dijon:
Patriotism isn’t always about local solutions.

Patriotism is about wanting the best for the country even if the solution is foreign while also closing the recognized gaps and improving on the local solution to be at par with foreign solutions.

Our local media and NPFL apologist damaged SE.

Thank you. Blind patriotism will be the death of many.

codemaniacs:




If there was corruption, godfatherism, tribalism, favouritism, nepotism then Finidi would have never gotten the S.E job it will be Ndubuisi Egbo that would have gotten the job..

if there was tribalism then the N.F.F will be filled with mainly Igbos, Yorubas and Hausas

if there was tribalism then the S.E would have topped the group because the Igbos, Yorubas would have done everything to ensure their foreign born players are capped.. how would Eze, Tella be invited and not capped that is madness..

if there was tribalism then the S.E would have a playing pattern because most of the players will come from one ethnic nation and would understand each other better the same way the Catalans helped Spain win the Euros and World Cup and created a playing pattern that the whole of Spain has adopted and integrated if it was Nigeria another ethnic nation would have rubbished and talked down on the pattern..

if there was tribalism then the S.E would play as a unit because most of them will come from the same academy..

the only way S.E can do well is for both government and private sector to invest in training facilities... that's the way France gets people from different cultures to blend and play well and they also maintain the Coach Deschamps that took them to finals...

You cannot get people from different cultures who don't train together often and don't have a playing and coaching pattern to dominate games they will have to play Mourinho or Simeone pattern of football..

If I pick a team based on corruption, godfatherism, tribalism, favouritism, nepotism and with foreign born players then my starting 11 will be:

Karim Adeyemi as LSS
Elijah Adebayo or Osimhen as CF
Lookman as CAM/SS
Saka as RW/RSS ( if he wasn't capped by england ) or Amoo regardless of his issues.
Onyedika as CM
Tijani or Onyeka as DM
Osho or Udogie as LB
Alaba as CB
Akanji or Ekong as CB
Ola Aina as RB
Okoye as GK

Rubbish. Take this garbage talk to the shitty politics section.

South Africa is going to the World Cup. Congratulations in advance to Bafana Bafana.

Gajagojo:

Football is not won by So called " better players "

It is set up

Now what is set up?

You are going for world cup qualifiers and do not appoint a coach.
You allow the previous coach's contract to lapse two games into the campaign before appointing a coach in the middle of the campaign after two shameful draws
Finidi took two friendly games . Was he provided with assistants or resources? No he was alone
During those friendlies did the players all turn up?
Even now will be be allowed the same assistants that Peseiro had. Learn to was not doing coaching,tactics ,drills etc by himself. He brought his people and even Finidi was part of that


Finidi is just there as the face of the person Nigerians can vent against you need to look deeper

If you want to blame a coach for a failed qualifiers
Appoint him from the beginning and provide his needs

Which serious team is appointing a coach at this stage?

Finidi is not the problem
Look deeper at the NFF
Do not forget Peseiro drew against Lesotho and Zimbabwe.
It is not apparent that he would have done any better.

The issue with Nigerian football is not sort term
Qualifying for World Cup in 2026 is irrelevant to me

The focus should be on getting the right set up for the future

Oh, NFF is incompetent as shit no doubt. They are foolish for appointing downgrade after downgrade since Rohr. No one is denying that.
I'm not a fan for Peseiro too.

Mujtahida:

Few days ago I was like foreign or local coach is not the criteria, quality is. I take it back.

Foreign coaches are better for us not in terms of competence but at the level of perception and psychology. We believe in the white man. That's why our players respect them and diss our local coaches.

Abeg they should go and get a white man. We are not yet mature to believe in our own.

We should've hired Tom Saintfiet after Peseiro left. He wouldn't have asked for more than Peseiro. NFF were being cheapskates by appointing Finidi.

The last thing Nigeria needs at the moment is another state. We shouldn't even have 36 states to begin in.
Foolish Nigerian leaders will never talk about important things.

Gajagojo:

Your opinion
That is Benin on paper? or you know the players of Benin personally

This kind of arrogance will get us nowhere

This is Our level today coming to terms with that is the first step to progress
Go and look at Westerhof's games from 1989

There's nothing you say that will make me believe this is best this set of players can produce.
We are not the best team in Africa, but we have better players than Lesotho, Benin and Zimbabwe. We just have poor coaches.
Finidi is not it.

Joebie:
No they sacked Rohr for Peseiro

The coaches we have had since then have all been downgrades. Why would you downgrade from Rohr?

andrewbaba44:
The way dem hype this sadiq guy you go think say na new daniel alves

Very gba player

No talk before dem tell you to "love your own" lol.

Joebie:
I was hoping we could improve post Peseiro..But I have to say I was wrong. We for manage Peseiro defensive play. At the end of the day NFF we’re not serious about keeping him.

Finidi is deceiving people with fake "free flowing football" to hide his cluelessness.
NFF sacked Rohr for this. Mind boggling bullshit.

Gajagojo:

That is an opinion not a fact
A good coach needs good players
There is not enough data to establish that
Like I said Westerhof had a terrible start

How many hours has he had?

He need at least two years in my opinion

He has done nothing to show he deserves to be given that amount of time.
We don't have world beaters true, but i refuse to believe we don't have players good enough to beat Benin.
Honestly, we might as well have kept Rohr if the excuse is we don't have good players. At least he knew how to win when it mattered.

Gajagojo:

We have different priorities
I do not think we should go to the World Cup because we don't have good enough players
That is exactly the same place we were in 1989 when Clemence Westerhof came to Nigeria. We did not qualify for the 1990 World Cup and his beginning was a series of disastrous losses but we were patient and REALISTIC
Many youngsters seek instant gratification without work.
Without significantly better players
We will be disgraced if we go to the World Cup
We cannot defend.
So why deceiving ourselves that we are entitled to winning like it is a right?

We should just use the qualifiers as an opportunity to build not deceive ourselves
We are not that good.

How does this change the fact that Finidi is not a good coach?

Subzerooo:


You go like Taribo West bro?

Leon no dey use football age.

typicalgamer:


Which Leon are you talking about

E better no be balogun

Yes, Leon Balogun. His experience is what you need for games like this.

I can't wait for Ekong and Leon to be back in the fold. Backline needs experience and leadership.

hatakekakashi:
Ajayi is not even good enough to make our bench, I don't know how trained coaches fail to see that he isn't good. Don't they watch ball??

The fact they are inviting him over the likes of Leon and Torunarigha is weird.

All the coaches we've appointed after Rohr have been downgrades. NFF is an unserious institution.

ChrisKels:


You are still watching? 🤣😂

I missed the whole game. I wanted to catch a glimpse to see if we were unlucky or just plain incompetent lol.

Onuachu almost!

I can't belive we are losing to Benin. Just tuning in, but from what I'm reading its another Finidi "masterclass" lol. Rohr must be licking his lips right now.

kentebemoney:

What is masterclass??
All this people with big English sef

If you don't understand what I said, just ask.

Subzerooo:


What masterclass lol

No masterclass. Finidi is a clueless coach.

Subzerooo:


No they did not, what happened when the result was in balance, the better team dominated, reset the match and you'll get the same result

I mean they set up better than us. They lost their heads after we equalized. Individual brilliance na him mostly help us not because of Finidi tactical masterclass.

Joebie:
but well he just came off the bench.. that could have happened to even Osimhen.. Moffi had no business in the bench with an Onuachu on the pitch. if Moffi had that more time on the pitch I believe he would have scored.

True sha. If you're not pumping crosses in, there's no point in starting Onuachu.

Odunayaw:
Ndidi's place isn't safe in GWG o

Yep. Think he's better off as a CB now. Dude is clearly a shell of his formal self.

Joebie:
Moffi had the best chance to kill the game not counting Chuks hitting the bar

The lack of composure pissed me off no be small 🤦🏿‍♂️

50 percent out of the World cup. We need to win our remaining games which we know Finidi is not capable of.

Moffi and Iwobi acting like Mumus

Calvin Bassey is a good defender.

Lookman is dropping too deep. This is as a result of our poor midfield not doing its job.

Finidi is a poor coach. Our setup out of possession is in total shambles!

Onuachu should've started from the bench. He's a minus for us right now.we are not putting in crosses to help him.