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Iwobi whoscored FT stats:

93% pass success (42 accurate passes out of 45)
55 touches
3 dribbles attempted, 2 won
3 successful tackles out of 4.

6.78 Rating

Lol his a clown. He forgot that Iwobi is Okocha’s nephew. Very ignorant fellow. Sounds like something an American would say.

edi287:
Look what I saw on twitter. Don't know if I should laugh or be pissed

Iwobi’s Whoscored HT stats as AM:

94% pass success (32 accurate passes outof 34)

1 dribble attempted and won

36 touches

Why are we not trying to get Nmecha for Flying Eagles?

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Won’t be eligible. He turns 20 in December

Sadiq subbed in on the 85th. Breda lead 3-0

Just 1 year? You could be right anyway. It’s looking like it’s pretty normal.

goldfish80:
This is common practice in Africa. Almost every club and country have at one time paid some gratifications to match officials to influence games. Football is not so pure as some people will think.

NIGERIA REFEREE OGABOR BANNED ONE YEAR FOR ATTEMPTED MATCH MANIPULATION
The CAF Referees Committee on 28 April 2018, has confirmed the recommendation of the CAF Disciplinary Board to ban Nigeria referee Joseph Ogabor from any official mission for one year for attempted match manipulation with respect to the Total CAF Confederation Cup 1/16th round first leg between Plateau United (Nigeria) and USM Alger (Algeria) played on 7 April 2018 in Lagos.

The decision follows investigations conducted and evidence submitted by the South African match officials of the said match, who were contacted by Ogabor to provide “technical assistance” to the Nigerian team.

Also, Plateau United was cautioned to refrain from the practice of hospitality gifts which tend to create wrong impression.

In a related development, the South African Football Association have been ordered to render an apology to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) after investigations proved there was no evidence of whatsoever of any official of the NFF regarding an allegation of US$30,000 bribe.

http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=LV5eZ5HVRBT9pDDrt3Cx4w%3d%3d

Fred Friday with a goal for Sparta Rotterdam

2 goals and 2 assists.

MetalJigsaw:
You're absolutely right about Dessers. He's only living on past exploits on this thread. When last has he scored a goal, or how many in the last ten games?

That’s the point. 20 apps makes it seem like he’s started many games and spent large spells of time on the pitch. Not the case with Simy

TheSuperNerd:
Lead the way Sir Joebie.... Simy obviously has a decent goals per mins ratio.... Saying 20 league apps will not do enough justice to how well he has done

We are talking relative consistency. Let’s take consistency for what the word really is. Ighalo has been consistent lately. We want that to continue into the mundial proper. Consistency in goal scoring is what makes strikers relevant.

ChrisKels:
U just did what I feared u would do. When I made that post, I didn't callI for him to be dropped for someone else. Rather I meant he might not be this good at the world cup proper.

Mind you, that there is no one better than him, doesn't automatically make him consistent.

He ain't consistent though he is better than his rivals

Let’s talk goals to minutes ratio.

TheSuperNerd:
It is in 19 league apps... That one other app came in the coppa Italia... I was already correcting the four goals to six goals before your mention came up... Thanks.

Ebuehi unlisted as Den Haag welcome PSV.
Dessers to start for Utrecht at Heracles.
Sadiq will start from Breda’s bench as they welcome Heerenveen

Simy brace

Simmy, Dessers, Sadiq and Kayode seem to be the contenders for an inclusion in the 30 man list. Who wins? I doubt more than 2 of them (if any) would get a look in.

MetalJigsaw:
Simy Nwankwo with a goal for Crotone.

Crotone 3- 1 Sassuolo First Half

Good to see him peaking at the right time.

TheSuperNerd:
Oh My goodness Ighalo is doing "the done" against Table-topping Shanghai SIPG who have both Hulk and Oscar.

Brace for him and his team Changchun Yatai leads 2-1. About 77 mins gone now.

Fake Allegations Against Gent Moses Simon Could Land Journalist In Prison – Rohr Warns

April 28, 2018

Prison sentence will likely be the case for an online publication in Nigeria if they don’t desist from publishing fake stories against the person of Super Eagles Forward Moses Simon.

Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr made this known while voicing out his unhappiness about a particular online portal in Nigeria, which has been laying fake allegations on the Gent forward.

Rohr who was also indicted by same publication as the brain behind the decision of Simon to dump his long term agent Tony Harris for D-W Sports Management laughed off the speculations as wide off the mark.

The Franco-German coach of the Super Eagles warned the website to be careful because it’s very possible that a lawyer will one day instigate a case that could see them end on Prison.

“I’m 45 years now in professional football, why should I start it now? These people must be very careful, saying such bad things about our players, especially about Moses Simon; about his private life, very bad allegations. They have to be careful because one day a lawyer will come and they will finish in prison,” Rohr stated.

—OGN

No, but we’ve also had players that did well in friendlies but later fizzled out. Is Dike even in the MLS today? After he got injured I doubt he ever really got back.
Maybe he’s the 2nd tier American division today. I have to check.


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From my checks on transfermarket

ChrisKels:
Did he disappoint the few times he played?

Don’t let us go that route again.

ChrisKels:
Another MOTM for Ebere Eze. Bright Osayi-Samuel, the okija boy also gave a good account of himself scoring of the goals as QPR see off Birmingham

Dike never deserved an invite in the first place .

ChrisKels:
Whatever happened to Bright Dike. Dude was bullish the few times he pulled on the GWG Jersey

It’s not about age, it’s about excellence at every point in time and every player have to show consistemtly that they deserve their place on the pitch or bench.. same rules will also apply to any DESERVING young player who is given a chance to fight for a short. If he can’t cut it, he gets drop. There are exceptional younger players also.. or is SE selection seniority based? Experience is great but you have to demonstrate that your experience makes u better than a said younger player on the field of play.. hopefully when the WC is over we will start to build a team with more depth. It will actually pay us better in the long run.

But I agree with you, a player should not be said to be too old if he is still showing he got it and is able to demonstrate that he is still better than the younger players. Our major problem really has been our inconsistency with coaches over the years, and that stems from our desire for quick results as if we were a country blessed with obvious abundant talents. We are not Brazil. We should be humble with the right expectations especially considering the state of our domestic league. So Nigerians, get a good coach and be patient for once.

Icon4s:
But that is the age we chose to offload our players after gathering all the experience.

We easily call them tired old legs and be in a haste to push them out so as to bring in new kids and the cycle continues.And We keep trying to build endlessly.

This current team is young and growing in experience but when they have started gathering the experience we want to throw them out and start chasing some new kids all over again.

And that’s our own doing. If you don’t find it, you don’t have it.

tbaba12345:
We do not have the structures in place to find and develop talent.

Our NPFL teams do not have established youth structures. Qualified Coaching is non-existent.

Certain without a proof. All I’m saying is we can’t keep speaking about our potential or whatwould have been. We seem to take pride in stuffs like that. It would never help us. Over 200 million people so what. If we can’t find or develop them then they never existed.

tbaba12345:
I am pretty certain that several potential world class talents have wasted in 9ja.

Yes PROBABLY. Any developing country can also make that claim.

darkelf:
We Polly produce them everyday bro.

But they don't have a good footballing environment to grow and develop or thrive

No he is on loan. Source: Transfermarket

Dedebanky85:
He was outrightly sold to this Bulgarian club.

Just as Barca did. It’s possible

komekn:
With Liverpool standing by and watching and doing nothing

Roma already started their comeback. It's not impossible. They can beat Liverpool 3-0

well said..

tbaba1234:
Salah should win the Ballon'dor... He has done well enough to break the Messi-Ronaldo streak

Icon4s and I are saying the same thing.

Let me break it down to you. If a player turns 20 on or after January 1st of the tournament year, the said player is eligible.

Martz101:
lol how, read again

do you mean if you are already 20 before the tournament proper?

Martz101:
are you sure you quoted the right person? Because you just repeated what i said, Icon4s said under20 is for players in 18 - 20 and that's really wrong, if you are 16 or 17 you very much eligible and if you are already 20 then you aint eligible

The criticisms were on both levels. But see what CSKA’s coach got into with Musa that made the player step up. That’s the kind of atmosphere we need to have and maintain in our team — “step up or be dropped”

gamaliel9:
Club form is different from country form....the criticisms were on country level...

Musa Muhammed is a super regular in Bulgaria though. We’ve also forgotten he was also in great form at the AFCON U20. His parent club Beseksehir has been a consistent title contender since they were promoted to the Turkish top flight about 3 seasons ago. The deal is not bad one if he can eventually fight for a spot there after his loan to Plovdiv expires in June. Let’s not also forget MM did not do badly when he was capped by Rohr.

Dedebanky85:
All I need him for is his set pieces. That boy de play freekick and Pk die.
Wish you can just substitute for setpiece and then you take the person out again - just as they do in nfl for field goals. E for make sense. I expected this boy to be killing it in Bulgaria by now. Expected Ludogorets to be eyeing him by now at least.