₦airaland Forum

Abagworo: 95% of Nairalanders were born after 1980.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO3YmT2d-8k

Chanchit: He is on top of the list of best dead Nigerian footballer.

Syenite: Am sure u were nt born during Samuel Okwaraji's playing days. Did u watch Maroc '88?

Yes, I did.

And so?

totalbaby: ;DThat's why some men are dogs I mean heartless lol

Then virtually all woman are naturally heartless dogs then. So why are you complaining when men copy them?

Gabbysky:
Are you a learner?

Is this another moronic question?

ImpactWorld: I believe the reason Kanu Nwankwo is placed above J. J. Okocha is because he played in more popular clubs and won more trophies internationally. In terms of personal skills, J. J. Okocha is undoubtedly number one

Jay Jay floors him anyday.

Jay Jay has more skills and more impact on a team than Kanu who does well on the bench most times.

jude33084: Pastor ke why not Afah

Sir mathew Stanley is old school though older than the late Sám but both of them are old school

I don't understand your old school argument o.

What is the link between Stanley and Okwaraji? How does mentioning the former help us prove the latter was a great player?

That is what I am not getting.

totalbaby: If she is not making him happy is it by force. He should rather end it and go and find the things that makes him happy instead of playing games.2ndly condoms are not 100 percent safe(it could break). Point is if your tired or fed up say so.

Why should he say so? Is that in his best interest?

delors: So Peter Rufai wasnt among Nigeria's greats? I laugh by myself

No. 11 on the list.

totalbaby: ;DHe deserves more than just an insult. If he wants to enjoy his life he should go ahead. Infact such guys should not be in a relationship so they can have as much fun as they want. Why should she be put at risk(std"s etc) because he can't think with the right head!

How sure are you he is not having protected sex most times?

Secondly, what makes you think it is not because she is not making him happy that is why he is enjoying himself?

onatisi: albino coach ,oya tell the whole world what criteria you use in definig a great player?dont come here with ur viewing center football analysis.i guess ur brain will only pick messi as the only great player in ur life .so just shut up when sensible ppl are analysing issues critically.

You are a person!

You state why Okwaraji was a great player using YOUR own criteria.

Lets see what your daft criteria would be.

Cretin, we are waiting.

onatisi: i had to ask u a moronic question for ur daft comment and dumb asessment of samuel.i believe in giving it back the way it comes.daft and dumb comments demands moronic response.ode,
how can u say samuel wasnt a great footballer.certainly you were either suckasdfing ur mother breast when he was around playing

You are a person!

You asked the question because you are a person!

That is what happens when you do not eat a balanced diet, the brain is starved of nutrients.

Now, person, explain to me how Okwaraji was a great player!

onatisi: then what was he ?

A footballer.

What a moronic question!

afam4eva: Was it listed in ascending order or just randomly?Even if it was, it's still Supersport's opinion. The only thing i will agree with is that Jay jay Okocha and Kanu nwankwo are the greatest Nigerian players ever.

Me, I will put Yekini over Kanu anyday. He had more influence and goal scoring ability than Kanu.

afam4eva: lol

You may be right though. people often confuse the fact that some people have been put in history books because of an event to mean that these people were one of the best eg Abiola etc

No min am!

Na pity party?

We are suppose to say he is great because he died? I hate democracy!

Benite: How come one person claimed 2 positions YISA SHOLOFUWE "35" "41"

He is that good.

So good, they listed him twice.

And no be Jay Jay. Na Yisa Shofoluwe Yisa Shofoluwe.

[quote author=burning_spear]For sure you do not know Chidi Nwanu and never followed his game! Wondering why you have to comment on someone you do not know. Watch USA 94 clips again![/quote]Ko ba idi! (Make thunder strike your yansh)

Senseless kids talking crap!

What was in his game in 1994? Where was he before 1994 and after 1994?

Yeye pikin!

These are the people that would say Chris Katongo is better than Kalusha Bwalya because he played influentially in a tournament where Zambia won.

I hate democracy!

omiobo: Ah! Ojoro! Where is Garba Lawal and Samuel Okparaji?

People don't appreciate non-flashy talent.

Garba Lawal should be on that list.

krafty iyk: This represents the posters 50 greatest Nigerian footballers!!....i smell fowlplay in dis list...were are names like PHILLIP OSONDU(ZANZA...who was even more prolific than lionel messi of today), SAM OKWARAJI, RIKKY OWUBOKIRI(the 1st Nigerian to score d highest no of goals in Europe)..., EFANGWU EKOKU (the 1st NIgerian to play active football in premiership) , Etc....

IT IS SUNDAY!

GO TO CHURCH FOR DELIVERANCE AND STOP SMOKING THAT SHYT! Your brain is being fried, na only God fit save you now!

Let the pastor sprinkle that potent holy water on you, while he speaks in tongues to get the miracle to reverse your damaged brain.

Philip Osondu was more prolific than Messi? ...........................Weyree! Alakori!

Emmysteve: where is Emmanuel Ikedia

Do you mean Pius Ikedia? The perenial failure?

true2god: U r wrong. Maybe u havnt watched him play at all. Go and watch a clip of nig team at the seoul 88 olympic.

I have seen him. Not even better than Oruma.

la furia: the reality is, if we all are to compile a list of nigeria 10 greatest, we surely going to differ. club performance also a criteria and not just performance with the national team.

Well said!

jude33084: How do you define a great footballer? For you to say Sám isnt a great footballer shows that you where not born then. Sir mathew Stanley in England is still taken as a football idol though his reign is almost 3 decades now.

At least I know Krafty iyk is puff, puff, passing.

What is the link of Sam Okwaraji to Stanley Matthews.

Someone please recommend a Nigerian pastor for these 2 guys.

AjanleKoko: Bro, Chidi Nwanu played just 20 games for Nigeria in official competition, including the 4 games he got at USA '94.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chidi_Nwanu

No min am!

[quote author=X-factoria]Taye Taiwo in the list and Chidi Nwanu is not there, this must be a joke!!!!

How many years has Mikel played to be named among the greats[/quote]At what level did Chidi Nwanu play that you want to compare him with Taye Taiwo?

That is like comparing one of the Sodje brothers with Yobo.

Is it the number of years or the quality of years, your talent and your achievements? How many Nigerian players have done better than Mikel?

totalbaby: Am so sorry. What a douche bag. Some men just make me sick. You will be fine ok. Time heals all wounds and pls b more careful in future.

The guy is enjoying his life, you don't need to insult him.

jidegirl12: In other words Sagamite .... You will only allow your kid to live with a well to do (millionaires) relatives AND you'd rather let your kid live with a well to do relatives than to move from your bread and butter island? That's all?

I didn't use millioniare in all 3 scenarios, not even in 2.

Finance is a very important factor when doing such. You would not want to send you kid to people who would be financially burdened with the child's presence. Neither would you want the awkwardness of sending them money.

So I would not prefer my child live with millionaires than with me but if they are to live with others, finance is an important consideration.

I am a rational human being that does not do things senselessly because of what I think other people would say or because it does not conform with some hollywood scenario. I would think about an issue and do what gives the best long-term benefit and balances interests. So I would not leave my chicken and chips island or my Peckham Rye Suya spots just because of one kid and because I feel it shows the world "I love my kids more than you love your kid". That desperation in the UK to show "I love my kid", I have seen a lot of times leading to parents making decisions that are only of ephemeral benefits. Just like Disney distorts the thinking of Westerners about animals, is the way Hollywood destroys the thinking of most about parenting. I think things through and don't engage in such.

I am a different kind of human being. Always ready to damn the herd mentality or popular culture because I am capable of independent superb thinking.

https://www.nairaland.com/1083598/knowing-nairalanders-better-interviews/1#12945175

High ‘Internal Locus of Control’ - hence the immense self-confidence and lack of fear in being different/not conforming/not having herd mentality (I normally stand out mentally because of my originality). I am not a follow-follow person; I am not susceptible to peer pressure. That is why I do not do things like religion, abuse my body, attempt to give funky/patronising arguments so people call me progressive/real man, living ostentatiously to show I have 'arrived', respect the dead because they are dead even though they were evil when alive or follow rules just because they are rules. I evaluate all propositions put forth to me and filter it on their merit using my superior intellect. This locus also makes me incredibly chilled and confident when under pressure. I am a perfect crisis manager.

If I have a son that is a good footballer at 10 years old and then Liverpool FC wants him to come and join their academy but I have a top job in London, so I can't just up-root myself. But my close cousin lives in Liverpool 30 minutes walk away from the Liverpool grounds, would I say "Nah, my kid can NEVER live with anyone so he cannot go" or decide to uproot my life and diminish my income for just one child's hopes?

If I have a child that is the first born and is about 8 years older than the his/her siblings (who are between the ages of 3 and 8 ), hence not in his/her peer play group, and this child is very close to my millionaire brother's sons/daughters who are around her age. (S)he prefers to hang with them and they want him/her to hang with them, and there is a top school in their neighbourhood they can all attend together where (s)he can come home on holidays or even come home some weekends. Would I completely rule out that opportunity for him/her to have a fun youth which is actually her preference and my brother would treat him/her like his own?

If I live and work in London and I have a child who is entering puberty. Despite my best efforts, this child is now exhibiting many of the Western values I abhor like (i) speaking back to, shouting at and insulting your parents, (ii) thinking it is some kind of dictatorial, old fashioned and crazy parenting for me not to allow him/her to spend the night in the same bedroom with his/her boy/girlfriend, (iii) keeping friends that are moronic gangsters wannabees and could be stabbed any moment (iv) calling social services on you for daring to say shyt to them about their bad behaviours or for ignoring your order to stay home (v) not serious with education and prefers to speak like a hoodrat (vi) having some silly liberal and "progressive" views etc all due purely to the Western environment that overwhelmingly tells them they must have a mind of their own and their parents are usually wrong. If I have a brother who is well-off and living in Nigeria with the kind of family I like (which is enabled by the Nigerian environment), would I say I would not send the kid to Nigeria during his formation years and hopefully have a different view of life and become a better child? I would hold on to the child and let the wayward Western environment destroy his/her life?

Hell NO!