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Danielnino00:
I can't help but laugh at those hyping the francophone countries

Is it today that CIV,Senegal et al start producing talented players?/
Ivory coast with their star studded team couldn't qualify for the world cup..
Algeria with their star studded team (oh boy, we heard so much about them) finished bottom of their WC group..
Senegal with their star studded team couldn't do Jack-sh*t at the last AFCON.


You people should better chill... We are in for a very exciting AFCON no doubt but don't count your chicks before they hatch.. on paper, CIV,Senegal and Morocco have the most talented players on the continent but that's not a guarantee that they will perform better than the rest...

lol no be today the CIV have had a way better set of players than today's lot except zaha if Mikel could match up to the likes of yaya toure and best them who are seri and kessie that should make us quake in our boots

andrew444:
Can one man make a team ?

But why did you lie that seri is a bench warmer ?

Thank God say you no say you dey lie

I am just telling you fact make we no dey deceive our self

So you expect me to tell you etebo or ogu will make Ivory Coast midfield ,even if I dey smoke oshogbo weed I will always be sincere

Telling you guys Ivory Coast have better players won't make them win the afcon ,I am a sincere football fan.

Shebi Ivory Coast dey when farmers cameroun win nations cup ? Why their stars no help them ?

Stop being emotional and face the truth ,if you have a Nigeria player playing for Fulham and have started 25 Epl games this season we no go hear word for this thread and that one go get automatic shirt .

Do you have any wingers like zaha or Nicolas Pepe ? Na Samuel or onyekuru you wan use compare them ? Abegi

Mind you super eagles beat a star studded Ivorian team of drogba ,yaya toure,zokora,kalou,Gervinho during the afcon .

But if you see who good make you talk ,apart from Ndidi and iwobi ,almost all naija players are carpenters compared to Ivory Coast

if you believe that the ivorian midfielders are the best thing since sliced bread that is your prerogative as for me I refuse to jump on this hype train of yours

andrew444:
He said seri is a bench warmer at fulham

Seri wey Xavi even endorse am

this same seri is powering fulham to championship if xavi endorsed nko so what. Today is not the first day that nigerian fans like you will be hyping our african opponents I won't say much let's just wait till the tournament starts

ChrisKels:
CIV average midfield? Hahahaha plz, bar Ndidi, who else can start for CIV in the midfield, from the Eagles' squad?

CIV has seko fofana at Udinese wanted by fiorentina and Lazio, Kessie is a giant in Milan, Meite of Torino is about the best midfield revelation in the Serie A this season, Jean Seri would walk into our starting eleven, ibrahim Sangare of toulouse, Doukoure of Levante et al

you keep hyping this Ivorien midfield players anyway talk is cheap AFCON is not far off God keep us we will see how good they are.

harve renard could pull something of with the atlas lions but mark my words senegal will win nothing with cisse

Odunayaw:
Were it not for the caliber of coaches of Morocco and Senegal I would have discarded them with the wave of my hand
They were all there in 2017 sitting on their thumbs (That AFCON had to be the driest I have watched since 2006)

Zambia used local league players captained by a part time footballer (as he was a soldier) to snatch the trophy right under Ivory Coast's golden generation's noses

Tah, people should tell us another thing

what about eric bailly?

frank kessie of ac one of the worst milan teams ever?

michael seri? lol that can't even get into the first xi of relegation bound fulham

andrew444:
Eric bailly , go and search Jean-Philippe Gbamin of mainz

Midfield , Frank kessie, michael seri

agree player for player these aforementioned countries have the edge that said not too sure they are great teams at the moment

CIV = great attack but average midfield and poor defence

Morocco = flatter to deceive

Senegal = chock when it matters most

andrew444:
Agreed

Shebi you see the teams I mentioned ?

I no go even agree with anyone with Algeria ,forget all those mahrez and co

Ivory Coast
Morocco
Senegal

All this ones dem get players .

too early to judge we have paraded worse squads in previous AFCONs and done well

klexycole:
The honest truth remains that, if we parade these set of players at the AFCON, then there's high tendency that Nigeria will crash out very early.

interesting list sad to see KC miss out but no sentiments he's been poor. hopefully this motivates him to get back to top form. abit surprised with samuel kalu's inclusion considering what he's going through at the moment.

congrats to paul and valentine on there invitations

it's confirmed unless something monumental happens osimhen is going to the AFCON rohr rates the boy.

seems rohr has his squad set for AFCON expect only 3-4 changes when final squad lists for the tourney come out.

Rodgers is good but genius is stretching it abit. This leicester job will be Brendan's greatest challenge he won't have the luxury he enjoyed at liverpool (extremely talented group of players) and celtic (best team in scotland) his style of coaching is still very different from what the core of leicester city players are used to. if they can't cope expect alot of new faces in the summer

TheGoodJoe:
Interesting times ahead for Leicester City with the arrival of Brendan Rodgers who I consider one of the top geniuses of the game. I hope his arrival sparks good trajectory for not just our players but especially Nacho due to the attacking brand of football of Rodgers and the ability to create chances for his forwards due to his passing style.

After Tevez, the striker that really had my attention was a young Suarez and under Rodgers, Suarez got unlocked. He became one of the most lethal finishers of the game.

The next striker who caught my attention after Suarez was Iheanacho. Due to his ability of finding his way around the forward line to finish at a very impressive and lethal rate.

Starting games should not be a priority but soaking in the wisdom of the genius manager who will lead the side.

Nacho should make improving his work rate to an impressive level his priority. There is a level a player achieves in work rate that makes him impossible to drop. Bernardo Silva should be a blueprint.

(Advice, Nacho should employ Nduka Ugbade his work rate personal trainer. Nduka Ugbade has the key and created a work rate monster in Ndidi.)

Rodgers is a fantastic replacement for leicester. hoping he can pull KC out of his rot and improve Ndidi's all round play.

TheGoodJoe:
I doubt. Rodgers already said the potential of the team is one of the reasons he took the job. There is a very huge potential in Nacho and I doubt getting rid of such potential suits his narrative.

Just30:
except the Ghanaian Army is not the subject of conversation


Fact still remains
the UN regards the Ghana army as better train , discipline and equip for any of their tasks than your bandits of an army

you are very funny just tell me one thing of note that your over feed takoredi boy scouts have achieved

Just30:
mean your suggestion is dumb


dont take it personal
that english language for you.
criticisms are not insults either

OK whatever makes you sleep well at night

Just30:
the Majority of Russian missiles are silo-based
and submarine-based


you seem to be happy to see a nuclear war
it's not like you will survive to see who won


if even both countries launch just 5 from each side
the world as you know it will be gone.

why do you keep beating about the bush why did the russians attempt to put nuclear weapons in cuba if according to all this epistle you have written they had the upper hand

Just30:
terming your suggestions as dumb is not an insult
they are just dumb


English is a problem for many nigerians
i understand

it's like you have added blindness to your problems "you are dumb" means what again?

Just30:
how many armoured tanks did you deploy to go a fight boko haram?

stop shifting goal posts we are talking about the ghanaian army here

i hear you they just happened to take nuclear missiles on a leisurely cruise. how come the americans didn't allow the nukes in to also ''save the world from nuclear war''

Just30:
again you dont know anything about the Cuban missile crisis

the Russians saved the world from a nuclear because it wasnt even worth it

why?

the Russians can launch missiles from the artic and the NORAD wont even see it coming

why do you have this penchant to insult when discussing issues weren't you brought up well?

anyway back to topic russia tried to put nukes in cuba america said no way russians ran back home with their tales between their legs so much for bloody nose. america has military bases in eastern europe and russians can't do squat about it. Americans cause wars yes please keep up this same energy when they fund your countries yearly budget through imf/world bank

Just30:
Russia has no beef with the US


the US has been busy looking for a bloody nose from Russia at every frontier of the world.

did you just say the world is lucky to have a peaceful US

you are dumb


peaceful countries dont create wars around the world.


the world is lucky to have a country like Russia who is more defensive and minding it own business


Russia is not govern by mad people and that is why they wont use nuclear weapons on any country.

the only country Russia is looking to use it nukes on is the US because
the craziness of the US have to be stopped like they've been stopped in Syria.

for real Ghanaian army? maybe they meant the salvation army

abbeg:
Na this one weak me pass!
Not even one armoured tank or artillery yet they are claiming nonsense. Even bh is more equipped than Ghana armed forces combined!
Only our fulani herdsmen will conquer Ghana, bh is too much for them!

please tell me the bolded part is a joke

abbeg:

So you want to drag ww2 with me?
fyi Germany didn't 'lay ruin' to Russia.In the battle of Stalingrad both sides lost up to 1 million men each.In a single battle.Russian tanks also put up a very good fight against German tanks.Germany only had significant progress in the air battles and that was before the il2 shturmovic entered the war.Then the lines became more even.Why do you think Germany gave up on Russia? In fact they acknowledged that invading Russia cost them the whole war.Russia killed more German troops than any other country in ww2.
Like I said you know nothing military wise so just stop arguing blindly and accept that Ghana military is childsplay compared to Nigeria.Even bh has more soldiers than your entire armed forces.
Military that doesn't have even one armored tank or fighter jet is what you are comparing to the 4th/3rd strongest in africa.

my brother tell them o. infact add the whole worlds armies to support russia and china they still can't beat the US the best they can achieve would be a very painful stalemate even with that the americans would have all the bargaining chips

abbeg:
I see your are overrating Russia.
USA is actually superior to Russia in every ramifications except armoured tanks.Fact.
Russian pilots are actually poorly trained.Same goes for their soldiers.
In fact without nukes USA would actually decimate Russia.
Did you know the US navy is larger than the whole world's navy combined?The whole friggin world.USA also has 12 aircraft carriers.More than the whole world combined.Which means they can also project power to every part of Russia.Russia only has like 1 or 2 carriers.One us carrier can carry double the planes of 2 of them.
USA also has helicopter carriers and amphibious ships (smaller aircraft carriers).The Chinese carrier killer missile has also been countered by f35 developments.US destroyers are also superior to Russian ones.USA whole power is in their navy.Their navy has more planes than Russia's air force!
Don't joke with USA please! because they aren't flaunting all the time doesn't make them weak.
To put up a good fight against usa you'll need both Russia and china and still they still have an average winning chance.

lol yeah you are right the americans will sit on their hands and wait for their planes to be shutdown.

russia at the height of their domination through USSR couldn't place their nukes in cuba the way the americans placed theirs in turkey next door to the russians. so what makes you think that now that the US is even stronger post the cold war days will find it hard to handle the russians?

Just30:
you dont seem to know who is hell bent on world domination
and certainly dont know whom a dictator is
keep following the propaganda from the western press.

a war in Europe between Russia and the US
the US will have no airforce when that begins .
their planes will fall from the sky like rocks


any war between the US and Russia will be a rocket war and we both know who has the better rocket tech and mechanism to defend against such.

i meant why haven't the russians put the Americans ''useless junk to test''

the world is just lucky the US has a mostly peaceful disposition. if they were that inclined they would invade anybody and nobody would say jack. America used nukes on japan during ww2 nobody said pim let russia do the same to any country you will know what's up

Just30:
which of Russia's tech is junk?



Even the S200 is better than THAAD


the only countries the US can invade are third world countries whose militaries are no better than bandits

if so why haven't the russians put their ''useless piece of junk'' to test?

like we say here dem no born them well if they try am

Just30:



the US have no Defence


what will they defend with ? THAAD?


THAAD is a useless piece of junk like the F35

yes the russian airforce would score some victories but overtime by law of averages the US superior numbers would eventually tilt the scales in their favour. if the US was run by a blood thirsty dictator hell bent on world domination russia would have been attacked a long time ago. plus the fallout of a war with russia may most likely lead to a mostly uninhabitable world due to nuclear radiation which would be a no win situation for the yankees. if it was strictly ground forces one might say the russians have an edge but even at that the volume of military hardware (tanks, anti aircraft, anti tank missiles etc) in the hands of america would put them at a massive advantage

Just30:
America air power would be non-existent in any confrontation with Russia
the US knows it cant win a war with Russia and that is the reason why it hadn't attack yet.

even if the russians have more nukes the american anti-missile defence system would most likely reduce their level of reach. for every successful nuke that the russians send 10 of america's will get through.

Jonraid:
Who has more nuclear warheads? Who has more advanced rocket tech? Both of them will be crippled though as the war will go nuclear!

the US would absolutely pulverize russia though the victory would come at a high cost. America's superior air power, naval force, comparable technology not even mentioning nukes would be too much. heck even if all the world's armed forces ganged up against the americans the yankees would just battle them to a standstill

Jonraid:
Even in the top ten,what makes you think that Russia can't beat USA? Ever heard of the AVANGARD missile?

you also sound reasonable for a kenyan. but don't pat yourself on the back alot of your compatriots reasoning on this thread still defies logic.

yes they have to address their immigration issues but the long term solution would be to assist fellow SADC nations like zimbabwe, mozambique etc so their economies would be buoyant enough to encourage their citizens to stay in their respective countries and not going to SA to constitute a nuisance.

rvp2018:
Okay. You sound a little sophisticated for a Nigeria. Congratulations. I now have very dim view of Nigerians.

Anyway I think immigration issues in South Africa is a failure of leadership. The Citizens are taking things on their hand because leadership won't act.

No country of 50M - should be forced to take 10M refugees - and I pity South Africans because they've got all these guys coming claiming some debt over apertheid war.

South Africa need to tighten it's immigration arm - and deport as many as they come illegally.

lol first of i'm not south african i be proper naija second i agree nationals from other african countries don't get received with open arms in SA compared to the way the rest of the continent was so supportive during the apartheid era. i would agree that alot of nigerians up to no good might have contributed to South Africans paranoia but even at that you still get the impression as a foreigner who is a black african especially that you are not welcome. maybe i'm reading things wrong but it's definitely noticeable in subtle ways here and there.

about recession well a lot of G7 countries like italy, america experience economic downturns from time to time so that point is mute.

at the end of the day if south africans say they don't want black african foreigners to come to their countries it's then the responsibility of the rest of us africans to fix our individual countries so like we nigerians say ''dey won't use to do shakara"

rvp2018:
The issues at hand - racism in ethiopia versus in South Africa - one of the azanias want to make it a security problem. That I think is dishonest. You air of arrogance and pride is well earned. You're mostly second world. But be very careful - you're going down very fast. The economy has been in or near recession for nearly a decade - countries are fast catching up. Give Kenya 10 more years - and continue burying your head in the sands - and we will zoom just right passed you.

rvp2018:
We didn't intend to discuss South Africa. It came as a by-the-way - an example - a personal anecdote of the difference btw how races or tribes treat each other. I think we know why this is big deal. [b]We are talking dry bones in the presence of old women. We know you're ashamed to acklowedge and deal with your horrible racial relation history. One of world most horrible.[/b]The Ethiopian acknowledged they mistreat the southern darker tribes. It goes without saying that we Kenya have huge tribal issues.

What is very apparent from talking to South Africans - is an air of arrogance and pride - misplaced in my view - that because they are so far ahead the rest of Africa should worship the ground their walked on. Never mind - - okay let me not pull the white race card I think Nigerians do that better.

sorry i don't get you could you explain the bold. as per south africans ''air of arrogance and pride'' how is it there fault that you lack self esteem?

he may have gone about it in a harsh manner but the spirit of what the south african poster is saying is all african countries including yours have eish they are dealing with so it would be hypocritical and unproductive to be wasting time pointing at other countries issues when you should be re-directing such energies to your individual countries.

nobody forced you to go to south africa to deal with their ''issues''. i'm here in nigeria somalia, afghanistan and syria have problems but why do i need to go to their countries to gloat when i haven't solved all the development issues affecting my country?

rvp2018:
Except when I do come to visit for business or pleasure or even emigrate to work there- and I have to deal with your issues. I suggest you join Trump and erect a huge wall to keep South Africa inside it's border, lock the doors and keep the keys. What an idiiot. So we cannot talk South Africa issues because we are not South Africans

These issues affect everyone. Those inside and outside. And I believe that is why you're in Nairaland - not RandLand.

You sound like the xenophobic morons attacking others - if you were sane - you'd acknowledge the problems the country has - and explain the mitigations & solutions - you're grappling with it - and we would move to next issue.

We had this chit-chat with Ethiopean lady - she kept it cool - explained herself - and we were done so fast. Now this Nigerian kind of low IQ conversations where you personalize national issues and start attacking people is distasteful.

i've read some responses and i shudder at our reasoning capacity as a people smh!

safarigirl:
So many educated illiterates on this thread. Quite sad.

Man was only quoting a rumour to dispell it and so many people are throwing vitriol on him as if he actually said it.