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TheGoodJoe:
Glad to see Napoli won and I think the team is still a work in progress. However, I was quite impressed with their build-up play.

Either way, the corridor between the midfield and the attack looked clueless until Elmas came in and brought some presence. Good win for them.

Lovenorth:
There is no amount of propaganda that will stop Putin from protecting and defending his country from the western hyenas

drDoom3:
Worst or not, he fights and gives 100% every game which is more than guys like Insigne and Zielinski who are much more technically gifted do.

drDoom3:
The problem is not that Napoli players are bad, it is just that they are big bottlers. All of them except Osi, Koulibaly and Mario Rui fall apart uner the slightest pressure. They don't know how to fight, they just expect everything to go their way easy and every team to just play bad against them.

Curtisaxel10:
Meanwhile, Ghana's "player begging" has taken a new dimension. They dispatched Sarkodie to beg Salisu .

charlesemeka85:
not even that but at par with vardy

TheLoneCitizen:
I never said a statue makes you great, I was comparing that to Charles' claim that a Turkish passport is an achievement.

Being a Turkish league great is equivalent to being a European great. It means he has become a great in one of the leagues in Turkey.

If he wins the league title next month, he becomes a Turkish legend.

TheLoneCitizen:
Oga no enter world, na Europe we dey talk.

But in line with this, these are the kind of records that typify Okocha's time in Europe.

Dribbling Oliver Khan
Mentoring Ronaldinho.

You also mentioned he was so good that he was given a Turkish passport.

Well Nwakaeme is so good in Turkey that he was given a statue at age 32, which is extremely rare for an active footballer.

To buttress, Okocha who retired since 2008 cannot boast of any in the four leagues he played in.

To reiterate go. The house, I'm not saying Okocha is not a footballing great. No.

But just like Pele, he didn't conquer Europe.

Look at Di Natale, no trophy, but a Serie A great.

TheLoneCitizen:
First of all, I never said Okocha is not a great, he won the Olympic, AFCON, included in Pele's top 125 of all time. That is a great player.

I said he isn't a European great.

Because his greatest achievements came in Africa not Europe.

Okocha is one of the best players of all time history.

I said Nwakaeme will be one of the greatest Nigerian players in Europe, something which Okocha isn't.



Okocha won 1 trophy in his whole career in trophy-winning clubs.


His two Balon d'Or nominations came in 95 after Nations Cup win and 96 after Olympics win.

His first BBC APOTY came in his first season in England after last day goal to keep them in league. BBC is English, don't forget.

His second BBC APOTY came after his 4 goals in AFCON 2004 as top scorer.

What did Onuachu do? Win the league for Midtjylland?

What did Dennis do? Aribo? Victor Moses? What spectacular things did they do?

"he's not even the top 7 goalscorers in Turkey"

Nwakaeme has 18G+A this season, the highest in Turkey and the second highest among any Nigerian in the world.


He has been Nigeria's best player in the last 5 years, and has won 33% of all Trabzonspor trophy this century.

andrewbaba44:
People wey pass am no plenty and we get many joint scorers

andrewbaba44:
But the number 1 in Turkish league have just 12 goals nah

He is 3rd joint top scorer and 2nd joint on assists

The okocha talk was trash ,but give kudos to him biko

andrewbaba44:


As much as I support what you said ,no reason say Nwakaeme no be their top scorer oooo ,the top scorer Dey 12 goals and Nwakaeme Dey 9 goals joint with many people so you can’t say he is not top 7 goal scorer ,he is a winger and not a cf

He is second in assist list and 3rd in top scorer

Subzero Nwanne take it easy

charlesemeka85:
u get time to reply am

TheLoneCitizen:
To explain how great Nwakaeme's legacy in Europe is, let's use SubZero to analyse.

Okocha played for PSG three seasons in the 1990s. During that 10-year period PSG won 9 trophies, only one came with Okocha.

That is the only trophy in his 18-year career.

Okocha played for Fenerbeche for two seasons, no trophies, despite the Turkish club winning 8 titles in the 80s and 90s.

But Okocha is a generational talent who can dribble and playmake so in the eyes of many, he is automatically one of Europe's greats.

Trabzonspor have won only 6 trophies in the 21st century (22 years), 2 of those have come with Nwakaeme as a key player.

He has been with them only 3 seasons.

In fact, Trabzonspor had not won a trophy in the 9 years before they signed Nwakaeme.

Now he is going to win them their first league title since 1983.

We have not added his 5 trophies in Israel in just 4 seasons.

There's a difference between the best players and the greatest players.

Valdes is not regarded by many as one of the best GKs in history, but he is one of the greatest without a doubt.

drDoom3:
As much as I like Osimhen, right now Vlahovic and Haaland are on another level.

dozai:
Now you are getting me more confused. Was he not brought in to help in the relegation dog fight.

dozai:
Is Kalu so poor that he can't get a game time in this Watford team??

andrewbaba44:
I like Nwakaeme so much

But that my guy you quoted is capping big time

TheLoneCitizen:
Name 3 Nigerian greats in Europe.

Okocha wasn't.

And tell me another instance where I've used the term great.

TheLoneCitizen:
Name 3 Nigerian greats in Europe.

Okocha wasn't.

And tell me another instance where I've used the term great.

TheLoneCitizen:
Anthony Nwakaeme has to go down as one of Nigeria's greatest in Europe.

Just took Trabzonspor to within 16 points of a first title in about 50 years, with a goal, assist, 8 chances created and 6 dribbles.

From two goals down.

komekn:
Blame his team mate's and the size of the ball included. Deflect all blame from Victor he is the best in the world.

komekn:
When Victor O, moved to Napoli .

I said the true test of his quality will be how he can adapt to tactfully more superior system of football and one where he is not core focal point for the team as it was in Napoli and Belgium. Essentially one dimensional system.

That test has come and what do you think

13large:
Insigne created a chance for osimehn that he missed yesterday

13large:
The problem with you biased analyst is that, you’re quick to castigate Napoli players whenever osimehn doesn’t excel at a game and exculpate him of any blame, While denigrating his teammates. Remember, if you’re making statements like “ these guys are bad at football” it also include Osimehn because he is a record signing. Whenever they lose, analyst here are usually exonerate Osimehn and disparage his teammates. whenever they’re winning, analyst solely praise Osimehn

TheLoneCitizen:
Zielinski, one of the least technical AMs I've seen.

jihday:
Lmao, guy why