NewStats: 3,262,167 , 8,176,293 topics. Date: Sunday, 01 June 2025 at 05:53 AM 3tr2m

mowah:

We can bro, it’s just tactics. The Super Eagles have a fragile loophole which is the fact that we don’t have a goalkeeper that can make “a few good saves” everything else is fine that was why Peseiro played negative football to shield the goalkeeper as much as possible, Nwabali is quite bellow average even in African standards but masks it with his theaterics and faux confidence which spectacle loving Nigerian fans can’t see through. The fact that we missed so many chances yesterday is unavoidable in life and will always happen once in a while, it is important to always have a robust last line to prevent a black swan event such as the Zimbabwean equalizer yesterday. The playoffs is looking more like our reality day by day but we’ll be worse off there if we don’t find a good GK due to it’s volatile and unpredictable nature as only robust/antifragile teams make it through not the better team. I really think Chelle and NFF should manhunt for a new GK in Europe like Atobolu and the rest.

Lol Nwabali below average
I disagree with this comment
Our best goalie since Carl Ikeme
He brought stability in between the poles
You can’t keep exposing your goalie carelessly and not expect to concede
Dude has been helping us
Nwabali is the best goalie we have
Bad performance from our defense & midfield as well as Chelle not making the right subs cost us the game
Fatigue at the back led to lack of concentration
They were overwhelmed by the Zimbabweans
And we conceded
We couldn’t contain them, poor game management
Can’t believe they were running on our flanks like that
Bruno couldn’t even get game time
It’s very normal for the best goalies in the world to make mistakes once in a while if they can’t contain the opponent’s attack

Mujtahida:

I regret that you weren't appointed. At least half time you go check this thread for suggestions know how to do sub.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Odunayaw:
Simon made good crosses first half. Osimhen's header that hit the bar. Inconsistent crosses yes, but he was'nt one direction

The problem with our inverted winter style is what happens in the box. Players don't interpret space. No one is trying to drag players to free another, or one looking to position himself.

Only Osimhen and Fisayo seems to know how to position themselves around the box. Fisayo's goal against SA and Victor's own yesterday. Class movement

My problem was that many times he'd want to create space for himself before crossing and Osimhen will be in the box waiting.
It's not easy sha. But e pain me

Amethyst101:
48 countries will be going to the WC and we can't even qualify!!

If only the rest of the team can show just half the ion and determination Osimhen shows, then we could do better. They just keep frustrating the guy's efforts.

For those dreaming of finishing in the top 4 2nd place teams and qualifying for the playoffs and so on...

You can dead those thoughts. As of now, 6 countries who are in 2nd place already have 12+ points. Heck, even 4 teams that are presently in 3rd place have 10 points, 10 points, 10 points and 12 points. 3rd place teams oh

What a shame
It is well oh

Let's keep hope alive.
Never give up. It's not over till the final whistle.

elyte89:
Come to think of it…this could be a blessing in disguise guys cos from findings it shows dt the 3points will be deducted for sure and if that will happen,it means we still av d World Cup qualification in our hands

Now let’s assume dis scenario played out in a must win game against Benin 🇧🇯 in d last game for us to qualify…so many ppu will have heart attack 😀😀😀😀


So guys we re still in it …3points will be deducted from SA CONFIRMED.

iffa hear say i give up make i knw wetin cos am…SA deserve to be at the world cup, that one na them concern, if we see a spot to be stolen legally oga we go tiff that spot, by that time SA will now realize that there is a particular witch-hunting 9ja football has over theirs…if them deduct 3points from SA if i no blow the whistle of world cup qualification hope for this page mae i know wetin cos…shey CIV deserve to win afcon ni….people wey dem dey beat blue black for group stage, just from no where steal qualification to round 16 and boom they are lifting the cup….1 thing i feel about CHELLE im sure he has seen the eba players in this squad and wont wanna go with them in september fixtures….make FIFA/CAF no just tell CHELLE say dem don deduct SA point oo, else he will set his eyes on a possible qualification again oo

yinkeys:


Lol Nwabali below average
I disagree with this comment
Our best goalie since Carl Ikeme
He brought stability in between the poles
You can’t keep exposing your goalie carelessly and not expect to concede
Dude has been helping us
Nwabali is the best goalie we have
Bad performance from our defense & midfield as well as Chelle not making the right subs cost us the game

Nwabali looks good because of how bad Uzoho was, I still insist he isn’t first choice material and we can do better. You have an interesting take though and I appreciate your insight

mowah:

Nwabali looks good because of how bad Uzoho was, I still insist he isn’t first choice material and we can do better. You have an interesting take though and I appreciate your insight

Who is first choice material?
Okoye?
Nwabali is the best we have currently

Guys don't want to further dash hopes but I think as far as the yellow card brouhaha is concerned it might be a case of otilor.

Apparently the complaint ought to have been made 24 hours after the match.

Worth exploring anyway

https://businessday.ng/sports/article/world-cup-qualifiers-south-africa-may-lose-three-points-for-fielding-ineligible-player/

Dannyxy:
SA, ZIM, CAR, BENIN, and all the other teams that have won or drawn us, are not good enough to beat us, but over the years Nigerian Super Eagles have lost that fear factor. Nigeria has players to dominate Africa, it’s not a fluke that we produce two African best back to back, it’s not a fluke we have players breaking records for their clubs and winning things, we have one of, if not the best set of players in Africa.

But what is the issue? let’s look in-depth and forget emotions of “our players are this or that”, last Afcon, Nigeria players played only 60% of their capacity and got to the finals of the Afcon, meaning this team is underperforming overwhelmingly when it comes to qualifiers especially home games. Our F.A needs to sit up, get things rightly, stop pressuring or picking players for the coach, all this nonsense technical committee should hands off and let the coach work, we need to get a stadium in a state with the best weather all year round, and play to our home advantage, a state that has good weather, will see our players always not gassing out, we need a a lot psychological boosting for our players, we need to make Nigeria a fortress again, remind them what it means to fight till the end, and if any player is being complacent and not bringing Osimhen energy from the first blast, scrap him out, when you wear the national team jersey you are a soldier carrying the smiles and hope of 200 million people, let them play their heart out and loose, one day we will get right, but I don’t see a Nigeria team with their head in the game fighting and playing like warriors loosing to any bloody team in Africa, talk less of this little team, this issue is whole-sum and we need to get the players working, no amount lamentations will solve it, but practical approach.

Let’s see this boys fight till the last minute, and play to their strengths, let me see which South Africa will escape.

Maybe they should hire a psychologist for the Super Eagles. Kanu once said our players have a psychological problem. They seem scared and unmotivated fir success. Success is psychological and inspirational.
Also, the team needs a mature tactician. An intelligent coach who knows how to use the players and a motivational person. Psychologically, these boys are nit ready to play. I'm not talking of talent. Just their mind set. They are not mentality monsters.
Tom saintfelt shouldnhave being hired. He has more experience for African football. We had the chance but blew it.

They seem like manchester united. Just living on past glory. Some good players but just mediocre results

Dannyxy:
SA, ZIM, CAR, BENIN, and all the other teams that have won or drawn us, are not good enough to beat us, but over the years Nigerian Super Eagles have lost that fear factor. Nigeria has players to dominate Africa, it’s not a fluke that we produce two African best back to back, it’s not a fluke we have players breaking records for their clubs and winning things, we have one of, if not the best set of players in Africa.

But what is the issue? let’s look in-depth and forget emotions of “our players are this or that”, last Afcon, Nigeria players played only 60% of their capacity and got to the finals of the Afcon, meaning this team is underperforming overwhelmingly when it comes to qualifiers especially home games. Our F.A needs to sit up, get things rightly, stop pressuring or picking players for the coach, all this nonsense technical committee should hands off and let the coach work, we need to get a stadium in a state with the best weather all year round, and play to our home advantage, a state that has good weather, will see our players always not gassing out, we need a a lot psychological boosting for our players, we need to make Nigeria a fortress again, remind them what it means to fight till the end, and if any player is being complacent and not bringing Osimhen energy from the first blast, scrap him out, when you wear the national team jersey you are a soldier carrying the smiles and hope of 200 million people, let them play their heart out and loose, one day we will get right, but I don’t see a Nigeria team with their head in the game fighting and playing like warriors loosing to any bloody team in Africa, talk less of this little team, this issue is whole-sum and we need to get the players working, no amount lamentations will solve it, but practical approach.

Let’s see this boys fight till the last minute, and play to their strengths, let me see which South Africa will escape.

I go blow your nose. No vex oh. How can you say we have the players to dominate africa

they should not deduct point from SA, come are some people okay on this page?…..oh so becos SA is in form they should now cheat abi?…..abeg abeg abeg mae some ppl gerrout abeg…when we were dismantling teams in 2018 and cheated by fielding Shehu why una dey blame NFF for making such mistake..fair weather fans…..God go punish anyone that will dubiously not deduct that point from SA, so Lesotho that struggled to hold rwanda away dont deserve to go to the world cup abi?…..e go shock una sa SA huge badluck is following SA when we go to their home and shock them after they have been deducted off point…you use ineligible to beat lesotho 2-0 and you say Lesotho should be cheated abi?….e no go better for who should that SA should not be punished for fielding an ineligible player…you wanna qualify to the world cup through your hard work mixed up jibiti abi?….abeg FIFA deduct that point make that group open again….yes we struggle against zimbabwe, but sha allow us see any loop hole to steal through into the world cup, we will grab it with both hands…”what do we wanna go play at the world cup”? yen yen yen….after waya saudi arabia 8-0 in 2002 world cup, them still play qualifiers of 2006 world cup to go and try their luck again in the next edition……CHELLE plss select players that can give us that Osimhen vibe abeg, even if the rugged player is in the quota system no prob

7demons:

Leave Afobear, by September we go still need him as sacrifice, aje.

😂😂😂 Afobear the sacrificial lamb

As an aside, those of you criticizing Peseiro, forget it, during Afcon we played beautiful, breathtaking football. Go back and watch our matches.

These SAn's no get joy.
Their pettiness is on another level.

Dannyxy:
This losses and draws are psychological, and this team does not know how to win in front of their fans, they play with less pressure away and do better. We must tackle this issue going forward. I don’t feel it’s about tactics or players, and if NFF doesn’t realize this, 10 years from now, we will still struggle even if we have world best on our team with pep as our coach.

We probably have to carry our home games to another country then Perhaps it's a spiritual problem cos I don't understand anymore

Jokes apart, the players themselves are the problem; anyone not brave enough to play for the national team with all their might and strength should be excused, period.

SA should better keep up their form till end of qualifiers, their own heart break will be so bad if they deduct that point and award 3-0 to lesotho….
Lesotho will now move to 9pts, 1points behind SA who will now be on 10points….hmmmm i so laugh at this qualifiers 🤣🤣….we dey play rubbish and SA is allowing us keep close tab with them🤣🤣hahahahahahaha i just pity those guys…it’s looking like football odds are against them…if them go dare deduct that point and group turns into
SA 10
Les 9
Ben 8
Rwa 8
Nig 7
Zim 4
they will have themselves to be blamed….las las Africa will keep saying SA deserve the world cup, at the end who qualify don qualify

Mujtahida:
As an aside, those of you criticizing Peseiro, forget it, during Afcon we played beautiful, breathtaking football. Go back and watch our matches.

You dey trigger me, bruv. Let's not go there. You know I was Paserio's big cheerleader!

To buttress my point, check a Liverpool team before Jurgen klopp, klopp came came and created monsters with great mentality, check athletics Madrid, check Argentina and most South American teams, first thing they have is a dogged mentality, that mentality which they translate to pitch.

Only Osimhen and sometimes Bassey has that mentality and approach, good thing we can instill it, a dogged mentality is needed for this players to thrive, we can’t keep playing like chickens when we have all it takes to fly , it’s all about mentality and not talent right now, so yes Osimhen screaming and reacting like he did yesterday was the best, maybe that will increase the toughness mentality in the team, they are so weak mentally, it started since 2014 after we won Afcon.
That’s why we lost to Algeria in that Afcon, lost to Tunisia and also lost to Ivory in big games, also why we are where we are.
I might be alone with this view but then patterns don’t lie.

Infact I dare say without that mentality we should not go to the World Cup it will be same average performance, but if for some reason our players are able to gain toughness mentally and win the remaining games , grow in mentality, they will qualify and do some explosive exploits at the World Cup.
This is blessing in disguise, they must wake up their mentality.

Nwabali below average?

See fans that are advising NFF and Chelle

minfelix:
SA should better keep up their form till end of qualifiers, their own heart break will be so bad if they deduct that point and award 3-0 to lesotho….
Lesotho will now move to 9pts, 1points behind SA who will now be on 10points….hmmmm i so laugh at this qualifiers 🤣🤣….we dey play rubbish and SA is allowing us keep close tab with them🤣🤣hahahahahahaha i just pity those guys…it’s looking like football odds are against them…if them go dare deduct that point and group turns into
SA 10
Les 9
Ben 8
Rwa 8
Nig 7
Zim 4
they will have themselves to be blamed….las las Africa will keep saying SA deserve the world cup, at the end who qualify don qualify

This group is still very open

Goke7:


We probably have to carry our home games to another country then Perhaps it's a spiritual problem cos I don't understand anymore

Jokes apart, the players themselves are the problem; anyone not brave enough to play for the national team with all their might and strength should be excused, period.

light mentality is so huge in football but we undermine it a lot in Africa, mentality is what feeds character, and any team that would win anything must have it, for a long time the mentality of the super eagles as a bunch has been so inconsistent, only little flashes here and there, but the super eagles and Nigeria as a whole does not have a winners mentality right now, and we do not have character.

Infact only few African teams have that mentality, every game is a World Cup final, every game is worth something once you play in your national team, this is the mentality of the European and South Americans, that’s why they are winning the World Cup, yes there is talent, but then a huge part is mentality and character, we need to build it as an F.A, as a country and as a continent, else World Cup will be just be to go sign attendance.

And only Morocco in Africa as at now can do well at the world cup again if it should start today.

If Chelle wants to win that SA game, he better use the Peseiro Afcon approach but drill the team to hack them under 30mins. There's no guarantee this team won't concede vs SA at this rate with the way goals just dey enter anyhow.

chrisooblog:
Guys don't want to further dash hopes but I think as far as the yellow card brouhaha is concerned it might be a case of otilor.

Apparently the complaint ought to have been made 24 hours after the match.

Worth exploring anyway

https://businessday.ng/sports/article/world-cup-qualifiers-south-africa-may-lose-three-points-for-fielding-ineligible-player/

fifa rules stand on its own and South Africa broke the rule, why una no get this this thing.
It’s not a court case, that you need to petition before you are punished.

Mujtahida:

My problem was that many times he'd want to create space for himself before crossing and Osimhen will be in the box waiting.
It's not easy sha. But e pain me

Moses many time was on his own. Him against 2 defenders. Chelle no try as Aina de LB. Terrible

I for just put 10k over the two matches that Osimhen will score🤦🏼🤦🏼….That away against Benin, e sure me Osimhen for score, the home game against Lesotho e sure me Osimhen for score, the away game against Zimbabwe e sure me Osimhen for score…at this juncture if Tinubu wants to go and coach us no wahala, just put Osimhen on the field abeg we must score…
imagine All other strikers 6 games 0 zero goal
Osimhen 2games 3goals
only iheanacho cam just sneak in his big belle to claim 1goal……
Osimhen belongs to the super eagles of 1994 to 2004.
Players Like Amokachi,Amunike,Yekini,Ikepba,Oliseh,Okocha,Martins,Aghahowa,Siasia,Uche Okechkwu,Babngida,Osaze,utaka and OSIMHEN is what we want in super eagles…

To be fair na the same Aina for LB give Osimhen assist for him goal.

Odunayaw:
Moses many time was on his own. Him against 2 defenders. Chelle no try as Aina de LB. Terrible

Dannyxy:
light mentality is so huge in football but we undermine it a lot in Africa, mentality is what feeds character, and any team that would win anything must have it, for a long time the mentality of the super eagles as a bunch has been so inconsistent, only little flashes here and there, but the super eagles and Nigeria as a whole does not have a winners mentality right now, and we do not have character.

Infact only few African teams have that mentality, every game is a World Cup final, every game is worth something once you play in your national team, this is the mentality of the European and South Americans, that’s why they are winning the World Cup, yes there is talent, but then a huge part is mentality and character, we need to build it as an F.A, as a country and as a continent, else World Cup will be just be to go sign attendance.

And only Morocco in Africa as at now can do well at the world cup again if it should start today.

Going by all that you have been saying, not more than 5 players are currently mentally fit to be in the National team.

solonnachi:


This group is still very open

SA no doubt are the best team in this group, but you see that power they are giving to Lesotho, and that breathing space they are giving to Nigeria will hint them….i prefer to watch super eagles away than watch them in Abuja or Uyo, they have successfully made us the underdog in this group, them go too xenophobic our brothers over there if we shock them in their country in september…..like this i agree we no good, but im sure at the Afcon the round 16 match between CIV and Senegal was already a walk over for so many fans of senegal…the thing shock them….9ja is very poor but you see that Mentality we have over SA is what is keeping us well guarded against them…they played us clean clean at the afcon but we sent them packing

chrisooblog:
To be fair na the same Aina for LB give Osimhen assist for him goal.

Yes. We appreciate it. Aina could have given more if he played his preferred position sha

Our alternate strikers no try at all.

Even in the hey days of baba Yekini as the SE goal king Amokachi and Siasia could still be counted on.

minfelix:
I for just put 10k over the two matches that Osimhen will score🤦🏼🤦🏼….That away against Benin, e sure me Osimhen for score, the home game against Lesotho e sure me Osimhen for score, the away game against Zimbabwe e sure me Osimhen for score…at this juncture if Tinubu wants to go and coach us no wahala, just put Osimhen on the field abeg we must score…
imagine All other strikers 6 games 0 zero goal
Osimhen 2games 3goals
only iheanacho cam just sneak in his big belle to claim 1goal……
Osimhen belongs to the super eagles of 1994 to 2004.
Players Like Amokachi,Amunike,Yekini,Ikepba,Oliseh,Okocha,Martins,Aghahowa,Siasia,Uche Okechkwu,Babngida,Osaze,utaka and OSIMHEN is what we want in super eagles…

I'm at peace that Chelle has a disciplinary mind. Make we see sha

I no sabi how not to have hope