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Even down here, most Nigerians still think Istanbul is the capital of Turkey

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My SE best XI for the last decade (2010 to 2019)

....................Enyeama

Ambrose.....Yobo....Ekong.....Echiejile

...................Ndidi
............................Mikel

Musa............Iwobi..............V. Moses
....................Ighalo

Ighalo because in the last 10yrs we have not had a consistently performing CF since after Yakubu (2010 WC): Ike Uche, Martins, Emenike, Ighalo. Ighalo just edged them. Osimhen has not had enough games yet to be rated in that league of CFs.

Make una share una own

Ighalo and consistency in the same sentence? Ighalo's international stats are deceptive, his prodigality in front of goal, as an eagle is well documented, u guys rave about his little achievement bkus it came at the tail end of the decade. I can't quite fathom the fascination with his goals that could neither win us an AFCON nor get us past the group stage at the world cup, something Emenike did without breaking any sweat.

Emenike's goals won us the AFCON after almost two decades, his goals got us to the confederations cup, his goals got us a world cup ticket, his all action game helped us record our first win at the world cup since the 90s/early2000s, that same all action game of his, helped us advance through the knockout stage at the world cup.


Can u reel out what glories Ighalo's goals brought us, if not his personal glory of finishing as the highest goal scorer in an AFCON that saw us lose to the almighty Madagascar with him leading the charge.





Well it is ur choice, but it is Emenike for me, bkus I attach IMPORTANCE to the EXPLOITS of a player before arriving at conclusions(ratings)

tbaba1234:
My assertion is based on what i have seen with both players on the pitch. I am not even looking at stats.

U truly are an aficionado who understands the game and never gets blinded by or become myopic due to stats. Omerou is bereft of that archetypal attributes of the stereotyped modern day center back, his style is too early 90s, little wonder most often than not u see him racking up numbers in clearances, than passes completed. He lacks pace and he is very susceptible on 1 vs 1s. Also it is a shame that a CB of his built and height is often found wanting aerially. Yes Awaziem still has things to improve on, but I am never comfortable with Omeruo as the guard, he is error prone and easily gets beaten by fleet footed forwards

Europe has an automatic data capture, hence only Africa and South America can easily doctor their age certs. Chai u guys should look at 22year old French footballer, Paul Bernardoni

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charlesemeka85:
amu

Lol nkakwu k way?

Turkey is experiencing a surge, they are gonna be a very unwanted guest to any team come the Euros in the summer. These guys are having some sort of a golden generation with these fantastic youngsters springing up from every corner.


Watch out for Enes Unal, Soyuncu, Demiral et al

charlesemeka85:
Versatile Nigerian defender Kelechi John has today completed a move to Casa Pia Atlético Clube, the Portuguese Liga Pro side have informed via social media.

The Nigeria U23 international has been inactive since the end of the 2018-2019 season after parting company with Rio Ave, whom he represented for three years.

He transferred to Rio Ave from Junior Elkanemi Academy, a Jos based grassroots club that produced the likes of Obi Mikel, Joseph Akpala and Chidozie Awaziem.

"I'm here to help the team stay in ligapro. I want to prove my worth to help the team, " said Kelechi, moments after signing the contract with Casa Pia Atlético Clube.

"I believe that from January we will climb the table and everything will be fine "

After 14 matches in the Segunda Liga, Kelechi's new employers are 17th in the 18-team table with eight points.

Their next game comes up against Sporting Covilhã on Sunday, January 5.

This thread needs to be upgraded/updated to provide some important features like waste dump or bin where news of this kind should be sent directly

Omerou culpable in that goal they just conceded due to his positioning, and he just got rightly yanked off to save him from what's rather a miserable night at the estadio...

This Salisu boy is quality, I must say. He is so elegant on the ball. What a cross to set up his team mate for an equaliser

The second half is underway

BascoVanVeli:
No oo na only you dey subscribe supersports

Chai aboki.

No mind me, but Ken should av done better there

The ref unfairly denied Leganes a clear penalty from Salisu on Braithwaite

BascoVanVeli:
Horrendous defending or a brilliant back heal?

Back hill from where? Back hill and the keeper gathered it? Bros u are not seeing the match plz

andrewbaba44:
I think you are right

They both came from nowhere to the top

Yes they did, until Onyekuru met a comfort zone in Gala

Yet another horrendous defending from Omerou but this time, he's got a nice cover in Awaziem as the keeper gathers

Omeruo Awaziem combine to clear brilliantly a ball swung in from a free kick committed by Omeruo

Roque Mesa puts Leganes in front again, after Awaziem showed his aerial prowess to win back possession and orchestrate an attack with a simple pass leading to yet another counter


Valla 1 - 2 Lega

Omeruo easily beaten as Valla draws levels


Valla 1 - 1 Lega

Wow Leganes breaks on a counter, finished off brilliantly by their inform striker, Braithwaite.


Valla 0 - 1 Leganes

First chance of the game, from a corner, falls to Omerou and he messes up what wouldda been a joyous goal if it was an Ajayi that took that header.

Watching Omeruo and Awaziem in action once again as Leganes takes on Valladolid


Gotta use this opportunity to assess the much talked about Ghanaian young center back, Salisu

charlesemeka85:
When Semi Ajayi scored for West Bromwich Albion yesterday in their 1-1 draw against Leeds United, the 26 year old was not in the know that he has further established himself as the highest goal scoring defender ever in the history of players of the senior national team of Nigeria at club level.

Ajayi has so far scored 19 career goals at club level and that is more than any other Nigerian defender who has played in Europe in the history of Nigerian football. Joseph Yobo is the closest with 13 goals to his name.

Ajayi who is now the first choice centre defence pair for the Super Eagles alongside William Troost-Ekong can easily pass as the most improved Nigerian player last year as he moved from getting dropped for the Africa Cup of Nations to becoming one of the pillars in the team.

At promotion chasing West Brom he has been ever present for the team with his performance earning him as many as six man of the match award following his transfer from relegated Championship side Rotherham United in the summer.

Linked with a move to a team in the English Premier League in the January transfer window, he looks however certain to remain at West Brom where he hope to aid their push for promotion by not just stopping strikers from scoring but also scoring as well.

He has four goals this season from his position as a central defender and the tally makes him the joint sixth highest goal scorer for his team so far after 26 league matches in the English Championship this season.

I don't think this is entirely true. Uche Okechukwu scored more than 23goals in Europe as a centre back, also, it is worthy to note that some of Ajayi's goals were scored while he was playing as a midfielder

andrewbaba44:
Ahh dem don collect badou ndiaye

Bye bye to onazi

So he can’t compete with players he is younger than

Anyway he won’t lack offers sha

Am sure of that

Onazi will lack offers from good clubs. He might be able to secure contracts from San Marino, Kazakhstan, Czech, Slovakia, Gibraltar et al sha

Stoke City fans have been fuming and calling for the head of their coach, should they fail to survive the drop, for his carelessness that has led to the loss of their best two midfielders in Etebo and Ndiaye, to Getafe and Trabzonspor respectively

andrewbaba44:
Lol

In all honesty bro, I saw this coming as soon as they secured the services of Badou Ndiaye from Stoke.

That club is ambitious oo

elyte89:
Someone was told to find anoda club dt his service is no longer needed... Wetin dt one mean ,no b sack b dt ?

Waka there, Mr English teacher. U wan teach Andrew English? Oloshi!! He was not sacked, he was rather asked to look for another club, in other words, he wasn't relieved of his duties

Subzero047:
This Las Palmas?

I said did u watch, not "did u browse". I remember his display against Barcelona where he bossed it real good, leaving every opponent in his wake, as a B2B

tbaba1234:
Even when Etebo has been played as AM, what has been his impact in terms of goals and assists?

The mixture of Etebo and Ndidi is like playing with a hand brake, no flow. Two hard workers with limited creativity.

Well, Arebo should watch it, he was stinking up the whole place in our last two matches, remember Azeez and Etebo are not here to be restricted to mere bench roles.

Danielnino00:
Its not advisable for players to move in January unless they really need to..

in this case,Balogun Ebuehi and to some extent Iheanacho are the ones badly in need of a move...
Etebo already got his own...

I av already told u guys never to read deeply into winter transfer speculations. No serious player moves mid season. At best, they get loaned or signed and loaned back to the team they got signed from, till summer.

Danielnino00:
U seem to have forgotten that Etebo started his career as an attacker and that he was renowned for his goalscoring exploits since with the u-23 .. Even with the super eagles,he started out in a free role before Rohr started playing him deep! He was our best midfielder at the world cup and at the AFCON...

Etebo is a good box to box midfielder, my major problem with him is that he tends to go mechanical most times, by holding on to the ball and looking for who to wrestle with, instead of giving a simple pass to a free man. Nothing infuriates me than a player that unnecessarily delays passes, the way Etebo does.

Subzero047:
Players are played according to their strengths

Aribo is creative and attacks the box that's why he's given a free role

While Etebo is neither, that's why he's assigned to help Ndidi in defensive duties

Did u watch Etebo at Las Palmas?