Curtisaxel10:
I repeat. There is NO good reason why a world class striker should feature for virtually the entirety of a game at such level and not get even a LONE shot on target, talk more of a goal. Just falling and rolling.

It's bad form. Plain and simple. And no player patronage chaser can shut me up.

TheGoodJoe:


Erling Haaland touched the ball only 8 times in the Community Shield game against Liverpool. From your perspective, Haaland is not world class.

chrisooblog:
Before it was 'he doesn't score against big teams' now it's 'no shot on target in 90 minutes' later it will be why is his celebration so razz.

chrisooblog:
Allow them chief it's their coping mechanism. When Victor joins the EPL next season they will come up with more topics to cry about during their Osimhen haters anonymous weekly meetings.

TheGoodJoe:


Erling Haaland touched the ball only 8 times in the Community Shield game against Liverpool. From your perspective, Haaland is not world class.

Curtisaxel10:
I repeat. There is NO good reason why a world class striker should feature for virtually the entirety of a game at such level and not get even a LONE shot on target, talk more of a goal. Just falling and rolling.

It's bad form. Plain and simple. And no player patronage chaser can shut me up.

TheGoodJoe:


No one is emotional except you. It was the[b] same emotional bias you used to try to write Manxh City Academy off[/b].

You look for any little ripple to try to rant.

One game is not enough to use to judge. Even an infant football watcher know this.

You are using a game of to run a decision of a player's possibility to flourish in the EPL.

It is totally illogical and it is only a bias person that will make such a bent remark.

gatecrash123:
you don't have a point. olivier giroud played an entire 90 minutes without touching the ball, he also played 546 minutes without getting a shot on target. You can't tell me giroud is not a world class footballer . Mind you he scored two and assisted two in their ucl match yesterday

Odunayaw:
You'd know all about the gutter because that's where you constantly reside

Go and check my initial comment to you and see the rabid response you gave to it

Now get off that moral high horse

TheGoodJoe:


There is no need for the subtle abuse we can make points without being abusive.

Curtisaxel10:


He performed poorly in that game, then. Just as Osimhen performed poorly against Liverpool.

komekn:


Go back to the school of civility and until you do.

You will be given the best answer SILENCE

gatecrash123:
you don't have a point. olivier giroud played an entire 90 minutes without touching the ball, he also played 546 minutes without getting a shot on target. You can't tell me giroud is not a world class footballer . Mind you he scored two and assisted two in their ucl match yesterday

daveP:




Chai. I want to understand your angle. But Konate has quieted some good strikers in EPL and got rounded up by small boys in the same league. Add unknown regulars. If we are to use 1 game to conclude abilities, then even RVP and Rooney will be nobodies today.

Nunez is still upcoming. I very well want to assume you saw the number of articles written about if he can fo it in the EPL? He is still adapting till now. For VO, he personally knows he will need to up his game if he gets to the EPL. And that he can't do alone either. So no need to make a fuss about it? He is climbing that ladder and i don't see him stopping. You can't deny the effort isn't there since he returned from injury. When EPL comes, anything can happen. But he will get through. That i believe.

AndSunGorilla:

First leg before he got injured, he showed the same liverpool shege.

AndSunGorilla:

Thank you your goodness, you are a good man!! Bet na bad advice I give Daniel? We all can use it you know, abi? What is your stance regarding Kelechi Iheanacho's bit part role this season?

komekn:


Please some degree of objectivity and maturity.

Once again you deviate from the subject matter , what has Manchester city Academy got to do with subject we are discussing ❓

Actually it's two games against Liverpool without scoring.

You are too presumptuous, I aligned V.O. attributes and l skill sets to the demands of the EPL and the top level teams he should be associated with. Not just on game.

Before this current discourse , I talked about the teams he would be most suited too. So my view did not start a few days ago .

I will tell you in football one exceptional game will get you noticed and two will be get you offers and by the third you can probably get a pre- contract agreement.

It works vice versa , if you have been hyped to the heavens and you have an average game it will be considered a poor game, if in the second game you don't improve bids are off and interest dies. Football is characterized by short term decisions.

Curtisaxel10:


He performed poorly in that game, then. Just as Osimhen performed poorly against Liverpool.

komekn:


Go back to the school of civility and until you do.

You will be given the best answer SILENCE

komekn:


So much shege, he got a hatrick and three assists.

komekn:
Since the Liverpool Vs Napoli match there has been be a deafening silence that is bewildering and quite surprising. But then again considering the unbridled favouritism our V.O. gets here it should be expected.

Nonetheless, this was supposed to be the game our world class striker, Monster striker V.O. announced himself to the world as well as to potential EPL suitors.

But it didn't happen, he failed the test .

Instead there has been an outpouring of emotive sentiment based rhetoric. Some being by those best described as TheSuperDelusional as they are suggesting he was continuously fouled and unfairly treated.

Admittance of failure is the beginning of success it's the basis of constructive criticism. You are then able to address gaps in your skill sets and strategy and improve.

But instead many are blaming the weather, unfair referees, the bright red Liverpool strip, etc.

The EPL is the most competitive, fastest and physically exerting football league in the world. What works in Seria A may not necessarily work in the EPL.

V.O. is no longer an unknown quantity, he is not unknown he is one of the main focal points for Napoli attack. Liverpool would have gone through hours of footage of Osimhen and studied him in depth. His strengths and weaknesses.

In addition Liverpool FC have been having a torrid time in the EPL this season, they are off the mark standing 9th in the league table with even Fulham above them. They needed this win and would be like a wounded Lion . They return of Konate absolutely vital to them as well.

In summary V.O. got out muscled , out paced and got bodied all over the pitch, he couldn't get one shot off on target. Konate had him locked down and Vsmndykr put pad lock on the gate. Actually he actually did most of the fouls on Konate and resorted to desperate measures including simulation.

This would be a good learning experience if taken in the right context critically, for V.O. to up his game As opposed to what most are saying here.

komekn:


Once again in your emotions get the better of you.

What's the fastest and most physical league as well as competitive league in the world, The EPL.

Haaland is an enigma with a skill set that is made for the EPL , he is a true number 9. He can even be more physical in the EPL than the Bundisliga. In addition I've never seen a 6"5' player with his acceleration.

I didn't make any deduction, just that V.O. will require more to succeed in the EPL. He has played two games against a not on top of their game Liverpool and failed to score.

But that's not particularly relevant, it was the way he got checked, bodied and locked by a Konate that was interesting.

V.O. is the most aggressive, relentlessly determined, hot headed with rage I know. However, Konate just poured ice cold water on him and he couldn't do much. Those attributes that have given him great success in Seria A and French one may not be enough in the EPL. That's objective appraisal not emotive preference and favouritism.

To use your proposition of sentiment, Saka, Martinelli, Mitrovic, Awoniyi , Sancho, Rashford have all scored against against Liverpool. Why not therefore Haaland and V.O.

All these players used guile, trickery , technique and skill and with Awoniyi plain good luck to score.

These are not the attributes of V.O. he needs to find another way IF he wants to thrive in the EPL.

BascoVanVeli:
Rivers United 5-0 Al Nasr Benghazi

Opinions on the first penalty?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5tnuj542AQ

komekn:


Sorry to burst your bubble Giroud has never and probably will never be a world class footballer.

Unless you have a very low threshold for what you call World class .

Odunayaw:
From this angle of the camera it looks clean

TheGoodJoe:


No matter how you try to downgrade Victor OSIMHEN, your negative views does not mean anything.

A game or two is not enough to judge a player. Learn that today.

No big club will ever use two games to judge a player. Every great player have had numerous poor games. Even Theirry Henry and Messi.

So that point does not add up in any way.

gatecrash123:
someone that has over 280 goals and almost 100 assist shouldn't be be considered as a world class?
Shay u dey whine me ni?

gatecrash123:
someone that has over 280 goals and almost 100 assist shouldn't be be considered as a world class?
Shay u dey whine me ni?

komekn:


He has scored 90 EPL goals in the premier League over near 260 games over 11 seasons, he has never been among the top 5 goal scorers in the EPL in his career.

Indeed his last 5 season in the EPL have been Largely anonymous, maybe you have a different definition for world class.

What's your definition of world class please that may help to understand our differing positions

komekn:


Please some degree of objectivity and maturity.

Once again you deviate from the subject matter , what has Manchester city Academy got to do with subject we are discussing ❓

Actually it's two games against Liverpool without scoring.

You are too presumptuous, I aligned V.O. attributes and l skill sets to the demands of the EPL and the top level teams he should be associated with. Not just on game.

Before this current discourse , I talked about the teams he would be most suited too. So my view did not start a few days ago .

I will tell you in football one exceptional game will get you noticed and two will be get you offers and by the third you can probably get a pre- contract agreement.

It works vice versa , if you have been hyped to the heavens and you have an average game it will be considered a poor game, if in the second game you don't improve bids are off and interest dies. Football is characterized by short term decisions.

komekn:


Here we go again , your perception is not my position.

Because I don't get all emotively euphoric about your favourite player does not mean, I have DOWNGRADED him .

I don't do praise singing thats your department.

Because I refuse to join your V.O. choir doesn't mean negative disposition towards your idol.

Get a grip stop acting up and misrepresentating matters to suit your parochial one track narrative. And anyone who doesn't agree is your enemy of progress.

Sychophancy and praise singing will not help a player, but constructive even harsh criticism will.

I did not say no big club will sign him , if you go back I used the term THRIVE. It's one thing to join a big club it's another to thrive.