₦airaland Forum

EElopa:
This boy looks very good playing for Nigeria. Some od these European coaches are just too scared to give young players an opportunity to prove themselves. Benjamin Frederick to me is ready for big boy football. He just need some body to give him an opportunity. Going to a club in the lower half of the league in France, Belgium or Italy will give him that opportunity to show people what he can do. His situation at Brentford is really frustrating. Brentford is currently 6th in the premier league and I don't think the Brentford coach want to break up the partnership of K. Ajer and Schuster for a 21 year old kid. The only way he plays is for Brentford to get on a terrible run and be shipping in goals.

Benjamin Frederick needs to move or else his case would be like that of Kenneth Omeruo...EPL teams love big and tall defenders, especially center backs.

EElopa:
Maduka Okoye currently is a better goalkeeper than Yassine Borno. Borno is a legend for morrocco but currently Maduka Okoye is younger with higher ceilings. Alot of you guys are completely ignorant on how highly rated Okoye is in Italy. Inter Milan and Roma negotiated with Udinese for his services. Prime Borno is better than Maduka Okoye currently but he is old now and I will take Maduka Okoye currently over him.

Maduka Okoye has been poor this season, conceded 17 goals with no clean sheet before yesterday match which I gave kudos to him for his yeoman performance.He was criticized heavily for some cheap goals even his coach told him to sit up and good against Parma he proved it that he is still Udinese number one,time to watch him in eagles as number one.

TheSuperNerd:
🚨 Leeds United are targeting a cut-price January deal for FC Porto left-back Zaidu Sanusi.

The 29-year-old's contract expires next summer, giving Leeds an opportunity to secure a cheaper transfer.

Leeds have tracked Sanusi across multiple transfer windows and want him to provide competition for Gabriel Gudmundsson.

(Source: @footyinsider247)

Hmmm,this move?I remember Ifeanyi Udeze and Taye Taiwo moved to EPL,not successful

DeloitteNG:
Put Haaland in the Venezia team will he score goals?

...which club Simmy dey when he dey score goals for Seria A

opes:
League quality matters. That is why Osimhen is being urged to leave Turkey. Akor Adams hasn’t set Serie A alight with goals anyway. My point of argument is based on the 3 stats you posted.

League don dey matter now abi,so softly softly on our players playing in top 5 and we should be hammering those playing in low quality league right?..Oga I know where I dey go....

EElopa:
Dude did you ever play any team sports to a respectable level. In high school I was in Harris County all district team my senior year at Katy High School. I was recruited to a play college ball at University of Maryland and I could not get on the field my freshman, sophomore and junior year. Remember I am only talking about NCAA Div 1 level. Everybody on that Maryland program was 3 to 5 star recruits. Everything that gave me the edge in High school completely became useless due to the the level I was playing at. The best players in the NCAA will get drafted to the MLS then the cream of the crops from the MLS makes it to Europe down the road. There are levels into this game dude. The only people that talk like you are people who were never an athlete or have an agenda.

I got your point then we should mellow in criticizing our players in top 5 league anyhow

opes:
Okoye is facing strikers from Juventus, inter Milan, AC Milan, Napoli, Lazio, Roma, Como...that should be considered.

Okay Akor Adams too dey face defenders from Juventus,Inter Milan,AC Milan,Napoli,Lazio,Roma..pls do we considered this analysing him despite playing for Venezia?

maidaboi:
okoye is playing in top 5 leagues and not for a big team so I won't use stats to judge

My post is not to judge but going somewhere and you have given me one of the areas through your comment....are you saying we should be rating players in top 5 league differently?

TheSuperNerd your input pls relating to our goalkeepers performances so far this season cuz recently i watched one of Uzoho matches and asked you for the highlight here....

TheSuperNerd:
Raphael Onyedika Highlights vs FC Koln (Bundesliga)

Raphael Onyedika controlled the midfield for Eintracht Frankfurt in their Bundesliga victory over Koln. pic.twitter.com/chQDL5eVPI

— EaglesTracker (@ETMediaNG) October 19, 2026

Pls we need Francis Uzoho highlights here, watching one his matches this season am impressed with his safes.

darkelf:
A more Salah that is past his prime currently leads the Turkish lig in top scorers award

Shows you that the lig is below par and is washed

And this would hurt Victor Osimhens legacy the more. He needs to leave that leage when he gets the opportunity

Turkish league no be am forget say Salah is leading goal scorer,our own Onuachu turned it to his league last season... Napoli transfer wahala make Osimehn dey Gala nau

Nomsu247:
This is a solid message from Sir Gbenga's camp! The Rainbow Coalition's dual messaging is a major flaw that voters won't fall for. Kwara needs real governance ideas, not elite political games. Accord Party is making the right moves toward 2027

I just discovered that social media political comments are for learners in Nigeria politics.In reality Accord party doesn't exists in Kwara but from your comment it shows that you know nothing about what's going on in Nigeria politics.

There is nothing like Accord party in Kwara State,Kwara only have APC and PDP, that's the reality on ground

Nigerians and sensational theories….person slumped on staircase you’re expecting him to survive.He already dead before hitting his head on the staircase….RIP Toluwanisings

yinkeys:
Mikel was never world class in Europe
Please remove his name
He spoilt his career the moment he signed for Chelsea, Mourinho derailed his development as an offensive midfielder
I am talking about world class players

Osimhen also derailed his career by extending his Napoli contract
When people adviced him, he didn’t listen so he’s happy and getting paid in Turkey lol

He talked about well paid not world class,using Sala,Drogba and Mikel as an examples,even Lookman is getting good pay in ATM…. As you said Osimhen issue started with that Napoli contract extension.

charlesemeka85:
Jay Jay never regretted not joining a big club when he was about leaving Frankfurt

In his interview in Mikel’s podcast he said prior to joining Fenebache from Frankfurt that he had offers from good clubs in top leagues but none offered him what Fenebache had on the table for him

He said his main reason of joining Fenebache was to get stabilised financially because the offer was too good and that when he was at Frankfurt as of then African players weren’t paid much.

He also said the football in Turkey wasn’t really great but he was lucky to leave the league after just 2 seasons to join PSG after France 98 World Cup

Also He never regretted joining Bolton from PSG. To him it was an adventure for him to fulfil the dream of playing in the epl and also Bolton was the best offer he had then. Betis in Spain were interested too but were not willing to pay him what Bolton offered

Oga Charles,I watched the podcast,forget the podcast Jay Jay regretted that moved.

forgiveness:
Abeg, how I fit bring one or two players join this team. I get 2 players that will break into this team. They are currently playing U17 and they are 13 and 14 years old.

Because I no understand how dem take scout these players ooo. I no say you get info na.

Abeg! Ja mi si.

Oga this country ehn...

EElopa:
You are underestimating Fernandez. I like Nwaiwu but am not sure he is a better quality player than Fernandez. Fernandez is a proper ball playing defender. You will see his quality when he is playing with better players around him. One v One i will take Nwaiwu but as an overall quality defender currently I will take Fernandez. The reason big clubs were coming for Fernandez was his on the ball quality.

Oga Nwaiwu I watched recently is better than Fernandez,my opinion

Napoleon55:
So where do you think we would likely get more quality players from?
From Ihefu FC?

There is nothing all our desires put together will do,but it does not stop anyone from saying what he feels is better.
Anyone who wants to pretend he cares more about Osimhen's wellbeing and scores some points, let the person carry on.

As for me,yes, I want our players to play in Real Madrid, Barcelona,Man city, etc.
And no African team will humiliate us like GB did if we have our players in these clubs.

I saw Osimehn telling Lamine that a lady sport journalist Cali wanted a picture.Osimhen took the pics and was how i wished Osimehn na Barca player....I just hope after this season Galatasaray would welcome buyers for Osimehn

DeloitteNG:
Have you watched Nwaiwu play?
He is a top defender
I even rate him ahead of Fernandez

Nwaiwu is better than Fernandez and Ogbu

Goke7:
Can't we just allow these players be? Must we always lump them in the same bracket with their European counterparts when you and I know there are certain barriers for them compared to their European peers? Even Okocha himself attests to this. The same Osimhen we will even struggle to replace in our national team soon including Ndidi that plays in the same Turkish league o, I think that's what should bother us more than all these European accolades we are always looking for.

Sir Goke,yes I want Osimehn to be in that class of great strikers being talking about after retiring from the game...Gala will not give him that platform,my point.

Afriifa:
Clear sign that there is hunger in the land.

Oga no be hunger naso Nigerians dey do

Goke7:
The same Kanu that was once labelled a lazy player, Elder, you don forget? Most times na donkey years later Nigerians dey celebrate their heroes when full nostalgia don kick in!

My point is cleared and you should understand wella,cuz there is no way Osimehn would ends it in Gala and you expected him to be in the same conversation with Haaland or Kane, that's my point.

EElopa:
This short video provides all the information you need to understand who Eric Chelle truly rates. Pay attention to what he said about Iwobi. Iwobi is a very good player, and anyone who cannot see that is either a novice in football or has an agenda towards Alex. As he ages, it is essential to have a successor already in the works. Alex to me is still going to be a mainstay in SE through the 2030 cycle. There is nobody on the horizon that is remotely close to him but in quality and experience. He needs better midfielders around him. He is not the problem in that midfield.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t2Ifi0R-KAs?feature=share

2026 -2030,good 4 years to come,that would be great.

Chuks4041:
your opinion anyway

Iwobi came into the party in the last Afcon and since then he has been the main man but surrounded by just markers and Ndidi is off....

Napoleon55:
If Chelle like make hin continue to use Iwobi till he is 35 or 40,na hin sabi.

All I know is that I brought out a fact that almost all our AFCON wining midfield are U25,or at least 98% of them,
That he should rethink the over reliance of Iwobi and Ndidi.

Iwobi is 30,a replacement is needed as soon as possible.
Ndidi is 29,a replacement is needed as soon as possible,because neither of them is Zidan.

All I know Iwobi,Ndidi and Oyenka in the midfield we go nowhere

lbrichman2:
You see this legacy thing we are shouting up and down ehn?
The day I will enter that matter..

Let's take Kanu for instance..
Won everything in Europe
What's his legacy today?
Who even remembers him?

Heck.. people were even clamouring for him to be sacked from his post as Enyimba Chief..
Did his so called legacy help him??

People just want Osimhen in the so called big clubs, for their own personal agenda..
So they can say we have such and such a player in such and such a club..

I thank God the guy doesn't listen to all that noise

Kanu Legacy damn solid talking about his records,ex Ajax,Inter Milan and Arsenal…..clamoring for Osimhen to go back to top league na personal agendas?

It’s just a pity that Napoli and his agent failed woefully during his deadlocked contract.Osimhen at his age shouldn’t be a Galatasaray player,look at Sala retiring to Turkish league and still earning than Osimhen.

Go and ask Okocha how painful he is even as at today mentioning Bolton as one of his clubs with such talent.He said it in one of his interviews that it was a big mistake.

I’m not really blaming Osimhen but I hope he has longer career,his class is above the league and fans just wanted to see him up there based on his talent

Diavolo:
This is the funniest thing I've read this week You know ihenacho left city in 2017 , 9 years ago. And what has pep leaving city got to with anything. His form returned after 9 years, 9 good years. Even Kayode olarenwaju loke 2 years ago tore up that same league, did his form return to or it only applies to ihenacho. I'm sure you wrote this as a joke and not as a logical statement in support of his form

Hmm,make we dey watch o..Turkish league division two, suddenly Iheanacho don regained form...all I know Iheanacho just pass the league,nothing more... Turkish division two,even the division one no be am for me,still not happy seeing Osimehn in that league

darkelf:
Initially I didn't trust George

But not anymore. He's proven himself at least for now

I've seen Alhassan play for us in AFCON 2024 and he wsnt really anything special

Plus if he was that good, European clubs would be calling for him

Ao he's not that good. That's my point. Even a Scandinavian league or even turkey is better egbon

I disagree bro,Alhassan is good for eagles

darkelf:


I don't trust anything MLS for SE

That's why im not a fan of Alhassan Yusuf

If he's as good as claimed, why is he playing.for an MLS team?

Oga any player irrespective of the league that can help eagles is welcome.We cannot makes it with Iwobi,Ndidi and Oyenka combo or are you saying you don't trust George Ilenikhena cuz he is in Saudi league

Stop lying,no one got burnt.It happened in Ilorin.

charlesemeka85:
I will rather play start onyeka who is more mobile and hv the engine to run up and down the pitch harassing and chasing down the opponent when they re with the ball than start onyedika

I wonder sometimes what make you guys think onyedika is mobile and creative enough to be moved upward the pitch. He is slow and at best a side ways passer of the ball

Currently the best player for that role beside Iwobi in midfield if we re to go with this formation is Alhassan because he is mobile, can score and creative as well

In defence I will play Fernandez who is calm and very good on the ball as the CB, Rapid and no nonsense Nwaiwu as the RCB and Bassey as the LCB

Based on current form not past exploits Fredrick shouldn’t be starting for now

Oga Charles make we dey deceiving ourselves go...We need a good passer and equally a midfielder that read the game very well,not just a passer who does nothing apart from passing....also enough of midfielders who are known for marking alone...with Iwobi,Ndidi and Oyenka forget it bro we will continue struggling even with low Africa teams....only Iwobi deserves starting but Chelle should look for good passer and equally good marker at the same time, football don evolved

Pls go and watch Guinea Bissau again,even with good pitch we're not beating those guys with what we're parading in the middle ..our midfielders are burden to attack and defence