daveP: Lol Leave Oma alone. His banter about naija get as e be. He feels he's blunt most times, but goes overboard too.
But for this, he is saying the fact. Its the system. Osaze still get baby face.
If he started in naija, with his skill then, he should be -10
Mikel that started in Nigeria, must be 10 years older than his age, Yobo must be in his 50's with his own baby face, and what about Oliseh? Also overaged, abi?
safarigirl: Make una see the kind tasteless jokes some Nigerian journalists make online.
Seems you are getting to know this attention seeker newly. He is always sounding stupid unlike guys like SolaceChukwu, Osasu, Randa, Enakhana etc.
Since anyone born in Nigeria can't be the age they present, why then does he get offended when people question his real age, or that of his boy Awoniyi? That Oma guy is a stupid boy
ChrisKels: Seems you are getting to know this attention seeker newly. He is always sounding stupid unlike guys like SolaceChukwu, Osasu, Randa, Enakhana etc.
Since anyone born in Nigeria can't be the age they present, why then does he get offended when people question his real age, or that of his boy Awoniyi? That Oma guy is a stupid boy
I am familiar with his stupidity. He makes such inane jokes regularly.
Because he has a wider audience, yes. He is supposedly a journalist of repute as well, not just some faceless Nairaland commentator.
The fact that you don't understand why his own jokes are particularly offensive, is disturbing.
Do you know Andrew's full name and profession? Can you compare his jokes on a Nigerian site, to that of Oma Akatugba, a supposed renowned journalist on a global platform like Twitter? If he can make such jokes, what stops Fabio from Italy from concluding every Nigerian player is overaged?
The kind of nonsense you lot allow people that should know better get away with, says a lot about why Nigeria has such a shit reputation abroad. No other journalist from other sensible countries would get away with such a joke, but foolish Nigerians are under his comment section cackling like degenerate fowls and agreeing to his statement.
Foolish people, with zero idea of how much a narrative can form opinions.
He has a wider audience therefore you should hold him at a higher standard that you hold yourself? Nigerians make jokes about overage in different places in reputable websites like goal even here on nairaland read by thousands of other nationalities, but Oma a journalist making it will give it authority?
Stop setting standards for other people you don't set for yourself
Because he has a wider audience, yes. He is supposedly a journalist of repute as well, not just some faceless Nairaland commentator.
The fact that you don't understand why his own jokes are particularly offensive, is disturbing.
Do you know Andrew's full name and profession? Can you compare his jokes on a Nigerian site, to that of Oma Akatugba, a supposed renowned journalist on a global platform like Twitter? If he can make such jokes, what stops Fabio from Italy from concluding every Nigerian player is overaged?
The kind of nonsense you lot allow people that should know better get away with, says a lot about why Nigeria has such a shit reputation abroad. No other journalist from other sensible countries would get away with such a joke, but foolish Nigerians are under his comment section cackling like degenerate fowls and agreeing to his statement.
Foolish people, with zero idea of how much a narrative can form opinions.
Subzero047: He has a wider audience therefore you should hold him at a higher standard that you hold yourself? Nigerians make jokes about overage in different places in reputable websites like goal even here on nairaland read by thousands of other nationalities, but Oma a journalist making it will give it authority?
Stop setting standards for other people you don't set for yourself
If everything I wrote flew over your head, I have no more words for you.
Feel free to go and laugh under Oma's comments, since you believe everyone has the same audience and their words hold the same weight.
You clearly have no idea what expert opinions mean
Edopesin: Asides Haaland nothing dey that Norway squad, our Team seems to have more cohesion than the rest (or maybe I'm biased) I rate those Portugal youngsters ahead of Argentina
Asides HaaLand and Odergaard...
But those Portuguese mehn.... Phew.
Why haven't the SE fixed a match with CR7 just for historical value? Na only Messi we sabi?
TheSuperNerd: Perhaps no one reported this here so here it is... Sadiq Umar still bossing Serbia. It is clear he is above that league and level of competition.
He bagged a beauty of an assist for Partizan Belgrade in the Semis of the Serbian Cup and that assist provided the only goal of the tie against their "Bitterest" rivals, Red Star Belgrade.
Note the skill on show from Sadiq to create that assist. Check from 1.53 of the clip. Excellent and beautifully intelligent play. He has other highlights in same clip ofcos especially on that last action of the clip where be should have done better. In all, time to leave Serbia abeg... He is too much for that level
That makes it 17 goals and 16 assists in 38 appearances for Sadiq in all competitions.
In the league alone he now has 12 goals and 13 assists in 24 games. Since the return from the Covid break, he has bagged 1 goal and 2 assists in the league in two games played on May 30 and June 6.
First of all, are those fans in the stadium? It is 11 assists not 13. 12 goals is great but 11 assists is elite livel. Many people don't notice this, but players that rake lots of assists are way better than players that rake lots of goals.
I also notice that he is being deployed in a free role as a complete forward. I'm excited to see a Nigerian striker doing that well. He also has the most goal contribution in that league.
safarigirl: Mikel that started in Nigeria, must be 10 years older than his age, Yobo must be in his 50's with his own baby face, and what about Oliseh? Also overaged, abi?
He looks the part, yea. Same for Yobo. But we are familiar with these guys. This is about looking the part, and that's what constitutes this age reduction system in Nigerian football. We don't need deliberate on what its all about again. Same way you bought babyfaced examples is the same way we can bring Uzoho and Taye Taiwo into the mix. This isnt new.
Oma is right about that... He crosses the line, that's not new. Whatever standards he's held by, that's his crux.
TheSuperNerd: Perhaps no one reported this here so here it is... Sadiq Umar still bossing Serbia. It is clear he is above that league and level of competition.
He bagged a beauty of an assist for Partizan Belgrade in the Semis of the Serbian Cup and that assist provided the only goal of the tie against their "Bitterest" rivals, Red Star Belgrade.
Note the skill on show from Sadiq to create that assist. Check from 1.53 of the clip. Excellent and beautifully intelligent play. He has other highlights in same clip ofcos especially on that last action of the clip where be should have done better. In all, time to leave Serbia abeg... He is too much for that level
That makes it 17 goals and 16 assists in 38 appearances for Sadiq in all competitions.
In the league alone he now has 12 goals and 13 assists in 24 games. Since the return from the Covid break, he has bagged 1 goal and 2 assists in the league in two games played on May 30 and June 6.
Monstrous!!!! My boy is definitely coming good. I wasn't joking when I said I would rather Sadiq than Tammy.
charlesemeka85: all u said abt u na em dey mk many in here feel inferior wen ever ur presence is noticed which turn them to be unnecessary aggressive to any post u mk. Lol
I understand. Really it could go either way. There were also reports of some states manipulating the numbers to make a strong case for the ease of lockdowns. So yes I agree, accuracy will always be a challenge for different reasons.
Modified. How do you determine how healthy your population is? Every country has to look into their situation and take measures they deem necessary.
junnyjake: I'm not calling it a hoax, I'm not sure if you get me. I'm implying that with the death from Covid are not up to 100,000. The flu kills 10s of thousands of Americans, but, this year, all attention has been diverted to covid, no one is recording deaths from the flu.
Covid kills, but not as much as we're made to believe.
Talking about measures, it may be right for the US, they have one of the most unhealthy population in the world. But Japan, Sweden, Belarus never locked down and they've been able to manage the spread.
I agree with you. People would quote Oma as a credible source when making such arguments compared to random posts by anonymous folks on Nairaland. His words carry more weight because he is a known figure. That kind joke expensive when coming from someone of his caliber.
Because he has a wider audience, yes. He is supposedly a journalist of repute as well, not just some faceless Nairaland commentator.
The fact that you don't understand why his own jokes are particularly offensive, is disturbing.
Do you know Andrew's full name and profession? Can you compare his jokes on a Nigerian site, to that of Oma Akatugba, a supposed renowned journalist on a global platform like Twitter? If he can make such jokes, what stops Fabio from Italy from concluding every Nigerian player is overaged?
The kind of nonsense you lot allow people that should know better get away with, says a lot about why Nigeria has such a shit reputation abroad. No other journalist from other sensible countries would get away with such a joke, but foolish Nigerians are under his comment section cackling like degenerate fowls and agreeing to his statement.
Foolish people, with zero idea of how much a narrative can form opinions.
Yes. Those are fans. I think close to 25,000 fans were in the stadium for the Semis derby.
And no, he had 11 league assists before the Covid break but now has 13 league assists after playing two league games so far on the Serbian league's return. The assist he bagged yesterday was not a league assist but a cup assist. He has 16 assists overall.
TheLoneCitizen: First of all, are those fans in the stadium? It is 11 assists not 13. 12 goals is great but 11 assists is elite livel. Many people don't notice this, but players that rake lots of assists are way better than players that rake lots of goals.
I also notice that he is being deployed in a free role as a complete forward. I'm excited to see a Nigerian striker doing that well. He also has the most goal contribution in that league.
That game had 10 foreign scouts present from AC Milan, Lyon, Valencia et al. Sadiq was named MOTM and one of the foreign Journos who covered the game, whose report I read, said this:
"For over 10 years in Serbia, no striker has terrorized Red Star Belgrade defenders like Sadiq did during the derby"
If he was exaggerating about the decade thing I wouldn't know for now because I haven't done personal check, but he was clearly impressed. Lol
ChrisKels: Monstrous!!!! My boy is definitely coming good. I wasn't joking when I said I would rather Sadiq than Tammy.
daveP: Are we about to have the Diamond Generation?
Im glad we aren't even at the rear of this team building process. Rohr dey use better cement. When the pillars solidify, its gonna be hard for anyone that wasnt there cos these guys im seeing are really going to be hard to sideline in coming years, provided lifestyle and injuries dont change the narrative.
See The following teams. They have 2 or 3 WC in between them all.
Nigeria Norway Argentina Portugal
Which will/may win the WC this decade.
If all were in 1 group. Rank how the group will end after 3 games. This current set.
Which will stay longer and win more laurels, teamwise, individuals?
only Portugal have some serious talent here, the rest just pack 'OK players' for their squad
It's on record those who have spoken well of Sadiq despite his previous setbacks. As a striker, stats don't lie. People will believe in him more when he moves up to a bigger league. It's not like he has not played in one before (Italy)
TheSuperNerd: Perhaps no one reported this here so here it is... Sadiq Umar still bossing Serbia. It is clear he is above that league and level of competition.
He bagged a beauty of an assist for Partizan Belgrade in the Semis of the Serbian Cup and that assist provided the only goal of the tie against their "Bitterest" rivals, Red Star Belgrade.
Note the skill on show from Sadiq to create that assist. Check from 1.53 of the clip. Excellent and beautifully intelligent play. He has other highlights in same clip ofcos especially on that last action of the clip where be should have done better. In all, time to leave Serbia abeg... He is too much for that level
That makes it 17 goals and 16 assists in 38 appearances for Sadiq in all competitions.
In the league alone he now has 12 goals and 13 assists in 24 games. Since the return from the Covid break, he has bagged 1 goal and 2 assists in the league in two games played on May 30 and June 6.
solonnachi: Tammy Abraham's reasons for choosing England over Nigeria 1. England has more chances at the world cup which Nigeria does not 2. He can't sing the Nigerian national anthem 3. EURO is better than AFCON 4. He feels more English than Nigerian .
This is the height of disrespect for a nation and continent. I pray he keeps roasting on the England bench when SE reach the semis of world cup 2022 that's if he's selected to play for England at the world cup. I don't really blame him, I blame Pinnick for having picnic and taking pictures with him even promising him a place in SE.
but where's the lie in what he said? Even though he didn't really have to say it but he told no lie
Joebie: I agree with you. People would quote Oma as a credible source when making such arguments compared to random posts by anonymous folks on Nairaland. His words carry more weight because he is a known figure. That kind joke expensive when coming from someone of his caliber.
the problem is I don't see any quotes in this. You guys should always put sources or quotes so it would reduce unnecessary arguments.
solonnachi: Tammy Abraham's reasons for choosing England over Nigeria 1. England has more chances at the world cup which Nigeria does not 2. He can't sing the Nigerian national anthem 3. EURO is better than AFCON 4. He feels more English than Nigerian .
This is the height of disrespect for a nation and continent. I pray he keeps roasting on the England bench when SE reach the semis of world cup 2022 that's if he's selected to play for England at the world cup. I don't really blame him, I blame Pinnick for having picnic and taking pictures with him even promising him a place in SE.
That game had 10 foreign scouts present from AC Milan, Lyon, Valencia et al. Sadiq was named MOTM and one of the foreign Journos who covered the game, whose report I read, said this:
"For over 10 years in Serbia, no striker has terrorized Red Star Belgrade defenders like Sadiq did during the derby"
If he was exaggerating about the decade thing I wouldn't know for now because I haven't done personal check, but he was clearly impressed. Lol
