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Kog45:
All Nigeria academy young prospects should study Isaac Success and Taiwo Awoniyi careers for guidance...... Success was highly rated but indiscipline ruined his career while Awoniyi was average but very disciplined,both belonged to 2013 under 17 class,fact Awoniyi replaced Success due to injury during under 17 World Cup.

TheSuperNerd:
I personally would not call the Awo I watched at U17 average ooo. He was definitely not close to Success' level but for me, he was above average but certainly not a major standout talent as at then.

But yes, your point stands.

Kog45:
I have my reason for saying he was average,compare to Success and Iheanacho he was average.

I was in UAE watching them live,both training and matches and I want to tell you Manu Garba gambled on Awoniyi and it paid off...fact after Nigeria under 15 Coca cola summer camp in UK, Awoniyi was recommended by Seyi Olofinjana but Under 17 team doctor who was the same doctor to UK summer camp told Manu Garba that No the boy wasn't good enough,not knowing that Manu has watched some UK summer camp clips.

Isaac Success Oh my God na baller,he belonged to class of super talented players like Etim Esin,Tarila Okoronwata,Dodoo Avaa and Duke Udi that Nigeria football fans never enjoyed them as we supposed

TheSuperNerd:
Ademola Lookman and other members of the UCL Final Four's Top Stats performers...

Samueltemi337:
🤦

TheSuperNerd:
Yes, I also followed the U15 Camp that produced Awoniyi. Read all about it back then and how the likes of Nacho and the rest got selected. I have to say, Seyi Olofinjana saw something in Awo that the team doc missed. Now that same Olofinjana is in the Diaspora talents discovery/recruitment committee of the NSC. I hope for better things going forward.

TheSuperNerd:
Many others have done so too across social media and it is when Osimhen was already known. Basco, Safarigirl and myself began the Osimhen hype before Osimhen became the household name many on socials know him now to be. It is easy running a race for a known entity not an unknown one.

So dont let recency bias cover the truth. I have been doing this long before anyone came on board and I did not limit it to just Osimhen. I did not do mine to be noticed. I did not tag Osimhen or do any of that... I did not have to because I did not want to. Na him come find me. I just enjoy promoting Nigerian football and following up on the exploits of our players home and abroad. I have my own life and I have my own story so football reporting is just a fun pasttime for me coz I love Nigerian football. Players come, players go.... before it was Mikel and Nacho and Ighalo, now it is Osimhen, Iwobi, Chukwueze, Lookman... their time will pass and we will still talk about the new names rising.

So please make una stop this narrative as if person dey drag anything here. I just do what I do. Nothing else to it.

TheSuperNerd:
Ademola Lookman and other members of the UCL Final Four's Top Stats performers...

ChrisKels:
A section of Marseille fans are angry that it took the coaches this long to play a player that they now view as Makelele regen. They said he is the strongest midfielder in their team and that their team would have faired better if he has been a starter long ago.

https://x.com/OM_Officiel/status/2049066092979421694?t=QYzzuTd2-4TQzm-38TpGYA&s=19[/quote]These are the issues some of these players faces in their careers and they failed to make it but we fans will see them as poor players

FiveFootNinja:
Big man, your status as Osimhen's foremost discoverer on this thread was never under contention. That's all I'm gonna say.

Kog45:
@Chriskels,Nnadi should thank his star or else Beye would have said he is a bad market....these are the issues some of our players faces in their careers

Kog45:
Doctor would Lookman be available against Arsenal

TheSuperNerd:
Not Nigerian-related but I find it post-worthy. Beautiful story climb. And they will both be at the World Cup as starters for France. Solid duo.

Apparently 433 might have nicked this from Tobywrites 😂😂 but that is not my point. My point is the story. Omo, socials these days ehn... anything to screw anyone over and gain traction and "elon musk" + social media money. Lol

Ousmane Dembélé et Dayot Upamecano régalent leur quartier à Evreux pour PSG - Bayern 🤩#PSGBAY #UCL pic.twitter.com/XAiOtfryOW

— CANAL+ Foot (@CanalplusFoot) April 27, 2026

TheSuperNerd:
Ismael Doukoure, the young Captain of Strasbourg in Ligue 1 has decided to switch to Cote D Ivoire AKA Ivory Coast.

Another one bagged by CIV.

TheSuperNerd:
And this is exactly the nonsense narrative I am avoiding.

I did not discover Osimhen. I never said I did. And that was never the point. You are deliberately using "discoverer" to cover or infact dodge the point.

When Osimhen was yet to "blow", there were some of us in this thread who already pictured him as the next big thing and staunchly stood by our belief in his talents despite his struggles at Wolfsburg. That is the point. From 2015 to 2017 and then to his first senior pro goal in 2018, we were here even in the face of major negative statements like he wont fit in at the U23s of Championship sides.

So again, no one is dragging anything with anyone here. Just set the records straight and dont try to be clever shifting the conversations to make it a kind of tussle for discoverer tag. No one here discovered Osimhen and it was never the point of discussion.

Truidstarr:
Osimhen straight from the U17 world cup, was left on the bench by Sia Sia for the U23 Afcon. Came on in the semifinals against Senegal in the second half and changed the game. Thats when I knew .........

elyte89:
Watch out for cote d voire and Nigeria in d next afcon ..infact I am predicting deir final pairings in the next afcon

TheSuperNerd:
And this is exactly the nonsense narrative I am avoiding.

I did not discover Osimhen. I never said I did. And that was never the point. You are deliberately using "discoverer" to cover or infact dodge the point.

When Osimhen was yet to "blow", there were some of us in this thread who already pictured him as the next big thing and staunchly stood by our belief in his talents despite his struggles at Wolfsburg. That is the point. From 2015 to 2017 and then to his first senior pro goal in 2018, we were here even in the face of major negative statements like he wont fit in at the U23s of Championship sides.

So again, no one is dragging anything with anyone here. Just set the records straight and dont try to be clever shifting the conversations to make it a kind of tussle for discoverer tag. No one here discovered Osimhen and it was never the point of discussion.

FiveFootNinja:
This is becoming rather hilarious. Okay, so you've established that you championed Osimhen early, without fanfare, without tagging him, without needing recognition, just a guy simply doing what he loves quietly and without agenda. So I simply acknowledged your primacy in this thread and you... rejected the acknowledgment because the exact word I used wasn't precise enough? Lmao.

Dude which one is it? Please pick a lane. It's either you don't care about the credit and this whole conversation was unnecessary, or you care enough about it that the framing of a concession bothers you.

You cannot hold both positions simultaneously and then turn around and accuse me of trying to be clever.

I called you the foremost discoverer. You said you didn't discover him, you championed him. Oya no wahala. Fair enough. But at the end of the day, that distinction is so thin that it only matters to someone who is, in fact, keeping score. And there is nothing wrong with keeping score. Just own it.

My position is simple: Banky is loud now, and you were loud then. Both can be true without it being an attack on your legacy.

And if you truly didn't care about the validation, you wouldn't get this offended by someone actually giving it to you, and start penning all these redundant epistles, playing musical chairs with semantics.

TheSuperNerd:
And you said that is all you were going to say. I knew you were lying. I just knew you would say more. Please, it is clear what your intentions are and they are not good. Those that know the truth wont bend it like you intended.

So run along, I did not bother reading. Thank you.

TheSuperNerd:
Thank you. Immediately after the U17 WC triumph in 2015. In same 2015, Siasia included him in the squad for the U23 Afcon. Not used until the semis and his introductio was impactful. Even Siasia himself knew... anyone following that U23 afcon knew. Till today, that is the only U23 Afcon title we won. Etebo was top scorer I believe.

FiveFootNinja:
For someone who "just does this for fun," you sure are sensitive about your unofficial credentials. You didn’t read what I typed yet somehow you’re certain my intentions are evil? That’s some impressive delusion.

If you were actually above the tussle, you’d have stopped typing ages ago, but your ego can't help it.