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TheGoodJoe:
Wow. I did not expect Mikel's move to Middlesbrough to work out due to the history of Pulis long ball plays. But it seems it is working out fine for Mikel. I hope this gives him a platform to show what a brilliant talent he is.

Coughs* Iheanacho... Leicester City

Good morning people.

I may have to digress a little. Tomorrow is the most important day in our history as a country, at last for the next four years. We all have our preferences, at this point I would never tell you who to vote for(although I can advice you to vote out) but all I can tell you is that nothing is worth your life and/or your conscience. Do not step into that polling unit believing that the highest bidder will get your vote, you have a conscience so let it work tomorrow even before you leave your house. The decisions we make tknorrkw will determine what our lives will be in four years time, it will determine the development of sports in our country in the next four years.

Also, nothing is worth your life. Cast your vote and defend your vote but not to the point of death, stay safe. If possible take pictures and videos of any abnormality instead of getting involved head on, then upload the videos online and tag the appropriate people or if you have any such video hit me up on my email.

All in all let us prove that we are a great nation full of educated people, apathy is more dangerous than corruption, let's get out there and vote with our minds not with our bellies

edi287:
You're acting like you don't know how some of these naija "academies" work.
How many times have we heard stories of players who come for trials but get told they are too "small" and should go down an age grade??
I'm not saying Mikel shaved off 4 years(maybe he did, maybe he didn't) but let's not use "he was found as 12" talk as proof he is truly 12....this is naija...everything and anything is possible.

It is factually impossible to claim a 16 year old is 12. It becomes easier to hide your age at...say 17, you could be 25 and claim 17 but 12 and 16 is a no no. I mean that's the intensive puberty stage right there

ChrisKels:
That thing dey irritate me, honestly. Ppl who write that way, appear half-baked, to me. As thick as ur assent is, it shouldn't affect ur written English, as long as u once hit the four walls. Sorry if that was brash

I share the same sentiments with you which is why I understood the joke. It really is irritating especially when Anambra people start theirs.

ChrisKels:
Are u from Edo State?

You are a bad man walahi

Pascal scores via a brilliant left footed strike

This pitch is simply atrocious. Wouldn't play on this pitch for all the money in the world, a sandy field would even be better

Clear dive there. Should have been a yellow for the boy

Icon4s:
Not sure of the current Real Madrid. They May also be better than Juve. That is why is said 1 or 2.

In all honesty, you want to believe that a full strength PSG team(nevermind this team without Neymar and Cavani and 35year old RB as a winger) will beat Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Bayern, City, Barcelona or Dortmund? I specifically did not add Juve because they have been less than impressive. Remember that PSG with a full team could not beat Napoli.

The fact of the matter is that this Manchester United team is a joke, just like the Arsenal team they defeated(no offence oh). I told people that ManU is the easiest draw any team could ask for, Porto would bite your hands off if you offer them ManU. The defence is poor and whenever Pogba is having a bad game(like he does whenever he plays against an elite midfielder) the attack crumbles. ManU did not have a meaningful shot at goal in OLD TRAFFORD. And without Lindgard and Martial to take some of the attention off Pogba I see Chelsea winning handsomely on Monday. Forget the scoreline against City, Chelsea played way way better than Arsenal did, and with a little bit of luck in front of goal would have scored atleast 3, play like that against ManU and they will score 3.

BascoVanVeli:
Haba which kin cross comes to a players leg? Was it the over 6 foot CBs that he expected to get that kind of ball over? It was clearly an over hit pass.

It is called a ground cross, it was from a similar cross that Leicester actually scored. Did you actually watch the game? Why would someone want to get a ground cross over the CBs? Who in his right mind will even be trying to find Vardy with a high cross when he is behind those tall guys?


To make it clear to you, the first goal was scored from a ground cross. There was a chance which Vardy peeled away and volleyed over the bar from a similar ground cross, then the one Iheanacho intercepted was a similar ground pass. It was clear that Pereira was instructed to deliver low balls into the six yard box which he did to perfection and created all Leicester's chances late into that game.

BascoVanVeli:
Nothing u say will change the fact that they were down 2-0 when Iheanacho came on the pitch. I don't care how good u played, when you are down by 2 goals late in the second half you are as good as buried. They were out of the game and his substitution brought them a life line. He was played on the right and the goal came from that side. Everyone could see that they only got joy from the right side. The boy did a good job and I will acknowledge it no matter what you or anyone else say's.

Iheanacho had zilt to do with the goal or the play coming from the right side, for goodness sake you are not being realistic. The black fullback Pereira was the only reason why something good was coming from the right side, maybe you thought that was Iheanacho but no it wasn't. He created the goal after a one-two with some white player like that, can't really remember the name now, Iheancho on the other hand was standing next to Rose all game long and had nothing to do with the creativity from the right.

You are making it sound as if he came on and created a goal, the only meaningful thing he did was a shot which didn't trouble the GK, his movement improved though and even his touch but saying his substitution brought life back into that game is absolutely false IMHO.

zicky:
you spit from both sides of the mouth, you saw the pace of the ball but still expect him to control it as if it was a back pass.

The ball was actually a cross which wasn't meant for him. He intercepted it meaning he thought he could control it. Which is why I said he missed the control although in his defence it was coming in with a lot of pace. How is that difficult to understand?

BascoVanVeli:
You miss a pen that could have made it 1-1 and the other team makes it 2-0 so how on earth did were they on top for the whole match?

Wait. Did. Leicester outplay Tottenham or not? Give me a direct answer.

They had the better chances, could have, and should have scored 4 goals, Vardy missed a penalty and another cutback, Madison forgot how to score and this their U23 winger missed what was a certain goal(these were their second half chances). Apart from the goals that Tottenham scored they created nothing going forward. If you say Leicester were not on top throughout that match then you are not saying the truth

BascoVanVeli:
The game changed when he got subbed on yesterday. I am still 100% certain that Iheanacho is a good player and he will show his class very soon

You and I know that this is absolutely not true. Which game changed? Iheanacho touched the ball six times in that game, missed a simple control(although the ball did come at him with pace).

He had an improved performance on Sunday, that is true. But saying the game changed after he came on is false. Leicester were easily the better team all through the game

Icon4s:
O boy no be only you o. Me and my neighbor who is a Nairalander( don't know his moniker though). But must be one of us here, . We were hugging each other while celebrating. His friends used to call him "Akpos" . I am suspecting someone here but I am not sure.

when they were handed that penalty at first everyone went absolutely silent. The first thing I thought was 'Ghana? First African country in the semi? No way!'. Till this day I don't even know if the keeper saved or it hit the bar but once we saw the ball flying away, peeps were jumping straight out of the window in pure joy. I have never seen that kind of cheering again, well till the day Nigeria got that penalty in this recent world cup.

elyte89:
Awever because some set of persons are doing something wrong doesn't mean we shld follow suit, am sure some of deir fans still support us genuinely

I can never forget 2010 world cup when dey loss to Uruguay,it was so painful to me dt I couldn't sleep very well dt night and it was during our 300L 2nd semester exams,had it been I would b writing a paper d next day,am sure I won't do very well.All d students we watched d ball dt nite were heads down lamenting wyle walking home. it was a tough night for us

Honestly I celebrated when they missed that penalty

klexycole:
I don't exchange insults sir. I only stated my opinion which I am entitled to. You should stop seeing people as your antagonist.

Have a good evening sir.

Let me explain something to you. I get that you have your opinion and all what not, but when you go about misinterpreting what I said, sorry that is not your opinion, that is a criminal office and I have every right to tell you you are saying nonsense. If I say the sky is blue and you say it is white, fine that's your opinion, can never be said to be stupid. But when I now say the sky is blue and you now say it is hatred that made me utter such then sorry that is no longer an opinion but an attack on my person.

Sorry for the harsh words though but next time do not comment

ChrisKels:
I know the bolded is for Mickael2, hence I should steer clear buh, to me, the only one who sounds like a drug addict in here is one temperamentally, unruly fellow we all know. He is so uncultured that every one in here perceives him as someone from the gutters. Out of desperation, he even has another account(Mbjane) that he uses to act as a good cop whenever his ass is on fire under his main account . My only advice to that fellow is the image below;

I could have sworn he wasn't referring to me though. When did I start having conversations with the likes of him? I think there was someone he was arguing with yesterday or he was just unnecessarily high on something

Icon4s:
Dr cool down. No be fight.

We have accepted that it was a deflected goal.

E pain me, I sincerely apologise for the harsh words to you and every other person here but E pain me no be small. I saw the goal on goal rush and I thought someone would have posted it, came online to point out that Ibe is a poor player then decided to do the honours, how you all changed that to me trying to bring down his goal sure beats.

Again apologies

tbaba1234:
It was a a normal comment but I understand why people doubt your intentions. It is because you can be very critical of Nigerian players.

I could have said something like 'Iwobi with a lucky goal' or maybe 'that should have been an own goal'. But how is 'Iwobi scores via a deflection' a bad comment? I really don't get it.

elyte89:
Mr Arinuriode ,na u dey read minds na

Leave him, I think I have had enough respect for him but he is just being excessively childish this evening

Icon4s:
Trying to make amends for your earlier "deflection goal" post.

Make amends? For the likes of you? I really don't care what all you sentimental people have to say, that is in case you have not noticed that before already, but if he scores via a deflection again I will say it, if he scores via a header I will mention, it he scores with his hand I will mention it, and do you know what you can do about? Absolutely nothing

edi287:
Nice pass Iwobi

Took out three players with that pass. Nice pass

klexycole:
No matter how he scored the goal, it counts for him - deflection or not.

Let's stop this act of degrading our players' efforts with all these type of comments.

This is an extremely stupid comment. So was it not via a deflection? Found out that nobody was willing to upload the fact that he scored almost five minutes after he did which I eventually did, giving details as to how he scored then this? Una sense sha tire me

Earthquake1:
Iwobi scores, do you have a problem with that?

Sorry, should I?

Icon4s:
So does that make it half a goal?.

So your point is?

Ibe is not a good player. Nigeria dodged a bullet there

Iwobi scores via a deflection

BascoVanVeli:
Again talking nonsense. I won't even waste my time with you again. You don't even read what anyone says, you just come up with more nonsense to talk.

Couldn't have put it any better

Humility017:
you're so obsessed with immediate results...
you talk with both sides of your mouth sometimes...was thinking you're an objective and honest pal when it comes to football analysis.
look at those guys...and tell me their quality and their age...
what's the essence of having an overage team filled with less quality players...

we deserve better...we need success in the long run not just immediate success...
we need players that we will gradually infused into the super eagles and will still serve us 10 years extra...

what's the essence of parading players for under 20 tourney...older than Iwobi.
manu garba served us players who are still playing for the super eagles...I can point to 7 members of that squad who are potently ripe for the super eagles or are currently playing in the super eagles from that manu garba team....

the highest and best I have seen from any Nigeria past under 20 team...

Manu Garba gave us an interesting under 20 Youth Afcon to watch and enjoy... with his total attacking football we won' the youth afcon without playing panic football...we won same Senegal..that Aigbogun and his gang are frightening over.....
remember Awoniyi with a brace in that encounter we won 3 nil despite them being the host nation...
and won them again in the final

Now let me make it plain, I pointed out that Rohr gets results and you all scream that is all that matters, now that Aigbogun is getting results you have now started screaming poor performance failing to factor in the poor pitch and all what not. For you to complain please try to be objective, my university pitch is twice as good as that(at least it was when I was there), I can tell you that absolutely no NPFL pitch is as bad as that pitch so you were expecting champagne football? Do you know that Paul has at least 7-10 new players that will readily be added before the world cup? When they play in a better pitch with all their players available and they are still poor I will be the first to call for the sack of the coach irrespective of the scoreline. As at now qualifying is vital, qualifying is not an immediate result Oga, qualifying gives us the opportunity to expose these players to the highest stage they can think of now. So what if Paul had played champagne football and due to the bad nature of the pitch mistakes were made and the team loses? First of all yoy won't even say the team played well, you will crucify him and rightly so a lot of our young players who will have used that opportunity to make their big moves(just like Dominic Solanke did) will be deprived of that. So like I said, I cannot judge Paul's team because of their performance on that sorry pitch, when they play in a better field come back let us talk about it. For now they won on that pitch, end of the matter.


Please how many players from Man Garba's team are in the SE? Then how many are regulars? First of all, absolutely no player that played for that team is in the first eleven of the SE, then I think only Iheanacho and Success are even in the team as a whole, Siasia's team produced TT and Mikel who both played for a long time, TT played till 2012 and you cannot name the top 3 left backs ever for Nigeria without his name, same for Mikel. In fact TT was playing in 2014 and 2018 and if not for the fact that he got injured in 2014 and we got a new shinning toy before the 2018 tourney and decided to do away with every other older player he would have gone to the world cup and he would have done better than Oshaniwa and Idowu. So the fact that he didn't play long enough for the SE is down to what the coaches want, if not we would have been talking about 2006-2018. Then there is also Efe Ambrose, Apam was at some point Yobo's main defensive pair in the SE, Adeleye came in with his singlet and paired with Yobo and Shittu at some point as well. If not for Chibuzor Okonkwo's death he would have been a mainstay in the right back role. Anichebe retired from international duties, if not he was a good player who played for years. Bros when it comes to achievements, Garba's team has not come anywhere close to achieving what Siasia's team achieved, next time actually try to research before you conclude

Icon4s:
Osimhen is already above the age limit. But Chukwueze and Orji Okonkwo are still eligible. Osimhen and Odey are within the U23.

We can cap tie Josh Maja and send him to the WYC just like we we did for Anichebe and Aluko at the 2008 Olympics and 2009 WYC respectively.

We need more attacking options in that team. Nazifi doesn't seem like a goal scoring machine to me. He is not in class of Success, Iheanacho and Awoniyi at this same level.

Should we not be looking to create a thread for these boys? Monitor the progress of players likely to play for them.

BascoVanVeli:
You know that is what some of us do here. We avoid basic reasoning just to feel like we have won an argument. Even in Europe they complain about pitches a million times better than the one in Niger but in the interest of playing to the gallery someone will now come and start talking nonsense.


Congrats to the boys for sticking it to their hatters and they were sure many

Exactly, remember that match between Man City and Tottenham, the Wembley pitch was way better than what I saw today yet Man City could hardly spring two passes together, in fact the goal was from a long ball chased down by Sterling