Apart from Victor Boniface (UEL) and Gift Orban (UECL), other Naija lads got on the scoresheet in the Europa League.

David Ankeye bagged one for FC Sheriff continuing his goals form from the weekend.

Moses Usor scored for LASK in their 2-1 loss away at Royal USG.

Tobias Okiki Lawal kept goal for LASK for all 90.

Joebie:
What' the urhobo version of Akpovie.. just wondering?

Uhrobo and lsoko are essentially the same but with different dialects.

TheSuperNerd:
Apart from Victor Boniface (UEL) and Gift Orban (UECL), other Naija lads got on the scoresheet in the Europa League.

David Ankeye bagged one for FC Sheriff continuing his goals form from the weekend.

Moses Usor scored for LASK in their 2-1 loss away at Royal USG.

Tobias Okiki Lawal kept goal for LASK for all 90.

So happy for Usor
He has been struggling this season

True. And just when he was having a top game today, he left the game, injured on 76mins. I only hope it's not so serious.

maidaboi:
So happy for Usor
He has been struggling this season

Danielnino00:
CAF shouldn't bother inviting another Nigerian team for the next edition of the African league...
We always get exposed in tournaments like this... We have failed to invest in our football and the results show when we have to face African oppositions in the local scene..
Just look at the rubbish enyimba is playing

Don't forget the Participation Quote from the NPFL manager😂😂

ChrisKels:


We don't do emotions here. Do you want him to start because he is good or because he was bred in Nigeria?

I am not being emotional or sentimental.
But if National team selection is based on club form, I think Ogbu should be ahead of many others.
If we are talking of AFCON, a tournament of African opponents, we must not make mistake of parading a defence line of over 80% foreign bred.
That is the difference in Keshi's AFCON success and Eguavoen's failure.

BTW, I'm not entirely new to this forum, but I really can't stand some personal attacks meted out from non football related sentiments.
So once again I appreciate all the elders of this forum, who has maintained the objective of this wonderful forum through the years, despite all the personal attacks and distractions.
Kudos to you all.

Never met an Urhobo bear that name. But it’s still very possible. Akpo means life and Ovie, king. Life of a king.

ChrisKels:



I thought both Urhobo and Isoko bear Akpouvie.

Joebie you ought to know better, aren't you Urhobo abi you be Itshekiri?

Zellas:


I am not being emotional or sentimental.
But if National team selection is based on club form, I think Ogbu should be ahead of many others.
If we are talking of AFCON, a tournament of African opponents, we must not make mistake of parading a defence line of over 80% foreign bred.
That is the difference in Keshi's AFCON success and Eguavoen's failure.

BTW, I'm not entirely new to this forum, but I really can't stand some personal attacks meted out from non football related sentiments.
So once again I appreciate all the elders of this forum, who has maintained the objective of this wonderful forum through the years, despite all the personal attacks and distractions.
Kudos to you all.

this is not the 90s. Club form should be paramount to our selection process. It's unfair and illogical to pick someone over another just because of place of birth. Football is more technical than physical nowadays everywhere in the world.

Amedino99:
this is not the 90s. Club form should be paramount to our selection process. It's unfair and illogical to pick someone over another just because of place of birth. Football is more technical than physical nowadays everywhere in the world.

Many times I will just read some comments here and just shake my head. We cry that we don't have depth in SE CB & MF. But still refuse to explore other options we have. Just because we always have this mindset that if you are good that you should be playing in d big leagues. But we will turn around to prefer a championship player to a Bundesliga & Liga Portugal players. Hypocrisy everywhere.

komekn:


All the defenders you mentioned were simply not good enough.

Omeruo was never ever going to play for Chelsea at one stage they had him training with the U18's he was that lowly rated.

He had a stint in the Championship was essentially anonymous.The same goes for Awaziem. Ajayi ,Ekong players that have never been able to make the mark to.

Someone said Omeruo has been good for the SE , maybe or maybe not depending on what level of expectations you have for the SE.

For me he has been consistently below average with not one single attribute that makes him stand out. I remember him getting bullied by the Cameroon forward players in the AFCON and disgraced in the World cup.

Finally, Tosin Adarabioyo is better than all of them.

Omeruo was our best defender enroute winning the nations cup. He didn't put a foot wrong and basically acted as shield to Vincent Enyeama.
In 2019,he was also named in the Afcon team of the tournament by whosored and goal dot com.

Like it or not, belive it or not, Omeruo has been an incredible and dependeble player for Nigeria from U17 to Super Eagles. It's sad to see such a player being rubbished for whatever agenda.

Bringing up his time at Chelsea is very low of you. Was it not the same period Chelsea was renound for being talent killers. Young players like Salah, Debruyn weren't given chances by Mourinho and we're unceremoniously exited by the club.

As far as Afcon is concerned, Omeruo still have a role to play if we want to be successful in that competition.

do4luv14:


I don't know sir, and It's Akpouvie, And that's the name of my Junior sister

You know we have different dialects in Uhrobo/ Isoko that creates sometimes different pronunciations and different spellings.

For instance we mostly use Oghene but other clans in Uhrobo will use Osanabruwe ( not right spelling)

That's just one example.

Barryseal:

Omeruo was our best defender enroute winning the nations cup. He didn't put a foot wrong and basically acted as shield to Vincent Enyeama.
In 2019,he was also named in the Afcon team of the tournament by whosored and goal dot com.

Like it or not, belive it or not, Omeruo has been an incredible and dependeble player for Nigeria from U17 to Super Eagles. It's sad to see such a player being rubbished for whatever agenda.

Bringing up his time at Chelsea is very low of you. Was it not the same period Chelsea was renound for being talent killers. Young players like Salah, Debruyn weren't given chances by Mourinho and we're unceremoniously exited by the club.

As far as Afcon is concerned, Omeruo still have a role to play if we want to be successful in that competition.

Those young players at least played games for the first team. Omeruo did not play one game, that in itself tells you something.

He was in the Championship with Middlesbrough for two seasons without a single accolade he was anonymous. He has never been in a top team and spent any decent time in a top League. He has been at best very average or in reality below average.

He has been at fault for several goals and poor performances, both in AFCON and the works cup. He has huge stretch of games that has been used to cover mediocrity.

The question ❓ should be how much better would the have been if we had used other CB of theybhsd been given a chance.

comodo:

Many times I will just read some comments here and just shake my head. We cry that we don't have depth in SE CB & MF. But still refuse to explore other options we have. Just because we always have this mindset that if you are good that you should be playing in d big leagues. But we will turn around to prefer a championship player to a Bundesliga & Liga Portugal players. Hypocrisy everywhere.

Unless you are talking the top 5/6 teams in the Bundesliga and with regards to the Portuguese league then top 4/5 teams then I absolutely say the top Championship player is better.

The Championship is physically intense and much more faster and definitely far superior to any other second tier league in Europe.

It's Borrusia D that bought a 16 year old from Birmingham for £25 million.

But be specific who are the better player's in the Portuguese and Bundesliga league that we are taking about.ln❓

Zellas:


I am not being emotional or sentimental.
But if National team selection is based on club form, I think Ogbu should be ahead of many others.
If we are talking of AFCON, a tournament of African opponents, we must not make mistake of parading a defence line of over 80% foreign bred.
That is the difference in Keshi's AFCON success and Eguavoen's failure.

BTW, I'm not entirely new to this forum, but I really can't stand some personal attacks meted out from non football related sentiments.
So once again I appreciate all the elders of this forum, who has maintained the objective of this wonderful forum through the years, despite all the personal attacks and distractions.
Kudos to you all.

Club and league outstanding consistent top quality performances.

Taking into cognisance that not all leagues are the same.

komekn:


Unless you are talking the top 5/6 teams in the Bundesliga and with regards to the Portuguese league then top 4/5 teams then I absolutely say the top Championship player is better.

The Championship is physically intense and much more faster and definitely far superior to any other second tier league in Europe.

It's Borrusia D that bought a 16 year old from Birmingham for £25 million.

But be specific who are the better player's in the Portuguese and Bundesliga league that we are taking about.ln❓

Bellingham is world class and on his way to joining the mbappe ronaldo neymar etc of this world.
Ghe wiill be one of the few english players to win world player of the year.
England have unearthed a gem

komekn:


Those young players at least played games for the first team. Omeruo did not play one game, that in itself tells you something.

He was in the Championship with Middlesbrough for two seasons without a single accolade he was anonymous. He has never been in a top team and spent any decent time in a top League. He has been at best very average or in reality below average.

He has been at fault for several goals and poor performances, both in AFCON and the works cup. He has huge stretch of games that has been used to cover mediocrity.

The question ❓ should be how much better would the have been if we had used other CB of theybhsd been given a chance.

The odds are stacked against a 20yr Old defender getting a break from Mourinho if you want to be honest, especially in a Chelsea settled backline then with John Terry, Ivanovich, Azperculter, Gary cahil Etc

By the way, legit question, If Kenneth was so bad for Middlesbrough why did Karanka beg to have him back on loan?

Omeruo has/is a faithful servant to the SE and no agenda will wash that away. With him we've won AFCON gold and bronze. Qualified for WC twice reaching the second in one of them.

Using his club struggles as agenda to down play his immense contributions to the national team will not fly.

komekn:


Those young players at least played games for the first team. Omeruo did not play one game, that in itself tells you something.

He was in the Championship with Middlesbrough for two seasons without a single accolade he was anonymous. He has never been in a top team and spent any decent time in a top League. He has been at best very average or in reality below average.

He has been at fault for several goals and poor performances, both in AFCON and the works cup. He has huge stretch of games that has been used to cover mediocrity.

The question ❓ should be how much better would the have been if we had used other CB of theybhsd been given a chance.

chrisooblog:
Omeruo has/is a faithful servant to the SE and no agenda will wash that away. With him we've won AFCON gold and bronze. Qualified for WC twice reaching the second in one of them.

Using his club struggles as agenda to down play his immense contributions to the national team will not fly.

Make dem bring any super eagles defender wey better pass Omeruo in the last 10 years with eagles stats….na to Dey call him championship failure,mediocre and crap but their overrated players never once convinced us in GWG despite EPL Bla bla blu ratings.

Super eagles players performances to them should be based on league rating and go to that league proper the said players are average or below average,some are not getting games

Naso dem go Dey hammer Simon Moses anyhow and praising wingers who are bench warmers by giving us fallacies on pure theoretical thinking which never existed in reality.

No wonder we Dey suffer for pushing regional and third division keepers as eagles keeper and used eagles to rise but fact,they are still lacking in basic goalkeeping skills and it cost us Afcon and WC

Barryseal:

Omeruo was our best defender enroute winning the nations cup. He didn't put a foot wrong and basically acted as shield to Vincent Enyeama.
In 2019,he was also named in the Afcon team of the tournament by whosored and goal dot com.

Like it or not, belive it or not, Omeruo has been an incredible and dependeble player for Nigeria from U17 to Super Eagles. It's sad to see such a player being rubbished for whatever agenda.

Bringing up his time at Chelsea is very low of you. Was it not the same period Chelsea was renound for being talent killers. Young players like Salah, Debruyn weren't given chances by Mourinho and we're unceremoniously exited by the club.

As far as Afcon is concerned, Omeruo still have a role to play if we want to be successful in that competition.

Facts

kingphilip:

Quote the first one and don't go back just scroll down to the other one you want to quote and click on quote.

Thank you

komekn:


Those young players at least played games for the first team. Omeruo did not play one game, that in itself tells you something.

He was in the Championship with Middlesbrough for two seasons without a single accolade he was anonymous. He has never been in a top team and spent any decent time in a top League. He has been at best very average or in reality below average.

He has been at fault for several goals and poor performances, both in AFCON and the works cup. He has huge stretch of games that has been used to cover mediocrity.

The question ❓ should be how much better would the have been if we had used other CB of theybhsd been given a chance.

Did u not see where he wrote that Omeruo marshalled our defense en route to winning our third nations cup?
Before that he played in u-17 world cup finals,and a decent outing in u-20 world cup 2yrs later.

There is nothing u can say that can wipe out these facts

Once he becomes super efficient at finishing off his chances otilo for the opposition.

Bannedlargedx2:


There’s no way that he was a striker initially. The dude was probably a winger or attacking midfielder converted to a striker ala Thierry henry

Marjoribanks:
With Schick back Boniface will have to grow quickly. He can't continue to miss easy chances.

Nevertheless, his versatility is an added advantage.
Boni reminds me of young Benzema/Lewa. Skillful strikers that do miss lot of chances but were able to perfect their games due to regular playing time.

Unfortunately, Boni might not get that chance cos of Schick. Therefore, he has to start putting away at least one of two chances!

Look at what Boniface does to the team, look at Grimaldo, Frimpong, and Writz all having at least seven goals and assist contributions to the team. That's what Boniface does to the team. He makes everyone around him good. That's why he is key for them. He is the reason the team is built this way. even when he is not scoring he is assisting. That quality, my brother is something I don't think Schick has. Boniface is the gel, he makes them click and everyone is contributing.

Napoleon55:

Facts

The Omeruo slander just to prop up Bassey is nauseating. Imagine someone pondering if Omeruo has ever had a good game for Nigeria. The same guy Nigerians where shitting their pants when he got a knock before the World Cup in Brazil.

mostob:
Sir, please try to use the 'quote' button whenever you want to reply to a particular post. It will make it easier for the people to understand you better.

I don tire for Oga villagereporter oo

Marjoribanks:
You come across as very condescending! Na your papa be guy! I am really sorry for your employer and future patient. Today is not the day to come for you. Zip, drink and eat well this day cos that day will surely come. Se oni ori eee ope niii.

I see say Kog45 tag me to solve kwanta, I said let me track the genesis of the fight, only for me to discover that all these things is because they used "Guy" to address you, and you took offense.

Baba, "Guy" is like "Bro", nobody has their date of birth on this platform, so, nobody can tell that they should not be calling you "Guy". We are all peers in this platform, and we address each other with that in mind.

There was nothing disrespectful about "Guy", this response of yours is however very disrespectful, and I can tell you said it in anger (Use of exclamation points in writing is to relay anger).

You decided to deflect when SuperNerd rightly responded to you in the tone you introduced. You had no right to bring up his father, and someone of the age you project yourself to be, should not be throwing such cheap jabs, especially because NOBODY DISRESPECTED YOU OR WAS CONDESCENDING TOWARDS YOU TO BEGIN WITH.

And yes, Emmy was right to infer that you're trying to employ your age in intimidation of forum mates. You are a "Guy" for the purpose of this forum.

If you want to be properly addressed Baba, please, go to whichever group chats you belong to, where everyone knows your age, so, nobody will call you, "Guy".

Oga Kog45, I hope I have judged this as it should have been judged. The only person that was disrespectful in the course of that interaction was this Baba here.

Apologies for how long it took me to wade into the matter. Nobody should feel the need to post a rebuttal btw.

That is why I said his versatility is an added advantage. I do feel Leverkusen scouts did not actually envisage, Boni will be this good.
Their initial thought is for Boni to deputize until Schick returns but his form and all round play has come as a shock even to Alonzo himself.
However, Schick still remains a BL legend! I am happy that Boni has someone like Schick pushing him. It will make him a better player.

M7even:


Look at what Boniface does to the team, look at Grimaldo, Frimpong, and Writz all having at least seven goals and assist contributions to the team. That's what Boniface does to the team. He makes everyone around him good. That's why he is key for them. He is the reason the team is built this way. even when he is not scoring he is assisting. That quality, my brother is something I don't think Schick has. Boniface is the gel, he makes them click and everyone is contributing.

I have moved on from this matter! Girl, please don't quote me again. Quote the person who asked you to judge! Thank you!

safarigirl:


I see say Kog45 tag me to solve kwanta, I said let me track the genesis of the fight, only for me to discover that all these things is because they used "Guy" to address you, and you took offense.

Baba, "Guy" is like "Bro", nobody has their date of birth on this platform, so, nobody can tell that they should not be calling you "Guy". We are all peers in this platform, and we address each other with that in mind.

There was nothing disrespectful about "Guy", this response of yours is however very disrespectful, and I can tell you said it in anger (Use of exclamation points in writing is to relay anger).

You decided to deflect when SuperNerd rightly responded to you in the tone you introduced. You had no right to bring up his father, and someone of the age you project yourself to be, should not be throwing such cheap jabs, especially because NOBODY DISRESPECTED YOU OR WAS CONDESCENDING TOWARDS YOU TO BEGIN WITH.

And yes, Emmy was right to infer that you're trying to employ your age in intimidation of forum mates. You are a "Guy" for the purpose of this forum.

If you want to be properly addressed Baba, please, go to whichever group chats you belong to, where everyone knows your age, so, nobody will call you, "Guy".

Oga Kog45, I hope I have judged this as it should have been judged. The only person that was disrespectful in the course of that interaction was this Baba here.

Apologies for how long it took me to wade into the matter. Nobody should feel the need to post a rebuttal btw.

It's quiet shocking! Why can't we like both players? As much as I like Bassey, I have more confidence whenever Omeruo plays in defense. The same Omeruo pocketed Drogba and led us to our third AFCON.

Barryseal:

The Omeruo slander just to prop up Bassey is nauseating. Imagine someone pondering if Omeruo has ever had a good game for Nigeria. The same guy Nigerians where sitting their pants when he got a knock before the World Cup in Brazil.

Kog45:
Make dem bring any super eagles defender wey better pass Omeruo in the last 10 years with eagles stats….na to Dey call him championship failure,mediocre and crap but their overrated players never once convinced us in GWG despite EPL Bla bla blu ratings.

Super eagles players performances to them should be based on league rating and go to that league proper the said players are average or below average,some are not getting games

Naso dem go Dey hammer Simon Moses anyhow and praising wingers who are bench warmers by giving us fallacies on pure theoretical thinking which never existed in reality.

No wonder we Dey suffer for pushing regional and third division keepers as eagles keeper but today despite using eagles to rise they are still lacking in basic goalkeeping skills and it cost us Afcon and WC

Elder Kog sir...this is so apt!


The Morocco team that made history at the last World cup, I would like Komekn to come here and tell us how many of them play in the top 5 leagues.


Maduka, Bassey, Akpors....wetin these guys don do for our national team sef? mtchew...

Marjoribanks:
I have moved on from this matter! Girl, please don't quote me again. Quote the person who asked you to judge! Thank you!

Good for you and for everyone involved Baba.

Hopefully, we do not have any more misunderstandings arising from the usage of popular lingo.