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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by zicky(m): 6:57am On Mar 12
Oasis007:
grin

.......una too dey complain sha. What is difference between NFF and most folks here by the way?! Una dey complain the list no dey ok and would definitely influenced it if had the power.

Make una allow the Coach do his job! He knows Nigerians, he knows what is at stake! He toured round the world to see some of the players in actions. He watched some local matches as well hence made his choices.

Let's allow him to breathe, all that matters is 6pts!
He did not tour round the world, only visited few important players. Every fans will analyse the team selections, the pros and cons, no be everything be complain.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by WarHammer2000: 8:12am On Mar 12
joxxy01:
Wait is it not same Alhasan that people are hailing up and down and wishing he returns quickly from injury during our first games at afcon?

So because he is playing for MLS now he is suddenly not good again. And yet we couldn't beat the Rwandan teams packed with local and division 2 players in our last match with our so called big 'european' guns..

Omo let's allow the coach do his job biko. Everybody cannot be in the list... He has chosen players that will suit his tactics and that is how coaching should be.

The issue here is that the coach overlooked better options to pick him.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 8:56am On Mar 12
zicky:
Guy it's like our mind work alike, I've never seen that guy as a good footballer, I've tried within me to take away the bias towards him but it just won't go away 😂 😂
I tell you. Let him continue doing his thing in Spain. Even if he scores in this round of WCQ, I still don't see him as an Eagle. But I wish him all the best.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Mujtahida: 9:07am On Mar 12
elyte89:
Una wey Dey find papa Daniel play…na him b dis



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42PLJpiJNCw?feature=shared
You sure this guy no be from Senegal? 😂😂. I like the way he moves the ball sha. He spreads the ball beautifully with accurate long passes.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 9:15am On Mar 12
Joebie:
Make dem no finish the.cold bottled water

Finish? We have Rivers Niger and Benue. Chelle is in good hands "water-wise"

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by joxxy01(m): 9:19am On Mar 12
WarHammer2000:


The issue here is that the coach overlooked better options to pick him.
What you call a better option may not be a better option for the coach. As a professional, he has made his selections, all we can do is wish him well and watch how things unfold.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 9:27am On Mar 12
cheesy
TheSuperNerd:


Finish? We have Rivers Niger and Benue. Chelle is in good hands "water-wise"

Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by chrisooblog: 9:29am On Mar 12
Youtube videos always make a player look world class.

Let's see how it goes sha

Mujtahida:

You sure this guy no be from Senegal? 😂😂. I like the way he moves the ball sha. He spreads the ball beautifully with accurate long passes.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Joebie: 9:35am On Mar 12
Dude has not played since 9th of February 2025.
OGN is correct on this one. He is a decent player but...
comodo:

Believe owngoal at ur own detriment. That guy has been a constant K for Tornadoes. But it's criminal removing Uche and Onyeka from the list

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by villagereporter(m): 9:45am On Mar 12
elyte89:
Una wey Dey find papa Daniel play…na him b dis



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42PLJpiJNCw?feature=shared
.

Personally I av no ill-feelings towards papi abi papa but my pain is Yusuf over Onyeka. If club one is playing for influences match fitness and stamina then Yusuf has no place in dat team cause there's no way MLS is beta than German league. MLS is for players on retirement level, but what do I know, NFF is a confusing confusionist confuse by corruption.

Yet this Papi dey mobile on d field of play. I will give it to him.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Goke7: 9:45am On Mar 12
The weight of expectations on this coach hmm God help him. I hope he wins his first game cos that’s the only thing Nigerians and the press remember; your first game. No matter how good you play subsequent matches once you lose or draw your first game you’re toast. He can ask his predecessors for confirmation. Wish him all the best.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by villagereporter(m): 9:51am On Mar 12
joxxy01:
What you call a better option may not be a better option for the coach. As a professional, he has made his selections, all we can do is wish him well and watch how things unfold.
.

I swear dat team list is influence by an influencial permanent secretary in d glass house.Many may not believe me. He is from d northern side and a tribalist bigot. He was d one that influence Bashir Ahmad during Boniface aboki tweet while he was in a restaurant with Bashir.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 10:20am On Mar 12
If it is by mobility, then Yusuf is far more mobile than Papa Daniel.

You are accepting Papa for Mobility but Knocking Yusuf for playing in the MLS.

Okay, let us do your logic. Onyeka should be in because he is in the Bundesliga which is definitely better than the MLS.


Now, Is the NPFL better than the MLS??

villagereporter:
.

Personally I av no ill-feelings towards papi abi papa but my pain is Yusuf over Onyeka. If club one is playing for influences match fitness and stamina then Yusuf has no place in dat team cause there's no way MLS is beta than German league. MLS is for players on retirement level, but what do I know, NFF is a confusing confusionist confuse by corruption.

Yet this Papi dey mobile on d field of play. I will give it to him.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by villagereporter(m): 10:21am On Mar 12
"The challenge I think is that people are not attentive enough to see influence the NFF have on the list of super eagles players for years. Who remembers when Eguavoen called onazi in the lead up to the qualifiers against Ghana? When he was interviewed , he stated later that it was not his decision; well if it wasn’t his decision then whose decision was it? At the time he was playing for serie D in italy, many eyebrows were raised but evidently some powerful people must influenced his inclusion but after many dissenting views from football fans, his name was excluded from the final list.

Who remembers the arrogance of Amaju Pinnick who publicly boasted that he was the one who instructed Rohr to include Ahmed Musa to the 2018 world cup roaster. If we pay attention, we will realize that the main challenge with our football is the people at the Glass House at Abuja. When Osimhen had that public spat with Finidi, he stated that “He has no God Fathers in the NFF”; that statement is quite weighty because it suggest that even the players know that some players have God Fathers at the Glass House and these Dons determine who plays and who don’t. How can anyone explain how Yusuff makes the list ahead of Uche Chrisantus? How on earth does Sadiq or Boniface make the team ahead of Dessers? I am sure these crooks did all they could to include Ahmed Musa but the coach must have stood his ground. At the end, he was forced to make concessions. 1st they must have insisted on local players, who remembers Gusau when quizzed on the choice of Chelle, he stated that they wanted somebody who will watch and work with the chan team and ” there is no way he will not see one or two players from the local league that can be included in his team” (I paraphrase). The problem is that this is a poisoned chalice that similarly killed Finidi’s SE coaching career. He was deceived into calling up dubious names like players from the local league and Tanzania who looked clearly out of their depth against Benin Republic.

2ndly, they must have insisted on the federal character, Gusau, being a northerner must have insisted on Sadiq Umar, Papa Daniel and Alhassan Yusuf. This is the exact challenge with Africa in general because we never do anything based on merit but sentiments. What Chelle does not know is that the same people who twisting his arm to include these dubious players will be the same ones who will call for his head when push comes to shove. Having stated all this, I wish the team success and hope they qualify. On a positive note, Ogbu made the list and only the NFF can explain why this guy has not gotten a callup till now. Eguavoen and the clueless glass house should explain why it took a foreign coach to call Arokodare. Good to see Nathan Tella back."


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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by villagereporter(m): 10:26am On Mar 12
TheSuperNerd:
If it is by mobility, then Yusuf is far more mobile than Papa Daniel.

You are accepting Papa for Mobility but Knocking Yusuf for playing in the MLS.

Okay, let us do your logic. Onyeka should be in because he is in the Bundesliga which is definitely better than the MLS.


Now, Is the NPFL better than the MLS??


IMO organization and welfarism wise MLS is miles ahead of d NPFL but in terms of skills, ruggedity which African football is well known for NPFL is ahead.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by minfelix(m): 11:00am On Mar 12
-I wish Dessers was there however i wish Boniface and Sadiq well(although im not sold on this guy Sadiq, he’s not a super eagles material, but how he does it in spain still baffles me, 7matches 4goals hmm especially scoring when international matches is closeby..he really has a way to shut people up and make the coaches look his way🤣🤣🤣) i prefer Dessers sha

- I wonder why Onyeka was omitted however Alhassan yusuf is another rugged player i love in super eagles…he was solid in the DM against SA at afcon until that last error from him that made SA equalized via penalty…in the most recent against Rwanda he was also solid playing a topnotch defensive game while the game was still tied at 0-0,he was substituted in 46th mins for Frank Onyeka who came in and gave chukwueze the pass that led to our goal, but our MF/DM collapsed deep in the second half with Onyeka present and we lost that game(coach for look for someone else to drop for Onyeka to be included, as for Yusuf, he is a solid super eagles material, forget MLS he plays for or federal character bla bla…he’s gat that lanky speed and shape to wrestle down attackers)

-Papa Daniel, one of the brain box and pass creator of CHAN eagles that help us dispatch Ghana…omo he is a justified inclusion from the local angle(if that guy becomes a mainstay in super eagles, im sure he will develop into the Mikel’esque kinda passer and playmaker with his aerial passes and short passes

in all sha not all 35 players will play at once.

Maduka Okoye
Frank Onyeka
Dele Bashiru(injured)
Chris Uche
Cyriel Dessers
looking forward to seeing them back for super eagles..omo forget we have quality players meehn we cant affort to miss out on FIFA WC ooo🤦🏼🤦🏼😩

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Truidstarr: 11:16am On Mar 12
😂😂😂😂😂
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by elyte89: 11:21am On Mar 12
Truidstarr:
😂😂😂😂😂


lol , y u Dey laugh ,u don Dey miss me already Abi say na me suppose to be d coach
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 11:55am On Mar 12
Football quality. Which is better? NPFL or MLS.

Don't tell me about Organization or Ruggedity.

Answer the straight question because you didn't elaborate this much for Bundesliga vs MLS.

villagereporter:


IMO organization and welfarism wise MLS is miles ahead of d NPFL but in terms of skills, ruggedity which African football is well known for NPFL is ahead.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by charlesemeka85(m): 12:07pm On Mar 12
TheSuperNerd:


Finish? We have Rivers Niger and Benue. Chelle is in good hands "water-wise"

he will be well “watered” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by 7demons: 12:40pm On Mar 12
kentebemoney:

Left footed midfielders are key in executing 4-3-1-2 formation.
Papa Daniel is a very technical player that can shoot from zone 14 and can win midfield duels.
That guy is very technical.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by chrisooblog: 12:41pm On Mar 12
D Law you'll like this smiley

https://x.com/eurofootcom/status/1899745932289167767

Mujtahida:

I tell you. Let him continue doing his thing in Spain. Even if he scores in this round of WCQ, I still don't see him as an Eagle. But I wish him all the best.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by 7demons: 12:43pm On Mar 12
yinkeys:
Our most hardworking midfielder didn’t make the cut because it appears there’s a quota system for the north that must be met
I do not agree with the midfielders & forwards list
Anyway, Goodluck to them if NFF like they should miss another World Cup
Im talking about Onyeka tbh
Chrisantus
Dessers
Ejuke
Deserved to be called up ahead of
Boniface, Yusuf & Sadiq
Sadiq’s team is somewhat in a relegation battle
Sadiq scores against relegation sides while Dessers is doing it in Europe competition even though La Liga is the best league in the world.
Boniface has been relegated to the bench in his club & probably struggling for minutes
Getafe’s main man didn’t make the list
I think they should also look at the ranking of clubs in their league for competition sake
Not totally a merit list in the middle & attack
Quota system lol
Congrats to Papa Daniels, Nathan Tella & Igoh Ogbu
I j’ust won’t like to see us making excess use of Osimhen because we lack quality @ number 9 position, when fighter Chrisantus is available
We need high pressers & goal hustlers not tap in merchants up front

💯💯👍
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by 7demons: 12:48pm On Mar 12
Jerrymanta:
Short of youtube highlights, I have absolutely no idea who Papa Daniel Mustapha is, can anyone here who watches the NPFL give a detailed and honest profile/style of football about this lad?

That Papa Daniel is good and very technical AM. A player that Osimhen need for defense splitting passes. Full of strength, can run around the pitch without getting tired. More like Iwobi and Frank Onyeka put in one body.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by do4luv14(m): 12:49pm On Mar 12
yinkeys:
To all the people that think EPL is the best league in the world
Your EPL champions got knocked out by a French club
EPL just has the media money, many people on the globe speak English more than Spanish
I say this countless times, La Liga is the best league in the world
In the last 25 years count times the Spanish teams that have won UCL & UEL, you’d see it’s more than English, Italian or German clubs
Facts only
@Komekn

So na PSG send city out ba

A Franch league that is not even competitive
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by do4luv14(m): 12:53pm On Mar 12
What is this am reading, EA says It's unfair to drop Nacho, like that man don jonz
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Samueltemi337(m): 12:55pm On Mar 12
7demons:


That Papa Daniel is good and very technical AM. A player that Osimhen need for defense splitting passes. Full of strength, can run around the pitch without getting tired. More like Iwobi and Frank Onyeka put in one body.

And he dey Niger Tornadoes

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Tinneh: 1:01pm On Mar 12
Samueltemi337:


And he dey Niger Tornadoes
And
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by daveP(m): 1:04pm On Mar 12
NFF influence on team lists since days of Eguavoen go be like 50-70%

It was Rohr's era that made me conclude on this. Till date, they haven't bend


It's something like this


NFF influence
Merit influence
Coach's own personal slot(not based on merit but mainly connections; mostly done by local managers)
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by 7demons: 1:05pm On Mar 12
joxxy01:
Wait is it not same Alhasan that people are hailing up and down and wishing he returns quickly from injury during our first games at afcon?

So because he is playing for MLS now he is suddenly not good again. And yet we couldn't beat the Rwandan teams packed with local and division 2 players in our last match with our so called big 'european' guns..

Omo let's allow the coach do his job biko. Everybody cannot be in the list... He has chosen players that will suit his tactics and that is how coaching should be.
That's people for you bro. Just the way they hailed Musa in 2018.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by 7demons: 1:18pm On Mar 12
Samueltemi337:


And he dey Niger Tornadoes
And your other favorites who weren't call up plays for which club??
Real Madrid?
Don't quote this moniker again.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by charlesemeka85(m): 1:26pm On Mar 12
🗣️ Fabio Capello says Pep Guardiola has 'done a lot of harm to football' 😳

"You know what I don’t like about Guardiola? His arrogance. The Champions League he won with City is the only one where he didn’t try anything funny in the decisive matches."

"But all the other years, in Manchester and Munich, on key days, he always wanted to be the protagonist. He would change things and invent them so he could say: ‘It’s not the players who win, it’s me’. And that arrogance cost him several Champions Leagues. I respect him, but for me, it’s clear."

"Besides, even if it is no longer his fault, he has done a lot of harm to football. Because everyone spent ten years trying to copy him."

"It ruined Italian football, which lost its nature. I said: 'Stop, you don't have Guardiola's players'! There was also the absurd idea that that was all there was to do to play well."

"A disaster and also a boredom that made many people flee from football, they only have to watch the highlights, why are you going to watch 90 minutes of passes and horizontal passes without fighting, without running...?"

"Fortunately, football is changing. First of all, Spain changed it by winning the European Championship with two wingers and playing fast." (El Mundo via GOAL)

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