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BascoVanVeli:
Thats great cuz when a player is doing well for their club it is easier for a fan to go to bat for their being included.

tbaba1234:
hatrick by Brown Ideye

Esiti and Moses Simon started for Gent. Moses Simon got a goal.
Rabiu Ibrahim came on as a sub.

Leon Balogun played 90 mins but his team went from 4:1 up to drawing 4:4 after a player was sent off.

Goal by Nosa Igiebor

Another outstanding 90 mins by Troost Ekong in Norway. kept a clean sheet. Ranked one of the top performers.

Ndidi played another 90 mins for Genk,

Onazi was on for 90 mins but could not prevent his team from losing 2:0

Iyayi Believe scored the winning goal for his turkish side Rizepor, in their 1:0 win
Oboabana played 90 mins.

Mikel Agu was one of the top performers for Victoria Setubal in their 0:0 draw in the Portuguese top flight.

Victor moses came on for Chelsea in the last 20 mins.

Godwin Saviour scored a goal too in Belgium

ChrisKels:
Please any news on Joel Obi? Nobody ever talks about him here though, he is super talented. No thanks to series of Injuries trying to cut short his career. Please how is he fairing presently at Torino?? @thesupernerd, sirgoodjoe, sir forgiveness, Joseph etc abeg help me out

TheGoodJoe:

Definitely, he can not learn now. It is late. He is now a box to box player. However, I feel he is not perfect for the box to box like Arturo Vidal. That was why Conte played him wide some times and had Vidal do the protecting.

I think Mourinho should reduce Pogba's defensive responsibility and give him more license to attack. The time to learn has passed with the heavy price tag on his shoulders.

I say he brings Rojo back into the defence and play Blind and Fellaini in defence/central midfield. Giving Pogba freedom to move from the midfield to attack. This will make him utilize his skills, pace and shot power.

TheGoodJoe:

Talent wise, one of the best in the World. I believed that before he left Manchester United.

Paul Pogba is one player that I had interest in. Followed him from when he joined Manchester United in his young teens.

However, Sir Alex Ferguson felt he was not ready and brought Paul Scholes back from retirement. SAF wanted Pogba to know how to control the midfield with simple passes. Not the wild runs, the mazy dribbles or the breathtaking skills. Do it the simple way. Unfortunately, Pogba was not ready to learn and left. Sad Conte could not pass this knowledge because Pogba still does not know how to keep it simple.

When you watch Pirlo or Thiago Motta play, you feel their presence. Watch Fernandinho against Manchester United. He owned that midfield. It was his world. Drop Pirlo in that position and take out Pogba and Pirlo will take over.

That is what Pogba missed not sitting on the bench and watching Scholes. He felt he was ready. This is something that comes Natural to Mikel. The simple and beautiful way.

TheGoodJoe:
Very easy to tell. Who gave them a debut at Senior level? That will tell you the club they are a youth product of.

Pogba = Manchester United. Sad he did not stay to learn under Paul Scholes. A season of two with Paul Scholes would have made him top notch.

989900:
I answered that already, kindly look for my other posts on this thread.

989900:
He knows what he is doing: first he is going to try to get the Naira to say N100/$ say in 3-4 years, that automatically almost quadriples his net worth.

Icon4s:
If those players were that good how come with all the years they have been playing professional football they have remained in less competitive leagues? IMHO they cannot make that extra sparkle u are talking about. Not every player would get to play for the Super Eagles. Gone are the days when we will b trying one[b] Anthony Ujah, [/b] Joseph Akpala or Peter Utaka all bc they are banging in goals in some less competitive leagues.

Isaac Success who has played in the Seria A, La Liga and now the EPL to me is more fanciful than Kayode hu has only played in Ivory Coast, Israel and Austria.

Clubs aside Success is a more talented player and is currently on a rising curve.
Success in my opinion deserves a call up ahead of Kayode and Adi.
As for Kehinde Fatai. Mayb most u guys jst started knowing him. He was one of the 3 strikers we took to the 2009 U20. The other 2 were Odion Ighalo and Danny Uchechi. Fatai flopped most amongst the 3. Only Ighalo managed to put up an average performance.

I am not completely rulling out Fatai. He has obviously improved in the Eastern European leagues where he has played almost all thorough his European career but I don't think he has enough for me to say "he is the man we have been waiting for".

AIG07:
Good one!!!

You guys are really doing a great job here.
How I wish nff officios, coaches n other football stakeholders can know about this thread or probably pay visits once in a while from their comfort zone.

Sir Forgiveness n Sir Icon4s(you guys seem closer to the glass house) should work on that...

*Peace*

Icon4s:
Liar! But continue.

By their posts you shall know them.

Icon4s:
I dnt have issues with ur opinion on this case. But pls can u throw more light on ur last statement?

joseph1013:
I'm still trying to find the words to coin the title of the thread, but the objective is simple: This is a thread to discuss the progress of our young players abroad, just like Orkpekyandega suggested.

With the inability of our U17 and U20 players to qualify for the continental, and subsequently global, competitions, the former threads have been rendered inactive. This means that we are poised to miss the emergence of another generation of very promising players in the mould of Iheanacho, Isaac Success, Osimhen, Nwakali etc, but this thread aims to scouts the ones who are fortunate to find themselves abroad and thus distinguishing themselves.

Welcome

cc: Icon4s, TheGoodJoe, TheSuperNerd, Forgiveness, Safarigirl, tbaba1234, zoboizee, Mickael2, Napoleon55, Lordabas, goldfish80, enomakos, Daninya11, zuchyblink, CFCFan, Blackalbino6, Terzurum5, Confun, irondome, Pavarotti, OdenigboAroli, apologies if I omit your name.

tsephanyah:
dude first I'm not Yoruba by tribe, I'm shuwa. Second I will not weep* whatever Nigeria become, I only pity u,

joseph1013:
Abeg put the guy, or else na another round of argument go ensue.

joseph1013:
Why have you not included thegoodjoe's Juwon Oshaniwa?

joseph1013:
Why have you not included thegoodjoe's Juwon Oshaniwa?

TheGoodJoe:
[b][/b]

This is what matters.

I advice the coach invites them to camp and select the best of his choice.

BascoVanVeli:
Please say u talking about a phone call.

TheGoodJoe:

Sone Aluko deserves a call-up.

naptu2:
Other nigerians are building refineries, but it is an expensive and difficult task, so Dangote has the advantage of being richer and being able to attract more experienced people to his refinery. That's why it's getting more attention.

Oando plan to build a refinery in Badagry.

Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho also plans to build a refinery in Badagry.

The Ogun and Ondo state governments plan to build a refinery at Olokola.

Whynotthetruth:
Not too sure but I think the bias in policy formulation cum implementation in Nigeria is also a factor... Example; Ibeto cement that was clamped down under Obj for Dangote cement with other brands sited in North to grow...Same Ibeto came back to business under Jonathan...and is having issues again under Buhari...

Dangote seems more a monopolist than a capitalist btw

honeychild:
Please o, was Dangote given an exclusive license to build refineries? Why is no other Nigerian doing so? I know we have other billionaires who can afford such a project.

Please pardon my ignorance, I am genuinely curious.