African Football Discussion Thread {Male & Female} Current Topic: 👉 WAFCON

[Lida93]

Which player in your opinion do you think doesn't deserve a place in this list probably by current for of the individual player or club?

Well, starting from the goalkeeping department:
Amas obasobie
Adeleye adebayo

Defenders:
Iboh ogbu
Ifeanyi onyebuchi

Midfielders:
Alhassan Yusuf
Joe aribo
Chrisantus uche
Daniel mustapha

Forwards:
Kelechi iheanacho

I think the above names should not be included in the list. Though it is still the provisional squad l, it will be interesting to see who makes up the final 23 man list of head coach Erick Chelle for the world cup qualifiers.

What a coincidence, I think we have same players in mind that shouldn't make the list except for Christantus Uche who plays for Getafe as midfielder, he has been on my radar recently. But I am cool with the rest names for exclusion.

Though there are players I eagerly wants to see among the 23 man finalist of Chille because for me these players are really making a glaring efforts in their teams and have been a boost to the team's strength presently. Players like:

Stanley Nwabali in the goalie.

Calvin Bassey, Bruno Onyemeachi, Gabriel Osho, and Sanusi Zaidu (defenders).

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Christantus Uche, Raphael Onyedika and Alex Iwobi. and Frank Onyeka (Midfield).

Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, Samuel Chukwueze, and Simon Moses (forwards).

I think this is my standard to be as it doesn't get better than this. Others could be a plus to this players in my opinion n completing the 23 man list.  

[Zanab247]

Ahmed Musa reign has passed so the super eagles should free him because he is not an assets to them now, though I was also surprised to see how he was presented as they normally put players who are regarded as the champion of the club, just like how Manchester City and Liverpool will have match, Salah and either Kelvin de Bruyne or Haaland will be on the top logo of the day as people who will be heading their respective side of the match, so for that Lookman or even Osimhen are supposed to be used. On the Kano Pillars for more than 10 matches he hasn't helped the team for any score when that league should have been the perfect for him with goals.

According to some comments.above though I have not find out say that he is only there to encourage the players and not to play on the field. Though it is not bad to put Ahmed Musa's pictures on the billboard or on the banner but my concern is the players. Musa can't play well again so he should not be added in the squad.

Though even if some persons commented that he will only go there to encourage the team I will not buy it because there are so many other ways of encouragement he could do other than being among the team, he could just come as a supporter because he cannot be playing bad and still encourage someone who has won African best of the season. That position is best for another super eagles players who have not been on the list before, so that even if they did not use him but let it be that he is building up the courage to challenge in any season he would be remembered to be fixtured.

I have that confident, that this current coach will give opportunity to those players that are in local team to play this world cup qualifiers because some of them are playing more than those that are in big club in abroad.  Musa have a good record in super eagle, which he deserve to be among the players that are going to play this world cup qualifiers, even though they are not going to use him to play first half, let him be on bench in case anything happen to any striker he will be use to replace the player.

If you talk about encouragement, Musa know how to encourage his colleagues to improve even though they are losing in that particular game, and he know how to raise encouragement songs to boost the faith of the players to challenge any strong team.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

How do you take your merit list, i will love to know because current form is included and you can't take Osimhen out of that. Osimhen is not a lazy player to the team, we know AFCON to be more of physicality not just techniques and Osimhen is one of the players with such attributes.

I can't take Osimhen out of the super eagles squad even though he's sick/injured, people don't just rate that guys work rate but people that knows balls will rate him because he's one of the reasons why Nigeria win their games.

His presence alone takeout two or more defenders because they'll have to keep an eye on him and giving others the chance to shine. It was his presence in the 18 yard that gives Lookman more room to do all he did in the last tournament that the super egales did very well (AFCON). Lookman was the star of the tournament that gave him his recent African best but Osimhen did all the dirty works. Al

As for me I don't care what the lineups are as all I care about is Nigeria, winning every tournament that they're participating in and qualifying for the world cup too.

[DiMarxist]

Africans Women Football Team with their Rankings

Super Falcons are number one Spot in Africa and number 36 in the World. Nigeria Women (Super Falcons) are the best in Africa but I don't know why they are still in the 36 position globally. South Africa is in the second position in Africa while in 54 globally, Morocco is 3rd in Africa and 60 globally. Ghana 65 globally.

This the global ranking by FIFA.

Nigeria = 36th spot

South Africa = 54th spot

Morocco = 60th spot

Zambia = 64th spot

Ghana = 65th spot

Cameroon = 66th spot

Cote d’Ivoire = 71st spot

Mali = 78th spot

Senegal = 82nd spot

Algeria = 83rd spot

Wazobia FM.

They are doing well in Africa but very bad in Global Games. Why?

[Marykeller]

Africans Women Football Team with their Rankings

Super Falcons are number one Spot in Africa and number 36 in the World. Nigeria Women (Super Falcons) are the best in Africa but I don't know why they are still in the 36 position globally.

They are doing well in Africa but very bad in Global Games. Why?

Super Falcon being the 1st in Africa and 36 globally is not really a bad one. Is something to be proud of. There are 188 countries globally that participate in women's football and Super Falcon is at 36 position and number one in Africa. I don't see anything bad with that if they are at 36 position globally. There are many countries they are above, what would you say about that

[Fiatless]

Super Falcon being the 1st in Africa and 36 globally is not really a bad one. Is something to be proud of. There are 188 countries globally that participate in women's football and Super Falcon is at 36 position and number one in Africa. I don't see anything bad with that if they are at 36 position globally. There are many countries they are above, what would you say about that

Female football in Africa is still in its developmental stage, so it's not strange to see the number one country in Africa sitting in the 36th position in the global ranking. The Super Falcons and the Bayana Bayana of South Africa have been the dominant force in the continent's female football space. However, some female teams from Morocco, Zambia, and Ghana have started improving in their games. If African teams can be able to lift a world competition, the continent's rating will increase.

[Oluwa-btc]

Osimhen will be the least on the list to vanish, who is a better striker we have in the team compared to Osimhen, i don't know your reason for asking why Osimhen seems to be either valuable to the team or not, knowing he is in great form internationally at Galatasaray, the main goal scorer we have to build on to be left out in the squad list, first pick will be Osimhen when considering attackers. I have seen the list, comfortable with the names i see there especially the newly included players, we wait on the final list to know how the qualifiers will look like.

They want Victor Osimhen axed from the squad? That's some laughable shiiit truthfully. You want a man giving you 101 percent dedication, energy, goals and assist not to be called up? I feel you too, he should be the first name on that list when you want players that can be your central striker for Nigeria.
Baffles me when I read stuffs like this on here but, what do I know? Lmao! Maybe Boniface will do a good job but he's not as energetic as Victor Osimhen. People have reasons but I will never see it wise to not call up Victor Osimhen.

[SatoPrincess]

Africans Women Football Team with their Rankings

Super Falcons are number one Spot in Africa and number 36 in the World. Nigeria Women (Super Falcons) are the best in Africa but I don't know why they are still in the 36 position globally. South Africa is in the second position in Africa while in 54 globally, Morocco is 3rd in Africa and 60 globally. Ghana 65 globally.

This the global ranking by FIFA.

Nigeria = 36th spot

South Africa = 54th spot

Morocco = 60th spot

Zambia = 64th spot

Ghana = 65th spot

Cameroon = 66th spot

Cote d’Ivoire = 71st spot

Mali = 78th spot

Senegal = 82nd spot

Algeria = 83rd spot

Wazobia FM.

They are doing well in Africa but very bad in Global Games. Why?

I really don’t know why this has been our fate in Africa and that is why some persons feel the African competitions and tournaments hold little value and relevance because of how low our rankings are in the world. We need to work harder and improve of games when we compete internationally and across the globe. Africa needs to be recognized worldwide, we are a triumphant nation.

[Salahmu]

Another person with the mentality that is destroying the Super Eagles team. Selection and inclusion of players in the final list should be based on merit and not on performance from their clubs. Victor Osimhen can be doing great in Galatasaray based on the conditions there, but may not in the Super Eagles team because conditions are not the same.

I am not against his selection, but I am of the opinion that every player should merit their inclusion.

How will you say so?

Is Osimhen not performing currently and how sure can you tell if he plays for the Super Eagles team he won't perform very well?

I get the point of Rruchi man because if we can look at the flexibility of things those normal clubs are usually flexible to play than in African competition because our ways of balling is kind of a bit complex, so in some cases you tend to be sure if those players are merited the privilege of playing for there country through giving them a different trial by the African matches they are playing, though it can still be a bit hard to no all merited players because you cannot use all 30 plus players and goalkeeper on matches and some plays ones in a while, so we may not no how merited they are and besides in formality they are all supposed to be there because they belong to teams outside super the eagles.

[SatoPrincess]

How do you take your merit list, i will love to know because current form is included and you can't take Osimhen out of that. Osimhen is not a lazy player to the team, we know AFCON to be more of physicality not just techniques and Osimhen is one of the players with such attributes.

I can't take Osimhen out of the super eagles squad even though he's sick/injured, people don't just rate that guys work rate but people that knows balls will rate him because he's one of the reasons why Nigeria win their games.

His presence alone takeout two or more defenders because they'll have to keep an eye on him and giving others the chance to shine. It was his presence in the 18 yard that gives Lookman more room to do all he did in the last tournament that the super egales did very well (AFCON). Lookman was the star of the tournament that gave him his recent African best but Osimhen did all the dirty works. Al

As for me I don't care what the lineups are as all I care about is Nigeria, winning every tournament that they're participating in and qualifying for the world cup too.

Osimhen happens to be the number one as well as the best choice in that position for the super eagles and as long as he is able to play he should be making the squad list. As you have said his presence alone on the pitch gives shivers to opposition defenders keeping them on their heels and behind their defense lines so he is a lethal threat as much as he plays on the pitch.

[Fiatless]

Though even if some persons commented that he will only go there to encourage the team I will not buy it because there are so many other ways of encouragement he could do other than being among the team, he could just come as a supporter because he cannot be playing bad and still encourage someone who has won African best of the season. That position is best for another super eagles players who have not been on the list before, so that even if they did not use him but let it be that he is building up the courage to challenge in any season he would be remembered to be fixtured.

If it is true that coach Eric Chelle invited Armed Musa just to encourage the players, then it is very wrong. There are other ways he can be included in a team such as being an unofficial member of the coaching crew. The Super Eagles need to have a good bench because of uncertainties. But I think the Kano Pillars player is not in a bad shape. I briefly watched highlights from the Nigerian local league and I wouldn't lie, his pace and strength seems intact. But he might not be able to be active for a long time because of his age.

[Slow death]

Osimhen will be the least on the list to vanish, who is a better striker we have in the team compared to Osimhen, i don't know your reason for asking why Osimhen seems to be either valuable to the team or not, knowing he is in great form internationally at Galatasaray, the main goal scorer we have to build on to be left out in the squad list, first pick will be Osimhen when considering attackers. I have seen the list, comfortable with the names i see there especially the newly included players, we wait on the final list to know how the qualifiers will look like.

They want Victor Osimhen axed from the squad? That's some laughable shiiit truthfully. You want a man giving you 101 percent dedication, energy, goals and assist not to be called up? I feel you too, he should be the first name on that list when you want players that can be your central striker for Nigeria.
Baffles me when I read stuffs like this on here but, what do I know? Lmao! Maybe Boniface will do a good job but he's not as energetic as Victor Osimhen. People have reasons but I will never see it wise to not call up Victor Osimhen.

In my opinion, the Nigerian national coach will choose players based on merit and Victor Osimhen is the best striker in Nigeria. In 21 games, the guy scored 17 goals with 4 assists and everyone knows that even if he was in the Premier League, he would be able to score many goals. Unfortunately, Napoli is destroying the career of this great player by putting a high amount of money to sell him.

[Nheer]

Super Falcon being the 1st in Africa and 36 globally is not really a bad one. Is something to be proud of. There are 188 countries globally that participate in women's football and Super Falcon is at 36 position and number one in Africa. I don't see anything bad with that if they are at 36 position globally. There are many countries they are above, what would you say about that

Of course we should be proud of their achievements, it is not easy to rank First among all African countries and 36th in the world. Being the best in Africa does not make them the best in the world because there are a lot of countries that perform better than them even if they are the best in Africa. I think it is still good even if you think they are being cheated and should have been in a better position than this.

Osimhen will be the least on the list to vanish, who is a better striker we have in the team compared to Osimhen, i don't know your reason for asking why Osimhen seems to be either valuable to the team or not, knowing he is in great form internationally at Galatasaray, the main goal scorer we have to build on to be left out in the squad list, first pick will be Osimhen when considering attackers. I have seen the list, comfortable with the names i see there especially the newly included players, we wait on the final list to know how the qualifiers will look like.

They want Victor Osimhen axed from the squad? That's some laughable shiiit truthfully. You want a man giving you 101 percent dedication, energy, goals and assist not to be called up? I feel you too, he should be the first name on that list when you want players that can be your central striker for Nigeria.
Baffles me when I read stuffs like this on here but, what do I know? Lmao! Maybe Boniface will do a good job but he's not as energetic as Victor Osimhen. People have reasons but I will never see it wise to not call up Victor Osimhen.

Who are those that don’t want Osimhen on the team? They must be high on something if not you won’t be asking of such things. Statistically I don’t think there is any Nigerian forward that is performing better than Osimhen currently even if he is on loan he still doing well for Galatasaray better than other Nigerian players abroad. No striker can fit the striking role better than Osimhen and if you want to rely on Boniface then I will say you’re not ready, Boniface is good but he is not suitable to be played ahead of Osimhen because of his casual style of play. Osimhen should be the first one on the list.

[7juju]

Africans Women Football Team with their Rankings

Super Falcons are number one Spot in Africa and number 36 in the World. Nigeria Women (Super Falcons) are the best in Africa but I don't know why they are still in the 36 position globally. South Africa is in the second position in Africa while in 54 globally, Morocco is 3rd in Africa and 60 globally. Ghana 65 globally.

This the global ranking by FIFA.

Nigeria = 36th spot

South Africa = 54th spot

Morocco = 60th spot

Zambia = 64th spot

Ghana = 65th spot

Cameroon = 66th spot

Cote d’Ivoire = 71st spot

Mali = 78th spot

Senegal = 82nd spot

Algeria = 83rd spot

Wazobia FM.

They are doing well in Africa but very bad in Global Games. Why?

African football discussion
Quote: DiMarxist

There is no why to this, the African teams they got what they deserved or do you want to question the ranking process that determine which team is ranked up and which is ranked below? This simply means that the Super Falcons have only succeeded in conquering African football and not the global football. If they wants to be ranked higher, they should win some or most of their intercontinental matches when they face team from other federations, either in friendly matches or competitive matches. It's very simple, win some high profile matches, qualify for big tournaments and go as far as you can or lift the trophy. They are ranked 36 because their are 35 teams that are doing far better than them. How many trophies and medals have these African teams won in rent times outside their federation. These are things that comes into consideration when deciding which team is ranked above or beneath each other.

[DiMarxist]

Africans Women Football Team with their Rankings

Super Falcons are number one Spot in Africa and number 36 in the World. Nigeria Women (Super Falcons) are the best in Africa but I don't know why they are still in the 36 position globally.

They are doing well in Africa but very bad in Global Games. Why?

Super Falcon being the 1st in Africa and 36 globally is not really a bad one. Is something to be proud of. There are 188 countries globally that participate in women's football and Super Falcon is at 36 position and number one in Africa. I don't see anything bad with that if they are at 36 position globally. There are many countries they are above, what would you say about that

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African football discussion
Quote: DiMarxist

There is no why to this, the African teams they got what they deserved or do you want to question the ranking process that determine which team is ranked up and which is ranked below? This simply means that the Super Falcons have only succeeded in conquering African football and not the global football. If they wants to be ranked higher, they should win some or most of their intercontinental matches when they face team from other federations, either in friendly matches or competitive matches. It's very simple, win some high profile matches, qualify for big tournaments and go as far as you can or lift the trophy. They are ranked 36 because their are 35 teams that are doing far better than them. How many trophies and medals have these African teams won in rent times outside their federation. These are things that comes into consideration when deciding which team is ranked above or beneath each other.

You don't need a seer to tell the performance of the African teams in the global football games. Nigerians' Super Falcons is not the issue but the others. South Africa 2nd in Africa and 54th in the globe Morocco 3rd in Africa and 60th in the globe and that is good for you. When countries are striving to take first. If it was from 10th up, it would have been better. Those countries you said tried in the global ranking, their country fans were saying that their performance in the world is not good and here you said it is good. I don't know from what point you are analysing the teams.
Is it that they are bad in performance? I was expecting Nigeria to take the position of 5th to 3rd.

[Futurexxx]

Osimhen will be the least on the list to vanish, who is a better striker we have in the team compared to Osimhen, i don't know your reason for asking why Osimhen seems to be either valuable to the team or not, knowing he is in great form internationally at Galatasaray, the main goal scorer we have to build on to be left out in the squad list, first pick will be Osimhen when considering attackers. I have seen the list, comfortable with the names i see there especially the newly included players, we wait on the final list to know how the qualifiers will look like.

They want Victor Osimhen axed from the squad? That's some laughable shiiit truthfully. You want a man giving you 101 percent dedication, energy, goals and assist not to be called up? I feel you too, he should be the first name on that list when you want players that can be your central striker for Nigeria.
Baffles me when I read stuffs like this on here but, what do I know? Lmao! Maybe Boniface will do a good job but he's not as energetic as Victor Osimhen. People have reasons but I will never see it wise to not call up Victor Osimhen.

Honestly he has been pretty good this season for Galatasaray, but when saying he is totally on fire, I think on that regard you are blowing it out of proportion, 17 league goals is not that bad honestly, and it very ok considering the support he gets in this Galatasarian side but for you to say that he is on fire, he must have scored more goals considering the number of matches that has played already, because at the end of the day, his performance at Galatasaray will be summarize by the numbers of goals he can get in the Turkish super league, not by the goals he scored in the cup competitions.
As of the case of our super eagles, who in his right sense would drop someone like victor osimhen considering the kind of options we have at our disposal, he is definitely the best among all available options now, victor Boniface is really not cut out for African football, because he doesn't have what it takes to unsettle defensive players, that's why when victor osimhen was absent, it was too visible for all to see, the rest of other attackers are no where close to victor osimhen in his overall contribution to the team, so right now he is my number one pick as our striker in our super eagles team.

[satscraper]

Honestly he has been pretty good this season for Galatasaray, but when saying he is totally on fire, I think on that regard you are blowing it out of proportion, 17 league goals is not that bad honestly, and it very ok considering the support he gets in this Galatasarian side but for you to say that he is on fire, he must have scored more goals considering the number of matches that has played already, because at the end of the day, his performance at Galatasaray will be summarize by the numbers of goals he can get in the Turkish super league, not by the goals he scored in the cup competitions.
As of the case of our super eagles, who in his right sense would drop someone like victor osimhen considering the kind of options we have at our disposal, he is definitely the best among all available options now, victor Boniface is really not cut out for African football, because he doesn't have what it takes to unsettle defensive players, that's why when victor osimhen was absent, it was too visible for all to see, the rest of other attackers are no where close to victor osimhen in his overall contribution to the team, so right now he is my number one pick as our striker in our super eagles team.

Don’t push him.

I'm Galatasaray's fan and closely looked unto  Victor Osimhen play during the recent season. What I have to say ^{in this regard}  that  he proved to be the real knockout spartan  who ^{more than often}  configured himself as the  security blanket for Galatasaray. I think the latter  without him would have lost a lot and was not what it is right now.

[Hewlet]

I really don’t know why this has been our fate in Africa and that is why some persons feel the African competitions and tournaments hold little value and relevance because of how low our rankings are in the world. We need to work harder and improve of games when we compete internationally and across the globe. Africa needs to be recognized worldwide, we are a triumphant nation.

we all have watch African woman participate in international tournament and when you watch those games, you can obviously spot the difference in quality of the players and the investment they put in to ensure that there national teams does well in global competition. you know, it is one thing to be the best in Africa football, it is another thing for your national team to do well when you cross the boarder of Africa. the super falcons are ready good and individually, they are doing really well for their clubs but can you compare them to teams that ahead of them in the ranking? it is not possible. if they want to get into the top ten in the world, they should work on getting far in the female world cup or doing well at the Olympics and maybe they can push up further than where they are. we normally still have a long way to go in football both for our male team and the female team.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

They want Victor Osimhen axed from the squad? That's some laughable shiiit truthfully. You want a man giving you 101 percent dedication, energy, goals and assist not to be called up? I feel you too, he should be the first name on that list when you want players that can be your central striker for Nigeria.
Baffles me when I read stuffs like this on here but, what do I know? Lmao! Maybe Boniface will do a good job but he's not as energetic as Victor Osimhen. People have reasons but I will never see it wise to not call up Victor Osimhen.

Wait wait, I don't get it as I haven't been following the super eagles news of recent. Is anyone trying to take Osimhen out of the squad for the eagles? Like the same Osimhen that although he didn't perform if we're looking at stats at the last AFCON but did all the dirty jobs that made the likes of Lookman to shine at the tournament.

The same person that has delivered for every club side that he played at. You see why I don't like it when our players go to unknown league. He's killing his career at Galatasaray, that guy needs to get into a better league like the premier league or la liga.

He needs to be were the media attention will be on him as he keeps giving them incredible performances. Osimhen should always be the first name on the call up irrespective of his form, his presence alone is a positive for the Nigerian side. Boniface still has a long way to go before we can trust him to lead the line.

[Rockstarguy]

How do you take your merit list, i will love to know because current form is included and you can't take Osimhen out of that. Osimhen is not a lazy player to the team, we know AFCON to be more of physicality not just techniques and Osimhen is one of the players with such attributes.

I can't take Osimhen out of the super eagles squad even though he's sick/injured, people don't just rate that guys work rate but people that knows balls will rate him because he's one of the reasons why Nigeria win their games.

His presence alone takeout two or more defenders because they'll have to keep an eye on him and giving others the chance to shine. It was his presence in the 18 yard that gives Lookman more room to do all he did in the last tournament that the super egales did very well (AFCON). Lookman was the star of the tournament that gave him his recent African best but Osimhen did all the dirty works. Al

As for me I don't care what the lineups are as all I care about is Nigeria, winning every tournament that they're participating in and qualifying for the world cup too.

Victor Osimhen is a talented player and whenever he's playing for the supers eagles the game is always different,  all the focus of opponent is on him. The reason why super eagles games are not productive sometimes is because the rest players are not on the same frequency with Victor Osimhen, he is putting more effort than everyone in every game. He is one of the players that put same energy in super eagles games like he does in his club.

He is always lthe man of the game and all eyes of their opponents on him, thst is why I won't blame him if the super eagles fails to win their game because other players are not helping.