Calvin Bassey vs Celtic

[bushboy]

Watching the game now on Paramount+

Dang! Bassey is a certified baller!!!!! The dude has owned that left side both defensively and offensively.

I have no idea what happened to this lad in Abuja. Has to have been the pitch! Shame he doesn't get the world cup to show himself to the world. He will definitely be playing in a top 3 league next season!!

What a player!!!!

[mcal]

...back home he can now breath well, and if he does well, the usual clamor for him to be invited to SE.

[Flex Swift]

& the final score is Rangers 1 Celtic 2. The sad thing for me was Rangers had three Nigerian internationals on the field today and this Celtic was full no name players

[txj]

...back home he can now breath well, and if he does well, the usual clamor for him to be invited to SE.

He's an up and coming talent and will challenge Zaidu in years to come. No question in my mind about it

[packerland]

Calm your a$$es down. The level of play in the Scottish league is equivalent to the German 2nd division.

[YUJAM]

The Scottish league is of very low standard. Three Rangers players in the SE starting lineup is one of those things that should give reason for thought.

[airwolex]

The Scottish league is of very low standard. Three Rangers players in the SE starting lineup is one of those things that should give reason for thought.

That Rangers team is good though. They wacked Dortmund home and away.

[pindal123]

Bassey must be our main left back. He can already overtake Sanusi and of course also Collins. Against Ghana the only thing that partially worked was the left wing, with Bassey and Simon.

[fabio]

Bassey must be our main left back. He can already overtake Sanusi and of course also Collins. Against Ghana the only thing that partially worked was the left wing, with Bassey and Simon.

Sanusi is better, I beg!

[olu]

Zaidu is the more polished LB. At the moment he's the better option. That could change tho.

[packerland]

The Scottish league is of very low standard. Three Rangers players in the SE starting lineup is one of those things that should give reason for thought.

That Rangers team is good though. They wacked Dortmund home and away.

That Dortmund team is as inconsistent as they come. One week they are challenging Bayern for the title and the next week they losing to inferior teams. They got whacked this week by Leipzig. They need to sell Haaland ASAP to eliminate the distractions & invest that money in some up and coming players.

[packerland]

The Scottish league is of very low standard. Three Rangers players in the SE starting lineup is one of those things that should give reason for thought.

And 4 possibly players from relegation threatened Watford could be core players on our team in the near future (Okoye, Etebo, Dennis & Kalu). Was Isaac sold or is he on loan?

[Bigpokey24]

Bassey must be our main left back. He can already overtake Sanusi and of course also Collins. Against Ghana the only thing that partially worked was the left wing, with Bassey and Simon.

Sanuisi is miles ahead of bassey, who for me is crap

[YUJAM]

The league is still really weak. It is nowhere near the quality of games the Eagles would face in African WCQ. A third of the starters playing in that league should be of concern. Bassey did not look good enough vs Ghana.

The Scottish league is of very low standard. Three Rangers players in the SE starting lineup is one of those things that should give reason for thought.

That Rangers team is good though. They wacked Dortmund home and away.

[pindal123]

Sanusi is better, I beg!

Maybe you are right, now Sanusi is better, but Bassey has a big potential.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

Mek we hia wod joor. He's not even better than Collins.

[waka-man]

The fact that more than half our starting line up in Abuja play for Watford and Rangers should make you pause and wonder if we really have any talent at the moment. When you add that the rest came from a benches in Cyprus, Torino and Brentford, along with worthy starters from Nantes and Napoli, it’s a far cry from our best days.

Even at full strength, it’s Everton and Leicester that we’re dependent on.

Dark days ahead.

[maceo4]

The fact that more than half our starting line up in Abuja play for Watford and Rangers should make you pause and wonder if we really have any talent at the moment. When you add that the rest came from a benches in Cyprus, Torino and Brentford, along with worthy starters from Nantes and Napoli, it’s a far cry from our best days.

Even at full strength, it’s Everton and Leicester that we’re dependent on.

Dark days ahead.

It’s all relative, where do Ghanas play? Yet they beat us over 2 legs. In previous WCs that we qualified for where were our players playing? When we last won the ANC where were our players playing? Clearly we won’t be able to compete with the best of the best, but we should be able to compete in Africa…

[airwolex]

The fact that more than half our starting line up in Abuja play for Watford and Rangers should make you pause and wonder if we really have any talent at the moment. When you add that the rest came from a benches in Cyprus, Torino and Brentford, along with worthy starters from Nantes and Napoli, it’s a far cry from our best days.

Even at full strength, it’s Everton and Leicester that we’re dependent on.

Dark days ahead.

It’s all relative, where do Ghanas play? Yet they beat us over 2 legs. In previous WCs that we qualified for where were our players playing? When we last won the ANC where were our players playing? Clearly we won’t be able to compete with the best of the best, but we should be able to compete in Africa…

Well said. Ghana's team has less quality.

[Damunk]

The fact that more than half our starting line up in Abuja play for Watford and Rangers should make you pause and wonder if we really have any talent at the moment. When you add that the rest came from a benches in Cyprus, Torino and Brentford, along with worthy starters from Nantes and Napoli, it’s a far cry from our best days.

Even at full strength, it’s Everton and Leicester that we’re dependent on.

Dark days ahead.

It’s all relative, where do Ghanas play? Yet they beat us over 2 legs. In previous WCs that we qualified for where were our players playing? When we last won the ANC where were our players playing? Clearly we won’t be able to compete with the best of the best, but we should be able to compete in Africa…

Well said. Ghana's team has less quality.

You guys are actually highlighting the problem - lack of real quality.
You say Ghana beat us with a mediocre team. Fair enough, but it means we aren’t that great in the first place. It also means Ghana isn’t going to go very far. Yeah they qualified but what does it really mean?
Nothing, other than they had a lucky break and are going on a footballing holiday to Qatar.
Kudos, but longevity is the real metric.


Just like us winning AFCON. Great achievement but what came next? Nothing.
Fluke victories and achievements happen all the time. The key is recognizing that real quality lasts and weathers most storms.
Not here today, gone tomorrow.

No need sugarcoating it. If Ghana is that bad, then shame on us, not on them.
Next thing Nigeria will start using bad medicine to treat a real ailment.

It’s started already.

[airwolex]

The fact that more than half our starting line up in Abuja play for Watford and Rangers should make you pause and wonder if we really have any talent at the moment. When you add that the rest came from a benches in Cyprus, Torino and Brentford, along with worthy starters from Nantes and Napoli, it’s a far cry from our best days.

Even at full strength, it’s Everton and Leicester that we’re dependent on.

Dark days ahead.

It’s all relative, where do Ghanas play? Yet they beat us over 2 legs. In previous WCs that we qualified for where were our players playing? When we last won the ANC where were our players playing? Clearly we won’t be able to compete with the best of the best, but we should be able to compete in Africa…

Well said. Ghana's team has less quality.

You guys are actually highlighting the problem - lack of real quality.
You say Ghana beat us with a mediocre team. Fair enough, but it means we aren’t that great in the first place. It also means Ghana isn’t going to go very far. Yeah they qualified but what does it really mean?
Nothing, other than they had a lucky break and are going on a footballing holiday to Qatar.
Kudos, but longevity is the real metric.


Just like us winning AFCON. Great achievement but what came next? Nothing.
Fluke victories and achievements happen all the time. The key is recognizing that real quality lasts and weathers most storms.
Not here today, gone tomorrow.

No need sugarcoating it. If Ghana is that bad, then shame on us, not on them.
Next thing Nigeria will start using bad medicine to treat a real ailment.

It’s started already.

Ghana is not bad but they do have less quality. Football is a low-scoring game with fine margins, so even the best teams can lose on a bad day. North Macedonia beat Italy remember. Also, remember that we didn't actually lose to Ghana and were unlucky on several occasions.

[maceo4]

The fact that more than half our starting line up in Abuja play for Watford and Rangers should make you pause and wonder if we really have any talent at the moment. When you add that the rest came from a benches in Cyprus, Torino and Brentford, along with worthy starters from Nantes and Napoli, it’s a far cry from our best days.

Even at full strength, it’s Everton and Leicester that we’re dependent on.

Dark days ahead.

It’s all relative, where do Ghanas play? Yet they beat us over 2 legs. In previous WCs that we qualified for where were our players playing? When we last won the ANC where were our players playing? Clearly we won’t be able to compete with the best of the best, but we should be able to compete in Africa…

Well said. Ghana's team has less quality.

You guys are actually highlighting the problem - lack of real quality.
You say Ghana beat us with a mediocre team. Fair enough, but it means we aren’t that great in the first place. It also means Ghana isn’t going to go very far. Yeah they qualified but what does it really mean?
Nothing, other than they had a lucky break and are going on a footballing holiday to Qatar.
Kudos, but longevity is the real metric.


Just like us winning AFCON. Great achievement but what came next? Nothing.
Fluke victories and achievements happen all the time. The key is recognizing that real quality lasts and weathers most storms.
Not here today, gone tomorrow.

No need sugarcoating it. If Ghana is that bad, then shame on us, not on them.
Next thing Nigeria will start using bad medicine to treat a real ailment.

It’s started already.

Umm were you sleeping when NONE/ZERO/NIET of Africas representatives to the last World Cup made it out of the group stages? Don’t we not realize the widening gap between the top nations and African nations? Did we not just see how they easily and shamefully whooped Africa teams in recent friendlies? I mean we are becoming more and more inconsequential in the overall world game with some stars here and there, but it’s not just a Nigerian thing, it’s the entire continent falling further and further behind while we continue to dream an impossible dream the likes of Asia, Concacaf etc have bypassed us and actually realizing fruits of their meticulous labor. Y’all don’t understand how the likes of Pinnick (that focus on left overs from other countries development infrastructures rather than developing footie properly back home) are setting our football back for generations. I mean it’s sad, what’s worse is our delusions of grandeur and not realizing how further behind we are falling…ATEODD whether it was Nigeria or Ghana would still likely be 3 games and out so doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things other than bragging rights…

[maceo4]

Just happen to stumble on this from Amo:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb7iBtcDfz- ... =copy_link

Amokachi, speaking on Super Sport after the Super Eagles failure to qualify for Qatar 2022 World cup, called on football administrators in Nigeria to return to developmental structures that saw the national team reach greater heights.

"Quality-wise we can't take it away from Nigeria. Everyday Nigeria is blessed with one immigrant player who is playing out there and he'll always come up and say I turned down my birth country, I want to play for Nigeria when their country of birth never looked for them. They won't even make their birth nation squads.

Unfortunately for us Nigeria, we've thrown away our developmental structure which we had that made us win the 1996 Olympics gold medal, that made that generation so great. Stephen Keshi came into play and revived it and we saw how we won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations," Amokachi said.