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Joebie:
Oga he has scored all type of goals.. a goal scorer must tap in when necessary.. you don't bicycle that kind opportunity.
don't forget Tammy's latest goals

Have you ever seen me shouting Tammy's name before? I believe we have enough strikers that can bring what he brings to our game.

Do you mind sharing a youtube video of his goals?

tbaba1234:
Onuachu's goal, a tap-in


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVmI6-XgA0g&sns=tw

How do you rate most of his goals? I mean if we are going to bring in a tap in merchant it makes no sense for me

jihday:
Argentina actually came but were eliminated at the first round, a tournament where Venezuela abi na Peru and England play the final, that says alot about the quality of such tournament

my brother eh. I was watching the semifinal, eh Venezuela vs Uruguay, it was a shitshow, I am a very patient guy so I just watched the first half, it was like primary school football where one boy thinks he has all the skills and he continues to lose the ball all the time, football without organisation. It was so bad that I found more joy and fun reading my clinical textbooks, it was absolutely poor for a semifinal, I have seen better quality at the U15 level

komekn:
The Italian league is atop league and technically superior to the EPL. That's what I would say, furthermore I consider it be more competitive as quite a good number of teams are competing for supremacy. Which is very similar to the EPL.

The French league would have been similar but for the massive investment made by PSG which will probably mean they will win it All other leagues. Apart from the Bundesliga all the other top 6 leagues in Europe do not have one team dominating the league as Bayern have for nearly two decades..


Can I add that I have never said that the EPL is the best league in the World.

No, but you think the championship and League One are among the best leagues in the world

forgiveness:
Is Wolfsburg in the same level with Liverpool?

Origi fluked at Liverpool hence the need to look for a better player. Sorry.

Wolfsburg has won more league titles than Liverpool in the last 10 years. They have been at the UCL quaters meanwhile Liverpool is playing kwatankwa soccer with Spartak Moscow

forgiveness:
What did Bertrand Traore do in his first season of his professional career? I don't like stories because they lack merits and facts.
Thank you. Next!

i am seriously shocked, really. Solanke and Traore? I mean talent wise there is no comparison there and right now, this very minute Solanke is not even close to Traore.

forgiveness:
How much was Origi bought by Liverpool?

Answer: € 12m

Why was he bought?

Answer: To form part of the team of course.

How come he was sent on loan and Chelsea decided to buy Dominic?

Answer this question

OH! He is British while Origi is African.

Dude, I mean this is plain....let me not use the word I want to use.

Liverpool is in no way one of the best teams in the world at the moment. Solanke is what exactly at Liverpool? 3rd choice! How many games has he started? Zero! What has been his contribution in the Epl this season? I mean Liverpool has been struggling to score goals in the Epl yet he hasn't started a game!


Now let this sink in for effect. Origi saw Firmino ahead of him and Sturridge too, he left because he knew he was too good to sit on the bench. The simple matter is that if Origi stayed he would have relegated Solanke to the U23 team. Solanke gets to sit on the bench because there is an English quota that must be maintained both in the Epl and Champions league.


Oshimen on the other hand just signed a professional contract. He was not trained in any german academy, he is still learning the german language and getting used to the german system of play yet he has accumulated just about the same minutes this season as Solanke. In fact it is embarrasing that you are still bringing up Solanke as a topic of discussion.

Joebie:
Well somebody said the guy is not racist but he made racist remarks that were humor intended.. that's what they are known for

Yes, the guy has even come out to tell the whole world that he would still invite her to future games if need be. I think this whole issue started from the coach overlooking her and then some new dimensions were added, nothing serious really

forgiveness:
Do you think Lugo get promotion to the laliga?

Azeez almost joined Swansea but Almeria blocked him, and when he tried to see out his contract, they demoted him to the feeders team for the whole season until he gave him to renew his contract.


http://thelightnews.com/almeria-blocking-ramon-azeez-epl-move/

they have not only been very good at home, they have also been very good away. There second game I watched was away to Barcelona B(I was watching the game because of some Barca academy players tbh), I thought it was a sure win for Barca and Barca scored first, somehow they turned it and won the game in the last 5minutes. Their last match too against Alcocorn was away from home and they put in a solid performance, it's not like they were lucky. For 90mins they held their own and nicked it again at the death, I think they may be the best team in the division which is why I said they would hold Gent. With Swansea's recent poor form, buying that guy should be one of their easiest decisions right now

blueto:
I think I agree with you on Ike Uche. His style of football as you have described will come in handy especially when playing with the likes of Mikel and Iwobi, it will be enterprising to watch and together they can cause havoc in any defense. I will like an inclusion of Uche and Tega to the team to compete with Nacho and Ighalo.

I see wisdom in your post. Uche's style of play as a 9 is essential the same with Nacho's style of play, Ighalo's style and Tammy's style are almost the same too. So invite all four to camp, check which one of them is the best from each style using some friendly games and training sessions, choose the best from each style and from the remaining two decide who is best suited for the final spot in the team and we are good to go

junnyjake:
You no see the goal wen dem dash Di Maria abi?

they were already losing, 88 minutes or so, the match was over. You can also point out the error that Mbappe almost scored from but did you see how quick their defence was? They immediately put pressure on Neymar when the keeper saved from Mbappe. Nobody is above mistake, even Gerard has made one or two mistakes.

Meanwhile if they had gone 2-1 up, I believe they would have done a lot better

kellycute:
onyekuru missed a header in the first half. You can check the highlight bro.

Yes, the header was right before I joined the game, when their 9 hit that shot that the GK parried, the commentator said that they had already 4 good chances and I could only count three, now I understand that he added the header too. I already pointed it out

safarigirl:
you have come again

Based on general feedback, it's obvious you were the one who watched the wrong game

https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1238306/LiveStatistics/Europe-UEFA-Champions-League-2017-2018-Anderlecht-Paris-Saint-Germain


this is the stats from the game. A team that had 16 shots and 6 on target, same as PSG played very well. Ball possession was 50-50 and they had the better pass success rate.

Let's look at their goals and compare here. Mbappe's goal was insane. The goalkeeper should be saving that all day long, the defence was not at fault one bit, they did their job. Then immediately after the goal, the next chance was for Onyekuru, he should have buried that chance, it was a lot easier than that of Mbappe but he missed it, the game could have been 1-1 there. The next chance also fell to their number 9, he should have cutback inside again and buried that chance but at the end he did test the gk well enough, it could and should have been 2-1 at this point if they were a little more clinical. At 2-1 the game would have changed, for a team that had the chance to be leading 2-1 against PSG, and this chances were created from beautiful attacking football, I think they did very well

PROVERBZ:
;Di know what u want to do u want u want us to be like owngoal Nigeria and the order ans

I watched the game live in the first ten minutes onyekuru nodded a mensah crossing and could have scored if he had gone for placement instead of power

Their midfield didn't boss anything the only looked threatening in the first half because of the were constantly using the wing the Ghanian boy played mensah his crosses weren't good enough but at least he kept the PSG defence working in the second half PSG could have scored seven in fact they had two goals cancelled

Even the failed attempt at back pass which mbape failed to score


The team is no good

PSG could have left that Mensah guy and his crosses would still not amount to anything all game long, that was not threatning at all. All the good chances they created either came from the Onyekuru's wing or through the middle, the Ghanian guy needs to work on his crosses, a RM who can't cross or dribble that wasn't a good performance.


So you do agree that they were threatning in the first half. So that means that the team isn't shit. Even Onyekuru gassed out in the second half, there was a time he got behind Alves, he could have done a lot more but he just crossed the ball anyhow.


In the first 10minutes? I joined the game after Mbappe had already scored and at the end of the first half I didn't see the chance amongst the highlights, my bad I guess

forgiveness:
In regards to Obagoal, Ike Uche and Odenwinge, I think they are very good and you are sure to get a goal with these guys.

Unfortunately, when these players were banging in goals left right center in Europe our bad belle coaches decided to drop them for lesser strikers.

However, if these three players are still banging in goals left right and center, I don't mind they are invited to the National team because we don't have any inform young striker in the best leagues in Europe and in the National team that can lace their shoes.

As it being that Kelechi and Kayode (because they are the only two consistent prolific strikers playing at the highest level) are banging in goals left right and center, I don't need to even think about these men but because as sand sand don pass garri, I will prefer Martins and ike Uche if they continue to score goals for their clubs. I don't know about Odenwinge.


However, I think we can split the three slots for the striker to three categories.

I. For informed experienced striker
II. For a mixed of both informed young and experienced striker
II. For very young informed striker


Based on these categories,

Category 1

Odion Ighalo - 14 goals and 3 assists (25 games in CSL)

Obafemi Martins - 7 goals and 3 assists (12 games in CSL)

Osaze Odenwinge 13 goals and 5 assists out of 18 games in Indonesia)

Ikechuckwu Uche 5 goals and 0 assist out of 8 games in the la Liga 2

Brown Ideye clubless

Anthony Nwakaeme 0 goals and 1 assist out of 5 games in Israel


Category 2

Ahmed Musa - EPL
Kayode Olanrewaju - LA Liga
Aaron Samuel - Russia
Ebere Paul Onuachu - Denmark
Simeon Nwankwo - Seria A

Category 3

Kelechi Iheanacho
Tammy Abraham
Cyriel Dessers
Dominic Solanke
Dennis Bonaventure
Peter Olayinka
Taiwo Awoniyi
Osimhen
Sadiq Umar



Based on current form and pedigree of leagues, please choose one from each categories, we are good to go.

Please, no sentiments and give reasons.

From Pot1 I would take Ike Uche.

Reason- We are playing a system that suits a dynamic forward. A forward that can play very well as a link up player, can also put away chances and also create goals on his own. I am looking squarely at Martins and Ike Uche. I go with Ike Uche because he deserves this finally. The 2010 world cup after doing so well he got injured, 2014 world cup? Sentiments kept him out, he deserves to atleast represent his country once. Martins is hard to drop but I'd make do with that.

PS: I am not sure Osaze should be here, he isn't a true number 9 which makes it more outstanding that he has scored 13goals. There is this other nigerian who is their main 9 in his club, I don't know his name though.

Category 2: I would bring Iheanacho into this category. He is easily more experienced than Kayode so Kayode goes to the other category. Musa is not a striker either. I'd EASILY pick Iheanacho from this bunch. Him not going to the World Cup would be a crime against humanity


Category III: lets leave this open till the final matchday

kellycute:
It is very obvious you didn't watch that match. Onyekuru almost scored with an header. Go check it out.

I can recall two chances Onyekuru missed. One was in the first half when he ran past Alves but one heavy touch gave the gk enough time to cover. The other was in the second half when he hit the crossbar. It was their CB who is also black that missed a header

PROVERBZ:
My first time of watching onyekuru play from starting to end

What I noticed
The guy is fast could have scored earlier in the game but his header was saved by the PSG keeper the way he sneaked into the defence to take the header very fast


No 2 he should keep a calm head I noticed after he teases dani alves with a brilliant skill alves was looking to provoke him and he succeeded when he pushed onyekuru and onyekuru pushed him back in the process getting a yellow card

3rdly the guy knows how to calm the game down and play connecting passes something the while team lacked as they where always in a hurry and where easily dispossessed


And lastly he is not going to develope by staying in Anderlecht he should return to Everton his team mates are shiiiiii. The only players who knew what they where doing where the Ghanaian guy mensah ,onyekuru and one Bruno who is on loan from Leipzig only den for me

Are you sure we watched the same Anderletch team?! Their midfield totally bossed the game, PSG had to depend on counterattacks. The Appiah guy who you said knew what he was doing was just hoofing aimless crosses into the box for 90minutes and his covering was very very suspect.

Onyekuru did not have a single header in that game, maybe you made a mistake there. His teammates were actually very good except for that Appiah guy and the problem they had was that they were using Appiah as their main attacking outlet and his crosses were just dumb all game long, if they switched their tactics to attack through Onyekuru's wing then they would have scored a few goals, they made PSG look ordinary.


That said Onyekuru needs to work on the defensive side of his game and his clinicality

TheGoodJoe:
Stop going in circles. If you want to Azeez right choice, it is different. The point you mentioned me was fast. Azeez is not fast in respect to the likes of Onazi and Matuidi. Finito.

Gerrit?

he is fast, just not as fast as those guys. A 6foot tall man is tall but not as tall as another 6'2 guy, Gerrit?

Joebie:
Super Eagles players to share from FIFA's N4.5b bonus -
Uche Duru | 19/10/2017


All the Super Eagles players who featured in Nigeria's qualification journey to the 2018 World Cup are set to share from the N4.5 billion FIFA bonus due Nigeria for being among the 32 teams to vie for honours in Russia.

FIFA will pay the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) $12.5 million (about N4.5 billion), which is $10 million (N3.6 billion) for qualifying for the 2018 World Cup tournament and $2.5 million to prepare for the competition in Russia.

According to reports, 37 players participated in Nigeria’s march to the 2018 World Cup and each of these players will receive a share of the qualification bonus.

Meanwhile, there will be more money for the Super Eagles from FIFA if the team happens to make it to the knock out stages of the tournament.

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why can't they sacrifice their own bonus to aid sports development in Nigeria? There was a country, Greece I think, that used their bonus to build sports facilities. These players may not have won the world cup or even played better than the Euro winning side but they are living legends

TheGoodJoe:
What dafuq?

The statement you made talking of me saying Azeez is not fast has to do with the context of the France Game. What does Almeria has to do with it? Please, Azeez is not fast as the pacy midfielders. Finito.

read the other comment and you will understand

TheGoodJoe:
Azeez was not the kind of player to go against Matuidi in the World Cup. What does recently have to do with talking about why Azeez was a wrong option against France in 2014?

Talking like if Azeez has not played for Nigeria in the Super Eagles.

he was in Almeria, and he hasn't changed much from then. There were some times he would show a sudden burst of pace and I would be left wondering if it was Bifuma and then I would quickly realise it's Azeez because he doesn't carry a Mohawk. He is fast that is not even arguable

TheGoodJoe:
Are you sure you have watched Matuidi at all? Do you see the distance he covers in a short time. Tracking pacy wingers and full backs despite playing the midfield role.

there was this guy that played for Almeria then from Congo, Bifuna or something like that, is Matuidi faster than that guy?

TheGoodJoe:
I know we all want to believe Iheanacho's age and I do

This statement you made contradicts your above comment.

maybe you have not been following the argument. I have said it time and again that he isn't up to that 23 as a matter of fact or just there

TheGoodJoe:
So, you can see you are just arguing against a simple fact.

because he is less pacy by Onazi in that regards does not mean he isn't pacy. One question, have you watched any of his games recently or you are talking about his U17 years?

TheGoodJoe:
Iheanacho passed the MRI scan test. Whether you want to believe it or not, it makes no difference from scientific facts.

I never doubted it, however a 13year old MALE sprouting a beard is ridiculous, I mean if females could grow beards and you told me a female has started growing beards at 13 I may believe that

TheGoodJoe:
I am talking playing with pace and you are talking passing range. Na wa. Is Azeez a pacy player? The talk was in respect to dealing with a pacy player like Matuidi. Get the point before writing thegoodjoe.

if Matuidi is your own definition of a pacy player then YES Azeez is pacy

TheGoodJoe:
Is he as fast as Onazi?

depends on what you mean by 'fast'. If you mean straight line pace then YES he is, but if you mean rushing at players, marking aggressively with pace then NO

Kog45:
Don't mind us,ask most of them here to bring their birth certificate, what they w bring out is court affidavits.Most have rolled their age backwards but when it comes to players we keep on criticising and telling them they are crooked.

I honestly cannot believe you bought that ridiculous story. Growing beards at 13? Except he has a rare case of hormonal imbalance then it isn't possible. He may have one or two strands of beard on his cheek but once he cuts them off they aren't growing back. I know we all want to believe Iheanacho's age and I do, but telling ridiculous stories such as this won't help our claim

forgiveness:
Lugo is second on the league and Ramon Azeez has started and finished all their matches so far.

How do you see his game?

the guy has been very good which is why when theGoodJoe said he isn't fast I was left confused, the same Azeez that plays for Lugo? The guy has a nice passing range, he isn't the most flashy but he does his work with diligence. Watching him I think he can play both the CMF and DMF role very well, beats me how he is playing for Lugo

Icon4s:
I don't even think he is up to 23.

Nah he is, 23 or 22 but not 21, 23 most probably

Joebie:
Yes, 3-4-3

currently watching the game. The boy has serious pace, he just missed a very easy chance though, heavy touch

safarigirl:
no, I did not grow up in the East actually, rarely even visit. I grew up partly in the West and partly in the North

the WEST!!! I mean their own young age is legendary, we would come for a national competition and be swearing that such a lil boy or girl would only defeat us if we were dead. Infact I'd believe that a 13year old could graduate over there. However Iheanacho grow up in the East, here it is different, my point