Daejoyoung:

So you think Barca cannot chase Ndidi? Matic is just a bigger and more popular player. Ndidi at 21 is certainly a better defensive midfielder than Matic is, except in making timely passes like someone said earlier.

Barcelona cannot sign Ndidi yet... They just signed Arthur from gremio with n eye on replacing busquets plus they have Paulinho... I am not putting him down but please the reality is he is on the up and not there yet.. Cc icon4s. When he improves the attacking aspect of his game, then we can talk about world class.

eterisan:
I beg to disagree Sir. Ndidi is not as good as fernandinho, Fred, jorginho, casemerio, busquets, Gabi, Can, vidal, khedira... I can keep naming them... Put him in an attacking team and he's deficiencies will show.. He has a lot to learn.

On what grounds?

At present, none of the above is better than Ndidi in breaking up play.. They might surpass him in other attributes but on current form, he is right up there.

tbaba1234:


On what grounds?

At present, none of the above is better than Ndidi in breaking up play.. They might surpass him in other attributes but on current form, he is right up there.

1st the quality of teams they play for, 2nd experience wise, 3rd number of trophies won, 4th better dribbling stats, 5th better passing stats, 6th better shooting stats... I can go on nd on... Ndidi jus de use experience as a defender plus he long legs they accumulate tackling stats for midfield nd una de hype m to high heavens.. I shock for una oooo.. Thesupernerd give me one meme dere abeg... Lolz

Ndidi is not the finished article but we are seeing the improvement and more importantly the consistency. He can not be classed 'world class' yet but on current form, he is as good as other major DMs.

eterisan:
1st the quality of teams they play for, 2nd experience wise, 3rd number of trophies won, 4th better dribbling stats, 5th better passing stats, 6th better shooting stats... I can go on nd on... Ndidi jus de use experience as a defender plus he long legs they accumulate tackling stats for midfield nd una de hype m to high heavens.. I shock for una oooo.. Thesupernerd give me one meme dere abeg... Lolz

He is doing what DMs are there for... Disrupting play.

Apart from the limited experience at top level, Ndidi ability is world class.. He was playing under 17 in 2013.. Topping the whole of Europe with your tackling and interceptions is not an easy feat

FIFA World Cup 2018 Referees & Assistants (Announced)*

FIFA WORLD CUP 2018

FIFA has announced the 2018 FIFA World Cup 36-man referees and assistant referees list which include 2 referees from pro panel . FIFA are also pushing for video assistant referees (VARs) to be part of 2018 World Cup but that will be decided in March 2018 which needs approval from the The International Football Association Board (The IFAB).

Referees in the world cup final list comes from all parts of the world, UEFA has 10 names, while CONMEBOL and CONCACAF has 6 officials each. Below is the full list of match officials announced so far.

FIFA has announced the list of 36 match officials heading to Russia for 2018 World Cup which takes place in June-July 2018. This world might become the first in history to use video refereeing and FIFA are pushing hard to make VAR available for world cup and all preparations are done and subject to approval from IFAB in March 2018.

Here some of the major rules ahead of how the referees will be selected for specific games.*

The 36 man list announced by FIFA is the final and there won’t be any changes unless some of the official fail fitness test and they will be replaced by reserved officials.

Video referee assistance will be announced from the 36-man list in March 2018 after approval from IFAB.

No referee can official match of his national team
Referees and other officials will be selected max 3 days before the match.

Referee for the final match will be announced after the semifinals.

Video Assistant Referees (VARs): Every match will have 1 main referee, 2 assistants and possibly 1 video assistant referee (VAR). FIFA will announce the names of referees from this 36 man list who will be acting as video assistant referees (VAR).

MATCH OFFICIALS FOR 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP
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1 Felix BRYCH
2 Cüneyt CAKIR
3 Sergey KARASEV
4 Bjorn KUIPERS
5 Szymon MARCINIAK
6 Antonio Miguel MATEU
7 Milorad MAZIC
8 Gianluca ROCCHI
9 Damir SKOMINA
10 Clement TURPIN
11 Julio BASCUÑAN
12 Enrique CACERES
13 Andres CUNHA
14 Nestor PITANA
15 Sandro RICCI
16 Wilmar ROLDAN
17 Joel AGUILAR
18 Mark W . GEIGER
19 Jair MARRUFO
20 Ricardo MONTERO
21 John PITTI
22 Cesar Arturo RAMOS PA
23 Fahad AL MIRDASI
24 Alireza FAGHANI
25 Ravshan IRMATOV
26 Mohammed Abdulla MO
27 Ryuji SATO
28 Nawaf Abdulla SHUKRAL
29 Mehdi ABID CHAREF
30 Malang DIEDHIOU
31 Bakary Papa GASSAMA
32 Ghead GRISHA
33 Janny SIKAZWE
34 Weyesa Bamlak TESSEM
35 Matthew CONGER
36 Norbert HAUATA

tbaba1234:
Ndidi is not the finished article but we are seeing the improvement and more importantly the consistency. He can not be classed 'world class' yet but on current form, he is as good as other major DMs.

the last part of ur submission they off me bros... Azzin how... The boy still de grow abeg... He is not as good as any other top quality dm... This is just like comparing nacho with Kane or aguero.... Broz easy na...

eterisan:
I beg to disagree Sir. Ndidi is not as good as fernandinho, Fred, jorginho, casemerio, busquets, Gabi, Can, vidal, khedira... I can keep naming them... Put him in an attacking team and he's deficiencies will show.. He has a lot to learn.

put indidi barcelona and his passing stats will improve leicester is not a possesion side until of recent and his passing stats are improving because of it

eterisan:
the last part of ur submission they off me bros... Azzin how... The boy still de grow abeg... He is not as good as any other top quality dm... This is just like comparing nacho with Kane or aguero.... Broz easy na...

The guy topped the Europa League in stats when he was in Genk averaging 7 tackles a game.

He is currently topping the whole of Europe... What was Kante doing in Leicester?? Was he scoring screamers or dribbling or giving great assists??

An English man or a Brazilian doing this will be hyped to high heavens..

Daejoyoung:

So you think Barca cannot chase Ndidi? Matic is just a bigger and more popular player. Ndidi at 21 is certainly a better defensive midfielder than Matic is, except in making timely passes like someone said earlier.

amuneke and yes believe this gbenga okunowo and haruna babaginda all played for barca
but why would barca buy ndidi when they have rakitic and paulinho ?
again u are comparing a world class player to one who is still in the early stages of his career

Friendlies are meant to identify your weaknesses and expose new options for positions to be strengthened
On this thread we seem to be overly concerned about winning friendlies other than fortifying our team
I think we still have a lot to do if we want to come out alive from our group

eterisan:
I agree with your stance in this discuss. Ndidi still has a lot to learn, long pass accuracy, fast transitions, shot accuracy.... Do you know he is the worst players in terms of shooting accuracy in the EPL... the guy who has taken the highest number of shots without scoring... Make we calm down for the hype abeg... Ndidi still de grow and even on present form cannot and will not bench matic.

my broda na so o

maidaboi:
put indidi barcelona and his passing stats will improve leicester is not a possesion side until of recent and his passing stats are improving because of it

Ndidi is very good at what he does, which is break up play, but for top quality dms...the cream de la cream.. Tackling is not enough... Wait o.. Is this not same Ndidi I watch misplacing passes nd shooting waywardly... Imagine Ndidi in a man city side... How will he cope.. Can he beat his man in tight spaces release a pass in quick transition nd his teams scores from that play.... Bf them come for my head I am only analysing without a gwg tainted glass... I love super eagles and our players oooo... Infact we go win world cup.... Runs outa thread...

tbaba1234:


That is untrue. Ronaldo is known globally, buying Ronaldo is completely different from buying a prospect.

Scouts analyze every part of a player's game including their stats before making recommendations.

lol
but evryone on this thread keeps bringing up ndidi's stats and dats wat im trying to say
stats play a very small role in a player's purchase and by stats i mean the silly prozone types like most tackles,distance covered etc
many top level players fail beep tests all over the world yet still play for big teams

eterisan:
Ndidi is very good at what he does, which is break up play, but for top quality dms...the cream de la cream.. Tackling is not enough... Wait o.. Is this not same Ndidi I watch misplacing passes nd shooting waywardly... Imagine Ndidi in a man city side... How will he cope.. Can he beat his man in tight spaces release a pass in quick transition nd his teams scores from that play.... Bf them come for my head I am only analysing without a gwg tainted glass... I live super eagles and our players oooo... Infact we go win world cup.... Runs outa thread...

What was Kante doing apart from tackling and interception? Was he a great passer or dribbler??

If Ndidi moves to a bigger side, he will get better and will be better recognized..

eterisan:
I beg to disagree Sir. Ndidi is not as good as fernandinho, Fred, jorginho, casemerio, busquets, Gabi, Can, vidal, khedira... I can keep naming them... Put him in an attacking team and he's deficiencies will show.. He has a lot to learn.

put indidi in madrid midfield playing alongside modric and kroos and you will see what he is capable of and when he sign for a big club your eyes go clear
you can ask nacho wether playing for man city and leicester which one is harder

eterisan:
Barcelona cannot sign Ndidi yet... They just signed Arthur from gremio with n eye on replacing busquets plus they have Paulinho... I am not putting him down but please the reality is he is on the up and not there yet.. Cc icon4s. When he improves the attacking aspect of his game, then we can talk about world class.

First of all nobody can replace Busquets. He is the most important player in barca apart from Messi. Also Ndidi could battle Rakitic for a shirt although that would also be tough because he is very underrated.

LZAA:

lol
but evryone on this thread keeps bringing up ndidi's stats and dats wat im trying to say
stats play a very small role in a player's purchase and by stats i mean the silly prozone types like most tackles,distance covered etc
many top level players fail beep tests all over the world yet still play for big teams

Ozil is a top player because of the number of assists, he provides.. That is his product.. Your stats is a measure of your productivity. It is an important measure in buying a player. not a small measure..

Positional discipline, out of field behavior etc are also considered. It is a holistic approach.

Glad to hear that Ebuehi and Joel Obi will be making the friendlies.

tbaba1234:


What was Kante doing apart from tackling and interception? Was he a great passer or dribbler??

If Ndidi moves to a bigger side, he will get better and will be better recognized..

Kante is a better passer and dribbler nd scorer... Ndidi should stay for one or two more seasons with Leicester and improve other aspects of his game before eyeing a move to a top club if nd when they come for him.. That is my point

eterisan:
Ndidi is very good at what he does, which is break up play, but for top quality dms...the cream de la cream.. Tackling is not enough... Wait o.. Is this not same Ndidi I watch misplacing passes nd shooting waywardly... Imagine Ndidi in a man city side... How will he cope.. Can he beat his man in tight spaces release a pass in quick transition nd his teams scores from that play.... Bf them come for my head I am only analysing without a gwg tainted glass... I love super eagles and our players oooo... Infact we go win world cup.... Runs outa thread...

Ndidi was doing all that in his former club before coming to the premier league to play for Leicester, and he is doing exactly what Leicester wants him to do(break up play). Leicester is a more defensive side, if he plays in a top club, you would see a different Ndidi attack wise.

tbaba1234:


Ozil is a top player because of the number of assists, he provides.. That is his product.. Your stats is a measure of your productivity. It is an important measure in buying a player. not a small measure..

Positional discipline, out of field behavior etc are also considered. It is a holistic approach.

again u miss d point
assists and goals scored are very important stats
why do u think chelsea bought sheva and kezman?
why do u think man u waited a year to sign van nistelrooy and pulled out the stops to sign RVP
do u think they were looking at tackles completed or distance covered??

AIG07:
Glad to hear that Ebuehi and Joel Obi will be making the friendlies.

joel obi has really improved at torino
sone aluko shld get a look in

BascoVanVeli:


First of all nobody can replace Busquets. He is the most important player in barca apart from Messi. Also Ndidi could battle Rakitic for a shirt although that would also be tough because he is very underrated.

Ndidi cannot play rakitic position.. He will flop big time... How una de look this Ndidi sef... This guy was a defender before o.... Blik una Dr forget.... He doesn't have d guile... How many assists, goals has he... What is his passing accuracy or success rate.... Oga forgiveness help me pull the stat na.... U sabi that thing well.... Make all this our people see.. So them go calm down for Ndidi mater

eterisan:
Kante is a better passer and dribbler nd scorer... Ndidi should stay for one or two more seasons with Leicester and improve other aspects of his game before eyeing a move to a top club if nd when they come for him.. That is my point

I would not be surprised if Ndidi secures a big move at the end of this season.

Kante in the premier league winning season had only 1 goal and 4 assists. Kante was certainly not there for his passing ability or goalscoring.

Ndidi already has 3 assists this season.

LZAA:

joel obi has really improved at torino
sone aluko shld get a look in

Did you see Joel at Inter?

eterisan:
Ndidi is very good at what he does, which is break up play, but for top quality dms...the cream de la cream.. Tackling is not enough... Wait o.. Is this not same Ndidi I watch misplacing passes nd shooting waywardly... Imagine Ndidi in a man city side... How will he cope.. Can he beat his man in tight spaces release a pass in quick transition nd his teams scores from that play.... Bf them come for my head I am only analysing without a gwg tainted glass... I love super eagles and our players oooo... Infact we go win world cup.... Runs outa thread...

Here are highlights of Ndidi at Gent in the Belgian league, you could see he also offers a lot in the attack.
My point is that he also has those attacking abilities.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhPEwF-00qo

tbaba1234:


I would not be surprised if Ndidi secures a big move at the end of this season.

Kante in the premier league winning season had only 1 goal and 4 assists. Kante was certainly not there for his passing ability or goalscoring.

Ndidi already has 3 assists this season.

Let us hypothetically agree that Ndidi has a blast at the world cup and moves to a big team... U pick and choose any.... Tell me who he will bench.... In any of the top teams.... Note Liverpool already signed keita.... I say he stays and improve...

eterisan:
Let us hypothetically agree that Ndidi has a blast at the world cup and moves to a big team... U pick and choose any.... Tell me who he will bench.... In any of the top teams.... Note Liverpool already signed keita.... I say he stays and improve...

Keita is center midfielder.

You are underrating the boy. He will play wherever he goes.

Puel called him the most important player in Leicester. Not Mahrez or Vardy.. Ndidi..

tbaba1234:


Keita is center midfielder.

You are underrating the boy. He will play wherever he goes.

Puel called him the most important player in Leicester. Not Mahrez or Vardy.. Ndidi..

bros you didn't answer the question o

LZAA:

no football manager buys players by stats
none
they look at ur ability and what u add to the team
lemme give u an example
if cr7 was wanted by psg for example and dy decided to use his stats for the first hallf of this season as d deciding factor,would dy have bought him?

Hahahaha hahahaha. Stats have antecedents. So yes they'd still look at him cos reference can always be made to his previous stats. I hate stats and all. But forget it, today's game is for numbers. It's the players with the numbers who rules. If in comparison to others Ndidi is producing numbers then why not give it to him when those same numbers is used to judge others. Go to youtube and watch fourfour two video titled number's game.

eterisan:
bros you didn't answer the question o

I did, wherever he goes, he will play.

He is one of those players that do a lot of work but do not get enough credit.

There is the danger of staying too long in Leicester. If a big move comes, he should take it.