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komekn:
If you want to make point do we have to tell tell lies, to what purpose

Actually Aboubakar played 5 seasons in French League one, before going to Porto for five seasons and partly on loan to Besikitas. In the 2017/18 season he was among the top five goal scorer in the Portuguese league with 15 goals.

He suffered a cruciate ligament injury had to have reconstruction. Then after a lengthy lay off and rehabilitation he signed for Besikitas in September 2020/21 season once again he was among the top goals scorers with 15 goals and his team won the league.

He then decided to follow the money, he is on a reputed $135k a week, don't forget football is still a career. He has nothing to prove.

I am rating him because against all odds he has showed himself proven tested and capable. And I was doing a comparison of him and Ighalo for us to appreciate Ighalo even more. Who is seemingly better than him.

If these players wanted to play in La Liga , EPL they would get teams, but most cannot afford him.

Do you think if they offered some of these our young players just 1/10 if what these players are making they would not run to Saudi Arabia even adopt Islam if required. Some of those young players are on less than $3k a week.

Remember my long standing proposition,

Better a Lion in a low quality league and club than a mouse in high quality league and club.

You not me have brought the comparison. How many of our players in the Turkish league are in the top five outstanding players in that league

Finally these players did not drop to lower league on account of poor performance but chose to follow the money, which was offered to them on account of outstanding performance in better leagues.

There is nothing like against all odds

Aboubakar has been Cameroon best forward before this afcon

I think he was Cameroon only home based player at the 2010 World Cup before he joined the French league ,but then again I know your motives

Ayew with a screamer what a goal

Danielnino00:
When did Kayode play in Belgium?

Did you read well?

forgiveness:
Did you read well?

You should replace "the" with "their" in your statement..

Danielnino00:
You should replace "the" with "their" in your statement..

Did you read well?

forgiveness:
Did you read well?

You think you are smart... You went to replace "the" with "a"

Danielnino00:
You think you are smart... You went to replace "the" with "a"

What did you quote? The or a?

Did you read well?

jihday:
Simon; "The game (Vs Egypt) is one of my best in two years. Every coach have their mentality & impact. The previous coach, I play to his instructions. With the new coach, he gave us freedom & allow us to bring our style of play at club side."

When I Dey tell pipul dem think say I Dey lie. See for yourself now.

I have seen %60 of this afcon, and be honest, I’ve not seen a team we can’t beat. Maybe only Cameroon with their home support and gidigbo football might prove stubborn small.

Damioduso1:
Nathan Adewale Tell declares his intentions to play for the grean and white on Nigeria. Another foriegn born player has declared to play for Nigeria

That’s a good one.

Meliforme:
Cheif, You mean Taiwo replaced Osimhen perfectly?

Awoniyi won only 1 ground duel out of 8.
1 aerial duel out of 8.
0 dribbles.
0 key passes.

In which area of play was he a perfect replacement.

I will commend Awoniyi's movements and pressing, but he is still not on Osimhen's level.
Osimhen owns the physicality (speed, strength and stamina) and the tactics (intelligence).
If you can remember his somehow diagonal press against Cape Verde. He reads his opponents well

If you didn't use the word perfect, i would have ignored.

I always say this statistics are indicative not conclusive.

Taiwo Awoniyi played an outstanding game ,he worked tirelessly he SEIZED OPPORTUNITY he pressed non stop and he fought relentlessly, he made the entire defensive line up very shaky first 15 minutes Egypt was lost couldn't get any Rythm . And a big part was the bullying and physicality he brought to the game.

A lot of long balls went to him and he fought for everything hold up play was proficient not necessarily excellent but very good. You don't need 45 minutes to make a claim just 15 minutes to lay your marker down and set the tempo.

He is the young pretender to Ighalo's crown, if he continues, along side Victor O.

Many years ago Lukaku was termed the young pretender to Drogba's crown, today he is no longer the pretender but the owner.

The stats don't tell the full story.

andrewbaba44:

There is nothing like against all odds

Aboubakar has been Cameroon best forward before this afcon

I think he was Cameroon only home based player at the 2010 World Cup before he joined the French league ,but then again I know your motives

Please read the emphasis.

Do you know what it is to come back from a cruciate ligament rupture and then reconstruction

Many players never come back the same.

Remember Osaze after he did his cruciate he just couldn't get to the same level.

I also did my cruciate ligament and had reconstruction, so I can talk from personal experience.

So AGAINST all odds he has risen to three heights is commendable.

Phew

I'm just coming from Kelechi's Live.


I almost forgot how beautiful Awoniyi is.

That man is a work of art yo, Kelechi no let me see am well, but walahi, Awoniyi is beautiful.

I have renewed my Stanship of his beauty. No Awoniyi slander will happen on my watch henceforth.

God bless both his parents

Parrot69:
Ivory Coast is almost ready.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRl66C4Qri8

This is nice, then we have a tournament to look out for next year

Meanwhile it look like even with Aubemyang Gabon will not be able to overcome Ghana.

Mujtahida:
Please guys watch this post match analysis of Nigeria vs Egypt. It's a masterpiece


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpG6UVQz6S0

Why the guy come dey burst out secret nah..
CITI TV is it Ghanaian channel or South African?

safarigirl:
Please, has anyone gotten word about Awaziem and his COVID situation?

His female nurses for sure would take care of him well, don't worry.

TheLoneCitizen:
AFCON been very disappointing this year. Stats say this is the most boring in over 30 years.

After Klopp calling it a little tournament, and everyone saying it deserves respect, there has been a lot of coverage and attention on it.

But watching the start of this Senegal vs Guinea match with so many stars just shows how anticlimactic it has been.

Hope it awakens very soon.

Cameroon is a mountainous country. The altitude might have affected the players.

These Gabonese reminds me of Cameroon of old.

Seems like they came to play rugby. See physicality.

Even Partey seems perplexed. These guys are tryna take football thuggery to another level...

Parrot69:
Why the guy come dey burst out secret nah..
CITI TV is it Ghanaian channel or South African?

Secret when Eguavoen don burst since?

M7even:
Plus our coach then, shuaibu Amodu really gave us some boring football. Onigbinde came later to take the team to the world cup trying to play a total opposite kind of football from Amodu but I felt he was too daring that's why the result didn't favour us. The only good thing I liked about onigbinde was the introduction of long term players like Enyeama, Osaze Odemwingie and J.Yobo

you forgot to mention John utaka

komekn:
Meanwhile it look like even with Aubemyang Gabon will not be able to overcome Ghana.

Aubameyang is not playing sir

TFLASHOGEE:
Ayew with a screamer what a goal

Absolute guided missile goalkeeper no chance.

Player quality is outstanding, and where is he playing Quatar and before that Championship after relegation by Swansea.

Many people here seem to forget that football is s career in and making money ££$$€€ is a big part of it. Andre could have gone to multiple EPL clubs but chose not to, why❓

I could speculate he was getting paid £83k a week in the Championship, I can't imagine what he is getting paid in Quatar.

And playing for these clubs did not make him loose quality or become irrelevant to Ghana. This is his 6th AFCON. As quite a few have suggested with Ighalo.

Asked if he was impressed with Iheanacho's goal against Egypt, Rodgers said at Thursday's press conference : "It was a brilliant strike.

"I thought Nigeria looked really good, looked really structured in the game, good organization and you can see the players of quality they have in the team.

"Kelechi has proven over this last twelve to eighteen months he can score goals. Great spin and finish, I'm delighted for him."...

Joezinho:
These Gabonese reminds me of Cameroon of old.

Seems like they came to play rugby. See physicality.

Even Partey seems perplexed. These guys are tryna take football thuggery to another level...

It's like dem high meth before coming into the pitch today

Meliforme:
Cheif, You mean Taiwo replaced Osimhen perfectly?

Awoniyi won only 1 ground duel out of 8.
1 aerial duel out of 8.
0 dribbles.
0 key passes.

In which area of play was he a perfect replacement.

I will commend Awoniyi's movements and pressing, but he is still not on Osimhen's level.
Osimhen owns the physicality (speed, strength and stamina) and the tactics (intelligence).
If you can remember his somehow diagonal press against Cape Verde. He reads his opponents well

If you didn't use the word perfect, i would have ignored.

With all that Osimhen Dey throwaway goals. I lie.

Meaning, he is not yet perfect.

komekn:
I always say this statistics are indicative not conclusive.

Taiwo Awoniyi played an outstanding game ,he worked tirelessly he SEIZED OPPORTUNITY he pressed non stop and he fought relentlessly, he made the entire defensive line up very shaky be first 15 minutes Egypt be was lost couldn't get any Rythm . And a big part was the bullying and physicality he brought to the game.

A lot of long balls went to him and he fought for everything hold up play was proficient not necessarily excellent but very good. You don't need 45 minutes to make a claim just 15 minutes to lay your marker down and set the tempo.

He is the young pretender to Ighalo's crown, if he continues, along side Victor O.

Many years ago Lukaku was termed the young pretender to Drogb's crown, today he is no longer the pretender but the owner.

The stats don't tell the full story.

Taiwo replaced Osimhen perfectly is what i am debating against.
And then i decided to unleash his poor stats on the day.

If you think it is a berating on Taiwo quality, then that is quite your conjecture.
Scoring 12 goals for his club is a proof of quality.

But even in the midst of his quality, he's yet to become the player Osimhen is.

andrewbaba44:
Aubameyang is not playing sir

Korrect correction

safarigirl:
Please, has anyone gotten word about Awaziem and his COVID situation?

Coach said he's got ankle injury not COVID-19

Meliforme:
Taiwo replaced Osimhen perfectly is what i am debating against.
And then i decided to unleash his poor stats on the day.

If you think it is a berating on Taiwo quality, then that is quite your conjecture.
Scoring 12 goals for his club is a proof of quality.

But even in the midst of his quality, he's yet to become the player Osimhen is.

I would say from a club perspective yes in the HERE and NOW.

But he's climbing and he doesn't have the pace and football intelligence that Osimhen has .

However, he has more physicality but less aggression.

komekn:
Absolute guided missile goalkeeper no chance.

Player quality is outstanding, and where is he playing Quatar and before that Championship after relegation by Swansea.

Many people here seem to forget that football is s career in and making money ££$$€€ is a big part of it. Andre could have gone to multiple EPL clubs but chose not to, why❓

I could speculate he was getting paid £83k a week in the Championship, I can't imagine what he is getting paid in Quatar.

And playing for these clubs did not make him loose quality or become irrelevant to Ghana. This is his 6th AFCON. As quite a few have suggested with Ighalo.

Too bad they missed out at promotion twice

Andre ayew was earning more than so many players at the epl while he was at the championship

Meliforme:
I don't need multiple games to ascertain a player's competence.
On Osimhen's AFCON debut even with the cameo appearance, a lot can be deduced from his style of play and the promise it held.

I believe in growth, but Taiwo is yet to become the player Osimhen is.

I was more impressed with Sadiq than i was with Taiwo.

Awoniyi is Awoniyi. Osimhen is Osimhen.

Remember, the same Awoniyi has scored 14 goals this season in the top 5 leagues in Europe. More than what Osimhen has scored.

In here and now, Osimhen should be the one to be the player Awoniyi is.

Besides, you claim to ascertain a player’s competence at a glance. How many players have you vouched for to become a hit even when they were actually nobody?

Give me one name, please. Else don’t come here and pretend to be a scout.