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His 2000-2003 form for the SE was epic. Surprised he flopped so badly in the EPL with Wigan.

Ibime:
Julius was a Super Eagles striker I always believed in. The only one to give me Yekini level confidence

Disinformation expert Zaidu Sanusi is currently at the FIFA Club World Cup Championship following his inclusion by FC Porto. Would a player be included in a competition of such magnitude if he was featuring just at team B level?

Take the late great Michael Jackson's advice and talk to the man in the mirror so he can change his ways.

komekn:
A Leopard 🐆 truly can not change it's spots.

Your over inflated ego can not take correction and when caught with your hands 🤲🏿 stained with deceit you revert back 🔙 to your vitriolic rhetoric you just can't have a good honest discourse without descending to the abyss.

Victor Gyokeres substantiates my standing on the championship 🏆 but with a big loud 🔊 speaker 📢. He played four seasons in the championship 🏆 his core formative years.

Let's go back I was specific and objective, l said Zaidu would not make the bench of then Championship 🏆 Fulham FC. At the time their left back was Antony Robinson "Jedi"

Now fast forward a few years where is Jedi wanted by most EPL clubs and considered best left back in EPL.

Zaidu Sanusi is currently playing for Porto B and since 2023/24 to date he has played over two seasons 8 games in Portuguese first division league.

You contradict yourself and make a mockery of your own statistics your diction Fulham languishing in the championship

Please you don't need to blow a gasket it's Sunday 😔 get a coke and a smile 😁

What about Madam Golda Meir? Yom Kippur War, avenging the 1972 Olympic attacks?

raumdeuter:
When Netanyahu dies, where would he be ranked among Israeli PMs

Ben Gurion will always be number 1 but Netanyahu stock is fast rising for what he has done to Nasrallah, Sinwar, Haniyeh and Iran

OP the replies your girlfriend is giving you is somehow.

You explicitly said you don't believe in violence whether it be against a man or woman and will only resort to physical confrontation if attacked first which is very fair but see how she's trying to gaslight you into thinking you're a woman beater lol.

She didn't first say under any circumstance will she not hit you physically but she's now trying to shift blame to you for saying you will return aura for aura.

I think modern society needs to go the extra mile in teaching both men and women that physical violence unless in self defense is a no no. If a man cheats or does something you don't like you can't slap him or throw stuff at him to cause physical injury. Unfortunately pop culture through movies and music videos have perpetuated this trope so much that it has become normalized. Flip the tables if a woman cheats on her partner won't we say he's an abusive beast if he starts beating her up. Like you rightly responded to her gender equality and equity is the way in your relationship.

I don't know if you're a Christian but our faith teaches us self control God help all of us because even me I'm not perfect in that regard.

Wish you all the best in your relationship.

Atasko:
Hi. I had this chat with my girlfriend today and I'm here wondering if I have been having a messed up principle. I personally don't believe in violence. I will rather involve the authority than get physical. While growing up, I have always believed that hitting a woman irrespective of her actions is totally wrong until I was slapped in SS1 by a hot tempered girl. I didn't hit her back but I randomly think about it ever since . After that, I decided to always return every assault irrespective of the gender. But now I'm questioning that principle after this convoy. Am I wrong? What will you do in a similar situation?

Yes Italy is not great at the moment but their squad at the very least is better or at least two par with them Poland, Sweden, Serbia and co who always qualify.

raumdeuter:
The quality of footballers have reduced significantly

How many good players can you name in Italy. Which defender dem get wey be world class, now which midfielder is world class which striker is world class? The only world class is a goalkeeper and he can only do as much

I think he's referring to the one that occurred 2-3 weeks ago in Accra.

We're also dealing with the aftermath of flash floods that washed people away in Niger State, North Central Nigeria.

Just30:
which flood are you talking about again

Bro I almost a forgot to commend you for this excellent analysis.

You suppose charge better money for this free lecture.

BankyGee:
Well, a French team just annihilated Inter Milan in a Champions League final in a game Lautaro Martínez played and had 0 shots, on or off target, but that is a story for another day.

So Victor Osimhen is not consistent?

Lautaro plays for Inter Milan (one of the best attacking teams in the league) Inter never finished outside the top four since he joined them, Osimhen played for Napoli...

First season at Napoli 10 goals, second season, 14, third season 26, fourth season AFCON and Injuries - 15, with 25 games played. (Note that a lot of Injuries hampered his numbers in his first and second season). Man didn't even play up to 30 games in the Serie A more than once.

Let's talk about consistency for both of them now.

Using only the Serie A.

Victor Osimhen:
2020-21 - 24 games, 10 goals - 0.42 GPG
2021-22 - 27 games, 14 goals - 0.52 GPG
2022-23 - 32 games, 26 goals - 0.81 GPG
2023-24 - 25 games, 15 goals - 0.60 GPG

What this data shows is that Victor Osimhen is consistent and increases his goal tally every season in the Serie A. Now, last season was somehow because of AFCON and Injuries, but in all his seasons spoiled by injuries, last season was the best tally because he still managed a 0.60 goals per game season. This is a good tally for any random striker.

Now Lautaro Martínez:
2018-19 - 27 games, 6 goals - 0.22 GPG
2019-20 - 35 games, 14 goals - 0.40 GPG
2020-21 - 38 games, 17 goals - 0.45 GPG
2021-22 - 35 games, 21 goals - 0.60 GPG
2022-23 - 38 games, 21 goals - 0.55 GPG
2023-24 - 33 games - 24 goals - 0.72 GPG
2024-25 - 31 games, 12 goals - 0.38 GPG

Looking at both players carefully, are you seeing the leap in Victor Osimhen's GPG every season? His "bad" last season even has the same goal ratio as Lautaro's consistent (2021-22 season) and a higher goal ratio than Lautaro's consistent (2022-23 season). Lautaro's drop this season is even comical... Osimhen dropped from 0.81 to 0.60, your guy dropped from 0.72 to 0.38 for a team that almost won the league 😂

Osimhen can never be in a team that won the league and score only 12 goals 😂

It's not by the number of goals scored my man, it's how often do you score in the amount of games you play? That's consistency. And with these points of mine again, Osimhen is even more consistent.

If you want to use the drop in Osimhen's numbers last season as a yardstick to judge his consistency as a striker, then Lautaro Martínez's is even worse. 12 goals in 31 games, c'mon man... 😂

With all his 20+ goals per season, he won the golden boot just once because there was always someone doing better than him, Osimhen was one of those someones. Last season he won the golden boot, he didn't even still match Osimhen's tally, and Osimhen did it in one game less and two goals more.

It took Osimhen 3 seasons in the Serie A to win the golden boot, it took Martinez 6 seasons in the Serie A to win it with less goal tally than Osimhen.

Again, even in being consistent, Osimhen no be Lautaro mate.

No vex chief Mikel go follow am talk

Plus he never mature finish.

Him mixing with all these influencers is also too much.

Ibime:
Which beef him get with Napoli after they just gave him €300k net per week contract

Is that how they used to do?

When big money is invested in you, stability is expected

We experienced the same thing with Lukaku, giving nonsense interviews with hot head after we just spent £100m and £300k per week on him, ruining our investment in him with one interview

Nobody wants to invest big money in a loose cannon that can dabaru your investment in a matter of weeks or months because of hothead. Diplomatic behaviour is part of the package that makes people invest in you

Come to Super Eagles, see the way he was abusing Finidi George over fake news

Make he getat

This is the first time I will be disagreeing with you D'Law.

Yes Simon can be annoying but his assists are up there.

Ejuke has potential but I need more end product in terms of goals and assists from him. His dribbles can be a Pius Ikediaish with no clear result.

Mujtahida:
I don't mind this Ejuke on the wings. Moses is not creative enough.

Warri Southgate you're pushing your luck with all these erroneous and silly arguments. So this will be the last time I will engage you on this particular subject.

Samuel last match day scored a goal. Couple of match days earlier against Rwanda in the AFCON qualifiers he scored a worldie dribbling the entire Rwandan defense. For AC Milan he has scored crucial goals and given vital assists on occasion. How that qualifies to a false proposition in your eyes only you can tell. Maybe it's the English comprehension tutors you had as a student you should be querying for not being able to understand 'club and national team football to be devastating when on his game' or should I get someone to translate to Urhobo for you?

Again why should we use a championship performance that was two years ago to make an argument for Tella? The person you claimed he's better than did he ever play second division football before being invited to the national team?

Nobody is dismissing Nathan except your warped imagination. In the current setup of the SE he's not ahead of winger at the moment based on your 'here and now' doctrine. Could that change tomorrow? Maybe but until Tella shows undeniable form he's down the list of choice wide men for me.

You think you're sharp trying to smuggle Osimhen and Aina into the conversation. Did both of them get chosen ahead of more established players when they started with the national team? Aina of 2017-18 was he as good as he is today?

Your hypocrisy is always very bare. When it suits you here and now is the way to go when it doesn't you concoct some other ridiculous excuse.

komekn:
Please have some INTEGRITY.

Let me quote you verbatim, "club and national team football to be devastating when on his game"

It's that false proposition you made when you described Chukwueze,I challenged as it has no substance,no matter how you look at it.

Why will championship 🏆 numbers not fly as a unit of measurement for outstanding quality ❓

I am comparing Tella who some of have thrown under the bus 🚌 and dismissed. He has played two games and how many minutes but you dismiss him.

When VO played for Nigeria his first game was abysmal and it took several games for him to have impact.

Many of you including you choir master dismissed Aina as not being in good enough. Even justified him being dropped for the 2018 world 🌎 cup in place ofba completely dead Echjiele, Shehu, Ogu, J.Obi and now he out best defender for several years.

The prejudice is blatant and unguarded and some of you have bare faced cheek to call me a hater.

But but I thought MoOnSpoRTnEWs said Osimhen has agreed blah blah blah

orriyomi33:
Here we go.....

Why is thou choketh Warri Southgate?

BankyGee:
Apparently sir komekn, Lautaro Martínez has never crossed 0.4 goal ratio in his career... Osimhen no be him mate.

Chukwueze should be doing better how is that breaking news?

Tella like I said is not an upgrade. His numbers at Leverkusen say that much plus he's not even a starter.

Using 'defensive duties' and Championship numbers will not fly try something else that will stick.

In addition is it Samuel's fault that Nathan hasn't been getting games in the SE when it's the latter that is almost always pulling out when called up?

komekn:
You are day dreaming 💤wake up

Chukwueze hardly ever thinks to cross he lacks vision always dribbling and trying to shoot. When he does try to cross which is rare it's completely off target 🎯 then he has no defensive attributes. Chukwueze is not first choice in his club AC Milan he rarely starts first choice is Pulisic. He is not devastating in AC Milan and or the SE, 46 games and 7 goals is not impressive.

Did Tella get an assist in what is his first game for the SE in two years.❓

Tella plays both offensive and defensive for Bayern L., he scored 17 goals in the Championship two season ago playing a more offensive position. He has good end product with dexterity can play left and right.

Your first paragraph is pure imagination devoid of fact. Supernerd use stats and metrics to show how often Tella assists compared to Chukwueze with the latter having better numbers. You're yet to bring your own facts to counter him.

Tosin aerial dominance? Bros you truly have a vivid imagination. Even the so called passing range is a myth.

komekn:
I've watched Chukwueze and Tella play and crossing the ball ⚽ with accuracy is and should be a routine skill set , it is for Tella both feet but Chukwueze dribbles upon dribble with no end product and offers little or nothing defensively.


I reiterate, "Tell me one CB better than him Tosin in the SE " ❓please put down names. Bassey doesn't have Tosin passing range or aerial dominance. Who is the fastest they are probably on par.

It's normal for a player of Osimhen's pedigree to generate speculation.

That said I believe Victor is a smart young man who will make the best decision for his career.

If Saudi are the only serious suitors in terms of money then I would rather he stay with Gala.

BankyGee:
I don read new tire head don dey pain me... Person no even know wetin real and wetin fake again.

Are you Tosin's confidant to know if anyone has approached him to play for Nigeria? Iwobi has also said he spoke to him the decision is up to Tosin when he's ready. Bassey is at worst the same level as Tosin. Again I repeat Adarabioyo doesn't bring anything dramatically special to upgrade the backline. Nice to have but not must have.

If Tella was an upgrade on Chukwueze I would be the first to call for his inclusion but he's not. Nathan is not a regular starter at Leverkusen plus how many assists does he have from crosses that you dubbed him 'far better' than Samuel?

Chukwueze's problem is consistency. Once that is sorted his game will go up a level. He has shown in club and national team football to be devastating when on his game.

komekn:
Tell me one CB better than him Tosin in the SE , a non committal answer is exactly that. Nigeria has notsfr an official quest to get him and neither has England. All he can do is wait for who will come knocking first. And it's not etiquette for players to beg to be selected you get invited you do not invite yourself.

I really really liked Etebo expected him to destroy the Championship 🏆 but it destroyed him it seems. After his exploits in the world cup had great expectations.

Tella has not a enough games to judge him he is a far better crosser of the ball than Chukwueze who can't cross a ball to save his Life.

Very spot on observation doc. Onyeka brings that needed grit and energy when there's a threat especially of our midfield getting overwhelmed. That said Frank's lack of technical ability can be a hindrance especially when he gets into good scoring positions.

Ndidi has lost that ginger and even though he's better on the ball it's not by much. Wilfred's recent rigidity and slight lack of pace makes it too easy for opponents to bypass him. If he only had Onyeka's strength and physical presence.

TheSuperNerd:
I agree Ndidi is better on the ball than Onyeka but credits to Onyeka pls... you saw the passing sequence that led to Fisayo being one on one with Safonov in the Russian goal. Who was the architect of that passing sequence that created that chance? It was Frank Onyeka.

I had to find the highlight of that chance to see it again... Firstly Onyeka brilliantly intercepted a Russia throw-in on the Naija right wing which fell to FDB.... FDB touched it to Onyeka and sped off... Onyeka drove forward, took out 2 challenges in sweet quick take ons and laid the pass to Boniface who found the still running FDB who was now one on one with Safonov.

We missed that big chance but that chance had Onyeka written all over it. He created that chance single handedly with his industry and BTL-style vertical plays.

Ndidi may be better on the ball but Onyeka has better drive vertically and contributes better to offensive transitions than Ndidi.

Tosin hasn't given us the green light yet and before you go off on your favorite punching bag the NFF, He was asked pointedly by a Nigerian journalist after the Europa Conference League Final of his availability for the SE and he gave a none committal answer. Besides having watched him throughout the season he doesn't look like a vast step up in quality to what we currently have however his addition will be welcome if he wants to join the setup.

Iroegbunam and Chukwuemeka are prospects but both can't be realistically ready for September which is the basis of the suggested list for the qualification games coming up. Additionally both players as talented as they are haven't shown distinct quality that they will upgrade our current setup in the short term.

Tella featured in the Unity Cup. He's ok but not the wow. Not an upgrade to what we currently have.


Etebo has not really in the conversation for the past 4-5 years surprised you're bringing his name up. Last I heard was playing in some very low level league plus diminishing returns has entered into his game seriously. No more the player that was solid during the 2017-19 period for the SE.

Chukwueze looks to be picking up under Chelle. The ability is there just needs to build consistency.

komekn:
First of all the basis of national team selection has to be outstanding consistent performance in league and club, EOD.

Chukwueze has had too many caps and not done much in my opinion and should not be there.

Olakunle has no basis to be there. Ndidi looks expired and hard working Frank doesn't offer any attacking threat.

I would have liked to see more effort to get a really top level CB like Tosin and there should have been more efforts to get midfielders Tim Iroegbunam and Carney Chukwuemaka.

Tolu looks very mobile and athletic for such a tall striker is he really 6"6❓ liked the composure and quality he used to score.

Igoh, Benjamin and Agu have not by club form justified inclusion, how many games has Benjamin played for Brentford ❓

What happened to Tella he has not had a run of games to make a claim, how could olakunle get in but not Tella.

Finally, Etebo is only 29 why don't we hear from him again did he upset somebody in the NFF.

Okoye
Nwabali
Obasogie or any inform NPFL goalkeeper

Aina
Osayi
Agu
Bruno
Bassey
Igoh
Ekong
Ajayi/Benjamin (depending on who is playing regularly)

Iwobi
Fisayo
Chrisantus
Onyeka
Ndidi
Onyedika

Osimhen
Dessers
Tolu
Moffi/Awoniyi/Kelechi (If all the forwards are back in form I would prefer Moffi and Kelz)
Lookman
Simon
Chukwueze

Possible gate crashers due to injury - Ejuke, Gabriel Osho.

Preferred starting XI - Nwabali, Aina, Bassey, Ekong/Igoh, Agu/Bruno, Onyeka, Chrisantus, Iwobi, Lookman, Osimhen, Chukwueze.

Jerrymanta:
So guys,

Barring any injuries and with all we've seen so far in this unity cup and friendly, what will be your final squad for the must win fixtures against South Africa and Rwanda come September?

Fair result. Both teams didn't exactly play great football so a draw is just about right.

Okoye looking like a proper international goalkeeper but please no balls to his feet. He just not comfortable. In all won't be having heart palpitations if Stanley is unavailable for whatever reasons. Okoye looks calm and composed.

Boniface honestly until till further notice make he just focus on him club career.

Tolu is growing on me love his directness and fight. Good value for his goal.

Midfield need plenty work men. Unmanned spaces like Nigerian northern border.

Defense has to deploy the right personnel going forward. No room for sentiments.

Few negatives but plenty positives.

We move!

Under par first half with few chances of note from our end.

Right side of defense again leading to a goal. Tactical team need to seriously look at that part of the back line.

Dele has been our best player unlucky not to be on the score sheet.

M. Simon has been underwhelming to say the least. If he doesn't improve in the second half then let's see what the Russian based guy can do.

Boniface again has been largely anonymous other than the cutback for Dele to run at goal.

Hopefully a much improved second half from the lads.

That formation I'm sure was formulated to help us cope against bigger teams. When JP saw how well it worked against CIV that's probably what made him stick to it throughout the tournament.

Unfortunately he didn't make himself flexible enough to tweak things incase we got figured out which happened against SA and CIV part 2 in the finals.

Samueltemi337:
Nah
I won't agree peseiro changed our formation because of Ekong
Ekong didn't even play the world cup qualifiers matches prior to the Afcon
And those were the matches that made peseiro come up with a 3 man defense
Because defensively we were poor in those matches
And it was Ajayi and Bassey who Partnered in defense

7 goals in 4 games none of which were penalties is a good stat.

Defense like you rightly noted is an issue. Conceding 4 goals in 4 games though not horrible can be damaging.

charlesemeka85:
Chelle’s team score goals but the big issue is that they concede a lot too just like Siasia’s

He should learn to balance the team to avoid conceding much goals

Sorry to hear that chief.

Wish your old man a quick and complete recovery.

Ibime:
Thanks Boss. CT and XRay have come back clear. We are just waiting on Carotid artery MRI and Vitamin B12 test to know how far. Hoping it's Vitamin B12 deficiency so there will be hope of recovery. Na my Pale, the nigga was complaining of massive headache on Friday claiming some blood is trying to force it's way through some ventricles in his brain, by Saturday he's lost half his memory and calling us to come and witness his will and last wishes that he is going, so we admitted him to hospital. The guy want die before his mother, selfish fellow

You know our people too well.

minfelix:
i like as we dey fear Russia now,😅
no b say we go beat Russia tomorrow now, another set of people will now b saying

“dont celebrate this result” “its just ordinary Russia”, “its just a friendly”, “i wont rate Chelle now untill he meets a stronger opponents”, Okoye did will but let see him against stronger attackers”

Guy are you drunk!?

If you don't like my opinion jump and pass my comment.

kentebemoney:
Stop the cap abeg!!!

Nice interview comes across as very passionate man.

Four matches in I love the fact that under him we're creating loads of chances. Infact if we had been a bit better in our conversion rate maybe we won't work have been lamenting about the Zimbabwe draw.

The conundrum of integrating some of that AFCON JP defensive frugality into our current expansive play is the issue now but I'm optimistic we will get there.

Mark my words this team will cook in AFCON God willing.

elyte89:
This guy knows what he’s doing



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP9bIIySmZo?si=58SfdIVRcvWtMlnz

I'm looking at the line up from a most capable perspective and not at the sentimental angle.

Ndidi has not shown anything we're desperately missing lately. I mean we got to the last AFCON final without him so his presence in the team with all due respect to Wilfred is overrated.

elyte89:
Any line up wout ndidi is dead on arrival..by now u shld av studied some coaches when newly appointed and Dey execute deir first three matches ,u shld knw Dey av some favorites …ndidi is one of dem ..if fit he will play ,even Moses Simon,he likes d guy too ,

Going into September WC when everyone is by God's grace fit and injury free this should be our probable line up

Nwabali

Aina Ekong/Igoh Bassey Agu

Onyeka Chrisantus

Lookman Iwobi M.Simon

Osimhen


What do you guys think?

Well said Doc!

What will stand Osimhen out for future generations of fans is his legacy that will mostly be achieved in European football.

Saudi though lucrative won't be challenging for him especially at this stage of his career.

I pray a top club that has sense like Galatasaray will give Victor the platform he richly deserves.

TheSuperNerd:
I hope you know the same fans who support the Saudi Move wont be able to also properly back him when years from now, we talk about Africa's finest strikers ever.

Eto'o, Weah, Drogba earned their stripes and legacies that still stand strong today in the best leagues in the world which is in Europe.

The standards have not changed and wont change for Osimhen. I love him. I always have even before the twitter influencers/banger boys took over his attention space but I wont stand by and watch him miss out on a chance to shoot above these greats or even level with them and stand in their league.

Money is good. Mathieu Flamini has it all when it comes to money but his football legacy is no bigger than Okocha's. Look at Okocha still reverred even on a UCL night where his former club PSG conquered europe. A good name/legacy in your sport/field is still worth so much more. The Good Book isnt wrong on that at all.

Usually the Liverpool front 3 line up is Salah on the right, Diaz on the left with Nunez or Gakpo up top.

Samueltemi337:
Is Gakpo a striker?
If they don't need him why are they interested in him?

He fits into their pressing style but not sure if the Reds necessarily need him with Gakpo finding his form.

Samueltemi337:
Buchi laba said this a long time ago