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paulolee:
Same way oshimhen need dt big move now dt is in his best form of his life
This chances don’t come each season, it comes just once n it would be very bad if u don’t use it
U can ask Bellotti of Torino was he as a hot cake

Historically, man utd hasn’t been a great stomping ground for African players. Chelsea and Arsenal has a better reputation regarding African players

codemaniacs:
Super Eagles needs fullbacks that can cross the ball..

Bassey is better as LB for the Super Eagles..

Yes, we need good fullbacks but center backs is one of the team hugest deficiencies. At LB, zaidu might not be a good crosser but he is almost as good as Bassey in that LB position. Do you think it’s easy walking into Porto 11

Kog45:
Yes on paper he is the best,young and playing for top club Ajax a plus for him but not yet convincing as CB.I would rather playing him as LB/LWB.I watched him closely in champions league,he need to step up if he wants to be a real CB,though with his age and good tutelage in Ajax,sky is the limit.

It’s not just on paper, he is presently our BEST CB if he isn’t, who is? I’m asking those that are saying that he isn’t our best CB option.. obviously, he needs to step up and improve on his performance but you must remember that, this is only his 3rd season since being a professional.

Meliforme:
He is not

If he isn’t presently our best CB then who is If dem born you well mention balogun, Akpoguma, ekong, awaziem or semi ajayi. Tell us who is presently our best CB…. The problem with Nigerians is that, we exaggerate our players ability and always believe that, there are world class players at our disposal

Meliforme:
My admiration for Bassey began when i saw the friendly game against Arsenal, while he was at Rangers, in that game he was played as a left-back. Bassey won me over.

When i saw him played as a CB, i was like wow, what a versatile player. The quality that i saw in Bassey made me believe that he is an upgrade to what we have in S.E especially at CB, but a closer look at Bassey as a CB revealed what looked like a deficiency, but which is actually a strength when he is deployed rightly

Bassey is a world class LB and should not be wasted at CB. He has qualities that makes him a good LB and at the same time limits him as a CB. He has the skills of a fullback. He anticipates well as a fullback, but makes poor judgements as a CB and there are good reasons for this.

Any coach that believes in Bassey will play him at LB and allow him to develop further in that role.

If Ajax desires let them continue him at CB and watch the opposition exploit Bassey's obvious weaknesses at CB, a situation which is quite unfair, and has a way of affecting his confidence.

Ajax can afford to play at at Lb but we can’t because he is our best available CB

Damioduso1:
I don't know why Nigeria could not qualify for this year FIFA world Cup in Qatar. Most of Our top player's are on form currently.


Ademola lookman highest goal scorer for Atalanta with 6 goals currently
Terem Moffi 4th highest goal scorer in French league with 9 goals
Paul Onauchu highest goal scorer In Belgium league
Victor Osmihen highest goal scorer in Serie A with 8 goals

Alex Iwobi also doing well currently for Everton

It’s a life lesson that we were taught. Sometimes in life, you don’t know what you have until it’s lost. We had someone that was qualifying us for tournaments with games to spare and we requested that he should be sacked undeservedly. The conclusion was retrogression

Blueelf:
A perfect example of how they overhype players and exaggerate their contribution

Which world class season?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qLE02AoyeE&t=228s
That season! He scored 19 goals in all competition and at least 5 world class goals. In addition to that, he won his team the illustrious Fa cup and was their top scorer. That world class season occurred in the space of 5 months. This is why I would not easily give up on him

Blueelf:
Iheanacho, Onyekuru are prime examples

Iheanacho sef has at least given us one World class season. He has shown that, he is capable of performing when he is mentally prepared

fabyom:
Overpriced and not good enough for Ajax. Shockingly, right now he is one of their best players. Ajax presently does not have a good midfield which put a lot of pressure on the defense in big games!

They’re only saying he is overpriced because his African because in todays inflated market, 22million is the right price for a player of Bassey caliber considering his age, and potential to grow.

fabyom:
Ajax fans are attacking Bassey and I understand them. I didn't see the second goal but how could he have allowed that first goal to happen? How?

How does the Ajax press feel about bassey

charlesemeka85:
It’s only here that folks will rate awaziem plying his trade in an obscure league ahead of bassey who has been playing top flight european football consistently in europe

Una dey try

The idiot even started mentioning omeruo, balogun, ekong and awaziem. It took Bassey only 2 seasons at rangers to sign for one of the best clubs in the world

Meliforme:
Bassey is not close to being our best CB. His flaws in that position is obvious to the keen eye.
Bassey is best as a fullback. It is his best position for now.

If he isn’t out best center back right now, then who is If they born your papa well say omeruo, ekong, balogun, awaziem or akpoguma say it. I’m waiting because I really wanna slap someone today

Another aspect of Osimehn game that he has improved on is “heading” last season, he scored like 6 headed goals. This is why, when we contructively criticize a player, it’s for their own benefit. The next sprint goal is to improve on his “Outside shooting”

Karlovych:
I wonder who will have an agenda against him, his stats/figures for the past few years have been excellent and regarding missing out on the world cup all we can say is that it's a pity but it is the entire Nigeria squad that missed out not only him.
I don't remember any Nigerian striker since Yakubu and Martins who has been consistent in the top 5 league for 3 seasons in a row.

He should had scored or assisted vs Ghana

Another goal in a relatively big match. As far, osimehn has done a marvelous job

Danielnino00:
Who is Robinson? Is Trent a winger? Trent is one of the main source of creativity in Klopp's system..He and Salah play the same wings,you won't see Salah playing crosses into the box.. that clearly highlight my point that in the modern game, wingers don't do much crossing of the ball.. Somebody said our wingers should be crossing the ball for Onuachu...

Funny enough, Bassey can cross a ball well but he is our best CB at the moment and will be wasted at LB

andrewbaba44:
E no play half of Wetin onuachu play

Go and check his stats and compare to onuachu own ,akpala didn’t even average one goal in every 2 games

You need good crossers of the boy to have this guy function. For example, if Bassey is going to play LB then this is the guy to be upfront

zuchyblink:
Emenike is one striker I respect so much, for Osimehn, he will come good if he continues at this pace and tempo.
Note: Osimehn already has more goals than Emenike but during Emenike's short stint with the SE he scored decisive goals for us. Osimehn has more time to put smiles on our faces.

Osimehn has scored more than Emenike (Quantity wise) Quality wise, Emenike still holds that edge in reference to super eagles. He contributed immensely towards winning an ANC, qualified us for the World Cup and even had 2 assist at the World Cup… he earned the right to disapear

TheGoodJoe:
Which one is improve? Put OSIMHEN in the EPL today and he will thrive. You can not use two games to put a verdict that a player won't thrive.

OSIMHEN has all the qualities to thrive in the EPL. Messi has had bad games. It did not mean will not thrive or need to improve.

He definitely has all the attributes to succeed at Epl. Pace, power, strong, intelligent

daveP:
That is all I've been trying to let you see but you keep making it seem like he is stagnant.

Considering he's back from injury and atop the list right now, pls give him the accolades of the moment. Simple!!

I ain't overhyping anyone. But you're underhyping him too much. Yeah you are!!

Osimehn is either world class or has the potential to become World class as long as he improves on his weakness. Anyone that tells you otherwise might be a Hater

Danielnino00:
What you and your lots are spewing is nothing close to pointing out somebody's flaw.. it's just hate..

You keep repeating the Ghana game everytime..like every damn time.. it's been 8 months already.. When you constantly use that game to justify your "Osimhen doesn't perform in big games" narrative while overlooking other facts like the game against Roma, you're just hating...
As for Komekn,he said it himself here that Osimhen wasn't good enough for a championship youth team simply because the man was battling injuries at Wolfsburg which slowed down hia progress...

You must be mad. I clearly praised Osimehn after Roma game because it was a big game and he performed. (He was rightfully praised) Prior to that game, his record at big games has been porous. Of course, I will reference that Ghana match because it still dey vex me today. The way that I hyped SE expecially Osimehn before that match, if you were me, you will also had been disappointed. Super eagles couldn’t score from open play against arguably the weakest Ghana team in 20 years. Why I not go vex?

Danielnino00:
Hate is a strong thing o.. very strong thing...

It’s only in Nigeria that you will compliment someone 90 times, the 10 times that you speak on their flaws to help them improve, some people will brand you as Haters. Some of these yes men are the worse kind of people to be around. They will never help you grow

Samueltemi337:
Barcelona
Chelsea
Atalanta
Roma
Lazio
Monaco
Liverpool
Juventus
Leicester
Bayern Munich

they are not big teams Abi?

He scored against Chelsea and Roma. It’s in your village that lazio or Leicester are big games. You also forgot to add 180 minutes vs amartey in a WCQ (Big game) no goals. Emenike might have not scored many goals for super eagles, but I ranked him ahead of martins, yakubu (Super eagles wise). He won, performed at big games and scored. Afterwards, he disappeared. Performing at big games will always amplify your Value

komekn:
Please some degree of objectivity and maturity.

Once again you deviate from the subject matter , what has Manchester city Academy got to do with subject we are discussing ❓

Actually it's two games against Liverpool without scoring.

You are too presumptuous, I aligned V.O. attributes and l skill sets to the demands of the EPL and the top level teams he should be associated with. Not just on game.

Before this current discourse , I talked about the teams he would be most suited too. So my view did not start a few days ago .

I will tell you in football one exceptional game will get you noticed and two will be get you offers and by the third you can probably get a pre- contract agreement.

It works vice versa , if you have been hyped to the heavens and you have an average game it will be considered a poor game, if in the second game you don't improve bids are off and interest dies. Football is characterized by short term decisions.

Osimehn struggles massively against big teams and games because they’re usually man marking him. but he is young and has time to improve his G+A against Big teams. He needs to learn how to hit Buhala from far just incase there are many players around him

Any online steam to watch the game in the us?? Post link

Utonwanne:
Players ought to earn their move to a better club. There's nothing put him there or here.

Forget about goals or not, Osimhen is much better than Moffi in almost all aspects of the game.

They are both Ours. I hope they can play together someday.

Moffi is at the level that osimehn was when he was at Lille. He has the potential to become as good as Osimehn but for now, he isn’t. Let’s just appreciate our inform players instead of trying to compare them with each other

elyte89:
True with d statement above ,however I won’t tag him a world class yet till I start cin him frequently as one of d top 5 apoty awards and top 20-30 ballon/world player of d year award ...till den he’s a top player for me

World class is a stretch. Let’s not forget that he couldn’t score in 180 minutes vs Amartey. He has the potential to be WORLD CLASS sha but you got to consistently perform at big games. I.e vs Roma

One of a positive trait regarding osimehn that is unnoticeable is his unselfish attitude. There was a time that, he was direct at goal and could had shoot instead he passed it to his opponents. It isn’t his first time showing an unselfish attitude

chrisooblog:
Nobody can predict how the future will turn out but hopefully if he can stay fit and on the current path that his good form is showing Nigeria will eat good from him at the next world cup. With Moffi on the rise and Sadiq still to come back Nigeria could really have a fearsome world cup by then.

Still can't believe with all the firepower at our disposal we still blew WC qualification SMH.

In

chrisooblog:
Nobody can predict how the future will turn out but hopefully if he can stay fit and on the current path that his good form is showing Nigeria will eat good from him at the next world cup. With Moffi on the rise and Sadiq still to come back Nigeria could really have a fearsome world cup by then.

Still can't believe with all the firepower at our disposal we still blew WC qualification SMH.

Calm down

OJEEMAH:
Your father na mumu

Your mother na mumu

Mumu + mumu= mumu and useless

Next time, discuss without insult foooool

Ogun punish you and your useless worthless parents son of a prostitute. All these useless indomie generation that doesn’t anything about football will come online and be arguing with their zaddy. Nkita lacha umu nne gi na na gi

TheSuperNerd:
Osimhen in 22/23 season so far: The Lion King of Naples

▶️5 weeks out due to Injury.

▶️ 1st serie A Hattrick.

▶️ 7 goals, 1 assist in 8 serie A games (7 starts)

▶️ 8 goals, 1 assist in 10 games across all competitions (8 starts).


The Monster Machine.

The Respect is World Class level.

The fact that he missed few games and is still among the top scorers in Seria A speaks volume.