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Bolowolowo:
So pointing out the truth is bad belle? I'm a GWG supporter, but at times we must be grounded in reality. That clearly was not a good game from Musa

You are one of the people rejoicing To the news of him not going to play for cska again and also not playing for Gwg, why always give bad news of him?

goldfish80:
They are really bashing Iwobi. But honestly, the boy is not helping himself.

If nobody talk about you then you are nobody

komekn:
Why is it on this forum when a player is criticised the person is tagged a HATER, Why It doesn't make any sense, the very nature of football is characterised by a continuous shift between praise and criticism. When you play well you get praised when you don't play well and or below you are rightly criticised, this is normal.

So lets look at Iwobi , R Winger and or AM, how many games as he played, how many assists and how many goals has he scored , is it good enough for someone who we feel is at least on this forum is top class player. Is he the answer to our much needed AM options

Today he missed a sitter under no pressure, football is no longer about show boating, drag backs and step overs but effective end product. For this reason as AM i would say he is behind Ramsey, Wilshire and Ozil who are a lot older than him.

In my opinion he was just OK not exceptional in order for him to progress to the next level he needs to improve dramatically on hid finishing its simply not good enough. Donkeys ago maybe a year or more i had a a heated debate with TheGoodJoe and i told him the Ox was more efective and much better than Iwobi, i told him categorically that the Ox will go for big money and he will be a target of multiple clubs. On the othr hand Iwobi will struggle comparatively to generate similar interest.

I am concerned if he does not up his game and or Wenger leaves Arsenal he could find himself struggling in the Championship, I feel complacency may have creeped into his game.

What are you ranting about, you said year ago you told someone that a 19 year old Nigeria will struggle and will go to championship, should you not be ashamed of your self, how old is Ox and what make you think iwobi won't get to that stage or better.

How many 21 year old are getting playing time in big team like iwobi, because he missed a sitter, is he the first?

Just like you told your friend year ago that he will struggle, now Mark this date, this dude will make the podium for ballon d'or some day.

Bolowolowo:
Musa hasn't gotten a touch in 10 minutes. That's how absent he is.

He played 90 mins, God protect me from village people

Bolowolowo:
I suspect Musa getting subbed off early. He seems absent during the game. Almost doesn't exist.

Bad belle no go kill you, naso village people they want our down fall

Mujtahida:
From long ago Joebie and I have hammered on this point that Iwobi can play the Mikel role but many countered us. I think - if I am not mistaken - that it is only recently that you are looking at Iwobi to fill that gap.

Playing him from the wings whether for club or country is a waste.

Not just both of you, I was singing it loud, his a graduate of arsenal academy, we are lucky to have him

Icon4s:
Don't get confused.

What we play is a DM and a Box to box midfielder (CM).

Ndidi played the box to box role in the Serbia game.
While Joel Obi played that role against Poland.

Prior to that time, Joel is not our starter, use a competitive match for example. Nigeria vs cameroon

Joebie:
We need this guy to be fit.. This is a complete forward.
Paul Onuachu


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkC5bh4Yr7k

nice clip, good confidence

bengine:
It would be a risk taking Ezenwa to world cup if he doesn't fully recover from his injuries..he is most likely our first team goalie, he has barely played 3 games this year..God help us, this is not looking good for us at all..he would lack match sharpness and this is even an average GK at best...

Ezenwa going to worldcup to me is business, alloy agu and his enyimba connection doing there dealing, Ezenwa is not even the best goal keeper in enyimba

komekn:
Good agent is not really the appropriate term but a connected agent. In my experience each club and it's manager will have thier preferred agent (I am being diplomatic). No agent will bring a dead player to a club. You will have to be good enough not necessarily outstanding just good enough. That transfer will be mounted almost in its entirety on the agents relationship with the manager and club dynamics.

No matter the agent Ogbuke will not find himself in the EPL or La Liga. The level he has been playing in recent years is simply not good ( Norwegian league) add to that his age.

In this regard getting to Bolton a struggling relegation side which really doesn't play good football and pay high wages. From Ogbuke perspective a good deal.

When i mean good agent I mean connected agent

komekn:
Can I add the issue of there is no AUTOMATIC BIRTH CORROBORATED DATA CAPTURE in Nigeria. We all know what goes well don't need to expand it.

Do you think European clubs are not aware of this issue. They but they are prepared to work with it.

And you think Brazil and Argentina are innocent of that, did that affect there exportation of players

tbaba1234:
Obasi was training lone without a club alongside Anichebe.. He had no club at the time.

Bebe was signed from a Portuguese team, meaning he could have easily been scouted..

He was a free agent in the summer not like is been long out without a team, alot of free agent got signed without trial

Icon4s:
That was a nightmarish score-line you posted there .

From your statement it seems as if you started off with two DMs, which I would not recommend against a team like Iceland (no disrespect meant).
Mikel, Onazi, Ndidi and Iwobi are potential starters. It depends also on your set up. Are you currently on 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-5-1, 3-5-2 etc. If a team is chasing a game, depending also on the balance of play, the best bet is to pull out a DM and bring in a striker or Supporting striker/Wing forward.

we play with 2 DM, we will play 2 DM against Iceland

KpagoGIN:
The Barca board has disappointed us tremendously. I spent several hours ON TWITTER yesterday bashing Josep Maria Bartomeu. I even asked him to resign, effective immediately. That front office is a hot mess - wasting money on the wrong players and on players who are cup-tied.

They let Danny Alvez go without getting a good replacement. They let Javier Mascherano go without getting a good replacement. Xavi left no replacement. Puyol left no replacement. Sergio Busquets is aging, no replacement. Andres Iniesta is aging but I don't see Coutinho as a good replacement for him. Different types of players. Luis Suarez is aging, no replacement in sight. And I can go on and on ....

They want Messi to do it all by himself. News Flash: no one can do it all by himself. It takes 11 players!
I fear the aftermath of messi departure cause calamity looms and nobody seems to be noticing from the Barca board...just hope messi won't be the scapegoat at the end of this drama people easily forget the good times.

Wrong place, if Barca can relegate and super eagles win worldcup, I will be happy

tbaba1234:
Obasi was inactive...

Ferguson does not need to see anyone play. That is why they have a scouting team. You can not scout an inactive player.

You are missing it up, Bebe never had a trial, he was signed and he was a young fela, ogbuke was not in active, he was with Aik in Sweden and was loan to China, sven Goran Ericson was his coach in China, played 17 times and scored 5 goals. he became a free agent at the end of norway league and fear of been clubless drove hin to accept a trial in bolton

Ogbuke with good agent can get a good team in Europe first division without trial

tbaba1234:
Obasi was inactive. Without a club.. Ofcourse the club wants to see if he can still deliver.

Trial is an agreement between the club and player, some player won't go for trial and still get the deal, some managers only wanna see clip of you and you are good to go.

let me give you example Ferguson said he never saw Bebe play untill until he paid for him, Bebe a young lad got a big team without trail. Bebe can't get a deal without trail in arsenal

Icon79:
True sha. But in my case, I think it was because I didn't watch the match - finals against Cameroun - live. There was no Bein Sport to telecast AFCON in those days, so the shock was a little less.


O pari

The come back from 2 goal down and the ikpeba penalty miss, I saw that penalty in my dreams several times...infact there was some rumour that CAF asked for a replay

Icon79:
Nna, I definitely do. My ex gf at that time even threatened to get me committed "if I don't knock it off". And that was because she was getting worried (scared) of my reactions after that loss to Denmark in the 1998 World Cup. I couldn't eat or sleep for almost 48 hours ... and the poor girl thought that I had lost my mind


O pari

I remember that loss, it was really painful but Cameroon 2000 penalty loss was even worst

Icon79:
Bro, yes I am very angry. I expected Real to get knocked out yesterday so I could troll their fans the same way they trolled us on Tuesday, but I wasn't holding my breath tho because I know that it was Real Madrid. I honestly did predict a phantom penalty and/or a red card against Juve.

The whole thing is becoming a pattern and I think it's about time all soccer fans speak up. It's one thing if it happens once or twice, but not 4 times in the past 2 years. That's totally unacceptable.


O pari

Bros calm down, I hope say you get passion like this for super eagles

andrew444:
I wonder how some peeps watch football calling for sadiq to lead the line of super eagles attack,a player who is yet to score 10 career goals,just because the player has scored 3 goals in his last 6 games for nac Breda.

I guess some people here are sadiq umar relatives

Only someone with dull brain and know nothing about football will call for sadiq to lead the line.

I still thank God they are not the coach because their opinion doesn't count

The thing tire me

Icon79:
LOL. What about your boy CR7 getting trounced 3-0 in his own backyard? And usual have to rely on that atrocious last second penalty to qualify? Tell you what, Barca would be winning the UCL every year if they could get half the calls Real Madrid gets. For instance, Roman would've received more than two red cards on Tuesday if the nasty kicks their players directed at Messi were given to Ronald. That's a fact!

And yesterday's call was as bizarre as it gets. Never a penalty, the Madrid player (Lucas) clearly dived as he wasn't in control of the ball approached him. Placing your hands on someone's back doesn't justify diving. It's a contact sports. Free kick Juventus.

Those saying it was 100% penalty obviously know absolutely nothing about football. Real Madrid players were going down like flies all game. Was only a matter of time before he gave them a penalty. Ronaldo tried at least twice by falling over in the box when a Juve player got anywhere near him. The powers that be have destroyed the beautiful for all of us


O pari

calm down, Barcelona also enjoy such dubious decision in the past, I remember penalty again Milan just before a corner kick, I remember against Chelsea were the norway referee denied all clear penalty call for Chelsea, this is football your favourite most not always win

Icon79:
To me, it was never a penalty. Benatia definitely got the ball before he got Lucas. A pure dive. In the first leg, Dybala was given a yellow card for diving even though there was contact. This time Real got a penalty on a platter. But even if you think that it was a penalty, you gotta agree that it was a soft one at best. And how could anybody give such a very soft penalty at the LAST SECOND of the game? Just send them to extra time and let the better team win.

And you gotta ask yourself, why is that every call always seems to favor Real? Semi Finals last year against Bayern Munich ... once Real started losing the game, two atrocious calls went their way. Same thing happened for them in the finals against Athletic Madrid! I have already initiated calls for Interpol and FBI to investigate UEFA. They are more corrupt than FIFA.


O pari

your write up is filled with lot of emotions

lexyman:
Mandzukic is a centre forward naturally ... but can play either of the wings .... sometimes .... so his primary position is a striker... on air special ability makes him exceptional .. cut off the supplies and you will see Mandzukic in his own defence go and watch him well .

cut lewandowksi off and he will be in his own, bros the arguement no get head

Kog45:
Yes o Tammy i saw against Man utd was solid,forcing De Gea to make two wonderful safes less than 5 mins when he came on and gave man u defenders restlessness throughout but not happy the guy turned us down.

Sadiq upgrade of Tammy?No not at present may be tomorrow.Tammy is ahead and the record are there for us to see not just talk.

I don't like the lad too but his well ahead of Umar

Icon79:
It was definitely not a penalty

Real Madrid have received very very favourable decisions over the past few years in the Champions League. Offside goal in the final against Atletico being one of the egregious ones. This is another such decision. Vazquez is already falling after the slightest touch from Benatia. Real were looking for a penalty all match and no one received a card for the multiple dives committed. In the end, the ref bought it and have a soft penalty.

And last year's semi-finals match against Bayern Munich, at Santiego Bernabeu, would go down in history as the most outrageous referring decisions of all time. Once Real Madrid started losing the match even with a man up, the ref quickly awarded them TWO clear offside goals!

And it's funny because as soon as Juve equalized the game last night, I told a friend that Real Madrid would get a last minute penalty. And it happened exactly like I had predicted! UEFA is even more corrupt than FIFA. And I will not keep quiet until someone brings them to book. Watch this space!!


O pari

It was a penalty, the only wrong decision was the red card

fabyom:
Musa Ahmed has done few but quite important things for our football. I could vividly remember the under 20 nations cup in south Africa. Musa was menacing and when his club decided to recall him all hell went loose. This guy scored that crucial goal in Kenya that set us on the road to 2014 world cup. Against the argies at the world cup two well taken goals. Against arsenal fantastic. Musa no all our players need us to stand by them. They qualified from the most difficult group dropping just four points.
Invite A today, invite B tomorrow, all those we had shouted their names for invitation what extraordinary things have they done. Nothing. Haaa Naija just cos of Serbia win over us we don they fear dey change mouth. Including myself!!!
We should trust and support these guys. They will RISE UP to the occasion.

Is difficult to change that mentality, probably they need to go for reharb, very soon na sack Rohr you go dey hear

If naija was Brazil that Germany humiliated, mercelo, Dani alves, thiago silver will be dead by now with curses

sontoly:
Person wey score four goals in about 30 apps na em be loads of goals?
Nigerians like mediocres.

he has 17 caps, you most not lie to bring a man down

ChrisKels:
U no see as I snub am dey go my way? No be everybody I dey follow argue. Ighalo scored loads of goals in his farm. He was poor in Italy, Spain and the EPL. U wanna rate him because of his exploits in the championship, the same league a poor player like Tammy was a hero? Before his injury, an aged Martins was even doing better than this so called masked man in China.

With his so called exploits(loads of goals according to Dat boy Martz10), what has he done for the Eagles in a plethora of matches despite the mammoth of chances created for him to score?

Ppl go just dey open mouth anyhow.

You can actually make your point without been rude, ighalo played in the same league with martins last year and he out scored him

having a 100+ career goal is not easy

Icon4s:
To me the only time Iwobi should play from the wings is when Mikel is in the game.

Some situation may warrant us taking one of the DM off maybe Onazi and play Ndidi,Mikel and iwobi. imagine 70min Nigeria 0 -1 iceland

lexyman:
i am not struggling to defend myself , but telling you the importance of a winger to the team (juvetus) , also playing to a certain strength of a player ...

get the importance of playing to the strength of a player ... super eagles lack this .

why are you dribbling your self, you said earlier if you take off Costa mandzukic will be ordinary and won't get such service in Croatia, and that his all about the head, bros that dude is playing as a winger and can score individual goals.

darkelf:
Lol.
Na you Sabi oo Sir Martz

yes na, we Nigeria are always wishing

darkelf:
. No comment

He has more than 100 career goals, most of them came against the very best league