yet you dey yarn dust. Enter pitch go play am. Nonsense!

elyte89:
So osimhen still needs to soak up knowledge…wow 😄

lbrichman2:
I will cut Osimhen some slack today
He redeemed himself beautifully
On any other day, he would get 5 or6

lexyman:
They should all go and rewatch the match , and see their errors , make corrections and do better come sunday ..... i couldn't find a fault all through . if you find one , please share . IT QUALIFIES TO BE A CLASSICAL MATCH

lbrichman2:
See people wey you dey hold brief for

solonnachi:
The NFF have identified five ring leaders who stirred up the players to boycott training. I hope they don't get punishment

Kog45:
My Super eagles all time XI
1 Goalkeeper-Vincent Enyeama

2.Right back-Ola Aina

3.Left back-Taye Taiwo

4.Center Back-Stephen Keshi

5.Center Back-Uche Okechuckwu

6.Defensive Midfieder-Sunday Oliseh

7.Central midfieder-Mikel Obi

8.Attacking midfielder-Austin Okocha

9.Right Wing Forward-Segun Odegbami

10.Center Forward-Victor Osimhen

11.Left Wing Forward-Adokiye Aimeasemeka

Kog45:
Jay Jay Okocha will continue to make eagles all time XI in the next 100 years,only minus in his career was his club career,imagine such a talented player played for Bolton

chrisooblog:
JJ i admire him but if I was the coach when he did that nonsense around the 3 minute mark in that video I for shoot am double barrel.

lbrichman2:
Go watch any highlights of okocha, anyone at all, after you notice all the tricks and flicks, the next things you will notice is a lot of misplaced passes..
Unfortunately he only began to mature towards the end of his career..
Post any of his highlights here and prove me wrong

Joebie:
Yea, you dey rate am based on Chelsea abi SE performance?

Joebie:
CB at Chelsea abi SE?

TheSuperNerd:
Exactly. It is the tactical needs of the RW for each coach that matters. Both have equal shouts for that role but Finidi is my take coz I need one who will supply the 9 constantly, while taking the occasional strike at goal (1995 UCL Semis vs Bayern) and not one who go dey drag top scorer with am. Lol

Amedino99:
onazi oliseh and okocha is good enough. Control is good, higher chance creation is better.

semid4lyfe:
Onazi? Apart from AFCON 2013 and the World Cup 2014 run, Onazi was not a mainstay in our team. But I admit he was phenomenal in those competitions. Arguably our most important midfielder in those competitions, and our midfield crumbled when he was substituted against France in the second round.

I know I picked Celestine Babayaro as my Left back but upon reflection I'll go with Taiye Taiwo instead. TT had more caps and tournament appearances than CB, and was more impactful.

CB didn't play many matches for the Super Eagles, and his best performance for Nigeria was at Atlanta 96, and that's technically not the Super Eagles. So I'll replace Celestine Babayaro with Taiye Taiwo in Left back.

semid4lyfe:
Onazi? Apart from AFCON 2013 and the World Cup 2014 run, Onazi was not a mainstay in our team. But I admit he was phenomenal in those competitions. Arguably our most important midfielder in those competitions, and our midfield crumbled when he was substituted against France in the second round.

I know I picked Celestine Babayaro as my Left back but upon reflection I'll go with Taiye Taiwo instead. TT had more caps and tournament appearances than CB, and was more impactful.

CB didn't play many matches for the Super Eagles, and his best performance for Nigeria was at Atlanta 96, and that's technically not the Super Eagles. So I'll replace Celestine Babayaro with Taiye Taiwo in Left back.

TheSuperNerd:
A Nigerian All time XI without Jay Jay Okocha is incomplete. Absolutely incomplete.

I rewatched a game on Youtube via my TV in my spare time few weeks back. Nigeria vs Senegal Afcon 2000. Pls, Okocha still showed up in that game despite the red card and was missed vs SA. You know SA would have been roasted beyond 2 goals if Okocha had played.

GMBOFASIA:
Football game can still be single-handedly won by a player if you have an elite player let not go far take a look at our Benin game it was osimhen heroics and unbelievable display that kept us to play off assuming it was boniface or sodiq umar starting that game we probably would have played goalless so sometimes don’t over rules some players singlehandedly doing something extra ordinary to win games

Mujtahida:
Set not in the literal sense but as a metaphor.

Goke7:
It was when onazi came into eagles we started seeing the best of mikel as he did all the dirty work to make Mikel more creative in his role. In fact onazi injury was a serious problem and miss for the team at confederation cup and in the World Cup when he got injured before we played France. Onazi and Moses were key in our 2013 Afcon win.

semid4lyfe:
Assuming players were at their prime, my Super Eagles All-Time Best Starting 11 would be:

🔸Goal Keeper - Vincent Enyeama (1)
🔸Right Back - Joseph Yobo (2)
🔸Left Back - Celestine Babayaro (3)
🔸Centre Back - Uche Okechukwu (5)
🔸Centre Back - Taribo West (6)
🔸Defensive Midfield - Sunday Oliseh (4)
🔸Box to Box Midfield - Mikel Obi (8.)
🔸Attacking Midfield - JayJay Okocha (10)
🔸Right Wing Forward - Finidi George (7)
🔸Left Wing Forward - Emmanuel Ammuneke (11)
🔸Centre Forward - Victor Osimhen (9)

semid4lyfe:
Assuming players were at their prime, my Super Eagles All-Time Best Starting 11 would be:

🔸Goal Keeper - Vincent Enyeama (1)
🔸Right Back - Joseph Yobo (2)
🔸Left Back - Celestine Babayaro (3)
🔸Centre Back - Uche Okechukwu (5)
🔸Centre Back - Taribo West (6)
🔸Defensive Midfield - Sunday Oliseh (4)
🔸Box to Box Midfield - Mikel Obi (8.)
🔸Attacking Midfield - JayJay Okocha (10)
🔸Right Wing Forward - Finidi George (7)
🔸Left Wing Forward - Emmanuel Ammuneke (11)
🔸Centre Forward - Victor Osimhen (9)

Mujtahida:
Celestine firmly belonged to the 94 set. By 94 set, it is not about those who played in 94. If that is the case, we'd extract all Rashidi's goals and stay with those he scored from 94 onwards.

94 set is a metaphor for an era. That glorious era of Nigerian football that began its incipience in the 90s and peaked from 94-2002.

jihday:
Oliseh already negates the need for Mikel plus the main reason why it’s so easy for Okocha to be in the team ahead of Mikel is that Okocha can single handedly win you games, freekick, goals, shots, can play corners, have long throws, can cause chaos if opposition decide to park bus. Abeg no talk this thing again o 😤

jihday:
Oliseh already negates the need for Mikel plus the main reason why it’s so easy for Okocha to be in the team ahead of Mikel is that Okocha can single handedly win you games, freekick, goals, shots, can play corners, have long throws, can cause chaos if opposition decide to park bus. Abeg no talk this thing again o 😤

kennysville:
Can you beat your chest and say if we take a poll on your choices above, it will then be a popular choice? There lies your answer