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Nihilist:
Every two years AFCON convenes looking like an armed robbers convention, full of brutes in tight jerseys..

elrony:
frustrating Euro '16 .... AFCON wasn't this boring!!!!

That was how a member of this forum described the ACON. And you know what, if We compare the quality of footy on show here to the quality of footy I have seen during the last few editions of the ACON, He is right.

Nihilist:
Lol

O'neiils?

You get mind

Witsel nodding...2-0

Lool.... Dude. Never again

Nihilist:
lukaku does it...

really good goal

I am watching it in an irish pub with one of my best mates. Almost got chased out of the pub as it seems I am the only one supporting belgium

Nihilist:
How won't they praise Rooney?

No be this same England where we dey?

They said He has dominated the midfield in both games


Btw MOTM, WALKER!

Nihilist:
Vardy has scored one and was involved in the other.

Forget more to his game...Jamie brings an attitude to England that no other team has.

It's not always about Skill. Drogba didn't become a legend because of skills.

It's not only skill, it's about talent. As one wise man once said, Hardwork beats talent when Talent refuses to work hard. Talent dey,Skill dey, hardwork sef dey. Arise Sir Daniel Sturridge

Btw the Rooney you are Lambasting is getting praised by all the BBC pundits

sleekdot:
Pirlo and Xavi led their teams to multiple CL wins, World cup wins. How many times did Owen lead his team to CL and world cup wins?

Football is a team game. However as an Individual, He has achieved more..He was once voted Europe's best

Nihillist.... See my guy

Chat chit get sturridged

sleekdot:
Essien played for a top club that was featuring in CL semi and finals and was sought by top clubs while Okocha like Lua Lua their level were lower level clubs and in Turkey

Kanu was greater than Essien. Kanu was once the 6th best player in the world I doubt Essien ever made top 10.

Can I also say Owen was greater than the likes of Pirlo,Xavi?

Nihilist:
Vardy to me is their most efficient. Even if he had one leg and one eye, he will still score.

The game is not about flicks and tricks...the game is about scoring goals, and vardy is a natural goal getter. Literally.

Chat Chit, Get Vardied

Nah man I disagree. Vardy has been the most efficient this season but Sturridge is still the guy. It's not Daniel fault he has more to his game than Vardy has.

Loool

sleekdot:
If you've not won the best in your continent how can you call yourself the best, Okocha would be mates with the like of Lua Lua in players who cant win the African player of the year

Not getting involved in this debate however two quick questions. What about Essien? Would you put him in the same league as Lua lua since He never won the African player of the year? Also was Kanu greater than Essien since He won the award twice and Essien never did?

dubylhover:
varDy...looks like offside tho

The ball came off the head of the welsh defender

Nihilist:
See the difference between Kane and Vardy?

Champagne is not the same as Schnapps

Daniel is still England's most naturally gifted striker

afrodoc2:
You are the type that gives Barca fans a bad name here. And yet you came in telling someone who obviously knows better than you to keep quiet. Lol the irony

That's the most annoying part. He could have easily made His point(however wrong they were) without resorting to that. What He did right there is what Nigerians refer to as "ITK".

Nihilist:
Alie?

I nor know why GBR dey wetin even Stevie Wonder fit see.

Even a dead country like Iceland can point to Siggurdson as Thier 10, and the whole black race can't point to just 1 pure black 10?

Tbh I can see both you and GBR1's points.

Don't want to get involved in the argument but the Euro Championship and Copa America are definitely 1million times more enjoyable to watch than the ACON

Nihilist:
Every two years AFCON convenes looking like an armed robbers convention, full of brutes in tight jerseys.

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Gustavo take ya time o. No make Sango faya u tonight o

Dadehmola:
The fella was even cocky & confident untop the falsehood (born outta sheer ignorance) wey e wan dey spread.

Dude had me doubting FACTS u know. I had to check again to see if Rivaldo had a twin brother who so happened to be a professional footballer

Debroslink:
Sire, with due respect, it's better to keep quiet if you don't know what's up. Taribo was a beast in the best league in the world... Serie A, playing against the likes of Vieri, Zamorano, Silas, Baggio, Zidane, Batistuta, etc. He moved from Inter to a bigger club which is Milan, and put the likes of Costacurta to a proper retirement.

As for Amunike, as at 1996, he was ahead of Rivaldo at Barcelona before injury ruined his career.



So we are talking of Nigerians at the biggest clubs, not someone that played for Frankfurt or is it Bolton.

You should take your own advice and shut the hell up If you don't know what's gwarning. Not only do you f#$k all about Serie A, you also know absolutely nothing about the club you claim to support.

First of all let me address the Rivaldo issue. Rivaldo in 1996 was still plying his trade in brazil(Did not move to Europe till the summer of 1996). So How the Hell was Amuneke ahead of him?

Now back to Serie A. West played a sum total amount of 4 games for Milan. 4 freaking games! And yet you are telling me He put Billy into retirement. If West had even Half of Billy's talent, Abacha would have built a statue in his honour. Taribo was a very good Defender for Inter but was by no means a "Beast". That Accolade should be reserved for the likes of Bergomi.

dubylhover:
d mata tire me oo..truly in d land of d blind,a one eyed man is king...ever wondered y he never won african best?

That's the thing with Nigerians. We let emotions cloud our judgement.

sleekdot:
Yekini and Okocha overlapped for like 5yrs 1993-98

You mean Taribo a key defender for Inter and AC Milan is debatable? or Yekini or Amunike (African footballer of the year) or the Bull or Cele Babayaro

Nah man I don't consider him part of Okocha's set. During his Best years, Okocha was still an upstart.

How was Taribo a key defender for Milan? Even for Inter sef, I won't consider him a key defender. Amuneke had a fantastic year in 94 but Okocha had numerous ones. On a world level, He might not have one of the greats but when we look at it from an African/Nigerian point of view, He was a legend.

sleekdot:
1. King Kanu (6th WPOTY)
2, Finidi Finito (CL winner as a regular one of the best wingers in elite Europe in his prime)
3. Taribo West (Inter Milan, AC Milan, defensive stalwart)
4. Oliseh Laser (Ajax, Juventus, Dortmund top clubs in their league)
5. Amokachi Bull
6. Papa Yekini (Highest goal scorer in Portuguese league 93/94 season)
7. Prince Ikpeba (Prince of Monaco leading them to a CL semi)
8. K-leg Amunike (African footballer of the year 94)
9. Cele Babayaro (Chelsea defensive stalwart)
10. Enyeama (At his peak one of the safest gloves in Europe)
11. Okocha (Dont know what to write as his career peak) Okay key player for midtable Bolton

I am not having this list Bar Kanu, George and may be Oliseh. Was Yekini even in Okocha's generation?

sleekdot:
I wont even put him in top 7 Nigerian players of his generation

Nah i'm not having that. Jay jay makes top 3

Diademk07:
Lol!
I never implied that Okocha is better than Xavi nor Pirlo.
My comparism was with Iniesta who's more of an attacking midfielder than a player who orchestrate play.
And yes, Mikel did dominate the Spanish midfield unlike Wilshere who was constantly dribbling to evade pressure, Mikel was about crisp passes, fantastic vision, intelligence, strength and his technique to evade pressure was good in that match.

Yh I know it wasn't u. Reason why I started a new paragraph to address that point.

sleekdot:
You are even insulting Ortega, Ariel would use his skill to dive and win his team a penalty. What would Okocha do? Rabona, rainbow flick and blast the ball over the bar, chew gum, spit, then laugh

If not for the later part of his career, I wouldnt rate Okocha better than Nii Odartey Lamptey

Lol @dive. Ortega was an infuriating player. Dude had all the talent but No He would rather showboat.

That's why I take exception when people say He was Africa's greatest ever playmaker. No He wasn't Abedi was.

Diademk07:
The problem with Okocha is that he was too loyal to a fault.
He wouldn't leave Bolton despite the top clubs coming for him. He could have played for the Turkey national team but he was loyal to Nigeria. But it doesn't mean Okocha wasn't as good as Iniesta.
I still recall the moment Mikel Obi tried to muster all his skills as a visionary midfielder at the confederation cup (thanks to Keshi who gave him an attacking free role), he was head and shoulder above the spanish midfield. Care to tell me why this was so?
Because even with his lesser technique, he has abundant talent in the area of strength and vision although he was constantly under utilised at Chelsea..

Okocha was not loyal to a fault. No top club wanted him that's the reason why He did not leave Bolton. In the grand scheme of things, Okocha was nothing more than a glorified ball juggler. And No Mikel did not outplay the spanish midfield, He simply had a good game. Much the same way Wilshere did a good game vs Barca a few ago.

Okocha better than Iniesta,Xavi and Pirlo? On what planet? Let him stick to his level with the likes of Denilson,Ortega and co abeg.

Nihilist:
Bonnuci though

That guy can see your future. General overseer.

Classic Bonucci. He was the best defender in serie A last season. He and Chiellini must be cursing their luck to have been born italians.

timbros:
Nobody is talking about Candreva.

That guy was superb on the right for Italy. ..

Candreva was superb considering He is not a wingback by trade.

Chelseafan1:
Are you supporting team Italia? This Belgium team na yeye team to support o, abeg I wan post go Spain abi na Germany.

Yup!...Don't think we will win it. Not good enough. But we will do alright.

Loool you pitch tent for the correct place. It'll be one of Germany,Spain or France

sleekdot:
Anyway Italy would drop point to Ireland or Sweden and qualify 2nd

Exactly what I just told my mate. Watch us sneak draws vs Ireland and Sweden and barely squeeze through.

Well Done Boyz!... F£€$ing proud of you lot

Forza Italia!

GOALĹLLLLLLLLL MY BOYYZZZZZZZZ...

FORZA ITALIA!

Chelseafan1:
The defence na die.

Still pissed with conte for not taking pirlo considering we have 2 of our best midfielders out injured

mukina2:
fredoooooo just kuku stand ontop mortar praying for italia's failure

God does not answe que que prayers abeg. Infact He is an Azzuri.

fredoooooo:
Amadioha is a defender not a striker. .. he comes from biafra
This game na draw soup

Sharrrappppp dia


Draw bawo? I reject it by fire by force