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Papi85:
truth. The likes of celestine babayaro, Mikel obi, Obinna Nsofor, Chidera Ejike, Sunday Mba just to mention a few I can remember now

Sunday Mba na nwa Aba oo

SymphonyRad:
I hate to go tribal especially with football but our 3 AFCONs were heavily influenced by Easterners...1980 AFCON winning team was captained by Christian Chukwu, the 1994 win was all from the individual brilliance of Amunike who bagged a brace to save us a humiliating defeat to Zambia who scored first, 2013 was all a Sunday Mbah show. Even our successful youth wins from U17-U23 were heavily influenced by Easterners and then players from the Bendel region (Edo and Delta), and SW in that order.

I love that we're now seeing an emergence of talented players from the North, the likes of Zadok, Bewene, Ahmed, Mubarak, Suleiman Sani, Hafiz Umar etc massively give me hope for what the North is cooking...it will be good for Nigerian football if the North become the new talent pool for our football honestly, cause I've always believed the most hard working players always come from the North, they've just been unlucky not to get the same exposure as their counterparts from the South, but it seems all that is changing now with more Northern players going to Europe at a young age.

The little believe I had in northern players was killed by Musa Yahaya. I loved him so much, only for him to turn out to be a flash in the pan.

From these players you listed here, only Zadok is the one I rate. All these una Bewene this and Bewene that, I no follow oo.

SymphonyRad:
I'm from the SE but to be fair, some of the best talents from the East that have played for Nigeria were born, raised or trained in the North, especially Jos. The North have talented ballers, but they just struggle to hone that raw skill by going abroad like their counterparts from the South. Right now most of the most exciting Nigerian players coming up are from the North...the likes of Mubarak, Zadok, Bewene, Suleiman Sani etc are all from the North.

To be fair, the north SEEMS to be investing heavily on football these days, and I hope they succeed eventhough I don't really rate them highly for now. They always flatter to deceive.

About Eastern origin players bred in the north, they have nothing on players bred in the east. Their best is Mikel, Nsofor and Babayaro but they are dwarfed by Okocha, Kanu, Okechukwu etc

Sugarboyy:
Wow, just knowing the meaning now.
Are you the strike chief in your locality or you are your LGA or State Strike Chief?

I was in Bendel Insurance and Uromi United

Sugarboyy:
You know so well that naturally I would have replied you as you expected, but because I also don't want it to end up becoming a tribal banter, I will ignore you.
Ighalo is Esan from Edo State.
What's a strike chief?

Number one striker

Papi85:
💯👊

Since the core of our youth team players having been picked from a particular region we haven’t achieved anything tangible in Africa or even made it to the global stage for some time now.

The regions that have provided talents to our cadet teams are the SW,SS and SE and 40%-50% of these players mostly ends up in the super eagles and top leagues in the world

If person talk am em mouf no go bend. As I see the list self my mind comot for the team. They may come back to prove me wrong though this time around

Call me tribalistic, I don't give a flying fak, once I see list and I don't the see the Okonkwos, Ewekas/Oghenes/Torus and then the babatundes, I no dey put my mind to it. Since they brought their stupid tribalism to our youth team we haven't done anything meaningful.

Sugarboyy:
A simple question, for the last decade, the SE has been made up of majority Easterners, but what have we achieved? We have missed 2 WCs back to back and we have not won the WC. Just say Edo and Delta mostly and leave out the Easterners because they only dominate the SE squad without contributing anything meaningful.

Not surprised you don't know what a decade means, after all you be olodo otherwise you would have known that 2014-2018 is part of the last decade.

Na just say if I decide to enter a friendly banter here, it will end up going the tribal way but since an SE striker left the scene we have not won the AFCON and neither have we gone past the group stage of the world cup (2018 Ighalo). As you said, our strike chief that was supposed to deliver opps make we chop glory in 2022 and now this 2026 matters na Osimhen oo.

The last glories(2013/14) wey we test na when the butcher was from SE so no go there oo

Napoleon55:
No one is deleting comments,it's TheSuperNerd, he goes about blocking anyone with strong opinion of himself,who disagrees with him,anyone who mentions "Messi is the greatest.
So those missing comments are the people who quoted him,you can't see them if you are blocked by him,you will only notice it if you signed in,if not you can see everyone posts including his posts when you are not signed in.

It's ludicrous, he is the only one using Pele and Maradona to masquerade himself against Messi in order to claiming he is not a Ronaldo fan.

But the truth is that,he does not truly believe that those guys were actually greater than Messi at least now,
but he is so scared that people would think of him less if he ever accepted that he is ever wrong,that Pele can never remain the greatest forever,that Messi is now greater.

That kid easily takes things to heart. I have never seen someone so bitter. I have been wondering who was deleting messages too, little did I know that the banter we are having here is really eating him up so deep. Na this kind people dey give person poison for no reason.



Well, his pains can never put a world cup gold medal around Ronaldo's neck, neither could that make Ronaldo be part of the big 3.

The world cup is the most prestigious football event on the planet earth and as long as the world cup is concerned, Yamal>>>>>>>Ronaldo. Make that kid go kpai if he's so pained 🤣😂🤣😂

TheGoodJoe:
The bolded is a fat lie.

Joe the big 3 is Messi>Pele>Maradona. C-Ronaldo doesn't belong there. Each person in that big 3(Greatest of all time) has a world cup honor for his country which Ronaldo can never boast of.

Ronaldo is a great player same as the original Ronaldo, Dinho, Kaka, Figo etc and we respect him for that, but when it comes to the list of the GOATs which is specially reserved for the big 3, Ronaldo is missing because the big 3 is Messi>Pele>Maradona.

do4luv14:
Sarcasm wey wear Agbada go market 😁😁😁

Where you see sarcasm for that post?

kodded:
You say what

No vex sir, after all, everyone is allowed to dream.

elyte89:
When I look at yamal play like a seasoned veteran,I just remember chukwueze and I will be shaking my head with disgust..d werey go Dey play football as if he’s an upcoming footballer like he was in 2015 🥹🥹

Me sef I dun tire for Chuks. I have always known he would make it to pro level, and I had wished he would turn out to be an Arjen Roben esque but then I knew at worst he would at least make us remember a certain Jason Puncheon.

TheGoodJoe:
I find bantering of CR7 funny. Just like I banter Messi, and still find it funny. It is just banter. They are both exceptional and have done great things. They have records they hold that will take a long time and immense greatness to break.

As someone said on Tiktok. Why can't we have two heroes.

Na only Ronaldo fans dey make this kind of statement but we can see through you guys' schemes. Before Messi won anything for his country you guys never made statements like this because Ronaldo had won something for Portugal. Now, that Messi is clear at the top jamming to Asake's hit song "Lonely At The Top" suddenly you people are begging for unity. Oga we no go gree. Make Ronaldo go play with his mates because Messi is clear.

When you want to compare Messi to football greats, you talk about Maradona and Pele because they are the only two that come close. C-Ronaldo doesn't belong there. He should go battle for his place with the likes of Mbappe, Haaland and Yamal.

Our mission was clear and direct;

- Deny Ronaldo any opportunity to win a world cup because we don't ever want to have him in any world cup winners conversation ever.

- Crown the mini GOAT a world cup champion to kill the "Mbappe won the world cup at 19" talk or get the GOAT a second world cup Gold medal to further cause pains to the wannabe from Portugal.

At the end, the missions were accomplished and we are happy watching and reading you deluded fellows from the other camp grasping at straws but one thing remains Paramount, your okoro will never smell a world cup trophy neither would he ever be mentioned when we are talking about the top three which are Messi>Pele>Maradona.


By the way, looking at the picture below, as long as the most prestigious football event in the world is concerned, Yamal>>>>>>>Ronaldo. If you are hurt, hit back with a photo of Ronaldo like this, that isn't AI.🤣😂

This is crazy

9JAMac10:
When Messi retires Argentina will be irrelevant and worthless

In other words, Argentina has been Messi or burst, but Ronaldo has been surrounded by qualities but couldn't do zilch yet he wants to be rated?

What Messi did alone, okoro couldn't do with the stacked Portuguese team.

What Yamal did with average players, okoro still couldn't do with a Portuguese team filled with workd class players.

One thing we wanted to end, and we did with ease was "Mbappe won the world cup at 19"



One thing they wanted to end and will never be able to end is " okoro will never smell a world cup final neither would his name be mentioned in the list of world cup winners"

I wonder how Ronaldo feels watching a small boy of yesterday, Yamal lift the world cup trophy. Something he can only dream about.

Now that it has been confirmed that Ronaldo is not part of the big 3(Messi, Pele and Maradona) because he couldn't win a world cup, can we now agree that;

Mbappe and Yamal >>>>>>>>>Ronaldo

Papi85:
enyi go sleep abeg, mk sure say u drink enough water before going to bed to avoid dying of HBP and heart break for middle of the night 🤣🤣🤣🤣

We are eating good bro. The goat crowned the mini goat. The wannabe goat can never relate. We are enjoying ourselves here because it is a win for us.

Ronaldo can never have such experience 😂🤣😂🤣

Mujtahida:
When they are laughing Ronaldo, I feel good.

When they are laughing Messi, I still feel good.

Never felt any attachment to these two players even though I know that footballistically Messi is the greatest ever.
But what do we say to the god of world cup final? Not today.

Today we grill the goat 🐐🐐🐐 with plenty smoke

Mujtahida:
That's the Past. Tonight na cold pillow gets Messi

Present 👇👇. How do you like your isi ewu, spiced, smoked or grilled?

Me I no be anybody fan oo. Na fan boys go hear wien tonight. 🤣🤣

I don't know how to banter you because you are neither for Messi nor Ronaldo

Mujtahida:
Stainless. Nothing gum am.

My bad belly is filled with joy.

Whether Messi or or Ronaldo o make them go sleep.

He is sleeping already 🙄

Papi85:
Crying and pepper me cus of Ronaldo? U need help 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Like I said World Cup don finish mk everybody return to reality 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Abi ooo 🤣😂

TheGoodJoe:
He crowned. 😁😄😁😄

Who crowned who? Someone that his team was totally outclassed is crowning.

Replicate this if e sure for you. 😂🤣😂

Papi85:
you sure say na this World Cup banter dey pain u abt me Abi something else? Better open up to wetin dey pierce your heart for where I dey than to dey hide behind Ronaldo and Messi comparison 🤣🤣🤣🤣

World Cup don finish it’s time to go back to reality 🤣🤣🤣

You have been the one crying oo since wey I dey pepper una.

Ronaldo will never have a world cup gold medal round his neck. 🤣😂

Papi85:
See as goat jersey and boot neat 😁

The pretence no even last. I knew it that all this maturity wey you dey form since na fake just because okoro was dumped by Spain. Messi has been giving you all sleepless nights 🤣😂


The goat has a world cup gold medal and today he crowned the mini goat.

Ronaldo the wannabe goat can never relate. 😂🤣😂🤣

Mbappe has given them something to cheer about, hence they have been writing epistles but that will never put a world cup gold medal round Ronaldo's neck.

👀 Jude Bellingham was one goal away from becoming England's highest scorer at a single men's World Cup.

🤝 He handed Bukayo Saka the penalty to complete his hat-trick instead.

⚽️ Ten minutes later, Bellingham scored to break the record anyway.

Take a bow, Jude 👏

Quality of a great leader. One personal glory hunter will be wondering why English players respect a young Bellingham while Portuguese players don't give a fak about him despite being the oldest in the team.

So, Osimhen is not making any move this summer? 😟