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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by IDENNAA(m): 12:52am On Aug 21, 2020 |
fabyom: Victor Moses is not a legend ! |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Kog45(m): 1:10am On Aug 21, 2020 |
IDENNAA:Sir,pls who are the Super Eagles legend. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 1:25am On Aug 21, 2020 |
Philosopher1979: Aremu is not 20... 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 1:59am On Aug 21, 2020 |
tbaba1234: What makes yoy think so. Looking at his antecedents i suspected as much |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by humility33(m): 3:15am On Aug 21, 2020 |
Danielnino00: Bro...please add Yinka dude was a handful for inter Milan and Berca in UCL. Thanks for this list tho |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by humility33(m): 3:16am On Aug 21, 2020 |
tbaba1234: Thanks Bro. Still don't understand what will make someone of us here think there exist a 20 years old playing in the NPFL Mere looking at the dude will tell you his true age...oshh so much wish Andrew was here to tell us his true age 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by humility33(m): 3:19am On Aug 21, 2020 |
komekn:this your thinking and resolve is parochial. You still haven't learn.... hope you know that the league Oshimen played has 2 teams in the semi final of UCL and one of them trashed your over hyped man city ![]() And for Ighalo at oshimen's age he was nowhere to be found...so please don't put both in the same sentence. Wish you could use this same energy to canvas for vardy recall in the English National Team...doubt you can say that 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by IDENNAA(m): 3:26am On Aug 21, 2020 |
Kog45: Christian Chukwu Stephen Keshi Rashidi Yekini Emmanuel Anumike Okocha Kanu Sunday Olisa Daniel Amokachi Taribo West Kanu Nwankwo Vincent Enyeama Mikel Obi 8 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 3:27am On Aug 21, 2020 |
humility33: In fact i checked and he was playing in the nigerian league at 14 and this is highly suspicious |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by humility33(m): 3:27am On Aug 21, 2020 |
TheSuperNerd: The truth is everyone in that afcon winning team did well even Omeruo was a revelation in that tourney, Ideye played well too...so it will be out of place to say a player single handedly won us the afcon Well that was in 2013 and now we're in 2020.... I don't see the senses over the call for Moses and Ighalo recall it's lik saying England should recall Vardy which is not going to work.... For now I believe we have got great players that will perfectly fit in as we progress and moreover we still have some FB littered all over Europe we still need to cap. 6 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by humility33(m): 3:31am On Aug 21, 2020 |
Philosopher1979: LOL Who takes the NPFL serious this days. just imagine...I only look up to players harnessed from Nigeria academics to Europe... apart from Stephen Odey who is still struggling and etebo the rest barely cuts it in Europe mainly because of old age and others. Aremu just need to play football make some money and put in investments for the future...that super eagles hopeful bla bla don't think it is feasible for now |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by jihday(m): 4:27am On Aug 21, 2020 |
komekn:Ighalo was tested not OK at the world cup while Musa your epl flop have been tested OK more than once 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by jihday(m): 4:36am On Aug 21, 2020 |
IDENNAA:Amunike 12 goals Moses 17 goals, but according to you the one with 12 goals is a legend while 17 goals isn't. Nice one bro |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by 12large1: 5:58am On Aug 21, 2020 |
Honestly, in a country that most of its players are at lower clubs, its a no Brainer that its 2 players at the Biggest clubs are still needed assuming they show interest. A player like Victor Moses (5 assists) so far will walk into Nigeria 11. He has proven himself Domestically against the best in Africa and we would had defeated Algeria in ANC with Moses on the field. We should remember that some players perform better for their country side than their club side and moses is one of them. As for Ighalo, personally I won't bench osimehn for him but he will make our Bench. A good bench is equally as vicious as the first 11. However, I won't suggest that SE in any form of way beg those 2 to return. Se is bigger than any individual and if they choose to return back to us, theyre welcomed 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 6:37am On Aug 21, 2020 |
forgiveness: Mikel was not supposed to ein best player of Afcon 2013. He was the best player and clearly robbed to suit the mess created by CAF due to their injustice against Pitropa. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 6:57am On Aug 21, 2020 |
komekn:Are you sure you understand English as you claim? I mentioned those guys to counter the notion that experience is important in national teams. As for your last paragraph, don't you think it'll save you a lot of heartbreak if you can just go on and support youe Three lions. Leave us alone with our PRETENDERS oga 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 7:59am On Aug 21, 2020 |
Olulong: Mikel was crucial to Chelsea winning the Europa and he was part of the AFCON winning team. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 8:05am On Aug 21, 2020 |
TheGoodJoe: What injustice against Jonathan Pitroipa? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 8:15am On Aug 21, 2020 |
This is my boy, I call him Nigeria's own version of Andrew Onana. He is bound to be the best glovesman in the Israeli league next season. He is that good. Adebayo Adeleye 5 Likes
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 8:16am On Aug 21, 2020 |
forgiveness: Just had to share one of my favorite Mikel Obi Afcon 2013 post. Why John Obi Mikel Should Have Been Named AFCON MVP by JERRAD PETERS Jonathan Pitroipa’s MVP gong from the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations will be little consolation for the Rennes winger, whose Burkina Faso side was defeated 1-0 by Nigeria in Sunday’s final. But even it should have found itself in the grasp of a Super Eagle, and there were two or three who would have been more worthy recipients than Pitroipa. This is not to take anything away from the 26-year-old, whose heroics in the quarterfinals against Togo helped ensure the Stallions would continue galloping toward their first ever major final. Pitroipa was one of the best players in South Africa the past three weeks, but in no way was he the best. That honor falls to Nigeria’s John Obi Mikel, and he should have been given the official recognition to confirm what everyone already knows. He should have been crowned Player of the Tournament. Mikel’s importance to Nigeria became evident as soon as manager Stephen Keshi named his roster for the competition. Keshi bravely omitted several establishment players from the 23-man squad he took to the Cup of Nations, including Yakubu, Peter Odemwingie, Obafemi Martins, Dickson Etuhu, Taye Taiwo and Danny Shittu. Instead, the team he selected was comprised of five domestic-based players and only two—goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama and captain Joseph Yobo (who wasn’t a starting player)—with more than 50 caps to their names. Mikel, at 25, was immediately the elder statesman of the midfield, and he vindicated Keshi’s daring by playing some of the best football of his life. With Ogenyi Onazi and Sunday Mba alongside in the centre of the park, Mikel marshalled what proved to be the tightest, most organized midfield in South Africa—something that was never expected, given the disorderly nature of Nigeria sides past. He also led by example instead of letting his notoriously erratic behavior get the better of him, and if anything his soft-spoken approach made him a model for his younger teammates. So often a lightning rod of controversy in the Premier League, he was nothing of the sort at the Cup of Nations. While barely three months before he had been handed a three-match suspension for bursting into referee Mark Clattenburg’s changing room with allegations of racial abuse that were later proved unfounded, at this tournament he played with his mouth closed, his brain operational and his maturity blossoming. As a result, we saw a player we’ve only seen in patches during his time at Chelsea. Robust in a defensive role in front of the back four and imperious on the ball and in his movement, Mikel was the best midfielder on the park in every match he played. That Nigeria so fully deserved their quarterfinal win over Ivory Coast was largely down to him; that the Nigerian attackers had a platform from which to demolish Mali was largely down to him. That the centre of the park was shut to Burkina Faso’s passing was largely down to him, and Nigeria won the tournament’s showcase match because of it. There was an array of stars at the 2013 Cup of Nations, and Pitroipa was certainly among them. But Mikel was a supernova. And when he shone, the stars disappeared. Follow @jerradpeters https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/1524167-why-john-obi-mikel-should-have-been-named-afcon-mvp.amp.html 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by CoolJulian: 8:19am On Aug 21, 2020 |
Danielnino00: Unfortunately, most of these players are not MATURE! 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 8:19am On Aug 21, 2020 |
TheSuperNerd: I agree with their opinion Mikel was up to the task against Cote d'Ivoire and Mali but I don't think he should win the MVP. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 8:23am On Aug 21, 2020 |
ChrisKels: Oliseh called it the worst refereeing decision in the history of football. As far as i was concerned, it was match fixing to get Ghana to the finals gond wrong. Pitroipa was unfairly sent off but Burkina Faso still scaled through. CAf president Issa Hayatou said. "Everyone realised that this referee did not officiate well," Hayatou announced on Friday. "They've told me the referee has sent a letter saying he got it wrong." " The referee admitted his error in his report given to the (CAF) secretary general (Hicham El Amrani) - he recognised that he had got it wrong." https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news24.com/amp/sport/soccer/afcon/AFCON-ref-admits-mistake-20130208 |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 8:26am On Aug 21, 2020 |
forgiveness: Ruud Gullit was in the Supersports studio for the final and screamed in shock that Mikel was not given the MVP. He and another in the studio read out Mikel's stats, breaking dosn the points highlighted in fhe bleacher article and said Mikel was clearly the MVP. TheSuperNerd is very right. Mikel was the bsst player. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by ChrisKels: 8:29am On Aug 21, 2020 |
TheGoodJoe: Oh that? The midgets paid but still got crushed by my guy, the mighty Aristide Bance. In my head, I still have the picture of him bullying those kenke defenders like they were ants. Lol just imagine Samuel Inkoom tryna fight for the ball with Bance ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Nobody: 8:54am On Aug 21, 2020 |
ChrisKels: But he is playing in isreali second division and his club hapoel jerusalema did not promote to the first tier. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by AndSunGorilla: 8:56am On Aug 21, 2020 |
tbaba1234:Were have u been bro? Missed having you here, the man wey sabi!! |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Olulong(m): 9:17am On Aug 21, 2020 |
jihday: Only him heard it |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by rabzy: 9:28am On Aug 21, 2020 |
Subzero047: It's called progress..lol |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by chrisooblog: 9:37am On Aug 21, 2020 |
slight adjustment 2) Iheanacho - Proven SE player. Above average in EPL 7) Musa - Proven SE player performed at highest international level 10) Umar - showed promise in Seria A and Dutch Eredivise. Doing well in Serbia. Did well at Rio. untested and unproven in international soccer 11) Nwaemeke - tested in SE yet to prove quality 13) Iwobi - Struggling in EPL but proven in SE 14) Kayode - Laliga flop. tested in SE yet to prove quality Based on SE performances yes Ighalo was outstanding but based strictly on club football at the highest level (not championship) sorry he leaves a lot to be desired. between Seria A, La Liga and EPL Odion has only scored more than 10 goals once. please that is not something to advertise as outstanding komekn: 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by chrisooblog: 9:41am On Aug 21, 2020 |
i think Musa still has an AFCON and WC left in him with Balogun injuries/poor form might not allow him make it to Qatar when SE qualify God willing charlesemeka85: |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by elunico: 9:41am On Aug 21, 2020 |
Kog45: There's a likelihood that Awaziem is older than Balogun? I know it's your opinion, some of us have seen that kid grow, so, only you know what you're talking about. Omuero may be same age as he, I can't really argue that. 3 Likes 4 Shares |
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