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Wait for the group games first. This strategy has worked most times for me.

Marjoribanks:
My good bro. Nigeria will walk over this coming AFCON! We will win it!
We could have walked over the last edition even without Osimhen if Iwobi did not get that red card!

The Senegalese won scoring from open play in just a single match!
The Egyptians we walked over almost won it!

A well rested Super Eagles team will destroy any African opposition!

Yes! we drew Lesotho! It happens. (Remember, the Ivorians also laboured to a 1nil win over Lesotho)!

But drawing Zim that drew Rwanda which defeated South Africa is not a bad result.

At the last AFCON, Zim outplayed Senegal in every facet of play. Senegal won due to a controversial last minute penalty!

Analytically, Nigeria will be the team to beat!

During the tourney, I will be giving my prediction!

Egypt is the only North African team that will excel!

1. Young player of the year
2. Assist of the year
3. Defender of the year

If other committee members can tally the above categories to avoid too much work.

AndSunGorilla:
Thanks my oga!!!! I think we were quite close with our tallies ( just off by a few in some categories) and more importantly we arrived at the same winners. To your point, we can look at those ones that were close, not too many though. Thanks again.

Haha

Amedino99:
This settles it I guess

I have na. Already posted here

AndSunGorilla:
Agreed, have you tallied it too? And has anyone else done that?

South Africa names 23

I think most of the winners won by a wide margin. For those categories with close margins, we will need to do some comparisons and make sure we got it right.

AndSunGorilla:
I manually computed using Excel, if anyone needs what I did, I can send via once we DM each other.
Nigerian player of the year
1. Victor Osimehn - 64
2. Victor Boniface - 1
3. Alex Iwobi - 0

Nigerian female player of the year
1. Chiamaka Nnadozie - 36
2. Asisat Oshoala - 26
3. Michelle Alozie - 3

NPFL player of the year
1. Amas Obasogie - 31
2. Sikiru Alimi - 16
3. Sadiq Ismail - 15

Most impactful new inclusion (2023)
1. Victor Boniface - 46
2. Nathan Tella - 1
3. Bruno Onyemeachi - 18

Best Ogedengbe goalkeeper of the year
1. Amas Obasogie - 30
2. Osayi Kingdom - 13
3. Kayode Bankole - 18

Stephen Keshi defender of the year
1. Calvin Bassey - 24
2. Bright Osayi-Samuel - 28
3. Bruno Onyemeachi - 12

7. Samuel Okwaraji midfielder of the year
1. Wilfred Ndidi - 23
2. Alex Iwobi - 36
3. Frank Onyeka - 6

Rasheed Yekini attacker of the year
1. Victor Osimhen - 60
2. Victor Boniface - 3
3. Taiwo Awoniyi - 1

Most improved player (2023)
1. Wilfred Ndidi - 32
2. Alex Iwobi - 10
3. Taiwo Awoniyi - 21

Young player of the year (U-21)
1. Daniel Daga - 29
2. Benjamin Fredrick - 24
3. Tochukwu Nnadi - 11

Super eagles goal of the year
1. Frank Onyeka vs Mozambique - 8
2. Taiwo Awoniyi vs Sao Tome - 19
3. Kelechi Iheanacho vs Saudi Arabia - 37

Best assist of the year
1. Joe Aribo to Victor Osimhen vs Sierra Leone - 26
2. Kelechi Iheanacho to Taiwo Awoniyi vs Sao Tome - 22
3. Zaidu Sanusi to Kelechi Iheanacho vs Sierra Leone - 16

Team of the year (club or national)
1. Super Falcons - 56
2. Flying Eagles - 3
3. Enyimba - 6

Coach of the year
1. Randy Waldrum - 43
2. Ladan Bosso - 6
3. Finidi George - 13

Prospect of the year
1. Gift Orban - 44
2. Tosin Adarabioyo - 7
3. Akor Adams - 12

NOTE:
1. ONE invalid entry by a moniker. The invalid entry was the moniker who entered just numbers as their choices without specifying the categories. Since the moniker only made 13 votes instead of 15, there was no way to make anything out from their choices

2. A couple other monikers did not make their choices for ALL 15 categories. But ONLY their votes for the specified categories were entered anyway.

3. There were a couple monikers who quoted other's choices but did not make their own entries. These monikers really threw me off while feeding data into the program


Final votes from total entries, 65:

For NIGERIA_PLAYER_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Victor Osimhen': 64, 'Victor Boniface': 1, 'Alex Iwobi': 0}
WINNER: Victor Osimhen with 64 votes

For NIGERIA_FEMALE_PLAYER_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Chiamaka Nnadozie': 37, 'Asisat Oshoala': 25, 'Michelle Alozie': 3}
WINNER: Chiamaka Nnadozie with 37 votes

For NIGERIA_NPFL_PLAYER_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Amas Obasogie': 31, 'Sikiru Alimi': 15, 'Sadiq Ismail': 16}
WINNER: Amas Obasogie with 31 votes

For MOST_IMPACTFUL_NEW_INCLUSION: {'Victor Boniface': 46, 'Nathan Tella': 1, 'Bruno Onyemeachi': 18}
WINNER: Victor Boniface with 46 votes

For GOAL_KEEPER_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Amas Obasogie': 29, 'Osayi Kingdom': 14, 'Kayode Bankole': 18}
WINNER: Amas Obasogie with 29 votes

For DEFENDER_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Calvin Bassey': 25, 'Bright Osayi-Samuel': 28, 'Bruno Onyemeachi': 11}
WINNER: Bright Osayi-Samuel with 28 votes

For MIDFIELDER_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Wilfred Ndidi': 23, 'Alex Iwobi': 36, 'Frank Onyeka': 6}
WINNER: Alex Iwobi with 36 votes

For ATTACKER_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Victor Osimhen': 57, 'Victor Boniface': 6, 'Taiwo Awoniyi': 1}
WINNER: Victor Osimhen with 57 votes

For MOST_IMPROVED_PLAYER_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Wilfred Ndidi': 32, 'Alex Iwobi': 10, 'Taiwo Awoniyi': 21}
WINNER: Wilfred Ndidi with 32 votes

For YOUNG_PLAYER_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Daniel Daga': 29, 'Benjamin Fredrick': 24, 'Tochukwu Nnadi': 11}
WINNER: Daniel Daga with 29 votes

For GOAL_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Frank Onyeka vs Mozambique': 8, 'Taiwo Awoniyi vs Sao Tome': 19, 'Kelechi Iheanacho vs Saudi Arabia': 37}
WINNER: Kelechi Iheanacho vs Saudi Arabia with 37 votes

For ASSIST_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Joe Aribo to Victor Osimhen vs Sierra Leone': 26, 'Kelechi Iheanacho to Taiwo Awoniyi vs Sao Tome': 23, 'Zaidu Sanusi to Kelechi Iheanacho vs Sierra Leone': 15}
WINNER: Joe Aribo to Victor Osimhen vs Sierra Leone with 26 votes

For TEAM_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Super Falcons': 56, 'Flying Eagles': 3, 'Enyimba FC': 6}
WINNER: Super Falcons with 56 votes

For COACH_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Randy Waldrum': 44, 'Ladan Bosso': 6, 'Finidi George': 13}
WINNER: Randy Waldrum with 44 votes

For PROSPECT_OF_THE_YEAR: {'Gift Orban': 43, 'Tosin Adarabioyo': 7, 'Akor Adams': 14}
WINNER: Gift Orban with 43 votes

Voting has ended...

You have 27 and you are taking 5. What are you going to do with all those strikers and defenders? If 2 midfielders are out, you only have 3?

charlesemeka85:
he should atleast take 5 midfielders cus injury fit happen

4 midfielders will be easier for Jpes to manage. Make we leave am to do his job. The end of his contract is near.

charlesemeka85:
NFF vs Jose Peseiro:

According to a media report, Jose Peseiro has named a final squad of 25 players for next year's AFCON, but the NFF has instructed the coach to select 27 players.

Peseiro has said, 25 players will be easy for him to manage instead of 27.

Source: @owngoalnigeria.

#copied

I could share the results by tomorrow AM. Then we take our time to verify it by January 2nd

Danielnino00:
Im thinking we should have it all collated by January 2nd and announce a winner by January 3rd

You know others could collate only specific categories just to verify the accuracy of the program.

Danielnino00:
Deadline is 11:59 pm Nigerian Time sha

Well no problem. When the deadline for voting elapses, I can collate it with the program, while the rest of the committee members double check. to avoid INEC things.

Danielnino00:
The problem here is that Im not sure if Nairalanders will be so willing to click on a link that redirects them to another site to vote. i mean, if the voting is to take place on another site, then it is technically no longer a nairaland award.

Haha

AndSunGorilla:
So far as you no be YY no wahala

lol.. I no be like the ones when u dey watch for movie o[quote author=AndSunGorilla post=127639876][/quote]

Well yes and no. The thing is that I’m not storing any data. I just run the program locally. This is more like for personal use for our specific purpose. Could be fully developed. But why do that when we have apps online, we could provide links for voters to enter their choices in future?

Danielnino00:
It sounds a bit like IBM SPSS, right?

Same to u bro

daveP:
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁😎😎🤸🏿‍♂️

Haha I love your accent. But why you keep mentioning AFCON 2024. Abi it can be line up for different tourneys.

lamuyesurdic:
AFCON| Super Eagle First Eleven | Strongest 4-4-2 Prediction Starting Lineup That Could Make Super Eagle to Win AFCON 2023/23


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dizDm3_RxsE?si=SabR327hzvOFdhH6

Nwakali to Osimhen

daveP:
Amokachi on creativity mode. This match showed the vision and quick thinking of the players. Something seriously lacking in this current set tbh. That Oliseh assist, e sure me that whoever was there after one look up would still be wasting time instead of dropping that Ozil pass once.

So you just enter the choice of voter per category. If the entry is invalid it asks you to keep retrying until your choice matches a player in that category. Then it moves to the next category until all the votes are entered for that voter. Then it moves to the next voter. On and on until the last voter’s entry is entered and validated. Finally it prints out the winners per category after tallying all the votes.

The good thing is that you don’t have the type the full names. Just a few letters of the name per vote. When there is a similarity (e.g the two Victors or other conflicts, it asks to retry until there is no conflict.

Danielnino00:
Oh.
But can you briefly describe what the app does?

It’s not a fully developed app. You have to run it in an IDE (for developers)

Danielnino00:
Can you please share it with the thread? It will be very, very useful, because...................

Considering the level of participation this year in voting, I imagined tallying the results will be a challenge. I had to write a computer program to make the job easy.. I no fit kill myself.

Solanke!!!!

Nobody has implied that in this thread. Granted there is still something missing in our midfield set up. He as well as Alhassan can def add something. Else, we should not expect anything different from the what we are already used to.

charlesemeka85:
nobody is against his inclusion in the team but forcing us to believe he is the messiah we hv been waiting for or ignoring all this while won’t be accepted

Before you go dey emphasize on dead and live ball pray mk him make the final list cus I Dey hear kepukepu say him fit dey for standby 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I will say it here, unless we have a team firing all cylinders, you have to look elsewhere to fill some gaps — the backwater leagues in Europe and NPFL inclusive. The craze for players in the big leagues even when some of them are underperforming or lacking some specific skill set we need, will take us nowhere. When the games starts, it’s 11 vs 11. That’s what matters most. Today, I think Ismailia Sodiq of Remo Starts should be at least on stand by. Nwakali (who plays for lowly Chavez) definitely should make the cut. We lack quality crosses and dead ball specialist. These players bring that and even more.

Mod
As much as you need accomplished players in the team, sometimes you need desire and ambition in the mix. This is where some seemingly unaccomplished players come in. And the context here is for a team that is performing far below expectation. A team like the current Super Eagles

Nigerian player of the year
1. Victor Osimehn

Nigerian female player of the year
1. Chiamaka Nnadozie

NPFL player of the year
3. Sadiq Ismail

Most impactful new inclusion (2023)
1. Victor Boniface

Best Ogedengbe goalkeeper of the year
1. Amas Obasogie

Stephen Keshi defender of the year
2. Bright Osayi-Samuel

Samuel Okwaraji midfielder of the year
2. Alex Iwobi

Rasheed Yekini attacker of the year
1. Victor Osimhen

Most improved player (2023)
3. Taiwo Awoniyi

Young player of the year (U-21)
2. Benjamin Fredrick

Super eagles goal of the year
2. Taiwo Awoniyi vs São Tomé

Best assist of the year
3. Zaidu Sanusi to Kelechi Iheanacho vs Sierra Leone

Team of the Year (club or national)
1. Super Falcons

Coach of the year
1. Randy Waldrum

Prospect of the year
1. Gift Orban

Danielnino00:
Welcome to the fifth edition of the Nairaland Nigeria Football Awards!
Keeping in line with the laid down tradition, this thread has been created for all members of this forum to vote for the players under each category of the awards that they deem fit to win.

The nomination for the award categories were selected by a six-member panel that were chosen by members of the Super Eagles thread (the official thread for discussion on Nigeria football).

The rules for the voting are simple: Pick one individual from each of the award categories that you wish to vote for. You can only vote once!
Voting closes on Thursday December 28th 2023

The award nominees are as follows:

Nigerian player of the year
1. Victor Osimehn
2. Victor Boniface
3. Alex Iwobi

Nigerian female player of the year
1. Chiamaka Nnadozie
2. Asisat
3. Michelle Alozie

NPFL player of the year
1. Amas Obasogie
2. Sikiru Alimi
3. Sadiq Ismail

Most impactful new inclusion (2023)
1. Victor Boniface
2. Nathan Tella
3. Bruno Onyemeachi

Best Ogedengbe goalkeeper of the year
1. Amas Obasogie
2. Osayi Kingdom
3. Kayode Bankole

Stephen Keshi defender of the year
1. Calvin Bassey
2. Bright Osayi-Samuel
3. Bruno Onyemeachi

Samuel Okwaraji midfielder of the year
1. Wilfred Ndid
2. Alex Iwobi
3. Frank Onyeka

Rasheed Yekini attacker of the year
1. Victor Osimhen
2. Victor Boniface
3. Taiwo Awoniyi

Most improved player (2023)
1. Wilfred Ndidi
2. Alex Iwobi
3. Taiwo Awoniyi

Young player of the year (U-21)
1. Daniel Daga
2. Benjamin Fredrick
3. Tochukwu Nnadi

Super eagles goal of the year
1. Frank Onyeka vs Mozambique
2. Taiwo Awoniyi vs Sao Tome
3. Kelechi Iheanacho vs Saudi Arabia

Best assist of the year
1. Joe Aribo to Victor Osimhen vs Sierra Leone
2. Kelechi Iheanacho to Taiwo Awoniyi vs Sao Tome
3. Zaidu Sanusi to Kelechi Iheanacho vs Sierra Leone

Team of the Year (club or national)
1. Super Falcons
2. Flying Eagles
3. Enyimba FC

Coach of the year
1. Randy Waldrum
2. Ladan Bosso
3. Finidi George

Prospect of the year
1. Gift Orban
2. Tosin Adarabioyo
3. Akor Adams



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How the hell is this man a “liability off-the-ball”?

Solace Chukwu dey ment. A player that was not dribbled past once. Won most of his duels. Provided a good amount of key passes etc

That Solace guy likes to sound intelligent by blowing grammar. His word usage is pretty awkward..

To the issue. His position is misleading, stats and eye test wise.

Mujtahida:
Charlesemeka85 food don done

A 27 man list should have at least 7 midfielders.

Iwobi
Aribo
Alhassan
Ndidi
Onyeka
Onyedika
Nwakali

You could add Ifeanyi Matthew as well

There is a homebased RB I think should get a look in — Sadiq Ismail

Ppogbae:
If we are struggling for options in midfield, then Nwakali should have a look in - we have nothing to lose.

E dey Leverkusen

MetalJigsaw:
What about Boniface?

Wetin u want make I say? Because I don already talk with dey my mind.

Truidstarr:
Just say it.... Don't be diplomatic about it... N........li abi? 😁

Let me say it again our performance will depend on the strength of our midfield.