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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by jihday(m): 11:34pm On Jan 22, 2022 |
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by jihday(m): 12:03am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Nigeria interim coach Augustin Eguavoen will likely keep the job on a permanent basis, but only if he wants it, a top NFF official has told ESPN. Eguavoen, who is currently the Nigeria Football Federation technical director, was named to the post last month in an interim capacity after the NFF fired former coach Gernot Rohr ahead of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Despite having barely two weeks to train the team before the tournament, the former Super Eagles defender has transformed the side on the back of three successive wins at AFCON. "We will have to leave him there, unless he doesn't want the job," the official told ESPN. The decision will present something of an awkward conundrum for the NFF, who had already announced Portuguese Jose Peseiro as the man to take over the job on a permanent basis after AFCON. Peseiro, 61, was expected to be in Cameroon as an observer prior to taking over for the World Cup qualifiers in March, but has not travelled. "He is not in Cameroon because we have not signed a contract with him yet," the official, a member of the NFF executive council who does not want to be named, told ESPN. "If he had signed a contract, he would have definitely been in Cameroon as planned." Now, following three outstanding performances by the Super Eagles, in which they became the only one out of the 24 competing sides to finish the group stage with a 100% record, that contract may never be signed. "We are managing the public trust. So we have to look at what the people want and we also know what we want as well," added the official. "What we all agree on is that we want the team to do well, to play good football, to make Nigerians happy and to win trophies. "It doesn't matter who the coach is, what matters is the objective. If that objective can be achieved with Eguavoen as we can see now, then why not? "We removed Rohr because Nigerians were not happy with the play and we were not blind to see that we were not going in the right direction the way we were playing." If he decides to exit his post as NFF technical director to take up the Eagles job, Eguavoen would be leaving a guaranteed position for one of uncertainty, but that might not be necessary. "What we are even thinking of right now is to give Eguavoen the two jobs. The national team plays about 10 matches a year, so during those times when they are not playing, he can carry on with his other responsibilities," the official said. "Coaching is very touch and go. Right now, he has a stable job being Technical Director where he gets paid by FIFA. To leave that for being a coach where things can change any moment and he can get fired would be very risky. "That is why we want him to keep the two positions. So that whatever happens, he has shown that he can excel in both and if anything happens with the coaching, he can go back to just being technical director." Although the NFF is uncertain about whether or not Eguavoen will accept the job, a source close to the coach told ESPN the former defender would prefer the Super Eagles job. "Eguavoen definitely wants the Super Eagles job," the source said. Source: Collin Udoh for ESPN 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 12:19am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Now we have the eleven who will start tomorrow close to our heart and by the special grace of God they are all healthy and there are no preferences. "Everybody that has come to this tournament with Nigeria deserves to be here at this point in time so whoever is called upon will definitely respond because my message always to the boys is you go out there do everything you can do, don't reserve nothing, one hundred percent commitment in terms of working hard. "When you are tired just signal, come out, your colleague will finish the job for you so no preference for any player." --Eguavoen Modified Now I see why he wanted every player to get some minutes. It's for the good spirit of the team 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by chidozieaina: 12:34am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Tunisia starting xi
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Ppogbae: 1:22am On Jan 23, 2022 |
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by chidozieaina: 1:24am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Ppogbae:Yeah |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Tessyy1701: 3:58am On Jan 23, 2022 |
jihday: ![]() Whenever He's on holiday at home one Yoruba sport program do invite Him... |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by AIG07: 4:48am On Jan 23, 2022 |
JohnBullMySon:There is a reason why it is called RIVALRY. It isn't about form and calibre of players to execute the matches but about history. [b][/b] 4 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by JohnBullMySon: 7:18am On Jan 23, 2022 |
AIG07:But they beat us when they had better players. Think again. Everton hardly wins it's rivalry Liverpool. Why? 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 7:22am On Jan 23, 2022 |
jihday: It is very hard to see a Yoruba man born and raised in Nigeria that cannot speak Yoruba. Infact I have never seen one. 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Kog45(m): 7:53am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Icon4s:Even Ndidi,Osimehn,Amuneke,Siasia,Odionn Ighalo sabi Yoruba pass Awoniyi.....Awoniyi Yoruba na mix o....go see Igbo guys born in Ibadan dey blow real undiluted Yoruba pass Yoruba guys born in kwara and Kogi. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by drDoom3(m): 7:54am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Icon4s: Indigenous languages are dying, but Yoruba will last the longest. 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by drDoom3(m): 7:56am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Kog45: Awoniyi grew up in Ilorin with pure thick unadulterated Yoruba. Yoruba so deep even Lagosians struggled to understand. 4 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by drDoom3(m): 7:59am On Jan 23, 2022 |
I feel the same way about Ghana as I do about Tunisia (and I did about Egypt too before our first game). Two top teams with good history, but currently pretenders. Teams like that are overhyped and easy to beat, and when you beat them it will boost your confidence, add to your momentum, increase your rankings and make you more feared. 17 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Kog45(m): 8:00am On Jan 23, 2022 |
drDoom3:Oh Ilorin Yoruba is mix o,go to Oshogbo,Ibadan and Oyo and hear unadulterated Yoruba...I be rooted Ilorin man o. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by markfem2: 8:06am On Jan 23, 2022 |
I am shocked some people are exhibiting a defeatist mindset with regards to the upcoming WCQ between Nigeria and Ghana. I see no reason to be afraid of a team which has been on a steady decline since 2014 and are not showing any signs of improvement. The super eagles are not going to fold their hands and allow the charcoal stars win them. I forsee our qualification sealed in Ghana. I hope after today's match against Tunisia some pessimists will forever hold their breath. 13 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Subzero47: 8:10am On Jan 23, 2022 |
drDoom3: Tunisia go here am na 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by JohnBullMySon: 8:33am On Jan 23, 2022 |
drDoom3:Only Cameroon should one be scared about. I'm so happy we were matched with Ghana. They've been making much noise about the past two decades. But have been dodging us. Time to shut them up for good as we did to South Africa. Thankfully SA would support now ![]() 10 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrewbaba44: 8:52am On Jan 23, 2022 |
JohnBullMySon: Wetin Dey Cameroun wey Dey scare una ? Country wey no fit scare capeverde 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 9:07am On Jan 23, 2022 |
The only team I am not too confident about us meeting. We will need very bullish and sharp strikers to outwit them. Add to that, playing the final against them in their home.. That one no go easy. Anyways somebody else will do the work ![]() andrewbaba44: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by AIG07: 9:38am On Jan 23, 2022 |
JohnBullMySon:In 2006, Taiye Taiwo thunder strike was the difference, In 2008, we matched them man for man in all departments but lost with a single goal margin. No matter how poor or limp the SEs can be, when it's time to face these countries, expect nothing but the best from them. Argentina Ghana Cameroon If you want to see the best of Eagles, pair them against the above national team and these countries knows this and come prepared. I am in no way writing off our chances, mine is this, its a 50/50 duel. It could go either way. Banking on our current form and their recent woes and thinking it's going to be a walk in the park for us could be our undoing. Approaching the two legged WCQ games with the right mindset is key to our qualification. 5 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by safarigirl(f): 9:51am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Good Morning folks I just want to thank all those that have expressed optimism about our game at hand today, it does so much for psyche. I would rather not linger on the World Cup Qualifier Playoffs against Ghana just yet, it's quite far off and we do have a tournament to win after all, we do not have the luxury of fully delving into that match like our Ghanaian brothers do. That being said, I look forward to a great game against Tunisia, I expect them to look for a penalty by any means necessary, and I hope our players are not complacent enough to give them that. May God bless the Super Eagles and fortify every person that will be stepping on that field to represent the Green White Green today. 13 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Stormtrooper11(m): 10:13am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Some folks on this thread said, "I don't care if the Super Eagles get kicked out right now out of the competition, their improved style of play is enough for me" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 9 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Barryseal: 10:28am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Joebie:Cameroun and Ivory Coast will give us a hard game. But it's about time we retaliate the Afcon 2000 finals in Lagos. Meeting Cameroun in the finals and besting them in Yaounde will heal the wounds but that said, we have a terrible record against them in AFCON finals. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 10:43am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Icon4s: Come to Lekki even Ikeja I've met some that can't even speak Pidgin. I met a few at university in England that left Nigeria but couldn't speak any Nigerian language. However, you use the word man they are mostly youths . |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 10:48am On Jan 23, 2022 |
drDoom3: Ghana is like Arsenal and Tottenham although Arsenal may have the upper hand , anything could happen. Ghana will never be easy to beat we must come highly prepared. Ghana at the moment is a wounded Lion, very dangerous. They will have Salisu in defence, yesterday he was not just outstanding but AMAZING against Manchester city yesterday. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 10:52am On Jan 23, 2022 |
JohnBullMySon: Man to man on paper we are not comprehensively better than them. The one area we are arguably better is in the goalkeeper department. Apart from that everything else is up for debate. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 10:54am On Jan 23, 2022 |
humility33: Look before you leap and show your prejudice. Salisu is a 22 year old Central defender with Southampton not a Midfielder. I expect him to be on the wanted list of every top EPL club if he continues. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by comodo: 10:57am On Jan 23, 2022 |
The Fans have hailed a lot of players prior to today's game. And trully they have complemented each other. Ekong was rescued by Ndah. To some, Ndidi is d reason why the defence is tight. To others Nwakali brings out the best in Ndidi. While to some, he overworks Ndidi, For me, na how our MF perform today I go dey watch. For sure Awo go bury a quarter chance today. Make we all pray say Today match no reach penalties. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 10:59am On Jan 23, 2022 |
TheGoodJoe: Let me reiterate that I don't think they were on trial, I don't want to say it's a lie. But I am about 95% certain they were not on an official club sanctioned trial. The agent whatever his name is, has completely misrepresented the situation, it's very normal with agents particularly coming from Africa. I know the structure and format of an official trial at Liverpool FC, in depth. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 11:05am On Jan 23, 2022 |
jihday: On what basis ❓ your emotive sensibilities. Have you read the podcast I screen shot and posted ❓ |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by safarigirl(f): 11:06am On Jan 23, 2022 |
Please, someone who knows, what's this guy's name?
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