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Odunayaw:
Lookman played in the first two matches.

There was nothing mind boggling, we can't say friendlies are for trying out things with one side of our mouth and say we should use starting 11 from the other side.

As a newly employed coach with just a window before the next world cup qualifiers you go around inviting new players to do what, someone that has been around the team. He should have access the weak areas in the team and get one or two players to boost such areas. Try them in the friendly.

jihday:
I wanted Finidi for the job when it became obvious NFF wanted a local coach, but was disappointed that NFF didn’t do any interview even after throwing the job open to the public. I’m sure if they had interviewed all interested candidates there’s no way they’d have picked Mr Finidi

sentiment was the only factor use in picking Finidi, He has been with the team

viccy12:
Finidi has nothing upstairs when it comes to coaching. You can see he has no confidence. A lot of times he look lost. Any sincere and sensible observer can see that

i said it here that I rate finidi base on his team in enyimba. Yes enyimba won the super 6 after coming 5th or 6th in the league. But I watch the team and it seems they was not impact from a grounded coach on the team. The name enyimba was the factor.

elyte89:
Bro so many things might be going underground we don’t know…Abi no b d injured osimhen we saw balling with different celebrities in lagos and an article even said osimhen was gutted finidi was appointed ahead of amunike…so nothing is impossible

Finidi approach to the team have not been the best. At a point everyone thought Amunike was getting the job, then from nowhere the nff went back to finidi with the excuse that he has been around the team for a while.

Odunayaw:
They should consult top players ke

That's like saying you consult your kids about which teacher should teach them in school

this your narrative no enter at all. The players are not kids and can be consulted to give their take on matters that concerns the SE, especially someone like the captain.

Goke7:
Finidi is just gaslighting, is he trying to say that without Osihmen, he can’t even get a draw against Benin haba. I think he’s just trying not to get drowned alone. We can now see why local coaches can’t coach the eagles anymore.

When Finidi was arguing about captaincy and formation, why e no remember the players he can’t control this is childish mhen!

thank you, he's just talking in the thing that doesn't make sense.

Katcall:
i blame finidi for taking a job too big for him. It's like walking into a trap with your eyes wide open. Now his CV is red

He was never qualified to coach the SE, I don't know how Nff came to the conclusion of giving him the job.

mank1234:
When student don't like a teacher, they skip class. If it's true, the blame is to NFF, they should consult top players when they want to hire. Two cannot work except they agree.

But he has been around the players and even struggle jersey with them 😂 😂 😂

Amedino99:
Shame on osimhen if this is true. Really disappointed in him.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/finidi-i-cant-beg-osimhen-to-play-for-super-eagles/amp/

shey the criteria for employing him over more qualified coaches was because he has been around the team,and he knows the players better. He should stop complaining and do his job.

villagereporter:
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But he stamped the current mess with his authority through clueless players invitation and inept tactical dunce.

True, his players invitation did not boost one's confidence.

semid4lyfe:
Sack Finidi. Sack Finidi. Sack Finidi.

I am of the same ethnic stock as Finidi but I cannot in all honesty advocate for him to continue in the helms as Super Eagles coach.

It cannot get worse. The knife has been shoved deeper and twisted in our heart and we'll eventually bleed to death. WE CANNOT QUALIFY. That:s the realistic diagnosis. .

We lose nothing from sacking Funidi.

Sacking Finidi is bye to football without formation and tactics.

Sacking Finidi is bye to poor defensive setup.

Sacking Finidi is bye to unmerited call-ups.

Sacking Finidi is bye to questionable player invitations.

Sacking Finidi is bye to home-based quota.

Sacking Finidi is bye to susceptibility to NPFL journalists and their envelope-induced hyping of home-based players.

NFF should do fast and sack him.

Some of us shouted that finidi is not good enough for SE but some were thinking it's because of Amunike

charlesemeka85:
the deed hv been done already. He should be sacked

He should be sacked when many here was shouting the finidi is no good enough for SE, you turned it to Apc, PDP banter.

humility33:
Baba haba who go start that giraffe ahead of moffi and Boniface that can easily switch with lookman and Kelechi
Aggressive players that can dribble to create chances

Irrespective of today's result finidi is very dull. Now I see

when we talk after the Ghana and Mali friendly, people were saying its just a friendly. When it comes to national team, I start accessing coach from their friendly games because they don't play much games. I'll keep saying it finidi never impressed me even at enyimba

Joebie:
then somebody will now say we are over relying on Osimhen. Look at who they are playing in his absence.

both we have Boniface and moffi on the bench, same thing peseiro did during Afcon, bringing in Onuachu instead of moffi.

Mujtahida:
You see that Onuachu and Sadiq? Once they score one goal in their club, people start dancing for them. I've never regarded them as SE players. They are useless as SE players

True, I refer Isaac Success to both strickers

villagereporter:
Don't blame d coach too much, blame the wèrè people at NFF. Employing a coach 39 days to a crucial WCQ. Kó ni da fun dede wen ni NFF.

why did he accept the job knowing he has just 39days to a crucial match. Friendly match he was suppose to utilise to get to know his players what did he do. Abeg they better not lose this match.

Truidstarr:
We no need philosophy… we need 6 points any which way. Una fit do philosophy during tournament situation.

We really need that 6 points, Finidi should surprise me, cos I no too rate the guy.

Meliforme:
For the following words in quotes "Finidi wants to teach the players his philosophy of attacking (which is deep) and defending (which is also deep)"

How did you know that those are Finidi's philosophy?

Even if they are, those words stem from confusion, because you saying it can't even explain it.

I just want to know if Finidi in any way made those insinuations.

Does Finidi even have a philosophy? 🙄 And we never saw it in Enyimba after 2yrs.

jihday:
why? Both penalties were very clear penalties , we didn’t play well in that game

How will you say we didn't play well, we were exceptional in that game, yes we made few school boys error in our defence. Outside the two penalties, no real threat from Argentina

chrisooblog:
Lukman was affected by poor football foundation. Didn't imbibe enough of the basics at the developmental level and was damn too indisciplined imagine chewing gum during the national anthem smh.

was already seeing himself as Maradona. Can't remember the exact match but he was try to dribble as the last man, opponent took the ball and score. My guy was just chewing that annoying gum.

elyte89:
Obodo at some point was messing up jare …trying to copy okochas style

no be Obodo you watch, maybe you mistake him for Oruma. Bundle of skills Christian Obodo.

elyte89:
Na Haruna lukman pain me pass…very astute and intelligent but highly indisciplined

Haruna for me is a below average player. I'll rate Rabiu ibrahim higher.

TheGoodJoe:
A tear drop almost left my eyes watching this video. Nigeria was robbed of a gem with the way Mikel Obi was handled.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC9F3ABqFxI

this match 🤦‍♂️ number one reason I couldn't be a Messi fan.

soetanoreoluwa:
Who's your pick?

For me it's Lookman, good Afcon outing, very decent in the league and superb in Europa

codemaniacs:
Lookman is not shy...

Some people are reserved or introverts..

Lookman is probably an introvert who likes playing football and lives in a country with hundreds of football academies with a path to been a professional footballer and ended up been a professional footballer..

There were people in your childhood who could have been good footballers but lack of football academies with a path to becoming a professional footballer prevented them from taking football seriously..

Yea maybe an introvert, even his academic coach said something like that.

Darell2002:
What does Rome have to do with it

it just to spice up the commentary, I was looking forward to see him mention Nigeria.

isan:
Atalanta dey find Nigerians trouble

if you observe lookman very well, you will notice he's a kinda shy person, maybe that's why you might not see him as often as

Peter Drury on Lookman's goal: " From the city of Rome to the land of Dublin, the wonder boy strikes again from the pool of riverside.. a moment of sheer brilliance.. remember the name Ademola Lookman.. the wonder boy"

Mujtahida:
Why do we create so much fuss about Finidi not starting Lookman in the friendly against Mali?

It's a non issue. Lookman is now an integral part of our attack and Finidi cannot leave him out in serious matches.

i was also mad at finidi for not using lookman in both friendly games. An opportunity to try out your formation using your best players. I forgot he said formation doesn't matter 😂

Lookman is an incredible player, played 3 finals just this year, lost first two, the winning this with an outstanding performance.

highness25:
Tinubu losing Lagos was all planned for... He lost presidential and won governorship in Lagos that alone should tell you that everything was well planned.

Oga that's false, nothing was planned out, tinubu losing Lagos was never foresee, if the presidential and governorship election was conducted on same day, apc would have lost both. Apc losing presidential was a wake up call to tinubu and Lagos governor.

idahme:
Why while you understand? You don't have to understand because you didn't have anything to say to that. I have even seen that bolded happen in church where I was lost in taught as a kid to why such will Happen to a purple whose language doesn't tow the line of the Igbos, this familiarity has lead people to call their wards an Igbo names because of these and when you see these names you will then conclude they are igbo people just as you are asserting it is only when you hear them speak that you will understand their language has nothing to do with the Igbo language.

Such deterioration of culture has been going on for so long to an extent some language in Rivers State is now endangered according to UN report typical example is the IBANI language spoken by indigenous people of Opobo and Bonny areas of Rivers State.

oga you are diverting from our main point of our discussion which is the igbo looking names and you saying you can tell their lgas but looking at the names. You won't drag me into what you are trying to bring in.