₦airaland Forum

BascoVanVeli:
Its called manners and respect, which they have earned through the information they give us and the way they carry themselves. We are just fine with the way things run here so u just have to fit it simple as that.

eterisan:
Hulo. Do you have a problem with me? I am very surprised to walk into my favourite nairaland thread and see jabs n Knockout punches up and down. I am trying to address the situation you are attacking me. NAWAO some people sef. I demand an apology! I have known nairaland for ages, have had 2 monikers but I rarely comment so oga Joebie I take God beg you direct your anger somewhere else.
Unto other issues TheSuperNerd I have observed that you throw subtle jabs at people making it seem that you are more Intelligent or your pov would always hold sway. It is wrong. You always add lol to make it seem like it is funny but it is not. You provoked that irrefragable guy into this. As an ardent follower of this thread i am pointing it out to you.
For safarigirl the less said about her the better the next we will see is how she will be having an emotional breakdown over comments on nairaland. Phew.
Oga Joseph I am shocked na you de call person fool? I had hoped to enjoy sport news and intelligent analysis not this market square squabbling.
And hey thegoodjoe nice to meet you#mancityfan #iheanachofan you will be surprised to know that I have all his goals from u 17 to super Eagles to mancity in my phone. Lolz.
Enough preaching for today, have a good day everyone and please let us have forgiveness.. Winks

eterisan:
Thesupernerd this is not your style. Please chill. Where all the ẹ̀gbọ́n baba icon4s baba Joseph. Mek una com hold dis ppl

tbaba1234:
I have watched Ebuehi, he is a good player, not outstanding but can do a job.

tbaba1234:
Ighalo
Iheanacho
Musa Muhammad

These are the players at risk.

Musa Muhammad will most be replaced by Brian Idowu or Ebuehi.

not like Brian Idowu even starts consistently for Amkar. Ebuehi is a super regular no doubt, but have anyone seen him play. ADO den Haag have been suffering losses after losses, with him in their backline

tbaba1234:
Ighalo
Iheanacho
Musa Muhammad

These are the players at risk.

Musa Muhammad will most be replaced by Brian Idowu or Ebuehi.

TheSuperNerd:
Iwobi, Lookman, Aluko, Nominated For London Football Awards

https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Iwobii.jpg

Nigerian trio; Alex Iwobi, Ademola Lookman and
Sone Aluko have been nominated for the 2017
London Football Awards.

Also nominated is the elder sister of Sone, Eniola Aluko.

The list of nominees published by on Saturday by westham.vitalfootball.co.uk, shows that Iwobi and Lookman are in the race for the Young Player of the Year award category along with Tottenham Hotspur's Dele Alli, Arsenal's Hector Bellerin and Ryan Sessegnon of Championship club, Fulham.

Aluko is in the category for the Football League
Player of the Year, while his sister, Eniola is in the Women's Player of the Year category.

In other categories, the Premier League Player of the Year award if being contested for by Alli,
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal), Diego Costa (Chelsea),
N'Golo Kante (Chelsea) and Danny Rose
(Tottenham Hotspur).

The Manager of the Year Award candidates
include Antonio Conte (Chelsea), Mauricio
Pochettino (Tottenham Hotspur), Neil Harris
(Millwall), Neal Ardley (Wimbledon) and Slavisa
Jokanovic (Fulham).

And the Goalkeeper of the Year shortlist includes Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Alex Smithies (QPR), Darren Randolph (West Ham) and Jordan Archer (Millwall)
.

The winner of each category will be named during the awards ceremony in the evening of Thursday, March 2 at Battersea Evolution and will be decided by a panel of leading ex-players, football administrators and journalists.


The 2017 London Football Awards Nominees
Full List

Premier League Player of the Year:
N`Golo Kante (Chelsea)
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur)
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)
Diego Costa (Chelsea)
Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur).

Young Player of the Year:
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur)
Hector Bellerin (Arsenal)
Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic/Everton)
Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham)
Alex Iwobi (Arsenal).

Manager of the Year:
Antonio Conte (Chelsea)
Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham Hotspur)
Neil Harris (Millwall)
Neal Ardley (Wimbledon)
Slavisa Jokanovic (Fulham).


Football League Player of the Year:
Scott Hogan (Brentford/Aston Villa), Tom Cairney (Fulham)
John Akinde (Barnet)
Alex Smithies (Queens Park Rangers)
Sone Aluko (Fulham).

Goalkeeper of the Year:
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Thibaut
Courtois (Chelsea)
Alex Smithies (Queens Park Rangers)
Darren Randolph (West Ham)
Jordan Archer (Millwall).


Women's Player of the Year:
Eni Aluko (Chelsea)
Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal)
Karen Carney (Chelsea)
Katie Chapman (Chelsea)
Danielle Carter (Arsenal).

Community Project of the Year:
Fulham – Feltham Young Offenders Institute
Crystal Palace – Powerchair Football Leyton Orient– DCD Football


Source: http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/iwobi-lookman-aluko-nominated-london-football-awards/

TheSuperNerd:
Exclusive – Villarreal Offers Nigerian Golden
Boy Samuel Chukwueze Three Year Deal

https://owngoalnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/image-32.jpg


Spanish La-Liga side Villarreal has offered highly rated Nigerian teen star Samuel Chukwueze a three year deal, Owngoalnigeria.com understands.

Talks are way underway with the teen forward
who was once upon a time close to joining Arsenal and later FC Porto, but the deals fell through due to issues around the modalities of his transfer.
this owngoal be like tabloid oh. sometimes some of their stories seem unverified.. I'm not doubting this one though.

Chukwueze we gathered has been followed by the team since after his exploits at the U-17 World Youth Championship, where Nigeria emerged as champions.

He was the third highest goal scorer at the
tournament, and generally the left footed 17 year old is regarded as one of the brightest teen in Nigeria football at the moment.

Nicknamed “Nigeria Robben”, he will join Villarreal on a pre contract which will metamorphose into a professional deal when he clocks 18 in 2018.


Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/02/11/exclusive-villarreal-offers-nigerian-golden-boy-samuel-chukwueze-three-year-deal/

TheGoodJoe:

Mikel did not play second fiddle. Do not get that wrong. Makalele came to Chelsea and showed Florentino Perez he was wrong looking down on him. He played the defensive midfield role to an artistic level the role got named after him. THE MAKALELE ROLE.

"He wasn't a header of the ball and he rarely passed the ball more than three metres,"...Florentino Perez (Real Madrid President)

"Why put another layer of gold paint on the Bentley when you are losing the entire engine?"...Zinedine Zidane

Mikel was a player who understudied Makalele and soaked in the great lessons of the defensive midfield genius. That was why, despite repeated changes in Chelsea, they could not find a shield like Mikel. It just has to end up with Mikel. With several of midfielders coming into Chelsea. Great names, there was no one who could do it like him.

Just like Florentino Perez, a lot do not see how important Mikel was during the dominant reign of Chelsea but just like Makalele, he was the team was the engine of their success. He was the engine of that team.

Ed Dove of Bleacherreport wrote, "While Nigeria fans are naturally delighted at the elegant influence Mikel has had in the middle of the park over the last year of sport, joy is tinged with regret when remembering the delirious talent stolen by English football."

Mikel has the ability of becoming a celebrated gem in the game but he chose a role of importance to winning. His conservative and humble role ensured the team kept on winning. Others like Lampard and Ballack got the glory but Mikel made sure they won. People who think like Florentino Perez will come out tomorrow and say he is not World Class or Top Quality. Those who think like Zidane will understand the great sacrifice Mikel made for the Chelsea flag to fly high. It was not about his name but the team. That is truly a World Class player who laid it all for his team.

chidexxy007:
@forgiveness
Ajagun still dy alive? Mehn use to love guy from his days @Dolphins.
I thought he and Ramon Azeez were d future of our midfield but then it hasn't worked out well with them..
What about Rabiu Ibrahim as d No.10 for SE?

safarigirl:
anyone that fields a Nigerian

safarigirl:
Abeg anybody that has Wilfred Ndidi's number should call him and tell him to put up a MOTM performance tomorrow too. He should help my FPL.

Certitude:
You new give kinda asked for it. You all enter here to pick on someone. How many of you have been subtly jabbed like thegoodjoe, yet he has no issue even with safarigirl abi no be the same person wey tackle sir thegoodjoe on iheanacho's issue.

Chrismario:
Lol Big bro.
Not that im putting fuel for Fire
I gave a reply to a person who care to ask

This is my first comment

||
||
\/





And again with all due respect, i dont tink its wise becos one has gained ground on this forum, it would be a right to say whatever and you expect d opponent to be mute

Judgements are ought to be balance

#Peace

irrefragable:
you don't need to show me his stats. This player won 4 APOTY when our own mikel couldn't even manage to get one

This player singlehandedly won matches for man city when our own mikel is been brought in on second half to 'pack the bus'
This player would rather leave a club than seat on the bench our mikel will gladly sit on the bench even accept pay cut in chelsea just because he wants to stay up to the required number of years that will make him eligible for a uk visa.

Right now our mikel doesn't know if he's a defensive midfielder or an attacking midfielder, playing defensive for club and attacking for national team. Like seriously, who does that?

Other defensive midfielders plays the role well and even pushes attack sometimes scoring our mikel only knows how to lock the defense and even dulls the attack

Someone said mikel has a high pass accuracy. I ask, which pass accuracy? is it the one he always passes the ball back to defenders or to keeper.

And that's the person one supernerd and co calls world class. I've always said Nigerians glorify what's a bit above average. If you say the truth they'll all attack you because mikel is a nigerian and they are Nigerians.

World-class players power their team to victory when it matters most check out players like Ronaldinho, de lima, Drogba and the rest. These are players that can never be benched by any team in the world.

Someone was saying if mikel had played for a team like Barcelona..... Like seriously? Barcelona can never contract a DM like mikel because they are an attacking team and mikel is a defensive player. Only team like chelsea that needs to park the bus from time to time will contract him. If you tell them this they will call you a mikel hater.

I can go on and on but I'm tired of typing already let me just stop here.

irrefragable:
don't mind anybody,, you are right. Mikel is not world class.

chrisooblog:
hi joebie well come to the house hope you would drop by often to help make this thread more lively and informative. read your views during the mikel debate i share your views about mikel's place in the scheme of things world football wise but no doubt as far as nigerian football is concerned he's an absolute legend. if in his early years he had played under a coach who would have groomed him properly i have no doubts he would have turned into a world class CM but instead he jammed mourinho who didn't have the time and patience to work on him turning mikel into an above average DM.

Congrats to Cameroon they lived up to their name indomitable happy they won because all our eyes don clear say we are facing formidable opponents. i'm quietly confident that we will get something positive out of our 2 matches against cameroon. rohr's attitude and comments so far regarding the lions shows he appreciates the task at hand. yes 5 months is a long time for cameroon to lose their team cohesion but the confeds will still help them gel further so we have to prepare and get ready like we are facing world champions. that approach saw us through against algeria and will God willing see us overcome the cameroonians.

enigmaticmotik:
Was it lack of competition that made him to last that long in Chelsea When players like Ballack was begging for his wages to be cut to remain in Chelsea Look at the caliber of players he has displaced in the team Makalele, Essien, Diara, Ballack and even other promising talents Benitez that was a big critic of Mikel during his Liverpool days, benched Mikel when he first came, but immediately he used him and say how technical the guy was... End of story. Remember when Benitez left for Napoli, Mikel was the first player he tried to recruit.

Try watching that game against Spain in the confederations cup (better still, watch the highlight on YouTube). Mikel is a legend, midfield maestro and a great footballer which can make him stand tall among his peers. World class of the highest order unreservedly..,

daveP:
Ok




Give me 5 names of African Footballers who you think are world class and have good experience in ucl, EPL, and world cup in a trio.

daveP:
Mind you, nowhere do we say he is among the top ten midfielders in the world. We are affirming that he is world class!!! Which is what you seem to have a problem with.




Opta stats disagrees Strongly with you......1

His passes aimed at not losing possession is still one the top 3 best in the EPL.(Not even almighty Ozil, yes I'm a gunner, have a chance at this)


He fills in for Terry when Terry goes goal hungry. Conte didn't want to have such from a midfielder, so we saw the temperature of the bench increasing for Mikel.



Against Bayern, that final, his passes were either 3rd or 4th touch before a goal attempt. Bayern's middle had to foul him to disposses him.





I never liked Mikel when he wasn't replicating his form in the national team years back. But the Afcon win changed all that.



Then his game play at the Olympics..... Obviously you don't see that.



Watched him play against Algeria?


Onazi covered his back but we knew his moves were world class.




We don't hate here, if you have a good point, buttress it well with Facts




His time may be up, but he's not out.



Obviously Ezekwem basses I termed world class cos Barca took him ba? Even if we don't agree yet.


Man u and Chelsea fought for this guy's siggy.....

joseph1013:
Chief, relax! No need to ask anyone to kick you out. People disagree here all the time. Don't take it personal. Don't be surprised if a lot of people support you when you get into the next argument. That's the way this place is.

Keep your head up.

daveP:
Hehehhe




From this Afcon alone, he should tell or show me one midfielder that has the qualities that Mikel have and I'll prostrate for his punditry!



For now, he is just another Jamie Carrgher with nonsensical points.



Even on mobile soccer games, we know what Mikel is rated and that's not even what I want to use to defend Obi, but it's the least and it's a reflection of his qualities in reality(abi na real life we dey talk?)



Safarigirl, exactly 7am? Was that planned?
@yout post?



Joebie pls pick on another player, not Mikel.


We drink from the cup of hype other countries give their players and assume the hype drink was real. Why can't we brew our own hype too.

Kog45:
Yes if his profile failed to convince u,then u need to reach Chelsea ground may be u w be convinced.The heroes of 2012 champions league are all legend at chelsea and it w last till eternity.
Terry and Lampard said a true legend w be remembered for his contribution to Chelsea to show their respect to John Obi.Chelsea as a club paid tribute to one of d longest serving player(Mikel Obi) and u are here try to tell us what is not

My guy u are welcome to a thread where one need to think deeply before making any comment coz people here are gurus when it comes to football.

Kog45:
Pls who are d world class players and what is d meaning of world class player coz it's in Nigeria am always hearing world class player,here at my base nothing like world class player.

Those w classified as top player are d guys who played or are playing in top division across d world and also a playing for their national team with good laurels to show for it and Mikel is one of them by winning a lot for his club which i w not mention again and winning prestigious Afcon our own version of copa America which is still eluding Messi and European Cup which Ronaldo won which his fans always used as their supremacy over Messi.

My guy i don't argue but talk football to d best of my knowledge coz have been on it for long and i know what am saying,so Mikel is a top player irrespective d way u view world class player.Pls go to London and visit Chelsea ground then u w know may be Mikel is a world class as u described it.

A player won Afcon,European champions league,Europa cup,two EPL,Four FA cups,League Cup,community shield and 2nd best Africa player 2013,pls rate this player.

goldfish80:
I will go with
3-5-1 formation
....................... Ikeme....
Tekei........... Nagedu........ Balogoun......
Moses............ B. Moukandjo..... Onazi........... Elderson
....... Bassogog......... Mikel.............. Iwobi
..................... Iheanacho

Kog45:
U are welcome to one of d best thread on nairaland.Am highly delighted reading your views on Mikel Obi and your discussions with supernerd on Mikel which i see as hatred vs analytical arguments.

I believe Michael2 w be delighted to read my contributions on this coz w had hottest arguments on Mikel that great guys on this needed to come in and say enough is enough,one thing i learnt on this thread is this we have different views and understanding of d game and it take a very knowledgeable guy to really know who is making sense and who is talking thrash.

On John Obi Mikel,i w say this and i w repeat it anytime any day that any pundits that say Mikel is overrated doesn't know anything about football and should keep quiet coz d guy has seen it all as a footballer and must be respected for God sake whether u like him or not,a hatred should not be our judgment in analysing a player.

Truly Mikel has his shortcomings as a player but that doesn't gives room for(MIKEL IS NOT CREATIVE AND CAN'T DICTATES TEMPO OF THE GAME' HE SHOULDN'T BE PLAYING NO 10 for SE" HE IS OVERRATED' HE SHOULD BE DROPPED)This statements signify what i can refer to as total hatred and any fan that show this kind of attitude towards any player always wanted d player to be at d losing side coz have seen fan who wanted Nigeria to lose coz he hate certain player.I hope u w be happy see Nigeria winning despite seeing Mikel on d field.

This is a player that have over 10years experience playing for top European club whether as a regular or on d bench coz i don't want to know and he had good eleven trophy as a a Chelsea player with super prestige champions league as one of d trophy and such a player was being described as nothing,it's uncalled-for and absurd.

Mikel Obi career as a Super Eagles player playing as No 10 was due to coaches decisions.He did not force himself on them,he came to camp and always distinguished himself and pls who is at fault but coming here to tell us Mikel should not be playing NO 10 for eagles is some how crazy,to my surprised u are even saying Ndidi should be picked ahead which show something is amiss.

My question is this whom do u feel can bench this guy coz u said he should be dropped for no reason.A player can only be dropped if he is not playing to expectations and our last three matches proved to us d guy is still good,world cup qualifying for God sake we won home and away with his input and a goal,so what else again coz am confused.

joseph1013:
That's an A. A is the best grade you can score in an exam.