Ppogbae:
Algeria and Morocco don't mess around when it comes to foreign born players. They scoop them up like there's no tommorow

Ppogbae:
Algeria and Morocco don't mess around when it comes to foreign born players. They scoop them up like there's no tommorow

Danielnino00:
Meanwhile, December 27th is the date clubs are supposed to release their players for AFCON..
The tournament starts on January 9th... that means there's 2 weeks for teams to prepare..



Meanwhile, we should brace ourselves of the possible injuries that will befall African players in the weeks leading to the start of the tournament .. A lot of clubs will do anything to keep their star players away from the tournament.

Danielnino00:


Their closeness to Europe is one factor that really count in their favour... They have quite a large pool of players to pick from..
Nigeria's pool of foreign born is mostly from England...And most of them are either very average or unwilling to commit to play for us..

While the francophone countries like Senegal and CIV with their close relationship with France have the biggest pool of players in Europe to chose from... The French league is really filled with so many players of francophone Africa origin that haven't even be capped... it is crazy!!

Napoleon55:

Hope u understand that eto is arguably the african greatest footballer of all time,
This is not what u achieve playing for leicester ,or even at napoli .
it will take a long time to reach eto's or drogba's status .
They need to perform at d highest level consistently 4 some few seasons before we can conclude they r next eto or drogba.

Let's pray they enjoy injury free career ,especially Osimhen ,so he can fulfil his potential n attain such status.

Osihmen and Daka may be the next Drogba and Samuel eto of African football.

seankafor:
I don't like how Everton did iwobi prior to last world cup qualification match..
I know thy re injury ridden at the moment but feigning injury to deny us iwobi is uncalled for

humility33:


Not only that bro
Check out most of Algeria, Morocco players they scooped while still in academics yet to hit limelight the likes of Mahrez

The best way to get this FBs is to scoop them early enough prior their Birth Country come dragging

Our FA is always slow and don't understand if it is out of non commitment to this function

humility33:


Not only that bro
Check out most of Algeria, Morocco players they scooped while still in academics yet to hit limelight the likes of Mahrez

The best way to get this FBs is to scoop them early enough prior their Birth Country come dragging

Our FA is always slow and don't understand if it is out of non commitment to this function

fabyom:
I watched both the Europa and Champions League, and Nigerian players are everywhere while only 2/3 players are from the other African countries. I don't understand the hype around these other so-called top Africa countries. Where are their players?

humility33:


Because the country's FA knows their work unlike Nigeria

Despite the quality of their National League and structures in place they still harvest foreign born players prior they are ripe but here in Nigeria no good League and structures in place we still delay in going after this stars

We're even lucky Rohr is making moves rarely will an indigenous coach go after foreign born players because of their corrupt nature...this kids will rarely understand the egunge system so they prefer go after the local based players trying to make Maradona out of them so as to sell to obscure clubs in europe for some dollar notes

Danielnino00:
Meanwhile, December 27th is the date clubs are supposed to release their players for AFCON..
The tournament starts on January 9th... that means there's 2 weeks for teams to prepare..



Meanwhile, we should brace ourselves of the possible injuries that will befall African players in the weeks leading to the start of the tournament .. A lot of clubs will do anything to keep their star players away from the tournament.

komekn:


Agreed without question

ChrisKels:


Are you sure of what you just wrote, or are you saying this because you don't really know the names of these other players from other African countries? Senegal and Morocco still have about 9-10 players each in the champions league ooo while we only have Chuks and Zaidu who have spent more time on the bench than in the pitch. And the way it stands, only Senegal, Algeria and Moroccan players stand a chance of going home with a golden medal in this year's UEFA champions league. Most of our players are in the Europa league and conference league

Morrocco:-

• Zakaria Labyad - Ajax
• Oussama Idrissi - Ajax
• Mazraoui - Ajax
• Zuhair Feddal - Sporting CP
• Adel Taarabt - Benfica
• Yassine Bounou *Goal keeper* - Seville
• Munir El Hadadi - Seville
• Yousef En-Nesyri - Seville
• Hakim Ziyech - Chelsea
• Achraf Hakimi - PSG

Senegal:-

• Fode Yannick Toure - Young Boys
• Boulaye Dia - Villarreal
• Nicolas Jackson - Villarreal
• Fode Balo-toure - AC Milan
• Idrissa Gana Gueye - PSG
• Abdou Dialo - PSG
• Sadio Mane - Liverpool
• Eduard Mendy - Chelsea
• Bouna Sarr - Bayern Munchen

ChrisKels:
As much as I love Onuachu, I think it is time to try other strikers to see who nicks that third striker choice spot. Onuachu is doing well at Genk same as Awoniyi and Sadiq for their respective club sides but, I would rest Onuachu for now to see what those other two can bring to the team. Onuachu is a good striker but he is static compared to these two

Mind you, I was the first person who started championing for Onuachu's call up back when he was at Mitjyland, especially after that goal against Manchester United, so your hater mantra is already dead on arrival

ChrisKels:
As much as I love Onuachu, I think it is time to try other strikers to see who nicks that third striker choice spot. Onuachu is doing well at Genk same as Awoniyi and Sadiq for their respective club sides but, I would rest Onuachu for now to see what those other two can bring to the team. Onuachu is a good striker but he is static compared to these two

Mind you, I was the first person who started championing for Onuachu's call up back when he was at Mitjyland, especially after that goal against Manchester United, so your hater mantra is already dead on arrival

Kog45:
Andrew even Kanu Nwankwo with 86 appearances scored just12 goals.

andrewbaba44:


Baba calm down abeg and it’s too early

Maybe if daka no score 4 goals yesterday you no go talk this thing

A reminder that eto is the greatest African player of all time

There is still mane and salah there oooo

Salah looks like he will surpass drogba self

chrisooblog:
If I start to talk Papilo matter now e go be like say pesin dey beef. If no be the respect and admiration I get for Kanu personally him matter for full this place tire.

Icon4s:
How Nigerian football has deteriorated!
We dont even have 20-21 yrs olds playing top flight football in top leagues.
Most of these invitees are from Lower English, Scandinavian and eastern european teams. Even d ones in top leagues are still playing for the feeder teams or are yet to break in fully into d 'A' teams.

Compare with the Gold winning 96 team when:
Kanu was in Ajax (UEFA champions league winners)
Amuneke was in Barcelona
Oliseh was in Juventus
Amokachi was in Everton
Okocha was in Frankfurt
Babangida jst moved to Ajax
Others like Oruma, Ojigwe, Oparaku, Babayaro, were already regulars in their respective clubs.

All those Akpom, Semi Ajayi, Iwobi, Iheanacho, Yahaya, Success, Awoniyi are nt experienced enough for the U23. They are U20 materials.

If we dont have 19,20, 21yrs olds (dat will form d U23 in 2 yrs time) dat play top flight football in Europe then we should fall back on our local players.

Besides i am hoping to c d likes of
Abdul Ajagun
Olanrewaju Kayode
Michael Olaitan
Christian Pyagbara
Abdulahi Shehu in d team. Thèse are some of John Obu's last U20 who should b fully matured for d next U23.

fabyom:
I watched both the Europa and Champions League, and Nigerian players are everywhere while only 2/3 players are from the other African countries. I don't understand the hype around these other so-called top Africa countries. Where are their players?

kellycute:
Monster machine!!!!

TheLoneCitizen:
For those who want to know if Osimhen is better than Haaland, here's what the stats say:

In every other season, Haaland would have trumped Osimhen, but this is the first full season where both players are fully settled and injury free.

So far this season, they've played almost exact minutes so the playing field is level .

1. Defensive striker

During his Lille and early Napoli days Osimhen was a far better defensive striker than Haaland. Better presser and menace to defenders.

But this season under Spalletti, just as Osimhen's aggression has reduced, Haaland’s has increased during his years at Dortmund.

Today, they have the exact same defensive attributes, and anyone who says Osimhen is far better is bias.

Note: Senior Man, Iheanacho is better than both of them defensively. (Iheancho has scored more goals from steals and tackles than both)

2. Finishing.

By this time last year, Osimhen was a wasteful forward, while Haaland was one of the world's deadliest finisher.

Under Spalleti, Osimhen has improved so much that he is toe-toe with Haaland.

Anybody who says Haaland is a far better finisher is working on past glory.

3. Creativity

Osimhen still has loads to do to catch Haaland, but Haaland isn't up to Kels when creativity is mentioned.

4. In every other attribute, Haaland edges Osimhen.

But what statistics wouldn't show you is movement, the most important attribute of any striker, and this is where Osimhen doesn't compare with Haaland.

Haaland’s better movement means despite them being identical in other aspects, Haaland would get 3 goalscoring chances in the same game where Osimhen would get only 1.

This is why last season they missed almost the same number of clear cut chances (Osimhen=14, Haaland=19), but Haaland almost tripled Osimhen's goal return (Osimehn=10, Haaland=25).


NOTE: Haaland is currently on a streak of getting at least [b]one clear-cut chance in each of his past 9 games in all competitions, meanwhile Osimhen hasn't found a big chance in his past 4 games for club. All his goals that period have been half-chances[/b].

Bottom line: Victor is closing in on Erling, but Haaland is not stagnant either. Where he was lagging behind Osimhen, he has caught up, so it's now Osimhen's turn.

APPLAUD HIM, BUT DO NOT OVERHYPE!

elunico:


Yakubu could have broken Yekini's record sha.

ChrisKels:
I wish we could establish a good relationship with a modest European club renowned for grooming young talents. I mean something similar to what Mali has with RB Salzburg.

Salzburg has helped Mali groom quality young midfielders such as: Diadie Samassekou, Sekou Koita, Amadou Haidara, Mohammed Camara, Mamady Diambou and Daouda Guindo

I wonder why the agents of our young players don't take our boys to such clubs.

Look at what Nordsjland is doing for Ghana too.

When I look at Nwakali and Haidara, I say e no go better for whoever advised Nwakali to join Arsenal when he did. Awoniyi's Liverpool move was also ill advised

andrewbaba44:


Nobody might have advised them

The average Nigerian football lover sees epl as everything ,you no say you no go get chance to develope for arsenal and Liverpool but you go there

andrewbaba44:


Nobody might have advised them

The average Nigerian football lover sees epl as everything ,you no say you no go get chance to develope for arsenal and Liverpool but you go there

chrisooblog:
If I start to talk Papilo matter now e go be like say pesin dey beef. If no be the respect and admiration I get for Kanu personally him matter for full this place tire.

Kog45:
Oga Andrew Liverpool,Arsenal came for you..just reason am now..don't blame those boys.Sometimes it worked out and sometimes it failed.