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Bolowolowo:
Chidera Ejuke going to CSKA Moscow for 12 million Euros

Terrible move. Who are this guy's advisors abeg??

mostob:
Martinelli is a striker bro...and also it is easier to get assists from crosses and cut backs is Saka's case. As for that willock wey you bring,it is laughable. You can't use goals only to compare Joe with Iwobi. Arsenal are 16th in term of goalscoring chances created this season. That should tell you why we really missed Iwobi in the final third. Iwobi might be inconsistent but all your arguments were bore on hate. Willock of all people? Damn

Yep. Plus we missed Iwobi's ball carrying ability in the beginning of the season when Pepe was struggling to settle in.
The emergence of the Ceballos helped a bit in that regard.
Martinelli is a bit like Auba in the sense that he has poor holdup play. Freddie and Arteta eventually realized you can't have both him and auba in the starting 11 as it'll be turnover galore.
Willock had 3 good games earlier in the season and was mostly shit after that.

benji93:
Too technical? Are you kidding me. Which players are you talking about?Is it Guedioura who was playing for Al Gharafa, Qatar, Feghouli who was playing for Galatasaray, Belaili who was playing for ES Tunis, or Bennacer who was playing for Empoli-Although he's been good for AC Milan. I am not understanding you. Too creative? Rohr and lack of urgency are to blame for that loss. Unncessary holding of the ball, especially by Etebo. Release the fucking ball. If you are gonna play two holding midfielders then you must rely on quick passes and movement, especially before your opponent establishes order on the defensive. In the 38th minute there was this play by Etebo. Simple short pass he couldn't give. In the 44th minute, what kind of fucking set up is that? I don't even blame Iwobi for the turn over. Those guys left him no choice. Ndidi, 45th minute. Why wouldn't you pass the ball to Iwobi. He was actually asking for it, cos he noticed the spaces.That could've led to something good upfront. 51st minute, Oga Etebo, wetin you dey do? That move by Etebo in the 54th minute is what i want. The same 54th minute, wetin you dey do Old man Musa? . Na Clap Rohr just dey clap. . 55th minute, enen na that kind thing i dey talk. You see that combination there, old man musa try for that one but him too push the ball for that last play. 57th minute, wetin ol man dey do? En. Two people dey free for flanks you wan form Messi. . Anytime Chukwueze do that unproductive thing in the 60th minute again. Komot am. . Sometimes this boys never learn until you sit them on the bench. Besides the Algerians were already gased out by the 55th minute. Wetin correct team suppose do? This is exactly why a sound coach is needed. Instruct your players to get themselves in better positions. Simple, Clean passes. If a player doesn't want to comply get him out. Bad decision upon bad decision. I repeat that Algerian team wasn't better. Overall, Iwobi didn't try his best at all. He was terrible. The strength of our wingers went to waste. The midfielders couldn't exploit it. If you are going to play two holding midfielders, make sure one of them is very good at spraying passes that could unleash an attack. But honestly, Etebo would be a hell of a player if he can make better decisions. He exhudes a lot energy. The guy get presence i beg. He get oen stretch like that i come dey find Ndidi like a needle in a haystack.

The country they play for doesn't change the fact that had more technical players than us that day.
Sha truth is they studied us to the T and stifled our wingers that day.
I still feel a Mikel - Etebo - Ndidi midfield would've done the trick. Yes Mikel didn't play too well in previous games but he would've been pumped up that day if he had started.
We needed his experience that day.

Joebie:
Maja!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp49OZFOTzE

Right footed Daniel Sturridge.

kellycute:
Y'all always say you want nacho to improve his game but let me burst your y'all bubble. Your hatred and bias agaisnt nacho won't even make it possible for you to see he has indeed improved this season. There was a time nacho was languishing in the wilderness of Leicester city, he couldn't even make match day squad. He was simply ostracized from the team and simply lost his confidence. There cometh a time in every man life where you go through the darkest hours of your life but your ability to bounce back is very crucial. Is it that y'all doesn't have eyes to see? Or y'all just want to keep using his past (wilderness) to judge him?. He gained back his confidence, he laced his boot, forgot about his wilderness past and hit the damn net with 10 goals, 4 assists, in 25 matches. Instead of y'all to judge him base on this season taking into cognizance of his past wilderness, shine your eyes to see an improvement but y'all allow that bitter soul komekn to keep forcing his negative agenda agaisnt nacho down y'all throat. He is simply waiting and hoping for Osimhen to have a bad career in Napoli so that he can drag him to the mud like he did when Osimhen was in germany. I'm out!!!

All this long story doesn't change the fact that Nacho is below average at dribbling. I don't know why you're taking this to heart.
Aubamayeng who is a better goal scorer gets criticized for his inconsistent technical ability and poor hold up play but that doesn't change his strong points.
Nacho like every other player has his strong and weak points.
I don't know why pointing out his weak points must be viewed as "hating". Una no dey tire??
Every year, same ish. I purposely stayed out of the debate so I don't get called a hater.
No be only una dey patriotic abeg...

charlesemeka85:
The on-today-off-tomorrow transfer of Victor Osimhen to Napoli has still not been announced by the Italian club because the Lille striker wishes to have a share of his image rights.

Osimhen, 21, has already passed a medical, but Nigerian journalist Oma Akatugba, who has close contacts with the striker, has opened up on the latest issue delaying the big announcement.

He revealed that the deal is “95% done” and the only snag is what share of the image rights will be ceded to the striker.

“The player clearly wants to have a share of this (image rights),” he told Football Italia.

[/b]“What percentage of the image rights he would get perhaps could be the reason why that is still inconclusive.[b]

“This is the only part of the negotiations that is yet to be fully resolved.”

Osimhen is set to become the most expensive African player after Napoli are reported to splash at least 80 million Euros to give him a five-year contract.

The bolded is why most players don't like moving to Napoli.
This is the reason why Nsofor's move back in the day didn't materialize.
Napoli always want a 100 percent of your image rights. Osimhen should only accept if Napoli agrees to increase his wages

kellycute:
for how long bro?. If Napoli is really his choice he won't take him this long to accept. No need for this dilly dally trying to wait for epl club to bid for him. He should go for what he want without wasting Napoli time. He just wanna eat his cake and still have it. Choose one and focus on it. Finito!!.

Napoli is the last club you want to move to if you're uncertain. For one, Laurentiis will put a crazy buy out clause that'll be times two(or even 3 sef) of what he'll cost(60-80m euros).
Let's not forget Laurentiis also insists on 100 percent of players image rights. Osimhen needs to think long and hard about this move both on and off the pitch.

Subzero047:
Imagine Lille stealing Raphael Leao, Osimhen and Jonathan David back to back to back

What does the scouts of the big clubs do?

Campos is a damn genius. As soon as I saw Lille were interested in Osimhen - that's when I became a 100 certain he'll go far.

Lool that Nacho goal should've stood tbh. Kola na idiot to dey fall like mumu.

Thoughts?

JayromWrites:
Read


Nura Abdullahi house no far from my own sef...


Talents dey dis side oh... I still dey eye Lukman Zakari of real Betis sef


Kaduna na Talent hub

This might sound weird but back when I was young, I always associated players from the north with that sleek, silky "baller" like status you see from players in North Africa i.e your Mahrez, Ben Arfa, etc.
I guess it never transferred to the highest level.

dymusty86:
Oga...we dey close be that, na hayin danmani his family house dey, na there he grow up. Nura na true talent but God have another plan for his life, if not e for don dey Roma first team, he is that good.

Yep. I had high hopes for that guy. God knows best.

safarigirl:
Bretheren, permit me to derail this thread small.


I come tell una say, if you get small compound quarrel, you fit carry am come meet me now.


I PASSED BAR FINALS. I am now a baby lawyer

Congratulations Nne. God bless you...

Nice lil thrownback by @randaandrews on Twitter.

Nigerian players then and now(NPFL alumnus)

1. Shehu Abdullahi - Kano Pillars > Bursaspor
2. Odion Ighalo - Julius Berger > Man United
3. Ahmed Musa - Kano Pillars > Al Nassar
4. Karo Etebo - Warri Wolves > Getafe

Barryseal:
The managers of Bayern Munich simply knows the transfer market.

Sane was on the last year of his deal while Iwobi had signed a contract extension the season before he left.

Danielnino00:
It's just rumours..

Liverpool may most likely end up not signing anybody...

I don't see why we should bid for him.. he is a good player,but in Gomez we have a very reliable partner for Van Djik..

Yep plus Liverpool mostly don't go for players with no resale value.
Koulibaly is 29...i don't see Liverpool spending over 60m on him.

Joebie:
Let me tell you what a child is.
A guy who claims to be grown but cries on the internet that a moniker abused his mum then runs away from the thread for months because people did not defend him. Who does that?. That’s a child, fact! When I see you call several monikers childish here, I just shake my head.

Come on bro - I expect much better from you.

You're one of the most respected posters on this thread...no go this route.

Smh...

daveP:
Leave Raul o. Face that Kroenke and his Mgt team. Lol. I wonder what Partey is coming to do, if no be jazzwork. Ucl team to uncertainty fc?

Those 3boys are frauds to me. WRS trio.

Very laughable no one has actually filled in Iwobi's shoes so far. An unfruitful, unproductive midfield with very insane stats of mediocrity. Ozil collecting £8k/min for every min he hasn't played this season makes it worse.


That's like 2k extra of what Pukki earns per week. Mehn...

Forget Raul is a fraud. Go through his time at Barca and you'll see the mediocre signings they were making.
Look at how Raiola is trying to dump Justin Kluivert at the club despite being shit.
The guy is shady...always working with agents to give us shit average players.
Luiz on 125k a week is unforgivable.

daveP:
He seem the onky silver lining in Arteta's Arsenal to be frank.

11assists from that position...


He deserves a payrise.

Arsenal messed up for selling Iwobi. They need someone like him. But considering they rather use him by the wings, We wont have seen the emergence of Saka. And besides, that left pairing of Kolasinac and Iwobi would have continued to stale levels.

Stupid fans were rejoicing yet we didn't bother to replace him.
Reiss Nelson is a fraud. Raul go destroy that club las las

TheSuperNerd:
More news, my good people...

From a reliable source of mine. Official bids put in for Sadiq Umar are from Lille, Gent, Lyon, Sampdoria, Parma and Sassuolo.

Nothing is agreed yet. Nothing is concluded. But official bids from these sides have been made.

Lyon?? Seems like Moussa Dembele is leaving then.

TheSuperNerd:
Good then and you already have Saliba. It would be a fine pairing on paper with potentials to be awesome but I don't know man. Can you guys beat Napoli to Gabe? Doesn't look like it now but you may never know.

Expecting Edu to work his magic. It's possible. Arsenal just need to put the money where their mouth is and he'll come.

TheSuperNerd:
Lol. I understand your want as a gunners fan. But to be honest, I would love Gabriel and Osimhen together at Napoli. A relationship in continuation.

How about Saliba? You don't rate him?

Saliba is great. I want him to pair with Gabriel. We need another CB.

TheSuperNerd:
Some sources like @86_longo say Gabriel is headed to Napoli. Very interesting if confirmed true. Napoli landing both will be a massive summer for them.

Man I really want Gabriel at Arsenal. Napoli are looking to take advantage of this Covid market.

Lille's coach confirms Osimhen and Gabriel will leave this summer and club are already looking for their replacements.

komekn:
I have it the other way round.


Osimhen is more of a poacher, Ighalo is an all round striker

They are both all rounders.

Ighalo credit to him improved his game as he got older. There was a time where dude sucked really bad as a lone striker. He improved his hold up play and the rest is history.
He has always been good with the ball at his feet and in one on ones to a certain extent.

TheSuperNerd:
News on national team appointments to be made soon.

U-17, U-20 and even U-23.

One major shock awaits. Lol. But one good news is present in the midst of all these.

Finidi - U17
Aigbogun - U20
Landan Bosso - U23/Home-based eagles(not sure).

If Bosso gets a job, then Pinnick needs to be jailed.

Gforce2015:
America should just stay away. Sentiment aside, would American allow such thing to happen if the guy he's an American citizen?
America's government or investigative department can send some of its witnesses and legal representatives down to Nigeria to testify against him and not take up the case.
And if they are not satisfied with the judgment here in Nigeria, they can, therefore, call for extradition.
But.come.to think of it, this guy has been living large in Nigeria without any security or investigative agencies in Nigeria challenging him, it was after his arrested by UAE that they suddenly want to try him.
Just to ask, what does Nigeria's government want to try him for? This country is not serious..

whoever put his or her future in this rubbish called country would be dashed...
Let see how it goes...UAE will do the right thing.

You're not serious.

This guy scammed people of their unemployment benefits IN A DAMN RECESSION and you think America will let him go scot free?? He is finished!

Whoever advised him to take on such a heartless operation clearly didn't have his well-being at heart.

Edopesin:
Michael Owen: 'Mesut Ozil not world class'

By Mark Langshaw, Reporter | 6y

Former Liverpool striker Michael Owen has disputed claims that Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil is a world-class player.

The ex-England international said that the German is not capable of leading the Gunners to the Premier League title as he is too inconsistent.

"[Arsenal] don't have the class of player to go toe to toe with the main title contenders," Owen told Sportlobster.

"Despite people constantly telling me Mesut Ozil is world class, his inconsistency means that we only see occasional glimpses of real quality.

"His odd good performance is usually followed by half-a-dozen poor ones."

Ozil joined Arsenal from Real Madrid last

https://amp.sportsmole.co.uk/football/arsenal/news/owen-ozil-not-world-class_125335.html

Loool Owen is a clown. Anyone who doesn't think peak Ozil was World Class is being delusional.
Dude topped the assist charts in Germany, Spain and England.
Broke the record for most chances created in the epl.
Wenger ruined Ozil. I understand trying to make more involved in deep areas of the pitch but playing that guy with Giroud...smh

elunico:
The BLM movement is far loosing credibility, at least the discerning members of the public are dissociating themselves from their antics.

Black lives begin to matter when they're killed by a White man. They keep to their moms when it's a Black on Black kill as it happens in Chicago and New York on a daily basis.

Dave Dorn, David Underwood, Italia Kelly, Chris Beaty were other Black people killed during the protest, the BLM never thought it wise to honor them, but, for the criminal Floyd, they're bent on destroying their cities.

Fact is, unarmed Whites have died in the hands of police officers in the US than unarmed Blacks, guess it's normal.

However, Jeff Bezos has the right as an individual to support the movement in spite of a disgruntled customer, so do you, but people like me would always present our reasons for not joining in on the party even though we may come out too strongly at times

Stop talking about things you know nothing about.

I'm not a big BLM fan but those guys made it clear the reason why it came into existence - to fight police brutality against black people.
NRA is a civil rights group. Have you asked them why they don't protest injustices and focus only on gun rights? Have you asked them why they didn't protest philando castle's death(since they are a pro 2A group).

Now if I ask if you know about how many "Stop The Violence" events that's taken place compared to BLM rallies this year - you won't be able to tell me because it doesn't suit the Fox News narrative that "black people only care when they are killed by white people and not by fellow blacks".
If I ask you to show where BLM members said they only care when white people kill black folks - you won't be able to provide it too.

TheGoodJoe:
You honestly rate Osimhen ahead of Haaland? That is an interesting take. Well I feel Haaland is better due to his all-round play and use of space. Especially his dashes.

Haaland's all round play is a bit overrated to me sha.

I prefer him to Osimhen because his combination of pace, power and lethal finishing excites me more. I like all rounders but strikers with those 3 attributes get me hyped up for no reason...i.e Batistuta, etc.

Ighalo extends loan with Manure till January