forgiveness:


Yes! Yekini wasn't an instant hit with the national team (na who tell you that one) yet was an instant hit with his clubs. Na still d same thing I dey talk.

Chinekemeee! You mean Kanu Nwankwo was chopping bench in Iwanyanwu in 1993 and Ajax 1994 before Clement called him?

Abeg! Like your mouth, na lie full am.

goldfish80:

Being top scorer in Austria and most scoring Nigerian player in Europe for 2 seasons in a row, all achieved while still under 25yrs, seriously indicate he's a talent who deserves a look in.

Kog45:
This is d reason i love nairaland especially this thread.I said d guy is from Igbo tribe but goldfish80 said NO d guy is from Benin now Icon4 baba said Esan.

Kog45:
This is d reason i love nairaland especially this thread.I said d guy is from Igbo tribe but goldfish80 said NO d guy is from Benin now Icon4 baba said Esan.

tglobal:


Kanu wasn't an Ajax regular in 1994. He played about 5 or 6 matches all season. I will submit that it is legitimate to conclude the basis for his invitation was the interaction Westerhof had with him when he was working the U17 team prior to their final qualifiers against Algeria a year earlier.

Kog45:
This is d reason i love nairaland especially this thread.I said d guy is from Igbo tribe but goldfish80 said NO d guy is from Benin now Icon4 baba said Esan.

Icon4s:


If you call an Esan man Benin or vice versa if cutlass dey near your life may never remain the same.

goldfish80:


True, Ighalo had 2 prolific seasons in Europe. However, compare a 24 yr old Ighalo vs 24 yr old Kayode, the difference is quite glaring.

About Osimhen, are you honestly saying that you can't list Nigerian strikers in Europe last season who scored a raft of goals while Osimhen played a paltry 41 minutes?

This reminds me how England dropped an inform Premier league winner in Danny Drinkwater and instead went to battle with Jack Wilshere who registered just 141 minutes enroute Euro 2016.
Roy Hudson hung and dried by this decision which ultimately cost him his job.

Mujtahida:
Osimhen sounds very much Edo. Icon4s is right.

goldfish80:

Osimhen is not Igbo.

chrisooblog:
what was yekini's goal record between 84 and 89 for the national team? In the build up to USA 94 Nigeria played against Sweden in a friendly kanu featured after the world cup we played against England kanu also played. I'm tired of giving you free history lessons. You claim to be smart the least you could have done was check Google or YouTube before branding me a lie

Joebie:
yes, two rival tribes in Edo state.

forgiveness:


Wetin concern me with how many goals he scored for the national team?

I am asking, how many goals did he score or how many matches did he play that warrant his call to the national team?


Was Kanu a professional Footballer with regular playing time or a newbies like Osimhen with only 2 or 3 (total 50 minutes) matches of club professional league Football?

I am not interested in those history of yours because it is inconsequential to the debate, why call Osimhen who only played 3 matches with very few minutes to the national team?

goldfish80:

Kayode have been the highest scoring Nigerian player in Europe for 2 seasons in a row. He's a super talent who haven't been given an opportunity at the top level.
He's a lot like Mane. Any good talent spotter will see that.

goldfish80:

Yes. Same Austria Mane was poached from. Kayode hae scored more goals than Mane did at Austria, you can do that maths.

goldfish80:

I highlighted his exploits over the 2 seasons to indicate he's not a watered down talent in comparison to Kelechi and Osimhen like someone was trying to us believe. Because he haven't had a shot at bugger league shouldn't be used to measure how talented he actually is.

goldfish80:

If Alaba and Mane were discovered in Austria not so long ago, it clearly should indicate to you that the league is coming in leap and bound.
The fact that Redbull recognised the potential there and decided to invest heavily in the Austrian market by their ownership of Redbull salzburg should tell you something. Even top. German managers like Ralph Ragnic, Otmar Hitzfield and Roger Shmidt have all worked in Austria.

Go watch how Austra Vienna destroyed As Roma, you will get the gist about the tremendous growth currently witnessed in Austria.

OMANBALA1:


Kayode is a super talent in a lowly rated Austrian league. If so,then Nwakaeme is equally a super talent...Personally,I rate Israeli league above the Austrian league.
He needs to move to a more competitive league like the Netherlands,Belgium or even Russia.
If he remains in Austria young bloods like Osimhen and Orji will displace him.

Danielnino00:
4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 which of these two formations would u prefer against SA??


For me,the 4-2-3-1 would be good. I wanna see Iwobi playing the no.10 role just behind Iheanacho. Iwobi doesn't play like a typical winger to me

TheGoodJoe:


Should I give a list of stars in the La Liga, EPL, Serie A and Bundesliga for you to understand the gap in the quality of these leagues to Austria? All I am saying is do not make being the top scorer in Austria such a big deal. The competition is far less there.

forgiveness:


Ayaaaa! Chai! There's God ooooooo!

Some have to work ×5 while some get it on a plata of gold with free allowances on top. There's God ooooooo!

No wonder I keep hearing the bias and deceitful advice 'let him work harder (×20 and until he grows grey hair) he will be noticed' while others are getting called on a plata of gold. Chai! There's God ooooooo.

Mickael2:


do you even understand the point the guy is trying to pass across?

ChrisKels:
I came across the squad list of our *bredas* from the former Gold Coast, I couldn't help but feel pity for them. They really are passing through a rough patch presently. They badly are in dearth of super talents unlike their West African neighbors like ; Senegal, Nigeria, Cote d'ivore et al.


Ghana squad

Goalkeepers:

Richard Ofori (Wa Allstars); Adam Kwarasey
(Brondby, Denmark); Felix Annan (Kotoko);
Joseph Addo (Aduana Stars)
Defenders:
Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew, USA); Daniel
Amartey (Leicester City, England); Lumor
Agbenyenu (Munich 1860, Germany); Daniel
Darkwah (Aduana Stars, Ghana); John Boye
(Sivasspor, Turkey); Rashid Sumalia (Al Gharafa,
Qatar); Nicholas Opoku (B.Chelsea, Ghana);
Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew, USA); Jerry
Akaminko (Eskiserhispor, Turkey); Samuel Sarfo
(Liberty, Ghana)

Midfielders:

Mohammed Abu (Columbus Crew, USA); Afriyie
Acquah (Torino, Italy); Isaac Sackey
(Alanyaspor, Turkey); Thomas Partey (Atletico
Madrid, Spain); Ebenezer Ofori (Stuttgart,
Germany); Kingsley Sarfo (Sirius, Sweden);
Winful Cobbinah (Hearts of Oak); Yaw Yeboah
(FC Twente, Holland); Godsway Donyoh
(Nordjaelland, Denmark); Andre Ayew (West
Ham, England); Frank Acheampong (Anderlecht,
Belgium); Thomas Agyepong (NAC Breda,
Holland)

Forwards:

Asamoah Gyan (Al Alhi, UAE); Jordan Ayew
(Swansea City, England); Majeed Waris (Lorient
FC, France); Raphael Dwamena (FC Zurich,
Switzerland)

TheGoodJoe:


Pass which point?

He said because Austria Vienna beat Roma, we should take the league seriously. I disagree because the point is that the competition in the league for the top goal scoring position is weak. So a team doing well does not change the fact.

So please, tell me the point he was passing across that changes the fact that the Austrian leagueis weak.

OMANBALA1:


Kayode is a super talent in a lowly rated Austrian league. If so,then Nwakaeme is equally a super talent...Personally,I rate Israeli league above the Austrian league.
He needs to move to a more competitive league like the Netherlands,Belgium or even Russia.
If he remains in Austria young bloods like Osimhen and Orji will displace him.

TheGoodJoe:


I will wait for results from camp before making my suggested list but I think we will play a 4-2-3-1 formation.

tglobal:


Yes. He is the coach and the buck ends at his table. If the team fails, he will be the one who loses his job, not the players selected or ignored. If the ignored players are that ood, they have nothing to lose as a new coach will call them up. Players also don't need their national teams to be successful (George Weah, Ibrahimovich Litmanen etc come to mind). I dont know why this is hard to understand

And by the way, people are appointed to exercise their judgment in certain matters. That is what leaders do. Let's give them the chance to do that. If you become a coach, not everyone who is aligned with you in this current argument will agree with your decisions as well as many will seem irrational. That is why you don't have 2 people with equal powers leading any organization. Someone needs to exercise their own judgment, so they can take responsibility for whatever comes along.

The cameroonian coach took a 38 year old Milla to the world cup against the wishes of many in 1990.