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Better ojoro rears it's ugly head now than in the finals.

Nah dis team wan face Naija sho? Abeggi we go spell GHANA

Congrats to the ravens and Ray Lewis. Utterly deserving champions

coogar: zidane played well against croatia - it was that useless guivarch that clogged france's wheels of progress. guivarch is the most idiotic striker i have seen in a tournament until their mallam fullback came to their rescue.

He played well vs Italy too.

dayokanu: Zidane had less than that.

France played 7 games

Zidane was red carded vs Saudi, Missed Paraguay and Denmark game. So he had a total of 4.5 games

Vs Italy he was marked out and useless same vs Croatia

It was Mainly against Brazil that he shone. Vs South Africa too.

He played well vs both Brazil and South Africa. Which makes it two
Plus he did put in a decent performance vs italy. He wasn't "useless" as u put it

dayokanu: First of all Samuel Etoo is better than Roger Milla.

Let me take you to France 98, How many good games did Zidane have ?

Was just about 2 say that. Eto'o is most definitely better than Milla

Zizou had 2 or 3 good games.

dayokanu: I agree with most of what you posted except placing Jay jay that high

Nigerians in top 20 should be number 1 King Kanu

1. Samuel Etoo (Cameroun) - Striker
2. George Weah (Liberia) - Striker
3. Didier Drogba (CIV) - Striker
4. Roger Milla (Cameroun) - Striker
5. Abedi Pele (Ghana) - Midfielder
6. Kanu Nwankwo(Nigeria)
7. Michael Essien (Ghana) - Midfielder
8. Mahmoud El-Khatib (Egypt) - Striker L
9. Rabah Madjer (Algeria) - Striker
10. Hossam Hassan (Egypt) - Striker L
11. Finidi George(Nigeria) Midfielder
12. Samuel Kuffour (Ghana) - Defender
13. Yaya Toure (CIV)Midfielder
14. Salif Keïta (Mali) - Striker
15. Ladkhar Belloumi Algeria Striker
16. Rashidi Yekini(Nigeria) Striker
17. (Laurent Pokou (CIV) - Striker
18. Antoine Bell Cameroun Goalkeeper
19. Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia) - Midfielder
20. Patrick Mboma (Cameroun) - Striker

I like this list. Most especially the top 5. As I've said all along, any list that does not have Africa's greatest ever playmaker in it's top 5 is wrong. Though I must say including kanu in top 6 is highly dubious

omar22: REALLY!!!!!...... not in the same class

No mind dem.

J12: England's failures in major International tournaments should be mostly blamed on the coaches and less on the players.
Argentina had the most powerful strikeforce in the 2010 worldcup but they flopped bitterly. That doesn't mean that messi, aguero, higuain, tevez and milito are big time flops. . . Does it?

Rubbish!!!....England's failures should be blamed on the players and less on the coaches.

At least we saw glimpses of the havoc the Argentine strikeforce could wreck. Name one game when u saw the England Midfield utterly dominate?......Just one o?

J12: They dominate a midfield in games, that's why they have a plethora of assists and goals. If Xavi was the heartbeat of his team, why do they have more assists and goals than Xavi?

What does goals and assists have to do with midfield dominance?

If they were that good how comes the three lions have never made past the quarters in any competition in a long while(even when they had the three of them as starters in Euro 2004)?

Jarus: That said, I don't fully agree with Saga's list. I agree with Top 3. I agree with 90% of the list, but not ranking. He underrated Kanu and JJ. Kanu should be in Top 10, and JJ not more than 13. It is not for nothing to be unanimously agreed as most skilful African player ever. All lists of Top 10 African footballers ever I have come across, even from Naija-rival media like RSA, have either Kanu or JJ in Top 10.

Well i think Abedi Pele would have a thing or two to say about that.

J12: Lampard, Scholes and Gerrard have more assists and goals than Xavi. Xavi plays in a good team, That's all

When any of those three dominate a midfield like Xavi does then get back to me.
Xavi don't just play in a good team, he is the heartbeat of that team.

J12: Xavi is nothing more than an over-hyped Andrea Pirlo/Paul Scholes/Lampard/Gerrard.
Fùck those awards!

Did not want to log in but im sorry I had to after reading this

LOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL........HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Nightshift: Emmanuel Okalla is over 2m tall with fast reflexes .

If he likes let me be over 3ft tall that still does not change the fact that they were no strikers quaking in their boots at the thought of facing okoro

Afam4eva: Did George weah achieve anything as a Liberian player?

Him leading liberia to the nations cup in 2002 is an achievement on it's own. The liberian FA were a shambles at that time.

Plus he's individual and club performances overrides it all. No African footballer will win the BALLON D'OR in our lifetime. Quote me anywhere.

Nightshift: Sagamite doesn't know about Emmanuel Okalla's quality either . He was very much like Thomas N'kono. Okalla can be compared to Germany's 'Titan' Oliver Khan as well. His generation didn't make it Europe, but definitely belong to African's best .

Oh stop it.... Just stop it

Which ollie khan can he be compared to? Unless there is another Khan in warri north that I've never heard of before.

Afam4eva: Even Stephen Apiah is rated ahead of Essien in Ghana...

Btw Ify, are you half Ghanian? I noticed that you have this thing for Ghana.

The list however is not about who played better in a ghanian jersey. It's a combination of how well they played for both club and country.

[quote author=maxi-t]Really nice post. But I have my reservations for ETO being number one.I think Geoger Weah shud hold dat post.
.[/quote]I see where u are coming from and yes a case can be made 4 that however I think Sammy is now slightly ahead of weah.

VUVUZELA10: @chic2pimp
Thanks a million.

That's alright bro

VUVUZELA10: So no place for Didier Drogba in the list?

NUMBER THREE!!!

Sagamite: Marc Vivien Foe kon, John Marco Whittington ni!

Alioum Boukar ko, Wasiu Shittu ni!

Prof Corruption: I have problem with the ranking. Kanu should be among the top three.

Pass what u are smoking to me pls.

Kanu and okocha should be nowhere near the top 6.

Afam4eva: Is the list in order of how great the players were?

Think it's based on how well they played for both club and country

Abedi Pele should most definitely be in the top 5. Either above or just below Miller.

The top 6 are certainties IMHO

outrage: ^^Don't drink too much liquid today, because come tomorrow, you and that cry baby go dey cry for us

The British bulldog spirit always win. So prepare some alomo bitters for yourself to swallow 2moro.

Santino1: Yea, she got the nerve of steel, I give that to her.

She has bro. She slightly reminds me of the serene one with her " Never say die, find to the end" attitude. A quality I greatly admire.

Nah double earplugs u go buy wahlai

fredoooooo: bros na we - we o , we know ourselves

Bros me u are own your own there. I don tell u say I don repent o

fredoooooo: just because of the semi drama

brooossssss meeeee

FREDOÒOOOOOOOSTICALLLLY......THE ONLY BOOTYCHASER ON THIS THREAD

Yh I know. Still think they were harsh though. It's like they were willing here to loose. Must say the way she put everything behind her and edged herself to victory was amazing

The Australian crowd were a bit harsh on Vika. Though I kind of see it from their own perspective

Do you Guys really need Zaha?

Plus isn't the amount of money United are going to have to fork out too much for a player who has never played in the premier league?

HAPPY BYEDAY UNCLE A40........OH BOY U DON DEY OLD SMALL SMALL OOO

A Belated Birthday to DWade.......Flash in name Flash in style

Isn't it about time Lampard handed over the penalty taking duties to Torres?

You certainly did

debosky: Big deal my arse. . . .during silly season if a coach is spotted drinking English tea it is a 'sign' that he wants to come to the EPL.

ESPN in particular has gone down the drain with their shameless rumour peddling that they even spread transfer rumours regularly even outside the transfer window.

Shame on u DEBOSKYSPORTS