NewStats: 3,261,971 , 8,175,724 topics. Date: Saturday, 31 May 2025 at 10:47 AM 2g303l

mekabuachi:
Whoever this new SE social media page handler is, deserves an award 👏👏

Why

charlesemeka85:
Out

Why was Tom Dele-Bashiru not invited, he's one of the few creative midfielders we have

minfelix:
oti chelle!!

I thought Onyedika and F. Dele Bashiru are injured, or have they recovered?

Is Leon Balogun injured?

LoverOfEvil:
Provisional list
Wait till they remove some names

KC, Musa and Aribo should be removed from the final list.

To still be calling up Musa in 2025 is a sackable offense in my humble opinion.

Onyedika starts for club brugge

daveP:
That list is loaded. They better get all 6 points. No excuses. We no wan hear story. Atallllll.

Anyway, na dem too e go pain anybody if they no show for World Cup. Na dem not even fans. Let's see how much they want this(in banky W accent)

omo e go pain die hard fans deeply ooo…although the boys will face severe backlash from fans oo.. many of them go off comment section

lexyman:
wetin Ahmed Musa dey do for there , even iheanacho , Aribo ... . they should all be replaced

I guess Ahmed musa made the squad as part of the coaching crew

Nobody should come and tell me it’s for football

chrisooblog:
Sadiq Umar's goal. Guy is an enigma. Capable of magical moments like below but terribly inconsistent.

https://x.com/SSE_NGA/status/1896892499605742036

other Nigerian to have scored something similar was Kanu.

Subzerooo:


Why was Tom Dele-Bashiru not invited, he's one of the few creative midfielders we have

hmmmmm 🤦‍♀️

zicky:
other Nigerian to have scored something similar was Kanu.

yes against boro 99/2000 season

minfelix:

omo e go pain die hard fans deeply ooo…although the boys will face severe backlash from fans oo.. many of them go off comment section

I still the riots in Abuja stadium. 😂

But this set will be totally and forever silent if they fail to go anywhere. Infact not even an AFCON trophy win will lift that embarrassment if they fail to qualify for WC. It's that bad.


For now, it is helpful seeing they mean business this time. If Chelle can have some "the boss" aura of Late Stephen Keshi, e go good.

mrwilliams9:


KC, Musa and Aribo should be removed from the final list.

To still be calling up Musa in 2025 is a sackable offense in my humble opinion.

To me that's an nff chess move. Na dem fit do that kine thing. Since Rohr, they influence the list till date. Evidence plenty. That aribo invite too.

charlesemeka85:
Out

Two names make me glad


Dessers and Chrisantus

I hope they're ready to shut everyone up

daveP:


I still the riots in Abuja stadium. 😂

But this set will be totally and forever silent if they fail to go anywhere. Infact not even an AFCON trophy win will lift that embarrassment if they fail to qualify for WC. It's that bad.


For now, it is helpful seeing they mean business this time. If Chelle can have some "the boss" aura of Late Stephen Keshi, e go good.

couple with say SA will now qualify ahead of us…omo we don be ooo, dem go too roast us…i prefer Benin or Rwa making their world cup debut ooo….no shaking sha we still dey there

Subzerooo:


Why was Tom Dele-Bashiru not invited, he's one of the few creative midfielders we have

Una don start again

Truidstarr:
Una don start again

my brother 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Musa, Iheanacho and Al Hassan Abu una no wan go world cup?

LoverOfEvil:
When you release a list of 39 players is it possible not to accommodate everyone?

We’ve seen 40 man list in the past and we know how it was 😂

Hala Madrid 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I just tire
I saw Ahmed Musa on the list, I just weak.

This is a political list drawn up to pacify everyone. I hope this will not bring doom to Chelle

minfelix:

couple with say SA will now qualify ahead of us…omo we don be ooo, dem go too roast us…i prefer Benin or Rwa making their world cup debut ooo….no shaking sha we still dey there

Let's sha see werin Chelle wan sele.

Goke7:
Looks like the new coach is also on nairaland 😂 cos he has almost satisfied all the gladiators here, Una well done here o

As in eh!!!!
The man just settle quarrel with the list.

M7even:

By who...since 2015 when we last won the under 17 world title. The Osimhen and Chukweze's set. It's been ten good years now. Since we last found a group of local groom young prospect for the eagles. While Iheanacho , Awoniyi and Ndidi have paid their dues with time, they only remain in the discussion of our national team simply because of their experience. Their success at the youth level was good enough to qualify them as regular national team players.

Seeing Ahmed Musa and the likes sends a wrong message signal to some of us , i am now of the opinion that Otichelle is not solely in charge of the team ,there are some external factors and influences .... player should qualify by merit . not political affiliation or god fatherism .. abi na by quota system

lexyman:



Seeing Ahmed Musa and the likes sends a wrong message signal to some of us , i am now of the opinion that Otichelle is not solely in charge of the team ,their some external factors and influences .... player should qualify by merit . not political affiliation or god fatherism .. abi na by quota system

The 23 man list is d koko. Me I no dey tear my pant for this list. Patiently waiting for the 23.

Ndah
Orban
Ilenikhena

yinkeys:
Ndah
Orban
Ilenikhena

this una Ndah wey just return from injury?😳

Nawaooo

comodo:

The 23 man list is d koko. Me I no dey tear my pant for this list. Patiently waiting for the 23.

make we dey wait

lexyman:



Seeing Ahmed Musa and the likes sends a wrong message signal to some of us , i am now of the opinion that Otichelle is not solely in charge of the team ,there are some external factors and influences .... player should qualify by merit . not political affiliation or god fatherism .. abi na by quota system

Nigerian politicians never learn/change
Don’t be surprised if we don’t qualify
S/Africa football is better run, forget about big names the game is a team sport
A prepared & properly trained group with team chemistry would beat us any day

yinkeys:

Nigerian politicians never learn
Don’t be surprised if we don’t qualify
S/Africa football is better run, forget about big names the game is a team sport
A prepared & properly trained group with team chemistry would beat us any day

I don't understand. If we qualify fir tge world cup and di well in the competition, the politicians will have more money to steal. From a selfish point of view it will be better for us to get to the semi final of the 2026 world cup. Then nigerian football will attract more money that can be stolen
These our politicians are so shout sighted that they are even cheating themselves. World Cup qualifiers will end in 8 months time. The short sightedness and greed bothers on a psychological problem.
So how much money will they steal if we don't qualify for the world cup

lexyman:



Seeing Ahmed Musa and the likes sends a wrong message signal to some of us , i am now of the opinion that Otichelle is not solely in charge of the team ,there are some external factors and influences .... player should qualify by merit . not political affiliation or god fatherism .. abi na by quota system

On à serious note, Ahmed Musa is one of the best performers in the NPFL. On the basis of that, I don't think his inclusion on the provisional list is bad.

Can't musa himself retire? What else does he wants, already won Afcon, multiple world Cup appearances, all time cap bagged, at this point he's just blocking someone's else spot