mekabuachi:
I love the way people are canvassing for AE... Despite him loosing the last Ghana game as a coach (drawing tho)...

AE is a Chosen

Na why we choose am.

TheGoodJoe:


It is a team I think was relegated and needs building. Amunike will need a bit of time to steady the ship. Coaching is not magic.

Finito

Okay. How many matches are we giving him to build?

Setaleonoz:
I hear say Anumike dey hear am hot hot for NPL

TheGoodJoe, your attention is needed here 😒

weyreypey:
Wike understands politics. He is a natural leader. Fubara alleged and should proof the demand of 50/100 billion naira Wike demanded.

Natural leader for dummies 👍 u

tishbite42:

It takes high-wire politics and money to meet such figures
How many Kurds, Palestinians, Western Saharans have met the US Speaker before?
The Roghinyas too
The truth is that - among the American Evangelicals - a Biafran school of thought is attracting sympathy. Most American Pentecostals believe that a Biafran state is needed as a bulwark against aggressive Islamization in West Africa. Biafra should be the Israel of Africa.

You’re making a point but remove the Kurds from there. Kurds are one of the most important US Allies in the Middle East. They helped to flush ISIS strongholds

If not for Turkey and Iraq. US would have assisted them to get their country by now.

Below is Kurdish region president with Trump, Biden and Blinken

Odunayaw:
We cannot?

It wasn't 4-nil so..... yeah

humility33:


I rather start nacho in this game than play Boniface


Nacho can switch with lookman or whoever on the wings

He can make penetrative passes

Boniface is a second half player at least left to me I prefer Moffi

Playing Boniface with Lookman and Chukwueze on the wings was a waste of time. The two will prefer to make attempts than pass. Nacho would be better.

Benin started to play up and got punished lol

Lookman is the GOAT

ChrisKels:
First time Nigeria will be playing a football match and I'm not moved. Like, I don't care if they lose or win, I don't even care if they have a match today or not. No single emotional attachment. Nna ehn

My interest in the SE really dropped after the AFCON. I don't know why. I feel the same way about the rest of the teams as well both male and female.

charlesemeka85:
Una starting 11 🤦‍♀️

Egu might just walk into Rohr's trap with this formation.

Rohr knows that we are not clinical and attacking more will not guarantee us a goal but will surely leave the defense porous. Which is the only thing we're somewhat good at.

As far as I'm concerned, another person with a small question mark on his head is Nwabali. He surely makes good saves but his parries are not that good. At AFCON he had defenders around that immediately cleared his wrong parries. What happens with a lean defense?

Lookman and Chukwueze may not be the best combo if we play a high press. They both do not pass the ball.

Anyways lets see how it goes.

SamueItem337:
Nigeria 4 - 0 Benin
Ndidi to score

You cannot beat Rohr's Benin like that. Rohr is good at parking the bus. Also we don't even have the midfielders to achieve that.

The best thing AE can do is to set the team up the way it was during the nations cup. This is the same squad that executed that tournament. If we try to consolidate up front we would lose. We have to play conservatively so that Benin can play deep also and free up our wingers. This way we either draw or win.

If AE tries anything experimental, like high possession. The players may not adapt and it will lead to confusion. This is what Rohr is expecting. That AE would want to prove a point.

M7even:


Personality matters. Ademola himself is said to be quite shy and introverted. This is the way he likes to keep his profile low-key. Not too much in the news.

In addition, Osimhen is more relatable to the typical Nigerian.

Ppogbae:


I will repeat myself. It should never have led to this event.

No top European club was willing to accept his wage demands and he totally lost all the leverage he had during those negotiations. Calenda should've recognized this, accepted the L and admit to Victor that Chelsea was their best option at that point.

This is ridiculous blame shifting. So you think that Osimhen wasn't aware of all this? Or it's no longer Osimhen that makes his own decisions? Agents do not make decisions for their players.

TheSuperNerd:

1. The Hypocrites: These are people who will definitely not agree to being underpaid knowing full well their worth.

2. The Inferior minded: These are the people who have no sense of self esteem whatsoever and would settle for just anything simply coz they have no esteem/class.


Nonsense and hypocrisy.

I am a full supporter of Osimhen accepting the paycut. I am not a hypocrite and I certainly do not have low self esteem. What Chelsea did is business. They knew Osimhen was out of favor with his club and had little options. They felt he would take it because there was no better option. I would do same if I was a club manager.

TheLoneCitizen:


Once bitten, twice shy.
Experience is best answer.

With ostracization from first team. Osimhen can now keep in contact with any club.

Don't be surprised if he moves January 1.

That’s the point. I’m not saying Osimhen will never get to play top flight football again. I’m simply saying. Sitting on the sidelines will make things worse. He won’t get anything better in Europe in January.

TheLoneCitizen:


You're just spewing for the sake of it.

The whole footballing world went on a sabbatical in 2020 due to covid for 3 months.

Not just any break, a recess where no contact training was possible for months. Only in-house workouts.

In fact Mourinho was almost fined for personal training with Ndombele

Ligue 1 was 5 months because they ended their league.

And guess what, PSG who went on the longest sabbatical made their first UCL final this century.


Osimhen is out for only 4 months, and has access to team training.
He also has 6 competitive games to boost his morale and keep his mind sharp .

So somehow you believe that there will be a better deal in January than September?

LOL 😂

TheLoneCitizen:


Inactivity is similar to an injury, the difference is.

For an injury you need to get back to your best fitness level.
For inactivity, you just need to maintain your current fitness level.

Sandro Tonali was banned a year ago, he came back one game, starred and Italy invited him for AFCON.

This same Ivan Toney was banned for 8 months, came back, had a banging Euros and secured oil money.

Greenwood didn't play for almost 2 years
Came back, stunned La Liga and is currently the face of Ligue 1.

Don't be a donut, my good man.

Oga forget talk, no one goes on a long sabbatical and comes back the same.

The question is not if Osimhen can return to be a good striker but if he will still be exceptional.

lovewins:


First, learn to be civil with your engagements without cursing at people.

That said, you literally quoted me so the use of "undervalue" had a context. The post you quoted was me implying that Chelsea's offer to Victor was indicative of them not valuing him. So Osimhen being undervalued in that context was Chelsea specific.

You however broadened the scope (at the very least that what I inferred from your post) by asking howa move to Saudi Arabia was going to help him value wise. I teh responded by showing he could hav moved to other clubs who were willing to pay Napoli more than Chelsea were offering, and we're also willing to pay his requested wage had Napoli not frustrated the deal. My point being his not being valued was Chelsea specific and didn't necessarily extend to other clubs.

Is this clearer now?

x

daveP:
i blame Eguavoen for being available at beck and call. It has made them to have the confidence of stupidity that they'll have something to fall back on when their already doomed moves falls through.


They're so myopic and lack intelligence that they don't care we are in a qualifiers debacle. Who are these corporate clowns jeopardizing our national teams?

I bet he's always available cos he won't get a job anywhere else.

lovewins:


No. Osimhen is not Undervalued. Napoli was just out to frustrated him.

His move to PSG was 90% done, agreement reached both on the club and player side. He was reportedly on his way for medicals when Napoli pulled the plug.

He had other EPL deals outside Chelsea but Napoli also pulled the plug.

The Saudi deal had always been there with Napoli agreeing a fee in principle with them, but his reflectance to go to Saudi is what kept it pending this long. His hope was Chelsea was going to meet him half way on the wage issue. When he finally gave a greenlight today Napoli renegade on the initial agreement to frustrate that too.

These are the facts.

You're too quick to type responses. Sometimes you got to calm the f*ck down, understand the fucking point before replying. What does undervalued mean then?

Why did Napoli scrub the PSG deal? Was it not Transfer fee that was the disagreement?

Marjoribanks:
After all the speculation, it looks like the Saudi move isn't happening. But refusing Chelsea's offer—what's the plan here?

You're going to sit out for three months, and then what? Who do you expect to come in with a bid after that? How is $130k a week considered disrespectful when you scored 15 goals last season? Let's be realistic.

If it's about the money, the Saudi deal was there for the taking. If it's about making a name for yourself, you should have signed with Chelsea and proved your worth.

But refusing both deals? Especially knowing that Conte isn't going to play you—that doesn't make sense, and It's really disappointing.

As I mentioned earlier, someone like him shouldn't have an agent like Calender or what is his name, or friends like those twitter ignoramus telling him Chelsea deal is disrespectful! What a shame!
Even Sterling was honorable to know when to leave!

Even if Napoli requested for additional $5m, can't you ask the Saudis to pay and remove it from your salary later?

Character, and who you surround yourself with is very important in this life!
Nevertheless, I do wish him all the BEST

Maybe we should start blaming Osimhen. His attitude may be a big factor here.

jihday:
they put a picture of him in a SE Jersey and not brentford. Hmmmm

Deadline day deal. No time

lovewins:


Besides the money, it screams they don't really value him which for me is the bugger issue here. This same Chelsea went on a needless bidding war to sign Caicedo and Lavia. Why are they finding it difficult for sign a player with the pedigree of Victor and pricing like they are buying groundnut except there's a fundamental issue with their perception of his value? He's not asking for a pay increase, he's asking that he be paid what he currently earns this is also considering he'll be paying significantly more taxes in England.

You can see that Osimhen is undervalued. So how does going to Saudi improve it besides just making a shit ton of money for himself? If he has a poor season at Chelsea he can still go to Saudi Arabia. On the flip side, spending two years in Saudi Arabia will devalue whatever he has left in Europe. Osimhen will never be a starter at a top side ever again if he moves to the Kingdom.

We have strikers like Mitrovic banging goals in KSA but no value in Europe.

Anyone wishing for Osimhen to head to Al-Ahli simply doesn't like him.

Don't try to be mischievous with all that 'Follow the money' BS

WannaHowzit:


In response, McKenzie said he is a proud counter-revolutionary on his X account, @GaytonMcK. He also referred to the woman whose identity Adetshina's mother allegedly stole. "If standing with the South African who had her whole identity stolen and not with Chidimma makes me a counter-revolutionary, if calling for those who are here illegally taking jobs and causing havoc to "Abahambe" (they must go) makes me a counter-revolutionary, I am a counter-revolutionary proudly."

Most comments online supported the Minister (see below).

You see how politicians mischievously obfuscate things to push their narrative.

Okay let's assume an identity crime was committed. Is Chidinma the one who committed the crime? NO. She probably wasn't even aware and is as well a victim of circumstance

Did she come into SA illegally? NO.

Did she cause havoc or involve in crimes? NO.

Then what exactly is the justification for her to be targeted in such manner?

People with an a bigoted agenda will always lump unrelated things together to justify nonsense.

TheSuperNerd:
Answer this honestly. Knowing Jackson isn't the right player to be criticised in the Chelsea striking role.... now...

...Was Jackson did, was it right?

He should have respected Obi a bit more, but he was disrespected to start with.

TheSuperNerd:
Mikel even said he wasn't disrespecting Jackson. Listen to Roy Keane talk about a player being bad or inconsistent for Man Utd and you will realise Mikel said "nice things" compared to Keane.

Fair enough, I haven't been listening to Roy Keane. I just don't think it's right to be criticizing in that kind of way.

junnyjake:


And again, he didn't criticize dual nationality players.

He was only against players taking Nigeria as a 2nd option when their career is winding down.

You obviously did not watch those interviews, you're only depending on roadside gossips. If you indeed watch his interviews and you're hanging on to these narratives, then, it's worse than I thought.

Winding down at 25?

If he had an English passport he would delay as well. Its normal. Everybody wants the best.

TheSuperNerd:
Where did Mikel mention Osimhen in that clip? I have seen that short clip. You are just painting Mikel the way you want because you don't want to hear his opinion whereas you are okay hearing the constant rubbishes white pundits say. Let it rest.

I can see you are very okay with Jackson's childish rant whereas you were not okay when Osimhen did his on IG. Selective outspokenness.

He said it. It wasn't inside the clip that went viral. What he did wasn't right bruh. Suggesting that players are inferior and will never be good enough is bad take.

TheSuperNerd:
He didn't insult Jackson. He criticised the way Jackson hit the ball and said Chelsea needs a striker who can "deliver" that metric consistently and elevate their game.

We say as much here on this thread about our lads when they underperform and don't give us what we want in certain roles. So how is Mikel's any different??

Jackson is an immature crybaby and he showed it last season when he was involved in fighting for a penalty kick with Cole Palmer. He should grow a thick skin and up his game because truth be told, Jackson is actually not the striker to take Chelsea to the next level. Goodluck to Chelsea on that.

Mikel is actually right. He wasn't saying nonsense.

He suggested Chelsea should sign Osimhen to replace him. Mikel does not know how to censor his words. He can make his point without being disrespectful.

This is not the first time he's saying something silly. The other day he was criticizing dual nationality players like the single nationality players love Nigeria so much. If he loved Naija that much he should be doing his podcast in Lagos not London.

TheSuperNerd:
If Scholes, The Nevilles, Roy Keane, Graeme Souness and other lots get to have a say about their teams and have a go at how good or how bad certain players are in game phases and you don't say they should shut up, then I see no reason why you insist for Mikel to keep mute. He should have his say as well.

It is acceptable to criticize someone. It is not acceptable to be calling another player as someone's replacement.

Like I said wisdom is the key. When you criticize someone, the 'aim' is to make it look like he is not doing well. Mikel's words went beyond that. He was basically saying 'Look, you are inferior and should not be at Chelsea'.

TheSuperNerd:
Mikel Obi's Classy Response to Nicoloas Jackson's childish rants after he scored just one goal vs Wolves.


🚨🗣️ John Obi Mikel responds to Nicolas Jackson: "If he scores every week and tells me to shut up, I'll take that."


Class from Odogwu with a subtle shot in the message as well🙌🏽🙌🏽

Mikel should shut the f**k up. Criticism is done with wisdom. He called the guy by name and even went ahead to suggest his replacement.

The lad felt put down and was rightly offended. Suggesting who should replace someone while criticizing the person is highly disrespectful.