andrewbaba44:

Nacho doesn’t feel anything about osimhen commanding the number 9 for club and country ,the guy doesn’t care and you can tell

And yes he is more gifted than victor

Iheanacho during his under 17 day's gives me some young Samuel Eto kinda vibes before missing road while osimehn is a drogba kinda vibes still on track for greatness no doubt Iheanacho trumps osimehn when it comes to natural football talent

SerVik:
What are they smoking over there at CAF??

The corruption in CAF us ridiculous. There is no reason to push the date back

jihday:
Osimhen is the target, wait till end of the season when they’ll come and tell you he didn’t score 30 goals while trying to pretend they forgot the boy was battling injuries

I'm just shocked that some people still decide to follow Komekn around to push his agenda....

Ppogbae:


The corruption in CAF us ridiculous. There is no reason to push the date back

probably looking for a away to push some team's into the seeded pot but sometimes what they plan isn't what eventually turns out so let just watch what happens at afcon

jihday:
this means we must beat Egypt and top our group at Afcon, looks like somebody is desperate to have Egypt in the top 5

January 5th is before AFCON... So obviously,it's the Arab cup and pre AFCON friendly that will decide...

The intent to compromise not withstanding, I don't mind the decision... We have to earn that world cup ticket through serious work..Unless of course, CAC decides to manipulate it,which I doubt they will do against us....

AndSunGorilla:

To each his own,Mr Skillfull, if you say Dessers is one of the best strikers you have ever seen, then congrats to you, no need to shalaye. Na table soccer u still dey watch oga mi.

Just realised my choice of words sounded more hostile than I intended. No vex for me.

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The more in pace a player has, the better the player for the wing forward role. A good pace is also important for high pressing football.

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Danielnino00:



January 5th is before AFCON... So obviously,it's the Arab cup and pre AFCON friendly that will decide...

The intent to compromise not withstanding, I don't mind the decision... We have to earn that world cup ticket through serious work..Unless of course, CAC decides to manipulate it,which I doubt they will do against us....

The Arab cup won't make much of a difference since all the matches are going to be counted as friendlies played outside of the international window. It may come down to the AFCON group stage matches

I put it to you that you have never been constructive when it comes to Iheanacho.

When KC was doing well towards the back end of last season you first downplayed his efforts by saying he was only doing it against smaller teams when his form proved you wrong, instead of humbly saying he has done well exceeding your expectations as of then you still took little shots at him complaining why it took him all these years to perform conveniently forgetting your here and now mantra. Even to ordinarily congratulate him on winning the FA Cup your bias and ego wouldn't let you.

Awoniyi is the 3rd highest goal scorer currently in the bundesliga a top 5 league behind great strikers like Lewandoski and Haalaad. Taiwo is currently the highest Nigerian goal scorer in all of the top 5 leagues a feat worthy of commendation.

Dennis has done well and deserves commendation from everyone including you but using him as an excuse to attack other players is really beneath you.

komekn:


Your creating a narrative of from your own imagination.

I've been giving KC constructive criticism for year's same goes for me Awoniyi who I've seen several times and I am only now talking about Dennis because in the HERE and NOW he is performing excellently.

Furthermore, he's come in with low expectations nothing great was expected to from him. But he has exceeded all EXPECTATIONS.

Compare him to the " Waste Man" hyped to the high heavens and could not even get into first gear at Watford.

NPFL is a no no for until they change the mentality of the coaches and the kind of players they recruit. The odd one might surprise but the Nigerian league as currently structured is a carpenter conveyor belt.

humility33:


Well said Brother

I love and crave for excellence so much
Just believe anything worth doing should be done with all seriousness and desire to be the best in that field

I wonder how Nacho feels seeing oshimen commanding the No. 9 shirt for club and country when in very essence He is even more gifted than the lad when it comes to scoring goals and assisting

The only hope we have from this home groomed players are those that jet out from our academics at least they still have age on their side with bit of discipline and dedication they can rise up and be among the best like Dennis, oshimen,awoniyi, Ndidi even Onyeka etc

Taking players from NPFL barely favour us in the long run though many will mention etebo and Sunday odey but this guys are barely cutting it in advanced leagues

daveP:
oh, c'mon Daniel, this is not about positions now. Its about praises for weekly performance. That's the point. Not about positions. Someone used the excuse of coming to Epl just this season, thus me bringing in Onyeka too, to counter that excuse. There, you have it. The correlation!!


Oh, yes i do keep count in a way.


This won't have happened if Nerdie weekly match day analysis on Nigeria players was still ongoing though. I'm sure Dennis would have gotten his mention from there. Outside that its an all time low. Sincerely.

I loved that weekly analysis.

Danielnino00:


January 5th is before AFCON... So obviously,it's the Arab cup and pre AFCON friendly that will decide...

The intent to compromise not withstanding, I don't mind the decision... We have to earn that world cup ticket through serious work..Unless of course, CAC decides to manipulate it,which I doubt they will do against us....

26th not 5th and Jan rankings will be used

Danielnino00:
Some days back, somebody complained that Awoniyi wasn't getting enough mention on this thread like Osimhen..
Today, the complaint is that Dennis isn't getting enough mention like Awoniyi....


What kind of agenda is that?
A display of foolery if you ask me...

We go dey count mention for this thread

At the end of the week, Osimhen-5 Iheanacho-3 Awoniyi-3 Dennis-2

Truidstar:
A centre back pairing of Akpoguma and Bassey is not bad with zaidu/collins/aina and Awaziem/ Ebuehi on the left/right back positions. Balogun/ Ekong as back up.

Akpoguma and Bassey are not better than Balogun

TheLoneCitizen:


Just realised my choice of words sounded more hostile than I intended. No vex for me.

My guy, o gbe ni handicap man me sef vex small make I no lie. But yeah u have your perspective which is valid. Good write ups and analysis from you a lot of times, keep up the good work.

Subzero047:


Akpoguma and Bassey are not better than Balogun

Na suggestion i make...i did not say they are better.

humility33:


Well said Brother

I love and crave for excellence so much
Just believe anything worth doing should be done with all seriousness and desire to be the best in that field

I wonder how Nacho feels seeing oshimen commanding the No. 9 shirt for club and country when in very essence He is even more gifted than the lad when it comes to scoring goals and assisting

The only hope we have from this home groomed players are those that jet out from our academics at least they still have age on their side with bit of discipline and dedication they can rise up and be among the best like Dennis, oshimen,awoniyi, Ndidi even Onyeka etc

Taking players from NPFL barely favour us in the long run though many will mention etebo and Sunday odey but this guys are barely cutting it in advanced leagues

I am hoping that Etebo will get to work with Ranieri if not for the injury. Maybe who knows, the tinkerman will produce another Kante using our very own Etebo.
Many of una no like Oghenekaro but I wish nothing but the best for him which will also benefit us.

humility33:


That's the problem with many of our home groomed players reason why I respect Oshimen here
Many upon getting to Europe they think they've arrived and been not disciplined they start partying, clubbing and more. Just same way we have unserious student likewise we have unserious footballers

Being that this home groomed players weren't schooled in European state of the art academics already put them at a disadvantage against their European counterparts meaning they will need to work and train extra hard to meet up but many dont know. Talents is not enough to make it possible you need discipline and hard work too

Sometimes you see us here canvassing for foŕeign born we are doing this because of the exposure, learning and rudiments of football they've been exposed to besides the real age factor. Many of our home groomed players upon getting overseas they lost it

My problem with foreign born players is that we don't get the best of them,they choose to play for us when they must have been rejected by their country of birth

A house divided itself cannot stand. D'Tigers have gone from beating USA to having their chances at qualifying for the World Cup being in jeopardy. A federation marred by corruption, infighting and insufficient support.

A tragic downfall: Nigerian style

Ppogbae:


The Arab cup won't make much of a difference since all the matches are going to be counted as friendlies played outside of the international window. It may come down to the AFCON group stage matches

FIFA rankings aren't released in the middle of a tournament o.. If January ranking will be used, then it's pre AFCON friendlies that would determine....

So CAF will now conduct the draw in the middle of the AFCON...

Ewu...

jihday:
26th not 5th and Jan rankings will be used

That will be determined by pre AFCON friendlies then..


But, why am I having this funny feeling that the decision to shift the draw might have to do with the Ghana vs SA match? .. Perhaps CAF and FIFA want to order a replay

If they like they should shift the draw to February, the Super Eagles will not be out of the top five. Morocco and Algeria are within our reach than we are to the Egyptian's reach! Facts!

Subzero047:


We go dey count mention for this thread

At the end of the week, Osimhen-5 Iheanacho-3 Awoniyi-3 Dennis-2

It is those who are so concerned about who is getting the most mentions that will be doing the counting na...

TFLASHOGEE:
Iheanacho during his under 17 day's gives me some young Samuel Eto kinda vibes before missing road while osimehn is a drogba kinda vibes still on track for greatness no doubt Iheanacho trumps osimehn when it comes to natural football talent

ihenacho u17 days he was more like James rodriguez to me then

Very creative with a deadly left foot

daveP:


Jihday o.

Epl Epl!!!

Since the last 8weeks. Is my angle this hard to grab.

Since both arrived at EPL, Onyeka has gotten more mentions on this thread than Dennis! I brought in Onyeka because someone was saying he just arrived Epl.


He doesn't need be spoken of like Osimhen(almost everyone here, numbering about 90% of us, mention osimhen).


Since its performance based, then he's not been talk about. And that's is why i inserted that Adeyemi is even mentioned more on this thread than Dennis is, since season began.

If you don't gerrit, let's forget about it.

Uncle Dave, Dennis was celebrated here after the Man U game sir. Even before then, in his first match he was well celebrated here too.
I am sure you understand what you are trying to say but the problem is some people like me are not understanding your point sir.

Ppogbae:
A house divided itself cannot stand. D'Tigers have gone from beating USA to having their chances at qualifying for the World Cup being in jeopardy. A federation marred by corruption, infighting and insufficient support.

A tragic downfall: Nigerian style

It's quite sad really even though we must give it to the boys. The erstwhile captain apparently put the team together as the "administrators" are more concerned about the leadership infightings that they didn't give a damn. They don't even have a complete team, since they allegedly had to "self finance" only 9 players are currently battling for Nigeria's world cup qualification

The Confederation of African Football on Friday gave its support to the "decision of the FIFA Congress to conduct a feasibility study" for a World Cup every two years.

CAF is the first confederation to officially and publicly approve the controversial plan to hold a World Cup every two years, at the same pace as its Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

The Confederation, at its extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo, also voted in favour of establishing a Super League for African clubs.

FIFA will hold a summit in December with President Gianni Infantino still hoping to find consensus on plans to stage the men's tournament more often than the current four-year cycle.

It is an incendiary topic given the various interests at stake, between clubs and national teams, domestic leagues and international competitions.

Opposition has been so widespread from leagues, players and supporters groups that the chances of a biennial World Cup actually happening appear remote.

The World Cup has been played every four years, apart from cancellations during World War II (1942 & 1946), since the inaugural edition in 1930.

The new biennial proposals were put forward by Arsene Wenger, FIFA's head of Global Development.

The World Cup is expanding regardless in another way -- the men's version to 48 teams from 2026 and the women's to 32 teams from 2023.

TFLASHOGEE:
Iheanacho during his under 17 day's gives me some young Samuel Eto kinda vibes before missing road while osimehn is a drogba kinda vibes still on track for greatness no doubt Iheanacho trumps osimehn when it comes to natural football talent

Nacho has the 'touch' players like Salah, Messi, Ronaldinho etc have. The problem was that he became lazy. Refused to develop his fitness, work rate, pace, etc.

Osimhen is as gifted as Nacho, but in a different way. You don't have to have the touch to be gifted. Ronaldo doesn't have it, yet he is a GOAT.

One thing though I have noticed with Osimhen is that his ball control, especially with aerial balls, is special. Guy can trap any ball, no matter how high. However, his first touch is surprisingly poor, which is weird with someone with excellent ball control. Also, his crosses are pinpoint accurate, but his short passing is also poor. That is usually the difference between kids who have been playing from academies at 9 years and guys like Osimhen who grew up with street ball. Some of the simpler things like short passes and first touch are missing in Osimhen's portfolio because they weren't drilled into him when he was very young. However, he is better at the more natural things that only talent can help you with like ball control and crossing.

Felix uduokhai interesting napoli

charlesemeka85:
Felix uduokhai interesting napoli

German international, capped multiple times.

Also what Napoli needs right now is a backup striker for Osimhen because Petagna is not there at all.

charlesemeka85:
ihenacho u17 days he was more like James rodriguez to me then

Very creative with a deadly left foot

true bro but I was equating him on the African scene

drDoom3:


Nacho has the 'touch' players like Salah, Messi, Ronaldinho etc have. The problem was that he became lazy. Refused to develop his fitness, work rate, pace, etc.

Osimhen is as gifted as Nacho, but in a different way. You don't have to have the touch to be gifted. Ronaldo doesn't have it, yet he is a GOAT.

One thing though I have noticed with Osimhen is that his ball control, especially with aerial balls, is special. Guy can trap any ball, no matter how high. However, his first touch is surprisingly poor, which is weird with someone with excellent ball control. Also, his crosses are pinpoint accurate, but his short passing is also poor. That is usually the difference between kids who have been playing from academies at 9 years and guys like Osimhen who grew up with street ball. Some of the simpler things like short passes and first touch are missing in Osimhen's portfolio because they weren't drilled into him when he was very young. However, he is better at the more natural things that only talent can help you with like ball control and crossing.

agreed 100% thanks for the submission