₦airaland Forum

chuks404:
hahahaha. U go fear analysis. Who was the coach then? And what was osihmen then?. Omo the kind of analysis I get here at times is something else. So osihmen should just jump in and bench established ighalo. If ighalo was around now, I doubt he will bench osihmen. However this your take is baseless because they played in two different eras . Is like saying a 17yr old Messi was benched by Crespo. Baba osihmen as far as nigerian football is concerned is a legend. We are talking of an AFOTY. GIVE the guy his respect he didn't bribe his way through it. If your so called striker was good, he should have gotten it in his era. Provided he is not crowned, he is well below osimhen.

This is why it's bad to join a conversation from the middle. See how you're tripping because I said Ighalo benched Osimhen but same you didn't realise the battle for game time Martins had to contend with against big name strikers from Italy, Argentina and Brazil when he was young.
Winning APOTY shouldn't be used to backup your argument either unless you're saying Okocha was a lesser player than Oshimen because of some APOTY.
Anyway, I'm glad they are both Nigerians, Martins inspired a generation. Same thing Oshimen is doing currently.

elyte89:
Sorry bro ur take is illogical…no offense;shey na paper osimhen Dey play against?

Do you know Imobile has better stats than Ronaldo delima in the Seria A?
Quick question, do you think if Imobile played against the kind of defenders R9 played against, he would have better stats than R9?

Amedino99:
let's even use the "substitute role and quality of players" excuse to double martin's goal tally to make it seem fair, he is still one goal short of osimhen's current number.

You can't talk about substitute role without recalling that a prime Ighalo kept Oshimen at the bench throughout Afcon 2019. If Ighalo could do that to Osimhen, imagine what Adriano and Crespo could have done to him.

Amedino99:
na nostalgia.

We suffer from short memory not nostalgia if you ask me.

Goke7:
If he was better than those strikers, he would be a starter and perhaps score more goals but he wasn't better. Oshimen was not only a starter but the best in Serie A. It's that simple

So Osimhen will start ahead of Crespo, Adriano and Vieri? Anako

elyte89:
Been a serie A champion and top chart scorer; breaking so many records has overshadowed whatever martins achieved in his career….in a nutshell osimhen better pass martins

This is cheap takes. Martins was playing against generational defenders like Maldini, Nesta, Costacurta Canavaro while competing for game time with Adriano, Crespo and Vieri.
By the way Seria A was run by a corrupt mafia, alot of them went to jail for match fixing and Juve was relegated. You can't troll Martins for not winning the league.

Marjoribanks:
Osimhen rose to score 26 league goals in the same Seria A.
More than any African including George Weah.
How was Oba's performances in other clubs.
Never at Osimhen level? Never!!

You still don't get it. If Osimhen was competing with Adriano, Crespo, Vieri at 22, you reckon he will get enough game time to hit 26 goals?

Mujtahida:
Definitely. Obagoal was phenomenal. It's a shame he had not so many goals

He wasn't an automatic starter at Inter Milan. It's even a miracle how he gets on to the pitch at all with legendary strikers like Adriano, Vieri etall. A testament to how highly rated he was.
The move to Newcastle was a bad one. Valencia was supposed to be the better option where he could have played with David Villa.

Marjoribanks:
Oba scored 28 goals in 88. Osimhen 47 in 79 in the same Seria A (most of these goals are extra...).
Please, let us stop disrespecting Osimhen. Obafemi was disappointing several times in Super Eagles jersey!
This is Osimhen first major tourney as a starter. By next AFCON, he would be in a club that respects him and will be psychologically prepared to play!

Most of those appearances was as substitute. This is what the stats won't tell you. Obafemi was competing for game time with seasoned strikers like Adriano, Vieri, Cruz. Martins never struggled in Seria A. He normally gets onto the pitch with 20 mins remaining and bangs!

I'm enjoying the Obafemi Martins VS Osimhen comparison on twitter.
I don't know what you guys think. I personally think Obafemi was a better finisher.

Emmy450:
Another clip of Nwanbali saving a penalty in the South African league.

⁦TBT@NwabaliBobo⁩⚽️⚽️ doing his thing for ⁦@ChippaUnitedFC ⁦@NGSuperEagles⁩ ⁦@booday10⁩ ⁦@mekus102⁩ ⁦@totorinews_⁩ ⁦@totorimaster⁩ pic.twitter.com/QcOzijH64S

— Mohammed lawal (@therealdankoli) February 1, 2024

If the game drag's on until penalty shootout,. (I don't see that happening tho) I believe we're good.

Nwabali is a fantastic shot stopper when it comes to penalties. He's been doing the business since his time at Go round FC of Omoku. He was my cousins team mate.

humility33:
So sir u think a player like Moffi can't wrap up the remaining 20+5 mins ?

U guys don't seems to understand that Pasiero is not substituting in the right players

Folks like Aribo or Onauchu are not supposed to be subbed in when u have the likes of Onyedika, Musa,Moffi and nacho on the bench even Bruno

Its not by name checking players. This is professional football not amateur. Managers need specific players for different tasks based on game state.
Onuachu appears to be the player we use to close out games, a role he has played to perfection.
If what happened to Mali(conceding late goals) was our fate in round16 or quarter finals, you'd have called for Peseiro's sack.

This Ighalo/Ezenwa/Ogu bants had me in stitches
Apparently, the players didn't like Gernot Rohr and Aloy Agu that much.
Ezenwa is a real clown

😂😂😂

“Two more games to go, na bonus match be this”

- Ikechukwu Ezenwa pic.twitter.com/kQltmKxTwq

— @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) February 2, 2024

Thank God nobody has said that shii that Bobo Nwabali hasn't been tested.
Boy has something like the most clean sheets in the Psl with 7 in 14 games.
His Afcon form is no fluke. He retains the number 1 shirt for the Super Eagles for the next 4yrs atleast.
He's likely to captain this team at some point in future, that's how relevant he's made himself.
Thanks to Peseiro for listening to the voice of reason. The next to be incorporated is Nwakali.

Had Uzoho started this competition instead of Nwabali, we would have joined others like Algeria, Egypt Ghana to exit this competition quite early and Peseiro would have been labelled the worst Nigerian coach since Libregets.
Makes me wonder what could have been had Rohr/Eguavoen done their due deligence in search of a real goalkeeper.

daveP:
The fact is you guys overrated Mabululu and co. No be when them see space dem go show? Also forgetting that the scoreline is not reflecting how we ran down this defence. Osimhen should have a Hattrick in this game but see how all went.


I noticed the anger of Jpes when he was talking with Musa. Seems he was vexed with Osimhen or Onyeka or something. Cos after the sub he was talking to him. That Onyeka chance, if only he looked up to give return pass wey sweet.

Seeing Nwabali shout at Iwobi for that mistake then explain himself later and apologized is what i love to see. Iwobi is very lucky that this is not Enyeama. Apology for where?😂😂😂😂😂

Iwobi had an average game attacking wise, but boy this was his best defensive game I've ever seen. The way he kept knicking the balls away, no wonder he gassed out within 1hr.

Moses Simon has been our best player in this game. Comfortable man of the match so far. No debates

No frills. MOTM

Fantastic change. I called it

Barryseal:
Iwobi for Alhasan should be the change.

Iwobi for Alhasan should be the change.

Moses Simon has been our best player in this game. Comfortable man of the match so far. No debates

Iwobi? Hian!

Angola simply met a better team this round. They can go home with their heads held high.

So Tinubu will be speaking to the players before the match today.
A bad decision if you ask me.

M7even:
White privilege

You're jealous

Icon4s:
Our imposing and compact style of football will see us over Angola. This Angolan coach may have done well for a team like Angola, but that doesn't mean he is good enough to replace Peseiro. Some coaches do better with managing relatively small teams.

I just thought I should put it out there, not that I trust we have brilliant HRs at NFF who can identify a next gen coach.
We can scuff at him working in Luanda but we all know some of the best coaches started their journey from relative obscurity. Someone identified Klopp at Mainz and made him the& manager at Dortmund. Mourinho started at Uniao de liera before Porto spotted his talent.
The Angola coach looks brilliant and he is one to watch out for wherever he goes.

Icon4s:
Our imposing and compact style of football will see us over Angola. This Angolan coach may have done well for a team like Angola, but that doesn't mean he is good enough to replace Peseiro. Some coaches do better with managing relatively small teams.

.

I've been studying the profile of the Angolan coach Pedro Goncalves. He's looking like the next Havre Renard. Here me out

He comes from the rich Sportin Lisbon lineage where worked as a scout and youth team coach. Trained some of the best young talents in world football like Bruma, Jao Mario, Eric Dier and Rafael Leao. At some point he was close to convincing Leao to play for Angola.

He worked his way up the ladder at Angola from an academy to U17 then U20s/23/Chan and now main team. He has successfully brought to fore a new generation of Angola players while instilling a fantastic style of play which we have witnessed. 6 of his U17 boys are in this AFCON.

His contract ends soon and he's obviously not renewing. At 47, I feel he's the ideal candidate to replace Peseiro, who could leave post Afcon. Young Portuguese coaches are very much in vogue. There are many of them working behind the scenes at Arsenal and Man city and Liverpool are hustling to get on in Ruben Amorin.

Curtisaxel10:
It seems we have been sleeping on the football rivalry between the North African countries. Go to the Morocco /SA highlights video on YouTube and see Algerians celebrating like crazy. One of them said he will congratulate the Southies for 50 years nonstop😂😂😂.

If not for language barrier, footballing banter with North Africans for sweet die. Those guys are very humorous and passionate with their bantering.

We don't banter here in west Africa compared to North Africa. What happened when Algeria beat Egypt to qualify for the world cup in 2010 was pure madness.

South Africa struggles with the West African physicality. Their speed and technical proficiency on the ball proves to be a match against North Africans time and time again.
If they can improve on their physicality, they will rule Africa.

Educated illiterate Reno O'monky. You're gassing Nigerians for using Mtn at the same time the country is begging for foreign investment.
Is head not paining you like this?

Hugo Broos sabi work abeg.

These Arabs must hate West Africa. They don't do well here