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Meliforme:
Ndidi and Onyeka are different players.
Just because Onyeka can slot into the DM role, doesn't make him similar to Ndidi.
They show different playing styles and preferences with the ball.

Sir,my point is that I cannot start Ndidi and Onyeka together as a coach.

wayodude:
Just want to chime in on the Awoniyi underappreciation debate.

I don't think the intent is to undermine his ability. Yes, he is unexpectedly showing excellent form and almost singlehandedly carrying a modest team in the bundesliga. That's great!

BUT he has to keep doing it and also add a bit more to his game. We were once told that putting the ball in the 'onion bag' is the currency upon which strikers are judged. I think we know now that indeed more is needed. Record breaking goal feats last season by Simy and Onuachu did not excite the top brass in Europe enough for them to cough up the modest amounts needed to secure their services.

Awoniyi has done well for himself, his goals will get him noticed. But when that spotlight from the trained eyes fall on him he will have to demonstrate his repertoire of skills rather than simply point to the goal scorers chart in a single season.

I hope he comes good.

Thank you Sir,Sincerely a football enthusiast has every right to talk on player either in a positive or negative way,it is acceptable.

Taiwo Awoniyi cannot enjoy the same spotlight as Osimehn,not possible for now but the guy is doing more than scoring for his club and he has improved tremendously,hope to see him in a better club next season,maybe then people would appreciate him more.

Oasis001:


.... yet they are all Outcast here. I will add Andrew and Charles to the List.

Haa Andrew and metaljigsaw na brother o...Charles na gentlemen but sometimes he own craze na style o.

Oasis001:


Everyone on this Board sees it, but rather look away - Sentiment. I didn't see the Match, but saw it pop up on my Notification that Awoniyi scored again.

I rushed enter here to see at least a Page littered with Awoniyi scores....

Surprisingly only you, Basco, Kog and perhaps one more Moniker celebrated him..... only to read a crass Analysis on his Weaknesses.

Sir,I want to use this opportunity to shout out to Kokmne,forgiveness and recently Zuchyblink straight forward guys when it comes to critique on a player.

Oasis001:



It's so pathetic we are creating unnecessary Rivalry on this Thread. They are all our Players, celebrate them all if they are in form. Critique their flaws fairly and objectively.

Thank you bro.

andrewbaba44:
Saying awoniyi hasn’t shown enough that he can deliver at the big stage is pure crap and that’s downplaying ,why not wait till he reaches the big stage first ?

I am not sentimental here

When some of you said Dennis wasn’t good enough for the epl I said you guys should allow him reach the epl there before you conclude

There is a way you criticize a player ,now I ask you how do you know the future of a player that he isn’t good enough for the big stage ,I guess you see the future ?

Maybe all striker must have osimhen pressing style before you will know he is good enough for the top

Players like suarez wey no Dey press you go tell me weda Na Slovakia league dem end up

Be sensible For once .

Baba easy o...just surprising seeing that post after Taiwo Awoniyi netted his 9 goal in the league and 15 in total this season....pressing,stamina,comparison with Osimehn and Haaland just came up.

If one talk am now saying technically Awoniyi is better na wahala o.

I know you will never pick Awoniyi over Osimehn.

....but Andrew dey talk football with ease o,na fun here baba.

As Osimehn dey score naso the thing dey hit some for body and if Awoniyi score naso the thing dey hit some for body o....but we are all here for eagles success.

Thank God Osimehn has resumed training a great boost for our Afcon and WC qualifications.

Subzero047:
Glad people are sharing my mindset

Ndidi and Onyeka no for me....even of recent my rating on Aribo and Iwobi in SE GWG has dropped...we are having serious issue in our midfield and I don't know maybe we can give real AM a chance irrespective of his club performances,just like the way Rohr gave fourth division Maduka a chance.

drDoom3:
Onuachu has 12 goals this season. Does it mean he has excellent pressing and stamina?

Scoring goals is more about positioning and finishing than it is about pressing and stamina. However, players who press and have stamina are more influential in games because they are the ones running after the ball and defending from the front the entire game. These are the players who keep the opposing team in check and who can be relied on for the full 90 minutes to give their all.

My man I agreed with your point on pressing and stamina but my point is this....Awoniyi was not that poor when it comes to pressing and stamina,he may not be as sharp as Osimehn......Onuachu style of play does not mean he lack stamina.

As I said Osimehn pressing is out of this world,so don't compare him with any other strikers.

drDoom3:
I watch all Awoniyi games. You cannot compare his pressing to Osimhen's. They are not in the same league.

Awoniyi has poor stamina, take it to the bank. That is in fact the reason why his pressing is poor. He starts well, but gasses out quickly and can't press with the same intensity he started with. Awoniyi has never been that kind of player though, right from U17.

When I meant big stage, I meant consistently at a top level. Keeping his form until the end of the season would be a good start.

Sir did you read my post very well...I said Victor Osimehn pressing is out of this world,did I compared the two?NO....Osimehn alone this season committed 21 fouls,meaning his pressing is a top notch and I don't think we have any striker presently that have such numbers,even Haaland had 4 while Awoniyi had 11 but that doesn't mean Awoniyi is poor pressing.

Sir you haven't answer my question....I want to know more about pressing and having stamina cos some one with 9 goals and 15 goals total numbers this season lack pressing and stamina.

drDoom3:
He wouldn't.

Despite his recent scoring run, he has still not shown enough that he can deliver at the biggest stage. He looks Onuachu-esque. Poor pressing, poor stamina, but with excellent finishing propping up his stats. It's not all about scoring goals, what else do you have to offer in a game.

Osimhen, Haaland and co. are rated so highly because of how influential they are in games. They can singlehandedly spearhead an attack, and their abilities make them so threatening every minute they are on the pitch. Opposing teams have to put multiple players to mark them or change entire formations just to keep them in check. For example, Serie A teams don't play high line against Napoli when Victor starts. Is Awoniyi that influential in games?

Oga Awoniyi is playing for Union Berlin while Haaland and Osimehn are playing for Dortmund and Napoli respectively,hope you see that gap,having 9 bundesliga goals with ordinary Union Berlin should tell you something......

Pls are you saying Awoniyi is not influential in Union Berlin or what?pls,how many of his games did you watched this season.....pls tell me what is pressing in a game and funny enough you said Awoniyi lack stamina?pls do you really know Awoniyi football abilities cos pressing is one of his strongest points but below that of Osimehn cos Victor Osimehn pressing is out of this world.....Awoniyi lack stamina? sorry sir,do you really watch Awoniyi games in Union Berlin?

Pls go and re watch CAR match and tell me more about Awoniyi pressing and stamina or I do not understand the meaning of pressing and having stamina,pls tell me more cos i want to learn more.

Another big question,Awoniyi has not delivered in a big stage? are you now saying Leipzig is a small club in bundesliga cos of recent it's Bayern Munich,Dortmund and Leipzig.

zuchyblink:
North African teams have won more international laurels in Africa and they are 80 percent home based that is enough. I don't want to add other home based players from other regions. Cameroon had 9 home based players not 8

International laurels in 80s or early 90s?

zuchyblink:
He didn't condemn foreign based players,the point is that foreign based players are over-rated. Cameroon's first two were mainly home based. Cameroon's and Africa's most dreaded team to the world cup(1990) was 50% home based. You must not argue everything even from a tactician who knows African football like Pitso. More African based footballers have touched international laurels more than foreign based players in Africa

My oga Zuchy,why using Cameroon 1990 as an example...in the 80s and and early 90s how many African footballers were foreign based?.Cameroon had eight home based to Italian 90 and I remember Nigeria had only three foreign based to Algier 90....This is to tell you dearth of foreign based in 80s and early 90s.

Pls give me the names of African based players who have touched international laurels than foreign based players?

Prof went too far....who get endorsements...oloshos disguised as nollywood actresses,porn star like Tiwa Savage,bb naija housemates........in the olden days if you are a medical student we worship you but today who Doctor help....walahi things don scattered.

elunico:
Komekn this you?

Don't come here pretending to be fighting for Dennis, when in the real sense of it, you're trying to use him to drag another down.

Oga elunico...I don't see guys rating Dennis much here and he really surprised everyone even me who knew him from KFA as academy boy...kokmne was right then,possibly you see more of Dennis than some of us and you rated him highly,good Dennis form vindicated you.

I remember Kokmne doesn't rate Fikayo Tomori and I called him out but I realized one need to watch players deeply before passing judgment....for instance I never believed in Awaziem but i was wrong..so sometimes it happens.

Going into archives to dig past comments out on players would not always do us good,a player one negate can become solid today but big question,how genuinely were such comments as at then....so to me Kokmne was right on Dennis,remember the same Dennis failed woefully in Bundesliga but turning EPL with ease.

I remember some comments here on Awoniyi prior to the commencement of this season especially from my good friend Humility33 but his form this season damn good....I don't need to castigate Humility on it cos as at then Awo was not consistent.

Subzero047:
Currently watching Onyeka and I'm more convinced than ever that he wouldn't pair well with Ndidi

Honestly,really surprised seeing guys starting Ndidi and Onyeka in their possible starting line up.

Lilian Bach and Adunni Bankole always exposing the bleached actresses...seeing Adunni with Iyabo Ojo tells me the real and fake beauty.

Lalami3232:
I pity you as a man wey leave your spouse for 9ja and travel go abroad, you just be like person wey plant corn by the roadside . On no condition should you ever leave your spouse in 9ja, no ever try am atall because you don give free food to friends/community and street urchins. Even the woman wey you dey live with for house still dey carry another man pikin to give to you, talkless of say you leave her at the mercies of people. Women dey always claim say dem no like sex and fit control body, my dear na lie ooooo. Deep down, dem want their engines to be serviced regularly and greesed thoroughly .
Never make the mistake of leaving ur spouse for 9ja while you travel for long, I don warn you finish. Pu*sy no be like WhatsApp wey get "LAST SEEN", so u no fit know if dem dey cheat but 99.9999% of the time, one guy dey drill her oil on a regular basis.


I don talk am before and I go talk am again " The day I go mistakenly born girl pikin eeh, I go *********** "

Guys don pass all these your reasonings and your last paragraph summed it all ""THE DAY U GO MISTAKENLY BORN GIRL PIKIN eeh, I go"" guys wey dey think like this na depression,hypertension and stroke o....pls my man free your mind o.

Check it out.....I have seen married as a virgin turning to cheats....I have seen not virgin but turning to most faithful wife....koko be say if you want to free from woman palaver better to stay out of marriage.

jihday:
joe already replied, thanks

Okay

elyte89:
Bro what's ur opinion on bonfere Jo?
Cc thegoodjoe

Bonfrere Jo bibawo...I think ex internationals were behind this shady arrangements and I dont know what Jo wants to offer again....I saw Jo recently with the likes of Kanu,Okocha,Ikpeba,Siasia,Rufai and I remember he was their coach in a ceremonial match that was played in Lokoja Kogi State....possibly they want Bonfrere Jo/Emma Amuneke.

It's a pity Gernot Rohr failed to give us solid team,spending good six years with super eagles with no identity.

jihday:
my name is Gernot Rohr and I’m here to tell you that I don’t care because Shehu is a better RWB and Ekong is better in CB

Ha jihday...Rohr na case walahi.

jihday:
not Chievo but Palermo and later Lazio

Ayo Makinwa played for Chievo on loan from Lazio.

TheGoodJoe:

He did. Something I watched? He played for them.

Yes he played for Chievo on loan from Lazio after spent another loan with Regianna.

Yahaya bello post again....Bello na prison after his tenure....bookmark this post.

TheGoodJoe:
You can not compare this man that calls himself Adelakun to Churchill Oliseh. Off the top of my head I can tell you of Sekou Oliseh. I can tell you he played a part in Martins and I can't remember the chap that went to Chievo.

How can you compare this man to Emenalo. I remember his scouting Network of Chelsea's academy.

What was this Adelakun's record before the Super Eagles job.

Churchill Oliseh was solely responsible for Obafemi Martins,Kola Agodirin and Ola Daniel movements to Italy,same thing Dosu Joseph....honestly I don't know much about this Adelakun.

yinkeys:
Donna is better 50% success rate in saving penalties
Mendy hasn’t really been tested because of good defenders especially in penalties
Go watch Donna’s saves at the Euros & at Milan.
Did you watch the Euros ?
Mendy is hyped because he’s got good players around him.

Mendy got good players but mediocre surrounded Donna abi?....so penalties is to rate keeper now....

Astrid4:
@ d bolded performance at the euro/Copa America influenced most of this decision taken today if not for euros someone like jorgihno won't have finished third ahead of Ronaldo

Klop said Afcon is a small competition but here some still tried to tell us that the journalist who questioned Klop didnt understand English......pls can Klop tagged Euro cup small competition?capital NO....rating a player just cos of euro and forgetting that the other is an African,why not champions league both participated in.

Even if Afcon was played this year and Mendy had a great tourney Donaraunma would still been given the best goalkeeper.

Psquare should be veterans by now....Respect to 2baba Grammy or no Grammy 2face remain the best...just listening to 2face feat Bongos Ikwe.

kellycute:
Happy birthday to me.

Happy birthday Sir Kelly Kelly.

TheGoodJoe:

I liked Ekong at the Olympics. He was ideal to me and reliable.

Sir,pls go and watch Olympic video again...Ekong lacked basic thing as a defender,his ball playing is abysmal and his sense of ball control as a defender is zero even in Olympics.

Super Eagles really helped Ekong Troost.

drDoom3:
Ekong should be playing the role Omeruo currently plays while Omeruo should be kicked out entirely. We have too many incompetent players getting call ups, and most of them are in defense because it is easy to hide there as a squad player. Collins, Omeruo and Shehu really have no business with the team. At LB use Sanusi and Bassey, CB Awaziem, Akpoguma, Balogun and Ekong as backup, RB Aina and Ebuehi. Max 8 defenders total.

Well said,Omeruo major issue is club career.He made a mistake signing for Chelsea and till today his football career is nothing and Awaziem is having the same issue.

On a good day Omeruo and Awaziem are better than Ekong and check it out,Omeruo always comes into the party in any of our tourney....2018 WC,Omeruo had a better performance than Ekong and in Afcon 2019 he did well than Balogun.

Englandboy:
ekong was a prime nd good defender back then even at udinese I just don't understand him lately ,he can't control ball on air

Ekong was never a good defender and playing for SE really help his career.

happiness32:
You can't stay in your place and update us with stories you know nothing about. Kogi workers get paid before 28th of every month

Sadness32 oh sorry happiness32...
I wish you what Kogi workers are passing through...pls just say Amen.