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daveP:
There are more here that say the truth than you're seeing. Just that I've seen many exaggerate his weaknesses when compared to others playing in that same Europe. Many naysayers forget he's also a victim of circumstances. To see players playing with such passion for this super eagles, a unending complaint from decades ago, is rare.

But you're right, fandom dey. Annoying ones. Especially among the sport journalist for both the male and female national teams. Once they're on a players side, that player must NOT be criticized, else it is termed hate.


I call it the Ketekete Effect. Why? Cos i have experienced defending a player and the rousers came over me. When i criticized same player, the attacks were even worse. So what do they want me to do? Siddon dey look, deciding what i say(devoid of any hint of hate)??


Me, im super excited to have that Osimhen on that AFCON team cos of his passion and spirit. He do well for us. He is also a work in progress. He goes through what many legends of this game went through and he will scale through no different than them. They'll always be rousers. Saka is an example of that. The peak of hate cos of a PK in a final. Now, person go come and begin to hate the kind of love he gets in the here and now.


Foootball!!!!

You're very correct on a lot of things, especially on the issue of fandom. It's their hypocrisy for me. These people are fond of calling other Nigerian players all sorts of hurtful names when they underperform, yet they feel attacked when Osimhen's flaws are called out.


They're like little children whose sticks of sweet fall on the floor, and instead of washing them, they pick them up and begin to lick them like that with all the dirt on the sweets. You try to help them wash the sweets because they're dirty, but they refuse and begin to cry like the petulant children that they are, thinking you want to take their sweets from them. It's a crazy analogy, but it fits.

Maybe if Osimhen had taken the penalties he won and score them, people wouldnt have talked much of Ekong..

This platform is getting filled up with what Patomiliki terms "football know-nothings". These kind of people are the ones that also come here to tell us that Kanu was terrible because he didn't score at AFCON, yet in most cases it was a simple brilliant move or assist from him that won us most crucial matches.

Lol if we didn't have Osimhen in that team, especially with the type of anti-football tactics deployed by JPez, we would not have beaten CIV, Cameroun and even SA.

Till tomorrow, people praise Emenike for his goals in 2013 and rightly so, but to me, Ideye was also a Trojan warrior. Osimhen did not only shine, but was also the person who watered the garden for the likes of Lookman to thrive too.

Too many mumu takes in here lately. Sometimes I wonder if someone has introduced this thread to these Facebook boys 🥱

COOL10:
My point is simple. When a player underperforms, despite your love for that player, be mature enough to put your sentiments aside and criticize that player for performing poorly.


The thing is that, as Nigerians, we don't like telling ourselves the truth. Osimhen had a terrible AFCON outing. An African Player of the Year scoring just one goal in the entire tournament and missing the most chances (13) is a woeful performance.


Most Nigerians will argue with you and tell you to forget about that because he knows how to mark and put pressure on defenders, forgetting that the number one goal of a striker is to put the ball in the back of the net. Osimhen didn't win the African Player of the Year award by putting pressure on defenders, he won it because of the goals he scored and trophy he won with Napoli.


Imagine what would have happened if the likes of Lookman and Ekong didn't step up at the AFCON. We won't even have gotten out of the group stage.

This is the lie of the century, anybody who watched Afcon knows that Osimhen dragged us to the finals, strikers are not only judged by goals but by there performances also

TheSuperNerd:
Well answered. To be honest, Boniface's Zero goals in 11 caps is impossible to defend anymore. At this point, any whisper of Dessers from this angle is valid.

But then stretching this to Osimhen is another matter.

Wait is Dessers no longer playing in the Scottish league, Rangers fans see him as the second coming of the devil, what would he offer to the SE when we are battling crucial qualifiers when he is not of the level required?

So if you are coach in a world cup qualifier you play Dessers ahead of Boniface because he scores 2 after every intermediate drought, put Dessers in a Bayern Leverkusen team and put Boniface in a Rangers team and reevaluate lol

I haven't said what I would do as a coach. I am just open to whatever will work in the GWG. Dessers mentions are legit at this point because the Osimhen backups just aren't coming to the party. If one of them clicks, bin dessers.

Subzerooo:
Wait is Dessers no longer playing in the Scottish league, Rangers fans see him as the second coming of the devil, what would he offer to the SE when we are battling crucial qualifiers when he is not of the level required?

So if you are coach in a world cup qualifier you play Dessers ahead of Boniface because he posted mid numbers in a poor league,top player is top player abeg

Just realized the reason why the afcon was shifted to December. The club world cup has 4 African teams; wydad, al ahly, esperance and mamelodi sundowns. These clubs have players relevant to their national teams so it would be a disservice to these countries if their players are not well rested before afcon proper since the two tournaments are nearer in dates.

I will take Maja and Tolu over Dessers

ChrisKels:
Seems Meliforme abi Truidstar was right after all, that Henry Onyekuru is better than Mbappe

You and wrong guesses are like the Siamese twins.

TheSuperNerd:
Lol. This man. Kindly leave this table alone.

Anyway, I think it was Maidaboi. May be wrong though.

Don't mind Chriskels.
When his network bar for wrong guesses is full, then he starts throwing them like a Robo.

DeloitteNG:
I will take Maja and Tolu over Dessers

Dessers movement and positioning off d ball is better Dan all of our strikers presently ,d few times have watched him but. If he sees such chances of 10,he would barely convert 3 into goals ,he loses goal scoring chances

However super eagles of today don’t need such a striker ,we want those who will convert those chances as it comes ..at least 8 out of ten,

Iwobi scores

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ChrisKels:
This platform is getting filled up with what Patomiliki terms "football know-nothings". These kind of people are the ones that also come here to tell us that Kanu was terrible because he didn't score at AFCON, yet in most cases it was a simple brilliant move or assist from him that won us most crucial matches.

Lol if we didn't have Osimhen in that team, especially with the type of anti-football tactics deployed by JPez, we would not have beaten CIV, Cameroun and even SA.

Till tomorrow, people praise Emenike for his goals in 2013 and rightly so, but to me, Ideye was also a Trojan warrior. Osimhen did not only shine, but was also the person who watered the garden for the likes of Lookman to thrive too.

Too many mumu takes in here lately. Sometimes I wonder if someone has introduced this thread to these Facebook boys 🥱

the thing mk me to enter again no come dey swt me anymore

Once person try say mk em use here pass time u go see comments/post wey go mk u ask if na human being wey claim say em be football fan post this thing 🤦‍♀️

I just hope many see the fine form Iwobi and Bassey are having this season in particular. Especially Bassey with his passes from the back. Iwobi will finish with double figures for G/A come May. Inevitable!!

ChrisKels:
This platform is getting filled up with what Patomiliki terms "football know-nothings". These kind of people are the ones that also come here to tell us that Kanu was terrible because he didn't score at AFCON, yet in most cases it was a simple brilliant move or assist from him that won us most crucial matches.

Lol if we didn't have Osimhen in that team, especially with the type of anti-football tactics deployed by JPez, we would not have beaten CIV, Cameroun and even SA.

Till tomorrow, people praise Emenike for his goals in 2013 and rightly so, but to me, Ideye was also a Trojan warrior. Osimhen did not only shine, but was also the person who watered the garden for the likes of Lookman to thrive too.

Too many mumu takes in here lately. Sometimes I wonder if someone has introduced this thread to these Facebook boys 🥱

The thing tire me o, the simple question to ask is how many goals have we scored without Osihmen in the lineup, that will answer those skeptics.

Iwobi is a different animal nowadays, he's no longer afraid of getting in the box and affecting the game, I like that for him

zicky:
After how many match, but you don't believe Dessers will come through even with more goals and less minutes than Boniface

Na 2 swallow pride and accept that no be to play for the top 5 leagues be say na u better pass for SE team. Every time top 5 league but we go dey draw with Lesotho wey be part time fishermen and ukombothi brewers

TheSuperNerd:
This is someone who truly watched the AFCON.

Cool10, I know it is probably because of your Dessers Agenda but tagging Osimhen's Afcon 24 showings, terrible is actually hilarious. It is your way of saying you didn't watch the Afcon.

i wonder why he is not attacking all of you harshly that are countering his earlier downgrading of osimhen’s afcon showing…i responded to his quote mumu start dey foam for mouth…you are feeling highly of yourself as one validator or celebrity whose response to a disagreement is equal to giving the person attentive favour…
dey insult all them Supernerd,jhiday and the rest wey dey counter you na….mumu man.
telling me i can’t contribute logical facts….very proud motherf**king persons around here…who get time to worship beer parlor ekuke analyst

The super eagles just need a sound tactician, all these average white journey men and eguavoen experiments will only lead to us wasting this generation of talented ballers.

I don’t know why simple things are always made difficult in this country 🤦🏽‍♂️

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— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) December 5, 2024

Beautiful goal, the confidence to take that little touch and send that defender away was superb

COOL10:
I don't know the guy from anywhere oh. All I know is that he likes mentioning me to talk about his beloved Eguavoen .

I told him off because I didn't have his time today. I didn't even read his replies after I told him off. I just scrolled past them once I saw that he mentioned me again. Or would you rather we argued all day as usual? No one's got time for that.

oga go and sit down na body dey pepper you, when you see someone challenging your view…there are so many anonymous/ghost monickers here that will engage you in a healthy argument and flaw you clean clean….i like mentioning you yen yen yen…like who you be na…have you gone through loads of pages and see other people i mention?….all the big and old names here, i have mentioned them all once i sight something that catch my attention from their posts….who you be that mentioning you will make you feel like you are the richman lazarus was begging a piece of crumbs of bread from to eat..flush

ChrisKels:
This platform is getting filled up with what Patomiliki terms "football know-nothings". These kind of people are the ones that also come here to tell us that Kanu was terrible because he didn't score at AFCON, yet in most cases it was a simple brilliant move or assist from him that won us most crucial matches.

Lol if we didn't have Osimhen in that team, especially with the type of anti-football tactics deployed by JPez, we would not have beaten CIV, Cameroun and even SA.

Till tomorrow, people praise Emenike for his goals in 2013 and rightly so, but to me, Ideye was also a Trojan warrior. Osimhen did not only shine, but was also the person who watered the garden for the likes of Lookman to thrive too.

Too many mumu takes in here lately. Sometimes I wonder if someone has introduced this thread to these Facebook boys 🥱

asin ehhhhnnnnnn, how can someone who watched afcon from jan to february say osimhen was terrible, and you claim to be an old time analyst here…rubbish!!
if not for clinical goal scoring prowess of lookman, i would have placed Osimhen ahead of all the player that played at afcon…but for fairness of goal delivery i will rate lookman over osimhen….but laiye laiye nobody can tell me osimhen was terrible at afcon and i wont reply your moniker…who you be na

ChrisKels:
This platform is getting filled up with what Patomiliki terms "football know-nothings". These kind of people are the ones that also come here to tell us that Kanu was terrible because he didn't score at AFCON, yet in most cases it was a simple brilliant move or assist from him that won us most crucial matches.

Lol if we didn't have Osimhen in that team, especially with the type of anti-football tactics deployed by JPez, we would not have beaten CIV, Cameroun and even SA.

Till tomorrow, people praise Emenike for his goals in 2013 and rightly so, but to me, Ideye was also a Trojan warrior. Osimhen did not only shine, but was also the person who watered the garden for the likes of Lookman to thrive too.

Too many mumu takes in here lately. Sometimes I wonder if someone has introduced this thread to these Facebook boys 🥱

Story for the gods. Osimehn is a hardworking player for Nigeria but at the last ANC, he worked hard and created chances but his conversion rate and chances missed was atrocious and it cannot be negated. His ANC performance contributed to bigger clubs being skeptical on paying that release clause. Although, his still an extremely useful player and our best striker but that ANC performance was average

Subzerooo:
This is the lie of the century, anybody who watched Afcon knows that Osimhen dragged us to the finals, strikers are not only judged by goals but by there performances also

No it was a team performance but Ademola lookman was our best player at the ANC. Let’s not rewrite history for our favorites

comodo:
Na 2 swallow pride and accept that no be to play for the top 5 leagues be say na u better pass for SE team. Every time top 5 league but we go dey draw with Lesotho wey be part time fishermen and ukombothi brewers

To be fair, dessers has been given numerous chances similar to boniface at the SE and none has capitalized on it. Presently, due to injuries, the position is open for grab

Toylove:
The super eagles just need a sound tactician, all these average white journey men and eguavoen experiments will only lead to us wasting this generation of talented ballers.

I don’t know why simple things are always made difficult in this country 🤦🏽‍♂️

Why do u think I applied 😊?

Subzerooo:
This is the lie of the century, anybody who watched Afcon knows that Osimhen dragged us to the finals, strikers are not only judged by goals but by there performances also

thank you sir…OSIMHEN DRAGGED US TO THAT FINAL
Scored 1goal and made 3 struggling assists….
person wey be say his disallowed hustling goal against SA sent like 3 rich men to their early grave…..
-Kudos to lookman for being spectacular and always at the right place to pounce on begging chances.
-Kudos to Ekong for stepping up to slot in cooly our PKs
-Kudos to osimhen for not totally fading away even when he was not scoring…..if e sure peseiro he for drop am to the bench after the group stage matches….wether no be beaten cameroon go use purse us like thief….
if Osimhen had been dropped to the bench, its most likely lookman will score but Nigeria will not cross that stage…is it lookman that wanna keep those rugged african defenders on their toes?
Osimhen would have been heavily criticized if he had been a ghosted passersby at the afcon.

minfelix:
thank you sir…OSIMHEN DRAGGED US TO THAT FINAL
Scored 1goal and made 3 struggling assists….
person wey be say his disallowed hustling goal against SA sent like 3 rich men to their early grave…..
-Kudos to lookman for being spectacular and always at the right place to pounce on begging chances.
-Kudos to Ekong for stepping up to slot in cooly our PKs
-Kudos to osimhen for not totally fading away even when he was not scoring…..if e sure peseiro he for drop am to the bench after the group stage matches….wether no be beaten cameroon go use purse us like thief….
if Osimhen had been dropped to the bench, its most likely lookman will score but Nigeria will not cross that stage…is it lookman that wanna keep those rugged african defenders on their toes?
Osimhen would have been heavily criticized if he had been a ghosted passersby at the afcon.

It was a team performance but ademola look man was our best player and dragged us to the final. Without look man performance, we wouldn’t had reached that final. Moffi couldn’t even get any minutes until the semi final

Bannedlargejr:
It was a team performance but ademola look man was our best player and dragged us to the final. Without look man performance, we wouldn’t had reached that final. Moffi couldn’t even get any minutes until the semi final

Everybody dey fight for him favourite 😂

Bannedlargejr:
It was a team performance but ademola look man was our best player and dragged us to the final. Without look man performance, we wouldn’t had reached that final. Moffi couldn’t even get any minutes until the semi final

you are right onLookman sha..but bro nothing wey una go tell me, Osimhen was hugely instrumental to our Afcon second place finish

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