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Joezinho: 12:56pm On Mar 23
I heard Chelle bars journalists and fans from Super Eagles training.

Our national team is the only team I know that allows clowns and jesters with cameras into the camp.. Everyone will be asking nonsense questions and players will be answering like mumu..
Boniface have created a million contents in camp, 0 goals..

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emma2018: 1:01pm On Mar 23
Samueltemi337:


The club world cup will also play a role
Osimhen and Lookman can move to a bigger club playing in the club world cup before the competition starts
And Hakimi also stand a chance

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BankyGee(m): 1:07pm On Mar 23
šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¹šŸ‡· Victor Osimhen is not slowing down anytime soon this season for club and country! 😤

For Galatasaray:
šŸŽ® 30 appearances
⚽ 26 goals
šŸ…°ļø 05 assists

For Nigeria:
šŸŽ® 5 games
⚽ 4 goals

For Galatasaray & Nigeria:
šŸŽ® 35 appearances
⚽ 30 goals
šŸ…°ļø 05 assists

He has 35 direct goal contributions in 35 appearances for both club and country this season! Monster! King of Strikers šŸ¦šŸ‘‘šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬
āœšŸ¾: #BankyGSports

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charlesemeka85(m): 1:20pm On Mar 23
Joezinho:
I heard Chelle bars journalists and fans from Super Eagles training.

Our national team is the only team I know that allows clowns and jesters with cameras into the camp.. Everyone will be asking nonsense questions and players will be answering like mumu..
Boniface have created a million contents in camp, 0 goals..
boniface don suffer 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Setaleonoz(m): 2:28pm On Mar 23
Mujtahida:

We have tried strikers with good balance (Moffi, Dessers), none could come close to him. We have tried tall strikers (Onuachu, Sadiq, Boniface) (the jury is not yet out on Tolu) they don't even come within a stretch of Osimhen.

This is a problem ooo
We simply use Lookman if osimhen is not around
yinkeys(m): 2:46pm On Mar 23
BankyGee:
šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¹šŸ‡· Victor Osimhen is not slowing down anytime soon this season for club and country! 😤

For Galatasaray:
šŸŽ® 30 appearances
⚽ 26 goals
šŸ…°ļø 05 assists

For Nigeria:
šŸŽ® 5 games
⚽ 4 goals

For Galatasaray & Nigeria:
šŸŽ® 35 appearances
⚽ 30 goals
šŸ…°ļø 05 assists

He has 35 direct goal contributions in 35 appearances for both club and country this season! Monster! King of Strikers šŸ¦šŸ‘‘šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬
āœšŸ¾: #BankyGSports
The other strikers need to fight for striker number 2 & 3 spot

Awoniyi needs to fight his way back into Forests starting line up by September or else he may not make World Cup or AFCON winning list

Moffi needs to recover ASAP , he’s technically gifted. He makes it look natural like he went to football academy in England or Spain

Sadiq needs to be consistent in almighty la liga

Gift Orban who I personally think is a hustler should get more goals

Boniface doesn’t play like a natural striker or should I say doesn’t have a natural strikers instinct when he plays for Nigeria

Arokodare i haven’t watched a lot of his games to conclude (I’ve seen highlights & tap ins)

Dessers might actually stand a chance to make that list if he keeps scoring in Europa league, surely he won’t be denied. Nigerians don’t rate Scottish league

I don’t know if Onuachu will make the list from the Championship, except he goes back to Belgium on loan maybe.

Is this really the end of Kelechi Iheanacho’s super eagles career? I Gernot Rohr dropped him just before AFCON 2019, he revived his career. Will it happen again ? Iheanacho is 28 years old
I believe Man City messed his style up by changing his football position, it appears this affects a lot of footballers.

Chrisantus Uche needs to be in this team
We have 2 proven world class players in the team, maybe we could have 3

If we get to the World Cup & the team list is 100% based on merit. I believe we could beat all the non World Cup winners including taking down a few of the 8 World Cup winners.
(I mean I could see us beating Holland, USA, Croatia, Japan, Sweden, Australia etc comfortably)
Maybe I’m dreaming grin

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Mujtahida: 2:50pm On Mar 23
Sometimes in this giddy air of excitement, I wish I was a boy again. There's a special sweetness football had when I was a child. I pray naija wins a major tourney so that just as I basked in the joy of Tunisia 94 and Atlanta 96, the young ones of today can have such national memories to tap from when they are older.

There's this place in Wurukum in Makurdi. My mum used to send me on errands to go buy accessories - zip, buttons, stay, thread etc - for her tailoring. Omo, one man used to sell posters (sorry Gen Z, una fit no sabi the kind poster I'm referring to) at a spot close to the shops I buy the accessories. I used to stop by there and I'd be lost in a trance looking at those posters. It was simply magical.

Any time I went on such errands, I'd go pay homage to this glittering monument of national achievement. It was so endearingly beautiful with renewed charm every time I set my eyes on the posters. The magic never wore off.

I pray we win again

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BankyGee(m): 2:54pm On Mar 23
yinkeys:

The other strikers need to fight for striker number 2 & 3 spot

Awoniyi needs to fight his way back into Forests starting line up by September or else he may not make World Cup or AFCON winning list

Moffi needs to recover ASAP , he’s technically gifted. He makes it look natural like he went to football academy in England or Spain

Sadiq needs to be consistent in almighty la liga

Gift Orban who I personally think is a hustler should get more goals

Boniface doesn’t play like a natural striker or should I say doesn’t have a natural strikers instinct when he plays for Nigeria

Arokodare i haven’t watched a lot of his games to conclude (I’ve seen highlights & tap ins)

Dessers might actually stand a chance to make that list if he keeps scoring in Europe, surely he won’t be denied

I don’t know if Onuachu will make the list from the Championship, except he goes back to Belgium on loan maybe.

Is this really the end of Kelechi Iheanacho’s super eagles career? I Gernot Rohr dropped him just before AFCON 2019, he revived his career. Will it happen again ? Iheanacho is 28 years old
I believe Man City messed his style up by changing his football position, it appears this affects a lot of footballers.

Chrisantus Uche needs to be in this team
We have 2 proven world class players in the team, maybe we could have 3

If we get to the World Cup & the team list is 100% based on merit. I believe we could beat all the non World Cup winners including taking down a few of the 8 World Cup winners.
(I mean I could see us beating Holland, USA, Croatia, Japan, Sweden, Australia etc comfortably)
Maybe I’m dreaming grin
Holland - No
USA - Yes
Croatia - No
Sweden - Yes
Australia - Yes
Japan - Maybe

All on paper, but if we wan turn am to fight we fit beat all of them with this squad and some tweaks šŸ˜
yinkeys(m): 2:57pm On Mar 23
Mujtahida:
Sometimes in this giddy air of excitement, I wish I was a boy again. There's a special sweetness football had when I was a child. I pray naija wins a major tourney so that just as I basked in the joy of Tunisia 94 and Atlanta 96, the young ones of today can have such national memories to tap from when they are older.

There's this place in Wurukum in Makurdi. My mum used to send me on errands to go buy accessories for her tailoring. Omo, one man used to sell posters (sorry Gen Z, una fit no sabi the kind poster I'm referring to). I used to stop by there and I'd be lost in a trance. Any time I go on such errand, I must go pay homage to this glittering monument of national achievement. It was beautiful with renewed charm every time I set my eyes on the posters. The magic never wore off.
Everyone knows the best player is between Yekini & Kanu.
I pick Kanu for global recognition
He demolished Chelsea in 99 & made so many West Africans become Arsenal fans grin
96 Olympics seem like a fair tournament, unlike World Cup because in the Olympics every continent is represented equally
I guess it’s because Europeans & their companies largely actually fund global football
Total is CAF’s partner too lol
Every continent should have equal representation at the World Cup just like Olympics, let’s see whether an African team won’t get to a final
yinkeys(m): 3:01pm On Mar 23
BankyGee:

Holland - No
USA - Yes
Croatia - No
Sweden - Yes
Australia - Yes
Japan - Maybe

All on paper, but if we wan turn am to fight we fit beat all of them with this squad and some tweaks šŸ˜
You are underrating Scandinavian teams lol
Denmark, Sweden have always gotten the W against us the few times we met them
I believe Uche, Osimhen & Lookman will be a deadly combo for many teams
I think these are the 3 world class players we have, even though Uche is yet to prove himself
I may add Ola Aina too, have you seen his crazy long throws lol grin
Aina’s agent should try to help him get to Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid
Hoping we can balance the team out
I somewhat like how Chukwueze was used in the last game against Rwanda
Osimhen really impressed me in the 1st half against Rwanda, he was deadly- 1 clear cut chance & 2 goals scored
He created the 2nd goal himself, he’s missed 1 on 1’s like that in the past & I wasn’t sure he would take the opportunity with this but VO9 was clinical (world class)
Tiny margins make up victories in the world cup
Henrik Larson was clinical in 2002 against Nigeria, that’s why Sweden beat Nigeria

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Sugarboyy(m): 3:07pm On Mar 23
yinkeys:

You are underrating Scandinavian teams lol
Denmark, Sweden have always gotten the W against us the few times we met them
I believe Uche, Osimhen & Lookman will be a deadly combo for many teams
I think these are the 3 world class players we have, even though Uche is yet to prove himself
I may add Ola Aina too, have you seen his crazy long throws lol grin
Aina’s agent should try to help him get to Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid
Hoping we can balance the team out
I somewhat like how Chukwueze was used in the last game against Rwanda
The thing tire me, some players agent they fvckup.
Real Madrid doesn't have a natural RB and Aina is at Forest. Even Man City needs Aina more than he needs them.

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Sugarboyy(m): 3:09pm On Mar 23
yinkeys:

The other strikers need to fight for striker number 2 & 3 spot

Awoniyi needs to fight his way back into Forests starting line up by September or else he may not make World Cup or AFCON winning list

Moffi needs to recover ASAP , he’s technically gifted. He makes it look natural like he went to football academy in England or Spain

Sadiq needs to be consistent in almighty la liga

Gift Orban who I personally think is a hustler should get more goals

Boniface doesn’t play like a natural striker or should I say doesn’t have a natural strikers instinct when he plays for Nigeria

Arokodare i haven’t watched a lot of his games to conclude (I’ve seen highlights & tap ins)

Dessers might actually stand a chance to make that list if he keeps scoring in Europa league, surely he won’t be denied. Nigerians don’t rate Scottish league

I don’t know if Onuachu will make the list from the Championship, except he goes back to Belgium on loan maybe.

Is this really the end of Kelechi Iheanacho’s super eagles career? I Gernot Rohr dropped him just before AFCON 2019, he revived his career. Will it happen again ? Iheanacho is 28 years old
I believe Man City messed his style up by changing his football position, it appears this affects a lot of footballers.

Chrisantus Uche needs to be in this team
We have 2 proven world class players in the team, maybe we could have 3

If we get to the World Cup & the team list is 100% based on merit. I believe we could beat all the non World Cup winners including taking down a few of the 8 World Cup winners.
(I mean I could see us beating Holland, USA, Croatia, Japan, Sweden, Australia etc comfortably)
Maybe I’m dreaming grin
Another player that I think can go highly playing for a bigger club in his career is Bassey. He has tremendously improved and those silly mistakes he is known for has minimised

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BankyGee(m): 3:12pm On Mar 23
yinkeys:

You are underrating Scandinavian teams lol
Denmark, Sweden have always gotten the W against us the few times we met them
I believe Uche, Osimhen & Lookman will be a deadly combo for many teams
I think these are the 3 world class players we have, even though Uche is yet to prove himself
I may add Ola Aina too, have you seen his crazy long throws lol grin
Aina’s agent should try to help him get to Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid
Hoping we can balance the team out
I somewhat like how Chukwueze was used in the last game against Rwanda

These present Scandinavian teams no really really sharp go far like that 😁

Our defence and attack are world-class in my opinion, we just need few tweaks to the midfield to have a complete world-class squad, and make other attackers turn up...

I don't even know why I'm having the feeling that Boniface will cook against European teams if we eventually get to the World Cup šŸ¤”
yinkeys(m): 3:13pm On Mar 23
Sugarboyy:

The thing tire me, some players agent they fvckup.
Real Madrid doesn't have a natural RB and Aina is at Forest. Even Man City needs Aina more than he needs them.
We don’t have Work horse box to box midfielders & Defensive midfielders that score goals
That’s why Ndidi & Onyeka aren’t classified as world class to me
I feel like Onyeka has more to offer
I need to watch more of Onyedikachi, I don’t think he’s as energetic as Onyeka though
Can we ever get a Kante, Rodri or Odegard ? Lol

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Kog45(m): 3:20pm On Mar 23
Mujtahida:

I have my eyes on Dessers and Awoniyi. Dessers might not charge like Osimhen but if I were the coach I will give him a chance. Awoniyi I really don't know how he fell off.
The lesser Osimhen is Awoniyi but very poor this season.I hope he shake things up..... Osimhen 75/80 mins Awoniyi 15/10 mins go be hell for defenders

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lordofstrings: 3:21pm On Mar 23
That stadium in kigali na world class. When they showed the outside i thought it's one of these European country. Neat, even the surrounding buildings had light

Chai!.
Nigeria my country embarassed
She can do better

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Blueelf: 3:22pm On Mar 23
Yea Fikayo Tomori made a mistake.

He will most likely never play for England

But hey, he made his decision right?

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Sugarboyy(m): 3:22pm On Mar 23
yinkeys:

We don’t have Work horse box to box midfielders & Defensive midfielders that score goals
That’s why Ndidi & Onyeka aren’t classified as world class to me
I feel like Onyeka has more to offer
I need to watch more of Onyedikachi, I don’t think he’s as energetic as Onyeka though
Can we ever get a Kante, Rodri or Odegard ? Lol
How many countries can boast of these midfielders that you mentioned? Some of the countries with these exceptional midfielders also lack other things, e.g Norway and their Defence.
If I'm the SE coach, I will always start Onyeka as my DM because of his work rate, Onyedika as my CM because the guy is good with ball control and controls the midfield better than Ndidi and either Bashiru or Iwobi as my AM (Bashiru is good at scoring from the midfield).

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Sugarboyy(m): 3:25pm On Mar 23
lordofstrings:
That stadium in kigali na world class. When they showed the outside i thought it's one of these European country. Neat, even the surrounding buildings had light

Chai!.
Nigeria my country embarassed
She can do better
Rwanda isn't rated the most clean country in africa and among the top in the world for nothing. It has nothing to do with their stadium, it's their general culture.

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yinkeys(m): 3:26pm On Mar 23
BankyGee:


These present Scandinavian teams no really really sharp go far like that 😁

Our defence and attack are world-class in my opinion, we just need few tweaks to the midfield to have a complete world-class squad, and make other attackers turn up...

I don't even know why I'm having the feeling that Boniface will cook against European teams if we eventually get to the World Cup šŸ¤”
Our centre backs are average, not world class
They can get the job done
We don’t have Rudiger, Van Dijk, Saliba, Ruben Dias, Akanji quality
These names up above are world class
Bassey, Ekong, Ogbu are decent. Not world class
South Africa will really test them, especially their pace
Did you see what Brighton’s Adingra did to Ola Aina in AFCON final? Our defense struggled to contain him
Truidstarr: 3:26pm On Mar 23
Udo and Iwu of Nigerian descent having a torrid time with Armenia against Georgia.
yinkeys(m): 3:29pm On Mar 23
BankyGee:


These present Scandinavian teams no really really sharp go far like that 😁

Our defence and attack are world-class in my opinion, we just need few tweaks to the midfield to have a complete world-class squad, and make other attackers turn up...

I don't even know why I'm having the feeling that Boniface will cook against European teams if we eventually get to the World Cup šŸ¤”
Denmark are one of the most organized football nations in the world
They may not have big names but never underrate their team chemistry
They’re always technically sound

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yinkeys(m): 3:32pm On Mar 23
lordofstrings:
That stadium in kigali na world class. When they showed the outside i thought it's one of these European country. Neat, even the surrounding buildings had light

Chai!.
Nigeria my country embarassed
She can do better
I don’t think it’s better than Senegal’s den

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AndSunGorilla: 3:33pm On Mar 23
Kog45:
The lesser Osimhen is Awoniyi but very poor this season.I hope he shake things up..... Osimhen 75/80 mins Awoniyi 15/10 mins go be hell for defenders
Awoniyi hasn't been poor sir. He just got unlucky as the team has exceeded expectations without him due to injury, coach's preference and of course Wood's impeccable form.
AndSunGorilla: 3:34pm On Mar 23
Blueelf:
Yea Fikayo Tomori made a mistake.

He will most likely never play for England

But hey, he made his decision right?
He.coud have chosen us or Canada.

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yinkeys(m): 3:36pm On Mar 23
Im happy NFF employed Chelle
ThƩ Mali team were very sound, we hope he can infuse his ideas fully in the team as we progress
I would study what he does fully against Russia
Maybe that’d be an avenue to test Nigeria’s.2nd and 3rd 11. To see who makes the cut
We have too many strikers eh
When we need only 3

Nigeria 3 - 0 Zimbabwe
Nwabali will be on holiday lol grin

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mekabuachi(f): 3:40pm On Mar 23
yinkeys:

Our centre backs are average, not world class
They can get the job done
We don’t have Rudiger, Van Dijk, Saliba quality
These names up above are world class
Bassey, Ekong, Ogbu are decent. Not world class
South Africa will really test them, especially their pace
Did you see what Brighton’s Adingra did to Ola Aina in AFCON final? Our defense struggled to contain him

Aina was injured during the finals.. but still begged the coach to play... he said he it himself in interviews severally.

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yinkeys(m): 3:44pm On Mar 23
Is Papa Daniels a DM or AM ?
Will he get play time ?
When are we gonna get the chance to see him play ?
Zimbabwe or Russia ?
yinkeys(m): 3:51pm On Mar 23
Sugarboyy:

How many countries can boast of these midfielders that you mentioned? Some of the countries with these exceptional midfielders also lack other things, e.g Norway and their Defence.
If I'm the SE coach, I will always start Onyeka as my DM because of his work rate, Onyedika as my CM because the guy is good with ball control and controls the midfield better than Ndidi and either Bashiru or Iwobi as my AM (Bashiru is good at scoring from the midfield).
We have our wingbacks & forwards bench sorted out
We just need to fix the midfielder & centre backs list.
We have too many DM’s in the team. I guess it’s difficult to find really good creative offensive midfielders
I guess Nigeria can’t produce Odegards, Palmer, de Bruyne & Ozil type of footballers because of lack of grassroot developmental facilities
We really need a magician in the middle, we have too many DMs
Obasogie & Maduka should also be tried in friendlies
Okoye still seems shaky to me in the Nigerian jersey, I say this because of the loss against Rwanda
We need a proper replacement for Nwabali in case he isn’t available
So Papa Daniel is a DM too ?

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Mujtahida: 3:59pm On Mar 23
Kog45:
The lesser Osimhen is Awoniyi but very poor this season.I hope he shake things up..... Osimhen 75/80 mins Awoniyi 15/10 mins go be hell for defenders
He's the closest to Osimhen in of style of play.

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Odunayaw(m): 4:01pm On Mar 23
yinkeys:
Is Papa Daniels a DM or AM ?
Will he get play time ?
When are we gonna get the chance to see him play ?
Zimbabwe or Russia ?
We get game with Russia truly?
yinkeys(m): 4:04pm On Mar 23
Odunayaw:
We get game with Russia truly?
lol friendly

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