₦airaland Forum

Nihilist:
You're right, I had Lagos specifically in mind when I made that post. But from what I read and see online, you guys are experiencing significant growth. Heard there so many construction projects going on in PH these days. Asides crime rate which is high everywhere, what are you concerned about?

Leave those projects. Those are not key projects that would drive any economy. Crime is the koko. Niggas are falling daily, or failing to participate economically for fear of kidnap.

Environment is even worse. In PH, they have been breathing black soot for the last 6 months.

Nihilist:
Well....

I'm a bit more optimistic about Nigeria's chances. I think we're heading towards becoming something more like Russia than Somalia.

That's because you are Yoruba.

Us South-South, South-East, North-East done already feel the instability of Somalia in our areas. Na only Yoruba and Abuja peeps still dey optimistic.

afrodoc2:
Omo this is not even a tough dilemma. Tear the green white green pp quickly. I can't think of a single advantage or benefit one derives from it. There are a hundred and one pps better. Give your kid the benefit of having Uk and American Pali,if he comes of age and decides to jettison one for Naija pp he can do that.

It's not completely useless. There are some decent West African and Carribean countries Green Pally can take you to visa free. But the only upside it has to the British Pally is that British Pally will also take you there hassle free, all you have to do is pay £30 on the plane or on disembarkment and they will process your visa quickly on arrival. So for me, the only advantage of Naija Pally is £30 per trip

Diggz don't listen to Nateevs and Nihilist. They may have no plans to work in Yankee but your son might, and probably more so than Naija which will be teetering on brink of anarchy by the time he grows up.

diggz:
I think the issue is probably from Yankee then Cuz someone who is both British and American wanted to do Naija pp in Yankee and was told he couldn't have more than two pps. He was clearly told according to him,that he will need to forfeit one of the British or Yankee to get Naija. So my guy just log out on Naija.

Meanwhile,i have a similar situation on ground. My son with Yankee pp, no Naija yet(can get this one any second sef) but Uk pp can be made readily available to him also. I am not sure if I should totally discard Naija bit what if he grows up and needs to hold a public position or something? This is my dilemma.

I am thinking I will hold out if possible, for him to choose at the end of the day when he is of age to do so.

You done dey plan to join our polithiefans already. Leave story abeg. I even doubt Naija can run database check to see how many other Nationalities the boy has sef.

Your son is a child of the world. If he grows up in the West, he won't have the stomach for Naija but leave open the option to live and work in Europe or Yankee. Naija is on the road to Somalia.

diggz:
Raumdeuter, Nihilist,ibime,nateevs,chic2pimp and anyone willing to contribute,kindly do.

Guys please if you have a child who is American by birth with pp, does not have green white green pp but a resident of Uk with permit and an option to get the British pp anytime. Now knowing that legally one can't lay claim to 3pps of 3different nations without having to drop one of them.

My question is ,which of the 2pps out of the 3pps will u want that child to have and why?

UK allows triple citizenship. I have triple though I'm yet to claim one of them. All you need to check is from the Yankee end or Naija end.

Left to me, I would drop the Naija one if I have to.

RIP to Ugo Ehiogu.

Griffon:
Interestingly, I was on the same pitch with this Iheanacho years back. I can recall vividly it was on one of those August Leagues, a tournament that was held annually in Ogbor-hill, Aba. That year, Taye FC who were based in Owerri were invited and they had a certain Kelechi in their midst.

Kid has always been a wonder boy. He won the best player of the tournament. No defender could match his pace, guile and power.

I never knew it was the same Iheanacho at the U-17, U-20 and now at City, until my younger brother who know plays for Gateway Utd mentioned it to me.

Kid is somewhere in North England pocketing thousands of pounds on weekly basis and getting talked about on NL, while I am somewhere in Nigeria dodging traffic.

Bring your younger brother let's gather money and send him to China. . . since oga Airmark fell our hand when we sent him for trials by using pig-in-the-middle to learn slide tackling and dropped out of football. . . . eventually spending all the money we gathered on MMM.

Griffon:
25yrs. Max 26!

I had him at 23 years old based on this pic from 2010 with Ahmed Yusuf.

Griffon:
Interestingly, I was on the same pitch with this Iheanacho years back. I can recall vividly it was on one of those August Leagues, a tournament that was held annually in Ogbor-hill, Aba. That year, Taye FC who were based in Owerri were invited and they had a certain Kelechi in their midst.

Kid has always been a wonder boy. He won the best player of the tournament. No defender could match his pace, guile and power.

I never knew it was the same Iheanacho at the U-17, U-20 and now at City, until my younger brother who know plays for Gateway Utd mentioned it to me.

Kid is somewhere in North England pocketing thousands of pounds on weekly basis and getting talked about on NL, while I am somewhere in Nigeria dodging traffic.

How old do you reckon he is?

Lana1:
So u sef dey play FUT?? Nice wan!

No I'm not a gamer but I believe if their army of scouts believe he has pace, then that is enough proof. Physical attributes don't lie in the eyes of so many witnesses. They can't see a slow player and say he is fast, nor can they see a weak player and say he is strong.

lordfalcao:
Costa's first premier league season he scored 20 EPl goals 3 more than the 17 bony scored.. Since then Costa has up to 49 EPl goals why bony has 30..

There is nothing significant Gabriel and iheanacho has done to be ahead of pecking order to Costa. Why will he be 4 choice?

I won't be surprise if I see guardiolar playing 4-4-2 if Costa was in man city..

Trust me, if Costa goes to Man City, he will be bombed out like Bony.

Squad building is about seeing opportunities to improve your team that are no-brainers.

That's how Wenger went and brought Vieira from Milan reserves, brought Anelka from PSG youth team and brought Henry from Juve leftwing, gave them all shirt and became a legend off of it.

Even Barca went and picked Pique from Manure reserves and Yaya Toure from Monaco, Eto from Mallorca. Milan picked Pirlo from Inter reserves and Juve picked Bonucci from Inter reserves etc.

None of these players had the required record to collect shirt.

Kelechi is a slam-dunk. He is better than all the names y'all keep calling for £100m upandan.

chic2pimp:
I get Green o . How you think say I dey eneter Naija?


Hahaha ...I get Green white Green. I know it will come in handy someday

Hehehehehe. You wey be Britico bred. That Naija pally come in necessary when travelling to West Africa.

lordfalcao:
there is no politics in this.. Costa cannot be 4 choice in man city where there is aguero, Gabriel Jesus and iheanacho. Its a lie.

So you mean Costa would be ahead of Aguero and Jesus?

Costa that has never even made 25 goals like Bony.

Go and call Lukaku and Morata wey we dey try sign to join City, let's see whether they won't be 3rd choice.

dopeJemi:
Lmao, why you no give yourself green white green?

You dey mind am? Just because he get red passport. Chic2pimp, do you even have green passport?

lordfalcao:
what pressure did kelechi handled by been second to aguero last season.. The same dude is now third to aguero and Gabriel Jesus..

If kelechi can't be starting ahead of aguero and Gabriel, definetly he is not good enuf as a first striker in Chelsea.

What position would Diego Costa be at City?

He is our first choice, yet would be 4th choice at City.

Leave politics aside please.

hensben:
Kelechi lack pace.

Which pace again.

lordfalcao:
what bony did in eredivise is not different from Vincent janseen who was scoring 22, 32 came to premier league and started scoring 6 did.

For three seasons now bony has been declining I don't see why iheancho can't bench him.....

CFC needs a bigger striker in picture. I don't think iheanacho who is third to aguero and Gabriel Jesus fit's it perfectly..

There is more pressure to being a backup striker and having to perform in few minutes than to being the main striker.

Bony could not handle the pressure. Cavani could not handle the pressure at PSG, Lukaku could not handle it. Aubameyang could not handle it at Lille, Batsuayi cannot handle it now. Rashford has not handled it well this season either. Even top striker like Crespo did not find it funny sitting behind Drogba

Kelechi has shown he can bear pressure better than all these strikers y'all keep talking about. Kelechi is unique.

lordfalcao:
how is bony a proven top striker in the league..
In the premier league he has been scoring 17, 11, 4 and this season 2. He deserved to be benched by iheanacho

Wilfred Bony scored 25 goals in his one full season at Swansea, more than those Lukaku them. In his previous season, he scored 37 goals for Vitesse.

If you take those Lukaku and Morata and sit them behind Aguero and ask them to do what Kelechi does, they will disappear like Bony. What Kelechi does is unique. Even Batsuayi, Lukaku, Demba Ba and Loic Remy despite having good previous records, disappeared when they were asked to sit behind a no9 at Chelsea.

With all the attributes Kelechi has, there is no style of football you will want to play that Kelechi cannot hang with.

If you mention Lukaku, some will say he can't do interchange play.

Some will say Morata is not forceful enough to lead the line.

Some may say Aubameyang can't hold the ball up well.

But Kelechi can do it all. Coming short or running behind, silky or agbero, he's got the full skillset.

lordfalcao:
isn't it better he starts hurting aguero and Gabriel Jesus , takes shirt from them and lead them to next season champions then we can know how much he will fair against juventus..

He has already hurt Wilfred Bony who was a proven top Premier League striker before he met Kelechi.

vantage001:
Kelechi as a first striker for chelsea? ha.
Isn't that too heavy a load for the young lad?
Who knows? He may actually break out like Mbappe did.
Dembele is good from the few clips i have seen. Have not really watched him that much too.

Striker happens to be a position that does not require much experience like say a central midfielder or defender.

Strikers prowess is based on ability to dribble or run past a player or win duels with defenders. . . which favours youth.

Most good strikers are good right from youth team, and are even better when younger. All the top strikers were good out the gate straight from youth team - whether it's Michael Owen, Raul, Ronaldo, Mbappe, Robbie Fowler, Henry, Rooney, Trezeguet, Aguero, Jermain Defoe, Lukaku, Rashford etc.

Whereas a midfielder might have to wait till 23 to ripen, it is not unusual to see an 18 or 20 year old striker competing for golden boot straightaway.

dopeJemi:
kelechi is someone I would love in my team, he is fast, links up well, sharp in front of goal, energetic and he is very direct

as absurd as it may sound, I would take kelechi over griezmann as my 9

You get sense. Kelechi has it all, and most importantly, he has that calmness to slow down time and pause in front of goal before he takes his shot. Most strikers don't have that pause. Ronaldo Lima was king of that pause.

lordfalcao:
kelechi goal per game ratio is good, but we re not going to the UCl to face Madrid barca juventus and co with miniature names like kelechi, Abraham and co.. We don't want a striker who is not big enough to bear the pressure of delivering for an elite club like Chelsea...

When Sturridge and Lukaku were sent to Liverpool and West Brom respectively, they were carrying their team straightaway, whilst some peeps were telling us nonsense that they can't carry Chelsea and Torres must play. Talent is talent. These are the same stories repeated. None of those strikers y'all mention are better than Kelechi right now.

dopeJemi:
i don't think some of you have really watched kelechi play, like really really watched him play

What do you make of him?

diggz:
Ibime and Nihilist Ur opinion on thorgan hazard pls. Vantage001 n chelseafan1 kindly state Ur opinions too. Tx

£15m buyback on Thorgan has expired. At this point, we don't use no10, and Pasalic or RLC can do that if we needed to.

hensben:
Its not about scoring goals but he will choke in so many games for us. Believe me I know what I am saying.

Which game did you see him choking?

Funny enough, if we check most of his goals, they might be equalisers or winning goals.

Pace he's got it, movement he's got it, dribbling he's got it, height he's got it, strength he's got it, interplay and combinations he's got it, left foot he's got it, calmness in front of goal he's got it.

None of the names y'all keep bandying are better than Kelechi. In the long run, he should outperform them.

hensben:
bro kelechi can't lead us anywhere

Kelechi last season scored 14 goals with just few minutes here and there.

Some niggas play the whole season, score 20 goals and won't let us hear word again.

vantage001:
So who do you suggest that would fit the 9 with world class proficiency and would still be technical enough to contribute to build-up of our play, among the strikers currently available on the market right now?
Belotti is the only one that comes to mind for me. And he is going to cost the world

Belotti or Kelechi have the technique we are looking for.

I need to have another look at Dembele as well.

Clearly if we use our church mind, we would go for Kelechi given what others are costing.

vantage001:
A very fluid 9 is what i have in mind. And i think he can excel.
You are selling Greizman short.

Chelsea have never had such a type of no9

That kind of no9 forces you to play too high up the pitch as you can't play long ball to him and expect him to hold up or win any duels. Teams will start to hammer us on counterattack. Bet you never thought of that.

We ain't changing who we are and how we set up in order to accommodate such type of no9. We are not Barcelona.

vantage001:
Greizmann is a not a 9 for Athleti, true. But He is talented and prolific enough to play a 9. Atleast a non-traditional 9 that links with Attacking mids effectively which i think is what we really need.
I brought Lukaku and Morata in because those are the ones we are been linked with.

My man leave story.

Talented for no9 ke. Why didn't Atleti use him as no9?

The Griezman I know was a left-winger all his life at Sociedad, and now plays behind the striker at Atleti.

He is too small and weak to play no9 by himself.

His job is to make movements on goal after a no9 has held the ball up for him. Asking him to do the holding up himself is ãss backwards.

vantage001:
An Elite team like Chelsea aspires to be, cannot think like spurs or monaco who were just fortunate enough to strike Gold in cheap and unknown purchases. It does not always work and even if it works, it may take a long period of mediocrity before the rewards are reaped.
All the top 3 club teams in Europe have recognized and established strikers who were not unknown when they were bought.
My recommendation is to go all out for Greizmann even if it means smashing the world record and paying his wife to convince him. He is a genuine star and i believe can bear the weight of the price-tag.
The only alternative would be to go for Belotti for 100million and hope to God he continues his astonishing form .
Morata and Lukaku have significant holes in their game.

Is Griezman a no 9?

Where does the comparison with Lukaku and Morata come in?

The eye some of una dey take watch football dey fear me sometimes.

Juve a very professional team, not kids like PSG. It fly una.