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andrewbaba44:
How many bench tuchel bench Tammy before him find him way come Roma ?

English player hardly go abroad but Tammy went to seria A ,this shows Tammy is very ambitious ,but my iheanacho believe England is the best thing after slice bread ,this guy won’t lack offers from decent teams from Laliga seria A bundesliga ,but he refused to leave England ,e carry England for head like komekn

Why

Because most clubs in Europe cannot afford to buy them, its that simple.

However, opportunities for young players in the highly competitive EPL means some will look at lesser league or go from the Championship to first tier league in Europe.

So for instance Jadon leaves Man city to Bundesliga and essentially cleans up, Jude Bellingham at 17 also leaves Birmingham city straight to the Bundesliga and has been outstanding, youngest ever Player to score for B.Dortmund. Ademola ,Batshuayi, Reiss Nelson, all made great impact in the Bundesliga.

Aina was voted best RWB in the Championship and no opportunity in Chelsea goes to Seria A and has been outstanding given accolade as fastest player in Seria A at one stage. Tomori found no opportunity in Chelsea and is definitely a top top CB in AC Milan his progress anchored in on his outstanding season in the Championship.

Tega Abraham was outstanding in the Championship and outstanding in the EPL. But left out for non football reasons by Chelsea.He had gone to Seria A and has been outstanding, not too many goals but his contribution to the team excellent.

HOWEVER, the situation with KC is not comparable in any way, he has been highly DISSAPOINTING. After his £25 million pound transfer he has played five seasons in the EPL for Leicester City and after 106 games in the EPL he has scored 22 goals. That's just ABYSMAL there is no excuse.

That's why he has remained in the EPL NOBODY will pay him half of what he is currently getting not even in in the Championship. No European team will take him he will have to drop his wages to wel below £20k a week.

He has also renewed his contract and will probably see it out. He improved immensely last season but it seems like he played Leicester UK Yahoo. Because he is back to his normal to self only one goal this season.

So will not move anytime soon

Igboid:
Mr Man stick to your Urhobo, I don't know why you non Igbo minorities like scattering Igbo speaking communities in SS and take delight in having them say they are not Igbo.

Ukwuani shares 98% mutual intelligibility with Onitsha (Anambra) language, and the language you hear in Ukwuani (Kwale), is 99.9% similar to what is spoken in Oguta(Imo state) and Ogbaru (Anambra state) as these parts are contiguous with each other.

I don’t know why you take delight in reaping and claiming were you did not sow.

Not al Delta Igbo related tribes are Igbo.

They have been birthed by multiple associations.

andrewbaba44:
Where did I say kwale is igbo ? So because I said more than 50 percent words in kwale is the same thing with Igbo means kwale is igbo ? Na ITK be one of your biggest problem

80 percent of people from the Scandinavian don’t speak English , stop lying okay .

You know wisdom says think before you speak , however foolishness says just speak.

I actually was talking from personal experience, but to substantiate my view ,in case I was talking from crass ignorance and a vacuous perspective , birthed from a parochial view of my visits to Scandinavian countries.

As they say Google is your friend.

Please consider the screen shot and return back to school and ask for a double refund of school fee's. They have taught you nonsense garnished with rubbish.

I should add my 80% projection was wrong the estimate given here is 86% of people in Sweden speak English .

Danielnino00:
You are so into Omeruo case that you have changed his name to Omeruah

Your balance of judgement , objectivity and appraisal are immense.


Of all the things you could find in that write up is you did not spell Omeruah name correctly.

I have no words to describe you , beyond you are incorrigible in your prejudice and negative bias.

andrewbaba44:
My people here no care ,but if the guy come Dey suffer injuries for Napoli dem no go like am

Napoli knows better and they aren’t stupid

Meanwhile NFF will not contribute to help pay his salary if anything happens.

The reality is anybody coming back from injury may take a few months to get match fit.

andrewbaba44:
My friend common sense is not common

When I said our own Nigeria language ,I guess it must be kwale urhobo isoko that’s not popular like Yoruba igbo or pidgin English ?

You are not even making single sense ,just watch what you said ,we cannot use our own Nigeria language to communicate in Nigeria ,same Nigeria people communicate with Yoruba igbo Hausa everyday of their life ?

Maybe isoko and urhobo can go on extinct but not kwale ,you have no idea that kwale share more than 50 percent of words with the igbo language ?

Can you use your English language in countries like denmark,Sweden ,Norway ? Almost everybody there go see you like dundy ,I won’t even talk about the Arab countries self

Abeg if I fall your hand make you carry am up

Kwale is not Igbo and if you speak kwale an Igbo man will not understand the substance of your conversation.

Actually, in mainland Europe to be educated is synonymous with speaking 2/3 languages. In all these Scandinavian countries from my personal experience 80% of people speak English fluently and probably better than the English people themselves. Yes, l have used my English language in Scandinavia, even in Lithuania, to answer your question.

Spain and France probably about 30% much more depending if you are in a Urban setting or Rural one. So really your not talking to from knowledge but asdumptive misled and misinformed notions.

There is no one singular language that you can use to communicate throughout Nigeria, that's my assertion. You are not making SENSE.

Kwale is a town and not necessarily a language or even tribe, Ukwuani would be more representative term. They have origin that relate to the Benin and are not entirely Igbo derived. But that's not important.

The one language that you can use in general throughout Nigeria is pidgin English. Any other languages is about location.

The most international Nigerian language is probably the Yoruba which is spoken in West Africa as well as Brazil and Cuba.

Finally , who is the big DUNDEE UNITED ❓❓ English is not spoken in the Scandinavian countries CHEI ,

Please no vex go and ask for refund because, the school were you go them cheat you, teaching you nonsense.

andrewbaba44:
Make una let osimhen rest abeg

Una self Dey rush am pass Napoli ,if he is not fit for the afcon then we have to accept it

If the NFF were considerate and sensitive they should not be taking a player who is recovering from injury and very serious injury as well. It's not professional and the right thing to do under the circumstances.

I ABSOLUTELY think he should not go to the AFCON.

Philosopher1979:
Actually, Awaziem is one of our best defenders.
I watched him play for Nigeria in the qualifiers and he was very good.
He is in Turkey because his old club (Boavista) could not pay his wages.
Also, maybe his agent did not advertise him well.

Home grown African talents are not well advertised by their agents and thus, it is no fault
of there's that they are not always in the big leagues or clubs.
Believe it or not Awaziem with the way he plays is one of our best defenders and even Rohr during his time
could never drop him from the team.
He has been fantastic in Turkey and he will join a big team or league as time goes on.

As per Omeruo he is average but you are right. A lot of players in the bottom 10 of the English league
and in division 2 are not better than him. He is at the same level if not better than Semi Ajayi or
players in a club like Newcastle.
Life is not always fair and assessing a player by his league is not always straight forward.
in fact, if Simmy Nwankwo was born in Europe, given his career record, he will not be in Salernitania
but again, he does not have a good agent.

Very weak EXCUSES, because his agent is not good, when the product in is not good even the best agent cannot sell it. And which good agent want to carry "bad market" by comparison to other players.

Do you know how many black player born in Europe did not make it They should say it's because they were not born in Africa or because they are not White.

The French national team is almost entirely black, what is your point Umtiti was born in Cameroon but plays as a CB for Barcelona and France. Eric Bailly Manchester United CB, was born in Cote d'Ivoire, so also was Maxwell Cornet of Burnley ( IMO s racist team and Manager)

With the fast pace, physicality and aerial dominance required for the EPL even the Championship both Awaziem and Omeruah will fall flat on their faces.

I remember at the last AFCON Omeruah could not handle a very basic long ball , that led to the goal by Cameroon. This was a school boy error, but he got bullied and missed the clearing header. That sort of ball is the bread and butter of the EPL and Championship.

The pertinent question should be how much better we would be if we had better CB than these two mediocre defenders.

These two guys have had numerous opportunities to show that they are quality, buy they just cannot make STEP UP. And if SE wants to compete on the global stage we need far better players.

andrewbaba44:
Well said ,thank you for this .

Should I even call it low self esteem from Nigerians ? I think you used the right words (colonial mentality) but I would have preferred colonial stupidity .

Welcome to Nigeria where using your local language to communicate with the world is a crime ,but the world is free to communicate with their own language while Nigerians use translator to understand

When Obafemi Martins joined Levante ,during his first interview or so he was communicating in Italian language and there was a translator in Spanish .

You are being overly optimistic and sentiment led and not being sensible and realistic.

Do you know you cannot , use our own Nigerian languages to communicate in Nigeria and you are asking him to use a Nigerian language in Europe. Please wake up.

Your Kwale language as well as my own Uhrobo/ Isoko language will probably be extinct in 50 year's. Why because you cannot use those languages to communicate to generality of people you meet in Nigeria.

You will have much more Success with Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa and Fulani.

I go to Warri and I meet my cousin's and younger family members they cannot speak our language , all they speak is Warri pidgin.

Spanish in is spoken over several continents, l learned my first level of Spanish from staying in Miami , Florida. This is an international language widely spoken.

What you are saying doesn't make any sense , you are in Italy should you not learn Italian so you can communicate and therefore relate and integrate.

You fall my hand , bros , you no make sense.

Meliforme:
My appraisal of them is not from their Whoscored ratings.
I don't even know their rating on Whoscored.
But i beg you not to look down on Whoscored, those guys are very good.

The quality of the league they feature in, doesn't make them below par.
You will need more than talent to feature at the biggest stage.

Mr Komekn, I will pick Awaziem and Omeruo ahead of some EPL defenders.
Most EPL clubs don't have good defenders.

You are being led by emotive sentiment.

Quality doesn't hide it moves upwards not downwards, like CREAM it rises to the top.

Omeruah played for Middlesbrough but was far from outstanding, and nobody wanted his services in the Championship and you really think , he can play in EPL. He played in the La Liga once again he was just making up the numbers in a mediocre team. He gets relegated and nobody wanted him in La Liga. WHY You cannot dress up chicken and call it goat meat.

His compatriot is the same Awaziem and that's why he is in the backwaters league of Turkish football, and nobody wanted him in the Portuguese first not even Boavista to who had an option to buy him.

You cannot dress up these self evident facts, you cannot hide the obvious. These two defender are bang average or below and are on the decline, at very young ages. ( Maybe football age has caught up with them)

I don't look down on " Whoscored" they do an absolutely fantastic job. But these statistics have to be seen in context, they are indicative not conclusive.

According to you most EPL clubs don't have good defenders. Why then are there more EPL clubs in the last 16 of the Champions League than any other league ❓❓Why is the EPL the best league in the World.

Sugarboyy:
The derby match is stated for January 2nd.
As at today Balogun is still not fit but will be fit for the January 2nd derby.
Balogun has not been listed for Rangers matches for a long time because he has been out injured including their ongoing match at home to Dundee United.

Actually "fully fit" is the diction used, which is a very ambiguous term. When Gerard was Manager of Rangers Balogun tweaked his hamstring and as a precaution was substituted.

He has been nursing a minor hamstring for near 6 week' is what you are suggesting.

However, since Calvin cam in his place he has taken his performances to another level much better than Balogun.

During this period , specifically on the 11 November Gerrard left to Aston villa. And Van Bronkhurst came to Rangers and he feels Calvin is better, very simple.

Saying Balogun is not fully fit is just an exercise in being diplomatic by Van B.

MEANWHILE watching Arsenal flogging Leeds 3-0 with Saka just scored the third goal all in the first half.

Meliforme:
Awaziem and Omeruo are good players.

Personally i will savour the pairing of Balogun and Ughelumba (Calvin) in the national team, with a hope to witness the same in their club sides.

The pairing appears very complementary with a vast hope for improvements.

The following screenshots of Balogun and Ughelumba respectively were taken from Whoscored

Whoscored may indeed give them both a 9.5 average.

But taken in the context of the league they play in Turkish league ranked 18 in Europe and l am certain the Segunda is much lower in quality and competitiveness than the Turkish league.

Last season Awaziem played for Boavista on loan ftom Porto yet Boavista did not try to retain him Or any other team in the Portuguese league. WHY ,he was too good

You could get a 10 score from Whoscored playing for Warri Wolves in the NPFL, will that put you on par with the English premier League ❓❓

Let's be real and stop walking on eggshells , these two playo are not quality players, at best just average.

I remember when Omeruah returned to Chelsea a few seasons ago he was told to train with the U18 not even the U23. That tells you how much they rated him

Subzero047:
Lies lies and lies just say you don't watch Rangers instead of uttering this rubbish, Balogun has been injured since GVB took over

Press release from Ibrox .

Someone is telling bare faced LIES, l wonder WHO

charlesemeka85:
I think the new super eagles coaching crew should groom[b] Calvin bassey to replace aging balogun or error prone ekong[/b]

I pray Osaze comes good at Celtic too so him and bassey will form our central defensive pair in the nearest future

Also the nff and eguavoen should reach out to udinese’s left back udogie. Have followed him closely and must confess that he is better than both Sanusi and Collins

Eguavoen should use this afcon to incorporate akpoguma fully to the team, if possible drop ekong for the hoffenheim man if the watford cb continues to underperform. An awaziem and akpoguma combination should be tried in friendlies prior to the afcon

If club form is the basis for national team selection.

Then the decision has already been made, since the departure of Gerrard and the arrival of Van Bronckhorst Calvin has been in every game and Balogun has been left onthe bench, even after he recovered from injury.

This is the conundrum with the NFF this boy has upped his game in a league that is 9 places higher than the Turkish league. He is outstanding in his league in the HERE and NOW. And we are still waisting time to invite him ,he had effectively benched Balogun his stats are outstanding.

We are still holding on to mediocrity with Omeruah and Awaziem who cannot rise above Turkish league and or the poor 2nd tier Segunda Division. Both players are not outstanding in their respective leagues ,just making up the numbers.

TFLASHOGEE:
glad you never accepted that delusional not something to be proud of

Distinguish between DELUSIONAL disorder ( which is essentially mental sometimes psychotic disorders)

And SIMPLISTIC Delusion which is fixed stong beliefs not based on rationaity or facts.

Using the phrase, "l am crazy about Manchester United" doesn't mean to say l am psychotic and schizophrenic, where Manchester United is concerned.

Do I really have to talk about simplistic ambiguity of diction, the context of words and therefore meaning qualified by context.

I assume a certain level of education and comprehension here, as well as common sense.

It seems I am wrong in that assumption.

AndSunGorilla:
We judge ourselves by our intentions while others judge us by our actions.
While I have logs in my eyes to remove, don't forget the speck in us cos it could also cause some form of blindness.

Peace sir and no I don't want any long religious discourse here sir.

My deductions are not ASSUMPTIVE but from painstaking meditation ,study, revelation and engagements with many so called " Men of God" who seek to distort, decieve and burden.

As a starter read the true Apostle 2 Corinthians 11.

I end the matter here.

ChrisKels:
Mba is doing fine. Last month I saw him and Oshaniwa at a kick about in Abuja.

First frame - Mba and our then second choice goalkeeper(Chikwado Buffon)
Second frame - Oshaniwa and Chikwado

In 2013 a EPL club wanted to sign him .

But the naked greed of the official in Warri Wolves and others blocked progress including Enugu Rangers. One of those officials is now at the pinnacle of Football administration in today.

He Mba probably didn't get the opportunity to choose.

PurpleHouse:
Discipline

Imagine if DISCIPLINE was the key component for success in football.

We should also understand what we consider of discipline to be , may be DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT from other regions and countries.

Imagine how the Brazilians, the French, and German s see discipline will be different from how Nigerian see discipline.

Discipline in general is ambiguous and it's predominantly perceptive led that leaves it open to subjective deductions.

forgiveness:
What a joke!

Agreed hilarious.

The EPL is currently a three horse race with little or nothing between by them, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester city.

This is truly exciting stuff, from the best league in the world.

Karlovych:
To be fair Okonkwo hasn't done well in the games he played so far for Arsenal especially during the pre season, I know he is only 20.

He had one very poor game his first of the season and flopped badly.

But according to Arsenal he has been doing very well in training.

On the other hand can any of our goalkeepers make Arsenal reserve keeper slot ❓

charlesemeka85:
dele na player self wey deserve the rumored spot given to nwakali

Since he returned from injury and joined reading he has been consistent with good performances for the championship side

Ovie is much better and would be an in absolute asset to the SE. Bringing in the much needed inspirational technical ability to dominate with skill, style and panacea. Ovie is a baller.

Having Eze and Ovie would be taking the SE to another Level.

Wonder why we haven't called in reserve goalkeeper Okonkwo he was on the bench when Arsenal gave West Ham a comprehensive football lesson beating them 2-0 .

It could easily have been 5-0 .

MOTM Saka , his progression has been simply astounding.

Kog45:
Ha Dele Bashiru,I will not deceive I don't know him much and I don't see anyone here talking about him.

He plays like an English man, doesn't have that flair, unpredictability, skill and technicality , needed to be an AM in the SE.

However, a hard working water carrier with lots of stamina going up and down the field a big yes.


Outstanding quality no for me.

andrewbaba44:
English championship is ahead ,but why will someone say that segunda is very very very low in quality because they don’t have much money like the championship?

Very simple because QUALITY follows the $$$£££€€€

chrisooblog:
Egbon that's a matter of opinion. Championship might have more money but I've not seen any obvious quality in the league abi how many championship players go to other leagues and dominate?

I will give you just one from the many English youth players, Jude Bellingham B. Dortmund, started playing at 16 and dominating in the Bundesliga.

Now tell me a better quality second tier league.❓❓

ChrisKels:
You are a retardëd filthy IDIOT

I was going to reply .

But realized it was you the “ HUNGRY MAN” and therefore “ SO ANGRY ‘

Please Christmas is coming you should stop eating your favorite dish “ Thick bitter leaf soup with no meat and fish “

Because what’s coming out is Rancour , Discontent garnished with Vitriolic rhetoric .

Have a wonderful afternoon stay in the lovely sunshine and get a coke with a smile

AndSunGorilla:
2ic of God, well done sir. Your last comment smacks of arrogance sir, please try to tone it down.

Arrogance and Humility are perceptive deductions.

That's your perception not mine.

But the question remains do you wish to engage and derail the thread momentarily and possibly be enlightened , educated and maybe emancipated from religious hegemony.

The CHOICE is yours

12large1:
I feel like you’re being too harsh on him. Yes, he hasn’t fulfilled his potential shown at youth level. But, to dismiss an African player talent simply because he hasn’t made it big is incorrect. There are lots of factors that contribute towards a player excelling at the highest level and that includes discipline, Luck etc…. Talent isn’t the only requirement… the only time, that I was privileged to watch nwakali at senior level for Nigeria was vs Athletico Madrid and he was the best player in that game. Mind you, it was a game that included Thomas partey, fernando torres, correa, borja, juanfran.. yet nwakali was the most valuable player in that game and scored a world class goal… my point is that, we shouldn’t allow the European teams to narrate and dictate our players.. if a player has a history of performing for his country and he isn’t impressing at his club, continue using him.. in the case of Nigeria, we only have iwobi or Aribo to certain extent as a playmaking option and we have nothing to lose if our coach tries out another player at that position.. if nwakali flops, he wouldn’t be invited while if he performs, a solution would had been found

With regards to the Athletico Madrid game, it was a friendly game taken very seriously by the B team national players but not particularly by the Athletico Madrid players.

That is the perspective. So I would NEVER use that game as a singular basis to determine player quality.

One game doesn't make a player. It's the continuous consistent outstanding performance in your club day in and day out over the season that determines your quality.

In this regard it's your outstanding performance in club and league that will be the basis for national team selection.

Nwakali is not the only Nigerian player in Europe, he get too much attention for doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. It's a disservice to other players who are doing much better than him but never mentioned.

With regards to your point in the bold . Nwakali has Zero history of performing for Nigeria beyond historical youth football.

Again with regards to the bold. That's a bigoted double standard. When Europeans recognise our players and they win accolades we concur and join hands to praise them. However, when they are not given accolades we question the Europeans and call them biased and unable to appreciate our players.

There are players who have played at the highest levels and just dropped off . For a host of reasons such as Jordan Ibe, Berahino, Yannick Bolasie, Ravel Morrison, etc . Do we still hold on with delusional Nostalgia instead of facing the reality of failure to live up to promise. Remove emotive sentiment and stop making FRIVOLOUS EXCUSES for mediocrity and failure.

There are many truly young Nigerian players doing much better in Europe than Nwakali. Maybe we should call in the host of Nigerian origin youth players in Arsenal who have succeeded where Nwakali FAILED to the SE that would be much more reasonable.

Finally , since you do not want the implied biased Europeans to dictate who is good and quality among our players. Let them therefore REMAIN in Nigeria and play local football and become world beaters from our local leaguei.

This discourse has gone VERY QUITE.

Have contributors been sent to detention secretly , I wonder what happening.

Napoleon55:
Controversial,i agree with u.
Balderdash,i disagree with komekn.

I was never the original proponent of that theory but i support it.

However i will modify it and put it this way,
If u are either christian or a muslim,and u sleep with a woman who is not your wife/partner a day to a game,it will affect ur performance.

And almost all of our players either profess christianity or muslim,
not atheism or traditionalism.

So i do not encourage it for our players,unlike komekn who encourage it.

Do you really want to get into a theological Christian based contentious discourse with me ❓

I dont do ASSUMPTIVE based deductions based on long historical cultural practice but PRINCIPAL BIBLICAL BASED SUBSTANTIVE DEDUCTIONS.

You simply have no Idea.

ChrisKels:
If na we write am now, dem go say we dey overhype the boy lol.
Thank God say dey dun sack that fraud masquerading as Super Eagles coach

So the writer is Arsene Wenger, Mourinho, Pep and or Zidane. So we should now take his word as the complete verdict for outstanding performance.

You are being delusional.

The Segunda Division is VERY VERY LOW in quality and the money is a joke. At one stage the entire transfer budget of the Segunda Division was almost on par with Fulham transfer expenditure in the Championship. That should tell you something.

Nwakali is near 24 years old and people are still talking about youth football exploits of 7/8 years ago,that's ludicrous. Nwakali is OVER HYPED by so many here, he failed in the Dutch Eredivisie, failed again in the second by tier Eerste Divisie.

He was so resoundingly astounding , he went to Porto B and couldn't even be a regular. He is now in Huesca and remains in there , WHY ❓ Too good

These are not the attributes of outstanding quality but the opposite.

When he went to Arsenal , Saka, Okonkwo, Folarin, Nelson, Akinola, Emile Smith, were in some cases 12/13 years old . Now look at those players today.

But he couldn't cut, he was simply not good enough. And don't say discrimination and racism Arsenal has more Nigerian players in the reserves than any other team in Europe.

Football is a very short term career and time waits for no one.

AndSunGorilla:
The small boys were sent home for flouting covid protocols and not just for trying to motivate themselves.

This was the core issue, possible exposure to COVID infection and by implication compromising the health of the whole team .