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TheGoodJoe:
I used to tell Manchester United fans I know that Fred will sparkle under Solskjaer. Nice seeing him working hard for the team.

Anyone notice his similarities with Ogenyi Onazi. This is how good Onazi would have been if he was good with his positioning.

By the way, the longtime on the bench did not hinder Fred.

It is now Onazi versus Fred? OK oo carpenter Ogenyi Fred Onazi

austineaddy:
He was a 69th minute substitute
He didn't start the match

Yea my bad, he rather got a yellow in the 86th minute. Like u said, he started from the bench.

Aina passed a late fitness test to start from the bench, for Torino away to Frosinone. He registered an assist, after coming on in the 69th minute, for Lorenzo De Silvestri, buh got yellow carded in the 86th minute.

Modified

Who else is seeing this two - man defensive wall of Saiss(Morocco) and Boly(Ivory Coast)? Very solid and orgasmic

komekn:
Although l don't always agree with you.

But the truth must be told and yes an EPL club was very interested in him. But all the deception and arrangement around him simply made things impossible.

Lol we dey agree sometimes oo

That said, please Whats happening to DoMessi SolankeMbappe at Bournemouth? He doesn't have Origi and Sturridge blocking his path anymore oo

andrew444:
I would have call him chriskels boy but he is not ENUGU IMO ANAMBRA and co

Whenever u want to say something stupid as u are wont to, always endeavour to eschew this moniker "Chriskels" please. Next u call it a stunt as a damage control, please, I am not cut out for such witless puerile jokes.

Be properly guided

timay:
All of you comparing the eagles of old to this present eagles are not serious. I'll prefer this present eagles to the old eagles because , the old ones are more of big players without good team play.

what we have today is more of average players but can do wonder as a team, which is better as far as football is still a team sport.

Look at the eagles of 2013 that won the AFCON, they won because they played as a team instead of individually that we usually have before.
That is why we could afford not to have a Mikel and a Victor Moses in the qualifiers and still get superb result because they play as a team and don't rely on the big names. Have you ever wondered why Nigeria did not win anything serious after the AFCON 1994 and wonderful performance on the world cup the same year? it was because after the tournament , most of those guys became popular, went to big clubs and became bigger than the team, hence the ego clashes that happens all the time among the players. They started playing individually and not as a team.

Have you ever wonder why the Las England squad at the world cup surpassed expectations and beat the performance of the Rooney, Lampard et al eras? it was because their game was more of a team play, rather than individual brilliance.

You can bookmark this comment today. This present crop of guys will go far if they keep playing with the same team work mentality.

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timay:
All of you comparing the eagles of old to this present eagles are not serious. I'll prefer this present eagles to the old eagles because , the old ones are more of big players without good team play.

what we have today is more of average players but can do wonder as a team, which is better as far as football is still a team sport.

Look at the eagles of 2013 that won the AFCON, they won because they played as a team instead of individually that we usually have before.
That is why we could afford not to have a Mikel and a Victor Moses in the qualifiers and still get superb result because they play as a team and don't rely on the big names. Have you ever wondered why Nigeria did not win anything serious after the AFCON 1994 and wonderful performance on the world cup the same year? it was because after the tournament , most of those guys became popular, went to big clubs and became bigger than the team, hence the ego clashes that happens all the time among the players. They started playing individually and not as a team.

Have you ever wonder why the Las England squad at the world cup surpassed expectations and beat the performance of the Rooney, Lampard et al eras? it was because their game was more of a team play, rather than individual brilliance.

You can bookmark this comment today. This present crop of guys will go far if they keep playing with the same team work mentality.

Spain, Germany and France are the last three to have won the world cup, none did it with average players, this is against ur theorem.

World class players win u gold not average players. Panama came with average players to try to punch above their weight in 2014, they couldn't stand the heat at the long run, Iceland too in the Euro.

Yes unity, team spirit, tolerance, discipline and understanding are the prerequisites to succeeding as a team, buh, u must not Parade average players in order to have/instill these sine-qua-nons. This is where a good coach comes in, Herve Reinard did it with what was left of the aging Ivorian golden generation. Never site England as an instance bkus England just like Africans like gloating.

If a coach like Reinard had handled ivory Coast or Nigeria all those years, the result would av been a lot different and more positive.

The best African repps in the world cup till tmrw, remain the best assemblage of quality stars with good management, without sentiments, from Cameroun in the 90s, Senegal in the early 2000s to ghana in 2010.

In summary, u dont need average players to succeed at the highest level, rather, u need quality players with discipline, team spirit, understanding et al.

Odunayaw:
The guy's head is strong o No be just this afternoon de yab am?

In a league equal to English league2 (English third tier)? Talk of mediocrity glorification

andrew444:
This your story dey one kind o ,yet na Bastia of French division 2 mba go ,club wey dey battle make dem no relegate to division 3?

MBA career don finish like this because e no get club

Yeni matalyspor get promotion last season or so ,the coach no want MBA .

Make e go India or Malaysia league or make e come back naija league

Wait oo, u claim to know about Nigerian football yet u dont know about the ownership tussle between Warri Wolves and Rangers, over Sunday Mba, that cost him a better move to Europe, masterminded by Amaju Pinnick? SMH


At the bolded, the post you quoted said he had to settle for scrubs, and u still put in that line "yet na Bastia of French division 2 Mba go..."? U and use of English sef. Bro, na Bastia be the scrub wey I dey talk of. In absence of the tussle, Mba wouldn't have ended up in a shitty club like Bastia, he had better clubs in top European leagues coming for him but were put off by the tussle. Dats wetin d post wey u quote mean.

andrew444:
because he is not good and because kelechi kylian iheanacho mbappe was the better player and starred at the World Cup

Hahahahaha yet u wan make him lead the lines for us in Egypt?

Lol Andy my man!!

andrew444:
Yes MBA was a lucky boy with the eagles .

Now tell me how did pinnick spoiled MBA European dreams ?

Is pinnick MBA agent ?

Pinnick was the Delta State FA Chairman then, and was claiming ownership of Mba via Warri Wolves, whereas they already sold Mba to Rangers, tagging him a flop, before the Afcon not knowing Mba's fate had other plans. Luck smiled at him, he got selected by Keshi and shone at the Afcon to attract European suitors. Suddenly, Pinnick emerged outta blue claiming they didnt sell him outrightly to Rangers, causing an ownership tussle btwn dem and Rangers. That ownership tussle scared away many illustrious clubs that wanted him after that tourney, hence, leaving the boy wt scrubs. That thing still dey pain every soccer loving isuikwuato man till mrw.

Even Southgate can testify to this, I guess he had an Epl club then, who really wanted the guy, buh for the tussle.

andrew444:
As him no start oya criticize people wey start ?

you just dey force your self to win case anything you wan talk talk me don tell you my own .

Him no start and na bench warmer yet you no allow am rest ,people wey start to talk about them dey fear you ?

No need to dey express your self by saying e pain am ,you don already talk am before

Answer the simple question, why ur top striker no start at the mundial? Was he top-striking for the Bench Warmers Association?

andrew444:
Crappy MBA was important and won naija the afcon

Once you don't like a player you don't speak the truth that's one thing about you ,it's clearly written all over you .

Me hate my own brother? Bros Mbah is a guy I know and celebrate, we all dey play December league then. We(umunnekwu) dey always knack his community(Umuobiala) akpako whenever we jam dem for isuikwuato December league. I cant hate my own buh then I cant mince words to favour my own. Mbah was just a lucky boy with the Eagles, nothing special. That said, I still hate Pinnick till tomorrow for truncating Mba's European dreams.

andrew444:
Lol

Seems ighalo didn't lead the line during the World Cup why ranting against him ?

You didn't see nacho to rant against

Seems ighalo was a bench warmer ,then start ranting against the starters

You are confused bro

Lol e pain am

The truth they say, hurts.

So, why him no start nah, upon everything u said about him being the top striker before the world cup? Abi him na the striker of the Bench Warmers Association? Na for bench top strikers dey stay?
Maybe he was top-striking on the bench

andrew444:
See just take it that ighalo will lead the line as a striker during this afcon

Better go do fasting and prayer make e break leg

Enjoy ighalo till rohr leaves

You can talk from now till next year ,all those one wey you dey call your boys dem no go dey there .

Emenike time don come and pass ,I will always tell you he is a good player ,I won't be bias like you .

Hey you boy, u making the same mistake again. It is not cast in stone that Ighalo would be leading the lines. Remember, before the world cup, u said he owned the number 9, buh at the World Cup proper he turned out a bench warmer instead, hence making u a liar.

Earthquake2:
He has 5 goals in his last two matches

What were you saying??

Musa has none buh, we still know who is the boss. When all chips are down, legends emerge, Ighalo doesnt belong there, Musa does

Remember the saying, the rougher the waves... In such cases, the likes of Ighalo get overwhelmed, while the less heralded Musas ensure the ship anchors unscathed. On this ground, I reiterate, Ighalo is a rope of sand. He is a big joke and is not worth that Eagles' top striker tag.

andrew444:
If musa no score that 2 goals una go don use mouth finish am

Emenike is a better player than ighalo we all know that

But was he that special ? Say because we win afcon?

Emenike 37 appearance 9 goals .

Same emenike failed to scored an Epl goal for west ham in 13 games during his Loan stint

In summary, what I can make off this post is a that Emenike wasnt special, buh, as poor as Emenike was, he still is better than Ighalo is and will ever be. Choi boy u wicked oo

Oh so for ur mind, to win Afcon easy abi? The strikers u all shrine here, from Kanu, Utaka, Martins, Yakubu, Osaze et al, none of them smelled AFCON silver medal, let alone gold. None of dem ever came tops in the scoring chart of an Afcon throughout their playing careers, respectively, unlike Emenike.

Emenike scored his goals with crap players like Ogude, Igiebor, Mba, Onazi playing as his midfielders, yet u are here making excuses for Ighalo that has the likes of Iwuobi, Mikel, Ndidi, Moses, in form Musa et al?

Curtisaxel7:
Sorry to say this but only a darned fool will blame Ighalo for our loss to Croatia. A match in which Mikel Obi abandoned his position to play CM with Ndidi and Etebo thereby destroying the balance of our midfield. A match in which Moses was falling at the touch of every passing breeze and Iwobi was invisible. A match in which Uzoho's long passes were as useful as the "ueue" in "queue". How can you blame the top 9 for failing to score in such a situation?. When there is zero creativity, what can the striker do?

Unless if you were expecting Ighalo to pick the ball from the SE goal post, dribble the entire 10 Croatian players and score.

All these excuses still played out against Iceland yet Musa was able to conjure something outta it. How about that for a food for thought? Thats the stuff strikers are made off. Only lazy strikers give more excuses than goals. No matter how poor our team played then, an Aghawonder or Garri Master( Ike Uche) would surely give u a goal or two. Wait oo, did u even watch Emmanuel Emenike in Eagles' shirt?

Chai na vex u dey vex so, pele oo no cry I nugo?

Curtisaxel7:
Oga Ighalo's goals against Libya were no fluke. Go and rewatch his last goal in the 2nd leg then come back and tell me he's not a talented striker. Same goes for his goal against Cameroon in WC qualifying.

Ighalo had to virtually create those beautiful goals from nothing. A Kelechi Iheanacho will never give you that in a thousand years.

U mean Misses Ighalo that scores once in a blue moon and goes hiding whenever there is need for goals? Talented striker indeed.

Wetin concern me concern KeleMessi NachoMbapoe? Abi dem tell u say I follow for his hypemen? U dun ever see me call him my boy before? Sorry boy, u miss road

Joebie:
As long as Ighalo is scoring for us in the SE I have no complains.

Is he really scoring? Abi na bkus of those off days he had against Lybia make u come dey think him a scoring striker? U guys are funny.

andrew444:
Yes he is one of the strikers but he is the one to start

As he did in Russia abi?

Dude was so poor the coach had to improvise a format to try turn our fortune around, hence relegating his missing ass to the bench.

andrew444:
Sir ighalo is your striker the earlier you start dealing with it the better

Once rohr is no more our coach I will follow your opinion concerning ighalo

Wow! Ighalo isn't the striker, rather, he is one of the strikers, buh, if u maintain he is the only striker, then, u would have to explain to us what happened in Russia

andrew444:
I will not say about That because I won't speak more than footballing reasons

If na some other player i talk this thing you no go ask silly question .

Footballing reasons, really? Buh na u say the boy dey Europe dey while away time abandoning his career nah, abi na person hack ur account type am?

andrew444:
Lol

U see na you dey change talk bro

Evidence is there for us all

All those players wey you call your boys say you don see them before ?

Smh for you

So the evidence is that u saw lucky whiling away his time in Europe, leaving his soccer career to suffer?

Answer the simple question, what made U think lucky was an unserious player?

andrew444:
Broda if ighalo chop bench i have no problem about that ,am not the coach and I need to respect the coach

Musa is a great player ,musa is one of the golden boy of naija football,no be all those ones for Epl wey to score dey fear them

So how does this correlate with ur earlier claims that at the striking position, it was Ighalo or nothing?

andrew444:
Take it or leave it if you no agree oya dey find wetin no loss

I just hope he didn't sign for leganes B

To post source dey fear you ,smiles

I hope say na leganes main team he sign for ,I give you 2 weeks for you to claim say na your boy

But when he dey Malta you no no about am

I dey wait for you.

Answer simple question, u dey here dey run from pillar to post, I wonder why u never fail to be a rope of sand.

BTW, what has the bolded got to do with the argument?

andrew444:
What did I said about musa ,maybe I forget .

But I only said Musa was not doing well and that's it ,I said he is a bench warmer and he need to move

I didn't cry like a sheep on this thread like many people about ighalo

Thank you musa for using that 2 goals against Iceland to win the heart of Nigerians ,I will accept that because musa has been good in the eagles

Ighalo is the scape goat but it's a crime to criticize my boy iheanacho

Too many bias people

Sorry buh this aint about Musa buh Ighalo. Prior to the world cup u were hailing Ighalo as u doing now, buh Musa came outta blue to send him to first team exile. U have started again, when Afcon go reach now, him go begin chop bench as him chop for Russia

andrew444:
You said I have no clue about what I am saying just because you feel so

I have a clue of what I am saying

I don't say what I don't know

Really? So u were there when he abandoned his career to flex life abi? U get any proof abeg?

andrew444:
Person wey stay more than a year dey chop life for abroad and no club before he join pembroke fc of Malta league after passing a trial ?

Even this leganes I dey watch weda na first team or leganes B

Stop saying things u have no clue about

andrew444:
Ighalo is your number 9 at the moment ,rohr is the coach

Make una learn how to accept that for now

If you like suggest any player ,as far as ighalo no break leg e go start for afcon

Same thing u said before the world cup without knowing that Musa had other plans

andrew444:
Okay hope say na leganes first team he join ?

I asked u a question. What makes u think he isn't serious wt his career?