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BascoVanVeli:
He and Musa had very wicked agents.

Sorry to say this, but, northern players are always the most susceptible to exploitation by those greedy agents no thanks to poor education, orientation and exposure up there. Just check out the history. Amunike complained bitterly about this too. All what the agents care for is that money there at present. Look at Musa Mohammed, Musa Yahaya, Zakaria top top talents ruined by leaches. It is painful

Icon4s:
Yahaya would have developed better as an AM or WF. Such gifted player.

The worst mistake he made was joining Tottenham, then he capped it off by leaving Portimonense for Porto B. His advisors sha.

TheSuperNerd:
**Fixed**--Only for African Forwards.

Porto is a fine club for African Forwards.... Check their history... Most of their African Talents who made it at Porto were mainly forwards.

Rabah Madjer, Benni McCarthy and now Vincent Aboubakar, Moussa Marega, and Wing forward, Yaccine Brahimi.



But when it comes to African defenders and Central Midfield talents, Porto sucks!!! Look at how they are treating such a wonderful defensive talent in Chidozie who shone so bright in Ligue 1 last season and contributed to Nantes' high finish in the league. Porto is not the place to be if you are a defender or central midfielder coz they will rather feature their own in those positions knowing they don't produce much or good enough home-grown striking talents. Look at the lads keeping Chidozie on the bench at Porto... The likes of Diogo Leite who is Portuguese and just 19 and Eder Militao who is Brazilian and just 20. Chidozie is 21 and got super experience at Ligue 1. He was supposed to be the natural successor to Ivan Marcano who left for Roma so as to partner Felipe but for where?? Porto and their coach think otherwise and keep wasting Chidozie's talents on the bench.

On K.Nwakali, the lad is clearly talented Biko... Forget talk. He should just pack his bags and baggages and leave Porto coz I don't see them giving him a good run. They will rather focus more on their own and Brazilian "bradas" such as Bruno Costa. The thing don tire me... Just look at how they have reduced a super talented Musa Yahaya to almost nothingness... A lad that was to me the most technically gifted of all the players in the class of 2013 U-17. Abeg abeg abeg... Porto is only good for African Strikers... Not defenders or midfielders. Maybe a few can go there in later years and buck the trend but right now this is the Koko. O pari.

But Onuachu is a striker nah

Joebie:
Is Onuachu exceptional? I don’t think so. Belgium would have been a better next move.

He has been one of, if not the best striker in Denmark for the past 3 seasons now, besides, Porto don't go for the Hazards of this world, rather they poach lesser known stars and help hone their talents to sale to bigger clubs. To me, Onuachu is good enough

Joebie:
Kai Porto again!

Porto is a great place for African players buh u have to be on top of ur game to make it there. I believe Onuachu has what it takes.

BTW, their top two strikers are West Africans. The Nigerian contingents have not really been up to scratch though the coach could have done better with Awaziem's opportunities.

U can't make any case for Agu, Irhene, John, Eze, Yahaya, Nwakali et al

BascoVanVeli:
Musa......Success.....Samu
.............Iwobi
.........Agu........Ogu
Collins..Omeruo..Ekong..Aina
..............Akpeyi.................

Agu is no CM and I don't think this game does require a double pivot of two DMs

tbaba1234:
Porto are interested in Paul Onuachu for 15 million EUR.

He has paid his dues in the Danish league, it's about time. But, no link?

isan:
chukwueze

I dont know if it is only me oo, though, it is still kinda early, buh me think Vinicius is all hype and nothing more. The few matches I have seen him play for Real Madrid, he didnt strike me as a top talent neither did he display any good football IQ. He is just there, nothing special.

edi287:
This can morph to a 3-5-2 with Ajayi dropping in between the CB and Aina and Collins pushing up. Makes sense...

Oh yes bro, u interpreted it well

Rockyrascal:
pre World Cup yeah.

First goal was Dike leaving Ogbonna in his wake, second was a stunner from Ameobi

Rockyrascal:
his shot was deflected into the net.... Bright dike's goal was against Catalan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK9DRgaDGL0

mazimee:
I find it Funny anyway, here we go

U c Dat Nigerian gal(Olivia I guess) with so much love for the Eagles, intro this thread to her if she aint here yet. Are u Weleke?

Rockyrascal:
i remembered the post World Cup friendly match we played against Italy at craven cottage where he scored and naija fans named him flavour....maybe because of the facial resemblance or the long dread

Uchebo didnt score in that match, Bright Dike and Ameobi did. He did come in as a sub in the second half though

Icon4s:
Lol. Foreign currency things.

Ahia ntu na-azukwa na cambodia ofuma ofuma, though, egwu onye obi kara by Ego mbute.

If I had my way, this would be my lineup against SA.

Success is in the best shape among all the strikers now.

Chukwueze ahead of Kalu is a no brainer. Kalu came late to camp and he hasn't really covered himself in glory in the he GWG shirt.

Ogu is too slow for my liking, hence I chose to partner Etebo with Ajayi.

I dont have Faith in any of the goalkeepers in camp, so, whoever gets picked, I can only wish he comes good

junnyjake:
Yohanna is actually masculine.

Godiya I the only feminine name there.

Really? Buh do u kno if one American female star picks that name tomorrow as a stage name, all Nigerian gals go change names on Facebook. U go begin c Chummy Yohanna, Yohanna baby et al. Lol most still dey bear sharon, Rihanna, beyonce for now

Icon4s:
You know this African belief that names follow people.

An Ijaw man will name his son "Shell" or "Chevron" so that when he grows up he will eventually work with Shell or Chevron. Another one gives his son "Manager" so that he will eventually become a Manager. The other one gave his son "Government" so that he will be in Government.
Just like the story Joseph shared about the guy that bears "Money". That father wanted him to have plenty of money when he grows up.

But do these things actually play out?

Like the guy I saw that bears the name "Giant" happens to be the shortest and skinniest member of the crew.

About the first bolded, remember the story of Jabez in the Bible though me dont think names have a say on what a kid will turn out to be.

But the seconded sha

Man u are wicked

D boy name come turn to mockery to his real stature kuku kill me Icon4s, kill me with laughter

junnyjake:
And when religion came, it made us look at ourselves and history as inferior, reason why we jettison our identities for the ones our colonialists offered.

Painfully painful

junnyjake:
Now, you're making it attractive for me to go back and hug my history books.

Very true about the Yorubas, both at home and diaspora.

Only Christians in the north bear Hausa names. Example: Godiya, Nasara, Nakure Dogara Yohanna, Ayuba, etc.

God c sweet names nah. Just imagine an Hausa melanin damsel with the name Yohanna. Choi licking my lips

Icon4s:
You omitted one popular one amongst us here : The Scout Master Dalung . AKA United States of Nigeria

Hahahahaha dis one no dey repp well. This one is tout, a cultist. He is an Aro Bagger boy. He is a mess

Icon4s:
Reminds me of one of my friends way back that told me she thought Alloysius and Eucharia were Igbo names .

Lol dey gave me Calistus at birth as a core Catholic family, my grandfather went berserk, dem change am to Sistus the man no still gree until dem settle with the Biblical name wey I dey bear now.

Na Imo people especially Obowo dey bear diz names like mad, and statistics has it dat almost every family there has a Catholic priest (Reverend father)

joseph1013:


It reminds me of an interaction I had offshore on a Samsung Heavy Industry site. There was this Delta guy I hear everyone call Money. I just felt it was his nickname. Then one day, we were talking and I said he should tell me his real name as calling people by their nickname is not my forte. Then he said that's his name. I was taken back.

I said, "Really? If your first name is Money, what is your surname?"

"Government!"

I laughed throughout the day.

But wetin dey prompt all this kind yeye names nah

Icon4s:
Come to think of it , there is an ethnic group that also like bearing names like: Alloysius, Vitalis, Innocent, Eucharia, Clarus, Donatus, Remigus, Juvenus etc

These are igbo Catholic names, but Juvenus?

soetanoreoluwa:
LMAO!!!!

Back then in Benin around agbomoba axis closer to delta... Come see name.. God better pass you �

I weak for those people

Chai bro who do us this thing? Na there u go c names run, d funny thing b say the names diz days dey come in pidgins ; GodDey, FineFace, NaYouHoldMyDestiny Chai

Icon4s:
I know a good number of Yorubas that bear both names as English names. Although u right ,they are actually rare compared to most other Nigerian ethnic group.

Meanwhile come to Niger-Delta where you will see names like: Shell Manager, Chevron Giant etc.

I skipped niger-delta on purpose because those ones are a lost course.

Mind u, I said Niger-delta not South South because my efik, ibibio ppl still holding sway with their Akpan Udoh

junnyjake:
They've got really funny sounding names.

Beroms - Jang, Kim, Dung, Chung, Kangyang, kachollom, Nyam, Weng Pam e.t.c

Ngas - Golkit, Polit, Gotum, Gomwalk, etc

Mangu - Nwanret, plangdes, Nandes, Pankyes, Lukyes etc.

Jarawa - Aweng, Apam, Atang

Plateau state is a state rich with different cultures.

Haven't had the opportunity to read about their history though.

Are these African names? Golkit, Polit, Gomwalk, Plangdes, Nandes, Pankyes Lukyes, Chung, Weng, Dung, Kim etc? Man these guy's history is worth reading.


When u hear names with "gb, kp, kw, nd, nw et al, for instance Gbajabiamila, Pogba, Angban, Drogba, Ndidi, Chikwe, Nwamkpa, Olada(k)po et al, u go know say u dey West Africa. Dat said, painfully I dont kno many native hausa names, too bad they threw away everything for the Arab culture. Beats me how person name go be Alhassan ibrahim, Musa Mohammed et al, even some yeye igbos dun dey adopt such craziness where person name go be Luke Moses, Ezekiel John. I come dey wonder why people aint proud of their identity. We too like foreign things I swear. I avnt really noticed that with d Yoruba nation. A Yoruba go everly put a Yoruba name next to his either Christian or Muslim name, it was like that with igbos till this brainwashed indomie generation igbo parents came

isan:
super eagle future

Are these guys playing in a mud? Y are they this dirty nah?

junnyjake:
Berom, Ngas and Tarok.

Chai bro, their names(synge, pam, dyeng, yem, Dung et al) dey sweet me. Very sexy and easy to pronounce. I will like to read their history bkus those names are so un West African to me.

edi287:
Don't know if this has been posted already, but thoughts?? I'd replace Eguavon with Taribo and push Yobo to rb. Tbh I'm surprised one of Keshi or Christian Chukwu didn't make it but oh well...

Dem kari Uche Ikechukwu picture put for Uche Okechukwu Lol

Icon4s:
That name ASAGIDIGBI, how oyinbo commentators go pronounce am sef.

A very typical African name.


BTW, I av bn wondering, what tribe in Plateau State bears these sweet sounding names like Gong, Nansel, Selbol, Gyang etc?

Joebie:
From Banfield to the Nigeria National Team
10/31/2018 | 08:34

Asagidigbi Feyiseitan, African footballer of the Lower Drill Divisions, was summoned to the Sub20 of his country.

Banfield has a footballer of African origin in his Lower Divisions and is one of the jewels of the quarry. Such is the case that he was summoned by his country for an under20 competition.

Asagidigbi Feyiseitan, 19-year-old Nigerian midfielder, will be part of his national team at the next African Cup of Nations that will take place in Nigeria from February 2 to 17 next year.

The young footballer is one of the figures of the Drill, has the 10 on the back usually and stands out for his technique and his punch. He was the star of Nigeria's under-15 Olympic youth team and was subsequently promoted to the U-17 team. Today he sees the fruits of his work and will be able to show all his quality in his country and wearing the national shirt (which is the most winning of the contest with seven titles).

Read also: In another loose work, Banfield saved the point in Tucumán
In Banfield he signed his first contract a few months ago and this year he made his debut in the Reserve Division after arriving in 2017 at the club.

https://launion.com.ar/banfield-nigeria-cantera/

Oh the boy is a former Nigerian U15/17 international? Interesting