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Subzero047:
I think Haarland would win it

Always Attacking player. Well he is a worthy opponent to Davies.

Subzero047:
Osimhen's card has landed

Hopefully, his Pass, Shot and Physicality increases his overall as time goes by this season.

TheSuperNerd:
Lol... ChrisKels is more of an Ivorian and Senegalese protagonist. Yes he also admires Morocco.
In case you don't know, Morocco is actually my second favourite African team. It has been so since I read tales and watched many clips of Mustapha Hadji while growing up as a kid. That's why I wanted them to win the title in 2004 especially after Tunisia's win over us in the Semis.
But at same Afcon 2004 shaa, I was against them for just one game. The game we played and lost. Lol... That day vex me ehn. Hahaha but till today, I will always love Moroccan football. They are my next team on the African continent after Nigeria.


And see ehn, Danny, if the circumstances align and ensure that we do meet Cameroon in the final then they better be ready to pay for the "Ojoro" wins of 1988 and the robbery we experienced in 2000. 1984 was a clean win for Cameroun, that generation bad pass us that time. The elders, Kog45 and Icon4s can confirm this. Even Tbaba1234 go tell you say Na so. But 1988 ehn... See ehn...that match still dey vex me. Imagine being annoyed at a game you were not even around to watch. Dem never born me but I dey vex whenever I see clips of that game. The Ojoro was too much abeg.

So if we jam Cameroun ehn, they will pay! I know this Nigerian Generation will draw that payment off them.

popc vex comot after victor put hand for head. I took a personal hate with Rigobert cos of the faces he made at the camera. Lol. Oliseh weeping, refusing to be consoled by oga Chairman sef.... Painful. And while this was ongoing... The Roonians hopped, bounced and jubilated under the floodlights. We need to truly do it at their backyard too. Tho we revenged 3ice already. 2 qualifiers, 1 group game. We.... Can we edge Cameroon in KO stage?

TheSuperNerd:
Oga Pinnick, we also want our Super Falcons in Killer mood. We have falcons players doing well in Europe now. Getting more exposure and getting better. How we don't still have a coach for our girls is just nauseating mehn. And not just having a coach. Have a calendar planned out to get our girls together again for a few games in 2021 ahead of our next major tournament outing. This man sef... No wonder pesin rightly called him in here, President of the Super Eagles and not the NFF.

Since i watch that man on clip promising jack and jill while the ladies were sitted at dinner, and he didn't do so in time, i knew he'd never take them serious again. Dunno why he just treats these talented ladies like that. To dey see dem Ordega, Ebi, etc all over just flexing(nonb, its their private life), you'd want them back in action. Nawa o. I hope the NWSL make progress on its new objective. That League needs to be Africa's num 1 destination for African ladies....

Danielnino00:
Na Chriskels heart them break o,no b my own .. I just had hopes in them cus of how good their squad was...

Cameroon being the host would be their biggest advantage.. but without Hayatou in charge,it will be interesting to see how it will turn out...
Imagine a situation where we meet them in the final! ..

That man was African Sepp Blatter. Chai. Im glad he's history.

Danielnino00:
Egypt? Nope!
With or without Salah,they are beatable..

Algeria don't have too many top players but they are very organised,that makes them deadly! ..
Senegal are also another elite team with a lot of top players...na badluck Dy follow them around...

And you are right, we need to sort out our set piece issue...

I also feel it's time Rohr made a decision on his choice in midfield.. We can't continue with Ndidi-Etebo midfield pairing...it doesn't always work!
And Iwobi needs serious competition...

We need the midfield to be more creative!!

In all sincerity,we have what it takes to win the next AFCON! .. If Rohr can't deliver it, I'm afraid that would be the end for him...

Maybe. But they can still spring surprises in Afcon mode.

As for Senegal..... Head to head, if we jam, our wingers alone will get a pk or two vs their hard tackling defence. I don't think they'll best our midfield tho. They may be better on the counter tho.


That setpiece issue, na big decider. It can kill hopes of leading opponents in injury time. Well we experienced it vs Mahrez.

We have good fk takers but they need to start getting numbers with it at club level to make it sweeter an advantage. The midfield truly needs a backup to Etebo. I believe someone should be there. Afcon can be a funny ground. A team will just tackle and injure a key player, that's the end!!!

Onazi is fresh in mind. Youre right. Ifdai mention Agu, Ogu.... Lemme just look front

Subzero047:
The 40 man list for the golden boy award

Unfortunately no Nigerian made the list

EPL should get this easily. but Alphonso Davies.........

https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/1306159869217701889?s=09


First of its kind in a long while.



Farewell Emiliano Martinez. I wish he was still here to see us win the Europa. But all the same..... He'd see more game time with Villa.

TheSuperNerd:
We have a few good FK takers. Like Iheanacho (he has always been dangerous for us from freekicks), Simon Moses and even Etebo.

Only thing is they don't take it for their clubsides. I hope this season sees one or two given FK responsibilities in games. K.Nwakali, another FK specialist, has been practising and improving very much his FK taking at Huesca training and I hope the club coaches can hand him the opportunity to hit some for them in games when they get a FK chance within his shooting range when he is on-field.

Time will tell. It is really important to have various ways to hurt the opposition.

i think if they take it twice as serious as Nwakali their clubs would have no choice than to start letting them stand behind many. Some teams have 4-7 freekicks per game. Imagine a SE player burying 2 outta that number in one game. Well, the names you mention dont really seem convincing, except Nacho.



Well as you said.... Let time tell.

TheSuperNerd:
Elder Kog, you are right. Rohr needs trophies to properly cement his legacy. The next Afcon title is a huge priority for Rohr.

The North African pair of Egypt and Algeria seem the only obstacles in our way. Its painful a setpiece settled that vs Algeria. We need to be like that too. A fk taker as lethal as Mahrez if we really want to win that Afcon trophy. Its key. I know we will.

TheSuperNerd:
Gaming: EA Sports football

Some FIFA 21 cards already revealed... Focus on pace.


Chidera Ejuke is the fastest Nigerian player rated by EA Sports FIFA so far on his base card. He also makes the top 20 fastest in the game alongside other Africans like Ismaila Sarr (Senegal/Watford) and Kreppin Diatta (Senegal/Club Brugge). The fastest were named as Adama Traore, Alphonso Davies and Kylian Mbappe all on 96 pace.

Moses Simon's card is not yet released.

Below is also Saka's FIFA 21 base card.

Def and Pas made Saka equal with him sha. 94 is a big deal o. Hopefully Rohr tests him vs CIV or Tunisia.

Mungo Punk diecovered Banana.... Isokay

Bolowolowo:
The President of the French Football Federation had this to say...

Chai. See foolery in public sphere. Did he Just infer that if the crowd isnt racially abusing a player, then racism doesn't exist? He suddenly forgot that even those that stand by the antiracism banners aka the players, do it well, albeit under radar covered lips. You'd expect VAR to help but no, its when Neymar tap person head, VAR turn Thanos.


Besides, disciplinary measures along the touchline as well. I dunno all the rules, but that Lampard vs Klopp exchange was supposed to see Lampard sent off. I bet you if Klopp did all that, he'd serve touchline ban.



These guys feel the racism idea is exaggerated. Smh. This man had better be quoted outta context o.

cc12:
No he wasn't, that picture was taken during Villarreal's opening match last season

oh really? Alright. Thanks

TheSuperNerd:
Time will tell on Iwobi. Haven't heard anything about him leaving yet. The window is still open till October 9 or so I think so we will know for sure what his situation at Everton is going forward.

Guess its all going to be about James now. If he moves, it better be a top 10team. Else.....

ChrisKels:
Today, two graduates of the Umuahia talent factory, The Diamond Football Academy, face off in the world's best league, as Villareal hosts Huesca.


Thank you Hon. Martins Iyke Apugo.

Learnt Big man was around to watch the game...

jihday:
Haba, Drog played for about 12 years, same as Yaya. E no close to 20 o. This isn't really about CAF, UEFA have more countries so they play more games during WC/Euro qualifiers. During the FIFA window most UEFA countries play 2 games while African countries find it hard to even play one game if there's no qualifier. African countries need to do better and get their teams more involved

Drogba and Eto are up to. I watched Afcon 2006 na. That hate(eliminating SE) made me remember him going forward. Thats over 14years roughly sha.

Philosopher1979:
Iheanacho will play 30 matches this season but out of the 30 matches 25 will be for 30 minutes. He will score 8 goals with 5 assists and pundits will say he is mediocre which is basically unfair.
He should leave leicester to where he will be given game time. They are not giving him a fair chance. The Spanish league will be good for his style of play. Iheanach will score 20 goals a seasin if he is given a chance

After this campaign most likely. Two of them should get a new top team. I want to believe they'll take top advantage of this european competition to up their profile at least to a great influential level. Leicester cannot play ageing Vardy always, now that Europa is involved. Let's watch out for double figures with longer game time. Tired of seeing them in blue tho.

TheSuperNerd:
Yes he wasn't a UCL regular but he has a UCL Hattrick to his name. One of few Africans to do so. Others are Eto'o, Drogba, Aubameyang, Brahimi, Mane. Don't know if there is any other.

Also, the first and only African to bag a hattrick on his UCL debut. Yak was a striker really reckoned with but just never had those good clutch moments for Nigeria despite him occupying third in Nigeria's all time top scorers list with 21 international goals.

Chai. I guess that's why. But myself, i no dey that table again o. The Yak and Odemwingie got some crazy stats that i can't ignore going forward.


Again Caf dey dull too. See european youngsters hitting 70caps before age 27. Kon add Nations League again.


Many of the next gen of African stars never pass 20caps yet in 4years. Not necessarily about results, but its time something is done in that regard.

Drog and Yaya with over 100 caps over a span of almost 2decades is kinda stale to me. Averagely 5games/year. Naaaah.

Something needs be done.

TheSuperNerd:
Even more hattricks than the legendary Drogba. Yak truly was a top striker but it is the clutch moments Nigerian fans will always look to and you cannot blame them. The WC is the pinnacle of any player's career.

Yeah. Also if he was into UCL football. But still yet, that guy don pay hin dues. He deserves to be in any discussion, especially as he is a standard for EPl for SE.

jihday:
Match stat : Onomah had fewer touches (33) than Leno (35)

For a supposed 10 that the game was supposed to revolve around? Oh my.


Na commentator evenremind me say he dey pitch. I however will give till 4 matches. I hope the narrative doesnt changed from Outclassed to No Class.

Danielnino00:
TheGoodJoe is very sure they won't go down because they have Scott Parker the genius

I expect Leeds to pull a Sheffield. the rest 2 newcomers can leave the group chat.

kellycute:
hope you are watching the fraud of a player (onomah). No football sense, no pace,. He is just playing aimlessly. He can't start for the super eagle.

0I barely saw him today. Nacho sef would do a more impressive job as 10 of deployed there. Sotey na flanks all their attacks ended. With that Kamara sweating and panting.

TheSuperNerd:
Mehn that Gabriel Magallaes lad is one of my favorite young CBs in world football today. Followed him at Lille and wanted him at Napoli too. He is young but he has a high ceiling. Lad is very good. He will make some mistakes as this is his first season but on the overall, the boy is a baller CB abeg. Don't mind our in-house Southgate. That one no dey appreciate anything outside England. You should not be stunned if he tells us English League One is of better quality than Ligue 1.

he's an upgrade on luiz to me as the centre of a back 3. Highest pass today among all players. The only think now is thoe pinpoint passes straight up to the attack that Luiz is know for. Im sure he'd do that.


As for the crappy better quality talk....over to you, Matthias.

BlueRayDick:
Look at willian's handball just now. The ball was not handball going by the new Handball rule interpretation....but the ref said it's handball

Yeah. That's true.

BlueRayDick:
Just watch how EPL refs will mess up this new Handball rule interpretation

I think replays would help that aspect. I want to fully believe that the ref now have autonomy of when to use VAR, rather than those officials telling him when to see the screen.

New Theme
New Rules
New atmosphere

I hope it doesn't get abused.


No Football in Racism the new slang.

Let The EPL Begin!!!!

Edopesin:
Just in case you still take FIFA ratings seriously

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhkCN3KXkAEOjzO.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhkCN3AXsAUTdNp.jpg

Lol. Very funny. Then Auba should be 93 then. But i dunno how accurate African players are rated.

Danielnino00:
Score 6-8 freekick in one seaaon? Haha!
That's too much na

BTW,I can't think of any current SE player that take free kicks regularly at their club..
Simon used to do it at Genk though..

i bin wan even write 13 sef.

But 6 in 38games+cup games, etc is still fair. + or -


I think the first hurdle is personal development on that aspect in such a way that club teammates notice it and it becomes an identity. Then we can move forward.



Salah, Mane, Aubameyang, Mahrez, to mention a few.

Edopesin:
That's Everton. For a team that uses high press, teams like Man City, Liverpool or Chelsea his defensive actions are not needed if it's not in the final third

I hear. If Aubameyang defendd then who kon be Pulisic? Abi na Salah wey be the only difference? Okay na. But im saying its the norm now. Whether asked by coach or not. So if he doesn't, no p. But for an attacker that does and still influences attack, that's commendable na.

Good one. Let the numbers begin

Bolowolowo:
Congrats to Etebo

edi287:
Moses Simon is a good free kick taker. I don't know why he doesn't take them for us often.

May we talk true joor. He isnt. Simple. If he is, his teammates would always push him to stand over it in dire circumstances. Seniority or not.


The aim now is to have an SE player than Will score 6-8freekicks in a club season from 30yards at most. We can start with that. I personally want this very aspect to become a hot addition to our attack.