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Correction Osimhen would barely start to for the youth team [b][/b] of a championship side.

mostob:
Osimehn wouldn't start for a championship club.





Fulham is better than Porto.



Make I continue sir?

Rightly said. Military government especially in Africa as a whole and Nigeria in particular have seriously stunted our growth.

They more often than not indulge in the same corruption you want them to tackle if they not worse and at the end of the same day the citizens dare not complain.

Kog45:
The first coup in Nigeria did us bad but we would have made it up with second republic but Buhari did us bad again by overthrew Shagari/Ekwueme.The coup was just to stop southerner from presidency and this paved way for Babangida and Abacha to destroy everything.

Military ruined this country,if not for the coupl Alex Ekwueme would have been Nigeria president

Awoniyi is the third African player after Salah and Adebayor to score in 7 successive EPL games.

From your lips to God's ears

Kog45:
My boy Dey 20 goals this season.

Awoniyi doing the lord's work

My dad had a copy. Was an interesting read. Won't spoil it for you by giving details but it gives context to the myth that the first coup was 'planned by igbos'

BlueRayDick:
One of my old man’s collections. I went visiting recently and saw this book I don’t know existed amongst his collections while growing up .

This is certainly going to be an interesting read . The author is one of the 3 majors (Nzeogwu, Ifeajuna and Ademoyega) that planned and executed the first coup in Nigeria .

It’s unfortunate they don’t teach history in our schools again. 😔

Hopeful development but that will only account for 40% I think of our domestic petroleum needs if the Dangote refinery can by some miracle of miracles start producing abit before the end of the year it will definitely help with the forex liquidity issues.

OasisX:
📌📌📌

Hope he can get good game time so we can assess how good he is.

charlesemeka85:
Done!!


Former Golden Eaglets captain 🇳🇬Samson Tijani has joined Austrian side Wolfsberger AC on loan from RB Salzburg for the 2023/24 season.

I get you but sometimes one has to confront and debunk outright falsehood

Odunayaw:
Why do you guys usually engage that guy on this topic

I just don't get it. Are you expecting better or what?

Honestly the nerve of him! 4 goals in 119 EPL league games is his definition of 'he did well'

Small time he'll be shouting mental health as if Nwakali, Sadiq Umar, Osimhen are robots abi!?

Danielnino00:
Ibe didn't do any "very well" at Liverpool..he was crap.. one fine showing in preseason gave him an opportunity with the first team, but nothing came out of it... When Sterling left for City, Ibe was heavily tipped to replace him due to their similarity in play... Klopp came in and gave him game time..the type of game time Osimhen didn't get at Wolfsburg...he was crap and was sold off ASAP

RIP Windham Rotunda

Melvyn11:
Damn Bray wyatt is gone. This guy had the 2nd most chilling WWE entrance after the Undertaker.

Evidence no dey.

Toylove:
Komekn, you go explain tire

Dude is a charisma machine. Robert Downey did well to boost Iron Man's appeal like you said his counterpart in the comics was as dry as AY's jokes.

Like you Spiderman and the Hulk were the characters I knew from marvel plus the fantastic 4 to some extent due to the Thing cartoon they showed back in the day.

nihilistjnr:
Thats what Black Panther is for, and that literally had to have the backing of the MCU machine and charismatic leads in Chadwick and Michael B Jordan and piggy backing off the BLM movement and Anti-Trump Sentiment.

Otherwise there was very little interest in a Black Panther movie. OG comic nerds like myself have known of Black Panther since childhood when he was married to Storm from Xmen.

When I was growing up, the Marvel wonder metal was Adamantium which was what Wolverines skeleton was coated in, not Vibranium which really only gained prominence with Black Panther.

The big hitters then were Spiderman, Xmen, Cable/Havok/X-force, The Hulk, and maybe GhostRider.

Tony Hawk, and the rest of the avengers were B-league guys that would typically show up featuring in a Spiderman story. Iron-man used to have the deadest cartoon on the Cadbury breakfast TV roster those days, with Spiderman being number 1.

Robert Downey Junior literally changed the game for Marvel despite playing one of their deadest characters, facilitating an environment that would allow a super black IP like Black Panther to be successful.

Prior to that, nobody would be going for such Black film series, and I would be very surprised of we get another Black hero movie that is as successful anytime soon.

You're still on this narcissistic egotistical power trip about all things EPL.

The EPL outside the 6 top teams is nothing special when it comes to football quality that's a fact.

Portuguese league has been the sixth best league in recent years but typical of yourself you left that crucial fact out.

Chaves are relegation candidates but they came 7th last season. Not only are you delusional but you need to go to specsavers.

Portuguese teams have consistently punched above their weight in European competitions which is a true reflection of their league's quality.

You're free to take potshots at Nwakali but at the very least I commend the young man for going to a higher level of football to improve.

You had better learn how to critic players before you dig yourself into a hole then have to shamelessly retrace your steps with the 'he took my advice' nonsense.

komekn:
You are being way too ASSUMPTIVE and anchoring ⚓ your deduction on personal preference. As well as misinformation.

Portugal is rated 7th in Europe not 6th.

The EPL is rated number one in the world 🌎 so how did you dismiss the entire mid section and below as the EPL as low quality and standard ❓

You cannot dismiss money and player value as being inconsequential because quality players above all cost big money 🤑.

Not too long ago I made a comparison players by player defenders and forward players in Championship Fulham in comparison to Porto at the time. My conclusion were that man to man Fulham were superior at least in paper. And in a match I could not conclusively that Porto were better. Many found it an affront and responded with vitriolic rhetoric. But none actually objectively appraised the team players one one one side by side. Just emotive bias and preference.

In the EPL the bottom clubs have the capacity at any time to beat the top clubs , this is very common but highly if not impossible in the Portuguese league.

A championship top club will certainly contend with any EPL club at any time and even league one clubd regularly beat EPL opposition in the FA cup and similar.

Very few if any of the players in Chavez will get into a championship club, they are really poor quality. When you are paying players £1.5k a week. Please be honest what kind of players ar you going to get be honest ❓❓

Chavez FC is not competing in the Portuguese league they are just making up the numbers and will be resident in the RELEGATION ZONE.

Nwakali is effectively earning less than he earned in Ponferradina why , he loves Portugal ❓Chavez is so low it's not a step up but down a reflection of Nwakali poor level ability. After 8 years in Europe playing for Chavez that's not progress.

Two games? Are you for real?

Based on your logic I guess it's safe to say Akor Adams is one of the best strikers in the world since in two games he has scored more goals than Haaland.

Meliforme:
A run of two games is enough to discern a good passer of the ball.

The Portuguese league is a fine league.

Kumuyi has never shown partisan to any party.

His comments on Tinubu are the usual comments of best wishes and prayers he gives to any one that happens to be in power. Even during them military days he never came out publicly to castigate any head of state. You're within your rights to not like his stance but it's not today he has expressed himself like that.

As for Oyepedo he hasn't hidden the fact that he's partisan so if political rivals of another party decide to go against him for not supporting or criticizing them it's logical and expected.

DissTroy:
If the support for Kumuyi isn't partisan, explain why the same people criticize Oyedepo for voting against Tinubu's party/preferred?

Doubt me? Local-search "Oyedepo" here on Nairaland then filter the search to the Eurosoccer section.

Keep scrolling through the search results. Notice how it's mostly the same people giving Kumuyi an easy pass for pro-Tinubu comments lambasting Oyedepo for his comments on national politics?

Yeah.

Do you have extensive evidence like a sequence of games over a season to back up this interesting claim?

Also take note of the level of opposition he's facing.

Meliforme:
How many midfielders can deliver two accurate crosses per game

Having a midfielder that has that level of precision in crosses of the ball is very massive and commendable. This should open up a probe into the talents of the man, Kelechi Nwakali.

Using level of wages strictly as a metric of a player's ability is a measurement that will let you down from time to time.

There are tons of players who earn ridiculously high wages we know they nowhere deserve but hey it is what it is.

Speaking strictly about Nwakali the move to Portugal is obviously in the right step. The Portuguese league is rated sixth I think in Europe which is definitely a step up from the Spanish second divisions.

Nwakali will face stiffer competition and better opposition in Portugal hopefully for himself and his fans he will come good.

Before you decide to regurgitate the money argument I hope you know that nearly 75% of clubs in Germany, Spain, Italy and France can't match the spending power of even the bottom 10 EPL clubs yet the football they play is way superior.

komekn:
If you look beyond the superficial, then you my ay see it's not necessarily a step up.

The Portuguese league has a huge gulf between the top 6/7 clubs and the bottom 4/5 clubs. The bottom clubs without prejudice will struggle in English League two. Again without Prejudice Enyimba will flog and leave in the dust Chavez FC.

Is it better to be in Southampton in the Championship average income £34k a week or the Portuguese Premier league with Chavez FC average weekly income £1.5k .

Where do your think if you perform you are most likely to get better recognition and valued appreciation ❓

We can't deny that batter players cost money and if your average weekly salary is £1.5k you are surrounded by carpenters and poor quality players. You are not going to get noticed.

Have a think about it , consider the income average of Ponferradina and that of Chavez FC. Shockingly Ponferradina is actually higher. It looks like a move from one level of mediocrity to another. Nothing to be commended here IMO.

Nwakali is a talent that is universally agreed on this thread but he needs to fulfill that potential before hyping him to high heavens.

Akor Adams has scored in two games now for his club in France does that now mean he's world class? Of course not! At best he's a prospect who will get better at worst he's going through a purple patch.

I'm happy for Kelechi that he's getting game time in a decent European league but he will have to do a lot more to convince me he's the missing piece in the midfield of the SE.

Truth be told if we had two or three half decent CMs playing in various top five European clubs Nwakali's name wouldn't frequently come up in conversations here.

Meliforme:
Which is more sincere?
A. Presenting his Laliga 2 stats
B. Presenting his stats at a higher and more competitive league.

You said: 2 games is nothing concrete if you are talking consistency
I want you to know that doing something more than once is enough evidence to deduce a pattern, a pattern that ensures continuity.
Delivering two accurate crosses per game for two games is enough to establish the knowledge that Kelechi Nwakali can deliver crosses of the ball.

That's the thing you make it sound as if people are beefing a player who has been doing averagely well for a couple of years while the reality is he hasn't exactly been anywhere noticeable to attract 'hatred'

TheGoodJoe:

There is literally a campaign against Kelechi Nwakali here and it has nothing to do with his performance. Most who criticize are actually people that have watched nothing about him. It is not issue based but just pure negativity.

Chief but seriously where's this hate you speak off? Most posters that criticize Nwakali always give fair assessments of his performances.

Plus why would anyone hate a player who can improve the SE if he's doing well?

TheGoodJoe:

There is no hype. It is just that Kelechi Nwakali is hated so much by some that many hate seeing anything good said about him. That is all.

I'm not an advocate of violence but omo the igbaju sweet my belle as e land for her face after all the trash talking and sneaky slaps/elbows from that Liz woman

The effrontery to claim we are chasing you to switch after hurling unprovoked insults at our team

BascoVanVeli:
and the Liz got up like she didn't just slap someone in the face. Sweet punch

Funny and emotional story. How Asake came out of nowhere to performing on Jimmy Fallon and football stars like Sterling listening to your songs reach make pesin dey cry dey give testimony.

raumdeuter:
This interview with Yhemolee about Asake is really funny


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


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uCg7TteInU

How is Orban's hold up play and aerial threat? Plus I stand to be corrected but I don't think there's any Nigerian forward that's as fast as Osimhen for now.

Joebie:
What area of the game is Osimhen better than Orban? Let’s forget that Osimhen is PROVEN for a moment. I’m starting this conversation to explore what is possibly lacking in Orban’s game and vice versa — not to talk down on any player. What will Orban potentially add to our CF position?

Things we love to the see Nigerian strikers doing it in the big leagues

Monster machine up and running

[quote author=charlesemeka85 post=125220000]Osimhen’s goal

https://twitter.com/reinaldodcg9/status/1692948601763246535?s=46[/quote]

As bad as the sanctions are it seems to be working rumours of a mutiny in Niger over unpaid salaries

https://twitter.com/ZagazOlaMakama/status/1692913402815881419?s=20

TookDownYourMum:
These Francophone countries were already politically unstable to begin with and going to war with Niger will just destabilize the entire region and create a massive refugee crisis which the Jihadists will take advantage of. The sanctions placed on Niger has already been seeing effects on ground. Food inflation has skyrocketed. The Chinese have stopped working on the Niger Dam. Elecricity has been cut off from Niger with constant blackouts for most of the day. 90% of Niger's budget that came from International foreign aid has been cut off. The World Bank and IMF has stopped all development loans in Niger and the state is virtually bankrupt isolated from the financial system. France can increase their uriarium from Canada, Australia, and Kazakhstan decreasing Niger share in the world market. They won't survive under sanctions for 6 months since Niger (land-locked nation) is a highly dependant country on foreign aid. Rebels in the country are beginning to get impatient with the Junta over the sanctions placed on their country from ECOWAS and US and its allies EU nations, Japan, and S.Korea that hold most of the world's share of nominal GDP.

The Mali Junta can make big threats but in reality they can't afford to aid another country in a war considering 40% of Mali is already under terrorist and separatist control nor do they have the budget, manpower, or logistics to do so. So, their threats are all hot air.

If Mali goes back on their word in 2025 and postpones it again, ECOWAS can just easily place the sanctions back onto their country. Since they kicked out UN that was providing Northern Mali civilians with food, medicine, and water that would set a bad precedent for the country likely a civil war.

Hmm interesting development

https://twitter.com/ZagazOlaMakama/status/1692913402815881419?s=20

I think you judge him too harshly. Yes he's open about his faith but if you go through his timeline he always gives suggestions using his experiences in tech and business.

For someone who was heavily involved in setting up two tech companies that went unicorn it's a bit of an exaggeration to label him a religious fanatic.

DissTroy:
Iyin mostly factors in us praying and all of those religiously fanatic words and phrases when he gives opinions about our socioeconomy. No definite plan even though he weilds influence amongst these policy makers.

He gave no real plan on how it'd be implemented, just idealistic scenarios.

Dude! The whole of West Africa has is just lucky Nigeria is a not a 'friendly' neighbor like Russia if not the Nigerian military for done occupy 10 countries by Tuesday.

dreamxhaser:
Mr Man

You've just been capping shit

I've cousins in the military and they've both claimed (on different occasions) that if the War on terrorism wasn't political sabotaged and political. NA will flush BH in months.

Are you mad? How can Niger stand the Nigerian military?

Nigeria will smoke west Africa combined in a conventional warfare.

Fvk you and your stupid claims

Dude c'mon stop capping Niger best military with nonexistent airforce. How many army divisions dem get sef? Same Nigerien army that is trained and supported by the same imperialistic French and Americans.

Cameroon and Niger flushed out bla bla but have they resolved their own domestic security.

Charlee abeg yarn another torii.

vankelvin:
Nigeria has more sophisticated artelleries than any country in West Africa but your military is too weak to win any warfare against Niger.
See how Niger and Cameroon flushed out Boko Haram from their territories? something Nigeria Army has been trying to do in how many years now?
Your "known-it-all" military are very clueless and this mission is far above them. They can't win

You can ask any unbias Security analyst on this and they will tell you these below,

The best Military in Ecowas by far is the Niger Military . Niger does not have as much artelleries like you do but they are the most experienced and formidable military in Warfare currently. Don't joke with them

Ghana is formidable in warfare stratagy, intelligence gathering and fight

Burkina is also good and experienced in warfare
What Nigeria has over others is the number of military personnels, artelleries etc but your personnels are very weak for any serious warfare

Iyin Aboyeji made the suggestion on twitter some days ago. Hopefully Bosun Tijani can convince PBAT, Wale Edun and the CBN to try that route.

larride:
Oh yes I agree. I said it here days ago that CBN needs to eliminate cash transaction of $$ and make everything digital[b][/b]. That way you can track what everyone is using the $$ for. This will 100% eliminate hoarding of the $$$ and weed out ghost importers.

Let's see how the new policies work out sha.