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sarrki:
Hmmmm

He's not sir

He's one of the most corrupt senate president we ever had

Lagos boy don't tell us u are attacking our senate president coz of great Tinubu.

ote author=soletar post=52068322]

Where did you infer Tinubu is my role model? If your low IQ can't make you comprehend my post, then don't mention me.

Thanks and have a nice day![/quote]

Johnnyessence:
please where do you get this your analysis hmmmm. Saraki have been rejected in Ilorin central since. He will lose voting strength in south south and south east too. Nobody will vote for him in the south west cos of series of corruption cases that's hanging under his neck.

Kids are talking

sarrki:


Your role model

Saraki can't be my role model

Nobody is forcing Saraki on u as a role model.

soletar:
Don Saraki!

One of the most cunning politicians in Nigeria. We Kwarans know him very well.

Other Nigerians beware! He has ONLY HIS own interests at heart

pls keep your advice coz we already knew that all Nigeria politicians are cunny inclusive Tinubu your role model!sorry our role model.

LONJITARLE:
When u hear that small iheanacho is already collecting 100k.

Nacho 100k!haha fake news

tbaba1234:
Bros, it is just a slow news day... Journalist was looking for what to write.

Don't mind some of our sports journalist especially owngoal,info on nairaland sports section better than most sport reports in Nigeria.

Mickael2:
I knew you thought I was implying that Mikel was a liability to the team so that you will kill me instantly

Yea so that we can enter another box(kog45 vs Michael2)

Icon4s:
Firstly Kanu Nwankwo was never a CF. He was more of a supporting striker and an Attacking midfielder. He even started off as a midfielder at FIFA U17 WC.

He brought a lot to the game. He was so brilliant on the ball and possessed killer skills and tricks to outwit opponents.

He was the type that would always engage defenders thereby creating penalties and free-kicks in very dangerous positions.

However, Kanu Nwankwo achieved more at club level than at national team level. There are players like that.

Take a look at some one like Abedi Pele. What did he achieve with the Ghanaian national team. He didn't even play at the World Cup. But his exploits at Olympic Marseille were enormous.

Lionel Messi is popular today mostly bc of his heroics at Barcelona and not as an Argentine national team player.

Then also, statistics don't always tell the true story. It does not always give the full picture.

Noted

daveP:
wow,if we want to dig up stats then we may have our so called legends down to mediocres.


Like Aghahowa who was on the lips of every street way back then, only 14 goals?


The difference is that these guys played with unrivalled passion. If these xuree t squad just take the passion to another level with their better tactical advantage of current times,...... lemme stop.


Besides there is some politics on this goal scorer list. Give obagoal 5 games and he will be num 2 on all time.

Aghaowa 32 games 14 goals still better than Martins 41 games 18 goals using ratios to judge.Also check Agali 12 games 5 goals,with more games he should have been one of d best.

chrisooblog:
hi interesting question well before i give you my own opinion let me say i'm a big fan of kanu the person for the inspirational way he overcame his heart condition problem and his philanthropy. now on kanu the footballer like your friend i think he was over-rated and i will give reasons why.

first of as a striker his goal return for the super eagles was poor to say the least. 12 goals in 87 matches is pathetic reading. scoring against the likes of sudan, liberia, uzbekistan, eritrea etc. in international tournaments you will weep. 6 AFCONS plus 3 world cups not even a single goal in sight not even a half goal. now you will say but he won olympic soccer gold. yes he did and i commend him for that but i hope we all know that the olympics football competition is an underage tournament which no serious football nation will continue to boast in as a major achievement. samuel etoo also won an olympic medal but went on to shine and score for cameroon in AFCONS and world cups. kanu on the other hand when he went for senior international tournament was no where to be found. you might also argue that he won african footballer of the year na! but the question to ask is what did he do in those years to merit the awards. for the 1996 one i guess you can say the euphoria of the olympic win that gave it to him because it was definitely not his club form where he scored 13 goals in 39 appearances. the second one he won in 2000 what did he do? did he win a trophy with nigeria? NO. did he win a trophy with arsenal? NO. was he their top scorer? NO. so i'm forced to conclude that the times he won were based on mostly sentiments. you may ask how but it's not so much of a stretch if players like adebayor, mustapha hadji, el haji diouf etc who no one will say are african greats can win it then kanu's isn't suprising.

now to his club career he had good fortune to play for great clubs. when ajax won the champions league in 95 he was a bit part player scoring only one goal. plus the dutch league in the early to mid 90s was a one team league where ajax by default always before kanu and after kanu. in inter kanu was affected by the heart issue so let's ignore that one. with arsenal he started well but when he was a starter in the first eleven they didn't win anything when he dropped to the bench for bergkamp they started winning leagues and fa cups. in west brom they got relegated. portmouth too thank God he won fa cup beating cardiff city. even wigan won fa cup beating man city.

kanu is a terrific guy and a great ambassador but kanu the footballer is no where near nigerian football legends.

Noted,but Kanu not Nigeria football legend!a question for d gurus here to answer.

safarigirl:
he's suggesting vice captaincy, not the main captaincy

I think Leon will have to wait till 2018 at least to get the VC title still

Yes i know,but d suggestion is uncalled for.As u rightly said,Leon need to wait till 2018

mastermaestro:
Power sector has collapsed! Buhari unwisely destroyed the sector even further by appointing Fashola to oversee a sector where extraordinary expertise is direly needed. My area where light was fairly constant during Jonathan's time now manages to get power supply every two to three days. It's infuriating!

Frankly speaking, Buhari has ruined everything that was handed over to him.

GEJ boy continue talking

TheSuperNerd:
Ex- International Wants Leon Balogun To
Replace Ahmed Musa As Super Eagles Vice-Captain

https://owngoalnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/image-50.jpg


Former Super Eagles goalkepper Emmanuel
Babayaro has urged Super Eagles coach Gernot
Rohr to make Mainz 05 defender Leon Balogun
vice captain of the Super Eagles.

Leicester City star Ahmed Musa is currently the
vice captain of the team but Babayaro says
Balogun has shown enough in terms of leading
the players on the pitch to be named as vice
captain.


”Balogun has leadership qualities that only Mikel can match in the Super Eagles, I love Musa a lot for all he has achieved in such a short time, but when it comes to motivating players Balogun is a more natural leader” Babayaro told
Owngoalnigeria.com.


”He (Balogun) has made William Troost Ekong
looked world class, he is always giving out
instructions, unfortunately a lot of people don’t
see that on camera.

”I don’t know about his relationship with the
press, which is a criteria as well to be named
leader of a national team, but I also don’t think
Musa has a good rapport with the press as well.
Balogun should be named vice captain”.



Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2016/12/12/ex-international-wants-leon-balogun-to-replace-ahmed-musa-as-super-eagles-vice-captain/

This is my problem with ex internationals,they always like to distract d team with unnecessary suggestions.We have not fully come out of Oliseh and Enyeama tussled coz active Enyeama has retired from eagles.

So what hell again about vice captain,is Rohr complaining about Musa attitudes or what,Babayaro should remembered that captain band was taken from Musa to Mikel and again vice captain from him!No mba

Truly,Leon may have d charisma but not now coz is new in d team and should learn from Mikel coz d guy has been wonderful as a captain.

To be a captain is not just to lead on d field alone but outside d field which Mikel has been doing wonderfully.I don't think Nff can dare it owing eagles two match allowance in d era of Keshi,Olishe,Kanu,Okocha,Yobo even Enyeama as captain,this is a plus for Mikel.

Quite agreed Leon against Algeria showed leadership quality but d politicking of d game in Nigeria is different from western world where d guy was brought up,no issue of unpaid allowance or traveling issue.Pls can Leon as a captain withstand what happened to U 23 in RIO.

Also Musa has d vice captain ve been supportive and d spirit in d camp is always high,let d boys enjoy themselves,no need to go back to Olishe era of discontent.

Liftkid:
Guys please help

pls guy run coz they are fake.

TheGoodJoe:

English players have inflated prices. There is no way Sterling is worth that price tag. Same goes to Stones. Stones was not as slow as Kolarov. He was not. His Problem came from his choices. His decision to ball watch instead of tracking Vardy was one. His decision to pass back in a tight situation instead of putting the ball out for a throw or making an earlier simple pass to Sagna.

However, the lack of pace and stamina is even a bigger issue. Sagna tried but a younger version will excel in that game. Zabaleta, Kolarov, Clichy and Sagna are in their thirties. We need younger players to cope with the demanded runs of the system.

Just like the runs Iheanacho made yesterday.

Then draft in d likes of Adarabioyo coz your old defenders lack d pace or cannot cope with intense strategy of Guardiola.

My guy no need for excuses,Guardiola is getting it wrong tactically for now,need to adjust his team to suit his old defenders.

TheGoodJoe:

Iheanacho had a good game. There I no way you can say he had a poor game when he did not have good service. He made the most of the situation. Created a clear scoring opportunity for Gundogan, won a clear penalty that was denied.

The question is, how did you not see any of these and asked for one thing.

What of the clear build-up plays by Nacho when he dropped deep?

So, which if these did you see?

Yara Yara, bring my Bullet proof vest. Someone is shooting point blank.

I hold u in very high esteem when analyzing on this forum,quite agreed u are man city fan coz your comments showed that u are one.

We all have our respective club we are supporting as a fan and that should not make us so biased in our analysis.Remember i asked a question when u said d defenders are too old to keep up with Guardiola intense strategy meaning Guardiola should be exonerated from blame,then u came up with a good response saying he should be blamed coz he is in charge.

There are things w need to say here to make this thread credible coz we have a lot of guest peeping here to get info on what is going on,mind u man city lost 4 goals to 1 which tells us they had a very bad game and no need to single out any player for blame.

Normally Iheanacho is our own and i want to tell u a lot of Nigerians watching man city coz of Nacho and they have every right to appraise him.This is point blank,Iheanacho had a poor game yesterday like others and your so call tackled against Nacho,i want to tell u there are some decisions i don't argue on coz they are not clear cut situations.The tackled against Nacho by Albrighton was not a clear cut one so forget d penalty calling

On d old defenders lacking d abilities to cope with Guardiola intense strategy,i totally disagreed with u coz d worst defender yesterday was Stone d youngest,not only yesterday even against Chelsea.Lahm at Bayern was able to work with Guardiola,d same thing Puyol at Barca and we have seen young defenders find it hard to break into Guardiola team.

Truly Stone is young but 50m pound player must be able to do it all,forget age,is like telling me Pogba is still young to justify his price tagged.No excuse for 50m pound player,he must prove his mettle that d money is not a waste.

goldfish80:
For £50m, I would expect more from Stones. Lots of defenders who cost 1/4 of his transfer fee are miles better than him. Virjil Van Dijk and Mustafi transfer fee put together won't buy Jon stones. Its ridiculous.

Yes with Stones at d backline,man city go no where,he lacked a lot of things as a CB

TheGoodJoe:

What is beat the crap? They had a good strategy but we were all over them. It was a brilliant thought out plan by the manager but City dominated the game well. We had a clear handball from a long shot. There was no way the referee missed that. The Leicester City players fouled City repeatedly in the box. It was free for them. They were sure the officials will not blow against them.

That is poor officiating and brought sour to the game.

Did you see the foul on Iheanacho? I guess you also missed the dominant display before the two goals we scored.

Truly u are a great man city fan

TheGoodJoe:

I will not exonerate Guardiola because he works with these guys in training. He should have seen they will not keep up with it.

It is his job to pick the right players for the season. He is paying for his reliance on experience to salvage the situation.

However, under intense pressure like the first game against Celtic, Tottenham and today's game, they fold.

It is up to Guardiola to find some gems to fill these gaps like he did with Pique who was about 20 years to help the defence.

Good point,this is what i want to hear

TheGoodJoe:
Guardiola's team trains and plays to keep the ball most of the time. Today's game was a typical example. The defender push up towards the half way line and play as midfielders. This enables build-up plays with the team compact in the opponents half.

When we lose the ball, the defenders need to sprint to get the ball back. Then push-up to continue the cycle.

Ranieri knows the defenders are old and slow, so he kept few men on their shoulders. When we lose the ball, it was difficult for our slow defenders to cope with Vardy, Slimani and Mahrez.

Good,then defenders are at fault coz they cannot keep up with intense strategy of Guardiola,not d coach.

TheGoodJoe:

Check my signature below. You will find the answer.

Ok good

BascoVanVeli:
Nacho had nothing to do with that match being like that, before he could get a touch they were down 2-0. He picked them up in the 2nd half but he got subbed.


This is my opinion, Pep is making Iheanacho the scape goat for his shameless defence. Also that Navas joke has gone too far, Nolito should have started.

agreed

TheGoodJoe:
Guardiola's team trains and plays to keep the ball most of the time. Today's game was a typical example. The defender push up towards the half way line and play as midfielders. This enables build-up plays with the team compact in the opponents half.

When we lose the ball, the defenders need to sprint to get the ball back. Then push-up to continue the cycle.

Ranieri knows the defenders are old and slow, so he kept few men on their shoulders. When we lose the ball, it was difficult for our slow defenders to cope with Vardy, Slimani and Mahrez.

Sorry are u Man city fan

TheGoodJoe:

Go and watch the first goal. Stones was the last defender beaten. So, how can he be the major culprit. The blame can not fall on one player. The only defender that came to the game was Sagna. He was phenomenal. A second defensive performance like that and it would have been a different game.

The problem is Zabaleta and Kolarov are past their best. Tracking back is difficult. Where Stones failed is his decision making.

By the way, let people leave that Stones is overhyped. He is one of the most criticised defenders, even before he joined City.

A defender with indecision making is a minus in any team.

TheGoodJoe:

Why? How old was Anelka before he became one of the best in the World? How old was Ronaldo De Lima before he was the best in the World. These were teenagers.

Iheanacho showed guts and hunger. Showed passion by putting in repeated brilliant runs.

Guardiola is protecting him enough making him the second striker. As long as he keeps working hard, he is up to the task.

ok

TheGoodJoe:

I already said I will exonerate the players because they are too old. So how does that exonerate Guardiola.

I already said it is suicidal playing a highline with slow defenders. So, how and when did I exonerate Guardiola?

ok what do u mean by saying d defenders are too old to keep up with intense strategy of Guardiola?

TheGoodJoe:

Why is Aguero’s shoe too big? Because, the midfielders failed to create clear cut chances for Iheanacho?

Remember, we had the same issue with the Chelsea game, where the referee allowed unfair physical defending against Aguero. Aguero lost hi Temper in that game.

Whether Messi, Ronaldo, Robben, Hazard or Aguero, if the Referee does not protect the attacker, they will not perform.

Pls try to understand me,am not saying he cannot replace Aguero but for now we should not expect much from Nacho,unnecessary burden to be at same level with Aguero is uncalled for.

TheGoodJoe:
I think most of the blame falls on the defenders. However, I will exonerate them because they are old to keep up with the intense strategy of Pep Guardiola.

When once the defenders can not keep the ball and build-up plays, it is hard for the midfield to continue the process.

Silva and De Bruyne showed hardwork and fought to make things happen.

Unfortunately, there was not enough room to create chances for Iheanacho.

I think City can not wait for the summer to change the defence line. Either we bring back the young guys from loan or buy some quality.

The defence was totally off pace. Made Ranieri's strategy work like magic.

please do not exonerate Guardiola from this coz i don't understand what u mean by saying d defenders are too old to keep up with intense training of Guardiola.

The major culprit today is young overhype Stones who lack d pace and energy to keep vardy at bay,d same thing happened against Chelsea coz he find it difficult to curtain costa,what of bravo who don't know how to read his line as a goalkeeper,7 goals conceded in d last 2 EPL matches not good rating for Guardiola.

TheGoodJoe:

Then why jump in with your comment. Iheanacho worked hard today. When he dropped deep, he pulled off some brilliant touches. His first touch showed improvement. His Problem today was the bias officiating of Michael Oliver who allowed Morgan and Huth foul him repeatedly and go unpunished.

Iheanacho won a clear penal with insane Super speed. How people here will try to make it look like it was a poor outing by Iheanacho baffles me.

Yes i watched d match coz Nacho,honestly i w not condemn him coz d whole team performed poorly,no need to single out Nacho for blame but one thing is glaring d Aguero shoe is too big for Nacho for now and d burden on him is too much,i hope Guardiola w let him development at his own pace coz it w takes time to reach Aguero level.

Mujaheeeden:
Fayose is more popular and loved than Awolowo

Pls be serious my guy

eyeview:
Dear God,
Please let buhari die soon so that Nigeria can return to democracy

My brother easy o,2019 is not far,GEJ is coming back