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Iscoflexxman:
The truth about Awolowo's death, how and why he committed suicide [A] Obafemi Awolowo contested in 1983 for presidency but failed. He later died in 1987. [B] Assuming Awolowo was unhealthy, that means he would have died in his 4th year as president. [C] However, Awolowo contested because he was not sick and not too old, health-wise - he was healthy. [D] In 1987, he was questioned by IBB after evidence came out that he plotted to overthrow his government. [E] IBB gave Awolowo 3 options as punishment for the plot: Death by firing squad, Life imprisonment, or go on exile. [F] The Awolow family and friends pleaded for forgiveness to IBB,but he remained resolute and the please went on deaf ears. [F] Awolowo was later found dead in a room from an overdose in medications.

Iscoflexxman:
The truth about Awolowo's death, how and why he committed suicide [A] Obafemi Awolowo contested in 1983 for presidency but failed. He later died in 1987. [B] Assuming Awolowo was unhealthy, that means he would have died in his 4th year as president. [C] However, Awolowo contested because he was not sick and not too old, health-wise - he was healthy. [D] In 1987, he was questioned by IBB after evidence came out that he plotted to overthrow his government. [E] IBB gave Awolowo 3 options as punishment for the plot: Death by firing squad, Life imprisonment, or go on exile. [F] The Awolow family and friends pleaded for forgiveness to IBB,but he remained resolute and the please went on deaf ears. [F] Awolowo was later found dead in a room from an overdose in medications.

Mickael2:
Apart from Makele, I am not sure you can grade any other Chelsea DMF(past or present within the said time) as a truly World Class player. There is World Class, there is the next category beneath World Class and then there is the long list of good players. At 21, Matic was sitting on Chelsea's bench, true, but at 21 a lot of good players were sitting on Chelsea's bench including De Bruyne so nothing there really. At 23-24 Matic was leading Benefica to Europa league finals, that is not exactly an easy thing when you consider the teams in the Europa League back then. Matic has played the most games for Manu in the league than any other player and ManU currently has the best defensive record, I am not sure who should take the glory except Matic(and De Gea to some extent), when Matic is bad Manu will be bad but then they are currently second meaning they have been good way more times than they have been bad. Putting Ndidi within his bracket is.... I don't even know how to put it. Matic isn't world class but saying Ndidi is close to him? Come on.


On another day I would have taken up this Matic-Mikel comparison but let me just let it slide.

LZAA:
matic was chelsea's DM till he left,he only SWAPPED roles with kante when fab had to play
kante waa playing ligue 2 b4 he blew at leicester,matic like david luiz and lindelof were already playing top level footie in portugal

LZAA:
kante benched matic?
wow and here i was thinking matic left because of bakayoko
and here i was thinking it was fabregas complaining of game time last season
kante is a central mid and matic is a dm
they can swap roles but these are their main positions from where they are most effective
oh btw kante was not upcoming when he joined chelsea

LZAA:
d gap btw ndidi and matic IS wide
one is established d oda is upcoming

TheSuperNerd:
Elder Sir Kog45.... I greet you Sir. I remember when I unequivocally stated that Mikel is World class with proof. Many came against that truth.

But now for the sake of this Matic-Ndidi argument, they may agree that Mikel is world class and is on Matic's level.... While Ndidi is not abi? Loooollll... Funny lots they are.

Let me make this clear... Mikel being world class is not even dependent on Matic because Mikel is above the level of Matic. It is an insult to compare Mikel's Class to that of Matic... Mikel is what and who Matic dreamed of becoming and that is how it will always be.


As for Ndidi, that lad is near world class status already. There are strong rumors of his move to a bigger club in the summer. He is the World Ranking best young DM in the whole of Europe today. And he had done things Matic at 21 could only even dream of... Dominating tackling stats across the top five leagues of the world/Europe, churning in top rated performances week in week out in arguably the World's toughest league and the third most technically proficient league in Europe and in the world.... "THE EPL"

Even in the EPL currently, who is better? Matic or Ndidi? The answer is obvious. Ndidi takes it. So what are Matic/Man Utd fanboys talking about?

Honestly, what Matic has now is in the name "Matic", I even rate Milinkovic-Savic higher now. Yet, not even Milinkovic-Savic tops Ndidi. Ndidi is the next big thing the world is gonna see since Ngolo Kante. And he will be much bigger no doubt... What he is already doing at 21 is really scary. He is not even at his peak yet.

Call it hypes all you want people..... But this is the Ndidi we've seen evolve in the EPL since January 2017.

Elder Sir Kog45... Mikel is world class. Well said. But biko let us not insult Mikel's class by making the statement because we agree Matic is world class... Mikel is a far bigger and better player than Matic in pure class, sheer footballing abilities, in world class status and in trophies/achievements. Dem no be mate abeg....

It is funny how guys in here continue belittling our own in the name of some subtle allegiance to Euro club football. They cannot see pass their euro club football allegiances and talk "Truth" pertaining to the beautiful game.

Ndidi is better than Matic currently... And I agree with Elder Kog45 when he first made this similar comment. If anybody don't like it, then take a hike... **In trump's voice** Looollll

kingphilip:
another 200 pages loading

Oasis007:


I think thats all we wanna hear or read on this Thread!

Also, I guess it's gonna make Everyone happy!

Mujtahida:
It's nothing new but in the context of the position taken by komekn it's something to to rub in

asha80:

Mujtahida:
Bye bye

Oasis007:


Ndidi is a world class Player!

EOD!

daveP:
You might have made a great point, but you ruined it with the country comparisons.

Abeg. whatever you say, Ndidi is better than him currently. His peak performance was against Griezmann in the UCL. That guy is a game reader. potentially he is going far places. Matic yaff peaked already

andrew444:
Bros mikel na world class o,I support you for this one,anybody wey say mikel no b world class make we start the arguement

daveP:
i doubt we do. just looking for a West African team that can give them a glimpse of what to expect from us.

realpoacher:
Just look at how a distant 6th team in the la liga would bundle out Man U from the Champions league, yet sir komekn will not let us hear word about how English football is the next best thing since slice bread .......SMH

A 100 million pounds Pogba fees would probably take care of the whole sevilla squad yet they got beaten with their tails between their legs

5 Engliish teams in the second round he has been shouting since, two have been bundled out with probably more to go, ...yet both him and the English media won't still wanna agree that football..., extremely good football exist outside England

edi287:
The real guy I'm keeping my eye out for is Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. That guy is a beast.

life2017:
Senate President Saraki is acting like a Tyrant. Saraki is only powerful because Buhari is not willing to buy support from Senators with Ghana must go and dollars like it was done in the era of PDP

komekn:
Firstly, the basics what does biased mean Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something. Once again I am involved with English football primarily and therefore it's not bias to talk from a standpoint of knowledge quite often first hand. It would be nonsensical rambling for me to be talking about Nigerian league and as such I leave it for those in the know like BascoVanVeli, TheGoodJoe, etc.

Which country has the overwhelming highest number of Nigerian origin players in the world outside of Nigeria So it makes rational sense to concentrate on the biggest pool of potential talent. It's not sentimental prejudice it's common sense.

With regards to quality are you saying the EPL is not quality Which league had the overwhelming highest number of clubs in the last 16 of the Champions league

I have always said the EPL is the most physically taxing, highest tempo and competitive league. I did not say the most technically astute. In this regard La Liga is better technically speaking even possibly Seria A.

ChrisKels:
I have a big genuine success story from an insider about some quality foreign born players making waves in Europe's top five leagues who have called in saying they are reconsidering their earlier stances of turning out for their European nations, I would have loved to share the news in details with us here but for the prying ears, let me shield my sword until it's reported by THENFF.COM. We wouldn't wanna repeat a mistake. With these developments, expect some changes and stiffer competitions in the defence, midfield through to the attack.

I fear for Omeruo, Agu, Echiejile, Nwakeme and to an extent, Ogu.

edi287:
True. Matic will play as a DM while Mikel plays as an AM.

edi287:
Matic is a better DM than Mikel ever was. He successfully converted to DM from AM something which Mikel didn't do too well

Humility017:
if matic I know so well....is said to be a world class.....same matic @ 21 he was not in Chelsea first team let alone bench...that was when Chelsea was Chelsea and mikel who isn't a world class....according to some folks...
was playing and getting some minutes in Chelsea....at that age.

then someone need explain to me the criteria use to rate players as world class.

forgiveness:


Sharing Formular Stalled Sunday Mba's Move To CA Bastia (french Ligue 2 club)

Goal discovered from a prominent contact who was privy to the contract and it was discovered that the sharing of the €150,000 involved as transfer fee was the major cause of the deal not materializing in the first place.

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi allegedly demanded for €50,000 from the deal which Warri Wolves boss Amaju Pinnick perceived was too much and believed that the remaining €100,000 won’t be enough for him and Emmanuel Ibru, who was also involved in the sale of the player, to share.


https://www.nairaland.com/1424028/sharing-formula-stalled-sunday-mbas

Mujtahida:
Very strange. Do you know that one of my past times is to watch and read about football history? Then imagine someone saying enough of the history lessons. Make him chill abeg. Baba fire dey go. If he's not enjoying it, others are.

maidaboi:
the question should be where was matic at 21?

enomakos:
ndidi is not in the same class with matic yet bro

Daejoyoung:
lol, you know something in us always tend to underrate our players.

elyte89:
Stop mentioning Musa...wetin d guy achieve asyde making 1st eleven under mediocre coaches....I no like DT musa guy at all,very predictable in his style,so myopic,erratic in his performance, just too poor as an attacker,his final third ball is disastrous, I support boss chriskel on dis,if I were to b d coach,he won't smell my bench, let alone of making d 23man list

MetalJigsaw:
This thread says 2018 World Cup and 2019 AFCON and not "anything related to football"
Lets stick to the premise of the thread, Mr

forgiveness:
Obafemi Martins was in the form of his life. Raheem Lawal was one of the best performer going to the nations cup, Lukeman Haruna was playing 24/7 in the Ukrainian league with Kvie and in the UEFA Champions League. .

Gbenga Arokoyo and Kenneth Otigba played regularly in the Turkish and Eredivise league.

Ike Uche was the best striker we had prior to the world Cup.