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somehow:
So Everton is better because they can buy Bordeaux player without blinking an eye?

Man City is better than Barcelona then since they can buy Barcelona's players without blinking an eye.

BascoVanVeli:
Four Super Eagles who must up their game against Libya

Solace Chukwu Correspondent

Despite an impressive victory on Saturday, there's plenty scope for improvement with some of Nigeria's individual performances

There really is not a lot to quibble with after a 4-0 win. The scoreline may have slightly flattered the Super Eagles on the day, but the resounding win against Libya means Nigeria once again is in control of her destiny in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.

That is not, of course, to say that the performance was entirely without flaws. Gernot Rohr's men were the better side, but did not always show it, and had their feathers ruffled on occasion by a side grappling with the loss of their brash former coach Adel Amrouche.


Which Super Eagle still has the most room for improvement between now and the Africa Cup of Nations? With the return leg to come on Tuesday, there is the understanding that some sort of result is required to consolidate second spot and stay on track. As such, it is imperative that some members of the team raise their game in Tunisia.

SAMUEL KALU

The Bordeaux man, earning only his second cap, was certainly eager to make an impression.

That spilled over into his performance, which was riddled with individualism and poor decision-making.

At times, he seemed on a personal crusade, over-complicating simple moves by taking superfluous touches, running the ball out of play while attempting one more dribble, opting for the shot when the pass was clearly the better option, and over-hitting crosses.

He would eventually hit the mark, with his late strike being the pick of the bunch. However, it was a truly wasteful showing, and he would do well to simplify and pick his moments in the return.

OGHENEKARO ETEBO

Etebo is perhaps a victim of his own versatility. A true Jack of all trades in midfield, he was asked to function in perhaps the least optimal role, given his skill set.

The former Warri Wolves man is a lot of things, but a deep playmaker he is not. He was very fortunate not to be booked, as he was caught out of position on a few occasions. On the ball, he also possesses none of the guile or vision required to create passing angles and adjust his body shape to play forward passes.

At his best, Etebo excels powering forward, using his immense upper-body strength to drive his team up the pitch. If, however, Rohr continues to task him with this duty, he will need to show more than he did in Uyo.

AHMED MUSA

Team vice-captain Musa has enjoyed a real resurgence in the last five months. His star turn at the World Cup seems to have given him a new lease on life, and he followed that up by firing the Super Eagles into the lead, via the goalkeeper, against Seychelles.

The first leg, however, seemed a return to the old Musa: anonymous and ineffectual. He was not helped by the fact he was stationed quite a bit on the right rather than the left, of course. Still though, much more was justifiably expected of him than he offered on the day.

With Ighalo leading the line alone, Musa is one of the auxiliary attacking outlets of the team, and he could do better in terms of getting into goalscoring positions inside the box.


HENRY ONYEKURU

The forward only had a cameo off the bench, but it certainly was an eventful one. He might have scored twice in his brief period on the pitch, but for a couple of heavy touches when put through on goal.

Much is expected of Onyekuru, a player of immense potential. However, if he intends to force his way into the reckoning for a regular starting place with the national team, he must become more efficient.

Musa, who is his direct competitor for a place in the squad, already has a lot of credit with the technical crew.

https://www.goal.com/en/news/four-super-eagles-who-must-up-their-game-against-libya/zwo63r3m05tr1cy3ye9dn4e66

SlayerForever:
Bordeaux and Everton are on the same level. How can you compare Bordeaux with Burnley? Haha I feel like laughing: That's a joke but it's not funny.

Nbote:
It takes a special breed of stupid for dis ur kind of reasoning...

Kennydoc:
Atiku is not a bigoted Fulani. He has an Igbo and a Yoruba wife. He understands southerners better. Yar'Adua was a Fulani, yet he unified all parts of Nigeria.
Atiku is a nationalistic Fulani compared to the bigoted Fulani in power. He's more suited to lead a multi-ethnic nation like Nigeria.

BeautifulMind2:
You are not from east, even if you are, you belong to 5% group, that voted for him in 2015, Chewas Okoli has no political value in Southeast, I know his house at Independence Layout Enugu, when he contested for president his driver named Smart voted against him, he didn't even get up to 10 votes, when we are playing ball in his street, we don't notice his presence when ever his drive by.

olril17:
like I said, keep living in fool Paradise.
ife has always been a pdp strong hold in osun state.. infact for a very long time, ife was the only pdp stronghold pdp has in osun state.
only omisore made them vote for sdp,now they will be returning to their original party.

and of course we all know what happened in the charade of a rerun.

so pls keep living in your delusion.

CilicMarin:
By Yinka Ajayi National Chairman of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie, in this interview, outlines why the South-East and South-West should back President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election and speed up power shift to the South among other national issues.



Nigeria is still a work in progress but it’s unfortunate that we are in election mood. While those in government are busy convincing Nigerians that they have done    

On President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war Nobody can take that from them because they were able to fight the anti-corruption war headlong.

But for some to call the anti-corruption war of this administration a selective fight is illogical. Because the issue of fraud and corruption does not expire. It’s a matter that lasts over time. And a government that is serious has to start from somewhere. If it’s one sided, who will they arrest, is it other innocent Nigerians or Chekwas Okorie who had never gone near government resources or treasury?

And some particular Nigerians had access to the treasury for 16 good years. If they start from there and another government comes to power, they can continue from there. I always remind those that say anti-corruption war is one-sided of an Igbo proverb that says: A River can only drown somebody whose feet it has seen. If you did not go near the river, how can it drown you? Are they saying if they stole and the other people stole, it should be cancelled? It’s only a corrupt man that will say that. They are not even ashamed that they had 16 years to rule and they messed the whole country up. They laid the foundation for recession.

Before I sound like the ruling party spokesperson, everybody knows that they had a higher source of revenue, by the time this government came, we had less than 7billion dollars in foreign reserve now we are talking about 42 to 46 billion in our foreign reserves.

Despite the situation we have found ourselves, there have been indications of prudence in resource management.

Nobody who will say agriculture has not received the kind of boost we are beginning to experience more certain growth and genuine infrastructural development.

The Buhari’s administration attitude not to cancel contracts approved by the previous government because his government didn’t award them, and encouraging contractors to go back to site is unprecedented.

We are now beginning to look at railway as a source of transportation; Agriculture has a quantum leap in development and is affecting Urban-Rural migration positively.

So things may not be automatic but things are looking up. For us in UPP, we decided not to field a presidential candidate so that we can use this period to consolidate and build a solid structure for 2023.     So for me, the Buhari administration is good to go for second term because there is nothing in PDP that Nigerians are missing that will make me want them to come back. I can live with another four years of Buhari but may not be able to endure another eight years of PDP.

The reason is the person running under PDP moral baggage is known, his pasts are known and we know what they did with the opportunity they had when they were in power for 16 years. So a Leopard does not change its spots. The saying that the devil you know is better than the angels you don’t know is true.

In a situation where there are two devils, you can choose the better devil. To Nigerians that are ethnic minded, they are faced with two Fulani, the APC Fulani and the PDP Fulani. It is left for you to choose your own Fulani.

For me, Buhari has an uncompleted job and the way he is going is a path of progress.

It is for Nigerians to decide what they want but I personally will prefer another four years of Buhari before power shift to the South-West or South-East, than another eight years of another Fulani with the same spot and if you add it to the previous nightmare of the PDP it will be too much for Nigerians to bear.      

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/2019-i-prefer-four-more-years-of-buhari-than-eight-years-of-another-fulani-chekwas-okorie/

olril17:
lol.. keep living in fool Paradise..
Apc got 255k, pdp got 255k.
most of those who voted SDP who got 128k,whom like comfortable about 70% percent of them are civil servants and pensioners will never never vote Apc.

infact most omisore voters were that of the elites,most of your average sdp voters are anti -apc voters and you think they will vote for a party they so much hate?
you can be happy all you like, but bookmark this post till February, Unless a miracle or high tech rigging occurs.. Buhari will loose in Osun state.
so keep making yourself happy till then.

olril17:
lol.. you're very right honestly.
in a free and fair election, I will be surprised to see Apc win osun state.. apart from osogbo, and the gap BTW the big two in the state capital has shown vividly by the Governorship election results has closed significantly, I wonder where else apc will get block votes in the state.
the ifes, ijeshas, edes ,iwo and osogbo are osun most powerful force ,apart from osogbo and iwo to some extent, I wonder how Apc will win.. considering apart from ife, all the others are traditionally Apc now they have turned against the party and when apc was winning those places, the margin of winning was never much.
it's always laughable to see who don't live in osun already speaking for us how we will vote.
the real Yoruba voters ain't on nairaland, and nobody give a damn whoever Osinbajo is in osun,its only online here I see some People attached importance to a man who is not even of electoral value among his own ijebu people.

forgiveness:
Osun state election is a case study that supports the fact that 255,505 votes are already in the bag for APC.

Now add that of Omisore's 128,053 votes to APC, and you will get 383,558 out of the total 775,687 accredited votes. After substraction, it remains 392,129 votes, of which PDP got 255,023 votes.

Meaning, 137,106 voters rejected both APC and PDP for their preferred candidates. But we know most of these voters will vote for APC because some of thier candidates have gone back to APC and other factors.

In total, 518,664 votes are already in the bag for APC despite the fact APC candidate was not popular going into Osun state election.

You should have gotten the message that these voters are loyal to APC.

bigpicture001:
...hahaha..very funny!

Omooba77:
Aha... 2% balance nko

Omooba77:
I tire oo...Even Itakpe rail, nothing has been heard. May God save us again.

bigpicture001:
..who caused d recession...?

elyte89:
He has always won d northern votes, right from 2007...up till date,forget d inec rigged figures dey give us,but his bane was not campaigning heavily in d southern part of Nigeria, thinking d northern votes alone can give him d ticket

If a man could genuinely pulled a total 12M votes majorly from d north,during 2011 election under CPC,den it would give u an idea of how popular and loved in d North...majorly Nw/NE...awever will d same play out in 2019?let c