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JohnBullMySon:
The context was Balon d'or. AFCON might be a major tournament in the context of confederation cups. It could be competitive and entertaining. That does not make it on par with the Euros in terms of quality, which is what determines the Balon d'or. Your SS2 vs SS3 derby was also competitive and entertaining. Competition is relative, entertainment is subjective.

CAF best players developed and play among Europeans, CAF best squads are made up of Afro Europeans, ranging from 50% to almost the entire team in some cases. Morocco achieved the best record for an African team in WC2022 with a squad full of half-europeans. The success of African tournaments in recent times can almost be directly traced to The european football industry. If the by-product of Europe is improving Africa this much, it isn't wise to think that somehow, AFCON can stand toe-to-toe with Euros.

Lol. You're trying so hard abeg. It Is independent of this context. Henry, Wright, Sturridge, Micah, and many other European journalists have all proven this. They all agree Jamie said rubbish. No need to beat around the bush joor.

JohnBullMySon:
If not for the fact that his statement is stepping on the sensitivities of black people, what he said is not far from the truth. I appreciate how far we've come, but you cannot say that AFCON is equal to Euros. We are not there yet. If he said the same thing about CONCACAF nobody will argue with it.

If I tell you that the Belgian League is as big as the EPL would you agree?

There's no tournament that has the kind of attention Euros has in the world of continental football. It doesn't mean other continental tournaments are not more competitive and entertaining than it. The crux is if AFCON is a major tourney and that is why that Carragher is getting dragged. He was corrected twice and he scoffed twice. Nowhere in his head does he want to take it as major. That's the height of dumbassery. And his bosses have a different pov and that's why they didn't upload it to their sites as well.


AFCON is more competitive and entertaining than Euros. The last one is enough as evidence.


Jamie Carragher is too wrong and that's a stubborn corner to stick too despite the correction. I trust Thierry.. if he was in that room, he go bend.

Goke7:
Holy shit, even heard sky tv had to remove it from their page
https://x.com/ajsilvercfc/status/1893917353923981582?s=46&t=tk-1hGRx-HBpOmsos8uccA

It has nothing to do with the CAF president but the same reason why a Gasperini will say shit about Ademola!

It has o. The external dey. The leadership of Caf too get their own. Always playing 2nd fiddle to these guys. Under his tenure, the way scheduling has been is not good. Especially the female football.

You're right about Gasperini too. No mind them

Roland17:
Isn’t this what I have been wailing about for nearly 4 years now? The season he choked qualification for the UCL, we had two opportunities to make top 4 but he chocked it. Under this guy we never raise our game when it matters most.

Forget all the aura and vibes nonsense, this team is mentally weaker than cotton wool. We also don’t have a strong voice amongst the players on the field or inside the locker room. There is absolutely no character. I questioned making Odegaard a captain, he don’t think he has the capacity to push this team on or off the field, it doesn’t question his talent in any way.

This has always been how we start and end the season, nothing different.

Omo.

Simple!! That's why nothing in the 50k book is worth reading really. We just have regurgitated stuff in it. Especially about key triggers about why this country is such a sham down ethnic and tribal lines.


If you've read the over 7 available books written before this, you go dey vex cos e be like copy and paste use to cushion his own avoiding of accountability for the June 1993 elections that he has now swerved to Abacha with style(not like that would work one bit sha)

This thing should fade out of existence abeg. Usaid no dey again. So the NGO fever ought to die a natural death soon. There should be some new inspiration to these pageant winners. Of course helping kids is not bad but don't pretend you don't know the motivation behind it.

See the nonsense Jamie Carragher said about Afcon on Sky? Micah corrected him but he maintained his myopic mindset of AFCON. Pls spare me any nonsense analysis. He's not justified with his stance. That's foolishness there.

Na Motsepe i blame sha. His tenure is annoying and terrible when it comes to scheduling tournaments.

When Liverpool lost to Forest, Arsenal drew with Man City.

When Liverpool drew with Newcastle, Arsenal drew with Fulham.

When Liverpool drew with Fulham, Arsenal drew with Everton.

When Liverpool drew with Forest, Arsenal drew with Villa.

When Liverpool drew to Villa, Arsenal lost to West Ham.

The challenge has been weak as Arsenal failed to capitalise every single time. A lot to learn from this season.

To capitalize is the Arteta problem every single time.

When squad full, he didn't
When squad average, he didn't
When squad get injury, he didn't. New excuse

It's the quality of the teams that's annoying the most. The low teams. And the difference is that recruitment and sense/adaptation.

Everytime we dropped the points na the same one-way format we dey use. We didn't tweak an inch in the setup or approach.

Anything wey go make them not pursue Ademola Lookman ehhhhy.

Atalanta attack more centrally than Arsenal. Sweet goal from Lookman. Arteta should get this guy abeg

You need 3 goals under 30mins and you're tikitaka-ing with no threat to goal? 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣

See how Slot is tripling up on City Wingers. E go sweet to see Eric Chelle apply this format o. On the other hand, na just Diaz and Salah dey City fullbacks neck like thorn cos City are terrible at defending or playing total football. They can't even help Rico Lewis, eh! 🤦🏽‍♂️

comodo:
Hmmm. Those Simpsons I dey fear them most times oh. There is something behind those characters that people don't know

People have tried to debunk but it's getting harder. They've missed several predictions anyway.

iamoyindamola:
One of the mystery of the world 😁 😁
Like how can a team not have a dead ball specialist even corner we can't score again

If Kolasinac dey he for don start over the freekick. Dunno why Zinny sef no join. Wetin dey sup for team sef? 😂😂😂

daveP:
Just saw a clip of Odegaard drifting to the right during a counter instead of running into the middle space to go score 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

Wetin dey worry Captain??

Common sense no demand make he go into the space after Rice pass to Trossard?

Nawa o

https://x.com/Afcsammmm/status/1893352549769433234?t=7lgJ35EkLgMs98wI_B7hYw&s=19

Is it forbidden to play 3 man defense for Arteta?

Freekick near box 18 and dem leave am for sterling



Sterling ooo

Shegzdave:
That means Saka is taller

5'10 for Saka
5'6 for Tems.


She looks talle than 5.6 o

So i tall pass both of them

BlackSpanner:
What was the prediction like?

New pope.

iamoyindamola:
It's not sure but top 4 is sure

He's right. These things are not quantum physics


2nd pic, they're doing that are we don't even know how to hack such. We just continue to play the usual way. That's disrespectful.

Shegzdave:
Sake is taller than Tems ke

She's bent and leaning over na.

She's shorter anyway

If this is fake, no worries. If real, then we got reasons to fear The Simpsons Family 'prediction'

iamoyindamola:
Now city have something to play for knowing they can close gap on top 4

We go again

City fit go ucl if they grab 5th. We're getting a 5th UCL slot for next season. Villa, Newcastle, City dey. I doubt Forest will leave top 4. But Chelsea will slip

Those nonsense Chelsea trolls don go dia lungu. E just dey go round sha

iamoyindamola:
Na these 2 make us lose
Same thing when that Kardashian girl come

Lol. Iffai hear.


Crazy things are happu-NIN and Run Your Race combined😂😂😂😂😂

Just saw a clip of Odegaard drifting to the right during a counter instead of running into the middle space to go score 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

Wetin dey worry Captain??

Common sense no demand make he go into the space after Rice pass to Trossard?

iamoyindamola:
Like he no get level or even serious trophy but baba proud pass anything 😅😅😅

he thinks it's cute maybe. Chai.

He said if he get chance to replay the westham game, he'll use same lineup.

I detest Arteta arrogance. Naaahhhhh

iamoyindamola:
He did well in the midfield until skelly red he had to play lb
I will start him ahead of rice or Odegaard against forest
That Odegaard is becoming useless without saka

I concur. Just that Arteta can't imagine him being available and benching him. That's the crux. All still boils down to this deputies issues. Abi na Dubai make them see this game as Pre-season ni? Cos i no understand wetin all of them from back to front, play.

Odegaard and Nwaneri combined lost possession 15times. Chai

Who else notices that it's when we play rubbish that's when the left wing seem to be contributing more to attack threat than the right? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

8points gap.

Nottingham Forest and Man U next for us

City and Newcastle next for Liverpool

Expect anything


Thank God I didn't expect much even if he scored a brace from Leicester.

Graham Potter record at Emirates is insane

5games
4 wins

Only Pep and Klopp have a longer streak at our backyard.

Like play like play, Zinny is back into XI cos of that red.

Arteta never sabi hack this man till date🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

iamoyindamola:
Odegaard is just playing rubbish with him useless captain band

Annoying to see Partey is having more central penetration than Odegaard himself.

So na Cala go play Forest?

Or Zinchenko. Chai. Tomiyasu i no wan swear for you.

MLS supposed know say heat dey on am.

We can't even force a in box foul and this is 75+ 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

iamoyindamola:
Yes he’s too clumsy trying to make things happen by force

And he doesn't recover any back. This game is giving odd vibes. I'm not watching again abeg. The red is Bournemouth vibes all over