BascoVanVeli:


LOL saying it in front of an oracle adds nothing. Salah has been on fire lately but Moses should have been on the shortlist.

Icon79:
Amen! Gernot Rohr definitely knows what he's doing.

Oya, all you player agents and egunje eating journos who full naija, mek una go eat una hearts out
There's absolutely no room for a 40 year old Obafemi Martins in this team. If you wanna play him go form your own team and then invite him.


O pari


Why do i have this feeling he'll be the one to take one of the available CF slots upfront?

goldfish80:

He was on the 5 man shortlist.

safarigirl:
how can you recommend a 19-year old for first choice? You think senior World Cup is U-20?

Add to that, he is not even playing in a top league, I mean, really, do you know the kind of shitty strikers he's up against? Can you compare them to the likes of Messi, Aguero, Modric or Rakitic?

Please, let's focus on begging Enyeama to come back, we shouldn't lose hope because we cannot field an inexperienced baby goalie for something as important as the World Cup

poseidonsaiz:
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And what if Enyeama return haunts us much later during the world cup? We just gotta be hopeful and optimistic about who ever mans the goal post in Russia.

Icon79:
Actually, Zidane didn't score a lot of goal. He was just your old fashioned playmaker. As a matter of fact, goal scoring only came to become all in all in this day of Cristiano Ronaldo because that's the only way they could possibly justify giving him the awards ahead of Messi.


O pari

goldfish80:

I have always been surprised how much people here over rated this guy. When I argued against the hype, some thought I was just anti foreign born. Thank goodness a fresh pair of eyes have come to terms with what I've been saying.

BascoVanVeli:


3 man shortlist was the least he deserved. Salah could score 100 goals and still never get his hands on the epl title. Moses changed football.

tbaba1234:
This cracked me up!!

goldfish80:

I have always been surprised how much people here over rated this guy. When I argued against the hype, some thought I was just anti foreign born. Thank goodness a fresh pair of eyes have come to terms with what I've been saying.

tbaba1234:
This cracked me up!!

Joebie:
Tammy has hit a rough patch..just say it as it is. When Tammy was on fire he was unplayable.
The boy will get back. it's normal with strikers. There was no hype about Tammy.

goldfish80:

The award is not about trophies won for a European team. What if no African won the league for a top 5 European league club , will the award be cancelled for the year under review?
Did Mustafa Hadji, Kanoute, Adebayo, Aubameyang, Yaya Toure( 2012), Victor Ikpeba win any league at their crowning moment?
Please let's educate ourselves before over analysing.

It's even laughable that some analyst believe there's an anti Nigerian sentiment from within the continent. How delusional can one be? This is an event a Nigerian company have sponsored for the past 10 years and counting. An event which have been held in Abuja back to back since globacom took title sponsorship.

How there can be anti Nigerian sentiment for an event we own, host and sponsored is just laughable.

Moses neither made the BBC top 3 shortlist nor the CAF top 3. How can these two bodies be wrong at the same time? Isn't it time we look at the thing critically and find answers we seek?

Moses wasn't even the best right back in London for a guy who changed football.

goldfish80:

Unplayable ke? With those 2 tap in goals and zero assists ?

Joebie:
firstly, you cannot judge correctly if you are are hater.. You just have to say it as it..
Against Arsenal before he was called up to represent England, was that also a tap in. Oh yes he didn't score.. but wasn't that a clever assist?
Abi he didn't earn his England call up?

Modified
Oh and he's scored two tap-ins so far this season.. goals tally equals two.. kwantinue

tbaba1234:
Leon Balogun was injured on Saturday (he was subbed early) and will be unavailable Mainz next game..

blueto:
If Uzoho was in the post against Argentina in the last world cup edition, I don't think Messi would have fared well against him like he performed against Enyeama. If you watch Messi's first goal in that game, he played the ball up to the roof of the net, why? because he knew fully well that Enyeama's short height wouldn't allow him to do well against up balls, and before Messi played the ball, Enyeama was looking to dive along the ground where he thrives, but Messi did not play to his expectations and strength.

Another player who understood and worked with this Enyeama's weakness was Diego Forlan of Uruguay. I remember how he scored the winning gaol against Enyeama in the Confederations cup. He played the same way Messi played his, by playing it straight to the roof of the net, and that might been how Messi discovered that the short Enyeama can't cope very well with such kind of shots.

Messi's second goal can also be attributed to same weakness. The short Enyeama couldn't see the freekick on time due to his shortness and it caused him a late reaction.

Yes, he may have made some great savings, but those goals he conceded wouldn't have been conceded by a tall Uzoho in goal. And it will unwise to start Enyeama against Argentina again (if he returns) with same Messi and other players who may have taken note of his weaknesses from that previous match.

nelszx:


You are even going in the line of VicMo the entire nomination is flawed. Hugo broos won the AFCON but he's not among the nominee of Coach of the year but Cameroon national team was nominated.
In all honesty, Salah shouldn't make the cut as the award is what the players have achieved in the 2016/2017 calendar year and not based on current season.
Well whatever statistics is been used then we should have the criterion for such nominees

blueto:
My point was that he wouldn't have conceded some of kind of goals that Enyeama conceded in the world cup, although he may not have saved the kind of balls that Enyeama saved. And I'm not saying that he is already better than enyeama, he may still need to prove that in subsequent matches.

The other point I made also was that it will not be a very good idea to start Enyeama against the same Messi led Argentine team in the world who appears to be well apprised of his weakness(es).

Famocious:

But none of the players from Cameroon made the cut of the top 3.
I still find the inclusion of Aubameyeng questionable ..

mazimee:



I hope we have a replacement for him?, I like this brother but it is sad that he is not fit enough to play that position. He is easily injured.

blueto:
My point was that he wouldn't have conceded some of kind of goals that Enyeama conceded in the world cup, although he may not have saved the kind of balls that Enyeama saved. And I'm not saying that he is already better than enyeama, he may still need to prove that in subsequent matches.

The other point I made also was that it will not be a very good idea to start Enyeama against the same Messi led Argentine team in the world who appears to be well apprised of his weakness(es).

jihday:
stop making enyeama look bad just to promote Uzoho.

Icon4s:


Please how many of Uzoho's games have you watched to come about this kind of conclusion.

Nigerians, we never learn.

goldfish80:

I have always been surprised how much people here over rated this guy. When I argued against the hype, some thought I was just anti foreign born. Thank goodness a fresh pair of eyes have come to terms with what I've been saying.

Joebie:
firstly, you cannot judge correctly if you are are hater.. You just have to say it as it..
Against Arsenal before he was called up to represent England, was that also a tap in. Oh yes he didn't score.. but wasn't that a clever assist?
Abi he didn't earn his England call up?

Modified
Oh and he's scored two tap-ins so far this season.. goals tally equals two.. kwantinue

Icon4s:


How old is Tammy?

Just 19. He is still up and coming. Calling for his inclusion into the Super Eagles is because of his potential to grow into a top striker. And not that we have found a new Yekini.

The whole Swansea team has been poor of late. What of one of the Ayews that is there what gas he done of late?

Young players often have this kind of rough patches at a point in time in their careers. While some come out of it stronger some other do not recover.

Our own Alex Iwobi and Rashford also suffered such. Iheanacho and Success are currently experiencing that rough patch. Likewise Anthony Martial.

It is nothing new bro.

blueto:
If Uzoho was in the post against Argentina in the last world cup edition, I don't think Messi would have fared well against him like he performed against Enyeama. If you watch Messi's first goal in that game, he played the ball up to the roof of the net, why? because he knew fully well that Enyeama's short height wouldn't allow him to do well against up balls, and before Messi played the ball, Enyeama was looking to dive along the ground where he thrives, but Messi did not play to his expectations and strength.

Another player who understood and worked with this Enyeama's weakness was Diego Forlan of Uruguay. I remember how he scored the winning gaol against Enyeama in the Confederations cup. He played the same way Messi played his, by playing it straight to the roof of the net, and that might been how Messi discovered that the short Enyeama can't cope very well with such kind of shots.

Messi's second goal can also be attributed to same weakness. The short Enyeama couldn't see the freekick on time due to his shortness and it caused him a late reaction.

Yes, he may have made some great savings, but those goals he conceded wouldn't have been conceded by a tall Uzoho in goal. And it will unwise to start Enyeama against Argentina again (if he returns) with same Messi and other players who may have taken note of his weaknesses from that previous match.

Icon4s:


My brother, na the thing way we dey see hear o.

This is a thread where a player that is not tested is often concluded to be the best.

Rubbishing Vincent Enyeama, Nigeria's all time best goalie for an untested Uzoho that has not played any competitive game.

It is hard to believe people who call themselves sports analysts here can be writing all these with so much confidence.