forgiveness:


Manchester United is not ahead of Manchester City in UEFA ranking. Stop misinforming the public.

UEFA ranking is accurate, therefore, the 1996 UEFA ranking stands.

EPL was a Micky mouse league as at the time Celestine Babayaro joined.

comodo:

I think Aina will move to d right & Collins to d left.

sontoly:


But permit me to add to this argument. This stat you gave was meant for country and not league ranking. The best valid point was to bring in Uefa league ranking. Knowing fully well that France won the world cup in 1998 they will be highly ranked.

Since the argument is about mickey mouse league and not country ranking.

realpoacher:


Is Collins well now from his illness?

TheGoodJoe:


I am saying that with the kind of training and competition at Manchester City, kids get better opportunities to have good careers. The recent quality young talents have mostly done well.

TheGoodJoe:
A taste of Babayaro overlapping skills which was unbelievable.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTIT3m3AfFM

TheGoodJoe:
A taste of Babayaro overlapping skills which was unbelievable.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTIT3m3AfFM

TheGoodJoe:
A taste of Babayaro overlapping skills which was unbelievable.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTIT3m3AfFM

Humility017:


sorry to say....
you're a serial hypocrite.
you call and recongnised this players simply because they're not Nigerians...

the only african players you recognized doing well outside England are the non nigerians...

mind you the guy who scored senegal's stunning second goal plays in Belgium I doubt if he is better than oshimen...


but you don't mind name that guy and downplay oshimen....all because of your hypocritic nature...

and here you're accusing some one I being over patriotic when you were never patriotic.

you should be avoided at all cost...and asked to go open your 3 lions thread....
I really think one of this days we should face this thing together...me and you.
and watch you misuse those your lopsided parameters and speak your English that hold no waters....
I see probably you've an inferiority complex..
I am very disappointed in you....by those words you spew up there

komekn:


If l was too choose an academy it would be all about OPPORTUNITY.

There are not huge differences in training methods and facilities with the big clubs and that includes some in the championship and even lower.

Look at how many players have gone on to bigger things from Charlton & Southampton for instance and compare that to Manchester city.

I am not talking just about Manchester city but the top EPL academies.

Quite a few years ago Manchester United paid £1 million for a 16 year old player from Burnley. He came with multiple accolades within 2/3 years of leaving Man U he was in non league. He was Pogba team mate.

This is a view from first hand experience not speculative assumption.

nairalandankrah:


Quit making a mess of this place. Please

Lol, you are actually making a mess.

realpoacher:


Is Collins well now from his illness?

Humility017:


I laugh some of you guys yesterday especially oga Dr. mikel Trying very hard to downplay the super eagles performance.
mind you Burundi had an unbeaten afcon qualifying record...
Nigeria beats them yesterday after a long while they have lost a competitive fixture.

To be honest so far...Nigeria is ahead of many of this team's including Morocco in quality, techniques and others....

just the goal keeping department is our problem presently.
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andrew444

Earthquake3:


[b]Burundi [/b]and Madagascar are making their Afcon bow

Enough said

Humility017:


I laugh some of you guys yesterday especially oga Dr. mikel Trying very hard to downplay the super eagles performance.
mind you Burundi had an unbeaten afcon qualifying record...
Nigeria beats them yesterday after a long while they have lost a competitive fixture.

To be honest so far...Nigeria is ahead of many of this team's including Morocco in quality, techniques and others....

just the goal keeping department is our problem presently.
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andrew444

sontoly:


But permit me to add to this argument. This stat you gave was meant for country and not league ranking. The best valid point was to bring in Uefa league ranking. Knowing fully well that France won the world cup in 1998 they will be highly ranked.

Since the argument is about mickey mouse league and not country ranking.

realpoacher:
Mr Forgiveness and Thegoodjoe ,

Can you both give it a rest already?.... I am tired of you all back and forth. You are making a mess of this place. Please. OK

The constant bickering is enough

TheGoodJoe:


Are you talking of Ravel Morrison?

Men, that kid was an exceptional talent. Definitely the most talented player in his set and even more talented than Pogba.

Morrison's problem was him not leaving the hood in his mind. He was not ready to go. I remember once reading a news article of him getting caught by the police with his friends who had a gun. Ferguson was the one who buried the case to save the young man.

The opportunity was there but the player needs to put in work to succeed. Clubs like City give players huge opportunity better than the smaller clubs.

TheGoodJoe:


You can see the truth. If you choose to ignore it I can not force you. You can see the list and the gulf in class of big names Babayaro played with. He was a top player. Taiwo's name is in a hidden Marseille.

Finito.

forgiveness:



Hidden enough to make CAF team of the year on 4 occasions along the best African players in the world.

Where was Celestine Babayaro?

komekn:


Firstly, you jumped into this particular discourse without any idea what the central issue and or question is, that prompted my comments.

Then you make a negative emotive prejudiced totally unrelated and quite condescending allegation. The term HATER is very apt where you are concerned. Can you explain how my comments are hypocritical or maybe you dont what hypocrisy means. ❓

Keeping my comments in the strict context of my response to the proposition that all Senegal's players are bang average apart from Sadio Mane.

Your premeditated dislike completely blinds your sense of reasoning. Your irrational dislike is infantile but still clearly evident. I would say you should be ashamed but you clearly have none, and you are not Sorry.

Look at screen shot below and then look at yourself.

KevinDein:

Genuinely what I thought after watching the other favorites but I didn't wanna spill it out because I felt my opinion was largely influenced by sentiments.

Jarus:


Same feeling I had after that game vs Burundi.

I really never gave SE much chance in this AFCON but with what I saw in that game, I think we can stand any team.

I'm particularly happy the team has depth - players that can come from the bench to change game if things are not going well - as it happened in that game.

We still have other quality players like Osinmhen, Kalu and Simon who have not even tasted action.

Jarus:


CAF Team of the Year award started in 2005 when Babayaro had left the stage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAF_Team_of_the_Year

I strongly believe if it existed in the 90s, Babayaro would have made it at least 2 times.

Babayaro was highly rated in his playing days.

TheGoodJoe:


Are you talking of Ravel Morrison?

Men, that kid was an exceptional talent. Definitely the most talented player in his set and even more talented than Pogba.

Morrison's problem was him not leaving the hood in his mind. He was not ready to go. I remember once reading a news article of him getting caught by the police with his friends who had a gun. Ferguson was the one who buried the case to save the young man.

The opportunity was there but the player needs to put in work to succeed. Clubs like City give players huge opportunity better than the smaller clubs.

Mickael2:


So you want him to pick Omeruo ahead of Koulibaly? Abi Chukwueze ahead of Keita Balde?

TheGoodJoe:


Call your top 5 players in the French league then and let me call my top five from the EPL and let us compare the quality. No too much talk. It is only you that will compare the French league to the EPL. You are just turning in circles to escape the true point. If UEFA has finally moved Manchester City recently, good for them. Does not change the fact that the Coefficient is babash.

The point is, did Babayaro play for an average team? No. Did Taiwo play in a Mickey mouse league? Yes. Trying to dribble will not change the fact.