₦airaland Forum

Marjoribanks:
Oga Kog, please stop reading Nigeria sport papers.
Those guys are the worst sport journo in Africa. I rememeber that idiot pulse sport going under ManUnited's page to tweet against buying Oshimen. Can you imagine that?
My source is primary (Folarin's tweeter page).
Folarin waited for Southgate's last Euro qualifiers list and when he was not listed he wrote on his story "go where you are appreciated". Saying he selected USA over England is false.
In series of his interviews and tweet he was open to playing for Nigeria before the United States coach and FA sent him an invite to the USA.
He even attended some basketball games and was treated to a celebrity status yet waited for Southgate's invite. lol!
Nigeria did not even care cos we don't need him.
Moffi is only 3 goals away from him. Iheanacho was in his best form before his injury. Boniface highest goal scorer in Europa.
Orban fastest hattrick in UEFA competition.
Awo in the form of his life.
King Oshimen.
So, why die over a player with one good season. Oga Kog you should know better! Joebie na IPOB normally.

Papi85:
Good move if it happens

Kog45:
Oga Jobie,pls I was curious to check best five players in Segunda league based on what you said but didn’t see Nwakili in the first fifty though saw Kenneth Omerou 52 on the list possibly I checked wrong site.

typicalgamer:
You get strength to quote that block head ?

Football is a job
Ask him to show you a player that plays for top clubs for free

Marjoribanks:
All of this shalaye no neccessary.
He wanted to play for us but we did not make any attempt to invite him. We don't need him.
USMNT was practically begging him to play for them cos they lack good strikers which affected them at the last World Cup.
If Nigeria went in for him he would play for us. Not all players are hungry.
Ziyech, Mane et al do not even collect match bonus playing for their countries. So rest this talk!

komekn:
Your need to expand please.

What makes him the 4th best Midfielder in the Segunda division ❓

Those are statistical non contextual ratings and each rating body will have different ones.

Odunayaw:
Try de speak for yourself man. Which one be deep down in "our" minds

Like there are no born and bred US borns that haven't chosen to represent this country

No be everybody de reason first for him belly

Papi85:
number 4 in passes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

komekn:
Number 4 in what please.❓

Because what does that actually mean what's the unit of measurement what are the key performance indicators that allowed a statistic based deduction that he is number 4. Number 4 in what ❓

Does that mean he is the 4th best Midfield player in the Segunda division ❓

Let me give contextual comparison, some time ago when Cardiff where in the EPL. There was a time when Sol Bamba Cardiff City CB had better statistics than Virgil Van Dyke.

A reflection of the fact that they spent their brief time in the EPL defending desperately. As a consequence they had high number of clearances and tackles etc.

Did that make Sol Bamba better than Virgil Van Dyke absolutely not.

The lesson some statistics are indicative and not conclusive and must taken in CONTEXT.

I could add Ndidi had oustanding defensive statistics but did that make him the best DM in the EPL ❓and or better than Ngole Kante ❓

I am waiting for your response with interest.

TheSuperNerd:
Breaking: Folarin Balogun chooses USA, Finally

Some of us saw this coming anyway. Good luck to the lad.

komekn:
All this is misrepresentation and disinformation it's simply not true.

Nwakali was so good at Huesca he went through the indignity of first of all being offered to any club for €300k Euros nobody wanted him in the Segunda division.

They Huesca tried to terminate his contract illegally before it had expired, but failed.

He was essentially kicked out of Huesca unceremoniously. He was the second to the last lowest paid player in his club.

He then went to Ponferradina FC a club facing bankruptcy and he is getting paid peanuts. That club is two games from relegation and have remained in the relegation zone all season.

And you are saying he is number 5 in the Segunda division among Midfielders. He gets benched in his own club regularly.

Kog45:
Lille good for him.

Ppogbae:
Damn, Nigerian international football has seriously regressed .

See how Morrocco and Senegal have taken the reins of African football.

komekn:
Why 😲

There has been a never ending narrative here that's founded on misplaced fantasy.

That Nwakali is the best player in Ponferradina FC a team and he is doing incredible things in this poor quality league.

When a team is fighting for survival and is near bankrupt they are desperate. They will absolutely START the best players they have.

All the teaching he has been doing and they have remained in the relegation from the start of the season. 40 game's played and only 8 wins it's very poor.

TheSuperNerd:
He already showed his quality against them earlier in the season. They won that game 1-0 even.

Besides, Ponferradina are already relegated. Nwakali should be preparing for his summer move. What a solid season he had at Ponferradina. Still in La Liga 2 top 5 players according to stats ratings as we speak.

zicky:
i was thinking we should be talking of bringing in more midfielders to supply passes for the striker we have instead of bringing in more strikers

Papi85:
don’t be surprised to see him in the epl next season

Blueelf:
My only worry about Gift Orbanis his age

To be honest, that guy commot at least 10yrs from his real age

And judging by that he has only 2 - 3 good years of football left

So, he isn't someone for the future

zicky:
You acknowledge that the team midfield is lean which affects our chance of scoring goals. And to improve it you are suggesting we bring in our best attack,i.e oshimen, awoniyi, moffi etc without improving on the lean midfield and will automatically start coming. How?

Papi85:
is osimhen an mbappe type of player?

codemaniacs:
Mbappe runs diagonally into or towards the box, he plays as a striker on the left but tracks back to at least midfield...

Osimhen can operate like that from the right ( Chukwueze's wing )... I have seen him score goals from the right by running diagonally into the box and shooting the ball, the issue is will he drop deep to midfield to pick up the ball then run at defenders...

most people ( 99% ) on this thread won't agree with your suggestion..

France plays Mbappe, Benzema, Dembele, Griezmann in the same starting 11... why can't Nigeria also play a powerful starting 11...

people on this thread are scared that a player may out-perform their favorite player..

Papi85:
na pure talent. Reminds me so much of ex city great Kun Aguero

zicky:
You shouldn't be surprise with his take, some on this thread are club bias, some players( foreign and local) bias, others ethnic bias

codemaniacs:
Awoniyi is an unselfish player, so he can compliment any striker he is partnering with...

wingers are not even needed, let the full-backs overlap and cross or pass the ball into the box..

codemaniacs:
there is serious need for Awoniyi.

S.E midfield is not bad... the coaches and some people in NFF are deliberately not inviting midfielders..

If you put Awoniyi in the "in form" Napoli he will score more than Osimhen...

Awoniyi is rarely offside..

the only issue he has is he doesn't have the speed and pace Osimhen has...

Osimhen kills off attacks with his bad offsides awareness especially for the S.E..

Put Awoniyi in a better team with unselfish players and you'll be shocked the amount of goals he will score..

Papi85:
don’t be surprised to see him in the epl next season

ChrisKels:
Yea. The long balls could be put to good use with him leading the lines.