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joseph1013:
THREAD AWARD 2018

Guys, the voting has been extended till 7pm on Monday, 14th January. Kindly cast your votes. You have the whole of the weekend to do so.

The winners will be announced on Tuesday.

CATEGORIES
1. Most Controversial Poster
2. Most Interactive Poster
3. Most Intelligent Poster
4. Most Resourceful Poster
5. Most Respectful Poster
6. Most Consistent Poster
7. Most Positive Poster
8. Best Sense of Humor
9. Most Critical Poster
10. Nicest Poster
11. Most Influential Poster
12. Most Pro-Foreign Born Poster
13. Most Pro-Naija League Poster
14. People's Favourite
15. Most Sentimental
16. Notorious Silent Reader
17. Impressive Thread Newbie
18. Diehard Super Eagles Fan
19. Best Friends
20. Most Outstanding Poster
21. Overall Best Poster
22. Top Dramatic Topics
23. Honourable Mention: I, by the power vested on me by this thread, unanimously give this category to one of my favorites on this thread, GoldFish80. It's been a while I've seen him here, and I hope he's alright. Please let's know.

To vote, simply quote the post, and write the name of the poster(s) in front of the categories. The most notable mentions takes the award.


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I tender my unreserved apologies if your name is not here.

Please VOTE if you've not done so. Let's not hound you abeg.

1. Forgiveness
2. Icon4s
3. Hmmm I'd say between Icon4s, SuperNerd, Mickael2, Forgiveness and Goldfish80. Icon4s unto senior man levels
4. tbaba123 no doubt
5. Tbaba123
6. Tbaba123
7. BascoVanVeli
8. elyte89
9. Mickael2
10. Joebie
11. Icon4s
12. Komekn
13. BascoVanVeli
14. Tbaba123
15. BascoVanVeli(issues regarding local based players and Naija players generally) Komekn I guess (Slight English bias..not in a bad way)
16. Eseose9
17. Curtisaxel7(would've said Afrobear but he only comes when Super Eagles loses and disappears when they win)
18. 90 percent of the board??
19. Icon4s and SuperNerd
20. TheSuperNerd
21. Icon4s
22. Any Iheanacho post(will always be)
23. Goldfish80(one of the most underrated posters when he was active), TheGoodJoe, Andrew444, charlesemeka85, Earthquake1, etc

charlesemeka85:
In a team like barca even ihenancho will bang in goals

Intelligence is the main attribute needed to play for Barca

Earthquake1:
In Barca Technical ability is the most important word above quality

That's why average players like Sergi Roberto with good technical ability are first team players

Suarez isn't the most gifted technically yet he fits into their system. Ighalo can do a job as a bench option...besides it's only for 6 months so yeah.

Earthquake1:
Ighalo does not have the technical ability to play Barca B

He is a good backup option. Besides technical ability is the wrong word - QUALITY is.

Earthquake1:
16 foreign born who cares?

There are millions of 16yr Nigerians signing for different clubs and academies

How many of them are signing for a team as big as city?

Danielnino00:
Back in the days,some people would have swore that IK Uche was 40

The Uche brothers are one of the few guys that used their legit age to play.

ChrisKels:
Onyekachi Apam, another talent ruined by injuries. At some point, Onyi was the only super Eagle with a captain armband in his European club, Nice in the ligue1

Who was it that was happy Apam was suspended when we faced them at AFCON...Gyan or Drogba?? That was a bit funny sha.

Edopesin:
Ex-Germany U20 Skipper Akpoguma : Rohr Wants
Me To Play For Nigeria Over Germany
Published: January 09, 2019



Hannover 96 defender Kevin Akpoguma has
refused to change his mind on his decision
not to accept a call-up up from the Nigerian
Federation, saying his priority is to make his
senior debut for his country of birth,
Germany.

Since 2014, Akpoguma has been on the radar
of the Nigeria Football Federation and
national teams coaching staff.
Former Nigeria U23 coach Samson Siasia first
invited him to a training camp in Abuja in
December 2014 ahead of the 2016 Olympic
Games but the central defender snubbed his
invitation.


Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has
repeatedly expressed his interest in Akpoguma
and the German tactician was unable to
persuade Akpoguma to play for the Super
Eagles at the 2018 World Cup.


Speaking to German sports magazine Kicker,
Akpoguma stated : ''Gernot Rohr is still
interested and would be happy, but I do not
want to close the door to the German national
team.
"Even if Joachim Löw calls me at the age of
27 for a game or two, that would be an honor
for me, because Germany is the country
where I was born."

Akpoguma has collected 64 youth caps for
Germany at U16, U17, U18, U19, U20 and U21
level.

Forget this guy already!! Dude is probably still pissed off about no one replying to the interest he showed in playing for our youth team on some site.
Good luck to him and let's move on.

Icon4s:
Meaning you didn't follow that U17 team? Where were you?

Nah I missed that tournament...can't explain how.

junnyjake:
Yeah, and I'm wondering how folks are reasoning along that lane.

Need to realize Leicester aren't a big team and shouldn't be playing champagne football. Puel is squeezing out all he can from that team.

junnyjake:
Leicester are in the top half, not battling relegation.

How easy are Soton finding it, after sacking him?

He's not getting sacked. Leicester are 7th place if I'm not mistaken...why would they sack him??

TheGoodJoe:
Nacho was impressive and brilliant when he played for the likes of Vieira, Pellegrini and some games for Guardiola. The all-round game was not a draw back. So bringing all-round game as a draw back now does not hold.

What matters is tracing back the factors that are absent when he was stellar and making headlines in British papers.

Finito.

Under Vieira - probably(I remember that solo goal he scored against Manure's U21) but under Pellegrini and Pep?? I don't think so.
He didn't do too much outside the box and it took me a while to admit he was nothing more than a lethal finisher with a good final pass.
From what I had heard of his U17 Performances, I was expecting an Aguero or even a RVP type of forward. He is neither.
It's time to call it what it is - dude has not been an all rounder in senior football.

TheGoodJoe:
I will judge Nacho after he plays in a creative offensive system. Until then......

Offensive system or not - his allround game hasn't been impressive.

Icon4s:
The Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick is poised to meet with Chelsea winger Victor Moses and his representative in a fortnight in a bid to lure him back to the Super Eagles fold ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations tournament in June reports Completesports.com.

‎Moses called time on his international footballing career after featuring for Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Pinnick in an interview with Channels TV sports program, Sports Tonight stated that if Moses insist on his stance, then the NFF will organise a proper testimonial for him similar to what England did for Wayne Rooney.

“With all due respect to Nigerians am talking with Victor Moses because I believe he is somebody who has paid his dues and you don’t just leave Nigeria unceremoniously and I told him that.

Read More: https://www.completesports.com/pinnick-set-to-lure-moses-back-to-eagles-for-2019-afcon

Vic Moses should only come back if he's a 100 percent committed to the team. I appreciate the experience and quality he brings but there's no need in disrupting our rebuilding process if he's going to come and be half arsed.

Daninya11:
I have been following with keen interest the debate on this thread concerning Kelechi Iheanancho...

Dude is talented no doubt but he is fast loosing grip on his career ...

Dude is looking overweight and out of shape .It all has to do with his lifestyle. Reliable sources have told me about his reckless lifestyle in England. He drinks,Clubs,Parties etc.
Am not hating on his Success but Success is better enjoyed If he has a fulfilling Career.

Two seasons back ,he was acclaimed one of the / hottest striker in Europe.
Maybe he needs a psychologist, a physical fitness trainer ,a mentor I really don't know.

Just as a politician can become a lion or a chameleon to fulfill his ambition, I also think a player should also adapt to different coaching philosophy. We all know how CR7 started in Lisbon and Manchester Utd.But now he is more like a fox in the box.

What's it with African players when they achieve what I call groundnut success/survival success?, they just lax and fade out.What about Significant success? Where your name rings a bell in every household? Must a wealthy African man eat everything?...

KC needs to work harder than hard.
KC needs to change his lifestyle.
KC needs to study CR7 work ethics.

A potential has to go through a process to become a finished product.

Funny if Goldfish80, Mickael2 or Komekn said the same thing - they'd be tagged haters.
If Nacho isn't succeeding with this Leicester team playing the position many feel is his best - then I don't know what else to say.
Dude is simply not as well rounded as they said he was back in U17.

daveP:
The national team helped him career, that is as bold as the eiffel tower in france.


Dyu understand what it means to be the love almost 150million peeps watching you everytime you kick a ball for the national team? So the jersey gwg did not affect VM career in your own thoughts? wow!!

Vic Moses was not playing for the national team when he earned his move to Chelsea(I think that was the season he had the most take ons in the epl or something).

Mickael2:
I can bet everything I own that you absolutely did not watch yesterday's match. Vinicius was easily the best player on the pitch, by far. As in he kept on destroying his marker over and over and over again, and he kept on creating chances and he kept on going for goal and he kept on interchanging neat passes with Benzema, in fact the Madrid fans all applauded him after an audacious effort towards the end of the game. If you truly watched this match in particular before typing this then I wonder the kind of game you watched.

Some arguments are left untouched bro.

andrew444:
lol thank you

I said this earlier ,I said even Liverpool waste man solanke will not lack an Epl club ,but my friend said nacho will be suited at the championship

Nacho have 16 Epl goals and more experience while solanke have 1 Epl goals and less experience

This is one to my problem with sir komekn

I have less problem now because oga forgiveness is more into the politics section

English Premium. Solanke is English and epl clubs need to fulfill the homegrown rule. That's why he cost 19m.
I don't know if Nacho counts as a homegrown, even with that - epl clubs are keeping one eye on what the new rules will be like post Brexit.

Meliforme:
When we tell them a player is class, they suppose it, an overhype.

He needs to be consistent over a whole season, not in patches.

GavelSlam:
Dummies above.

UNESCO helps provide funding for education in many underdeveloped countries yet, you from a 3rd world country would be the first to hail lower contributuons, due to your self-hate.

Hailing Trump, yet the USA is on the brink of a recession.

Make una continue.

Trump will give them Biafra and they'll become the "Singapore Of Africa".

BascoVanVeli:
The team tends to drift away from him once he does something good. I saw that against Liverpool and also today. They need to get him on the ball as much as possible to fully utilize him. His assist was sexier than Beyoncé btw

Yeah It happens sometimes.Emery's style is 'get the ball as quick as possible to either Auba or Lacazette'. Still - his decision making isn't as consistent as it was when he first broke through. He needs to calm down sometimes... I remember back when Alexis was around - the only two people he liked passing to the most was Ozil and Iwobi. Ozil too likes combining with him.

raindodger13:
Good but he played somehow, he could have been better in the second half. Now I see where some of you all are coming from

He's inconsistent...But that is seen as hating on here.

Saka on for Iwobi. Good game Iwobi

Iwobi messed that move up...

andrew444:
Lol Na robinhood him be ,he beat city dash Cardiff point ,watch how he will also draw or loose against a smaller team soon .

He will not make Europa league

That's because he's not trying to play any "expansive" football anymore. Dude knows their limitations

Iwobi assist!

andrew444:
Say that one get sense ? He will be sacked last last

I will never forgive him for frozen out adrien Silva for no reason ,adrien Silva that should have gone to Tottenham and coach like pochetino will not treat him this way,a very good player not even making the bench for no good reason

He has beaten City, Chelsea and Everton now with his clueless methods.

andrew444:
Iwobi starts again and some peep says he is not doing well this or that, they will say i am sentimental because they cant stand the truth. some say nelson will come back and bench him Lol, group of confused people ,some even say he will not be in emery plans.... Lol

Iwobi has been poor for a while. He had a good game against Liverpool doesn't change that.
Oh and Nelson is putting up numbers. If you think he won't be competition for Iwobi - na you know.
You're the one being sentimental actually...

Curtisaxel7:
Things are indeed looking bad for our Alex.

I watch Cengiz regularly at Roma. If that dude signs up for Arsenal and it gets to a direct competition between him and Iwobi, Iwobi may as well go on loan. And if Nelson returns from loan too, Iheanacho's condition will be better than Iwobi's.

Sad but true.

Emery likes him sha. But he really needs to be more consistent

Oh yeah - Happy New Year Everyone. Wishing you a prosperous 2019.

Joebie:
What is this guy yapping? I believe Iwobi has played as CM in a couple occasions under Wenger.

What’s your take on this piece?

Arsenal: Georginio Wijnaldum the perfect transition for Alex Iwobi

by Andrew Dowdeswell20h ago
Georginio Wijnaldum was the best player on the pitch as Liverpool dismantled Arsenal 5-1 on Saturday. His midfield transition would be ideal for Alex Iwobi.

Alex Iwobi was one of Arsenal’s brightest players in Saturday’s humiliating 5-1 defeat to Liverpool. That is a far more praise-enthused sentence than its actual meaning. In reality, hardly any Arsenal players played even remotely brightly. For Iwobi to be the brightest is not to say very much whatsoever.

Nevertheless, after some rather underwhelming performances following a strong to the season, it was nice to see the Nigerian play with the same energy, directness and attacking purposefulness that punctuated his play earlier in the year and as a fearful youth prospect.

Iwobi started on the left wing. That has predominantly the position that he has most commonly been used in throughout his career, especially since Unai Emery’s arrival in the summer. And he does bring some key skills that are useful in that role. He is a good dribbler, has decent pace, is an intelligent and creative player in the final third, and is improving in his end product.

That said, his lack of goals and assists, especially the former, does limit his value and efficacy when playing so high up the pitch. In the modern game, wingers and attacking midfielders are expected to contribute to the attacking returns of the team. In fact, it is often the case that wingers are the team’s leading scorers — Eden Hazard, Mohamed Salah, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo. Iwobi, though, will never really be that kind of player. He simply does not have the quality or striking mentality.

The same was said about Liverpool central midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum. He was an attacking midfielder and winger built very much in a similar mould to that of Iwobi. Skilful, smart on the ball, athletic and intelligent, but lacking in the number of goals that he created and scored. And so, Jurgen Klopp, when Wijnaldum arrived at Anfield from Newcastle United, decided to change his position.

Now, two years later, Wijnaldum is one of the best central midfielders in the country, a dominating force with terrific range, composure, consistency and power. This slightly deeper starting position accentuates what Wijnaldum can do well and limits what he does not so well. And those pros and cons are comparable to Iwobi’s — for the record, I have long spoken of Iwobi’s potential in central midfield.

It took Wijnaldum time to adapt to the new role. There were some defensive vulnerabilities, with his positioning sometimes exposed on the counter-attack. But as he grew into the position and became more acclimated with his responsibilities, such was the complementary nature of his physical and technical skills that he took to it superbly. The modern game demands a mobile a central midfielder with comfort and composure on the ball. Wijnaldum, and Iwobi, offer precisely that.

Whether Iwobi will every try central midfield or not remains to be seen. I cannot remember a time that he has played in midfield, but it is something that I would like to see. Hopefully Emery will give him a chance to do so sometime soon.

—FANSIDED

Whoever wrote this doesn't seem to know Iwobi almost got released from Arsenal Youth team as a CM.
Iwobi's position isn't the problem - his mentality is. Truth is he's not developed as many had hoped. That maturity and calmness he had when he first broke through has vanished...he's not as smooth on the ball (I think it was Goldfish80 who said he had a world class first touch).
Everything just seems forced these days...even his dribbling. I think Emery needs to sit him down and tell him to relax. Criticism obviously gets to him more than you'd like.
He had a great game against Liverpool but he should be playing at a higher level. While he's still young, time and competition waits for no man. Reiss Nelson is doing well in the Bundesliga and will come back to provide stern competition. Arsenal are looking at Pepe, Pavon and Cengiz. Maybe competition will make him sit up.

andrew444:
You think moses won't score more at Leicester?

Moses is better than all this guys playing as a winger apart from Mkhitaryan

He said "more offensive". And no I don't think Moses will score that much at Leicester. Moses has never been much of an end product sort of guy even at his best.