I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the past week including Taiwo Awoniyi scoring his 13th Bundesliga goal of the season in a 2-0 win over Entraicht Frankfurt this weekend In England, Emmanuel Dennis scored his 10th Premier League goal of the season for Watford in their 2-1 loss at home to Brentford, which makes for an intriguing summer with Watford likely to be relegated so Dennis may be on the move to continue playing in the Premier League In t...
Apr 22, 2022•27 min•Ep. 55
I reviewed the 1st leg on the episode which took place on Friday March 25th at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi with both teams settling for a 0-0 draw before previewing the crucial 2nd leg taking place tonight at 6pm in Abuja including predicting our anticipated starting XI & the key questions ahead of the crunch tie Check out our Youtube Channel where you can also watch the episode: https://bit.ly/NigeriaFootballWeekly Twitter - https://twitter.com/NFWPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.c...
Mar 29, 2022•10 min•Ep. 54
The international window is here again as the final spots for the 2022 World Cup get finalised over the next fortnight with Nigeria vying for a place against our West African rivals Ghana. I previewed the 1st leg on the episode which takes place on Friday March 25th at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi including predicting our anticipated starting XI & the key questions ahead of the crunch tie Key midfielder Wilfred Ndidi will be missing from the tie after sustaining a knee injury in Leicester...
Mar 22, 2022•33 min•Ep. 53
The NFF announced the squad list for our crucial World Cup qualifying double-header against Ghana including recalls for our superstar Victor Osimhen with Emmanuel Dennis, Leon Balogun, Abdullahi Shehu, Peter Etebo, Odion Ighalo & Calvin Bassey also being recalled to the squad after the Africa Cup of Nations. Akinkunmi Amoo & Ademola Lookman also received their 1st ever call-ups to the Super Eagles I also ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over ...
Mar 08, 2022•29 min•Ep. 52
I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the past week including Taiwo Awoniyi becoming the 1st Nigerian to hit double figures this season for goals in the top 5 European leagues with his 10th of the season in Union Berlin’s 3-1 win over Mainz In Belgium, Paul Onuachu notched his 16th league goal of the season in Genk’s 2-0 win over KV Kortrijik while Anthony Nwakaeme continued his excellent form for Trabzonspor by scoring a last-minute penalty for Tr...
Mar 01, 2022•30 min•Ep. 51
I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the past week including Emmanuel Dennis scoring his 9th league goal of the season to give Watford a 1-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday, which was a much needed boost to their hopes of staying in the Premier League In Italy, Victor Osimhen scored his 7th league goal of the season for Napoli on Monday night after coming off the bench to rescue a point away to Cagliari while Moses Simon was in excellent form yet...
Feb 22, 2022•32 min•Ep. 50
I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the past week including Moses Simon scoring his 3rd league goal of the season with a brilliant free-kick to win their Ligue 1 encounter against Reims over the weekend moving Nantes up to 9th place. In Spain, Asisat Oshoala scored 3 goals in Barcelona’s two previous games (9-1 win over Real Sociedad & 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao) which keeps her as the top goalscorer in La Liga with 19 league goals while in...
Feb 15, 2022•29 min•Ep. 49
I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the past week including Victor Osimhen scoring the opener in Napoli’s 2-0 win over Ebuehi & Okereke’s Venezia. It was his 1st start in Serie A since he fractured his cheekbone on November 21st against Inter Milan at the San Siro and the win moved Napoli within a point of Inter Milan in the title race with both teams set to face each other on Saturday in Naples. Kelechi Iheanacho was also on the scoresheet f...
Feb 08, 2022•26 min•Ep. 48
Nigeria’s AFCON journey is unfortunately over after we lost 1-0 in our Round of 16 tie against Tunisia courtesy of a 47th minute goal by Youssef Msakni who’s shot got parried into the net by Maduka Okoye. Nigeria fielded the same starting XI we started the tournament with but it just wasn’t meant to be especially after substitute Alex Iwobi got sent off in the 66th minute We’ll see what happens with the coaching situation ahead of our Nigeria’s next game, which would be the crucial World Cup qua...
Jan 27, 2022•15 min•Ep. 47
Nigeria fielded a line up with 8 changes against Guinea-Bissau to round up the group stage, winning 2-0 courtesy of goals from Umar Sadiq and on-field captain William Troost-Ekong to claim maximum points so far. Moses Simon also had another incredible game after coming on as a substitute culminating in him and Troost-Ekong being named in the XI of the group stages. As a result of finishing 1st, Nigeria will play Tunisia in the Round of 16 on Sunday night in Garoua after the Carthage Eagles lost ...
Jan 23, 2022•19 min•Ep. 46
Nigeria fielded an unchanged line up as we impressively beat Sudan 3-1 to seal our progression to the Round of 16 as group winners on Saturday night Samuel Chukwueze opened the scoring early in the 1st half after a fine cut back from Moses Simon before Taiwo Awoniyi scored his 1st goal for the Super Eagles to double our lead just before half time. Moses Simon then capped off his man of the match performance with the 3rd goal of the game just after halftime although Ola Aina conceded a sloppy pen...
Jan 18, 2022•20 min•Ep. 45
Kelechi Iheanacho scored a banger for the Super Eagles in our very impressive 1-0 win over Egypt on Tuesday in Garoua to send us top of Group D after the 1st round of matches. It’s safe to say the team exceeded all expectations considering what we had seen under Gernot Rohr and it was probably the best performance from Nigeria in a good 2/3 years especially considering the opponent. Coupled with the goalless draw between Sudan & Guinea-Bissau, the result puts Nigeria firmly in the driving se...
Jan 13, 2022•23 min•Ep. 44
In this episode, I previewed the upcoming Africa Cup Of Nations, which gets underway in Cameroon tomorrow with Nigeria drawn in Group D to face Egypt, Sudan & Guinea-Bissau and also playing our opening game of the tournament on Tuesday against Mo Salah’s Egypt. I ran through how the teams in Group D qualified while also previewing the Egypt game in detail including my anticipated starting XI for the game Finally, I discussed my expectations for the other groups and the tournament in general ...
Jan 09, 2022•31 min•Ep. 43
I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the past week including Samuel Chukwueze scoring in back to back games for Villarreal initially in a 7-1 Copa Del Rey win on Wednesday before rounding up the scoring in their 3-1 win over Real Sociedad in La Liga on Saturday. In Germany, Kevin Akpoguma scored a last minute equaliser for Hoffenheim at home against Gladbach to maintain their impressive start to the season as they sit in 5th place and look likely ...
Dec 21, 2021•28 min•Ep. 42
On Sunday, the Nigeria Football Federation confirmed the termination of Gernot Rohr’s contract as Super Eagles manager after over 5 years with former Super Eagles player & coach Augustine Eguavoen appointed as Interim manager ahead of AFCON taking place in January Additionally, I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the past week including Emmanuel Dennis continuing his great goalscoring form with his 7th Premier League goal of the season on Fri...
Dec 15, 2021•41 min•Ep. 41
I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the weekend and midweek including Emmanuel Dennis continuing his great goalscoring form against Leicester City and Chelsea. Despite the losses, he has now accumulated 12 goal involvements in 13 appearances in the Premier League this season In La Liga, Samuel Chukwueze scored his 1st league goal of the season for Villarreal in a 3-1 home loss to Barcelona & he also scored in their midweek 8-0 win in the Copa...
Dec 03, 2021•23 min•Ep. 40
I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the weekend including Emmanuel Dennis getting a goal & 2 assists in Watford’s exceptional 4-1 win against Manchester United culminating in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s inevitable sacking. In the Bundesliga, Taiwo Awoniyi continued his fantastic start to the season scoring his 8th league goal of the campaign in Union Berlin’s 2-0 win over city rivals Hertha Berlin In Italy, David Okereke scored the winner for Vene...
Nov 23, 2021•33 min•Ep. 39
Nigeria drew 1-1 at home against Cape Verde on Tuesday to seal top spot in Group C and qualify for the final playoffs round of the CAF World Cup qualifiers as one of the seeded nations due to being one of the top 5 ranked teams from the 10 teams that have qualified for the playoffs. Victor Osimhen scored Nigeria’s goal in the 1st minute to take his WCQ qualification tally to 4 goals and he’s now scored 10 goals in just 19 caps so far in his career I also touch on the rumours regarding Gernot Roh...
Nov 19, 2021•22 min•Ep. 38
Nigeria beat the Lone Stars of Liberia 2-0 on Saturday in Tangier Morocco courtesy of two penalties dispatched by Victor Osimhen and Ahmed Musa setting up a final game showdown against Cape Verde taking place in Lagos on Tuesday at 5pm with the Super Eagles needing a win or draw to book our place in the final playoff round of qualifiers, which will take place in March 2022. Check out our Youtube Channel where you can also watch the episode: https://bit.ly/NigeriaFootballWeekly Twitter - https://...
Nov 15, 2021•16 min•Ep. 37
With the international break now upon us, I previewed the Super Eagles upcoming game against the Lone Stars of Liberia taking place on Saturday in Tangier, Morocco as a win will leave Nigeria needing just a solitary point to win the group and qualify for the final round of the CAF World Cup qualifiers In other news, Watford announced the signing of Super Eagles no.1 goalkeeper Maduka Okoye on a 5 and a half year contract although he will remain on loan at Sparta Rotterdam until the end of the se...
Nov 09, 2021•31 min•Ep. 36
The Super Eagles squad list was announced for our final two group stage matches of the World Cup Qualifiers against Liberia & Cape Verde including a baffling recall to the national team for Odion Ighalo after his international retirement following the 2019 AFCON. Wilfred Ndidi, Alex Iwobi & Samuel Chukwueze all return to the national team after missing the last qualifiers due to injury while Zaidu Sanusi has been recalled to the national team following an improvement in form at FC Porto ...
Nov 04, 2021•35 min•Ep. 35
I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the weekend including Emmanuel Dennis getting a goal & 2 assists in Watford’s exceptional 5-2 win over Alex Iwobi’s Everton at Goodison Park to hand Claudio Ranieri his firs win as Watford’s manager. In the Bundesliga, Taiwo Awoniyi continued his fantastic start to the season scoring his 7th league goal of the campaign in Union Berlin’s 1-1 draw away to Stuttgart while also scoring in the UEFA Conference Le...
Oct 26, 2021•28 min•Ep. 34
I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the weekend including Victor Osimhen continuing his excellent form with the winning goal on Sunday in Napoli’s 1-0 win over Torino to make it 8 wins from 8 games in Serie A so far & taking his club tally to 8 for the season including 5 in Serie A while Simy Nwankwo also scored his 1st Serie A goal of the season for his new club Salernitana in their 2-1 loss away to Spezia In the Bundesliga, Taiwo Awoniyi sc...
Oct 19, 2021•26 min•Ep. 33
In this episode of the podcast, I reviewed both of our World Cup qualification games against Central African Republic starting with the shock 1-0 loss at home in Lagos on Thursday, which was the Super Eagles first home qualifier loss in 40 years & the performance was easily one of the worst I’ve witnessed in a long time. The Super Eagles did gain a measure of revenge on Sunday in the reverse fixture winning 2-0 in Yaoundé with Leon Balogun scoring his 1st goal for the national team & Vic...
Oct 12, 2021•28 min•Ep. 32
In this episode of the podcast, I preview our upcoming World Cup qualifiers against the Central African Republic taking place on Thursday October 7th at the Teslim Balogun stadium with the squad announced last week including 1st time call ups for Rangers left back Calvin Bassey & Union Berlin hotshot striker Taiwo Awoniyi who’s been rewarded for his excellent start to the season in the Bundesliga and UEFA Conference League for Union Berlin. Frank Onyeka and Kevin Akpoguma are also back in th...
Oct 05, 2021•31 min•Ep. 31
In this episode of the podcast, I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the weekend including Victor Osimhen continuing his excellent form with another brace on Thursday in Napoli’s 4-0 win against Sampdoria before firing in another against Cagliari in a 2-0 victory on Sunday to take his tally to 6 goals over the past 4 games as Napoli maintain their 100% record in Serie A so far this season. Paul Onuachu has also picked up impressively from where he...
Sep 28, 2021•30 min•Ep. 30
In this episode of the podcast, I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the weekend including Victor Osimhen getting off the mark for the season with a brace on Thursday in the Europa League against Leicester & also getting off the mark in Serie A with the opening goal in Napoli’s 4-0 thrashing of Udinese to go top of of the league with maximum points after 4 games. Emmanuel Dennis was also back in form scoring a brilliant header to open the scor...
Sep 21, 2021•32 min•Ep. 29
In this episode of the podcast, I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the weekend including David Okereke’s stunning winner for Venezia who won their 1st Serie A game since 2001. Terem Moffi was also in incredible form as he bagged a superb assist plus the winning goal for Lorient on Friday night as they defeated league Champions Lille 2-1 at home In Turkey, Chidozie Awaziem scored the winner on his debut for Alanyaspor on Monday night while Bright...
Sep 14, 2021•26 min•Ep. 28
The depleted Super Eagles team left Cape Verde with maximum points after winning 2-1 in a hard-fought encounter against our closest challengers in Group C of our World Cup Qualifying group on Tuesday with Chidera Ejuke, Kinglsey Michael & Jamilu Collins in particularly impressive form. The win means Nigeria has 6 points from 2 games and stands us in good stead heading into the Home & Away games against the Central Africa Republic in October & maximum points from those games should pu...
Sep 09, 2021•27 min•Ep. 27
The Super Eagles kicked off their World Cup Qualification journey on Friday with a 2-0 win over Liberia at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos courtesy of a Kelechi Iheanacho brace & I go through all the key elements of the match. I then previewed our upcoming qualifier away to Cape Verde taking place this Tuesday September 7th where Nigeria will be playing without the core spine of our team including William Ekong, Leon Balogun, Wilfred Ndidi, Joe Aribo, Karo Etebo, Alex Iwobi & Kelechi...
Sep 06, 2021•13 min•Ep. 26
