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Goke7:
Osihmen has been receiving and continues to receive all sorts of backlash since Mola moved to Atlhetico, so what's new anyway?

no difference between you and them. As you try to backlash Lookman, they will keep doing their thing but na you e go pain pass. I noticed how you too the AFCON incident on your head like gala, trying every means to make it a Lookman vs Osimhen issue even when people try to correct you.

Goke7:
Sometimes you have to do this on a debut 😂 if you observe he was passing to his teammates more after the goal. The assist he gave to grizeman on a normal day he can go for the goal himself.

Shebi when osihmen Dey shout we say na bad boy e be 😂 anyway for a debut it’s allowed and even fifa on twitter Dey use our bobo shine too

You guys will always find a way to bring Osihmen into this, if they start talking down on Osimhen now, you will start crying like Wolf 'resign from national team' 😎

BankyGee:
He's Real Betis' best player at the moment and makes the team tick. You're a Man Yoo fan, I don't expect you to like him in the first place.

This is so funny 😂 even in my dream I've never supported United

BankyGee:
Una sabi talk nonsense sha, Antony and Ejuke in the same sentence. Just say you no like the player.

Na overhype take Antony to utd, always playing to the gallery, temu Nani

Of recent I lost interest in club football. But thanks to Lookman and ATM.
Beautiful football. I need look for this jersey

lbrichman2:
Antony no believe am
Lol
Eye first blur..

Antony is no different from Ejuke, the guy football dy annoy me.

Starboytwo:
Omo, I dey rep athleti henceforth…

Like my Spanish club

Adefire,
APOTY 🤏
2X AFCON TOT
Currently in the biggest club by any SE player.
Still remember your debut for Everton like it was yesterday.

Ademola game giving me premium joy, baba dy tap leather. First time in yrs watching ATM game, all because of Lookman

lexyman:
Back in those days, there was one particular field where we used to play football
I kid you not—about 99% of us came back home with bruises on our bum bum

Those bruises weren’t injuries…
They were badges of honor.
We even gave them a name back then — “Monkey Yansh” 😂😂

If you didn’t have it, were you really playing ball?
No. You were just jogging with vibes.

I won’t mention the field’s name
real ones will already know
Figure it out yourselves 😎

Lesson we learned the hard way:
Respect where you are.
Watch how people move there.

listen…
Europe is not Brazil.
Different pitch. Different rules. Different survival instincts 😂⚽️

As a goalkeeper back in those days, it was a regular thing for me 🤪

semid4lyfe:
Where you rack up the stats matters more than the stats itself. It's the reason the European leagues goals coefficient exist.

so someone scoring in league 2 is better than someone doing better in Belgium and Turkey? 🙄

semid4lyfe:
If Eric Chelle desires another tall, mobile, aerially dominant, pressing and goal scoring forward to deputize Victor Osimhen in the National team, the answer is not Paul Onuachu or Tolu Arokodare.

He should look at Elijah Adebayo of Luton Town. The guy is mobile like Osimhen, is strong, has positional sense, very good with his head, can hold up play, and more importantly is proven at the highest level, the EPL.

He bagged 10 goals for Luton Town in the 2023/2024 EPL season and that is no small feat considering he was injured for a large part of that campaign. Also, you'd appreciate that feat when you juxtapose it with how other Nigerian strikers have fared in the same league in recent times

Luton Town has dropped to the League One now but I still rate him higher than Onuachu and Tolu based on his general play and output in the EPL in that one season.

The kind downgrade Onuachu receive on a daily on this thread eehhhh. It's only when it comes to Onuachu statistics never matter. 🤦‍♂️

Goke7:
😂 this even justifies all the complaints and weight of expectations about him just the same way for okocha then. I hope in future games we will put the blame right where it is when we lose or don’t do well cos this is indeed a true revelation. Let no one make excuses or blame another player when our play maker switches off cos that will be unfair.

was that what you understand from getting the best playmaker award? 🙄 Abi you just just want to form ignorant.

Blueelf:
Guys

The moment a Nigerian female reporter stood up to the Moroccan journalist for booing the Senegalese coach Pape Thiaw! pic.twitter.com/e79If9UPZS

— ÓMÒÉLÉRÍNJÁRÉ (@omoelerinjare) January 19, 2026

mujtahida thesupernerd joebie thegoodjoe kog45

that Chapele Sol my classmate from js1 to Js 3.

semid4lyfe:
The stadium stewards tried to steal Mendy towels like they did to Nwabali but a Senegalese player stopped them from doing so and the Moroccans pursued him.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSa8j9VRp/

These Moroccans are terrible people.

Another video it was Hakimi that tried same thing but the Senegalese players took it from him.
What's their obsession with towel

Sarsaparilla524:
In whatever capacity that you have been called to serve your country, see it first as a privilege.

ANY PLAYER WHO IS NOT READY TO BLEED FOR THE GREEN WHITE GREEN SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM OUR NATIONAL TEAM.

URGENTLY THERE MUST BE A CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PLAYERS OF OUR NATIONAL TEAM FROM U15 TO THE SENIOR TEAM.

Are your politicians or those in top position in government ready to bleed and die for the green and white? Even our military, most are not ready. If we are to demand strong patriotism it should be from the top and narrow down.

Amedino99:
might be superstition but every player we try to compare kanu in their first match with us always seem to inherit his low goals trait . Onuachu, simmy, tolu. Might be superstition but that has been my observation.

But refuse to inherit his high assist trait nor technicality.

TheGoodJoe:
REPOST
Finidi is 100% right in that statement. Tuchel repeated the same thing. I watched a recent interview of Oliver Glasner, coach of Crystal Palace and he said the same thing.

You can't try Finidi's exposure working with Coach Monday Sinclair, Van Gaal, Louis Aragounes. Sometimes people should learn.

i thought you had mentioned Guardiola or Van Gaal, Mr defender of the universe

TheGoodJoe:
Oliver Glasner formation is not the most important - Notes from Oliver Glasner

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has explicitly stated that the system or formation a team plays is not the most important factor in success. Instead, he emphasizes the importance of player habits, patterns, and how players behave on the pitch.

Glasner's Philosophy on Formations
Glasner believes that a manager should adapt the system to fit the available players, rather than forcing players into a rigid system. He has highlighted several key points regarding his approach:

"The system must fit the players": He always looks at which system might suit the current squad best.

cc: Papi85, lexyman

You heard if FORMATION IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT. Meaning formation is important but there's something more important to formation which we all know.

TheGoodJoe:

Finidi George said “formation is not that important”. 💔😭😭😭
pic.twitter.com/EYzNVpnteQ

— Omo Kogi (Yagba) 🌍 (@harrysone9) January 11, 2026

I have explained it repeatedly that Finidi is 100% right in that statement. Tuchel repeated the same thing. I watched a recent interview of Oliver Glasner, coach of Crystal Palace and he said the same thing.

You can't try Finidi's exposure working with Coach Monday Sinclair, Van Gaal, Louis Aragounes. Sometimes people should learn.

cc: Papi85, lexyman

Finidi was wrong, knowing when to attack and when to defend, in what shape are you attacking and defending. Just attack like flies and defend like wasps no be everything ena go defend

[quote author=Papi85 post=138104299]Our former coach and ex international 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤣🤣🤣

Finidi George said “formation is not that important”. 💔😭😭😭
pic.twitter.com/EYzNVpnteQ

— Omo Kogi (Yagba) 🌍 (@harrysone9) January 11, 2026

some people here were defending that statement.

forgiveness:
Rest which matter? Most of those players are guilty of what he pointed out but how come he singled out one person? Habamana!!!

Make people no come here dey deceive themselves.

At a time it was Iwobi, he was always the one singled out for criticism in the name of they want him to improve, now it has gotten to lookman. We have seen this pattern play out over and over again

Kog45:
Oya house best super eagles player so far in AFCON... let's use this Sunday to pick

My pick
1. Iwobi
2. Bassey
3. Lookman/Osimhen

mostob:
Out of the season too I guess.

i just saw the news, he's out of the season. I really feel for him.

mostob:
A major Surgery... Be nice bro

oh had no idea. Quick recovery Boniface.

elyte89:
One major thing working in our favor is that opponents are yet to solve the new Eagles approach. We’re creating chances through direct attacks and build-up play rather than our usual wing-based patterns. Hopefully, our next opponent won’t crack the puzzle.

the big issue there is that we can still easily switch to wing player is we want.

mostob:
Wishing you a quick recovery Boniface.

Come back stronger

what happened to him, abi he get injured for Cater efe tiktok live? 🙄

Mujtahida:
At least Amunike won u-17 and discovered Osimhen and Chukwueze, Eguavoen gave Lookman and Bassey their first caps, Oliseh gave Iwobi his first cap but Finidi was really poor (and it pains me cos I like him)

i was expecting you to say Finidi gave Temu his first cap 😂

andrewbaba44:
Call lookman your best player at this afcon so far ,call osimhen your best player ,call Brahim diaz your best player which is all good

But the best player at this afcon so far is Alexander iwobi

Bassey and Iwobi for me. These guys give me inner joy different from the normal.

Emmy450:
He was held back by questions from journalists

You are right, he was held back as the MOTM for interview.
He should be fast with the interviews make Chuks eba no cold 😂

TheSuperNerd:
'Appreciate the clip evidence. Ref Issa Sy did us no favors on that call coz there was no penalty in the first place. He was just fair to both sides. It is the Algerians looking for someone to blame when they literally played nothing.

Even their fans who saw the game know their team played Absolute Zero, Nothing, Zilch.

One Algerian was wishing that pk was given so they will at least get a shot on target 😂 . But still end up saying their team played nothing and the game would have still ended 4-1

forgiveness:
He is a joker. Many jokers are here. That's why I don't come here too often again because here is full of sentiments and bias. Some don't think straight. Just wan there player to play but do so by slandering another player.

It was here I read SE doesn't score more than 2 goals whenever Lookman plays. Lookman is selfish. He doesn't pass. Chuks is better than him behind 2 strikers. And so so many horrible takes.

Me just dey look pass many thinks. I gat no time to waste these days.

Perhaps, behind his takes lies, make dem comot Lookman for Chuks.

Ignore those talk, Lookman and Osimhen are top players both AFOTY winners, both with 13goals contributions in this tournament. People trying to put Lookman down are only speak from a bias point.