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tbaba1234:
Awaziem was a sure starter before his injury...

edi287:
Played more as a CB.

Loogan:
I personally think a lot of you guys don't like umar bcoz of the olympics performance, he had a good competition but it seems the myopic lots expected him to give what he didn't have yet, but one thing was sure while ajayi and awoniyi were racking up appearances in thier clubs, umar came from the Roma bench and was chosen has the first team striker for rio, that should show you he's special so I don't know how awoniyi is better.
Quick question how many matches had iheanacho played for man city before he was regarded as one of the best young strikers in Europe? It took a season with alot of goals from the bench.
Imo umar is faster than awoniyi!!!
Then I said the seria a is a difficult league with a lot experienced players and there are lots of examples of young players who struggled at a young age in the league and there are also those who made it at a young age like you listed.

edi287:
Awaziem and Ekong aren't a good pairing. But to say he's overrated is stretching it. He's been playing well in Ligue un. Maybe Omeruo has been performing better in Turkey as I haven't watched him play before.

edi287:
Ramsey can not dictate play from deep like Jorginho, Kroos, Alonso, etc. It would've been criminal to pair Ramsey - Coquelin. The few times we did, it was Koscienly that was bringing the ball out from deep

edi287:
Actually from a tactical perspective, playing Ramsey on the right was not a bad idea at that time. It was the real season that Coq - Santi pivot was successful. It also brought balance to the side. With Arteta being injured, it was impossible to play Ramsey as a CM because Coquelin isn't good at building up play and neither is Ramsey himself. That was one of the reasons Xhaka was bought.
The club have always known Ramsey stats i.e covering ground, etc was crazy.

BascoVanVeli:
That WAS at club level. I can't remember a single high profile error he had for Nigeria.

goldfish80:
Suarez was nothing more than an interesting upcoming player while at Ajax.
He became a force and came into his full element while at Liverpool. Ajax was just a starting point for him. It's just like saying C Ronaldo was world class at Sporting Lisbon.

Youre being economical with the truth or of the hand ignorant if you believe Sturridge blossomed before Liverpool. This was a kid who couldn't find his feet at Chelsea and Man city. He hardly kicked a ball in anger at both clubs until his career turn around at Liverpool where himself, Sterling and Suarez formed a dynamic attacking trident who nearly won the league.
This unraveled before our very own eyes, but somehow to suit a narrative, you want to twist facts.


Did Salah work with Klopp, Guardiola or Simione while at Roma where he contributed something like 18 goals and 14 assists? A number Moses have failed to hit at any point in his professional career.

forgiveness:
As at today, Salah is miles better than Victor Moses and he could be crowned the best player in the world if Liverpool wins the UEFA Champions League or reaches the finals.

But before now Victor Moses was better and popular. That is my point.

Kog45:
I will never picked him ahead of Omeruo,him and Ekong lacks the experience as CB and their pairings always backfire, so better to pair Ekong and Omeruo or Awaziem and Balogun in case Balogun and Ekong pairing is not available for selection.

BascoVanVeli:
I still back Efe Ambrose to shine if given the opportunity.

Icon4s:
Awaziem is Over-rated in my opinion.

This was a player that was once tagged our best CB on this thread. That was even before he got invited.
Na so we no hear word about Mikel Agu here. Las-las we have seen what he can offer.

Hyping of players on this thread is too much abeg.

They have started hyping Samuel Kalu now. We dey watch.

goldfish80:
Omeruo was the best rated of all the 5 Nigerians on the pitch in the Buraspor Vs Kasimpassa game last night.
The Ekong/ Awaziem forced partnership must stop if Rohr knows what he's doing.

Loogan:
You are the one saying thier yardstick to comparing them both is flawed but yours is worse!
You should not judge quality based on how many matches played some players are naturally gifted. Willian had played alot of matches won trophies but if they tell you to choose between him and Asensio who I'm not sure has racked his 50app who would you choose? There is levels to this game. I love them both but cmon don't you k
1. umar is better than awoniyi on the air not just because he's taller but It's a proven strong point of umar amoury, his first serial a game for Roma at age 19 was a nice well placed header, the coach who gave him his break in the first team got sacked and since then he went on loan to bologna where injuries and lack of play time saw his game stall. The seria a is not a league for youngsters it's more experienced players. He had a wonderful preseason at Roma and was sent to be the second striker to Italy's first choice striker, he had limited game time but he still played but did not score, now he's in the edisevere where awoniyi actually struggled.
2. Umar is more direct, more skillful, more unpredictable and faster.
3. Awoniyi is the better team player and works his socks off for the team. Both of them are good at hold up plays.
I want you to watch these two players without sentiment, if you are a real football lover it's not hard to identify who the better talent is.
As regards to umar lack of game time, he has played in an Olympic competition against the very bests in the world as the top striker for us, scored and won a bronze medal trust me that exposure and experience has improved him drastically. He has 4goals and 3assits in 8games where he didn't start all

tbaba1234:
Umar at this point is better but Awoniyi is coming up nicely

elyte89:
Ehen!....what did I say,I said barely,na English I talk na,we re still saying d same thing

bengine:
I hope you know Awoniyi and Junior Ajayi were the top strikers b4 the Olympics for the U23...Awoniyi was dropped from the squad because of umar, Ajayi also lost his starting spot to Umar...

Bro you have been watching football for a while, by now you should be able to identify and dinstiguish serious talent..sometimes a player could be a late boomer and outdo his mate in the future...based on watching awoniyi and Sadiq, I can tell you sadiq is better quality to Awoniyi...I followed Awoniyi through the u17 days to the u20 and I was his fan boy...I was even initially angry that siasia would drop awoniyi in that Olympic team..it was when the tournament started i just had to accept Sadiq was better ..

Well time would tell as both their professional career unfolds..I really do have high expectations for both of them..

bengine:
Awoniyi is not better than Umar ooo..I use to be a big fan of Awoniyi but the reality is Umar is better than him..Awoniyi might be in form but he is not in the class of Umar except he drastically improves..

tbaba1234:
Awoniyi's goal He was also fouled for a penalty.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzZ31cU1b2U

elyte89:
Baba forget all dis "AHEAD OF A THING", WHo told u one player is ahead of one,we started dis crap here.

Ogu DT barely play games in Gwg set up,u re claiming he's ahead of someone

forgiveness:
I know Lukaku in Belgium before he came to Chelsea. He already made name for himself and when he played I knew he was good but Salah was nobody when he came to Chelsea.

Salah was out of place when he played for Chelsea. Not Impressive

Farzat:
Nobody can argue that bro But i vindicated myself when i said except for a special talent. So any player u can mention falls into that category lol.
Meanwhile I mentioned Serbia as one of d teams that is parading matured players not really because we lost to them. However, l can argue that if we had to play Serbia again with d same squad, they will beat us over and over again.

Danielnino00:
My 35-man world cup preliminary squad list ..

* - very certain to make the last 23
**- possibly make the last 23 but not certain
***- might make the last 23 but with slim chances


Goalkeepers(5)

Uzoho*
Ezenwa*
Akpeyi**
Alampasu***
Ajiboye/Ejide/Aiyenubga

Defenders(10)

Balogun*
Ekong*
Awazeim*
Omeruo**
Ebuehi*
Idowu*
Shehu*
Aina**
Echijele**
Eze/Ambrose


Midfielders(10)


Mikel*
Ndidi*
Onazi*
Etebo*
Ogu**
Joel Obi**
Agu***
Ajagun
Aluko
Agbo***


Forwards(10)
Moses*
Musa*
Iwobi*
Iheanacho*
Ighalo*
Simeon*
Kayode**
Dessers /Umar***
Onyekuru**
Kalu***



But I believe the 35 man list will b just formality sake... Most of us already know the final squad by heart ... It would b good if Rohr use the DR Congo friendly to try out some fringe players before including them in the 35 man list.. or just use the friendly to cut down the list to 30. Either way,he should give the new invitees a chance..he should stop this Uche Agbo treatment abeg..

Humility017:
and Ighalo and ideye can both pass the ball better than the midfielders we currently have...?
Aside mikel....we can as well try iwobi there once more...he tried with his passes against the serbians...
the problem mainly was Ighalo positioning...and iwobi wasn't used to the role yet....
apart from iwobi....it won't be bad if someone like aluko can be tried....kelechi nwakali can come in after the world cup...

definetely not ideye and Ighalo...I don't see them as better passer of the ball....

lexyman:
i guesx he is one of the indomie generation ...


for your records

Oliseh used to be a good passer of the ball ...
Oliseh used to be a good marker
Oliseh get shot power and accuracy
Oliseh na mafia
Oliseh too stubborn .

make i stop here

tbaba1234:
See Iwobi impact from the middle for Arsenal, involved in both goals

komekn:
Chuba has been a dissapointment promised so much but delivered so little. He couldn't make the transition from youth football to the senior game.

Had so many opportunities but has never delivered now he has gone to lower European leagues and hasn't done much.

He is far off from SE quality.

Mujtahida:
Please don't provoke me ooo. What is this sacrilege you just wrote? Oliseh not good in passing?

Oliseh was a master of telegraphic, long range passes. He fed Yekini so many through passes.

I remember then way back when I was still in junior secondary school, I read in complete sports or so when Oliseh was playing in Juventus (I am not sure now but I know it was when he was in Italy) the coach said the reason he loved Oliseh was that he doesn't just kick the ball, he passes it.

No provoke me ooo

TheSuperNerd abeg help me with that man wedding baton meme. This guy de vex me

isan:
How true is this??

bengine:
Nothing to be offended for sir, you are only expressing your opinion...Ideye doesn't have Umars dynamism and unpredictability..they both have poor finishing in common...I doubt ideye has anything to offer this team..his hold up play and linkage is already being offered by Ighalo...

As it stands, Rohr wants to use Musa has our third striker but that doesn't stop him from playing him on the wing..all this guys we are clamouring for might not make the 23man list..I really don't want Musa has our third striker,.

Truidstar:
Good you mentioned the German Team. They are one of the favorites for the world cup but how many of their players are ranked in the top 10 in the world? They no longer produce super stars. They have evolved to become efficient, ruthless and tireless workers. My point is Rohr has a young team, let's trust this team. The Germans started a project in 2006 and won the world cup in 2014.

andrew444:
That is the reason the chinese spend money for players....The chinese players are crap and we know it,even the zambia national team is rated higher than the chinese team...But mind you the chinese league has many world class players over there.