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Eartquake1:
You dey see am for your country?

I no see am oo

Bolowolowo:
Osihmen vs Lyon


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_0afGyT08c

Thanks bro.

TheSuperNerd:
Blueelf quietly and happily waiting for the highlights to drop....

Thanks bro

TheSuperNerd:
Glad to see Lille pick up their first away win in Ligue 1 this season. But wait ooo... They had to wait to do it against one of Ligue 1's biggest sides.... Olympique Lyonnais. And also because they had Osimhen. Osimhen gives this Lille side wings. It is obvious they can function dangerously and have higher confidence and better threat with Osimhen in their lineup.

Good times.

Maja and Osimhen making my day. Good one lads.

Me, patiently waiting for ligue 1 conforama to drop highlights of both matches on YouTube.

Could you help me with an appropriate meme please

Bolowolowo:
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, but a good World Cup run is most certainly possible if the current trend is maintained.

I know bro. Just hyped for them.[quote]

TheSuperNerd:
Apart from Tbaba, the other three na Messi fanboys and Barca fans (Andrew na both Barca and Man City hybrid ), so Dem no go gree. Lol

I know. That's why I included them. Hearing from diverse persons means I can better see both sides of the coin

TheSuperNerd:
They faced England in that same WC. England had Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Moore... Come on tell me that is not a crack squad.

They also faced South American rivals, Uruguay.

In that era, Pele repeatedly came up against the best defences in world football with his club Santos when he went on yearly global tours based on invitations to tournaments and top class friendlies against several of Europe's best sides from the La Liga, The English League (Pre-EPL era), the Serie A and then from Germany. The world wanted to see how Pele consistently fared against Europe's finest sides and Europe's meanest defences.. and guess what, Pele bested them all. He passed all tests in flying colors and proved his mettle as the best in the world.

These many games are part of the reason he could rack up so many goals statistically. He did it against Milan, Bayern, Benfica, Madrid, Etc...

Okay, strong argument

Please does anybody here have contrary opinion?

Eartquake1, andrewbaba44, icon79, tbaba1234, what to you guys think?

Osimhen with an assist

I'm so happy for our boys

Bit we need to scout for more full backs and Gks

TheSuperNerd:
All these names I mentioned, I watched enough hours of them play. There is a reason we have videos tech naa. I had the privilege of studying and watching enough of most of the greats. Johan Cryuff and the Dutch team invented a turn and a football style in the 70s that is still being used today. So much for today being more complex.

Pele and the 1970 Brazil team played a brand of football still not seen any side today. Not even Spain's side of 2008-2012 surpasses the Brazil 1970 side. That Brazil 1970 side went unbeaten from qualifiers till the WC finals and beat a super strong Italian team boasting the meanest defenders of that era. That era, the serie A was the league giving out the least number of goals statistically. The defences then were super mean and Pele played against them all with Santos and bested them times without number.

What about Germany in 1970 with the German Bomber, Gerd Muller? The Italian defence and mafian style overcame that legendary German attack to further show you how really good the Italians Brazil beat were.

Nice argument. I see your point now. However, it remains difficult to convince modern day soccer fans about the greats of old because not everybody has the interest or patience to go watch and study their videos.

But again, were the Italians the only mean defence that the Pele-led Brazil faced in the WC? I'm asking because if so, then there is a hole on your argument. Some people here say that Pele hardly faced world class defenders in his time (save for the Italians you just mentioned)

Please note that I'm just trying to learn. I don't really have an informed opinion on the matter yet

Sportilitica:
Who first spoke about this Maja dude on this thread? Some people do have foresight

I think Komekn and theSupernerd

Bolowolowo:
Dessers, Maja, Nacho and Umar...the race to be Osimhen’s deputy is on!!!!

Now, teams in Africa should start to be afraid of the Super Eagles...... Our players are red hot, especially the attackers.

I pray Rohr stays. I see these guys in the Semi-Finals of Qatar 2022 with proper tactics and management

andrewbaba44:
My people una good evening ooo

See as una dey enjoy Josh Maja, good for for the kid and good one for naija football

Me i no kuku get una time for now, I still dey celebrate the greatest footballer ever 6th balon d or

I believe icon79 will be doing the same anywhere he is

May God bless you all my people and a wonderful week ahead

Enjoy oooo

You guys deserved it. Can't fault the award. He had a phenomenal year

TheSuperNerd:
Ehmmmm.... **Whispers** Long enough into 2020 to enable Dessers, Maja or perhaps Okereke step into the 2nd choice striker role and perhaps steal it for themselves while he (Onuachu) recovers? **No loud am ooo... Before some go think say I want the lad to remain inactive**



*You code naa**

I caught you...

gamaliel9:
Pele was better than Rivelino...Rivelino was better than Maradona...Maradona was better than Messi and Cristiano combined


This is for those who saw these people LIVE...


Generally players from 60s to 2000 are far better than the craps we have today,,,Argue with Alvaro Recouba.....

Bro, I want to believe you. I really do

However, I doubt many of us here were really mature then to watch them life and analyze. So, it'll be hard to take sides on the matter

Even I have to look for YouTube videos to compare game plays of classic greats to modern greats

If we have a friendly match tomorrow, it'll be a no-brainer for Rohr to drop Onuachu. He knows now that even he has to step up or be booted out

wayodude:
What we need now is a good local coach and some home based strikers to boost the team

Na play I dey o lol

If I catch you and your play ehn....

Danielnino00:
Hat trick for Maja... Hat trick for Maja...
Maja has just left them behind

God, I'm so happy.

Its a great time to be a Super Eagles Supporter

Chai

andrewbaba44:
This dominic solanke dey enjoy ooo, no epl goals for long and dem even still dey give am 90 minutes ?

Very strange abi

TheSuperNerd:
All this one you write na lie abeg. Very lame and untrue arguments built up overtime to discredit the Legend of Pele.


In Pele's era, you had greats like Eusebio, Bobby Charlton, Franz Beckanbeaur, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks, Lev Yashin, Raymond Kopa (after whom the Kopa trophy for best U-21 talents is named), Gerd Muller, Garrincha, Rivelino, etc etc....

Football get men that time abeg. No dey talk wetin you no know.

Nerdy, it's not a about name alone oo. While I agree that those names were great I'm their own right but how was their play compared to the plays of modern day footballers? I don't really know bro and thus, I hope you'll enlighten me

kellycute:
mtcheeew.

See ,Kelly, we no dey fight. Myy point is that we need to understand that we will not agree everytime. Many of us will have contrary views to one another but when we do, we should try as much as possible to argue maturely and intelligently without hurling invectives.

We are one here bro

TheSuperNerd:
Semi Ajayi in the Championship yesterday

West brom won 1-0 away and stay top of the English Championship table. Semi Ajayi was Man of the Match.

Semi Ajayi vs Preston North End:

14 Aerials Won
48 Touches
2 Tackles
4 Clearances
86.5% Pass Accuracy
Back on top on the League
9 Games unbeaten now

**MOTM: 7.76 Match Rating

Please what position did he play?

LaMujer:
I'm still wondering why Chucks wasn't invited though. He was a nominee, even if he wasn't going to win, courtesy demanded he be invited.




I don't want to believe he was invited and he bunked it

I don't think he was the only nominee not invited

TheGoodJoe:
I think people are allowed to have diversed opinions and make remarks based on their current beliefs. I think komekn has a bias but I think we all do to some extent.

However, we should kill that belief we are always right because it hinders our ability to learn from others.

We might not agree with some of komekn or each others opinions but we should reduce the backlash. Backslashes can make a person hold back when he has an opinion.

Diverse points is what will keep this thread going on for long time.

Please house, we need to reduce the abuses to appreciate each other.

Finito.

Thanks for this

I expect more members to denounce the insulting statements that seems to.have become fashionable

Eartquake1:

You and this picture

andrewbaba44:
Mane is winning APOTY, no competitor

If dem like make the whole Egyptians vote, na mane award, they cant take it away from him

So says god andrew

safarigirl:
Mane was better. Mahrez was on the bench half the year, he can chop second

Sentiments may play into it as per AFCON things

TheSuperNerd:
Hey Chris... Can you all spot Iwobi's expression in the background. It is faded but one can still make it out.... Sad that his team loses but perhaps within that sadness is a small hint of Happiness for Nacho. But right here, right now, in this pic... Iwobi was sad mehn... Especially with Ndidi's mad celebration for Nacho.

I noticed it too

charlesemeka85:
Club Brugge winger Emmanuel Dennis has predicted that Lille goal poacher Victor Osimhen will play for either Barcelona or Real Madrid in the near future.

Dennis is aware of the qualities of 2015 FIFA U17 World Cup Golden Boot winner as they were teammates in Nigeria's U23 National Team before their promotion to the Super Eagles.

Touted as one of the brightest young prospects in Africa by the Confederation of African Football, Osimhen has taken the Ligue 1 by storm since his arrival from Sporting Charleroi in the summer and he is expected to move to a more glamorous league if he maintains his goalscoring form.

The Ultimate Strikers product netted during Lille's 1-0 win against Dijon last weekend, taking his tally to 10 goals in all competitions.

''Osimhen is one of the best attackers in France and even in the world. I think he will go far, as far as Barcelona or Madrid. I see him end up in Spain," Dennis told Téléfoot.

With 4 goals and two assists to his name in his last four matches for the senior national team, Osimhen has quickly established himself as the heir to retired Nigeria international Odion Ighalo.

As a replacement for Suarez in Barca is a big possibility but I wouldn't advice him to near Madrid. With Messi behind hi., he would be banging so much goals

jihday:
He wasn't even Algeria's second best player, Ziyech had a better European season than him. Mahrez doesn't deserve top 3

Hahahaha

You may have a point but that AFCON win with the trophies Man city won boosts his resume too

Starboytwo:
he can never be an option. .. even an onuachu is currently ahead of him in every department... Forget the guy, maybe England

Your statement is too absolute.

No one knows tomorrow bro

Danielnino00:
It would take something extraordinary for Ndidi to make the Balon d'or top 10 even if he joins a big club..
defensive midfielders are hardly appreciated!
Look at Makele,Bosquet,Casemiro.... how many times did they make it?

Kante made the 7th position for one year like that or was that the FIFA award? Not sure though

andrewbaba44:
Messi don win am, dem don complete my happiness

Was happy for nacho yesterday, was happy barca won ATM and now messi has won the balon d or to complete it

Baba God this blessings too much for me

I happy for you barca fans too. Messi deserved it. Van digk was massive but you have to be just too unreal to defeat Messi