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Humility017:
to be honest with you bro...
some persons here are on a missed road
they are absolutely here to belittle super eagles players...and not to help promote this kids...if we could talk down our players this way just to show the little knowledge of football we have grasped....it means somethin is wrong...

me too never watched the match...but I repeatedly watched the highlights on YouTube just to catch a glimpse of his performance....
but someone who wanna show how objective he is...did not watch the match neither made use of the highlights prior pouring out his objective mindset to berate the lad....

Chrismario:
Not really. Criticisms goes a long way in helping players performance in most cases.

goldfish80:
It will shock you to know that I didn't watch Arsenal play against Southampton. Saying I'm indifferent about his performance in the game I didn't watch is absolute nonsense. If I had as much as seen the highlights, I could have figured out that he was involved in 2 goals.
My comment was generalistic about his season not about Southampton. Anyone with clean mind could have seen through my message.
Your intent to throw me under the bus says alot.

elyte89:
No joebie,am not talking abt d Southampton match,2 assist,he tried na but his performance for arsenal.dis season generally, I will prefer last season performance to dis present one.I expected him to consolidate on last season performance

goldfish80:
You've always wanted to tag me a hater. If you haven't, you would have noticed the intent in my post was to highlight that if someone who scored 2 goals could be criticized, another guy who made assist(s) won't be spared if the fans are indifferent about his performance.
So go on, call me a hater and get it over with. I don't care.

elyte89:
U,and some few monikers re one of those who critically look at issues pragmatically when it comes to Nigerian players performance...its high time we stopped sugarcoating or exaggerating their performance on dis thread wout been tagged as hate..I don't even care anyway...but if we truly want d best from them,irrespective whom d player might b ,u re spot on abt d rating on iwobi

komekn:
Your proposition assumption from which your indictment question emanates from. Simply makes no sense it's nonsensical. We are talking in general not in exception.

What's the unit of measurement that you create if you can call it measurement. Bayern Munich win everything in the Bundesliga so therefore Ademola Lookman a winger from Everton should be ripping the league apart.

You have singled out Ademola Lookman, why What's the point.

When looking at European league performance it's not anchored on individual players but clubs and thier leagues. So what exactly is your point.

You can not assess the European league and club ratings and performance on players alone and certainly not on the basis of Nigerian origin players alone . That is simply absurd.

There are general deductions that are largely proven, the EPL is regarded by many authoritative bodies as the best in the world. In my opinion the most competitive, the fastest and physically taxing. However, it is not the best technically speaking.

It's a one team league that is irrefutable and proven. the possibility that Bayern could win the league with 30 point lead still exists. That will not happen in any top 5 league in Europe. Add to that winning the league back to back 6 years running and nearly all the time over two decades.

Over the years far more players have left the English league and been outstanding in the Bundesliga than vice versa.

Ademola may not have set the league on fire but he is certainly not a flop.

https://royalbluemersey.sbnation.com/2018/3/15/17123886/everton-transfer-on-loan-ademola-lookman-rb-leipzig-bundesliga-premier-league-comparison


https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/borussia-monchengladbach-rb-leipzig-line-ups-stats-keita-werner-thorgan-hazard-471904.jsp

goldfish80:
You're complaining about Iwobi after the Southampton game which he just assisted one goal. I can show you unsavory comments made towards Ramsey after he scored a brace against CSKA. There is a serious hate campaign against Ramsey because of his over ambitious style of play. A sect in their fan base want him out of the club, they believe the likes of Ramsey and and Wilshere have held back the club since their emergence.
I don't care about these players, I only care about Iwobi and we must be honest enough to say it as it is. Alex Iwobi haven't improved. If I'm to rate his season, I wouldn't give him more than 4/10.

Martz101:
Bro where were you when he has a very good game last weekend?

komekn:
In actual fact his team Reading has been struggling to create the same level of performance as last season. They sacked thier Managers and have lost thier way.

Although Aluko has been a stand out consistent top player for Reading Fc. It has affected his rating you can't play for yourself alone it's still a team game.

His decision to leave Fulham was simply from a football perspective shambolic. However, from a financial perspective from a player who is 29 he pocketed a near £1million so he is laffing all the way to the bank.

But Fulham seem to be on thier way to the EPL after a long absence. But no worries there will be a number of Nigerian origin players in the EPL if they make it including a Nigerian striker.

Aluko has not been the topic of general discussion here. Reading are not in the Europe. So not too much too talk about. I use go to Fulham games a lot and still do in my opinion they have one of the best football academies in England. Reading Fc on the odd occasion.

maidaboi:
joebie 1st april don pass ooo

ChrisKels:
Where and when bro?

komekn:
I know be your student and you no be my teacher, do your own home work.

komekn:
Consider the context

Ademola is a winger not expected to score that many.

Consider Batshuayi leaves Chelsea as a reserve player and tears up the Bundesliga from day one.

komekn:
Whats your point


Danish league ranked near 20 in Europe so if you as a striker want to displace Ighalo , Ideye you need to show that quality not by speculation but by confirmed delivery. By being among the top goal scorers in that league.

However, you are right the biggest pool of potential Nigerian football talent outside of Nigeria is England that's an indisputable fact. That being the case should that not be your first port of call. Second question is a player in the Nordic leagues any better than a player in League 1 or 2 in England and should we therefore be looking at players in these leagues as we are now scraping the bottom of the pot looking for players.

komekn:
I expected him to get some good game time at Lipzig but its not happening. To be honest he is not better than the existing players who play in his position or possible positions. There are some very good African origin players with blistering pace you also have here Liverpool bound Keita add to that they are all young.

So it may be next season for him at Everton if the get a new manager.

komekn:
Considering our need of strikers why has he not been invited

Is he the top goal scorer and or in the top 5 goal scorers in his league , how many goals has he scored, is he prolific he should be if he is to replace any of the current strikers the Danish league is far from top quality , however if Nwakali can be invited from the even lower Norwegian league , why not Paul.

I don't make deductions on a player from video clips it is too easily contrived, so I am not overly impressed by the video clips as well.

I know players from Nordic leagues who have come back to play non league in England.

ChrisKels:
The bolded has a simple answer if we were honest with ourselves. The answer is Sadiq Umar. Remember why we were hot on the hills of Tammy, now luckily to us, Umar is even an upgrade on Tammy, so why not give him that opportunity.

And to ur last paragraph, please Ighalo ain't the best, we have better strikers, only the technical crew know why they prefer Ighalo.

Ighalo, Agu, Simon and Musa wouldn't make my team.

Martz101:
Bad belle no go kill you, naso village people they want our down fall

tbaba1234:
Ox at Arsenal was terribly poor and inconsistent... Or is another Ox, we are talking about? Ox had been at Arsenal for a much longer time and did not show the improvement necessary. Like Henry said, he could not point out one good thing Ox did well at his time in Arsenal. His transfer had to do more with his potential than his actual results.

The same holds for Iwobi, Iwobi needs to work on his finishing no doubt.. When i say haters, i mean people who ignore all the good he does in a game and pick on that one mistake.

Iwobi has a lot of great qualities and would thrive under a better manager, who can help him work on his weaknesses. Wenger does not do that so players do not usually get to that next level.

komekn:
Don't how it has happened but we have regressed it seems, sad but true.

komekn:
Why is it on this forum when a player is criticised the person is tagged a HATER, Why It doesn't make any sense, the very nature of football is characterised by a continuous shift between praise and criticism. When you play well you get praised when you don't play well and or below you are rightly criticised, this is normal.

So lets look at Iwobi , R Winger and or AM, how many games as he played, how many assists and how many goals has he scored , is it good enough for someone who we feel is at least on this forum is top class player. Is he the answer to our much needed AM options

Today he missed a sitter under no pressure, football is no longer about show boating, drag backs and step overs but effective end product. For this reason as AM i would say he is behind Ramsey, Wilshire and Ozil who are a lot older than him.

In my opinion he was just OK not exceptional in order for him to progress to the next level he needs to improve dramatically on hid finishing its simply not good enough. Donkeys ago maybe a year or more i had a a heated debate with TheGoodJoe and i told him the Ox was more efective and much better than Iwobi, i told him categorically that the Ox will go for big money and he will be a target of multiple clubs. On the othr hand Iwobi will struggle comparatively to generate similar interest.

I am concerned if he does not up his game and or Wenger leaves Arsenal he could find himself struggling in the Championship, I feel complacency may have creeped into his game.

somehow:
But this league defending no be here at all..

Abusule007:
Look very well, will you say thesame if that was the last chance of the game for messi to score and progress to the semi finals?

Mujtahida:
We flat in the air. Not good at crosses and worse still we don't even cross. Throughout the two friendlies, not even a single cross,