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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 5:24pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Balogun and Omeruo have left the team camp with permission for personal reasons
.Aina too will miss the Uganda game.. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 5:26pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
IronGalaxy:whatever glory we.have left is still brighter than South Africa's... So what's your point? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 5:48pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Official: Ex-Man City Midfielder Nwakali Parts Company With Rakow Czestochowa By Mutual Consent Former Manchester City starlet Chidiebere Nwakali has left Polish I liga outfit Raków Częstochowa by mutual consent, informs the club on their official webpage. The versatile midfielder has departed Raków Częstochowa with only two appearances under his belt, one in the Cup and the other game was in the league. ''The serious problems of the player, or more strictly a serious illness in the family and the urgent need to return home, influenced such turn of events,'' said the sports director of Rakow, Łukasz Piworowicz. After Nwakali completed his transfer, he had to wait for 33 days before playing his first game for Raków Częstochowa due to work permit issues. The former Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles star had nineteen months left on his contract with the Ekstraklasa promotion hopefuls. He was loaned out to Malaga, Girona, IK Start, Sogndal and Aberdeen while on the books of Manchester City. **Igho Kingsley Source: ANS 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 5:53pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Success Hails Young Nigeria Players’ Transition From U-17 Teams ![]() Watford of England forward, Isaac Success has hailed the progression he and a few of the Nigeria players have made right from the Golden Eaglets (U-17) to the Super Eagles in such a short time, Complete Sports reports. Success posted a photo of himself and Leicester City forward, Kelechi Iheanacho on his instagram page soon after the duo helped Nigeria book a return to the African Nations Cup following the 1-1 draw against South Africa on Saturday in their penultimate game of the qualifiers. ”We are through to AFCON2019 #supereagles #13 @kelechi72, from under 17 to the Super Eagles we are going places bro,” The Watford star, isaacsuccess11 wrote on his instagram page. Success and Iheanacho were in the Golden Eaglest team that won the 15th FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in 2013. NFF Thanks Aiteo Founder Peters For Eagles’ 2019 AFCON Qualification Super Eagles’ first choice goalie, Francis Uzoho was also in the squad coached by Manu Garba. Apart from the trio, Gernot Rohr’s Super Eagles also have another set of young players who have also graduated from the FIFA U-17 World Cup as champions. The duo of Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze played in the 2015 Golden Eaglets set that successfully defended the FIFA-U-17 World Cup won two years earlier. If Arsenal loanee, Kelechi Nwakali is added to the mix, Rohr’s Eagles to the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroun next year could boast of former six U-17 World Cup winners. Source: Complete Sports Nigeria 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by chrisooblog: 6:03pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
TheGoodJoe:ha goodjoe fear God o which chance came from long ball |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:08pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
From close to 23 hours ago.... Unoccupied Ikechukwu Ezenwa wouldn’t have believed his luck in Bafana draw By Seye Omidiora, Correspondent ![]() The stand-in shot-stopper was surprisingly untested on his Super Eagles return in Johannesburg After the entire furore that surrounded Gernot Rohr’s goalkeeping pick before Nigeria’s clash with age-old rivals South Africa at the FNB Stadium, it was somewhat anticlimactic seeing the German tactician opt for Enyimba’s Ikechukwu Ezenwa. A few critics had put forward Theophilus Afelokhai as a contender to be between the sticks in the days leading up to the game, owing to the fact he’s ahead of Ezenwa in the pecking order at the Aba-based club. Conversely, others suggested it could be Daniel Akpeyi’s chance at redemption with the Super Eagles. ![]() The much-maligned Chippa United stopper hadn’t seen any game time for the West African giants since his comical gaffe in a 4-2 friendly win over Argentina last November, but had been giving decent performances in recent months, evidenced by his three clean sheets in nine league appearances in what has been a troubled campaign for his side. Last term, by comparison, he kept 10 shut-outs in 23 games. For Afelokhai, it was always going to be a long shot thinking he’d be thrust into the limelight off the cuff, and having him start against Bafana Bafana would surely have been due to the sudden unavailability of the capped pair. ![]() In truth, the goalkeeper’s pick was always between Ezenwa and Akpeyi, and Rohr plumped for the former. It was the Enyimba goalie’s first appearance for the Super Eagles in just over a year (his last outing was a 1-1 draw in a World Cup qualifier against Algeria in early November), and he might have expected a baptism of fire on his return to the side. Frankly, that was logical owing to the fact Stuart Baxter’s side dropped the ball in their last qualifier against Seychelles, that ended goalless, which consequently saw them surrender top spot in Group E. Perhaps aided by Rohr’s decision to go with a back five on the day, the 30-year old had very little to do in the opening exchanges as both sides tried to get the measure of one another. With the three-time African champions going in front after 10 minutes, via the unlucky Buhle Mkhwanazi, who diverted a Samuel Kalu cross past the helpless Itumeleng Khune, it was always going to be more difficult to test the stopper, as you sensed the Nigerians would play even deeper and try to pick their moments to go forward. ![]() The one time you felt the Enyimba shot-stopper would be called upon, only minutes after his side’s opener, Kalu made a last-ditch tackle to prevent an effort from just outside the six-yard box, and the stand-in was limited to just claiming crosses and loose balls in the box. Even though Bafana controlled the game, they didn’t have any clear sight at goal after the aforementioned moment, often let down by their decision making in the final third. Ezenwa remained largely idle, although he did make a hash of claiming a corner, moments before Baxter’s side levelled, when he struggled to make his way across a crowded goalline. He could do very little about the home side’s equalizer just before the half-hour, as he was left largely exposed by his defence. On the one hand, you’ve got to credit Percy Tau for showing great individual skill to beat the duo of William Troost-Ekong and Kenneth Omeruo, before following that up by unselfishly setting up Lebo Mothiba to finish from close range. However, one has to question all three centre-backs in that phase of play. Firstly, the aforementioned pair for getting beaten so easily by Tau, while Leon Balogun’s lack of defensive awareness to track Mothiba would have irritated Rohr. Disappointingly for South Africa, though, they failed to build on pegging the West Africans back, with Ezenwa becoming nothing more than a glorified spectator for the remainder of the game – all he had to do was stay alert to claim any loose balls. The home side only registered a measly three efforts all game, managing a sole effort on target (Mothiba’s goal) in 90 minutes… on their own patch. By contrast, Nigeria had seven. ![]() A lack of height in the box made it impossible to go route-one by means of long balls – something Baxter ironically condemned after the game – and crosses into the box. Granted, hindsight is 20/20, however owing to the fact that dealing with crosses has been a continuing problem for Rohr’s men for a while, the home side might have found a bit more joy if they had the physical presence in the box to test their opponents’ defence. In the end, the stalemate was probably a fair result, and while some Nigerians may feel aggrieved by having two goals chalked off, the overall performance of the team wouldn’t have justified a win. For Ezenwa, he did what he had to with minimal fuss, and while he may have been relieved with not having too much to do in Johannesburg, his relative inactivity on the day ironically did more harm to his chances of usurping Francis Uzoho as Rohr’s number one. Source: Goal 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 6:11pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
daveP: We are back to the same question ❓ let me intrinsically clear,, I HAVE NOT RATED HIM. In all honesty my rating or opinion with regard to him amounts to ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. It's way too early IMO to be making ratings. He has played just two games in La Liga. Nonetheless, to be clear. I have watched him only once and that was the Glasgow Rangers game. I said and I say again in that game he was simply not impressive and in that game alone. I have no other deductions. I haven't made any other opinion general or otherwise I then asked the question what makes him a HUGE TALENT and then there has been a huge barrage of rhetoric some vitriolic by the Superdelusuional ones mostly. If I haven't seen much of him, is it not a fair and balanced ❓ to ask what's all the fuss about. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can't use one match to conclude about a player positive or negative. Even a 10 games is far from conclusive generally speaking unless that player is doing the AMAZING. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 6:14pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
wayodude: Apologies my response is not to you alone. I actually think he has to be quite a good prospect to be getting into the first team of Villareal but HUGE TALENT I am not so sure. NOT JUST YET. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 6:23pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Mickael2: Firstly, I have absolutely nothing against him. I think he a a very promising young player go back into my posts. And state what I said about him, I actually commended him and that's ages ago. But of course the prejudiced negatively biased and Superdelusuional gang. Will not see that. All I have said he was not impressive in the one game. I did not use that game to summarise his season or assess him. Someone called him HUGE TALENT and l asked why ❓ That's all. But too many people have jumped on the comedy train without knowing where the train has come from or is going. I decided to indulge some of them. Lol |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:25pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Leon Balogun finished that game with an Injury; major part of why he has been excused from the Uganda friendly. Even the Southies tried to exploit Leon's injury with those long balls but it didn't pay off as Leon still stood tall alongside his defensive lieutenants despite the injury. "There were five defenders and two central midfielders that were in front of the five, so it was difficult for us to get those pockets and then we felt they were tired because of the heat and the right centre-back (Balogun) was injured so we felt that we could get behind them and score and it didn’t work out,'' Tau said in a press conference after the game. Give it up for this man Leon Balogun. The new 21st century Dean of the SE defence. 10 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:34pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Yep... Omeruo's wife is heavily pregnant and expecting. Aina as you know is injury. Then part of Balogun's reasons is the knock/injury he picked up. Opportunity to see Semi Ajayi start in defence I believe. Danielnino00: 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by busky007: 6:48pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Hmmmm To stop dis needless quarrel Komenkn you have data I believe then the best thing to do is 1. Go to ur YouTube app or download one 2. Type samu matches so far or best so far 3 After choosing a clip come and rate him either as a talent or hype Than disgracing ur self by judging a player with a match worse of all his debut I am beginning to see the double standard u are accused of 4 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 6:54pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Listen here hypocrite.... You always ask such St*pid questions whenever it comes to our indigenous Naija born Talents. You always take the route of subtle ridicule when such talent is not English-born. You claim you have nothing against him abi? You also claim you only ask why he is a huge talent?..... komekn: .... Pray tell am I the one who typed this garbage below (@your post)? Merely the simple mention of the lad being a "Villarreal Wonderkid" in the Pavarotti post made you fly in with your smelly double standards and start ridiculously ridiculing the Wonderkid tag of Chukwueze. Come Komekn, is "stewpid" your middle name? Do you know more than La Liga who ranked him as among the best young players in the league today? Do you know more than we who have seen Chukwueze in a couple of games this season? Do you know more than the Spanish football experts who praise his talents?? Someone called you a spambot and another said you are the biggest hypocrite on here.... For me, I think you are just a shameless grown man in need of a deep seated lobotomy in order to cure your English-asslicking seizures and eradicate your dollopheadedness. You are as clueless as they come mister.... Disgusting! Not even your twin, Forgiveness will play down on the talents of Chukwueze. He may debate Nacho's talents with me anytime especially as Nacho is experiencing a low now but there is no way he can hold a stone against a Beastly talent like Chukwueze. So if he can be truthful enough to rate Chukwueze, where does that leave you who is only hell bent on the rangers game which was the lad's cameo debut? SMH... The most silly best and funniest thing about you is that you persist in this silly route and subtle attack on our indigenous Naija born Talents only because you have lost all sense of seeing how really stewpid and unintelligently biased you are. Believe me, that lobotomy will save you more of such hypocritical rides into buffoonery. komekn: 6 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by do4luv14(m): 7:02pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: won't a replacement be call for the two defenders??, since I believe NDIDI, can be available to play on tuesday |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 7:27pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
We still have Ekong and Ajayi in camp. I think they are the two CBs we could start against Uganda. There is also Olamilekan Adeleye who may get a few mins too. Ndidi was not called up remember? Besides I don't think there is need for Ndidi in this friendly. do4luv14: 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by cc12(m): 7:39pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
That's your business if you don't rate him komekn: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by cc12(m): 7:41pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Is Josh Maja a huge talent? komekn: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 8:07pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
AllforJesus7: It is okay if you do prefer playing ugly. I do not and detest playing ugly for points. That is a clear sign of tactical deficiency and the need for more technical input into the side. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 8:14pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: Please this should not happen. Sad reading this from one of the shining lights of the thread. Please we need control even in the face of remarks we find terrible. Please my main man. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 8:21pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Mehn.... Sometimes Big Sir Goodjoe someone just gotta put that English-asslicking dollophead in his sorry place. For how long are we going to stand aside, play cool and watch that clown come here and spill rubbish, CONSISTENTLY using vain shameless sarcasm and every disgusting subtle form he utilises, about our indigenous Naija-born youngsters all in the bloody name of opinion?! Like someone already said... That man is a bloody hypocrite. Too bad he has lost all sensation of shame and sense to see how silly he sounds. TheGoodJoe: 6 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 8:33pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: It is his right to air his opinion. We counter with points, not abuses. You are bigger than this and one of the pivots of the thread. There are those who see you as one to follow. Abusing is leading them down the wrong path. There is no excuse whatsoever to abuse and use ill words. Please stop it. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 8:37pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
I laid out my points did i not? He ran away from it naa and was still asking the silly question of how many games the lad has played... He even tagged Rangers "lowly rated" just to ridicule Chukwueze. I will not see stupidity and call it by another name, Sir GoodJoe... I will call it for what it is and what it shows repeatedly. Komekn is a big time facts-twisting and indigenous Naija-born talents-hating dollophead. That is the truth and it matters not how hurtful it sounds because it is the bloody truth. Even Jesus used the term "Brood of Vipers" to term the Pharisees or scribes because that was exactly what they depicted... He could not find a softer term for their nonsense. Same with me as regards that master clown. Just saying it as it is. Finito. TheGoodJoe: 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 8:40pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
TheSuperNerd: Lay your facts without the ill words. There is no justification for it. Please I am begging you because you are one of those people look up to on this thread Thank you. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 8:48pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
In other discussions with most monikers here, do I use ill words on them? But when it comes to Komekn, after tolerating his nonsense for so bloody long, I believe it is high time someone kept hitting that silly head of his and expose the truth of his nonsense agenda here to his face. When I spoke on the Dutch football debate recently some weeks back, did I use Ill words? When speaking on the rise of the Golden generation with another moniker here did I use ill words? Many instances abound show I don't use such except when it is to describe exactly the unbearable nonsense of a moniker like Komekn which others even have taken great notice of. If any looks up to me then I want to show them that I don't spare arrant rubbish just like Jesus never spared nonsense and labelled such "brood of Vipers". Sometimes, saying it as it is, is the way to go... Only sometimes... And this, with a shameless Komekn ridiculing the la-liga recognised talents of one of our own Chukwueze (just as he also ridicules other indigenous talents like him) all because he is not English-born , is one of such "sometimes" moments. Merci. TheGoodJoe: 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by PietroRick: 8:51pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Just reading this particular argument is too difficult. This man dey try wey e take dey engage all of Una with Una raging emotions over a simple question ![]() 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by PietroRick: 8:54pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
If you all know so much about the kid and his exceptional potential, then it really should not be difficult to provide convincing answers without needing to be abusive or bringing up unrelated stuff about what happened in 1756. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by PietroRick: 8:59pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Good to see nairaland immediately bins the posts of people that cannot argue like civilized people immediately you report it these days. Thumbs up seun.. I hope an automatic ban follows it too.. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by do4luv14(m): 9:07pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
PietroRick: bro you see why I like to " sidon look ", and if pesin qoute insult me, ah jst run go look the inscription for safarigirl door post, the next time nah to " jump am pass " ooo |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 9:07pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Another senseless troll who contributes Zero knowledge here but is only good at showing up during arguments to support the dark side and then so good at abusing people's mothers have reared his ugly dollophead again. Please when you are done feasting your sore eyes, you can walk out the door... Low life troll. Lol.... People with no intelligence or dignity talking about dignity. What a laugh... I believe blindness is also one of your greatest Ills since you want to feint ignorance of the ridiculing schemes of the Komekn clown. A man who always shamelessly take the dark turns to hit at the genuine talents and ratings of our indigenous born lads. He does this every single time and this PietroRick troll walks in here to make the clown look like a saint.... Lol Birds of a feather... One ridicules and hates anything Indigenous in Nigerian football whole the other only knows how to insult people's moms and dads coz he doesn't regard his own. Such filth is what we have to put up with all because they have internet access. Rubbish and bumkum. 6 Likes 1 Share
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 9:09pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
Rohr Teases South Africans : Not Even Half The Stadium Was Full Against Nigeria Speaking to reporters post-match, Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has said that he found it strange that the FNB Stadium was not filled to capacity when his side faced South Africa on game week five in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Before Saturday's game, the warning signs were there that spectators will stay away from the game as that same stadium was empty last month when South Africa thrashed minnows Seychelles. The FNB Stadium was the venue of the 2010 World Cup final and can host up to 95,000 fans. ''Our people thought that they had a lot of fans, a lot of Nigerians who are living in South Africa, so I am surprised. I was surprised that the stadium is so empty,'' Rohr stated. ''You have such a big game to play, and not even half the stadium was full. ''I don't understand why, if you have a match like that in Nigeria, you will have the stadium full. I wish you guys much more in the future.'' Nigeria qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon following their 1-1 draw with Bafana Bafana. **Ifeanyi Emmanuel Source: ANS 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by PietroRick: 9:11pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
This reporting thing is so cool ![]() You all should try it more often. Barbaric posts disappear in an instant |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by PietroRick: 9:11pm On Nov 19, 2018 |
do4luv14:you are a wise man |
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