₦airaland Forum

MetalJigsaw:
I think he has improved beyond that. If you have seen his games at Antwerp.

Then why is he still at Royal Antwerp in the Belgium league.

Why didn't Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester United see him or na only U get eye 👀.

Marjoribanks:
Many journos are calling for Moffi and Nwakali. He should be out for 6 weeks!

Name three please ❓ and they should reputable.

I was talking to a reputable journalist from an international acclaimed periodical. He doesn't know the laters name.

From my perspective loosing to Guinea 2 in a important Friendly, is good news.

From failure success is created and made.

We will go into this tournament knowing we have a lot of work to do not over confident but with dogged determination knowing any mistake will be punished.

It stops the any ego trips based on past glories.

The HARD WORK ethic will now be instilled ,no room for error

Mujtahida:
Baba you used the word aboki in a derogatory fashion. The honorable thing is to own your L or at least stay silent and let the issue slide.

'plays like an aboki'. We all know what you meant and you know what you meant.

Stop making a storm in a tea cup.

If I say you too like money 🤑 like igbo man and or you too stingy like igbo man. Will you call that a racial slur ❓

It's tongue in cheek comedic, nothing of substance, to cause this brouhaha, by quite a few here.

Marjoribanks:
You spit a lot of nonsense! As at the start of this season, Nantes wanted to sign Awaziem and Porto wanted Onyemaechi but Boavista rejected both offer cos they were unable to get replacements. Oga your ignorance is alarming!

Balderdash and Codswallop.

If a team really wants you they present the money 🤑 they think you are worth of they dint rate you they offer peanutts.

Essentially so you can make up the numbers.

JayromWrites:
What did you mean by "Plays like an aboki?"

You think you smart or we dumb or both?


Don't coman disguise here, please explain.

Like money 💰 like igbo man

Warri Jaguda

Uhrobo wayo

Isoko tolopia

Warri no deh carry las.

Yoruba demon 👿

Etc ,etc,


Are all racial offensive slurs above.

If you have nothing to say BE QUITE ,if you believe and think your dumb then see a psychiatrist. If you want a contribution towards cost I'm ready to donate 😆

mostob:
Mention these 10 defenders please. It is either you mention them or accept the fact that you're a big flop.

Is this reverse primary school level psychology 🤣🤣

Look there is no EPL academy you will not find a good number of Nigerian origin players.

Across the Championship a good number of the Nigerian origin players are CB's. Go and look yourself it's not hard .

drDoom3:
Aina does not have much football intelligence. Amazingly athletic though. Reece James' athleticism without the composure and passing abilities. Very good one-on-one, until he meets a winger that doesn't rely on physicality to beat his opponent.

Zaidu can be very erratic. He does some things very well though, like overlapping and crossing. Also decent one-on-one. There's a rawness to his game that I just don't like, it gives me the feel of poor coaching in his formative years.

Bruno IMO is the best of the three. Intelligent and non-erratic, keeps things simple. Very conservative with recycling play and keeping possession, which makes him the most stable of the three, but also the least likely to contribute to the attack. Gives the feel of a CB converted to LB.

Overall it depends on the opponent and game plan. Some games would be best with an Aina, some with a Zaidu, some with a Bruno.

Dude I've watched Aina up close and personal from Chelsea academy upwards from Championship as well.

The coaching set up in Chelsea will install in you certain basics including decision making ( football ⚽ intelligence)

typicalgamer:
Bro Ahmed musa is needed on the team he’s as important as everyone else there

But not for the playing part they’re other areas that Ahmed musa covers well

I repeat not playing part

If you can't play then you are not needed, it's a tournament squad strength is pivotal.

No passengers needed we are here to win, that space could have been taken up by Tells or Fisayo.

Amedino99:
"plays like an aboki" is a slur. You knew the meaning you were driving at when you used that particular word. No dey disguise.

I can't legislate for your perception, it's your choice to read and see what your biased mind perceives.

Danielnino00:
Dey play...
This Tim has barely made up to 5 appearance this season... You're mentioning Douglas Luiz because he is the only top quality midfielder in the team..Funny enough,the other day you called him a DM, which he clearly isn't..
Just dey play

Your stuck in mediocrity and lacking in knowledge both theory and participative quality experiential. Essentially you still deh village .

Quality midfielders don't get type cast into a one dimensional straight jacket 🧥 of one role, DM.

Ngole Kante is primarily a multi skilled and dimensional midfielder that turns defence into attack and has innovation with creativity, creating multiple attacking options and contributions. You would not call him a strict DM , he is so much more.

You clearly have no idea 😞

The same goes for Rice, Casemiro, Bissouma, Caicedo, Rodri, etc. The DM role is not so restrictive anymore for the top teams its more of a HM ( Holding Midfielder) where you become ambidextrous and multi skilled shifting seamlessly from one position to the other connecting and determining the nature of play, offensive and defensive.

Rodri last season in Manchester city had the highest number of passes in the EPL, 189 higher than Lewis Dunk in second, and 546 , Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, the closest midfield player. He has also had more touches than anyone in the league.

So when I look at midfielders, if you are limited to just playing primarily defensive, little or no creativity and offensive ability. You are not going far and I can't take you far. That will be the basis of my player assessment.

Marjoribanks:
Are you saying Laliga, Ligue 1, and Portuguese league are not good enough? lol!

What I'm saying is his attempts today sustain a career in a league one ended in failure , nobody wanted him at Nantes and the French league one. Simply not good enough.

He then descend to Turkey and La Liga in very obscure mainly relegation bound clubs. That's not quality but mediocrity. And had the ignoble honour of going to Croatia league 😯

He is now in Boavista it's not a top team it's an average team with very basic average players.

Many of you don't like it seems, the comparison of monetary 💰 cost as an indicator of value and quality. You take the exception over the general established reality. Best player's get paid the better wages it's very simple.

When you are not so good you get poorer wages , Awaziem has been playing in Europe for a decade more or less. But look where he has played tha tells you something undeniable,he is bang average or below.

To put things into perspective below the weekly wage bill of Boavista and Bolton in English League One.

Now honestly speaking 🗣️ I'm not sure Boavista can beat Bolton.

mostob:
Tim wouldn't get into England midfield, Agreed

England has the better Midfield than Nigeria... Agreed.

The question I'm asking you is Can Tim get into Eagle's current midfield? You dey shalaye.

I once donkeys 🐴 ago said the NFF should very quickly cap Tomori before he BLOWS as well as Eze they did not.

Apart from Iwobi none of our midfielders will smell the Aston villa bench including Ndidi.

Tim is on the bench with Brazilian international Douglas Luiz standing in his way.

The midfielders he would have to contend with are Alhassan, Onyedika, Onyeka, Aribo, Ndidi ( and for some highly delusional Nwakali)

My answer is a very loud 🔊 and resounding capital YES.

For goodness sake it's an insult when you can have Nwakali in the SE discussion to ask the question❓ Can Tim get into Eagle's current midfield? You dey shalaye

elunico:
You complain about racism, yet, here you use a derogatory ethnic slur against Sadiq because you detest him.

You then go on to call Trump a racist. A fvcking hypocrite you are.

You are the bigoted double standard hypocritical tribalist, " out of the depths of the heart the mouth speaks" and as a man thinketh so he is.

Aboki is a term of endearment in one context in another a term ascribed to a lackadaisical mentality.

It's a term I hear continuously, when addressing many a person from the North ⬆️ it's not an insult but an ice-breaker. Just as I would use Nwokem, Aushare ,etc.

So when I check exchange rates at abokifx ,abokiforex, etc I am perpetrating racism, in your minuscule mind.

You are creating a storm in a tea ☕ cup and fanning the flames 🔥🔥 of racist bigotry,where there is none. You are a inconsequential trouble 😵‍💫 maker.

Finally,l don't detest any player that's too emotive, l dint know him and never will probably. I just think he is not very good simply.

You no get work .

mostob:
So Nigeria doesn't have better midfielders? Ndidi, Iwobi, Onyeka, Onyedika and Yusuf are joke to you?

Your proposition lacks MERIT and is completely out of context.

Let me reiterate the substance of my proposition where Tim Iroegbunam is concerned. Which is that there are too many top quality midfielders in England that he has to displace.

The proposition you present is nonsensical.

Reality check ✔️, Not one of our midfielders will get into the England set up , actually not one of our players will get into the England team.

Emmy450:
i just can't phantom the rationale why the super eagles choose to camp in Dubai when they could have camped in nigeria, considering our proximity with tournament host.

With Nigeria there are some things that defy all understanding.

You are playing in a tropical country with high humidity. Then you' go and acclimatize for the tournament in a dry low humidity country in the Arab world.

Speechless 😶

BascoVanVeli:
I'll take Semi over Tosin. For me they cancel each other out defensively but Semi is much better on the ball.

You will take Ajayi over Tosin , I think you have been watching the games with an analogue black 🖤 and white TV.

That's shocking 😯

Kog45:
Sir,Peseiro just picked players he knew very well...pls what is Sadiq doing in the team if we want to base it on form.Yes on Iheanacho I agreed with you but if he is not fit better to take another player

Would you say that KC current form in the Championship with Leicester merits his call up to the SE.

By comparison irrespective of past performances in general you will not get called into England if you are not in form. Except your name is Harry Maguire.

Marjoribanks:
Bassey needs someone as calm as Tosin Adarabioyo in defense to bring the best out of him.
Unfortunately, we don't have that!
Ajayi is too slow for African football!

I would go with Awaziem and Bassey. Of course, they would make mistakes just like the young Omeruo and Obaboona at AFCON 2013 but with time the would become a phenomenal partnership.
Not lacking in intelligence, pace and brawl.

From what I see of Awaziem I would say he is the slowest player in the SE a complete snail 🐌

There is a reason why Awaziem and Omeruo have never gone to any better league or club and are always in regression. They are poor quality.

You would have been better off getting 10 or more Nigerian origin CB's available in the Championship.

ChrisKels:
Answer these simple questions like a mature man who knows his left from his right;


Is Iroegbulam rated by the handlers of the English youth system? If yes, what makes you think Iroegbulam would want to trade a path that leads to the 3lions for a place in the SE midfield?

Because thankfully he is out of the U20 set up , is having issues with his club Villa and he has the Brazilian Douglas Luiz to displace.

There are too many good quality better midfielders in England at that moment.Foden, Bellingham, Palmer, Rice,Calvin, etc

His best bet is the SE

Philosopher1979:
Well, they may hit form.
Class is temporary but form is permanent.
If the musa of the 2018 world cup and 2016 to 2020 can come back again then we are good to go.
If the skillfull briliant Sadiq Umar comes back again then its okay. At least he is playing regularly for his club
Maybe the coach can see something in training.
Let us wait and see but i doubt it.
Talent is talent and a talented player might rise to the occasion. It happens in football.

Tell me beyond obscure league and backwater clubs was Sadiq ever any of these things in the bold.

You are over hyping

Kog45:
I don't see reason why Osayi and Aina should not start as RB and LB cuz the natural left footers Zaidu and Bruno are not better.....a real tactician would have included Ebuehi and drop one of Zaidu and Bruno cuz Ebuehi can also do it as RB and LB,

Thank you 👍🏿

I really don't know why Tim Iroegbunam was not invited. Dude is an exceptional player.

He now caught up in football financial politics, Villa lost Carney Chukwuemeka and don't want to loose Tim Iroegbunam.

And are restricting his game time to force him into a long term contract. Tim Iroegbunam would jump at the chance to play for Nigeria he is off the radar.

As a player he will dominate the midfield, accurate long & short passing, serious physicality with pace and technical ability and tackling with added Aerial dominance he can't be less than 6' 3'.

Nomyth:
It's right there, Osimhen!

First of all, let me quote you verbatim,

We have our own proven way of getting getting quality players thru the production line and that is the youth team.

In addition to get context the examples you gave Taribo, Kanu ,Okocha, Babayaro, These players went literally straight to first team football in Europe from the Nigeria local ⚽ league.

VO went from a local football academy in Nigeria avia National u17 football accolades.

These are two dramatically different pathways, during the period of Taribo players went straight from local clubs to European clubs not ACADEMY. For example Amokachi ,Keshi, etc.

VO arrived at Wolfsburg as a youth player into the academy, same followed for Awoniyi, KC, Nwakali, etc. Where they began to be reducated, developed, taught and train to become professional footballers.

So please 🥺 what is the PROVEN WAY ❓

Philosopher1979:
We have depleted our attack
Iheanach half fit
Sadiq Umar not exactly in form
Ahmed Musa not exactly a n form
However we may get lucky and Musa and Sadiq may suddenly hit form.
Our clownish and incompetent coaches are a serious issue

That's a big joke 🤣🤣🤣

Truidstarr:
Could you please expatriate on what you mean by “ clownish and incompetent “?

I can help ,the coaches decisions are NOT founded on objectivity and merit 🤔 but seemingly comedic jokingly 😃 flippant irrational sentiment.

And finally lack competence, knowledge and ability to deliver.

That's how I read it.

2innocent:
My brother, Awaziem has two afcon in his belt already. Talk about experience? He has it n was obviously our best defender in last two afcon. Omeruo's age will show, forget about experience. I won't be surprised Omeruo's real age is close to 40, his experience will be needed to defend a lead in dieing minutes of games

Awaziem is low level player both in club and the SE , has never been outstanding in the SE a liability as a wing back and limited ability as a CB as well as slow as a snail 🐌.

Danielnino00:
It seems like Iheanacho will join the team in Lagos. Might get restricted minutes at the AFCON..

Meanwhile, Owngoal are reporting that Peseiro is trying out Omeruo and Bassey partnership.

Omeruo is an expired drug there is nothing to try out, IMO.

KC is supposedly injured and may incur the wrath of his club, although he is no longer a crucial player for them.

After 20+ games in the Championship he has scored 5 goals and is joint 35th in the Championship 🏆 alongside 16 other players. It's not exceptional and outstanding quality currently.

Nomyth:
I might just be one of the few SE fans that is not really keen about these foreign borns. For goodness sake let them be!

We have our own proven way of getting getting quality players thru the production line and that is the youth team.

All the world class players we've ever produced have been thru the youth teams.

Ikpeba, kanu, Taribo, Okocha, Babayaro, Mikel and now Osimhen have come thru the youth ranks.

The only exception is of course Victor Moses.

There was a time the foreign borns were not even eligible to play for us and we did just fine. Now, we lazily look up to them to fix every hole, real or imagined , in the NT.

Can you please expatiate on this PROVEN WAY devoid of tribalism, favouritism, religious discrimination, bribery, godfatherism, etc please

In addition can you name the player's that came through this PROVEN WAY currently please.

mrwilliams9:
To be honest. Akanji, Saka, Musiala and Olise were/are very unlikely to be won over by the SE. Leave the fact that afrobeats and Naija culture is now “cool” / en vouge. 10 years ago when most of these players were teens, being African wasn’t as cool as it is today in the West. Most of the Euro dual nationals have more affinity to their Euro nations.

To me, Eze is the more painful one because there was genuine interest on his part but we failed to act quickly enough. And he’s the type of midfielder we need that can pick out a pass, drive with the ball but is also good on set pieces.

With Alaba, I heard there was some promise early on but once he was established at Bayern, Austria did the needful.

Tomori is another one I’m hurt about. Our CBs need a massive upgrade and I could have seen him being a stalwart for us for many years to come.

We have to start acting like France/England and capping the dual nationals we think have potential early on. Tosin at Fulham should be one of the first on our list of players to flip.

Agreed without question ❓

Danielnino00:
Stop capping..
Douglas Luiz isnt a defensive midfielder.. Kamara and Dendonckor are Aston Villa defensive midfielders, neither of whom are better than Ndidi..

I dont know where you get the confidence to elevate mid table teams to the level where you conclude that certain players won't get into their team...

It's seems you are stuck in the past

Kog45:
Alaba,Akanji,Saka,Musiala,Tomori and if we miss Olise it would be painful cuz am not happy how we failed to cap Eze.

We absolutely had the chance to cap Eberechi Eze but failed woefully, for reason unknown.

He was ready and waiting for two years, when he had not blown , when he exploded we remembered him.

I am saying similar about Tim Iroegbunam now.