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TheSuperNerd:
This is beautiful by the way....
1st pic - Reece James vs Phil Foden back in 2014 in the Youth football for Chelsea and Man City respectively.
2nd pic - Reece James (Chelsea) vs Phil Foden (Man City) in 2021 in the Champions League final.

Wonderful pictures

Karlovych:
Ireland have called up Andrew Omobamidele of Norwich City

Germany, Switzerland, England, Italy, France, Austria, Wales and now Ireland.

You'll be hard pressed to not find a drop of Nigerian blood in a European national team nowadays.

isan:
Chelsea were playing high line city needed someone with pace to run at reece but sterling just not good enough prime musa would run Reece James ragged today

So which fast player wer u think sa for run Reece James even Vardy sef try e no work, omo give the guy e praise, just admit dt the guy is good

TheSuperNerd:
Ah Uncle Kog. Wow. On Champions league Final day. So whichever team you wish to win must win?

Happy Birthday Dear Sir. May the Wisdom in your well of years and beautiful vicissitudes never run dry.

And may Ola Aina have an even more improved 2021/22 season to put smiles on your face.

Bonne Anniversaire Dear Elder. Stay blessed. Cheers.

Thanks my doctor...abi Chelsea o since 80s...oh Ola Aina I wish him well but my real naija player is Taiwo Awoniyi cos he is my son though i don't talk much about him here cos he has performing players ahead of him presently...so pray for my boy to have a good 2021/22 season.

Oh I wish your boy Kelechi Nwakili better 2021/22 season.

andrewbaba44:
Busquets was top for 10 to 11 seasons

Busquets has won more trophies than him

Trophies might not count sha because Barca and Chelsea are different teams

Just letting you know

Kanté has been top of his game for 5 seasons ,Busquets ruled for a decade

It was only 2 seasons back Busquets and Kanté can be put on same sentence

Make una Dey try respect legends

Where did you get 11 seasons from?
Busquets was quality from 2008-16...
that's all..
In fact since Xavi retired Busquets influence started fading, that Liverpool game in 2019 was the last straw.

Kante has been twice the player busquets is since the moment he led Leicester to the epl title

andrewbaba44:
Forget prime Messi

Busquets was a genius for about 11 seasons

Kanté is better than Busquets as of now ,but he hasn’t done what Busquets has done

Busquets is almost finished

Don’t forget Busquets is a player that played all the minutes in 2010 World Cup while we have players like Xabi Alonso and co

And one last thing ,I love ndidi and he is world class but please he is not on Kanté level

Thank you

World class indeed?
now I've heard it all
What's your definition of world class if I may ask?

andrewbaba44:
How can you expect Busquets to win something like Laliga player of the season or champions league player of the season when goat Messi is there

Does Chelsea have any goat That can collect the shine of Kanté ?

Hazard??

kendrick9:
World class indeed?
now I've heard it all
What's your definition of world class if I may ask?

Ken my man...this world class of a thing always confusing me...pls what is world class?

Honestly initially I don't rate Ndidi but with his performance so far he is indeed a great player and what he need now is to move from Leicester to a bigger club even if it's Arsenal.

Ndidi in any top club would be termed world class player but at Leicester now is debatable.

My opinion Ndidi is a World class player based on his performance in EPL cos any top five performing EPL DM should be world class and Ndidi is amongst.

andrewbaba44:
You no see as Chelsea defence strong pass olumo rock ?

Shame on you first of all Andrew. I'm sure you're wailing seriously since Chelsea won yesterday. Pepe is better than all Chelsea defenders? Now, bro bousquets can't lace kante's boots. Kante has been winning individual awards since 2015. He was compared to casemiro, he won man of the match twice. Be careful!

12large1:
Ngolo kante has to be the best DM in my generation even better than makalele. Sheesh what a player. Nobody better compare ndidi to him

Nigel de Jong said the "holding midfielder" role should be called the "kante" role

isan:
Na overthinking kill guardiola today , he started a final without a top 9 and defensive midfielder

Someone that used all of his tactics and formation in the previous two matches and was beaten, what did you expect?
He even played rodri and fernandinho, played Jesus and aguero e no still work

Neobulletzz:
Lol people just wan slander the boy, his only problem this season have been finishing, always keeping defenders on their toes, great movement, he dey enter positions well but he is not finishing
See how Chelsea attack died the moment Timo was sub

Your last line isn't true. Second half, Chelsea started defending and Timo didn't show up again, Chelsea also had 2 counter attacks that pulisic misplaced. Chelsea's attack didn't die but the game plan changed.

andrewbaba44:
Forget prime Messi

Busquets was a genius for about 11 seasons

Kanté is better than Busquets as of now ,but he hasn’t done what Busquets has done

Busquets is almost finished

Don’t forget Busquets is a player that played all the minutes in 2010 World Cup while we have players like Xabi Alonso and co

And one last thing ,I love ndidi and he is world class but please he is not on Kanté level

Thank you

Please, explain more on " what bouquets had done..."
Tell me what he is known for except passing (which is same thing every barça player has). Tell me his signature move. List his individual awards. He's won the world cup, so has kante. Bro sit down, be humble

daveP:
Make Lewa swerve go one side abeg. Bayern no reach anywhere na.

Arsenal fan but this is Kante's own
(Sentiment for a black dey too sha)

There's nothing like sentiment bro. He's French and the award is also french. Y'all put racism in everything, please stop!

damagnificentusb:
Timo is still better than Tammy. He has been great in this game. His movement is great and has been causing city lots of problems. Finishing needs to improve tho.

Rubbish talk boss. They don't play the same position first of all (Tammy plays as a lone striker, while Werner can play either as an SS or a winger). With a team that has a player standing at 6'6 and also having Reece James who can cross the ball from Timbuktu to your legs in jalingo, Tammy suppose get at least 10 goals from crossing alone (chilwell and Alonso too cross excellently). Tuchel doesn't fancy Abe and it's glaring and understandable. Who's better now? Nobody boss, formation and style of the coach chose Werner

Chelsea will be facing Chukwueze's Villareal in the UEFA super cup. This is another trophy for Samu already.

Tamunotonye22:
Please, explain more on " what bouquets had done..."
Tell me what he is known for except passing (which is same thing every barça player has). Tell me his signature move. List his individual awards. He's won the world cup, so has kante. Bro sit down, be humble

Lol humble about what

Tamunotonye22:
Shame on you first of all Andrew. I'm sure you're wailing seriously since Chelsea won yesterday. Pepe is better than all Chelsea defenders? Now, bro bousquets can't lace kante's boots. Kante has been winning individual awards since 2015. He was compared to casemiro, he won man of the match twice. Be careful!

Wailing ke

Dey there Dey zuzu

Tamunotonye22:
Hazard??

Hazard is not a goat

Someone that was outshined by Diego Costa

Tamunotonye22:
Please, explain more on " what bouquets had done..."
Tell me what he is known for except passing (which is same thing every barça player has). Tell me his signature move. List his individual awards. He's won the world cup, so has kante. Bro sit down, be humble

You can’t beat Sergio B with the ball and that’s a simple fact

When Busquets was still good him and Kanté can’t be on the same sentence

Kanté was playing for Caen when Busquets was running things

andrewbaba44:
You can’t beat Sergio B with the ball and that’s a simple fact

When Busquets was still good him and Kanté can’t be on the same sentence

Kanté was playing for Caen when Busquets was running things

He's comparing their prime.
Stop talking about the time when Kante was playing for Caen.

femianski:
He's comparing their prime.
Stop talking about the time when Kante was playing for Caen.

Busquets got a better prime sir and it’s all clear sir

I would have used trophies but I will be wrong on that ,you can’t play for Barca then and expect a player at Chelsea to have more achievement than you

Busquets was better on his prime

Lille are set to win the race for Championship duo Arnaut Danjuma and Michael Olise - according to TEAMtalk.
Chelsea, Arsenal and Leeds United are also chasing Reading's Olise, along with Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.
Bournemouth winger Danjuma, meanwhile, has been linked with Brighton, Southampton, West Ham, Watford and Wolves, but Lille are now in pole position to sign both players

Source is goal.com

Kog45:
Ken my man...this world class of a thing always confusing me...pls what is world class?

You don't have to be confused. Read below;

Beloved3: WORLD CLASS METRIC STANDARD - FOR ATTACKERS

For me, a world class player is one that is able to sustain brilliant performance and numbers at the highest career stages i.e World cup, Champions league etc.

So once a player has had big numbers consistently in the local league, cup games (and world cup of applicable), and has had great numbers in the champions League as well for at least three seasons, he is world class!

Typical example for an attacker (bar long term injuries);

Local league games for the past three seasons =
Must have scored atleast 20 goals in each season

and

Champions League appearance for the past three seasons =
Must have scored atleast 20 goals (or close) combined in all three seasons.

And

Cup games (and world cup if applicable) during the past three seasons =
Must have scored atleast 20 goals combined in all three season.


Based in these standard, Jamie Vardy isn't world class!

Mbappe is world class!
Mbappe stats in the past three season;

Ligue1 = Has scored over 20 close or close to that in each of the past 3 season.
Check

Champions League = has scored close to 20 goals combined in the past 3 seasons
Check.

Cup games and world cup = scored close to 20 goals combined
Check.

Result = World class!


The above stat is a reference just for strikers.
Midfielders, defenders goal keepers have their separate reference stats for categorising a player as world class.

I really do not have the time to write up the reference stats for midfielders, defenders etc.

But really, we here need to have our own definition of a world class player as this has been a widely used term without clear definition.

I just threw a first stab at it and mine can be used as a preliminary.

We should make the definition, modify it, agree and sticky it somewhere as a standard. So when next anyone will call a player world class he can first consult on our standard grin

P.S. The difference between Kante and Ndidi is that one is world class and the other isn't.
When you win trophies in your local community, you are a local champion until you can prove your ability in the global stage, at the highest competitions.

That is the same logic behind the argument that Maradona is greater than Messi, because Maradona won a world cup. Messi hasn't. Maradona drove Argentina all the way to the final game and won it for them.

Champions are measured by their ability in the highest competitions, not at their local communities.


For Harry Kane


Bro Harry Kane has had 18 goals combined in the champions league between 2018-2020. Along with 8 goals in Europa this year 2021.
He has had close to 20 goals in the premier League in each of the past 3 seasons.

That's what champions do. Definitely world class!

Bro that standard I introduced is purely practicable. The Harry Kane exercise is a simple one you could have done yourself to come to the conclusion that he is world class.

orriyomi33:
Chelsea will be facing Chukwueze's Villareal in the UEFA super cup. This is another trophy for Samu already.

Una dun start again. This current Chelsea team will humiliate Villareal not to mention when they sign Lukaku or Kane. No worry, kontinu

Tamunotonye22:
Rubbish talk boss. They don't play the same position first of all (Tammy plays as a lone striker, while Werner can play either as an SS or a winger). With a team that has a player standing at 6'6 and also having Reece James who can cross the ball from Timbuktu to your legs in jalingo, Tammy suppose get at least 10 goals from crossing alone (chilwell and Alonso too cross excellently). Tuchel doesn't fancy Abe and it's glaring and understandable. Who's better now? Nobody boss, formation and style of the coach chose Werner

lmao. How many goals has Tammy scored with his head even while standing at 6"6. Embarrassing!

Let's goooo!!

Akwa United vs Kwara United

Big big match 2 v 3 on the log

DrKlever:
lmao. How many goals has Tammy scored with his head even while standing at 6"6. Embarrassing!

He scored a lot at Aston villa

andrewbaba44:
You can’t beat Sergio B with the ball and that’s a simple fact

When Busquets was still good him and Kanté can’t be on the same sentence

Kanté was playing for Caen when Busquets was running things

But he rose from caen to super star level, if bousqet was in his shoes he'd unarguably be like nzonzi or capoue. Please! Know how to watch ball Andrew. I still want to to know bousqet's individual records and awards compared to kante's.

DrKlever:
Una dun start again. This current Chelsea team will humiliate Villareal not to mention when they sign Lukaku or Kane. No worry, kontinu

LolThe same way they humiliated Ndidi and Iheanacho's Leicester city.

Tamunotonye22:
But he rose from caen to super star level, if bousqet was in his shoes he'd unarguably be like nzonzi or capoue. Please! Know how to watch ball Andrew. I still want to to know bousqet's individual records and awards compared to kante's.

I wish you know how I rate Kanté and won’t mind to have him on my team

But because Chelsea won the champions league and Kanté did so well doesn’t mean you should come and insult a legend like Sergio B who has done a lot

What individual record ? Busquets has done more than Kanté in football ,incase you don’t know Busquets made yaya toure player as a CB for Barca

I was just telling you that when Busquets was doing great things at the world stage Kanté was still playing at Caen ,you can’t just come from no where and disrespect Sergio B because he has past his prime and Chelsea won the champions league

I am sure if hazard had won the World Cup and was still in this Chelsea team I won’t be suprised you guys will compare him with Messi

The person that doesn’t know how to watch ball is clear here

Abeg to sit down for bush jare