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Please don't. Hazard will come thru, he's too good a player not to. Problem is, the entire Real Madrid team is in deep slump right now. I don't think it was a good idea for Zizou to come back, but they will eventually get it right and Hazard will shine. The cream always rises to the top.


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andrew444:
I can bet my money hazard won’t have bale Madrid stats till he leaves

But I will feed your family, including even your extended families as well


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Wicked44:
free your mind from hate,he will feed your family

Good. I am happy as long as Ronaldo doesn't score


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Clubmaster:
Higuain

Who scored for Juve?

Sorry, I am watching Spurs v Bayern.


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dominique:
Juve leads
1- 0

Huh? Omo, are you seriously saying that Eden Hazard is not on Gareth Bale's level or are you just trying to throw shade on Hazard

Bro, you're on your own on that one o


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andrew444:
Hazard is not on bale level ,let’s not speak about Neymar

Nah, Hazard is a good player but not anywhere near the level of Neymar. Love him or hate him, Neymar Jr is the second best player in the world after Leo Messi.


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andrew444:
Lol somehow shady thou ,but we should take the draw

Hope you are seeing hazard ? The play deluded Chelsea fans are saying is better than Neymar ?

Someone that is not even up to gareth bale level

OK. Are strikers called forwards


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charlesemeka85:
Forwards can play anywhere in attack while strikers are point men who are deployed as number 9.

Forwards are called attackers as well

And what is the difference between a forward and a striker

Wow! Only on this forum!!!


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charlesemeka85:
Oga they are forwards but not strikers. It will be clueless deploying a player like onyekuru as a point man.

That was tried during his loan stint at Anderlecht but it didn't work out before he was redeployed in the flanks

They have started playing their ojoro now. Did you see that very dodgy red card

And now Real Madrid has equalized …. shady business!


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andrew444:
This Madrid team if they loose this game they won’t make it to the next round ,because with what they are playing I can bet they they won’t win gala at turkey

This group should be easy for psg

Is Mo Salah a striker? Is Cristiano Ronaldo a striker?? Is Ahmed Musa a striker


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charlesemeka85:
Spearhead attack ke? Onyekuru is not a striker but winger who cuts in to striker

KPOM!

That mugu is using Nigeria to get England's cap. Forget the mugu!


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Earthquake1:
Has he shown interest in playing for Nigeria before now?

Forget Abraham, everybody knows he's a politician

For some reasons, Rohr doesn't really rate him highly. I think it's due to his size. he appears a little too lightweight to spearhead the attack for Rohr.


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Meliforme:
I pray, Onyekuru to get more game time in Monaco. He is the Super Eagles winger with the highest rating according to FIFA 2020 player evaluation. He is rated 78, followed closely by Chukwueze with a grading of 76. Samuel Kalu is rated 75. Please, if you are a lover of Onyekuru, you can join me in this fervent prayer.

First of all, this is a misleading thread title. Tammy Abraham ready to accept England. How can he be "ready to accept England" if England isn't ready to cap him yet?

Secondly, an average Naija soccer fan had already written off Tammy Abraham from consideration …. so who cares if he's ready to accept England


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KPOM!

Well said!!


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Biafrannuke:
I pity who will take your write up serious

you just listed igala as a major language in Anambra. you even wrote it before Igbo.

listed ikwerre as a separate language from Igbo in Rivers. listed ika and ukwuani which are essentially Igbo dialects as separate from " Delta Igbo" but failed to note that egun is spoken in lagos. Also untonkon is a town in Benue not a language , their language is Igbo. The problem is that Nigerians grope proudly in institutionalized ignorance

Of course, major part of Kogi people are Ndi Igbo. That's why they are part of the United States of Biafra.

A few years ago, when we negotiated with President Buhari, he actually agreed to give us Biafra with the 5 SE states but we said NO. We insisted that any negotiation would have to include the other Biafrans in: Kogi, Benue, Delta, Rivers, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom states.


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caprini1:
There are igbo speaking Kogites very close to Anambra,i was amazed when i went there.

Happy Birthday to you, baba TheSuperNerd

Your BD present is on the way - 12 virgins


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Icon4s:
Today is my Birthday.
Wish me well guys

LOL. @Cristiano "fake" Ronaldo … destroyer of small teams

He scored against SPAL, the worst team in serie A. I'd like to see him score against Inter Milan.


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The Olympic games is a big tournament so I don't understand why it wasn't part of Gernot Rohr's contract to take charge of the U-23 team as well. He needs to earn his big paycheck. And by the way, the NFF was planning to send Rohr on a coaching course when they are yet to send any of their homebased coaches to refresher course. I think a coach like Imama needs the course more than Rohr.


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MetalJigsaw:
NFF Move To Draft Rohr To U23 After Imama’s Failure With Super Eagles B Team At WAFU


The Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) says it will consider plans to draft the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr to the U23 team ahead of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.

Nigeria U23 team will take part in the Africa U23 Cup of Nations which also serves as the qualifiers for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo with coach Imama Amapakabo presently in charge of the team in temporary capacity.

Despite qualifying the team for the tournament in Egypt, the NFF is unhappy with the failure of the coach with the B team of the senior national team of Nigeria who have lost their first two games under the coach in two separate competition but to same opponent Togo.

Imama watched helplessly from the touch line as his team slumped to a second defeat in one week to Togo after yesterday’s 1-2 loss at the WAFU Championship, which is a week after same team thrashed them 4-1 in Lome in the first leg tie of the qualifiers for CHAN 2020.


” We have not really debated about the future of the coach because he is there in interim capacity. However recent result suggest we have to make a decision on the way forward. It’s not out of place to draft Rohr to the U23 because we are slowly losing our fate in Imama”, a top official of the NFF told Owngoalnigeria.com.

” To be honest the back to back loss against Togo is painful but we won’t rush any decision until we do an appraisal of what went wrong in both games. That will determine his stay as coach because we can’t afford to miss out on the Olympic in Tokyo “, he concluded.



https://owngoalnigeria.com/2019/09/30/nff-move-to-draft-rohr-to-u23-after-imamas-failure-with-super-eagles-b-team-at-wafu/

I haven't watched Azubike Okechukwu recently either but if he's still as soon as he was during the Brazil Olympic games then, take it from me, he would walk into the current Super Eagles starting 11 - easy!

I can't wait to see his DM pairing with either Ndidi or Etebo.


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simiife:
I dont think I've watched dis zubby guy play b4,but i really hope he as good as d hype he gets on dis,it will good if he can give ndidi a run for his money and I think he needs to move to a beta club, a player with d kind of qualities u guys claim he he portrays shouldn't be playing in dat kind of league at dat age,he is still young, a decent team in Spain will do,datz where players with d kind of qualities he possesses thrive.

I read this article on the bbc.com website. Although I agree with Gareth Crooks on Tomori, I think he's he's clueless for not selecting Wilfred Ndidi on his team of the week list.. Trust me, Tomori would stop making team of the week once he decides for Nigeria over England!

All these so called pundits and even the coaches are shamelessly biased.


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MetalJigsaw:
‘I Hear Super Eagles Want Tomori’, BBC Pundit Sends Warning To England Boss Gareth Southgate

It has been a superb few weeks for Fikayo Tomori at Chelsea.

The defender has been one of the Blues’ top performers since breaking into the side in recent weeks, with Tomori starring against Wolves after the international break with a goal in the 5-2 win at Molineux.

He also earned praise after his performance against Liverpool nine days ago, while he helped Chelsea keep a first clean sheet of the season on Saturday against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Fikayo Tomori was praised for his performance against Mohamed Salah (Image: James Williamson – AMA/Getty Images)

His performance was enough to secure a place in Garth Crooks’ team of the week, and the BBC pundit has been full of praise for the 21-year-old.
But the former Tottenham forward had a message for England boss Gareth Southgate, with Tomori eligible to play for the Three Lions, Nigeria and Canada.

“This lad caught my eye against Liverpool when Mohamed Salah tried to outrun him and Tomori handled the chase comfortably and with gears to spare. Needless to say, I was impressed,” said Crooks, in his weekly feature for the BBC website.

“Against Brighton, it was a very different proposition, but Tomori looked composed and comfortable like a player who is going places.

“I hear the Nigerians have their eye on this talent and the Super Eagles’ pulling power is not to be underestimated. England manager Gareth Southgate should not take Tomori’s England age group appearances for granted.”

Tomori has played for England at various age groups, including U19, U20 and U21, but is yet to feature for the Three Lions at senior level.


https://www.independent.ng/i-hear-super-eagles-want-tomori-bbc-pundit-sends-warning-to-england-boss-gareth-southgate/amp/

These class of yahoo boys dem dey arrest sef. So called yahoo boys who can't afford real mobile phones. I won't be surprised if they arresting innocent unemployed youth and labelling them yahoo yahoo boys.

All the yahoo boys wey I sabi, dem dey carry the latest apple and Samsung mobile phone.

#JustSaying


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Haha!! They want Mo Salah to give his votes to Cristiano Ronaldo so he can beat Messi


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yungsmart:
All this Ronaldo fans shout FIFA is scam. It is just three votes and it is concerning salah .

kindly tell us how those two votes would have change the outcome of the FIFA POTY Award. Let's not argue out of sentiment and let's know who the real winner would have been, that's why FIFA made the whole voting exercise open to the public domain.

I don't see Cristiano Ronaldo winning either Ballon d'Or or FIFA's Best again. First, he's 35 years old. Secondly, with the way Inter is playing this year, I don't see Juve even winning Serie A talk less of winning the UCL.

that's why this Mess's win is driving them nutz.


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mercyviv:
Like it or not, Messi is presently the world's greatest until next year or December when Ronaldo wins The Best, or Ballon d'or. Thats all!
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My dear, why do you even bother talking sense to braindead people. Cristiano Ronaldo and his PR team are just desperate. And desperation is a terrible disease. Like they say, desperate men do desperate things. that's exactly what's going on here …. Cristiano Ronaldo, his PR team and his fans exposing their pathetic desperation for the whole world to see.

That's sad … really sad


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duchess02:
Sudanese coach is only trying to b smarter than himself,many of them didn't know the list will b made public, he said he voted for Salah, mane n mbappe n fifa published Messi, VVD, Mane. The original paper he submitted actually showed he voted Messi, VVD n Mane. The Nicaragua captain said he didn't vote at all but on the FIFA ballot his coach voted Messi, Mane n CR7 same that was in his own name too, the Egyptian coach n captain name didn't appear cos they used capital letters n the secretary of there FA didn't sign. [color=#000000]All this 3 votes if taken away from Messi wud ve no single effect on d outcome. FIFA can't b so stupid to manipulate people's vote n still b bold to post it online for the whole world to download[/color]

Gotcha. Thanks!


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TheSuperNerd:
Ebuehi was in the last team list for the Ukraine friendly. But he didn't make this one so that's why the term "dropped" still applies.

Meanwhile, Ebuehi is beginning to get minutes with the Benfica U-23s in anticipation of a return to the Benfica first team.

Ebuehi dropped? I thought he's still recovering


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tbaba1234:
New super eagles list

Esiti is still there

Ebuehi, Maja and Iheanacho dropped

Dennis Bonaventure retains his place..

New invites: Olayinka and Ramon Azeez

They looks like eggs to me. But the thread title is still misleading tho.


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Sussan1:
Those things up there aren't eggs... Look well
But whatever it is, she tried

KPOM!


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tbabs10166:
you're really on point bro, fifa is one of the most corrupt football governing body, cr7 doesn't even deserve to make the top 3, i wonder why mane and salah were sidelined completely, at least they deserve some level of good recognition from fifa, those two guys performed better than CR7 last season and even presently, yet they were not even shortlisted

Thank you, my dear! You've said it all. No need to add anything else.


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Born2Breed:


You are a greed,y silly and an adulterous woman.

Rape kee u there!

I will blame FIFA for all that nonsense anyway. Based on actually on field performance, Cristiano Ronaldo does not deserve to make the top 3. Putting his name on the shortlist was just a marketing gimmick by FIFA. The fact is, CR7 was average last season and no amount of PR can change that.

Meanwhile, I hope someone can keep an eye on CR7 because he might take a jump because Messi beats him to this award …. I am really worried about him right now


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Genius! Messi critics are just reaching and grasping the straws. Like I had said several times, anybody who thinks that Messi wouldn't have won the EPL with Alex Ferguson's Manchester United team or won Serie A last season with Juventus needs to have his/her head examined. The argument Messi critics make are ridiculous and bizarre.


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TonyeBarcanista:
By TonyeBarcanista

1. CRITICS said Messi was nothing without Ronaldinho, Deco and Etoo.

FACT: All three players left and Messi peaked even at their absence winning uncountable team and individual honors

2. CRITICS changed narrative to say Messi is benefitting from the geniuses of Xavi and Iniesta at Barca..

FACT: Xavi left Barca, Iniesta also left yet Messi keep blazing, winning trophies awards.

3. They said Messi is a one club hero, asking him to emulate Ronaldo by changing clubs to prove that he is indeed a great player...

FACT: Ronaldo left Manchester United(Man U) to join Real Madrid(RM) because RM is a far bigger club to Man U. Ronaldo left RM to Juventus because he was unhappy with RM hierarchy and the way he was treated in 2018 by the club's President.

On the other hand Messi is a Barcelona product and Barcelona is a far greater club to any other team in the world (argue with Barcanista). In addition, Messi is in great shape at Barca and Barca love him.

Beside, Nikolas Anelka is one of the most "travelled" player in Europe but no one is calling him G.O.A.T for his football tourism.

4: CRITICS said Messi should go to another league to win trophy to prove his status

FACT: Messi doesn't need to go to any league to prove himself, he has played all top teams from each top leagues in Europe and demolished them... Neymar has won league trophies with Barcelona (Spain), PSG (France) and Santos (Brazil - where he also won South America champions league), yet no one is saying he is GOAT.

5. CRITICS said Messi should win trophy for his country to be considered G.O.A.T

FACT: Messi led his country to youth world cup triumph, he led his country's men team to Olympic Gold in 2008. He further led his country to Copa America final twice in 2015 and 2016 where they lost via penalty shootout (game of luck). The biggest of all, he led his country to World Cup final in 2014 (where they narrowly lost at extra time) and was crowned MVP for all the aforementioned tournaments.

MORE FACTS:
1. Messi has more goals than all his teammates and former teammates in Barcelona and Argentina

2. Messi has more assist than all his teammates and former teammates in Barcelona and Argentina

3. Argentina is a semi average team without Messi but a team "to beat" with Messi in it.

4. Take Messi out of Barcelona and Barcelona will struggle to win games.

AS FOR FIFA AWARD 2019
Critics claim Messi is undeserving of FIFA Award 2019 but who deserves it more than the man that achieved the following in 2019...

1. Top Scorer in Europe 2018/19 (European Golden Boot)

2. Top scorer in UEFA Champions League 2018/2019

3. Joint Most Goal Assist in Europe 2018/2019

4. Most Man of the Match won in 2018/2019 UEFA Champions league

5. Most player of the Week won in 2018/2019 UEFA Champions league

6. Best Forward in Europe 2018/19

I don't even want to mention domestic individual honors he got but critics can't give us any individual player with a stat to match Messi in 2018/19.

The summary of this epistle is that Lionel Messi is the GREATEST SPORTSMAN OF ALL TIME... This is a fact that even his critics know but ashamed to publicly admit.

The undisputed G-O-A-T.


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