isan:
what did i just watched? PSG has bottled it again

gamaliel9:


je vous corrige un peu...monsieurs Andre et Christophe...vous comprenez?

TheGoodJoe:


To describe Marega with one word, beast. What an absolute monster of a player.

busky007:
Where are the haters of Epl. Nonsense and ingredients
Abi una don see wetin farmers League dey do professional league with 10 players injured and 1 suspended .even Ajax show professional league pepper and Porto is doing dia own to Roma
Farmers League kor Doctors league ni

ChrisKels:


Sometimes I wonder whether that guy dey take cocaine. U must be a crane to be able stop him. Boy never gets tired, very intelligent passes and wicked crosses, very clinical when shooting. He is truly a beast

TheGoodJoe:


Men Porto Ran Roma riot today. It was like they did not want the Roma players to breathe. This is the most intense I have seen Porto play. Even more intense than Villas-Boas Porto.

I see the coach, Sergio Conceicao moving to the EPL very soon.

TheGoodJoe:


You mean it. It seems I have missed a lot not following Sassuolo. I will try to keep up with them because I was really impressed with their last game.

Icon4s:
EAGLETS CALL UP THRILLS DAMILOLA AJANAKU


Oluwadamilola Ajanaku’s invitation to the camp of the Golden Eaglets in February was a dream come true for the fast rising defensive midfielder.
Fifteen year old Damilola a student of Dowen College Lekki, Lagos, was invited to add his skills, aerial presence and steel in midfield as the Eaglets commences serious preparation towards the 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) slated for April in Tanzania, from where the Manu Garba led team aside from having a good showing hopes to qualify for the U-17 world cup which kick starts in September in South America.

The lad participated in the MTN-Arsenal coaching clinic that took place late last year at the National Stadium Surulere, where he got the applause of the organizers as a well-rounded player and one to watch out for in future.
He is the son of Mr. Idowu Ajanaku, a media guru and Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the Lagos State Governor

We see this one now. In 4 years time they will say he is 30 years Old
Notice his transformation in just one year as seen the third pix.
Though to me he kinda looks too thick for his age. Well, I consider it as baby fat.

Bolowolowo:
African teams that boast of loads of start-studded players never to seem to live up to their potential. Half a decade ago, Ivory Coast had enough starpower to reach the WC semi-finals, but fell short at group stages. These guys had the likes of Drogba, the Toure Bros, Eboue, etc., and yet fell short of all expectations and underwhelmed several pundits.

If I were you, I wouldn't hold my breath for these guys.

Joebie:
The kind things when I dey read here eh. Abeg no need to play group games for AFCON. Make dem just dash Morocco and CIV final match.
E don tey star studded team win AFCON. Why would this one be different? Abeg make una dey talk. At the end of the day, it only looks that way on paper.

jihday:
everybody dey form dey know players, naming players in Levante Torino Sassuolo Turkey and some mid-level clubs in Europe, but we wey get players for watford Leicester fernanbache Arsenal galatasary Brighton udinese our players are carpenters and don't play for top teams. they should keep it up

jihday:
everybody dey form dey know players, naming players in Levante Torino Sassuolo Turkey and some mid-level clubs in Europe, but we wey get players for watford Leicester fernanbache Arsenal galatasary Brighton udinese our players are carpenters and don't play for top teams. they should keep it up

jihday:
everybody dey form dey know players, naming players in Levante Torino Sassuolo Turkey and some mid-level clubs in Europe, but we wey get players for watford Leicester fernanbache Arsenal galatasary Brighton udinese our players are carpenters and don't play for top teams. they should keep it up

Danielnino00:


It's just funny

Egypt suppose no win 3 AFCON for the past 20 years..Na CIV,Mali and Senegal suppose don win most of it ..They are the ones always producing good players


I make bold to say this: " The super eagles with their carpenters, farmers and bricklayers have a bigger chance of winning the AFCON than the star studded francophone countries "

Taliban:
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Merci sir, it's actually messieurs Andre et Christophe.

jihday:
you dey mention world cup, at 2008 nations cup a start studded Ivorian team with players just reaching their peak were beaten blue black by an Egyptian team comprising of 80% home based players, people need to know that football is played on the pitch not by name dropping

Joebie:
The kind things when I dey read here eh. Abeg no need to play group games for AFCON. Make dem just dash Morocco and CIV final match.
E don tey star studded team win AFCON. Why would this one be different? Abeg make una dey talk. At the end of the day, it only looks that way on paper.

Truidstar:


Na em make I say, we are our own problem.

wayodude:
As far as playing personnel is concerned no team in Africa has greater strength in depth than Nigeria. The ability to harness this advantage to devastating effect is perhaps where a problem may arise. Especially if Rohr's last squad announcement is used a basis of predicting what's to come in the near future.

The Ivorian golden generation of the late 2000s had the same problem. How a team comprising Drogba, Yaya, Kalou, Kolo, Zokora, Tiote (RIP), Gervino, Eboue, Doumbia, Bony, Romaric, Tiene, etc etc big big names kept under achieving still remains a mystery.

wayodude:
As far as playing personnel is concerned no team in Africa has greater strength in depth than Nigeria. The ability to harness this advantage to devastating effect is perhaps where a problem may arise. Especially if Rohr's last squad announcement is used a basis of predicting what's to come in the near future.

The Ivorian golden generation of the late 2000s had the same problem. How a team comprising Drogba, Yaya, Kalou, Kolo, Zokora, Tiote (RIP), Gervino, Eboue, Doumbia, Bony, Romaric, Tiene, etc etc big big names kept under achieving still remains a mystery.

andrew444:


They won the 2015 afcon

Where you expecting them to win the World Cup ?

Oga sir Ivory Coast get depth pass naija

You say rip and you include Gervinho there ?person wey still dey play for Seria A at the age of 31 ,did you watch this old Gervinho against juventus this season ? He has scored 9 Seria A goals from the flank

How many of your players can still play at the top at 31 apart from obi mikel ?

I am even angry he joined boro,obi mikel will easily join a top 10 Epl club ,thou I know he will not last at boro

Emenike is there with no club ,he is enjoying his money ,brown ideye is just flexing the whole Dubai collecting 80k weekly from Tianjin teda without playing ,after the Malaga loan dude was not that serious .

Who dey una bench seems we get depth ?

andrew444:
You say rip and you include Gervinho there ? ?

andrew444:
Who dey una bench seems we get depth ?

wayodude:
As far as playing personnel is concerned no team in Africa has greater strength in depth than Nigeria. The ability to harness this advantage to devastating effect is perhaps where a problem may arise. Especially if Rohr's last squad announcement is used a basis of predicting what's to come in the near future.

The Ivorian golden generation of the late 2000s had the same problem. How a team comprising Drogba, Yaya, Kalou, Kolo, Zokora, Tiote (RIP), Gervino, Eboue, Doumbia, Bony, Romaric, Tiene, etc etc big big names kept under achieving still remains a mystery.

wayodude:






Are you sure you can read properly? Did I say RIP to Gervinho or Tiote?



Was this not the point I was trying to make when I said we may not be able to harness this advantage?

CIV had the playing personnel to win the AFCON between 2006 and 2013 and they didn’t. Granted they had a tough draw in World Cup 2006 and 2010 BUT they had the playing personnel to progress from a group with Japan, Greece and Colombia in the 2014 world cup and again they failed. The 2015 AFCON which they won was the only silverware they managed. They were good enough to win much more. Everyone know this but you.

Today we have players in the like Ebuehi, Samu, Onyekuru, Onazi, Agu, Awaziem, Agbo, Ajayi, Iyayi, Larry Kayode, Ofoedu, Azubuike, Mikel Obi, Joel Obi, Success, Kelechi, Bazee, Aluko, Eleke, Odey, Simy, Babatunde, Imoh etc etc I can name maybe 100 players that are capped and still active a good enough level to compete for a shirt for Nigeria. They are not world beaters but decent level players on their day, none of which are in the team and yet the team is still strong.

Then there are the 100s of foreign born eligible and willing players which for whatever reason we don’t seem keen to tap into. Guys like Saka, Iyoha, Torunigha, Tomori, Eze, etc etc

I have looked at the other teams such as Ghana, CIV and Cameroun and I maintain we have greater strength in depth than any team on the continent. That’s my view anyway. You can disagree.

icon4ss:


That tells us that big names alone don't play football.
Going into the 2006 AFCON Nigeria had the best assemblage of quality players: Okocha, Kanu, Yakubu, Martins, Osaze, Utaka, Nsofor, Yobo, Odiah, Young Mikel and Taiwo. Yet we only came back with bronze medal.

Drogba's generation of Elephants couldn't win the AFCON but a less talented squad won it in 2015 for them. The Nigerian squad that won the AFCON in 2013 was not the best on paper going into that AFCON. Zambia and Cameroon were never tipped as favorites when they won the AFCON in 2012 and 2017 respectively.

If you have a rich assemblage of players fantastic but the team still needs to work very hard to achieve results.

andrew444:


Lol

With the ofoedu and azubuike you mentioned I stopped taking you serious

If I begin list Ivory Coast player this thread go boil I won't do that because people are not taking it likely with me already ,the truth is better

Dem dey call depth see the players you dey mentioned ,apart from mikel and ebuehi and some others better players I see there don't have time to type their name ,see the bandwagon you dey type for there even the one wey never agree to play for naija

lol you funny

andrew444:


Agreed at the bolded

The only thing wey we dey tell una b say dem get players pass una, nobody tell you say ivory coast or senegal go win afcon, shebi you see as all african teams disgrace them self for world cup?

I no no why e dey pain una and una no wan admit say dem get players pass una.

The ivorian team will not win afcon

icon4ss:


That tells us that big names alone don't play football.
Going into the 2006 AFCON Nigeria had the best assemblage of quality players: Okocha, Kanu, Yakubu, Martins, Osaze, Utaka, Nsofor, Yobo, Odiah, Young Mikel and Taiwo. Yet we only came back with bronze medal.

Drogba's generation of Elephants couldn't win the AFCON but a less talented squad won it in 2015 for them. The Nigerian squad that won the AFCON in 2013 was not the best on paper going into that AFCON. Zambia and Cameroon were never tipped as favorites when they won the AFCON in 2012 and 2017 respectively.

If you have a rich assemblage of players fantastic but the team still needs to work very hard to achieve results.

andrew444:


Lol

With the ofoedu and azubuike you mentioned I stopped taking you serious

If I begin list Ivory Coast player this thread go boil I won't do that because people are not taking it likely with me already ,the truth is better

Dem dey call depth see the players you dey mentioned ,apart from mikel and ebuehi and some others better players I see there don't have time to type their name ,see the bandwagon you dey type for there even the one wey never agree to play for naija

lol you funny

jihday:
e dey pain me because at the end of the day they are all average at best above average players the only reason why I think of the lot only Senegal and Morocco have very good players in Senegal we have Mane and Koulibally who are world class players then Morocco have Ziyech who is very good all the other names are just above average player who have their good and bad form just like our own iwobi