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Phone/Internet Market / Re: Smart Watch For Sale by Toylove: 7:18pm On Aug 29, 2020
To those that have been patronizing, thank you. To those who are yet to patronize, you are welcome.
Family / Re: House Clearance Sales.. Come In Here!!!! by Toylove: 11:13am On Aug 27, 2020
Toylove:
Hi guys,
This lovely smart wrist watch is for sale @7k....
You can reach me on
Still Available
Technology Market / Re: Smart Watch For Sale by Toylove: 11:12am On Aug 27, 2020
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Phone/Internet Market / Re: Smart Watch For Sale by Toylove: 11:12am On Aug 27, 2020
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Technology Market / Re: Smart Watch For Sale by Toylove: 12:04pm On Aug 24, 2020
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Phone/Internet Market / Re: Smart Watch For Sale by Toylove: 12:03pm On Aug 24, 2020
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Family / Re: House Clearance Sales.. Come In Here!!!! by Toylove: 8:28am On Aug 24, 2020
sola12:



Can we deal for 5k... Thanks.
6k last sir
Phone/Internet Market / Smart Watch For Sale by Toylove: 5:50pm On Aug 23, 2020
This lovely smart wrist watch doesn't just tell the time, it keeps you connected why doing other activities.


Going for an affordable rate of 7k....


Delivery is nationwide

Technology Market / Smart Watch For Sale by Toylove: 5:31pm On Aug 23, 2020
Hi guys,
This lovely smart wrist watch doesn't just tell the time, it keeps you connected why doing other activities.


Going for an affordable rate of 7k....


Delivery is nationwide

Family / Re: House Clearance Sales.. Come In Here!!!! by Toylove: 5:26pm On Aug 23, 2020
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Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 6:43am On Aug 19, 2020
Olulong:


Nobody ever compared both players. They were analysing the style of play chuks and Henry but as usual he obviously cannot comprehend simple English.

Instead of him to focus on how his Borough boys like lookman, Onyedima, seyi ojo are hitting the bottom. He's here hating on home grown players for no reason
The manner he attacked that post ehh angry
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 9:34pm On Aug 18, 2020
komekn:



Mane 18 goals from 35 goals in the EPL.

Almost lmost retired Robben 5 goals from 12 games last season in Bundesliga.

Chukwueze 3 goals from 37 games in La Liga.

Stating facts may be EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL
for you but not for me.
Bros , I'm not saying chukwueze is as good as mane oo, but what happened to stats are not conclusive and bla bla bla
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 4:41pm On Jul 31, 2020

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Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 4:26pm On Jul 31, 2020
If you know you know

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Romance / Re: I need advice on how to confront him that he was too harsh on her. by Toylove: 7:15pm On Jun 25, 2020
Twinkletwin:
lol but why did you say so
Why will he beat his 7 year kid like he's fighting with his mate
Romance / Re: I need advice on how to confront him that he was too harsh on her. by Toylove: 7:05pm On Jun 25, 2020
Your husband needs help. Probably he his a psycho
Crime / Re: Man Takes Children For DNA Test, Gets The Shock Of A Lifetime by Toylove: 7:02pm On Jun 25, 2020
Seriously, this thing is suppose to be one of the cheapest service. especially in NIGERIA
Celebrities / Re: Tiktok Star, Siya Kakkar,16, Commits Suicide In India by Toylove: 7:00pm On Jun 25, 2020
16 years old commit suicide?
Nawa o
Phones / Re: The Xiaomi Thread. by Toylove: 11:41am On Jun 18, 2020
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza Dies Of Heart Attack At 55 by Toylove: 4:11pm On Jun 09, 2020
so sad

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Family / Re: House Clearance Sales.. Come In Here!!!! by Toylove: 10:42am On May 17, 2020
Faderex1:
Dark gray 6 seater sofa for 100k. Still very neat.

Tv stand for 30k

Location in Gbagada.

WhTsapp only on 08158796877
15k for the TV stand?
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 12:32pm On Feb 17, 2020
andrewbaba44:


I agree with this list apart from Adama Traore
Me too
Probably salah or aguero

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Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 10:22am On Feb 17, 2020
BR football sabi better player

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Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 10:04pm On Jan 31, 2020
Philosopher1979:
Terem Moffi starts for Kortrijk today against standard league. The 20 year old player is playing as the striker. Match starts now at 8:30pm.
I hope he scores. He is called the new Victor Osimhen and was part of the 2015 set but was dropped
The moffi guy scored the third goal for his team

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Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 7:45pm On Jan 31, 2020
Blueelf:
All those rating Osimhen higher than Haaland should go to any football website that ranks players in Europe and see for themselves.

All this argument shouldn't even be had sef angry angry

That's how they said Nacho was better than Mbappe grin grin. We all saw how that ended cheesy cheesy
Boss, I'm not saying osimhen is better than Haaland o, but will u say the same thing if it were a Nigerian that had the same stat in the Austrian league? Please be sincere o
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 6:51pm On Jan 28, 2020
Wilfed Ndidi: Leicester midfielder rising above N'Golo Kante comparisons
By Gary



N'Golo Kante and Wilfred Ndidi
Wilfred Ndidi joined Leicester in January 2017, eight months after the Foxes won the Premier League title
Wilfred Ndidi has probably got a little tired of hearing N'Golo Kante's name over the past couple of years.

After all, since the 22-year-old defensive midfielder joined Leicester in January 2017 he has regularly found himself compared to the Chelsea midfielder, who was an instrumental part of the Foxes' title-winning team in 2015-16.

But maybe now is the time for the comparisons to stop.

Ndidi is not just filling the void left by Kante, he has developed into one of the best players in his position and is arguably the fulcrum in a Leicester team that is fighting for a top-four finish in the Premier League and at one stage looked like battling with Liverpool for top spot.

It is also probably no coincidence that Leicester's title challenge - admittedly unlikely against an imperious Liverpool side - faded when Ndidi suffered an injury in early January.

His return is significant for the Foxes, who beat West Ham 4-1 on his comeback last week to end a three-game winless run, and who face Aston Villa in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final on Tuesday with the tie level at 1-1.

So how did Ndidi develop into one of the best defensive midfielders in Europe? It all started with a ball made of Sellotape...

Makeshift footballs and strict discipline - where it all began
There is something simplistic yet regimented about Ndidi's role on the pitch - break up attacks, win back possession and pass. Rinse and repeat.

The type of footballer he is can perhaps be traced back to his upbringing.

Born in 1996 to a military father, Ndidi grew up in a Lagos barracks. Discipline and education were the priority while football was a passion his father frowned upon.

"Any time my dad went to work I would go and play," Ndidi said in an interview with BBC World Service.

"I would then get the signal that he was coming and go back to what I was doing, so he didn't know I'd been playing. I got caught several times but was still going. I love football. I just want to play."

While many of his Leicester team-mates started their careers in the academies of professional football clubs, Ndidi's football education came on the roads around the military barracks he grew up in.

"We would wrap sheets of papers up and using Sellotape make it into a ball," he adds. "There was no money to buy footballs.

"We played on the main road, using two tyres as goals. The big guys were using the good pitch, we had nothing to use and just played on the road."

It was during these formative years that Ndidi came across a person who he credits as one of the most influential in his career.

Nduku Ugbade
Former Nigeria international Nduka Ugbade, had a huge influence on a young Wilfred Ndidi
Coaching the army barracks youth team was former Nigeria international Nduka Ugbade, a tough disciplinarian who pushed the young players to their limits both physically and mentally.

"Ugbade is one of the biggest names in African football," Africa-based sports journalist Oluwashina Okeleji tells BBC Sport.

"His opinion is respected and if he speaks to you, you listen. There is no limit with him. No excuses. He is a hard trainer but will not stretch you beyond your ability."

Still, the tough training was too much for some but, as a skinny teenager who was also smaller than his peers, Ndidi felt such a work ethic would benefit him.

'Take the ball and pass' - keeping it simple pays dividends
The discipline he developed from being coached by Ugbade meant he treated every game equally - competitive or friendly - and his big chance to impress the wider world came in a tournament in Nigeria, where international scouts were watching.

"There were about 40 teams that came for the tournament," says Ndidi. "I got the ball and made a run, a one-two run into the middle. I gave a simple pass to the striker. No-one had seen him so I just gave it to him between the defenders and he went and scored. That was the only game I played."

For Roland Janssen, a Genk scout at the tournament, that one game was enough. Impressed with the teenager's work rate he invited Ndidi for a trial with the Belgian side.

"When I came to Belgium the coach was Alex McLeish and he was putting me at right-back and left-back," Ndidi continues.

"Then a new coach came in and put me in midfield but it was so strange because the first game I played there I was substituted in the 32nd minute.

"After that I went back to basics - take the ball, look around, pass, take the ball, look around, pass."

'Kante is brilliant but there's no-one better than Ndidi'
Keeping it simple has undoubtedly worked wonders for Ndidi and statistically he is now one of the best players in his position.

Such is his influence that when he missed three games this month for Leicester through injury, the Foxes failed to win any of them.

He missed two Premier League matches during that spell on the sidelines yet still tops the table for most tackles made in the top flight. And by some distance.

Most tackles in the Premier League (midfielders)
Player Tackles
Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester) 86
Joao Moutinho (Wolves) 65
James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) 62
Emiliano Buendia (Norwich) 57
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Southampton) 57
"I think he is the best in the Premier League at tackling and winning the ball back," Ndidi's team-mate James Maddison told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.

"Kante is a brilliant player but actually winning the ball back and taking the ball off the opposition I don't think there is anyone better than Wilfred.

"Sometimes you get a player like that and what he does doesn't get talked about on the back pages, it doesn't maybe get talked about on Match of the Day.

"However, us as team-mates know what he does and it lets players like myself and Youri Tielemans do our thing higher up the pitch because we know we have that solidarity behind us."

Stopping attacks while studying at university
Nigerian midfielder Wilfred Ndidi on why he's studying business at University.
Ndidi's statistics are all the more impressive when you consider he is combining being the best defensive midfielder in Europe with studying for a degree.

Having found himself with plenty of spare time after training, Ndidi last year enrolled onto a business management course at De Montfort University in Leicester.

"It is easy to get carried away with the bright lights of the big cities when you move to England, but that's not Ndidi," continues Okeleji.

"He is learning how to invest his money properly. Legends of the game have struggled in Africa after their playing careers have come to an end.

"Instead of going home and watching films he wanted to do something productive with his time.

"He may sometimes play PlayStation with his friends but otherwise it is just about football and studying."

'He wants to be his own man'
It takes a lot to frustrate Ndidi, described by those who see him behind the scenes at Leicester as one of the most laid-back players at the club.

At Genk, he was nicknamed Teddy Bear because of his calm demeanour and ability to take being the butt of some of the team's jokes in good humour.

But comparisons with Kante are one thing he struggles to smile about.

"Any time someone mentions it to him it does upset him a bit," adds Okeleji.

"There is obviously great respect there but now he wants to be his own man. He feels he has established himself in his own right."




Source: BBC

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Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 8:57pm On Jan 08, 2020
Utonwanne:


Everyone do make mistake. His argument is still valid. Mikel is loved by Nigerian, Baba no dae do much. Just like how ndidi is taking glory for doing close to nothing for SE
He no dey do much but he was the pillar of the 2013 afcon team....

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Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 2:10pm On Jan 08, 2020
Barryseal:

The argument is not if Mikel played a role in winning afcon or not. The argument is him being the most INFLUENCIAL.
Are you saying without Mbah's effort, Moses goals, assists and threat, Emenike's power, industry and goals, Enyeams's save and leadership as captain, we would have won because somehow Mikel performed better than all these guys? Come on man.
Alaye, take ur L and rest jare.....
U spoil everything as u call kufour midfielder .

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Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 3:48pm On Dec 14, 2019
kellycute:
Tomori didn't make bench.. Na wa o e be like say lampard don throway the guy grin grin
He his injured
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Toylove: 10:49pm On Dec 12, 2019
sheyishemba:


Las las he can't be invited
Talking about here and now , he his a lion in a small league tongue

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