Akinjide Idowu (2013 under 17) joins FC Palanga in Lithuania

tbaba1234:
Akinjide Idowu (2013 under 17) joins FC Palanga in Lithuania

Lithuania. Hmm..OK o.

ChrisKels:
I haven't seen a left back so uncomfortable with the ball on his feet, in the GWG as Bryan Idowu. I just need to see Collins, Duru and of course Ikouwem more before I start a campaign against Idowu because Dude aint super eagles quality at all. Dude is a big scam. If he wasnt a foreign born, I doubt he would have been capped by the Eagles, let alone taken to the world cup.

Everything about him, na almost zero;

First touch - zero
Crossing - zero
Passing - zero
Tackles - below average
Marking - below average
Ball sense - zero
Dribbles - zero
Aerial ability - zero

Idowu is as good as Marcelo

junnyjake:


And even the U-23 team, we saw how that worked out for Ekong.

With Salisu outta da way, I think Sia1 might be the one to take charge...

Kog45 mentioned something earlier on that the SE helped Ekong. His Olympic performance really boosted his career. Another player that the SE helped is Shehu Abdulahi.
It happens. There are certain players that their national team performance boost their career.

Some players will perform better in the national team than at their club. While some will be called "the new Ronaldo" or "new Messi" or "New Okocha" because of club performances but will fall short when national duty calls. Some of such players are Joel Obi and Mikel Agu.

On Siasia as a coach, well, if he is willing fine.But If he is not let's see what Finidi George can offer.

andrew444:

Idowu is as good as Marcelo

His best game still remains the Argentina friendly.

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His best game still remains the Argentina friendly.

Yeah he won the heart of the coach with that game

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Firstly, if you say a comment like "......you are being utterly ridiculous" is not offensive. Well then, no problem. Let me just take it as a comment u normally say to people.

Secondly, whether anyone insulted u or not. To be candid I cannot remember. In the last 48hrs so many people have made all sorts of comments here. When e be say all my life does not centre around this thread or nairaland how do u want me to remember what everyone has said to whoever. See, I don't even read every comment or follow all Arguments here.

Thirdly, please Quote me from where I mentioned that I WANTED Ighalo to have positioned himself for Awaziem to give him that pass.

In the context it wasn't meant to be offensive.That withstanding I am willing to give an apology if u felt offended because I wasn't even thinking in that direction.

Secondly, you don't follow every argument but u follow all my comments to know I am emotional?

Lastly, If u want him to get onside what are u asking?

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Fake news? watch the replay of that Awaziem's goal. Yes, Ighalo started the move when the freekick was taken in anticipation of a rebound. But the rebound went in the direction of Awaziem. At that point, Ighalo was supposed to check his run to ensure he was not off-side but he still continued not withstanding. If that ball had come in contact with him on its way to the cross line into the net. It would have been ruled offside.

On how u comment here. The thing is sometimes u seem to attach too much emotions when u stand in defense of a player or a group of players. For instance no one must criticise any player from the NPFL . You just chose to defend the mediocrity of Ighalo for reasons best known to you. You may think you are not disrespecting any one but there are some levels of aggression in those comments. Some may over look but some others may not.

I know u very well, we have been on different sides of an argument more often than not. I can take whatever u throw at me but note that not every one can.

andrew444:


Yeah he won the heart of the coach with that game

Not only the coach. The entire Nigerian football community.

He completely foiled the attack of the Argentines from that wing, he linked up play with the attack and then capped it up with a goal. All on his debut. That performance has kept him in the team. Even when he gave an average performance in subsequent games his performance from that first game still stands tall in our minds.

That is the power of "First Impression".

Their agents never wake up lol

Kog45:
Pls i have a question why is it we don't normally called players who are willing to.play for us.

I remember Kenneth Otigba

Saw Akanji with eagles kit after WC

Alaba paid a visit to eagles's camp in Austria

Eze is ever ready

Deji is eager

But we are waiting for Uduokhai, Akpoguma and Torunarigha to say Yes.

tbaba1234:
Akinjide Idowu (2013 under 17) joins FC Palanga in Lithuania

Another one...the first was Gavin Thompson...the press was calling him'Paul Scholes"

Pls did Madagascar win the world cup?


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

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Kog45 mentioned something earlier on that the SE helped Ekong. His Olympic performance really boosted his career. Another player that the SE helped is Shehu Abdulahi.
It happens. There are certain players that their national team performance boost their career.

Some players will perform better in the national team than at their club. While some will be called "the new Ronaldo" or "new Messi" or "New Okocha" because of club performances but will fall short when national duty calls. Some of such players are Joel Obi and Mikel Agu.

On Siasia as a coach, well, if he is willing fine.But If he is not let's see what Finidi George can offer.

Yeah!

All we can hope is that kids deserving of the opportunity be given the chance.

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On Ighalo, I wasn't playing on anybody's emotions. If for one thing, I think I was the first person here to point out that Ighalo has nothing to offer this team. I said so right from when he scored 12 goals in his first season at Watford in the EPL. I have never seen him and Brown Ideye as good strikers. And that has not changed.

I already know your opinion on Ighalo. Met him at the airport, preached to him but he had a bad game or tournament anyways. I can understand u not believing in him, that is totally ok but that is no excuse to bash him without just cause.

BascoVanVeli:


It does because all EPL stadiums have fans close up to the action and nobody finds them intimidating. You are making this assumption without any recent evidence of crowd violence coming from Gambia.

The bolded is not nice and has nothing to do with what I said. When u get treated nicely by away fans in Africa trust me it is a rarity. When River United went to Sudan they were stoned at the airport. You have not told me that the Gambians were hostile, all u are saying is they were on the track.

The argument is not about fans close up to actions but about the unruly, uncoordinated, disorganized, disjointed and inappropriate manner or setting the Gambian fans were closed up to action in the stadium.

I have neither told you Gambian fans were hostile nor intimadated the Algerian players physically but rather the possibility that the manner and setting of the Gambian fans could had possibly intimidated the Algerian players based on the statement an Algerian fan made here . That's all.

BascoVanVeli:


In the context it wasn't meant to be offensive.That withstanding I am willing to give an apology if u felt offended because I wasn't even thinking in that direction.

Secondly, you don't follow every argument but u follow all my comments to know I am emotional?

Lastly, If u want him to get onside what are u asking?

Starting with your last comment, I was only criticising him for making an attempt to open up for Awaziem to give him that pass while he forgot to check the defense line and ran into offside position in the process. My point is even if he wanted the pass from Awaziem he should at least had stayed on side.

I never said I WANTED him to position himself for Awaziem to pass to him. He wanting Awaziem to pass to him is worse than the case of Iheanacho begging Musa to pass to him! That which I also criticised.

Then your second point, YES, I don't follow every argument. But I have discussed with u here for many years to know ur line of arguments. I have even given you a couple advice in time past.

On your first paragraph, that is why I mentioned that "you are not a Newbie here". I would have overlooked if that was coming from a non regular here. Yes, this is a faceless forum and so we don't know who is who. But we have learnt to show respect for each other. Though angers may occasionally flair but we have learnt to cope with each other.

gamaliel9:


Another one...the first was Gavin Thompson...the press was calling him'Paul Scholes"

Pls did Madagascar win the world cup?


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

Probably their biggest game ever. They could do a Iceland at the AFCON.

maidaboi:
hahahaha

Na so d thing tire me.

ChrisKels:
I haven't seen a left back so uncomfortable with the ball on his feet, in the GWG as Bryan Idowu. I just need to see Collins, Duru and of course Ikouwem more before I start a campaign against Idowu because Dude aint super eagles quality at all. Dude is a big scam. If he wasnt a foreign born, I doubt he would have been capped by the Eagles, let alone taken to the world cup.

Everything about him, na almost zero;

First touch - zero
Crossing - zero
Passing - zero
Tackles - below average
Marking - below average
Ball sense - zero
Dribbles - zero
Aerial ability - zero

You're judging him based on one match

Don't forget that he has been playing well for the super eagles before this match and, the fact that he has yet to play a match for his clubside

BascoVanVeli:


I already know your opinion on Ighalo. Met him at the airport, preached to him but he had a bad game or tournament anyways. I can understand u not believing in him, that is totally ok but that is no excuse to bash him without just cause.

Wait! I have no just cause to CRITICISE Ighalo?

*In Chinwetalu Agu's voice*: "Opianto"!

Earthquake1:


You're judging him based on one match

Don't forget that he has been playing well for the super eagles before this match and, the fact that he has yet to play a match for his clubside

Has been playing well for the super eagles? Judging him based on a match as though I didnt follow the world cup? Joke of the century

Siasia is sitting at home waiting for super Eagles job while his mates like Finidi and Amunike are taking coaching courses and coaching clubsides and country sides

I don't see him as deserving of any job

These bias analyses should stop here abeg.

There was no where Ighalo was offside even if the ball bounced back to him because he was onside before the free kick was taken.

He even did well to have positioned himself in the direction the free kick struck the bar but was unfortunate the ball went in an awkward direction.

In regards to him expecting Awaziem to pass him the ball, how can we tell? Except we are just insinuating, nothing. Nothing more.


When you watch Manchester City or Barcelonia matches, you will notice players run into off side positions intentionally to draw players to themselves in other to open space. That was exactly what Ighalo did when he drew 3 players to himself to allow Iheanacho had that enough space to take a shot.


Besides, I don't know when Ighalo became Ronaldinho or Messi that we expect him to create chances for himself by dribbling the whole players to score when he is not the aforementioned players.

The point is, we don't have a creative or attacking midfielder in the team that can create chances for strikers to score. All we currently have in the team were just passing side ways and backward with no through pass or creative play.

We should appreciate the fact that Ighalo assisted a goal and even scored a goal. Pending the time we have a credible and more reliable striker that can take his position, we should negodu.

Earthquake1:


You're judging him based on one match

Don't forget that he has been playing well for the super eagles before this match and, the fact that he has yet to play a match for his clubside

Chief...it was sir chriskel and I DT first noticed dis idowu guy as d biggest scam in d history of 9ja football, followed by Bartholomew Ogbeche (bicycle kick guy),odas were still giving him d doubt based on his performance against argies(friendly match),DT idowu guy is good at nothing

If not for echiejile's deep in form,DT idowu guy no b am at all ,I prefer DT u-20 left back to idowu by miles

forgiveness:


This bias analyses should stop here abeg.

There was no where Ighalo was offside if ball bounced back to him because he was onside before the free kick was taken.

He even did well to have positioned himself in the position the free kick struck the bar but was unfortunate the ball went in an awkward direction.

In regards to him expecting Awaziem to pass him the ball, how can we tell? Except we are just insinuating, nothing. Nothing more.


When you watch Manchester City or Barcelonia matches, you will notice players run into off side positions internationally to draw players to themselves to open space. That was exactly what Ighalo did when he drew 3 players to himself to allow Iheanacho had that enough space to take a shot.


Besides, I don't know when Ighalo became Ronaldinho or Messi that we expect him to create chances for him by dribbling the whole players to score when he not the aforementioned players.

The point is, we don't have a creative or attacking midfielder in the team that can create chances for strikers to score. All we have in the team were just passing side ways and backward with no through pass or creative play.

We should appreciate fact that Ighalo assisted a goal and scored a goal pending the time we have a credible and more reliable striker that can take his position.

U guys shld stop defending ighalo and iheanacho,dey re not just living up to d billings

Ighalo..in basconvelli,komekn,..voice, hold up play,no goal, na DT one we kan chop,his goal ratio for eagles is too poor,abeg make d guy go sitdown somewhere,na olodo

And for nacho,where exactly will he excel excellently well for eagles,he play 8,we no c am,play 9 for us @d tourney,just two shot on target,now he played 10 against a Seychelles where he ought to create chances and make a mark,heard he struggled again,shey na till when him keep for eagles ,b4 he excel

elyte89:



U guys shld stop defending ighalo and iheanacho,dey re not just living up to d billings

Ighalo..in basconvelli,komekn,..voice, hold up play,no goal, na DT one we kan chop,his goal ratio for eagles is too poor,abeg make d guy go sitdown somewhere,na olodo

And for nacho,where exactly will he excel excellently well for eagles,he play 8,we no c am,play 9 for us @d tourney,just two shot on target,now he played 10 against a Seychelles where he ought to create chances and make a mark,heard he struggled again,shey na till when him keep for eagles ,b4 he excel

I know they are not living up to expectations but thin line should be drawn btw fact and fallacy.

If Bazee comes to the team and do well in that SS position, I fear the worst for him.

Hahahaha! That keeper got me lmao.

forgiveness:



I know they are not living up to expectations but thin line should be drawn btw fact and fallacy.

If Bazee comes to the team and do well in that SS position, I fear the worst for him.

Hahahaha! That keeper got me lmao.

Thank you. Ighalo is not the best striker at the moment but the way people speak ill of him is uncalled for. I have never seen him as a point 9 but he does all he can for the team. Funny thing is we really don't have anyone better at the moment. When that person comes up, at least appreciate the person leaving and don't go on bashing him. It is like we are just looking for any excuse to crucify the guy. Look, in some teams, midfielders do the scoring. Football has evolved, let us learn to appreciate our own

forgiveness:
These bias analyses should stop here abeg.

There was no where Ighalo was offside even if the ball bounced back to him because he was onside before the free kick was taken.

He even did well to have positioned himself in the direction the free kick struck the bar but was unfortunate the ball went in an awkward direction.

In regards to him expecting Awaziem to pass him the ball, how can we tell? Except we are just insinuating, nothing. Nothing more.


When you watch Manchester City or Barcelonia matches, you will notice players run into off side positions intensionally to draw players to themselves in other to open space. That was exactly what Ighalo did when he drew 3 players to himself to allow Iheanacho had that enough space to take a shot.


Besides, I don't know when Ighalo became Ronaldinho or Messi that we expect him to create chances for himself by dribbling the whole players to score when he is not the aforementioned players.

The point is, we don't have a creative or attacking midfielder in the team that can create chances for strikers to score. All we currently have in the team were just passing side ways and backward with no through pass or creative play.

We should appreciate the fact that Ighalo assisted a goal and even scored a goal. Pending the time we have a credible and more reliable striker that can take his position, we should negodu.

Thank you for this

The hate on ighalo is just too much on this thread,that's the reason I see some people as kids who know nothing about football

I am not a fan of ighalo but I don't think he has a bad game on Saturday,for crying out loud he scored one and assisted one,he is no Messi

So many people on this thread focus that day was on ighalo instead of them to enjoy the game they look for any small opportunity to diss on ighalo

People sound as if ighalo is the only bad player at the World Cup

They are some certain players in the super eagles,i will not mention names ,if those players dare to have a bad game you won't see people on this thread diss them because they are fan favorite,if you try to diss them they will attack you,but let ighalo just misplace a pass,he will be insulted immediately

This guy gave an assist and score a goal,what else do they want ?

So many Nigerians are bias.

Sportilitica:

Thank you. Ighalo is not the best striker at the moment but the way people speak ill of him is uncalled for. I have never seen him as a point 9 but he does all he can for the team. Funny thing is we really don't have anyone better at the moment. When that person comes up, at least appreciate the person leaving and don't go on bashing him. It is like we are just looking for any excuse to crucify the guy. Look, in some teams, midfielders do the scoring. Football has evolved, let us learn to appreciate our own

Bro, anybody but Ighalo. For how long will we stick with mediocrity? #IGHALOOUT

Russia been proving their WC performance was no fluke. Currently thrashing Czech republic in their second game of the UEFA Nations league 5-1.

I did not see anybody apologising for the idiocy that they propagated comparing Ighalo to Giroud.

They will act like they did not see that one, but will come here and be accusing others of being emotional and irrational. Because nobody had their time, they came here and committed football blasphemy comfortably, tomorrow they will say he is better than Messi too..

When you are emotively prejudiced and biased, you will mistake a local fowl for an Eagle.

This Ighalo matter tire me. Why is he even trending here?

do4luv14:
The bashing he was being bashed with on this thread. Is not gud from we the fans. Its uncalled for. And i dont like it one bit

who cares if you like it or not?

you can't expect someone to be supporting bad thing. ... I can't support a striker who play the 9 role like a defender....

please let us air our mind here in peace...

dude is not a super eagle material...he need up his game to win the hearts of Nigerians.

Joebie:
This Ighalo matter tire me. Why is he even trending here?

I tell you my brother.....
a striker close to retirement. ...
even yakubu and aghahowa in their playing days....were very much better.
I don't wanna waste time talk about a striker who I see play as a defender.