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omar22:
Well since Kanu left Arsenal at the prime age of 27 years how come he could attrach a better club than West brom? Atleast I would understand if he went from Arsenal's bench to Fulham's starting 11 but to go from Arsenals bench to West Broms bench then Portsmouth bench is worrying! Kanu's teamates at Arsenal Henry went from Arsenal to Barcelona, Wiltord went to Lyon, Pires to Villereal and Kanu was bought to be Geof Horsefielld understudy at West brom. That's how they see him, In 1998 Jay Jay was a record transfer fee into the french league

Sagamite:
Dayokanu, cut this crap. Try again.

Portsmouth depended on Lua Lua?

West depends on Demba Ba?

Cut the crap!

A player being good is not the same as a player being the engine of a team.

Ridiculous!

More ridiculous to even use a situation where a player is purely good in one season.

Try again:

Tell me a time when Kanu was an indispensible product of his team between 1995 till 2001 of his career.

The mark of greatest players is clear, as their team greatly depend on them and you can hardly find a substitute. Unfortunately, Kanu was never greatly depended on throughout his career (you are free to prove me wrong) and, and rather than being someone without substitute, he actually was just usually a substitute with great ability.

Feel free to list the great players who their teams did not depend heavily on.

When you answer that, I will address all the sentimental illogicality you have put forward in other posts.

dipo2much:
Can't June jus be over already? †нє stagnation in this page is beginning to get to me.
Nasri still never sign? The guy don dey piss me sef. Can't we exchange him with Frank Ribery at Bayern? Nas is younger and still has a lotta years to play and so should be good enough exchange value for the brilliant Ribery

vislabraye:
I have no problem with Kanu being the top list. He deserves it because of his achievements.

People saying Austin Okocha should think again. I agree is the mosyt sensational player ever, but not the greatest. He's arguable the most talented. I wonder the basis of people putting him at number 1. They say nation cups. Don't forget Emmanuel Amuneke who was explosive; he scored the winning goals against Zambia.

Another person who's probably the most under rated players is Finidi George. He won the CL for Ajax, their league cup, etc. He helped win the nation cup in 94. He had made one of the highest assists for both country and club. The problem is that he's not so flambouyant and he ened his career early. I never rembered through out his stay in Ajax or Real Betis when he was benched for one minute

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Da Doctor:
@dayokanu, OBVIOUSLY, ITS TOO EARLY FOR YOU TO BE DRUNK, Drop that green bottle.

spikedcylinder:
Dayo, you're on fire gan o.

naughtybig:
i refuse to get drawn into this issue of who is the most decorated footballer, the greatest player in nigerai should be the player who has contributed more to the development of the game here in nigeria, OKOCHA Top that list, 3 world cups, 5 nations cup,

who has represented nigeria that muchand apart from that probably the most influential player the eagles have ever had, tll today we havent found another number 10 to replace him,

even at club level most of kanu's achievement can partly be attributed to luck, most guys today read history but i was part of history , i watch history, kanu in ajax? good player, but he was a bit part player, same with inter, even arsenal we all know henry was the king,

how did he won the african footballer of the year?scoring winning goal for nigeria at olympics was part of the reason ,

throughout that competition kanu wwasnt there, bonfrere jo confess amokachi and okocha were his best players then, and if you watch you will agree,

kanu scored 3 goals against chelses for arsenal, his come back from surgery contributed to him winning the caf award, moreover the award wasn't competitive then.

check it then most of the top players in europe then 70% are nigerians, not like today where other africans countries even have more players than us,

kANU HAS HAD A LUCKY CAREER, okocha never had that.but talking of someone who gave all the club level and national level irrespective of medals its him, all the teams okocha played for can't do without him,except when the new coach in PSG DECIDED to enstrange him one time, and individually on the ball, okocha is it!check their stats, okocha, though not a striker played 73 times for nigeria as a starter not coming from the bench o, had 14 goals. Kanu 86 games, mostly as a sub, 13 goals. eVEN AT CLUB LEVEL okocha had 445 games while kanu 428, and most of them as a sub, okocha had 86 goals which is decent for a central midfielder, kanu 117 is low for second striker, no nations cup goal for nigeria while okocha had 7?how can he be nigeria greatest player?

nsiadi:
I don`t think its always necessary to start comparing these ICONs. Of what consequence is it?

I personally believe it will end up generating bad blood.

These players have all done v well in their times under prevailing circumstances.
For effective comparison u need similar situations which, of course, isnt possible

Okocha stands tallest inspite of obstacles he faced.

That`s why BBC rated him, 2wice, Africa`s footballer of the year.
Definitely he is above average to head Bolton.

Let me step on toes by saying that Kanu was enabled by other factors unrelated to soccer prowess.
Kanu`s heart problem catapulted him to lime light. This attracted heavy attachment by cute management experts.
The last Testimonial match goes to confirm this too

Anyway we shd not create barriers b/w our ppl by comparing them, its rather unnecessary.
We shd find ways of propping up Ahmed Musas

Sagamite:
Tell me a time when Kanu was an indispensible product of his team between 1995 till 2001 of his career.

The mark of greatest players is clear, as their team greatly depend on them and you can hardly find a substitute. Unfortunately, Kanu was never greatly depended on throughout his career (you are free to prove me wrong) and, and rather than being someone without substitute, he actually was just usually a substitute with great ability.

Feel free to list the great players who their teams did not depend heavily on.

Nigeria, Bolton, Fenebache depended on Okocha.

Nigeria, Victoria Setubal depended on Yekini.

Ghana depended on Abedi.

AC Milan depended on Weah.

Cameroun, Mallorca, Barcelona depended on Etoo.

Algeria depended on Rabah Madjer.

France and Real Madrid depended on Zidane.

Brazil and Barcelona depended on Ronaldinho.

GREAT PLAYERS!

Bloody West Brom and Portsmouth could not even depend on Kanu, he was mostly a sub, talkless of Arsenal. Kanu has NEVER been best player in any team he played for. Heck, I can't even think of a period he was regarded as the top 3 players in any club he has played for.

Sagamite:
You are a mooron!

What makes Marseille, Porto or Valencia a big team?

What makes them much bigger than Fenebache and PSG that Okocha played?

Stewpid product of a failed system!

Onlytruth:
hehehe! It was always bound to happen.

[b]PDP is evil and has no agenda for Igbo political survival in Nigeria.

But come to think of it; this party has NOTHING to show for 12 years of Igbo support.

NOTH[/b]ING.

Methinks it is even a party cornered by the worst of Igbo haters!

So, let the mass defections begin already!

ritchboy:
Silva has never been a starter for Spain? My white-blood cells are laughing at you.

Even a comatose convict should know Silva was nailed-on starter for Spain from around 2008-2010. How do i take you seriously after such a monumental blunder?

Are we talking of potential or current ability?

Busquets and Pique aren't forwards so i'll avoid comparison. But Pedro as good as Rooney? This is ludicrous even by your standards.

Busquets the best holding midfielder in Europe since 09? He can't even be the best in Spain when Alonso is alive.

Abegiiiii!!! Pique is a good defender but he's far from a "great talent" if we are using Rooney as a yardstick. Why must you bring Arsenal into everything? You need therapy.

What is special about displacing geriatric Henry? Pedro's only exceptional ability is his finishing, i don't know how drunk you must have been to classify him as one of the best dribblers in Europe. Again, Pedro is not in Rooney's class.

Bullshyte. . . Xavi is the one benching Cesc. Pound for pound, none of them even come close.

Spain dominated everyone and won the Euros in 2008 without Pedro, Busquets or Pique. I don't know where you got this crazy idea they "can't function" without them.

Who is this phat phool?