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tbaba1234:
Schalke and Lazio interested in Awoniyi

Osimhen moving to Ac Milan

Chuks getting interest all over the place..

Next season will be interesting depending on where these players decide to move.

Barryseal:
They all could rot on the bench next season if they don't make the right choices.
I mean all three of them.

tbaba1234:
Schalke and Lazio interested in Awoniyi

Osimhen moving to Ac Milan

Chuks getting interest all over the place..

Next season will be interesting depending on where these players decide to move.

darkelf:
Exactly and this is something all three must spell out clearly in their negotiations-Regular first team football

AIG07:
Hello house,

I think it is high time we all agree to a particular unit/system of measurement when it comes to certain issues like player rankings.

The words below average, average, above average, top player, excellent player, world class, legend etc should be well defined and where possible mathematically proofed/backed up.

Reason for this is simple.
I believe anyone who has grouped our players into classes has done so using his/her personal metrics which is based on their understanding and perception which might not be generally acceptable.

The rating done in football is often on scale of {0-10} or {0%-100%} which afford the no 5 and 50 to be average mark.

A pundit who uses 0-10scale can easily group players in to 5 classes {POOR(0-2.49), BELOW AVERAGE (2.50-4.99), AVERAGE(5), ABOVE AVERAGE(5.10-7.49) AND WORLD Class (7.5-10) while any one who uses just 1-3 or will likely have (BELOW AVERAGE, AVERAGE And WORLD Class) which is limited when the pool of players is much and wide.

If I were to use the 0-10 scale,

None of our players will make it to the World Class group. I repeat none. I'll place Ndidi in the 'top' of THE ABOVE AVERAGE group alongside Mikel, Iwobi slightly below them in the same group,
The rest bunch of average and below average players.

The World Class tag should only be left for the very few players that are consistently churning out great stats season in season out. The likes of Aguero, KDB, Modric, Chielini, VVD, Ramos, Kante Neymar, Cavani Suarez, Ibrahimovich, De Gea, Lloris, Mbappe, Salah, etc led by Messi and Ronaldo who occupy the very Top.) won't class the likes of Pogba, Vardy, Auba, as World Class,they might be close but they ain't.

On the other hand. The word LEGENDARY IS RELATIVE! A player does not necessarily have to be world class to be a Legend. Even Green Forest FC(smiles) have their own Legends. Legendary status can be achieved via Loyalty, No of years of service, contribution etc. It can be attained either at club level or international level. Some players are lucky to have both. Bobby Charlton, Pirlo, Maradona, Pele etc

Morgan, Vardy, are Leicester Legends but not world class, Keshi, Mikel are Nigeria legends but not world class!

I hope this proposition and examples will help resolve various misconception and also save us from series of back and forth arguments.

tbaba1234:
Chinonso Emeka

raindodger13:
Awoniyi scores for R.E Mouscron.

R2bees:
Forgiveness right now

isan:
awoniyi with a brace tonight

elyte89:
Wc camp?... Deeper life camp?

tbaba1234:
As an attacking player...

It is far easier for attack minded players to win individual award especially when they play for big teams.

Defensive players have to settle for team of the week, month or year, If they are lucky.. Many of those positions are reserved for players in the big teams.

tbaba1234:
Chinonso Emeka

forgiveness:
This one is a small boy.

tbaba1234:
Yes he is.. He is one of the UK based boys

isan:
awoniyi with a brace tonight

forgiveness:
Now 14 goals.

elyte89:
Yea sure, dey re all top class players,now bring it down to what we av been saying since who can u c in any of our present Nigerian players bar Mikel dt can b considered as a top class/world class

Even for d Mikel,if not for trophies he achieved @chelsea...aw many of our players including Mikel have been considered for d top 30 world player of d year/balon d'or in last 10years....none and u want us to tag our player "world class",when FIFA don't even recognize dem ?

TheGoodJoe:
Makalele was of the highest quality but was not rated by FIFA for the Balon D'Or.

That is why I say World class has many criteria. If Ndidi does what he has done for the last three years continuously he will earn the World Class status.

It is not by Balon d'Or ratings but continuous high level performances. Playing at a high level for a long time.

With that, you can see Ndidi is top quality but needs to operate on this level for a long period of time to become World Class.

elyte89:
Are u sure makalele was not rated among d top 30 balon d',or contenders? And u av checked ur record well,I doubt... FIFA usually release a first 30-40 man list for balon d'or,den it would b prune down to 10 or 15,,den later 3

elyte89:
He won't b called up still ,if he likes let him score 40goals

elyte89:
Are u sure makalele was not rated among d top 30 balon d',or contenders? And u av checked ur record well,I doubt... FIFA usually release a first 30-40 man list for balon d'or,den it would b prune down to 10 or 15,,den later 3

forgiveness:
Now 14 goals.

Joebie:
Don’t say average, say Afobear