Yeah. The odd start but give him more playing time. He's done more than can be expected given how little playing time he has had. Pellegrini has a player who looks like future Balon d'Or shortlist material, yet he's had just over 300 minutes of time on the field.

BascoVanVeli:


The point some people are trying on purpose to miss is that we all know he is capable of greatness we just want to see it more often.

safarigirl:
You mention 3 British Citizens who have all opted to play for England, people who started from proper academies in England and are products of same academies, people who ave been exposed to pro-football and the processes since they could kick a ball.

Does Kelechi have same benefits? No, he doesn't. He's arguably one of less than five teenage African kids who are fully home grown making waves in Western Europe currently. Compare him to people of similar circumstances

Anyway, there are rumours of a loan move to West Ham.....but these are just rumors

safarigirl:
Toh, the news has been broken. 2 goals and 2 assists in 3 starts.....I go like dey fetch water for De Bruyne and Aguero abeg

Safarigirl mind yourselve oooooo.

Laugh and runs after.................mmmmmmmmm

Great newzzzzzz

safarigirl:
What a City fan had to say today on Pelle's stubbornness:

Yeah. The odd start but give him more playing time. He's done more than can be expected given how little playing time he has had. Pellegrini has a player who looks like future Balon d'Or shortlist material, yet he's had just over 300 minutes of time on the field.

terzurum5:


We have been vindicated

BascoVanVeli:


I guess city fans are also tired of him fetching water.

Bad boy, I don sight you. Lol

tbaba1234:
Sadiq was not exceptional today... Makes good runs though..

mijestic:

Still waiting for the GoodJoe to come explain what happened with Hernandez. That was the perfect response to those who think playing time is not important to the performance of a footballer. Even outside the football world, it is a known fact that one gets better in what he does frequently. Iheanacho staying at city will not help his development. He has a lot to prove after learning from the best, playing alongside the best players at city. His recent interviews will tell you the boy is eager to do just this. A student cannot keep learning forever. He's got to be pragmatic and creative with knowledge. What's the use of knowledge when it cannot be applied?

Fribery:


goal.com gave him the highest rating among his team mates

TheGoodJoe:
I am seeing that some people are supporting a loan move to West Ham for Nacho.

Ridiculous. We are talking of a top promising footballing talent working day in day out with Pellegrni. A man who trained the likes of Forlan, Riquelme and Sorin.

You want Nacho to sacrifice such a golden opportunity to work with a coach who trained who?

Nacho needs lessons with Pellegrini and the likes of Brian Kidd who worked with Ferguson to train stars like Scholes, Beckham and Giggs. A coach who worked with Tevez and Robinho.

How can you people say at this time, Nacho needs playing time than learning. He has his whole career ahead of him to play.

Nacho needs to learn how to do it like the greats and take his chances when the coaches give him his chance.

tbaba1234:


I watched the match, he was not great.

Icon4s:


Well I will say he showed promises and flashes of brilliance for an 18yrs old & only his 3rd game as a full professional. Jst that some peeps are making him seem like a Super Man already.

tbaba1234:


Look at Jack Wilshere. He could have stayed at Arsenal training with good coaches but his loan to Bolton was what made him improve dramatically even though the talent was always there.

Great coaching without understanding the pressures of playing every week will not improve a player to the desired standard.

A premiership loan deal will benefit iheanacho more than just training with the first team. He gets the opportunity to test himself against the best players in the league every week. And like they say, experience is the best teacher.

Caspian22:
I always tell anybody I discuss football with that Nigeria's golden generation is coming soon.

But they are only two problems hindering that.

1. The failure to scout potential youngsters whether abroad or in Nigeria. I remembered when I was shouting Dele Alli b4 he shone at MK dons. What about bobby adekanye that barca got banned for, they said he was messi's favorite youngster. Amuneke didn't make effort to invite him to the U17, now he's with Holland.
I am not just talking about abroad youths alone. Daniel Emmanuel, the goalkeeper that did so wonderfully well at CAF U23 wasn't invited to the CHAN tourney. I understand that competition for shirts is tough but give youth a chance.


2. If you are talking about the next generation stars in naija football. You'll mention, iheanacho, success, awoniyi, osimhen, iwobi, nwakali, alampasu, ndidi.
Did you notice something wrong? No. Yes. They are no defenders. No matter how big naija's youth pool is. it will mostly comprise of attacking talent. Who can you say is the top defender naija can rely on in the future? even if you name some. how many? is it iorfa? that has already played for England.
If we begin to groom more quality defenders we can talk about that golden generation.

Thank you

joseph1013:
There are a couple people here are conversant with: Musa Mohammed, Ndidi, Zarahdeen Bello, Mustapha Abdullahi, Elahor Ekpolo, Alampasu, Udoh Akpan, Lazarus John, Nuru Abdullahi, Troost-Ekong.

We have players in all departments for the golden generation.

BlackAlbino6:
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‘He’s a better no.10 than Coutinho!’ Arsenal fans react to Alex Iwobi’s performance against Sunderland
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Arsenal starlet Alex Iwobi was one of the stars for Arsene Wenger’s men in their FA Cupclash against Sunderland.

He may already have made two international appearances for Nigeriabut this was only his second ever start for the Gunners, giving supporters a chance to take another look over his potential.

It’s fair to say most observers were rather pleased with his performance as they took to Twitter to praise his display, which included direct attacking and some moments of skill before he was substituted after 66 minutes.

You can see what Arsenal fans reckoned about his antic below…
talksport.com/football/hes-better-no10-coutinho-arsenal-fans-react-alex-iwobis-performance-against-sunderland

Caspian22:
I always tell anybody I discuss football with that Nigeria's golden generation is coming soon.

But they are only two problems hindering that.

1. The failure to scout potential youngsters whether abroad or in Nigeria. I remembered when I was shouting Dele Alli b4 he shone at MK dons. What about bobby adekanye that barca got banned for, they said he was messi's favorite youngster. Amuneke didn't make effort to invite him to the U17, now he's with Holland.
I am not just talking about abroad youths alone. Daniel Emmanuel, the goalkeeper that did so wonderfully well at CAF U23 wasn't invited to the CHAN tourney. I understand that competition for shirts is tough but give youth a chance.


2. If you are talking about the next generation stars in naija football. You'll mention, iheanacho, success, awoniyi, osimhen, iwobi, nwakali, alampasu, ndidi.
Did you notice something wrong? No. Yes. They are no defenders. No matter how big naija's youth pool is. it will mostly comprise of attacking talent. Who can you say is the top defender naija can rely on in the future? even if you name some. how many? is it iorfa? that has already played for England.
If we begin to groom more quality defenders we can talk about that golden generation.

Thank you

Caspian22:
I always tell anybody I discuss football with that Nigeria's golden generation is coming soon.

But they are only two problems hindering that.

1. The failure to scout potential youngsters whether abroad or in Nigeria. I remembered when I was shouting Dele Alli b4 he shone at MK dons. What about bobby adekanye that barca got banned for, they said he was messi's favorite youngster. Amuneke didn't make effort to invite him to the U17, now he's with Holland.
I am not just talking about abroad youths alone. Daniel Emmanuel, the goalkeeper that did so wonderfully well at CAF U23 wasn't invited to the CHAN tourney. I understand that competition for shirts is tough but give youth a chance.


2. If you are talking about the next generation stars in naija football. You'll mention, iheanacho, success, awoniyi, osimhen, iwobi, nwakali, alampasu, ndidi.
Did you notice something wrong? No. Yes. They are no defenders. No matter how big naija's youth pool is. it will mostly comprise of attacking talent. Who can you say is the top defender naija can rely on in the future? even if you name some. how many? is it iorfa? that has already played for England.
If we begin to groom more quality defenders we can talk about that golden generation.

Thank you

Icon4s:


As an Arsenal fan myself I will say Wenger is at it again. He has jst chuned out another Fabregas more like in the mode of Mesut Ozil. Iwobi showed so much display of confidence and maturity. Nt afraid of going forward and taking on defenders. He hardly made any faulty pass and was even d initiator of the Arsenal's equalizer. I go in the line of TheGoodJoe that training with d best coaches and players is a lot deal jst like the Iheanacho case too. Iwobi must have learnt alot from some1 like Ozil that he came on d pitch and we saw a replica of Ozil . Knowing Wenger for hu he is Iwobi might get some more playing time going forward.