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Meliforme:
Have you been keeping tabs with Arsenal this season, Sead Kolasinac plays his best as a wing-back for Arsenal. Keeping wing-back roles aside, Victor Moses to me is more offensive than Mkhitaryan, Alex Iwobi and Maddison who are finding first team football.

They all create more than Moses. Mkhitaryan and Maddison score more.
He's better off at Crystal Palace.

Icon4s:
Chairman I am still waiting for the you to tell me the argument you and I had over Taye Taiwo.

Loool not me ooo

Curtisaxel7:
Please guys I need your honest opinion, since Uzoho that passed the MRI in flying colors now has a big question mark hanging about his age, what of Ndidi that couldn't even pass MRI?.

How old do you think Wilfred Ndidi truly is?.

Bros let's kill the issue.

InSanety:
as anyone who wants to keep their sanity should

Mickael2:
I swear eh, I don send the guy up to 6 private emails. I really don't know and it worries me whenever I come here. I sha will find out

Think he's lost interest on this thread. I see him comment on other threads from time to time

Icon4s:
Imagine if this was the case for a Nigerian player peeps will even claim he got the first child at 30.

I'm not a fan of stereotyping. However, it should be debunked with solid facts.

Princezibk:
You guys better face front and stop stretching ur necks into other hardworking youths life data...At 17 or so sterling boasts of 3kids, you didn’t come here to rant but na naija breeds get problem for una life...mtscheeeew

Raheem Sterling has only two kids. He had the first one in 2012 when he was 18 and the second one last year. Do your research before you get too excited trying to defend Uzoho.
You're indirectly doing the same thing you feel others are doing to Uzoho.

These fuckers are starting to annoy me. These fools should embrace technology instead of being stuck in their archaic ways with arrogance to add to it.

Sportilitica:
Maybe Nacho can go to westham

Not going to bench Arnautovic.

Danielnino00:
But Iwobi was also born in Nigeria where there's no automatic data capture at birth...

So why don't u doubt his real age??

Has there been any rumors of Iwobi being an age cheat?

Chuba Akpom wants to play for Nigeria

"He's the perfect Arsenal player - he's got Arsenal in his DNA!" 😍

@CAkpom sat down with @ChrisWheatley_ and was full of praise for @AlexIwobi! 🙌 #AFC pic.twitter.com/Y4P2FzVPer

— GOAL News (@GoalNews) December 13, 2018

andrew444:
If you have checked me well in this thread I have always called Sadiq a below average player ,even when many guys are hyping him I have always tell them that this guy haven't played up to even 30 career games

But Gerard didn't give the boy a chance then why take him on loan ,this boy have been having a good season in a better league than Scotland

How can umar Sadiq play 1 Scottish premier league game for about 6 months.

Read my lips ,now I know why el hadji diouf hated Gerard ,he is a racist just like his partner in crime carragher

Hmmm can you say he's racist if he wants Dominic Solanke to replace him??
And isn't Sadiq getting benched by some Nigerian kid too?

Rangers send Sadiq Umar back to Roma.

This is the kind of topic we should be seeing on front page.. not the usual "Regina Daniels stuns in see through dress" or whatever.

Danielnino00:
Rather, it should be "Ahmed Musa is now a good finisher"

The Musa of Pre Rohr era was very wasteful.. He only had two things in abundance: pace and skills.. His final ball product and finishing were very bad...Imagine those days when Musa and Ideye started ..Missing goals everywhere...

But right now,he has really mature... He now knows how to use his skills well.. I think Rohr decision to keep him on the bench in the beginning helped him improve cus he was too comfortable under Keshi,Siasia and Oliseh

Maybe Iheanacho needs that kind of treatment too..

Nah I'm talking about Musa at Cska. His pace and finishing are the only thing I've always felt he had. It's just not consistent

Mickael2:
Both of them are just very very poor in that aspect. Against Libya both legs Uzoho was just hoofing balls away, hardly completed a single pass, then against SA Ezenwa just kept on kicking everything that came his way either out of touch or straight to one of the South African CBs. For me both are not even close to national team materials, not by any stretch of the imagination if we are being honest I mean Courtois does not in anyway have better reflexes than Navas or even Cillisen but he is starting for Madrid, I remember when we had our VC's cup and we had to take a young goalkeeper from our 400level, dude's reflexes were so good and I can bet all my money that his reflexes are better than most of the keepers we have in the world today, but his distribution and control of his back line was poor, these are the things that distinguish good GKs from top GKs. Like I said, both of the keepers are very very poor and if we have any opportunity we should consider improving the options we have.

Yeah they both don't fill me with confidence tbh. But Uzoho did look like he had good distribution and footwork. I remember someone said it's because he played as an outfield player before he got converted to a goalie.

Mickael2:
Ahmed Musa? Let me just direct you to go back and watch that 2-2 draw against SA during Keshi's tenure, dude was missing open goals. Ahmed Musa is not even remotely clinical(but in the context of the Super Eagles he may get a mention, I mean who is he contesting against? Isaac Success with one EPL goal in a dozen games? Or Iheanacho who can't even score in the Efl again, probably waiting for when they will face Fleetwood and Peterborough again so he can score) and I would genuinely pick Ighalo and Mikel as better finishers.

Ahmed Musa is a good finisher. Watch highlights of his goals and compare it to say Ighalo and you'll see the difference.

darkelf:
hahaha. Best finisher that has been off-form for how long

Nacho and Ahmed Musa are two of our best finishers.

Curtisaxel7:
To be completely honest with you, I think Ezenwa is the best goalkeeper we have at the moment. Uzoho makes some good saves, but if we are honest to ourselves, without considering age or club sentiments, Uzoho's shot stopping abilities aren't much better than Ezenwa's, if at all they are .In a team like the SE where we rely on long crosses as we don't have the quality to play out from the back, accurate clearances from the GK is of paramount importance. [/b]Have you noticed how horrible Uzoho's ball clearances are[b]?. I wonder why nobody talks about that. Probably because "Uzoho is young and for the future", but senior national teams aren't for grooming players!. That is what clubs and cadet teams are for. Only the very best deserves to don the GWG.

I'd play Ezenwa ahead of Uzoho if I were Rohr.

Funny enough ball playing is meant to his strength and he showed it at the game against Argentina. One of the reasons I preferred him to Ezenwa.

1. Musa
2. Lokosa
3. Kalu
4. Uzoho
5. Troost Ekong
6. Ndidi
7. Musa
8. Ighalo
9. Chukwueze
10. Ordega
11. Kalu vs Libya

Curtisaxel7:
Nothing wey person no go hear for this group.

Iheanacho is clinical?! My grandma is clinical too then .

Nacho is the best finisher we have. Bone say him dey off form.

charlesemeka85:
Balogun is no Tiago silva nor Ramos. He is a perennial bench warmer at the ripe age of 30 let alone when he is 34. Maybe then he will be in the thai league then

He's talking about style of play. Balogun relies more on positioning and reading of the game than his physical qualities. Defenders like him last longer.
He needs to leave Brighton sha.

charlesemeka85:
Balogun is no Tiago silva nor Ramos. He is a perennial bench warmer at the ripe age of 30 let alone when he is 34. Maybe then he will be in the thai league then

He's talking about style of play. Balogun relies more on positioning and reading of the game than his physical qualities. Defenders like him last longer.
He needs to leave Brighton sha

That's a bandanna not a handkerchief...

Joebie:
I won’t advice any FB winger to commit to Nigeria now. Their future with Nigeria is not certain. Too much competition. They have to be really outstanding to believe they can make the team.

Loool for real. Lookman is the only one I'm bothered about.

Joebie:
I’m not crying over Danjuma. He is not a big loss. We have several decent wingers who have not even gotten a call up.

Samu's emergence has made sure of it.

Utonwanne:
All am saying is price tag is different thing. Other variables can influence and inflate it

So what variables do you think made city bid 39m for a dude who hadn't played a full season as a pro?

BascoVanVeli:
‘We remain hosts of 2021 Nations Cup’ - Ivory Coast

By Oluwashina Okeleji

Football Writer, France

5 hours ago
From the section African

The Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) insists neither they nor the Ivorian government have been informed by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) of a possible shift in their hosting of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2021.

The Ivorian Federation reacted to an interview Caf president Ahmad gave to Afrique Media TV on Monday when Ahmad said that Cameroon - stripped of the 2019 hosting rights - would replace Ivory Coast as hosts in 2021 and the latter would instead stage the 2023 tournament.

"We made this decision to shift, because we saw that Ivory Coast also is not ready for 2021. To do things in a more humane way, in 2021, the Cameroonians will be ready.

"And in 2023, we will organise the tournament in Ivory Coast. This is the decision taken by the Caf Executive Committee on November 30, 2018 in Accra," Ahmad said.

A letter from Ahmad to the Cameroon President Paul Biya dated 30 November 2018, seen by BBC Sport, has also surfaced in Cameroon where Ahmad has invited Cameroon to host the 2021 Nations Cup.

However, FIF revealed in a statement on Tuesday, that it has written to Caf to remind the body of the decision it took in 2014, and said the "Federation deplores this way of proceeding."

"It is reported that the Ivorian state authorities and the leaders of the Ivorian Football Federation have been approached by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) and that they would have been consulted on the recent decision taken by the Executive Committee of the said Confederation regarding the organisation of CAN 2021 which has been designated to the Ivory Coast, by the unanimous members of the Caf Executive Committee meeting in Addis Ababa in September 2014, following a successful bid," the Ivorian Federation stated. 

"The Ivorian Football Federation wishes to formally deny this allegation. No Ivorian state authority, nor any leader of the Federation, at any level whatsoever, has been contacted or approached by the African Football Confederation before taking this decision.

"In addition, President Augustin Sidy Diallo was in Accra to attend the final of the CAN Women and at no time was he informed by any leader of the African Football Confederation with regards to anything relating to this subject."

Caf, which is still looking for a new host for the 2019 Nations Cup, has not made any official statement on the reported swap and some top officials told the BBC that only president Ahmad or the general-secretary Amr Fahmy can confirm this latest development.

Guinea, who were given hosting rights for 2023, would also be affected by this shift. Guinea, which has never hosted the competition, promised to use Conakry, Kankan, Labe and Nzerekore as venues.

Back in October, Ivory Coast Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly had laid the foundation stone of a brand new football stadium in Yamoussoukro as work commenced in preparation for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Hundreds of people were present at the site for the 20,000-capacity stadium in the political capital, which is expected to be one of six venues for the tournament.

Coulibaly promised a budget of 300 million euros ($345 million) investment in infrastructure in preparation of the country's first hosting of the event since 1984.

Work on a separate 60,000-capacity stadium in Abidjan began in 2016, while other new grounds are scheduled at San Pedro and Korhogo, and the renovation of a major stadium at Bouake (40,000) is also on the agenda.

Don't know what kind of weed they smoke at CAF these days...much stronger than the old stuff.

Utonwanne:
Madrid bought vinicius €45 before he made his debut but that doesn't mean he is the best among his mates

Mbappe went on to show us why city bid 36m for him didn't he?? Vincius can do the same.

Earthquake2:
Nobody put Mbappe in the psg team he played his way into it

Until Chukwueze, Osihmen, Kalu play their way into psg, pls don't compare them to him

I tire man.

andrew444:
Neymar and mbappe is 2 big

He he not even close to Julian draxler level

I didn't say Draxler because some folks will say I'm hating.

mostob:
like I said earlier ,mbappe's starting role is mainly because of his price tag. Nothing special about him

Dude is talented. Period! To even make it crazier, he plays with too much maturity for one his age.
This Mbappe is average thing is just making rounds now because Xavi criticized him.