andrewbaba44:


So I should lie abi ?

Yes I said Barca will beat them but we could not ,it’s football bro

I repeat barcelona where poor yesterday

That shouldn't an excuse.
Not like there is major absentee due to injury or suspension.....save for sergio

andrewbaba44:


Liverpool that most of the players where against balotelli

If i dont like liverpool it will be for the balotelli issue , thou balotelli own self dey him body

I thought u didn't like Liverpool because of the Aapas issue... or Alberto Moreno own.
Did Balotelli ever had a moment of peace at any of the clubs he played for ?

Odunayaw:
haba. The goal came from the wings by Osimhen into the box, then simon played a short pass to Aribo

Lol......ogbeni Chris, come tell us who that is.

Kbs468:

Yes and I still maintain my position.

Because check out their contribution without bias with Batshuayi 18 games 7 goals and 3 assist even as a substitute as compared to Tammy with 24 games 13 goals and 5 assist as well.

Remember that Tammy has played 1,232 minutes of premiership football this season as against 107 minutes for Batshuayi with a total of just 449 minutes including his appearance in cup games with Tammy amassing 1,749 minutes

So which is better?

Having a hand in 10 goals for just 449 minutes of football by Batshuayi and 18 goals in 1,749 minutes by Tammy.

That's a whopping More than *4 of the opportunity given to Batshuayi

Cc
Komekn
AndrewBaba44

You're using PL 2 and EFL to make an argument?? All this shows is that Bats is Stat padding.
Why didn't you mention that Tammy has a better mins to goal ratio than Bats in the epl?
Bats got his opportunity many times and didn't take it.
As at this moment, no reasonable coach would dare pick Bats over an in form Tammy.

Odunayaw:
Its perplexing seeing Rangers eating banku in relegation zone. Antelopes can't seem to skip this season! But Akwa Starlets/Dakkada guys have been a revelation. No fear of foes, cool and collected plays (Especially Away).

Hopefully luck shines on the NPFL and one way or the other the games are on air. We deserve it

Rangers have been playing useless football for almost 2 months now, well they are not too big to be relegated.

We are likely to watch some of the games next year

Tottenham Hotspur are working on a deal to sign highly-rated Nigerian midfielder Eberechi Eze.

According to our colleague, Lilywhite Rose of Love Sport Radio, Spurs are in discussions with Queens Park Rangers regarding the permanent transfer of England U21 international, Ebere Eze.

The report added that the proposed transfer would see one or two Tottenham players join Queens Park Rangers as part of any deal.

Having burst onto the scene during the 2017-2018 campaign, Eze has grown from strength to strength and is having his best season as a professional, with 9 goals in 22 Championship starts.

Regarded as one of the top young players in the Championship by pundits, the 21-year-old was recently named as the second best performing Nigeria-eligible player in 35 European Leagues by CIES Football Observatory.

Eze has contractual obligations with Queens Park Rangers until June 2021 and is valued in the region of 20 million pounds.

Danielnino00:


Balotelli and Benteke were a mistake that shouldn't have happened in the first place... Imagine selling Suarez and replacing him with Lambert and Balotelli... Rodgers for most of his time at Liverpool made some very funny transfer deals...


As for Benteke,he totally didn't suit Klopp style of play at all.very lazy striker..

it really had nothing to do with their abilities but the system like u said ..

Rodgers said the Ballotelli deal was a gamble

Brown Ideye with two goals for Aris in the Greek Super League.....match is still on

Anyone who knows about any reliable football scouting agency or any scouting program in 2020 should pls inform me.Thank you in advance.

somehow:
Fast quiz

Which club in the NPFL is known as Dakkada FC?

They are currently 2nd on the league table.

Without having to google it, can you answer this?

Many akwa starlets fans I've come across don't really fancy the name.. Don't know why

We are still short in the midfield department

Ndidi is still our 90 mins regular midfielder as of now

Danielnino00:


I thought u didn't like Liverpool because of the Aapas issue... or Alberto Moreno own.
Did Balotelli ever had a moment of peace at any of the clubs he played for ?

Nope bro

I Kukuma say him own dey him body

Learn how to take the truth even if balotelli stubborn ,you can’t defend your club everytime bro ok

You can’t always be bias because you heard Liverpool

Where did I tell you I don’t like Liverpool because of aspas issue ? So saying Aspas was not given a chance means I hate Liverpool for that ?


My broda no be grudge but Na arguement ,anytime you hear Liverpool Na so your head go stand .

Utonwanne:


That shouldn't an excuse.
Not like there is major absentee due to injury or suspension.....save for sergio

Thank you for understanding

somehow:
Oshiomole killed sports in Edo state due to his lack of interest. Obaseki and his DG Shuabu tried reviving sports which they are still doing. In fact, the deputy governor made himself part of Bendel Insurance's officials and sometimes traveled with them while last season but they didn't survive relegation. They actually returned to the NPFL last season but back to the NNL.

Those Edo state is putting a lot of work into sports of recent, but to get back to senior football (League wise) will take a lot.

They have invested in both the male and female clubs this year, even made salary same for both clubs and upgraded Samuel Odemudia stadium.

Hopefully, the result of all these is seen in no distant time, but with the way Obaseki is having issues politics wise, I dey fear o!

The deputy governor earned being on the team from what I heard. He could actually play and was a good senior presence on the team. If that had happened somewhere else it will be a big beautiful story but because it is Nigeria there will always be doubt

quickberry2:
Brown Ideye with two goals for Aris in the Greek Super League.....match is still on

Brown ideye still playing top flight football and still getting goals even after flexing at Dubai for about a year collecting 80k euros weekly without playing for tianjin Teda And he still got a first division club in Greece while Emmanuel emenike could only get a second division in Belgium

Same brown ideye rejected trabzonspor

Some players are lucky sha

Utonwanne:


That shouldn't an excuse.
Not like there is major absentee due to injury or suspension.....save for sergio

We should have won IMO. Although a Madrid fan will also say the same thing. In my mind Barcelona was the only team that could have won. How many times will Messi miss a ball in front of the net? Not many at all

Kbs468:

Yes and I still maintain my position.

Because check out their contribution without bias with Batshuayi 18 games 7 goals and 3 assist even as a substitute as compared to Tammy with 24 games 13 goals and 5 assist as well.

Remember that Tammy has played 1,232 minutes of premiership football this season as against 107 minutes for Batshuayi with a total of just 449 minutes including his appearance in cup games with Tammy amassing 1,749 minutes

So which is better?

Having a hand in 10 goals for just 449 minutes of football by Batshuayi and 18 goals in 1,749 minutes by Tammy.

That's a whopping More than *4 of the opportunity given to Batshuayi

Cc
Komekn
AndrewBaba44

You are dismissing his previous three seasons in the EPL and the y 2 seasons with Chelsea.

This is Tega first real season with Chelsea and he has relegated Giroud and Batshuayi.

Those previous seasons what did he do.

Sometimes the value of a player is only appreciated when he is not there. Tega dudnt play one game because of Injury and Chelsea looked like a toothless Lion.

There is not mathematical theory that intrinsically links outstanding quality and ability to number of minutes played.

Eiber is in spain right?

charlesemeka85:
Besiktas and eibar interested in etebo

LaMujer:








Matchday 16

No 27. Kelechi Iheanacho LEI

Quite correct he made it in week 27 after his performance and goal scored. Proven and established with regard to week 27.

I should have said he hasn't made it in a long time prior to week 27, that would be more exact. As you know "a long time" doesn't have a particular unit of measurement.

So what exactly are you intending to prove❓

What is the substance of your argument and or view as the case may be. Because you do not seem to present any.

Kbs468:

Yes football is opportunity but what do you expect from a player that has seen just 107 minutes of premiership football this season?

Compared to Tammy that has been on the pitch for 1,233 minutes of premiership football.

It's like you are expecting the same result from both of them. Isn't it?

I will say this again.

You don't have a right to play, You earn the right to play by what you do in training and on the field of play. You perform you play you don't perform you don't play.

It's very simple.

We arrive at the same conclusion he did not perform.

Minutes played is not the decider of quality or goals that will be scored.

Victor Osimhen: Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham monitoring Lille striker

Nigeria international Osimhen is joint-third top scorer in Ligue 1 this season


By Lyall Thomas

Sky Sports




Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham are among a host of clubs monitoring the Lille striker Victor Osimhen, Sky Sports News understands.

However, the Nigeria international is expected to stay at Lille for the rest of the season unless the French club receives a January offer that is too good to refuse.

The 20-year-old is said to be happy at Lille and his priority is to help them secure qualification to next year's Champions League, while continuing to develop his game.

The club are currently third in Ligue 1, four points behind second-place Marseille but 11 behind league-leaders Paris Saint-Germain, and Osimhen has scored 12 goals in all competitions so far.

Two of those came in the Champions League, including one against Chelsea in a 2-1 home defeat, as Lille went on to finish bottom of Group H.

He had been developing under the guidance of assistant manager Joao Sacramento, who is now Jose Mourinho's number two at Spurs.

Lille's sporting director Luis Campos, who signed Osimhen from Belgian side Charleroi in the summer, is also known to be a good friend of the new Tottenham boss.

Osimhen, who has also spent time at Wolfsburg in Germany, is currently the second-highest performing striker in Ligue 1 behind Wissam Ben Yedder, according to Wyscout data, above the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Memphis Depay.

And Osimhen, who has four goals in nine caps for Nigeria, still has four-and-a-half years left on a five-year deal he signed with Lille in 2019.

andrewbaba44:


You are 2 sided bro

You expect someone what plays 10 minutes to be prolific like someone who plays 90 minutes?

Clap for your self

Na here we go dey wey you go change mouth and you go use minutes defend your favorites

I will remind you when its time

That's not what l am saying.

My position has been consistent and without variation.

My view is very simple, More Minutes played is not a mathematical equation that automatically equates to more goals will be scored.

For example how many minutes did Solanke get at Liverpool. Not a lot but did he do anything substantial with it CAPITAL NO. That's why they didn't give him anymore minutes to waste and sold him to the mugus Bournemouth.

So now he has gone to Bournemouth for £20 million and is playing a way lot more minutes than he has ever done. How many goals has he scored ❓ Zero NUTTIN.

This your theory and or assumption is just WISHFUL THINKING.

komekn:


That's not what l am saying.

My position has been consistent and without variation.

My view is very simple, More Minutes played is not a mathematical equation that automatically equates to more goals will be scored.

For example how many minutes did Solanke get at Liverpool. Not a lot but did he do anything substantial with it CAPITAL NO. That's why they didn't give him anymore minutes to waste and sold him to the mugus Bournemouth.

So now he has gone to Bournemouth for £20 million and is playing a way lot more minutes than he has ever done. How many goals has he scored ❓ Zero NUTTIN.

This your theory and or assumption is just WISHFUL THINKING.

Solanke didn’t get more minutes at Liverpool but solanke got more minutes to get more than 1 Epl goal

He was sold for good amount because he is going and promising

Forget say I dey Yab am call am waste man ,thee is still enough time on his side

Besides you dey call my guy Issac success waste man

But should I remind you Isaac success has done more in the Epl than solanke ?

Anyway that’s not our arguement sha

This mathematics is based on probability. Probability and statistics are the sciences of inexactness. If a player does not play well
given he has less minutes per game to prove himself, the probability that he is a bad player is maybe 55% BUT if a player does not play well and he features for 90 minutes everytime, then the probability he is a bad player is probably 85%.

Now players perform badly for different reasons it might be formation, loss of interest or anything. some players play well in one club and do not play well in another club. Miky batshuayi's probability of being a bad player is 55%.
One interesting variation is Kelechi Iheanacho. He does not play often but the few times he plays, he plays well and even scores and thus the jury is still out on him. If Iheanacho moves to another club where he is featured regularly, then he will play well as he has proven himself with the few chances he has.
However, probs and stats is not an exact science

komekn:


That's not what l am saying.

My position has been consistent and without variation.

My view is very simple, More Minutes played is not a mathematical equation that automatically equates to more goals will be scored.

For example how many minutes did Solanke get at Liverpool. Not a lot but did he do anything substantial with it CAPITAL NO. That's why they didn't give him anymore minutes to waste and sold him to the mugus Bournemouth.

So now he has gone to Bournemouth for £20 million and is playing a way lot more minutes than he has ever done. How many goals has he scored ❓ Zero NUTTIN.

This your theory and or assumption is just WISHFUL THINKING.

Danielnino00:


Balotelli and Benteke were a mistake that shouldn't have happened in the first place... Imagine selling Suarez and replacing him with Lambert and Balotelli... Rodgers for most of his time at Liverpool made some very funny transfer deals...


As for Benteke,he totally didn't suit Klopp style of play at all.very lazy striker..

it really had nothing to do with their abilities but the system like u said ..

He is absolutely not a lazy striker.

I don't know what your background in football is. But you need to look at the matter with more depth.

For this reason a player that will excel in one club and Manager can completely flop in another one.

However, excellent players have a capacity to adapt and excel in any type of league or club.

Benteke is the quintessential POINT MAN and a true No.9. He needs the ball to be played a particular way for him to thrive. A way that aligns itself to his particularly skills set.

When a cross is made into the box with Benteke in the box. It's not a 50-50 ball. It's more like 30-70 in favour of Benteke. Ball to feet with Benteke in the 18 he bullies defenders.

But Liverpool did not play to his strengths and neither is Crystal Palace.

This is why teams that thier focal point is one main striker ( apart from Messi) create a situation where that players unique skill set is over emphasised and may make him better than he is. Because the entire team strategy and culture is created to enhance the one player.

Take him out of that set up and you may see a dramatic drop in performance.

Danielnino00:


I thought u didn't like Liverpool because of the Aapas issue... or Alberto Moreno own.
Did Balotelli ever had a moment of peace at any of the clubs he played for ?

It's a very subjective question.

You have to know him personally to answer that. I have met but l really don't know him personally.

At City I knew him to be a very generous and considerate guy, in all honesty a joker who was quite childish sometimes.

I think after his time at Liverpool he found some peace at Nice. But he is never really settled since he left Inter in my opinion.

There are a lot of issues surrounding Balotelli at times his matter is complicated.

simiife:
Anyone who knows about any reliable football scouting agency or any scouting program in 2020 should pls inform me.Thank you in advance.

Location? ❓

Triniti:
Lol......ogbeni Chris, come tell us who that is.

That was Mikel against Uruguay, in the 2013 confed cup

Oya let's see who's been paying attention, really

Believe winter transfer speculations concerning Nigerian players, at ur own peril.

Beats me how u guys believe these bogus news.

Last winter, it was ighalo to barca, and ighalo to Tottenham to bench Llorente

In the summer, it was Dennis Bonaventure to Arsenal and Lyon, come this winter, it is Dennis to Manchester United bhuhahahaha

This winter, it is Maja to Chelsea

Don't get ur hopes high, no one is moving this winter, not even Chuks and Osimhen.

How do u guys fall for these things sef

ChrisKels:
Believe winter transfer speculations concerning Nigerian players, at ur own peril.

Beats me how u guys believe these bogus news.

Last winter, it was ighalo to barca, and ighalo to Tottenham to bench Llorente

In the summer, it was Dennis Bonaventure to Arsenal and Lyon, come this winter, it is Dennis to Manchester United bhuhahahaha

This winter, it is Maja to Chelsea

Don't get ur hopes high, no one is moving this winter, not even Chuks and Osimhen.

How do u guys fall for these things sef

Wasn't Igahlo to Barca actually true?

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