Icon4s:


Haha

I am not like all those that make calls based on what they hear, read or what they see a fan say.

Junior Ajayi participated fully in the just concluded CAF champions league. I watched a couple of his games. He is a more improved player than what we saw at U23.

Apart from the Fans voted award his CAF awards nomination speaks volumes.

Also I personally rate the Egyptian league higher than the Israeli league. What is the level of football development in Israel compared to Egypt?

U think say na like Sokari own?

Let me ask you, if Sokari na pure gold, wetin you go call Junior Ajayi?

TheSuperNerd:
Victor Moses' resolution for 2018 reads

To keep pushing.....



In the light of his omission from the CAF APOTY final three and his failure to get into the CAF team of the year 2017 and also his failure to land the BBC APOTY, I think he really needs to keep pushing.


He was awarded as Goal international's Africa Player of the year 2017 and also made the Goal Africa Team of the Year 2017.

Victor Moses made the CAF team of the round in World cup qualifying about three times out of the six round of matches. He had a great year no doubt for both club and country but CAF thinks otherwise. *shrugs*

Salah and Mane deserve their plaudits though. And for Goal sake, Auba will always get a mention. Well, wish Victor Moses a better and more fulfilling 2018.

He should keep pushing indeed

#SoarSuperEagles

Icon4s:
Hmm not going to be easy in some categories. But let me try the ones I can

CATEGORIES
1. Most Controversial Poster
: Forgiveness (we all know why)
2. Most Interactive Poster
: TheGoodJoe (He can reply your single post with double responses)
3. Most Intelligent Poster
: TheSuperNerd ( Smart posts that when in an argument with him you need to get all ur facts straight else....)
4. Most Resourceful Poster
: Joebie ( It is as if he goes even into the Eagles camp to get us updates)
5. Most Respectful Poster
: Kog45( No matter how young or old or wise or foolish you may sound he respects your opinion)
6. Most Consistent Poster
: Tbaba1234( He is ever present to chip in those his thoughtful 2-3 lines of comments)
7. Most Positive Poster
: Tbaba1234 ( Has a way of hoping almost every player comes out good)
8. Best Sense of Humor
: Blueto ( He no go kill person with his "ogbonge" grammar.
9. Most Critical Poster
: Goldfish80 ( Hardly in agreement with anybody. He can criticise even himself)
10. Nicest Poster: Confun (Though she been away for sometime. We have missed her words of comfort)
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11. Most Influential Poster: Joseph1013 and Terzurum5 ( For creating and being like mods to this thread)
12. Most Pro-Foreign Born Poster
: Komekn( They have to be the Borough born or they are below average)
13. Most Pro-Naija League Poster
: Danycrusoe ( he even gives updates of remote matches played in the NNL)
14. People's Favourite
: Safarigirl ( Queen of the thread, Land lady of the house, First Lady)
15. Most Sentimental: TheGoodJoe (Once he chooses a player to be his attorney that player can never step a foot wrong)
16. Notorious Silent Reader
: Petrobros ( Doesn't make comments much but usually pops his head when he cannot hold back again)
17. Impressive Thread Newbie
18. Diehard Super Eagles Fan
: Everyone on this thread
19. Best Friends
: Safarigirl and TheGoodJoe (They are always on the same side of an argument)
20. Most Outstanding Poster
: Safarigirl( I would always want to read her comments)
21. Overall Best Poster
:
This category should go to the moniker that wins the most awards here. If there is a tie we can then vote.
22. Top Dramatic Topics
: Iheanacho, Mikel, combining football and education, Pro and AntiMartins
23. Honourable Mention: I, by the power vested on me by this thread, unanimously give this category to THESUPERNERD. Whoever does not accept should go and report to Buhari.

Any other categories I'm missing?

24. Most rival debaters: TheGoodJoe vs Goldfish80 ( They have never agreed on any single topic. They can even argue whether Russia is hosting the WC or not)
25. Most information from the archives: Kog45 ( He got loads of info from the archives)

Icon4s:

This boy is gradually growing in status.
I will pick him ahead of Nwakaeme.

joseph1013:
TheSuperNerd! Good to see you back.

I knew you'd be back when you're ready.

I'm sure you know that there will still be personal differences, however everyone on the thread has been tasked with watching one another's back in cases of unnecessary personal attacks and calling them out as often as they are spotted.

You can see we have a richer house. 2018 will be interesting.

#BuckleUp

Humility017:

oga supernerd welcome back....I really missed you.

I believe this year 2018 will be an interesting year

Humility017:

oga please spare me this...we don't need another uchebo...
same junior ajayi that I know...is not a super eagles material......

Danycrusoe:


thanks sir for the recognition, Davep thanks for the honorary mention happy new year to u Sirs.
thesupernerd u r back at last, welcome bk. I hope u don't go on a strike again.

Now that we v started on a positive note, I hope the SE can make the Semi finals of the world cup.

GUYS PRAY for the FLAMINGOES they couldn't beat Ethiopia but they face a high scoring side in Cameroon for a Place in Uruguay for the fifa u17 women's world cup.

God bless u all. Happy new year to u all

Jarus:


Thanks guys. This thread is my NL Discovery of the Year 2017. Not aware of it before.

Happy to see that you guys successfully activated my failed attempts to have active discussions on Nigerian players since 2007/2008 when I gave up after many failed threads.

One guy, his username I can't recall, also did well by doing a thread on weekly performance of Nigerian players abroad some 4-5 years ago. He held on for 2 or 3 years before the thread also died.


European club football the culprit again.



You guys are too much. I salute your depth of knowledge of Nigerian footballer. I'm a learner here, especially on these Nigerian young foogballers in Engkand and Germany, some of whom I heard about for the first time on this thread.

I'm more of an established player person. Don't monitor upcoming so much.

I'm also as enthusiastic of African football as I am of Nigerian, hence my broader outlook here. I follow players from other African countries too. That is why my arguments are more pan-African than pan-Nigeria.

I know objectivity itself is subjective but I try to be objective in my analysis, one of the few Nigerians who don't believe Moses deserved a Top 3 spot in APOTY 2017.

We have a lot to discuss in 2018 - World Cup, AFCON qualifiers, CHAN etc.

I will try and keep up the Player Rating after SE matches which I have been doing since 2012.

MetalJigsaw:
Moroccan Club Moghreb Tétouan Chase Chikatara

0 December 31, 2017 9:35 pm

By David Meshioye:

Inactive Wydad Casablanca striker Chisom Chikatara tops the list of players wanted by rival Moroccan club Moghreb Tétouan, Completesportsnigeria.com can report.
Moroccan outlets reported on Sunday that Chikatara could be heading to Tetouan after coach Youssef Fertout expressed his readiness to sign the Nigerian next season.
MT coach Youssef Fertout is a former Wydad player and physical trainer at Wydad before moving to Tetouan. It is believed among Wydad officials that the deal could eventually see the light of day given the coach’s familiarity and close relationship that exit between both parties.
Other players wanted by MT are defender Fadh Aktaou and Naim Aarab.

Chikatara joined the Red and White side in 2016 after a scintillating performance at CHAN 2018 in Rwanda but failed to rediscover his form at Wydad. He dropped to fifth in the pecking order of strikers at the club and played nine matches with a goal since leaving Abia Warriors.

MetalJigsaw:
ROUND-UP: Iheanacho Ends 2017 With No EPL Goal, Aluko Extends Drought; Obi Starts Again

1 December 31, 2017 12:46 pm

By Johnny Edward: Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho ended the year 2017 without scoring an English Premier League goal, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
The 21-year-old Nigerian was left out of Leicester City’s match day squad that lost 2-1 at Liverpool on Saturday.

Mohammed Salah scored a second half brace to cancel out Jamie Vardy’s third minute opener.

Iheanacho featured in 16 EPL games in 2017 (seven for Manchester City and nine appearances for Leicester City) and has failed to find the back of the net.

Iheanacho’s last league goal in the English Premier League was on 26 December, 2016 against Hull City at the KCOM Stadium when he replaced Nolito to score his fourth goal of the season.

Iheanacho was however prolific for the Super Eagles in 2017, scoring four goals in seven games for the national team.

Saturday also saw Wilfred Ndidi make his 21th start of the EPL season for Leicester City. So far in 2017, Ndidi has made 38 appearances in the English Premier League for the Foxes while Ahmed Musa was named on the substitutes bench for the first time this season on Saturday. Musa is yet to feature for Leicester City this season in the EPL.

Victor Moses on his part played for 57 minutes for Chelsea in their 5-0 rout of Stoke City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. It was his 14th start of the league campaign for the reigning champions.

At Vicarage Road, Isaac Success was left out of Watford’s squad that lost 2-1 to Swansea City with their new manager Carlos Carvalhal in charge.

In the English Championship, Ola Aina played the whole pf Hull City’s 2-2 home draw with Fulham. It was his 24th start for the Tigers this campaign.

Sone Aluko featured for Reading who drew 1-1 with Barnsley away. The Nigerian international came on for John Swift in the 60th minute of the draw.

The game also saw Aluko extend his goal drought to 10 games for Reading this season.

Aluko, who has scored twice in 20 English Championship games this season for Reading, last scored in their 4-2 win over Derby County on the 4th of November, 2017.

In Italy, Nigerian midfielder Joel Obi made his 11th Serie A start of the season for Torino in Saturday’s goalless draw with Genoa. Umar Sadiq was an unused substitute for the game.

Orji Okwonkwo was also benched for Bologna’s 2-1 loss at home to Udinese. Okonkwo has scored three goals in nine Serie A games.

In Scotland, Efe Ambrose was in action for Hibernian who played out a 1-1 at home to Kilmarnock. It was his 23rd appearance for Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership this season. He has one goal to his name so far.

joseph1013:

The idea is to have everyone give us their opinions and the most notable mentions takes the award.

joseph1013:

Bro, he's right.

Based on available data, the 94 set was not really as great individually as initially thought. As a team, they were a delight to watch. In that respect, they compare favorably with today's team. It was the '98 set that was full of very good individual players but we messed up our chances with poor tactics.

Oga, we live to fight another day. Today is not your day.

elunico:


The recognition that comes with it.

TheSuperNerd:
Yeah, good to see you too, Elite Big head!

TheSuperNerd:
Sir Danycrusoe abi na Robinson Crusoe. lol

Happy new year ooooo. No I was not on strike naa. Lol.

And hey, our flamingoes will come good hopefully. I know the camerounians won big while we struggled but remember, we are not on same level as the team Cameroun put seven goals pass.

Icon4s:


I hope you are not getting my moniker mixed up?

Icon4s and 79 are two different people o.

TheSuperNerd:
Happy new year to you too Awesome BVV.

I've missed my room in this place and my thread library too.

daveP:
I want to collate the nominations for final day, or its elect to win we are currently doing? Happy new year bro!

TheSuperNerd:

Chaaaiiiiii... ibiakwa

Danycrusoe:


thanks sir for the recognition, Davep thanks for the honorary mention happy new year to u Sirs.
thesupernerd u r back at last, welcome bk. I hope u don't go on a strike again.

Now that we v started on a positive note, I hope the SE can make the Semi finals of the world cup.

GUYS PRAY for the FLAMINGOES they couldn't beat Ethiopia but they face a high scoring side in Cameroon for a Place in Uruguay for the fifa u17 women's world cup.

God bless u all. Happy new year to u all

joseph1013:

Alright then. I guess you collate and just announce the winners.