solonnachi:
WHAT IF?
1. What if Nigeria is drawn with Russia and play the opening match? Home support for Russia will be massive.
2. What if Nigeria is drawn with Brazil? The Samba boys will try to dance around our defense
3. What if Nigeria is drawn with Argentina? Abeg we don see them finish
4. What if Nigeria is drawn with Poland or Belgium? Dem too dey fear us wella
5. What if Nigeria is drawn with England or Portugal? Forget joor. These teams are over hyped, we go finish them if we get our game plan right
6. What if Nigeria is drawn with Germany or Spain? My brother, at this junction, I bet to sign out because cold dey catch me now
HAPPY NEW MONTH FOLKS. I'M PRAYING FOR A FAVOURABLE DRAW OOO

Kog45:
Good for him but i don't see him displacing Enyimba first choice just like he failed to displace Akpeyi at heartland,Ebere Obi at Ranger,the same thing at Ifeanyi Uba last season,meaning Ezenwa must have a strong backing of unknown forces making him always available for Eagles call.Oga o.

edi287:

I think those reports were based on sources from his camp.
Musa wasn't helped by Gray having bright cameos whenever he came on. I thought Musa and Vardy would've made a good striking partnership but oh well...let him move to Hull and play under his old coach at CSKA

komekn:


KC. - 70 plus games 22 goals
Obagoal - 460 games and near 180 goals.

Super Eagles


KC - 13 games 8 goals
Obagoal - 41 games 18 goals


What overwhelmingly conclusive stats are you talking about

Mickael2:



you may want to check Martins stats again.

You may also want to check the meaning of 'talking with two sides of your mouth' so you won't use it in a wrong situation next time.

Now get this fact slowly, when it comes to goals per game ratio Martins wasn't bad, after 40+ games he still had a goal every 3games. I cannot dig up his goals after 14games but I am sure he had atleast 4-6 goals by then. Martins is not some demigod, but saying that because he scores in the Chinese league that Iheanacho and Kayode will come there and become the highest goalscorer is a pure lie. Oscar is there, Hulk too and a lot of other guys but why arent they highest goalscorers? You think the league is like that? Let me ask you a question, [b] so because no team from the Italian league has won the UCL(appeared in the club world cup that is) that means the Serie A is whack? [/b]I don't understand

BascoVanVeli:


They do not have one player with similar traits to Musa who is younger, at least that one is a fact. He did not beg or even push to go to Leicester city, I remember his former CSKA coach saying Musa asked him when to resume preseason. The player has not been given a fair shot at proving himself. Some no name coach comes in and I am just to agree that he is not good enough for the EPL? The media even dropped a story about his teammates not wanting him to be in the team and not even his club website sort out to rubbish that story. No other journalist as felt it necessary to ask the players if the story is true or not.
One thing I won't accept is that because Ndidi is a regular all must be fine. TBH that is a selfish conclusion, it is like saying "as long as it is ok with me I see no evil". As for Kelechi please name the club outside of England that would pay that £25m? No use in tricking urself, Pep sold Nacho to the highest bidder.

mazimee:



Lol, I never knew He had strong competitors (still have ) at club level all this while. How did He manage all that?

soetanoreoluwa:


Nobody is forcing Rohr to do anything... He choose Agali himself... He said he has been working with him since he started SE job..

somehow:
Alloy Agu

mazimee:



Who is He? Kedu ife okacha eme?

komekn:


Football is a short term vocation in the space of one season of poor performance and a player can loose 75% of his value.

You are only as good as your last game a few months of poor performance and you can be forgotten a whole season and you can be archived.

70% of coaches in the EPL and Championship willl get thier jobs by network. At this stage of the game race will be a big issue. However, those dynamics are very different around the London city Region where at Tottenham for instance half the coaches are black.

When it comes to Management that figure becomes very skewed and racism is alive well and kicking. What many of you do not realise those figures are a representative reflection of senior level executive management positions across the UK.

How many of the 000's of black and or Nigerian qualified doctors and managers become executive directors in the NHS How many black and or Nigerian over qualified comparative to thier white pears, black and or Nigerians are executive directors of Banks, BBC, Central and Local government, etc, etc in the UK. I can go through nearly every sector and you will find the same observation. So whether you were born in England or not your black and not really British unless you want to decieve yourself.

However, when it comes to player selection racism is not as pronounced. Managers in General (there are exceptions) will choose the best players they can get period. I know of a number of football club academies that will target black players for thier athleticism.

With regards to KC this has nothing to do with racism. Simply put KC does not have the primary attributes to succeed as a striker at Leicester City. Which is what the Leicester bought him for to be a striker.

KC does not have the pace of Vardy to lead the front line, he does not have the physicality to leasd the front line comparative to Okazaki and or Islamani. Some may not like to be told that KC lacks the technical superiority, skill and trickery comparative to Mahrez and Grey. So if you were a manager would you be choosing him over these players. He has been given opportunity but has fallen short, in the EPL you don't get a lot of time. Now he must work increase Bristol capacity learn to use his right foot change his style of playing adapt otherwise it's down hill.

When KC was at City he was surrounded by world class midfielders who compensated for his short comings and played to his strengths. That not withstanding he lacked the pace of Sane, Gabriel and Raheem. Games are won with small margins of competitive advantage. KC did not bring those advantages to the table to the standard required by City. However, he might do it for someone else hence the buy back clause which is about taking a chunk of any possible future transfer fee.

KC has been lucky to have the opportunity to be playing for the SE. And doing well. However, that doesn't mean someone else given the same opportunity may not have done better.

Mickael2:


how is Okazaki a club legend? Last I checked at the start of their title winning season Ulloa was actually the starter and he displaced him, there is no way Okazaki is a club legend and quite frankly if you can't displace Okazaki then I am not sure we should be screaming your name.

Now you kept on giving unrelated instances, in Nacho's case even the coach who bought him still kept him on the bench and even preferred Slimani to him. I am not saying Iheanacho is not a good player but the sooner we understand that Iheanacho is not going to be the first Nigerian to play for Real Madrid the better for us, then we can all come to agree that he is not the next best thing after slice bread

Icon79:
I totally understand what you're saying, but I will still insist that our players are not given as much chances as an average European or even Latin American player. The pattern has been so consistent for anyone who's been paying attention not to notice. Go and take a look at the history of our players vis-à-vis their average Euro competitors:

Kanu Nwankwo was killing it at Arsenal but barely get a chance to start. Players like over the hill Dennis Bergkamp and headless chickens like Sylvain Wiltord were often preferred ahead of him.
Jay Jay Okocha - for over 2 years, Jay Jay set the EPL on fire. But once he hits a short rough patch, the big Sam relegated him to the bench and took the captainship away from him. Next thing you hear, JayJay was sole to Hull City. Funny thing was thing Jayjay helped Hull to gain promotion while Bolton got relegated. Talk about "karma".
Victor Obinna Nsofor - literally set the EPL on fire when he joined West Ham. Had two bad games and never smelled the starting line up again until he was sold!
Victor Moses - Liverpool as a team was having a bad season after selling Suarez, the entire team was piss poor. But who got all the blame? Victor Moses ... sentenced to the bench and left there to rot until he left for West Ham.

You argued that Kelechi doesn't have the pace of Vardy nor does he have the physicality of Okazaki or even Islamani (*I laugh*). But then this begs the question, why did Shakespeare decide to buy Kelechi when he knew (or ought to know) that he doesn't have the qualities he needed? And how could he (or anyone) have reached that conclusions when they have given Kelechi barely anytime to play? Why not start him for 5 consecutive games and see whether he's able to perform?

Again, I am NOT crying racism here but these are just the FACTS that anybody should ignore.


O pari

junnyjake:
Is this some francophone African country or wah??

TheGoodJoe:


My standard, before critiquing a player and run him down, give him five games. That is my personal term for a run of games. The people at Leicester City know if they give Nacho a run of five games, he will deliver. As I said, his quality is not a doubt.

By the way, the point of a player losing value based on not having a good season is based on newspaper hype, which to me is thrash and means nothing. What matters is the person's quality. When a good player gets a run, watch the same papers who ran the player down form a choir to praise him.

What Nacho needs is to keep working hard. His chance will come and he will take it. For now, he should put over a hundred percent every time he hits the training pitch. Train as if his career depends on each training.

Icon79:
KPOM!

Like I had said before, my sources told me that senior players are running the show at Leicester City. Players like Vardy, Mahrez, Morgan etc. decide who plays. It's a well known fact that these Leicester players decided not to play for Claudio Ranieri in his second season because he wasn't keeping faith with the old players. He was accused of playing guys like Musa and Slimani ahead of the likes of Demari Gray, Albrighton etc. And by the way, I think they had just played the same card with Shakespeare as well

I was never in support of Kelechi joining Leicester city. If you go back, you'd see that I was hoping that he would join anything but Leicester and/or West Brom. Anyway, I think the best thing for KC right now is to request a January loan move.


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Russianruble:


Madam you know nothing about football
Go back to the kitchen where you belong and once you are done cooking, come to the other room and please me as I wish this is place is meant for men okay? Keep the place moist I will cum soon.

TheGoodJoe:


My standard, before critiquing a player and run him down, give him five games. That is my personal term for a run of games. The people at Leicester City know if they give Nacho a run of five games, he will deliver. As I said, his quality is not a doubt.

By the way, the point of a player losing value based on not having a good season is based on newspaper hype, which to me is thrash and means nothing. What matters is the person's quality. When a good player gets a run, watch the same papers who ran the player down form a choir to praise him.

What Nacho needs is to keep working hard. His chance will come and he will take it. For now, he should put over a hundred percent every time he hits the training pitch. Train as if his career depends on each training.

safarigirl:
komekn compared Kelechi and Martins, EDI did same, hence the comparison

I never liked the old toy to begin with, so I can throw it in the trash without a glance. I am not attached to the old toy, so I don't give a shiiit about it

Mickael2:



so because you don't like the toy you suddenly want to forget that your elders enjoyed that particular toy. You seem to want to forget that at 19 Martins was a sure starter for Inter ooo, not even Leicester talkless of being a benchwarmer there

TheGoodJoe:


Okazaki will forever remain a legend to the fans of the Foxes. You can not change that by arguing he was not a starter earlier in the season. He joined the team in 2015. He had to adapt before he became a big part of the team.


On 19 December 2015, Okazaki scored the winner in a 3–2 win over Everton at Goodison Park, to ensure that Leicester City topped the table at Christmas.

His performances in the 2015–16 season earned him the Asian International Player of the Year award in December 2016.

Iheanacho is a young player and has club legends ahead of him. With time he will get his shot. It is a marathon and not a sprint. No one said Nacho is Real Madrid bound. The point is very simple. Nacho's quality is not up for debate. He is a quality player.

Finito.

safarigirl:
This is the Super Eagles Thread

It is not the EPL or Serie A or LA Liga thread. Whatever Martins did at Inter or Lazio or Celtic or Everton or even Al Ahly, is none of my business

I am talking my own, let my elders talk their own. Some of them do not have the same joyous memories of Martins like others do.

Once again, it was never my toy sef, it's a hand me down, so why should I want it back after trashing it?

cromz:
make we give am nja passport naw

Mickael2:



so that means you don't know the history of the toy and it's importance. You know its actually wise for you to keep quiet about things you don't know right?

Icon79:
I totally understand what you're saying, but I will still insist that our players are not given as much chances as an average European or even Latin American player. The pattern has been so consistent for anyone who's been paying attention not to notice. Go and take a look at the history of our players vis-à-vis their average Euro competitors:

Kanu Nwankwo was killing it at Arsenal but barely get a chance to start. Players like over the hill Dennis Bergkamp and headless chickens like Sylvain Wiltord were often preferred ahead of him.
Jay Jay Okocha - for over 2 years, Jay Jay set the EPL on fire. But once he hits a short rough patch, the big Sam relegated him to the bench and took the captainship away from him. Next thing you hear, JayJay was sold to Hull City. Funny thing was thing Jayjay helped Hull to gain promotion while Bolton got relegated. Talk about "karma".
Victor Obinna Nsofor - literally set the EPL on fire when he joined West Ham. Had two bad games and never smelled the starting line up again until he was sold!
Victor Moses - Liverpool as a team was having a bad season after selling Suarez, the entire team was piss poor. But who got all the blame? Victor Moses ... sentenced to the bench and left there to rot until he left for West Ham.

You argued that Kelechi doesn't have the pace of Vardy nor does he have the physicality of Okazaki or even Islamani (*I laugh*). But then this begs the question, why did Shakespeare decide to buy Kelechi when he knew (or ought to know) that he doesn't have the qualities he needed? And how could he (or anyone) have reached that conclusions when they have given Kelechi barely anytime to play? Why not start him for 5 consecutive games and see whether he's able to perform?

Again, I am NOT crying racism here but these are just the FACTS that anybody should ignore.


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Humility017:


the bolded...meaning nacho has an average of 1,62 games per goal...and martins 2.27
they're both not on the same class whenever the super eagles is mentioned....

Mickael2:



so because you don't like the toy you suddenly want to forget that your elders enjoyed that particular toy. You seem to want to forget that at 19 Martins was a sure starter for Inter ooo, not even Leicester talkless of being a benchwarmer there