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If na me be arsenal fan before. As Iwobi dey waka go Everton I dey follow o. Arsenal, See u next time when u sign a Naija player for ur main team.

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Sake still dey sha

Thank you

OMANBALA1:
Story story...Oga ,go do refresher course abeg.

Occasionally lol

MetalJigsaw:
you like to take beer?

Nigeria puts a lot of attention on under aged tournaments. That’s where we get to win gold. Warri go say “at all at na em bad”. You should expect that just because Nigerians have been following these players from that level, most of those players will be fan favorites.

komekn:
That proposition in bold is the anchor of favoritism and sentiment based preference. You have indicted yourself before the players has proven himself you have already earmarked him for glory and umerited selection.

Then you confirm your bigotry and double standard. It was OK to give umerited accolades to Osimhen but not Ok for justifiable accolades to Okereke. "What's good for the goose is good for the gander".

For those with a bit more football understanding know that youth football is only indicative but far from conclusive.

Everything in football is short term. To be underpin the inclusion of a striker on the basis of youthful glories of two years priory is ill advised at best at worst ludicrous. However , if you are Superdelusuional then it make sense to your befuddled mind that is unable to decipher between fantasy and objective reality. But to any other person with a balanced mind recognises such sentiments as futile in determining quality.

We are currently doing the same thing with KC for the past three seasons his last season at City was poor. We still keep looking at him instead of looking for players currently perfoming.

When a player is not perfoming we simply put him to one side pending when he will start to perform and look for those that are currently performing.

One season doesn't make a player it takes a few seasons to get consistency.

I’m not going to go into an argument on how we should rate Iceland.

Meliforme:
Just like the way we struggled against Iceland. Joebie and sentiments.

OGN reports that top scorer of the Nigeria Professional Football League last season, Sunusi Ibrahim passes MRI, to rep Nigeria at the U17WC in India.

Thank you. Let the season start proper

andrew444:
He also scored in the dfb pokal this last weekend

Anthony Ujah scored a brace for Union Berlin who beat Regionaliga side, SV Lichtenberg47 4-1 in a club friendly

Sure thing! keeping an eye on him and other not earlier mentioned

andrew444:
Agreed

So many attackers are also not left out

Let's also watch for awoniyi in the bundesliga

At least one can say they prefer a player, but still agree that the other player is better.
I don't want to compare both players too early. I am just looking forward to both players leading our attack someday. Hopefully they get to where I want them to be. We want to see our forwards scoring over 20 goals in a season.

Lucque:
Bros okereke was not d one dat scored 10goals in d u17 world cup... Nd den seemed like his career was going to waste wen he suffered travails at wolfsburg... Okereke was not d one who some ppl here called wasteman... Okereke was not d one we all feared myt not live up to our hopes of being d new heir to d SE number 9 jersey.... Pls forgive us if osimhen gets more honorary mentions for his performance on his debut ( dat some ppl here have not been able to compliment because of d shame of eating their words about d lad... They know demselves). The fact dat we mention okereke with hushed breathing is gud for d lad... Dat will lower d pressure on him... nd pls i think we all have d ryt to our preferences.. so lets not make it seem like we are one unbiased group of analysts.... Cos we aint...

to play with Celta Vigo B?

charlesemeka85:
Celta Vigo Hand New Deal To Former Nigeria U20 Invitee Emmanuel Apeh

True!

charlesemeka85:
Lol I'm trying to describe the type of mentality an average 9ja fan have. We love living on past glory.

This is the same reason why since jj retired we don't appreciate the input of any other AM cus we have this believe that you must be as good as jj before u can be deployed as the teams number 10 forgetting that players like jj kanu and other greats comes once in a life time

Some Tammy Abraham Ratings VS ManU:

Tammy Abraham A starting role was a vote of confidence and, though unlucky to hit the post, his hold-up play needs to improve. Booked. 6
--TheGuardian

Unlucky not to seal his first start as Chelsea's number nine with a goal after a lovely turn and shot. Signs that he could step up to the level of the Blues, but still early days for the homegrown striker. 6
--SkySports

Hit the post early on with a powerful effort from the edge of the area after a good turn. Could have potentially grabbed at least a brace if his positioning was better. But then looked to be overwhelmed by United’s fine centre-back pairing. 4
--squawka.

You went too far mentioning Brazil. We will struggle against average European sides.

charlesemeka85:
But many here will expect the team to beat Brazil when both teams meet because we won them before at the 1996 Olympics .

A typical Nigerian will boast that no be Brazil wey we flog for Atlanta?

I will rate our team average when it comes to global football. We still have a long way to go. But I agree the situation now is better. There is more stability, but we need more hands in the technical department of the game, else we will not be able to maximize the strengths of our talents coming up.

charlesemeka85:
i remember when the lad was first invited, so many pple here cried and screamed to high heaven because rohr invited a bundesliga 2 player to the super eagles as if we have any playing in madrid or barca that was ignored.

my happiness is we have so much depth right now aside from the midfield department. at least we can boast of 2-3 decent players in a particular position which is very good for the team unlike before and thank God we have a coach who have the balls to stand up to some administrators in the nff in defense of picking players on merit not quota.

Gianfranco Zola gives verdict on Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham following Man Utd loss
By MATT PENN

PUBLISHED: 19:25, Mon, Aug 12, 2019 | UPDATED: 21:03, Mon, Aug 12, 2019

CHELSEA striker Tammy Abraham may find it hard to adjust to the Premier League, having played mostly Championship football throughout his career.
That’s according to Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola, who spoke to beIN Sports about the youngster’s future at the Blues.

Abraham was given the No 9 shirt in the summer after an impressive pre-season under new boss Frank Lampard.

Last season, the England Under-21 international spent the season on loan with Aston Villa and helped them get promoted.

When Lampard was appointed manager in July on a three-year deal, the former midfielder was quick to ensure that some of Chelsea’s younger players got their chance to break into the first team.

And Lampard decided that against Manchester United on the opening day of the season, he would start Abraham and Mason Mount.

Chelsea ultimately lost the game 4-0 after individual errors saw United capitalise on a noticeably inexperience Blues team.

Abraham did, though, hit the post in the opening 10 minutes of the game, before showing some good hold-up play moments for the remainder of his time on the pitch.

And Zola, who was assistant manager at Chelsea last season when Maurizio Sarri was in charge, believes Abraham will have to adjust to life in England’s top flight at first.

“Maybe in the beginning he might suffer because you know the difference from the Championship and the Premier League is huge,” he said.

“He will have to adapt but he has a lot of energy, he’s positive.

“I think in the end he will get to the level he needs to be.”

Zola also mentioned that Abraham would need better service from his team-mates, who in the Italian’s opinion, underperformed against United.

“But he will have to be supported more from the others, Pedro will have to produce more offensively and also all the others,” he added.

Chelsea come up against Liverpool next in the Super Cup final on Wednesday in Istanbul.

The west London side will be hoping to get back to winning ways in the Premier League when they host Leicester at the weekend.

--express.co.uk

I will never fault Collin's invitation. We have been looking for a left back for years, not even one of us here could even recommend an inform natural left back.

komekn:
I don't think they were discovered as such by Rohr.

Osimhen was already given preferential treatment on past youthful glories. Onyekuru was invited but not given opportunity when he was tearing think up.

Collins was in Bundesliga 2 and average but invited.

Ebuehi was the only one that l think was actually given opportunity.

In reality there is s lot of background movements with NFF officials and agents pushing thier individual players forward.

Anybody who thinks that Rohr has total control and it's all about his soke decision then your in Delusion.

komekn sef.. some players are more popular and fan favorites.. not everyone can reason the same way.

komekn:
It's very early days.

We have people already comparing the clearly light weight Osimhen to the strong Imposing and dominating DROGBA that's being delusional.

KC scored a few goals in pre season and some one being Superdelusuional announced KC us back to form that's simply ludicrous.

I know we are fans and therefore fanatical but must we put our brains into the bin.

na so Ikpeba take get the nickname prince eh. just by signing?

tbaba1234:
Onyekuru officially announced.

The new prince of Monaco..taking over from Ikpeba

Let me help you. For Sheyi Ojo, I considered the strength of the opppsitions. However I still gave him a joint mention in the team with reasons already stated if u cared to read it before replying. So no need for the argument.
Ajayi and Osimhen are integral parts of Rohr’s team, based on the last preliminary list Rohr released. They are not SE hopefuls.

forgiveness:
Not bad based on their current performance but....

Why is Osimhen not in contention for the Striker position?

Samuel Eduok played as a LW not RW. Sheyi Ojo has scored 3 goals with 2 assist in 6 matches.

Is there any site that indicates that a player won MOTM in the Belgium Pro League?

What position did Semi Ajayi play this season?

To get the answers, you will need to slowly read my post that explains the logic behind the ratings, and this one you quoted.
If u are familiar with many best XI you would know that the formation can influence variations in player positions. It’s not always held strictly. And by the way didn’t I already say I had to sneak in Ojo’s name in there? Clear ur eye and read it again

forgiveness:
Not bad based on their current performance but....

Why is Osimhen not in contention for the Striker position?

Samuel Eduok played as a LW not RW. Sheyi Ojo has scored 3 goals with 2 assist in 6 matches.

Is there any site that indicates that a player won MOTM in the Belgium Pro League?

What position did Semi Ajayi play this season?

Egbo has only clocked 35 mins after two matches in the Bundesliga II.
Not even a starter

ChrisKels:
U did ur homework well bro. Still check out Mandela Egbo

Egbo has only clocked 35 mins after two matches in the Bundesliga.
Not even a starter

ChrisKels:
Sorry I didn’t clarify, place Agu on the left, and place Odubajo on the right while chima sits on the bench. Odubajo has been impressive for Sheffield Wednesday in the championship



Modified: Mandela Chinweizu Egbo is also killing it as a RB in Bundesliga2 for Darmstat

odubajo has always been the least rated defender in his team. trust me ive looked closely at his stats.

is AGU primarily a LB?

Read my reasons in my original post

ChrisKels:
Sorry I didn’t clarify, place Agu on the left, and place Odubajo on the right while chima sits on the bench. Odubajo has been impressive for Sheffield Wednesday in the championship



Modified: Mandela Chinweizu Egbo is also killing it as a RB in Bundesliga2 for Darmstat

Okoroji also made the team as LB
Felix Agu as RB
Or which Agu are you talking about?

ChrisKels:
Joebie please a lil corrections, why pick Chima ahead of Agu? Statistically, Agu had done better than Chima so far this season, in the same league and same number of minutes. Check their whoscored.com ratings per match, plus Agu already has an assist unlike Chima

GOSSIP

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Kelechi Nwakali hints at transfer after his brother confirms summer move
By Dan Critchlow - Aug 10, 2019

Kelechi Nwakali has hinted at a transfer on Instagram, after his brother confirmed he’d be leaving Arsenal on loan or permanently this summer.

Nwakali hinted at a summer transfer on Thursday, uploading a cryptic Instagram post captioned “movement” along with plane emojis and a picture of him and his suitcase.

The player’s brother and agent, Allwell Nwakali, told AllNigeriaSoccer this week: “I know Kelechi will leave Arsenal either on loan or a permanent deal, clubs are coming for him.

“By God’s grace I know we will be able to get a better club and a club that can play him each game, it’s not all about the money. He wants to go to a place where he’ll get the chance to play so he can showcase his talents, that’s what we want.”

Nwakali had been linked with a free transfer to SD Huesca earlier this month, despite still having a couple of years left on his Arsenal contract. However, Allwell also denied these reports in his interview.

The Nigerian midfielder spent last season on loan with Porto B, making 16 appearances in a rather inconsistent season. The 2018/19 campaign ended particularly disappointingly, as Nwakali was prevented from featuring in Porto’s final eight games after being barred from the country over a visa issue.

There were some positive moments as well though. It may have resulted in his visa issues, but Nwakali did get to make his debut for the Nigeria u23s in March.

Now he needs to find another good loan to get him senior international games and a work permit in England, or a permanent transfer if that doesn’t seem possible.

--DAILYCANNON

he dey play payan. I see am for our backyard

charlesemeka85:
Any news on kelechi Nwakali?

This is my take on the Best SE HOPEFULS XI (Formation 4-2-3-1) so far, considering all league/UEFA competitions this 2019/2020 season:

REASONS:
1. David Okereke makes the cut as the undisputed best forward, scoring 4 goals after 4 games (Champions League qualifier inclusive) for Club Brugge. Chuba Akpom was in contention for the sole center-forward position scoring against Ajax in UEFA Champions League qualification.

2. Samuel Eduok, Ebere Eze and Abduljalil Ajagun all make the cut in the advanced midfield position. All three players have recorded at least a goal and an assist in their campaign so far, except Eze who added an MOTM performance this week, to the goal he scored in the previous round. Sheyi Ojo gets joint mention with Eduok. Although it can be argued that Eduok has been more impressive with stats of 2 goals and 2 assists in only 2 games, other may counter with reason that the Scottish League is rated higher than the Croatian league based on UEFA's coefficient for season 2018/2019. Hence, I have smuggled Ojo's name in as a joint mention, considering his goals in UEFA qualification against clubs from lowly Gibraltar and Luxembourg, and not forgetting his more important goal for Rangers in the weekend.
Dennis Bonaventure, Osayi-Samuel, and Chidera Ejuke were also in contention.

3. Joe Aribo makes the team as the best CM so far. He beat Aneke to it despite the fact that the latter scored a goal in his only game so far this season. Aribo has more games under his belt so far this season and has been more impressive as a CM scoring 3 goals in UEFA qualifiers against teams from Gibraltar, Luxembourg and Denmark. However, if Aneke gets more minutes and impressive stats in the Championship he could knock Aribo off in subsequent rounds. Let's wait and see.

4. Anderson Esiti gets my nod as the stand-alone DM. Although playing in a league ranked 20 according to UEFA, his only game so far this season was the 2-2 draw recorded against a big weight team, Ajax, in a UEFA Champions league qualifier. Luke Amos, who has started all games for QPR in the Championship so far, was in contention for the DM role.

5. Chima Okoroji (LB clocked 180 mins), Tosin Adarabioyo (clocked 90 mins), and Felix Agu (clocked 180 mins with 1 assist), and Junior Pius completes the back-line. Pius, who only played a 25 minutes part Antwerp's 1-0 win over Czech's Plzn in Europa League qualification, no thanks to a knee injury he picked up, edged out Fikayo Tomori for the other CB role. Tomori only made the bench in Chelsea's loss to ManU. Despite the fact that Moses Odubajo (RB) has clocked 180 mins for Sheffield Wednesday, he was edged out by Felix Agu who has an assist to his credit. Gorica's Musa Muhammed (RB) was also in contention.

6. My best XI is lacking a keeper for obvious reasons. David Nwokolor has only made Rijeka's bench once after 5 games this season. Sabastian Osigwe has allowed 8 goals after 4 starts, playing in the Swiss second tier. He has 2 shut-outs though, but still not worthy to be named here. Alampasu is with Feirense U23 (lack of data). Any home based we can recommend?

Feel free to debate my post or make suggestions.

oh u lost me

Eartquake1:
Na wa o, I'm just rating leagues

FC Koln

MetalJigsaw:
which club is he in?

Maybe!

Meliforme:
David Okereke. I will always prefer him to Tammy Abraham.

I want to see how it's related to Nigerian players. If wasn't, that's the reason for my confusion

Eartquake1:
Take Mbaye Diagne and Raphael Leao as examples

Mbaye Diagne(Turkish league) - 30 goals =No offers

Raphael Leao(French league) - 8 goals =Ac Milan, 35 million