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Kog45:
What can you say about Ekong afcon 2023....

or onyeka and Lookman. Osimhen gave his all in that tournament but it will be false to say he took us to the finals

Pidginwhisper:
I saw all the players on Camera yesterday, except Seniorman. Seniorman gba like mad. Make dem leave the guy to face his club career for now.

like I also notice of recent you hardly see him on camera even in camp. Nacho was like the funny guy and chorus leader in the team. Senior man might be going tru alot.

charlesemeka85:
one of the most important players on this super eagles team

Also one that will be hard to get his replacement when he hangs his boots

As Roberto Baggio wey him be. I don't see any super eagles player currently that can not be replaced., is he better than nsofor or Osaze of old abi ike Uche.

wayodude:
I watched the entire 90 mins of this game and that easily qualifies for a top 2 worst Super Eagles performance in living memory. Please don't let the fact it ended in a draw deceive you. Benin really were the better side and should have won convincingly. It was so glaringly obvious who the better managed team was.

Who to blame?

Eguavoen has had several auditions and has serially proven not to be cut out for it at this level. Iwobi and Ndidi in a 2 man midfield? Starting with 3 centre backs but with no idea how to progress the ball through the lines? Not a single attempt at creating overloads on the Beninoise full backs, they did that to ours several times? Really really poor.

Iheanacho is finished at the top level. After he inevitably gets offloaded by Sevilla he will disappear into the ether. I don't see how he gets interest from a top flight team in any big league.

Bassey cannot be a guaranteed starter. He's all brawn no brains, very aggressive but no real physical qualities to talk about, not fast can jump ...simply not good enough to be starting every game. He's still young so might improve with time.

Iwobi also cannot be a guaranteed starter. We've seen his performance ceiling, it isn't very high and he hardly ever brings it to the party anyway.

Gabriel Osho was very very poor. I think it was a good idea to see him in this sort of game and the nerves of making his debut might have got to him. Maybe he gets one more chance. We need to try out a few more players here so his invitation was welcome.

Osimhen needs 5/6 clear cut chances to convert 1. His finishing for club and country are not worth the hype he gets. The best part of his game is his hard work, physicality and athleticism but against strong, athletic African strikers they don't leave him with any change. Remove the 7 goals he scored against Sao Tome and penalties against the likes of Sierra Leone and you'll see where his real stats should be. We still need him for his hard work but we need to remeasure our expectations. His goal today was his first for Nigeria since the AFCON opener against Equatorial Guinea in January.

Tired of writing....




NB: I missed the goal he scored Vs Benin in Uyo but still my point stands. His goal return rate is not good enough.

Guy I agree with you, the whole 23players are just not good enough nor are guarantee starters.

BankyGee:
OFFICIAL: Eguavoen releases the Starting XI for the match between Benin and Nigeria!

- Osho starts on his debut!
- Victor Osimhen back in the starting lineup
- Iheanacho plays from the right flank.

Let's go for three points boys 🔥 🇳🇬🦅
#AFCONQ2025 | #SoarSuperEagles | #BENNGA
🖼️: Soar Super Eagles

the lineup seems okk by me, Amy of the front 3 can do damage on their good day.

Subzerooo:
I don’t see the use of Iheanacho if Iwobi will play in a two man midfield, Moses Simon can atleast fill up the space left by Iwobi if he is drawn towards the 18 yard box, Iheanacho is just useless

if e easy make oyibo man sign you 😂

lbrichman2:
Na wa o
8pm neva reach since morning??

like this 8pm no make sense

Libyan Football Team Claim Poor Treatment in Rwanda, Make Allegations Against Hosts Read more: - this guys again, I think football is not just their calling. They should quit football and focus on war.

BankyGee:
Definitely, you need to bro... I no think say e get any YouTube video on Osimhen wey I never watch.

Him wikipedia page, I dey always go update the goal statistics after every match wey he score. Keeps the page realtime accurate... So all him stats and biography dey live rent-free for my head 😂

Wow 🥺 I said the day I stumbled on your x-handle, I conclude say our Nerd doc no reach you for Osimhen matter. It's nice seeing how dedicated you are 👍

Peterzoom20:

😂 I don see person wey score lower than me

BankyGee:
Ahhh 😂

1/2 still sharp 🫡🫡

i gat upgrade my football knowledge on Osimhen.

Bannedlargejr:
What about ademola lookman? Make we Dey celebrate all our superstars equally

Bring quiz on any super eagles player we go participate. Banky na one of Osimhen top fan on SM. I believe lookman has more lovers than haters compared to Osimhen.

BankyGee:
Before our match, let's all do this quiz about Victor Osimhen, no cheating, no Google, no Wikipedia, just try your best... Quote this post with the screenshot of your result 😎

They're all the same questions, so no spoiling of the answers here 😁 Just screenshot 😏

That's my result below. The last two questions caught me off guard.

https://app.433football.com/share/Quiz/8298210fda754794adeaf62657334b7f

forgot to screenshot mine. I got 5/10 🤦‍♂️

Goke7:
Osihmen had a mega profile before moving to Gala, the welcome party he had says it all, only the big stars like messi and co get such kind of welcome, can we say that for other Nigerian players? Even Lookman can’t pull such kind of frenzy. It is what it is. And that’s where the well deserved hype come from.

You guys keep looking down at osihmen and I can understand due to Napoli foolishness. They guy is made and for as long as he keeps scoring he will be hyped anywhere he play. Na follow come matter 😜. Let him score again this international break and everywhere will go crazy! Live with it dear! Dude was born for this!


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rightly said, it's not about the club or league, it's about the player.
If Osimhen had moved to Saudi league or Nigeria league he'll still be getting same hype.

jonnieoneng:
Boniface started last eagle's three matches with Osimhen availability in two of the three matches

that's the point I'm making, Onuachu never had that opportunity.

jihday:
he was given enough chance.

Bro how many matches did Onuachu started just like Boniface now. Coming in 10mins to end of a game is not chance.

Goke7:
What’s the impact of onachu in the national team or his ranking in world football.

Osihmen is not being celebrated for nothing. It’s called antecedents, you guys should relax and stop the blind argument

oga make we leave that side, Onuachu had a mini world class performance in Belgium, in the national team he wasn't really given enough chance. We just don't rate him abi his style of play.

jonnieoneng:
Osimhen is bigger than Turkish league,truthfully he is a star boy that need to be talking about but Turkish league remains a low league

Yea, nobody is hyping the Turkish league, they are only about our boy Osimhen which due to circumstances he found himself in the league. Same people saying we are hyping the league will come for his head if he did not perform in the lowly rated league.

Ihenzy:
You're sure of this record?

Osihmen scored 4, I guess against Sao tome

Yea, I just checked now, the record is for a fifa tournament.

BankyGee:
Victor Osimhen has two hat-tricks for the Super Eagles:

4 goals 🆚 São Tomé e Principe [A] (2022)
3 goals 🆚 São Tomé e Principe [H] (2023)

or what's the full meaning of SE boss? 🤲🏾

oh you are absolutely correct

M7even:
He also played for AC Milan but when people are recalling Nigerians who played for AC Milan they don't remember him.

Many clamour for his invitation base on his club status.
Still on record as the last player to score hattrick for SE

TheGoodJoe:
Arsenal is also dealing with it and they have not operated on our level as long as we have.

You forgot to mention RM, and maybe leverkusen, they are both dealing with various levels of fatigue.

TheGoodJoe:
Why not switch Mbappe to play wide and let Vinicius Jr. play the center forward role.

You just successfully switched the problem 😂

yinkeys:
Yes, double standard exist in selection
Unfortunately

Good, that's why I laff when people say iheanacho should be drop because he's not playing, they was a time Musa was not seeing game at Leicester, fans cried drop him drop him. We all should accept you can't just drop a player that has been part of a team for say 5yrs just like that.

Kog45:
I thought Onyedika is playing in Belgian league…..Osimhen scored in Europa yesterday and Dessers scored where?….I remembered Balogun Aribo and Bassey do get call up then playing in the same Scottish league?

See that part of his neck you hold, hold tight 😂. Na double standard, once Nigerians fans no rate you, you go explain taya

BankyGee:
Ebuehi was decent sha, Idowu just flash like NEPA then disappeared.

But currently, Ola Aina is better than any version of the both of them.

Chidi Ordia and Aina are the best SE RB I enjoy watching.

TheGoodJoe:


I never claimed to know more than Guardiola. If Pep destroyed football, Evra can show us how to build it. Than talking.

But you know more than Ancelotti 😂 😂

Sugarboyy:
It's unimaginable that Martinelli and Trossard plays for Arsenal, Doku and Grealish plays for Man City, while Lookman plays for Atalanta 🤔💭

this one na better steal from Nigeria.

elyte89:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DB1qHyqN6e4/?igsh=MXMwMDV1cmxrNzZ0Yg==



@mujtahida @TheGoodjoe

You won start argument wey no go finish 😂

BankyGee:
Wetin? 😂😂

Maduka na one of my favorite players, I just wan catch cruise 😂

i had to rush to confirm only to see own goal.

BankyGee:
Maduka Okoye scores 🔥

🤦‍♂️

DrYa:
Aino ooo...
Nottingham forest doing great things 👍

currently 3rd on EPL table