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[CryptSafe]

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The NFF can’t do that now again, not how far they’ve come in the qualification now will that even happen. Nigeria is said to be one of the African teams with the best of players to represent and give them the best of the show in this qualifiers but they’ve just made it even worse for their fans to even have trust in them going forward.

The set of players we have now are good to be honest, but I think it is just like other people have said it, it is all about their mentality of looking down at their opponents that are in the same group with them, they should have taken advantage of the early chances they had but they didn't and misused it. It seems it’s too late for them now and we’re going to miss the World Cup for another time in a row.

They can withdraw at any time if they want to, as there is no law or rule that stops them after all, Eritrea withdrew from a qualifier match a few tournament years back, and FIFA  granted them their request.  It will be even better if they do it than going there to disgrace themselves out of the World Cup without one goal or attempt to score any.

This is the worst set of squad so far that the Super Eagles have produced over the years. It is quite embarrassing to see that the Super Eagles are yet to qualify for the World Cup, which should have been a walkover for the team, looking at the caliber of players that made up the Eagles squad for this ongoing World Cup qualifier. Well, if they miss it, it will be a record for them that they never went for the world cup because I believe by the next world cup, all of them would not be able  to go for it and that is it.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Eto'o words:

Samuel Eto'o🗣️--------If at the end Nigeria didn't qualify for the world cup 2026 , then it's a call for reformation, overhauling their båd system, if I must be honest with you their is a smêlling & båd system in Nigeria Fōotball for years, we are all aware, it's never the fault of the players, they are doing well outside in their different clubs, the current African BEST player is from Nigeria, the past was from Nigeria.

If you noticed, even the referees deniêd Nigeria their rights because they no longer see the ÑFF effective, I'm sorry to say this, no ref would boldly ignōre punishìng a player who intentionãlly injurêd an international player like Osimhen, no card was issuêd nothing at all 😭

I'm not condêmning Nigeria either, in Africa the Best players are from Nigeria but they lack good management, we have great ex Fōotballers in Nigeria yet politicians are appointed to run the Fōotball affairs, leaving the experienced Fōotballers behind. So if Nigeria by chance didn't qualify for the ongoing World Cup Qualifiers matches then i think it's good so that the country will sit up, since the county are in the verge of electing new Ñff leadership then I'm urging the Nigêria Fōotball fans to rally round for Jay Jay Okocha to emêrge victorious by then we can work with him, personally I love Nigeria and our friendship has been a top notch I enjoyed a lot of praises from NIGERIANs fans I'm not blind, we know counties that recognizes greatness and Nigeria happens to be number one among those countries.

In conclusion I want to cheer all Ãfricãn countries to emulate the lifestyle of NIGERIANs, loving and caring for their visitors 🇳🇬💚🦅
Thank you everyone, good luck to African players 🦅🇳🇬💚

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All Eto'o has said is true. Very sad but true because it's like even the NFF that should have been like the backbone aren't even strong enough . We saw how much the refs got away with some controversial calls they made but it wasn't brought up for investigation and the rest. My question is, with how nonchalant the NFF are, is it the reason our boys don't play with their heart because we are all seeing how much they are struggling with small teams. Like they are a shadow of themselves.
 See, it's one thing to say a thing and another to actually work on it. This matter Eto'o brought up is something that he must have carefully observed but change doesn't come by just talking. The way things are, it's not looking like we'd see that change occuring because this problem of NFF having issues didn't start now and might not end now till the right action is taken.
 

The thing is that we have lost it all when it comes to the world of football, we can't use our influence to win a game or dominate everything concerning a match and any ref can equally come to our ground and officiate a game the way he likes so it won't favor us and nothing will happen that's to show that the NFF does not have the power to protect their own, just like the case of Lookman, the way they treat him at Atalanta is not suppose to be even Osimhen, our African best players are suppose to be treated with so much respect but they are just walking alone.
Eto'o saying all these for everyone who cares to hear and do something but can some of the top men in our NFF standup and make a move? That's the question. And it might be that the NFF are not paying attention to all these little details Eto'o was talking about and they see it as a normal thing that needs to happen but they never knew how bad it is killing our football system.

[Marykeller]

The NFF can’t do that now again, not how far they’ve come in the qualification now will that even happen. Nigeria is said to be one of the African teams with the best of players to represent and give them the best of the show in this qualifiers but they’ve just made it even worse for their fans to even have trust in them going forward.

The set of players we have now are good to be honest, but I think it is just like other people have said it, it is all about their mentality of looking down at their opponents that are in the same group with them, they should have taken advantage of the early chances they had but they didn't and misused it. It seems it’s too late for them now and we’re going to miss the World Cup for another time in a row.

If the Super Eagles are looking down on their fellow African countries in their group and they fail to qualify for the World Cup next year, who are they doing? They are indirectly doing themselves because they have blocked the way they would have sold themselves out for the whole world to see. By the time it gets to the next World Cup in 2030, so many of them would have grown older and lost form. The current coach, as of then, may not call them to play for the Super Eagles for any Africa or World Cup qualifying games. So, who loses? They lose.

What should be our concern is how the NFF is building the future of the Super Eagels in the years to come, in case all our top players get older? Will go on with the idea of calling our international players to continue playing for the Super Eagles, not making use of our local players who are ready to give all their best to make sure we win matches.

[Coyster]

Same manager that was owed 6 months salaries by the NFF? He had a lot of shit from the NFF and decided to call it a day. No National team treats their managers the way we do ours here. They wanted a Yes sir manager and got one.

That is a different discussion and i am aware of that. What you said was that he was fired by the NFF, which was wrong, and then you bring up this. Yes, the NFF owed Jose Poseiro, but the backlog was cleared and he was paid in full. I also do not know on what criteria you came to the conclusion that Nigeria treats their managers in the worst possible way.

I am not saying everything is right in the NFF and i think a lot of changes need to happen if we don't qualify for the WC, but we do the best we can for our managers. Jose Poseiro was earning $70k monthly, how many African countries pay their managers that much, or do you only look for the negatives.

[Princess Leah]

The NFF can’t do that now again, not how far they’ve come in the qualification now will that even happen. Nigeria is said to be one of the African teams with the best of players to represent and give them the best of the show in this qualifiers but they’ve just made it even worse for their fans to even have trust in them going forward.

The set of players we have now are good to be honest, but I think it is just like other people have said it, it is all about their mentality of looking down at their opponents that are in the same group with them, they should have taken advantage of the early chances they had but they didn't and misused it. It seems it’s too late for them now and we’re going to miss the World Cup for another time in a row.

If the Super Eagles are looking down on their fellow African countries in their group and they fail to qualify for the World Cup next year, who are they doing? They are indirectly doing themselves because they have blocked the way they would have sold themselves out for the whole world to see. By the time it gets to the next World Cup in 2030, so many of them would have grown older and lost form. The current coach, as of then, may not call them to play for the Super Eagles for any Africa or World Cup qualifying games. So, who loses? They lose.

What should be our concern is how the NFF is building the future of the Super Eagels in the years to come, in case all our top players get older? Will go on with the idea of calling our international players to continue playing for the Super Eagles, not making use of our local players who are ready to give all their best to make sure we win matches.

It would've been possible if we had good football tacticians as our football bodies, but with how corrupt the NFF have become, I don't think those politicians and businesses mind people are ready to do the right thing, well who knows, I could be wrong,let's see how the future goes, I wish they'll though.

 Anyways it's high time most of those our players sit up, they shouldn't only focus on playing club football in Europe and overlook performing well for their country, I wonder if most of those boys are not worried about going to the world cup! if I had the opportunity I'll do anything possible to make sure I play in the world cup and be watched by majority of the world, that's the kind of mentality those boys should be having.

[Agbe]

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I am not saying everything is right in the NFF and i think a lot of changes need to happen if we don't qualify for the WC, but we do the best we can for our managers. Jose Poseiro was earning $70k monthly, how many African countries pay their managers that much, or do you only look for the negatives.

$70k for a coach like poseiro was just outrageous for me no European club will even give a coach of his caliber that kind of wages because he is not a top class coach, one thing that African countries do is that when it comes to salaries they tend to give these European coaches who are just looking for a way to survive huge amounts of wages but when it comes to their local coaches they give them peanuts.

[Callido]

The set of players we have now are good to be honest, but I think it is just like other people have said it, it is all about their mentality of looking down at their opponents that are in the same group with them, they should have taken advantage of the early chances they had but they didn't and misused it. It seems it’s too late for them now and we’re going to miss the World Cup for another time in a row.

I don't think our players are happy with the position they are qualifying for the World Cup, our chances is slim to never. Every other countries had high hopes on Nigeria to quality at ease, we have the best African player in our team, one of the most current talked about striker Osimhen, great defenders but we can't successfully register ourselves in the competition.

Individual quality in the squad is the best we can hope for in the squad, but our collective efforts is nothing to talk about, if they've been looking down on opponents, obviously they can see where we stopped in the midst of other African nations.

[Victorybit1]

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I am not saying everything is right in the NFF and i think a lot of changes need to happen if we don't qualify for the WC, but we do the best we can for our managers. Jose Poseiro was earning $70k monthly, how many African countries pay their managers that much, or do you only look for the negatives.

$70k for a coach like poseiro was just outrageous for me no European club will even give a coach of his caliber that kind of wages because he is not a top class coach, one thing that African countries do is that when it comes to salaries they tend to give these European coaches who are just looking for a way to survive huge amounts of wages but when it comes to their local coaches they give them peanuts.

I agree that money is very huge, I don't think any local or home base coach can be offered such amount of money even if he is top notch or top class. And the funny thing is that even with such amount of money paid they will still not perform up to standard like the home base coach who understands and knows his way around the whole setting when it comes match formation and player selection.

[Youngrebel]

And the funny thing is that even with such amount of money paid they will still not perform up to standard like the home base coach who understands and knows his way around the whole setting when it comes match formation and player selection.

Them where is the problem lied on? Is it the players or the coach? This is what I just said about Manchester United team. But in Nigeria case the problem is on the coach and not the players because when Augustine Eguavoen managing the team to play the Nation Cup Qualifiers, this the same boys were doing well and when Eric Chelle took over this the same boys can't even dribble one player and score goals. That indicates that the Coach is not good for the team.
They should look for a better coach to come. Nigeria has players but there is no coach to train them to face international teams.

[Nightwatchmare]

Good to see quite a good number of Nigerian players representing their teams at the Champions League games but it's just so unfortunate that most of them are not really playing in teams that can have the possibility of winning the Champions League title. I could remember how Ademola Lookman became popular when he won the Europa League title for Atalanta so imagine if it was in the Champions League that he got that privilege to win the prestigious title it could have been a great achievement for him and the Nigerian football body as well. It's really sad to know that only three Nigerians have succeeded in winning the Champions League title which includes: Finidi George, Kanu Nwankwo, and Mikel Obi. Sadly, the two important players we have now namely; Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen are playing in teams that has less chances of winning the Champions League title.

With the Champions League football back today/tonight,  these are the players from Nigerian representing their respective clubs. I'm rooting for them all but Galatasaray I will watch whenever I see their games. Ademola Lookman and George of Monaco are players that would also thrive.

Despite Nigerian players not playing in the teams that can have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, we should be proud of our players for making it and playing for teams that are playing in the Champions League because there are so many African countries whose players aren't playing for teams in the Champions League. Inter Milan have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, and had Atalanta accepted Inter Milan's bid for Ademola Lookman, Ademola Lookman would have been Inter Milan player this season. With time we will see more Nigerian players joining teams that can have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, but for now let's support them in the teams they are currently playing for.

[Youngrebel]

Despite Nigerian players not playing in the teams that can have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, we should be proud of our players for making it and playing for teams that are playing in the Champions League because there are so many African countries whose players aren't playing for teams in the Champions League. Inter Milan have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, and had Atalanta accepted Inter Milan's bid for Ademola Lookman, Ademola Lookman would have been Inter Milan player this season. With time we will see more Nigerian players joining teams that can have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, but for now let's support them in the teams they are currently playing for.

It would have been better if they are playing in the winning clubs and not the participating clubs. And if they are playing in those participating clubs they should push them to the top so they can be shining again. Nigeria players in those days were having reputation in the international football space though they still, the few ones that are doing well but those clubs managers also look your performance from your National Team to see if you are doing well and the total performance of the team. Your assists, and scores.
Now all those people you showcase in the image are in Nigeria Super Eagles yet they could not qualify in the World Cup, what does that tell us. I don't think they are doing well out.

[CryptSafe]

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I am not saying everything is right in the NFF and i think a lot of changes need to happen if we don't qualify for the WC, but we do the best we can for our managers. Jose Poseiro was earning $70k monthly, how many African countries pay their managers that much, or do you only look for the negatives.

$70k for a coach like poseiro was just outrageous for me no European club will even give a coach of his caliber that kind of wages because he is not a top class coach, one thing that African countries do is that when it comes to salaries they tend to give these European coaches who are just looking for a way to survive huge amounts of wages but when it comes to their local coaches they give them peanuts.

NFF does not value what they have; otherwise, they would have called all the ex-footballers to have a meeting with them to hear from them what they think best fits the national team, because they were once there and have seen what it takes to build a formidable team. Let us tell ourselves the truth, the caliber of men we have as nnf EXCOs are not sportsmen at all, otherwise they should have been ashamed of the national team performance and begin to resign from their various offices, but it would never be like that because they are all politicians who are just after their pockets.

[nelson4lov]

I see a lot super eagles fans happy that Fifa wants to investigate South Africa over teboho mokoena ineligibility. It's a valid probe for the integrity of football but I don't think it helps super eagles much when you look at it from the ground scheme of things unless we somehow manage to win the final two games with sufficient amount of goals.

NFF does not value what they have; otherwise, they would have called all the ex-footballers to have a meeting with them to hear from them what they think best fits the national team, because they were once there and have seen what it takes to build a formidable team.[...]

I don't think it matters much to them if the team does poorly in competitions. They still get paid fully. I think they get paid even more if the team manages to go far in a competition but base payments is still high because wtf. The solution is not so hard to comprehend.

[Nightwatchmare]

Despite Nigerian players not playing in the teams that can have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, we should be proud of our players for making it and playing for teams that are playing in the Champions League because there are so many African countries whose players aren't playing for teams in the Champions League. Inter Milan have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, and had Atalanta accepted Inter Milan's bid for Ademola Lookman, Ademola Lookman would have been Inter Milan player this season. With time we will see more Nigerian players joining teams that can have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, but for now let's support them in the teams they are currently playing for.

It would have been better if they are playing in the winning clubs and not the participating clubs. And if they are playing in those participating clubs they should push them to the top so they can be shining again. Nigeria players in those days were having reputation in the international football space though they still, the few ones that are doing well but those clubs managers also look your performance from your National Team to see if you are doing well and the total performance of the team. Your assists, and scores.
Now all those people you showcase in the image are in Nigeria Super Eagles yet they could not qualify in the World Cup, what does that tell us. I don't think they are doing well out.

It doesn't matter whether they are playing for the winning teams in the Champions League, but what matters most is that they were able to play for teams that are playing in the Champions League, and they making their money. A coach won't push a player to the top if the player doesn't have something to offer to his team, so if Nigerian players want to be pushed to the top in their respective teams so they can shine again, they need to play better and impress their coaches. I don't think club managers rate players performance from their national team because you can be a good player and find yourself in a national team that make it difficult for you to perform well anytime you are playing for your country.

[Roseline492]

NFF does not value what they have; otherwise, they would have called all the ex-footballers to have a meeting with them to hear from them what they think best fits the national team, because they were once there and have seen what it takes to build a formidable team. Let us tell ourselves the truth, the caliber of men we have as nnf EXCOs are not sportsmen at all, otherwise they should have been ashamed of the national team performance and begin to resign from their various offices, but it would never be like that because they are all politicians who are just after their pockets.

They cannot do that because that would mean that the management of the national team isn't capable of there position in the club because it just like when you were employed for a task you said you could handle so after giving it to you based on how is not playing according your expectations you went and bring another person to guide you, actually your employer would definitely read meaning to it so that's how i think it might be if they send for those former players. We no that this is never going to happen and besides some of our former players has left football and everything that concerns it for long now so an effective advice cannot be generated from there exempt is coming from the few that has continued working in relation to match analysis or a contributor.

[Oluwa-btc]

Despite Nigerian players not playing in the teams that can have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, we should be proud of our players for making it and playing for teams that are playing in the Champions League because there are so many African countries whose players aren't playing for teams in the Champions League. Inter Milan have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, and had Atalanta accepted Inter Milan's bid for Ademola Lookman, Ademola Lookman would have been Inter Milan player this season. With time we will see more Nigerian players joining teams that can have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, but for now let's support them in the teams they are currently playing for.

We don't know that, we can't say that. This is the reason why it's football as it always gives you that vibes of predictability but performs otherwise finally. We've had legends like Mikel Obi, Okocha, Finidi George and Kanu impressive in the Champions League so I expect the same from the above-mentioned. Oyedika registered his name as the first Nigerian to score in the Champions League. A defensive midfielder capable of goals is goal in this generation.

[Marvelockg]

Despite Nigerian players not playing in the teams that can have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, we should be proud of our players for making it and playing for teams that are playing in the Champions League because there are so many African countries whose players aren't playing for teams in the Champions League. Inter Milan have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, and had Atalanta accepted Inter Milan's bid for Ademola Lookman, Ademola Lookman would have been Inter Milan player this season. With time we will see more Nigerian players joining teams that can have the possibility of winning the Champions League title, but for now let's support them in the teams they are currently playing for.

Oyedika registered his name as the first Nigerian to score in the Champions League. A defensive midfielder capable of goals is goal in this generation.

Even though it's not out of place to celebrate him scoring in the champions league, I'm hoping to see so many of our players doing really well across league and going to the extent of winning man of the man award in the champions league. Of cause, if the likes of Ademola lookman, victor osimehn and even Ola aina where in the champions league, they have all the quality of giving us a good representation. Onyedika is not a bad player and even though in terms of considering the likelihood of his club winning the champions league we can see that there chances are slim, a first win is a very crucial result that can sum up to and eventually good position at the end of the champions league.

[Stepstowealth]

With the Champions League football back today/tonight,  these are the players from Nigerian representing their respective clubs. I'm rooting for them all but Galatasaray I will watch whenever I see their games. Ademola Lookman and George of Monaco are players that would also thrive.

About Osimhen and Galatasaray in the Champions League, the injury he sustained from the qualifiers we played for world cup hindered him from featuring yesterday for his club.  Galatasaray were defeated by five goals and they were only able to score one goal. Had Osimhen featured their goal scoring chances would have improved considerably.

I look forward to a time when a Nigerian player will be a key player for a big European team with a better chance of winning the Champions League.

[CryptSafe]

NFF does not value what they have; otherwise, they would have called all the ex-footballers to have a meeting with them to hear from them what they think best fits the national team, because they were once there and have seen what it takes to build a formidable team.[...]

I don't think it matters much to them if the team does poorly in competitions. They still get paid fully. I think they get paid even more if the team manages to go far in a competition but base payments is still high because wtf. The solution is not so hard to comprehend.

It doesn't bother them at all as long as they get their payment; that is their only concern, although the farther they go, the more bonuses they get. As you have said, they also have their base payment, which is quite different from the bonuses they get for matchdays, but the team needs to improve its performance.

[Abu-Naim]

$70k for a coach like poseiro was just outrageous for me no European club will even give a coach of his caliber that kind of wages because he is not a top class coach, one thing that African countries do is that when it comes to salaries they tend to give these European coaches who are just looking for a way to survive huge amounts of wages but when it comes to their local coaches they give them peanuts.

I don’t know why NFF chose to sign him form the first place because I don’t rate him as a quality coach because he don’t have enough record to back it up, but the NFF with their corrupt mind will just decide to make some decisions that will never favored the players and the fans, but due to their selfish interest, they do make their own decisions without much consideration.
They sacked a coach that help the team to the final of AFCON and a coach that help them qualify to the World Cup 2018 and settle down for a coach with less experience. Let’s see how they will do after sacking this coach.