Nigeria has won 4 of her last 12 competitive home games across 4 coaches & 3 stadia.

[iworo]

[Goalgetter]

If NFF are smart they would ask for the remaining home games be played in Morocco. But they’re too stupid to notice the trend. The pitch will be better and the players will play better in Morocco than Uyo. Remember how they beat Sao Tome
10-0 in Morocco?

[Bigpokey24]

If NFF are smart they would ask for the remaining home games be played in Morocco. But they’re too stupid to notice the trend. The pitch will be better and the players will play better in Morocco than Uyo. Remember how they beat Sao Tome
10-0 in Morocco?

brah, Soatome ke.. you and NFF nah who carry first of una class with this kind talk?

[Enugu II]

Chei!!!!!

[vancity eagle]

Could it be that all these teams come to park the bus in our backyard.

[gochino]

Could it be that it doesn't feel like home for the foreign born players?

[Tobi17]

Could it be that all these teams come to park the bus in our backyard.

This has to be the lamest and most irresponsible excuse ever...when have these teams NOT EVER parked the bus in our backyard over the years? When did "smaller" teams parking the bus against the supposed traditional big teams at their homes become a new phenomenon?

Just drop this embarrassing rhetorics VE, this crop of players just aren't good enough and lack the true Nigerian win at all cost mentality, probably our worst yet most media-pampered generation of players ever (except Osimhen)- the rest are at best club/paper tigers with the bite force of a jelly when it really matters in Africa.

[Tobi17]

Could it be that it doesn't feel like home for the foreign born players?

But they've been playing there for years so where else can they consider home at this point? They can't even beat almighty Benin republic in neutral grounds so what gives at this point?

When you guys are ready for the uncomfortable conversation, you all will start telling yourselves the truth.

[vancity eagle]

Could it be that it doesn't feel like home for the foreign born players?

But the foreign Morocco, Senegal, Algeria, CIV, are winning at home

[gochino]

Think of it, from 80s till 2000 we went close to 20 years without losing a game at home, in fact our first loss was the Afcon final against Cameroon which ended in penalties. Keep in mind that in this space we hosted 2 Afcons, it wasn't as if we weren't playing enough games. So what exactly changed?

[vancity eagle]

Think of it, from 80s till 2000 we went close to 20 years without losing a game at home, in fact our first loss was the Afcon final against Cameroon which ended in penalties. Keep in mind that in this space we hosted 2 Afcons, it wasn't as if we weren't playing enough games. So what exactly changed?

African football has much improved from that time. The gap between the top and bottom teams has narrowed significantly.

[Enugu II]

Think of it, from 80s till 2000 we went close to 20 years without losing a game at home, in fact our first loss was the Afcon final against Cameroon which ended in penalties. Keep in mind that in this space we hosted 2 Afcons, it wasn't as if we weren't playing enough games. So what exactly changed?

African football has much improved from that time. The gap between the top and bottom teams has narrowed significantly.

VE

Why then are Senegal and Morocco frequently winning at home? While the gap has closed, the really great teams find the way to win at home. Nigeria clearly cannot be counted among those in recent times.

[Orion]

Last 14 competitive away games (excluding the AFCON tournament):

27/03/21 Benin 0-1 Nigeria
07/09/21 Cabo Verde 1 -2 Nigeria
10/10/21 CAR 0-2 Nigeria
13/11/21 Liberia 0-2 Nigeria
25/03/22 Ghana 0-0 Nigeria
13/06/22 São Tomé e Príncipe 0-10 Nigeria
19/11/23 Zimbabwe 1 -1 Nigeria
27/03/23 Guinea-Bissau 0-1 Nigeria
18/06/23 Sierra Leone 2-3 Nigeria
10/06/24 Benin 2-1 Nigeria
10/09/24 Rwanda 0-0 Nigeria
15/10/24 Libya 0-3 Nigeria* (Libya penalised)
14/11/24 Benin 1 -1 Nigeria
21/03/25 Rwanda 0-2 Nigeria

9 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss

The stats suggest we have a decent team, but our home results are letting us down.

Build a world-class stadium in one of the coldest regions of Taraba or Plateau state. Ensure there is an international airstrip nearby and nice hotels. Then make that the home of the Super Eagles. In the meantime move our home games to Morocco. Playing at home is worse than playing away at this point.

[bret- hart]

Honestly just move our home games to morocco until the NFF is serious about rebuilding the National Stadium in Surulere. That is our home. Calabar, PH, Kano, Abuja is not our home stadium.

[Goalgetter]

If NFF are smart they would ask for the remaining home games be played in Morocco. But they’re too stupid to notice the trend. The pitch will be better and the players will play better in Morocco than Uyo. Remember how they beat Sao Tome
10-0 in Morocco?

brah, Soatome ke.. you and NFF nah who carry first of una class with this kind talk?

You totally missed the point. The team played smooth and better than any Naija team we’ve seen in recent time in that game because of the perfect turf in Morocco. That was the biggest margin in Naija football history and could have easily been 13-0 but for some missed chances. Go look at São Tomé record in the current WC qualifiers..While they’ve lost their matches, the margins are significantly lower.

[danfo driver]

comedy galore!

one thing you can bank on with Nigerians is them always pointing fingers at everything but the truth. Oh! na witch cause ma! Oh! its my village people! Oh! Its my mother in law! Oh! na that wicked woman that sells akara What a waste of citizens!

Like I told the others early this week, if you like continue to deceive yourself. Until you face the truth and SAY IT, you will continue to feel pain like you did on Tuesday.

[Goalgetter]

If they must play in Uyo, why don’t they schedule the matches for late evening kickoff to help mitigate the effect of heat/humidity? They should not be kicking of earlier than 7pm local time. Stupid bunch.

[danfo driver]

If they must play in Uyo, why don’t they schedule the matches for late evening kickoff to help mitigate the effect of heat/humidity? They should not be kicking of earlier than 7pm local time. Stupid bunch.

Another excuse don land

[vancity eagle]

If NFF are smart they would ask for the remaining home games be played in Morocco. But they’re too stupid to notice the trend. The pitch will be better and the players will play better in Morocco than Uyo. Remember how they beat Sao Tome
10-0 in Morocco?

brah, Soatome ke.. you and NFF nah who carry first of una class with this kind talk?

You totally missed the point. The team played smooth and better than any Naija team we’ve seen in recent time in that game because of the perfect turf in Morocco. That was the biggest margin in Naija football history and could have easily been 13-0 but for some missed chances. Go look at São Tomé record in the current WC qualifiers..While they’ve lost their matches, the margins are significantly lower.

Nope it wasn't just the smooth surface.

Sao Tome is actually one of the few really horrible teams in Africa.

The surface at Uyo is not responsible for anything, it is not a bad surface.

[vancity eagle]

Think of it, from 80s till 2000 we went close to 20 years without losing a game at home, in fact our first loss was the Afcon final against Cameroon which ended in penalties. Keep in mind that in this space we hosted 2 Afcons, it wasn't as if we weren't playing enough games. So what exactly changed?

African football has much improved from that time. The gap between the top and bottom teams has narrowed significantly.

VE

Why then are Senegal and Morocco frequently winning at home? While the gap has closed, the really great teams find the way to win at home. Nigeria clearly cannot be counted among those in recent times.

While these teams are winning at home more often than us, if you watch those games, those teams are usually still STRUGGLING.

We played better against Zimbabwe than Senegal did vs Togo, or CIV vs Gambia, despite them winning.

[Enugu II]

Last 14 competitive away games (excluding the AFCON tournament):

27/03/21 Benin 0-1 Nigeria
07/09/21 Cabo Verde 1 -2 Nigeria
10/10/21 CAR 0-2 Nigeria
13/11/21 Liberia 0-2 Nigeria
25/03/22 Ghana 0-0 Nigeria
13/06/22 São Tomé e Príncipe 0-10 Nigeria
19/11/23 Zimbabwe 1 -1 Nigeria
27/03/23 Guinea-Bissau 0-1 Nigeria
18/06/23 Sierra Leone 2-3 Nigeria
10/06/24 Benin 2-1 Nigeria
10/09/24 Rwanda 0-0 Nigeria
15/10/24 Libya 0-3 Nigeria* (Libya penalised)
14/11/24 Benin 1 -1 Nigeria
21/03/25 Rwanda 0-2 Nigeria

9 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss

The stats suggest we have a decent team, but our home results are letting us down.

Build a world-class stadium in one of the coldest regions of Taraba or Plateau state. Ensure there is an international airstrip nearby and nice hotels. Then make that the home of the Super Eagles. In the meantime move our home games to Morocco. Playing at home is worse than playing away at this point.

What possibly is a reason for poor results at home? It surely cannot be the skill level of our players if they are doing the business away from home. Is it the "home environment" ? What is it?

[vancity eagle]

If they must play in Uyo, why don’t they schedule the matches for late evening kickoff to help mitigate the effect of heat/humidity? They should not be kicking of earlier than 7pm local time. Stupid bunch.

Another excuse don land

It's not an excuse.

Morocco, Senegal, CIV, Ghana, Algeria all played their home matches at least 2 hours later than we did.

Why do you think that is ?

The main reason we drew Zimbabwe was because our players were tired. So if we played later in the day could that not have helped ?

This is the same NFF who once scheduled a critical match in the North in the middle of the day. They are truly incompetent to go along with their criminality.

[vancity eagle]

A competent federation will fo everything in their power to HELP the chances of their national team.

It seems the NFF does the opposite, they are actively trying to derail our campaign, whether by stupidity or corruption.