I saw Victor Osimhen's goals for Lille today and was happy, the dude is really a poacher. He should take over the Super Eagles number 9 jersey. Once he scored his first goal from the SE, he will start banging goals easily.

charlesemeka85:
The man jonse no be small. Opportunity wey him for use bring in talented young 9ja players for Monaco in a cheaper price. Imagine using his influence to bring in a player like oshimeh, Okereke or even awoniyi to the principality club in a cheap price.

You know its not possible for all of them to be at monaco, thou i pick your point

I am sure you are happy where osimhen and co are now

And i want mainz to buy awoniyi once he impress in the league i no dey like all this loan loan

Lets hope for a better club for david okereke soon

elyte89:
I just had d chance to watch osimhen goals,and I can tell u categorically dt we now av a new 9,d likes of nacho,success et all shld fight for d 2nd fiddle

Those goals he scored today wout hyping were half chance goals,not all strikers can convert dem,I hardly praise a player on dis thread, but dis guy is a gem,I was wrong to quickly right him off,

Komekn,d guy sabi...for a guy to score such goals in his first debut, where he has barely settled down,guy give it to him,we can only hope he continue dis way tremendously

Dude was well composed

Even veteran man Jose fonte self feel the boy

andrew444:
Musa yahaya still playing for porto b, in their bench

So this guy no fit go Belgium or no offers self?

Who go buy Porto B bench warmer

jihday:
Who go buy Porto B bench warmer

Na wa o

forgiveness:



What Shambolic display? Man utd turned the game to SUMO WRESTLING and you expect Chelsea Abraham to succeed?

Chei excuses full una mouth sir

Eartquake1:


I don't take seriously a league where Jermaine Defoe is scoring a hat trick

Defoe at 34 was doing the same in the EPL.

If he was in the Belguim Turkish and or French league he will still score goal and possibly hatricks so don't you take those league seriously.

forgiveness:


At 34, Jermaine Defoe scored 15 goals in the EPL. It's quality, has nothing to do with the league.

Please educate him.

komekn:


You have to have some sort of unit of measurement to determine average or top players.

For instance you may not be the highest goal scorer in the EPL with 10 goals for instance but be classed as average or even below.

However, that same below average EPL player then goes to a lower European league and in that league becomes Messi all things being equal.

Another example is having a huge transfer fee on your head is indicative not conclusive of quality. Maguire has just gone to Manchester United for ridiculous money. Is he the best defender in the world not to me. Is he in the top 10 in the world still very debatable.

What l am saying essentially is ITS VERY DIFFICULT that's why football is so exciting. Because nobody can get it RIGHT all the time.

The season don start so??/

I said they are all decent players as per their performance last season.. Ndidi, Aina,Chukwueze, Onyekuru,Osimhen,Omeruo and Aina were among the top performers at their club..
I expect them to do better this season..

komekn:


Defoe at 34 was doing the same in the EPL.

If he was in the Belguim Turkish and or French league he will still score goal and possibly hatricks so don't you take those league seriously.

Defoe only bad time in the epl was at Bournemouth

edi287:

Was it or Rabiu Ibrahim that Oliseh was so pissed with for their poor performance??

Can't even remember... But lukman was so annoying in that game..


Back then we really lacked quality. From 2013 to 2016 we were having all sort of players from all sort of leagues in the team..
Now we have a larger pool of talented players to pick from and a coach that doesn't know how best to utilize them...
The irony!

This is my take on the Best SE HOPEFULS XI (Formation 4-2-3-1) so far, considering all league/UEFA competitions this 2019/2020 season:

REASONS:
1. David Okereke makes the cut as the undisputed best forward, scoring 4 goals after 4 games (Champions League qualifier inclusive) for Club Brugge. Chuba Akpom was in contention for the sole center-forward position scoring against Ajax in UEFA Champions League qualification.

2. Samuel Eduok, Ebere Eze and Abduljalil Ajagun all make the cut in the advanced midfield position. All three players have recorded at least a goal and an assist in their campaign so far, except Eze who added an MOTM performance this week, to the goal he scored in the previous round. Sheyi Ojo gets joint mention with Eduok. Although it can be argued that Eduok has been more impressive with stats of 2 goals and 2 assists in only 2 games, other may counter with reason that the Scottish League is rated higher than the Croatian league based on UEFA's coefficient for season 2018/2019. Hence, I have smuggled Ojo's name in as a joint mention, considering his goals in UEFA qualification against clubs from lowly Gibraltar and Luxembourg, and not forgetting his more important goal for Rangers in the weekend.
Dennis Bonaventure, Osayi-Samuel, and Chidera Ejuke were also in contention.

3. Joe Aribo makes the team as the best CM so far. He beat Aneke to it despite the fact that the latter scored a goal in his only game so far this season. Aribo has more games under his belt so far this season and has been more impressive as a CM scoring 3 goals in UEFA qualifiers against teams from Gibraltar, Luxembourg and Denmark. However, if Aneke gets more minutes and impressive stats in the Championship he could knock Aribo off in subsequent rounds. Let's wait and see.

4. Anderson Esiti gets my nod as the stand-alone DM. Although playing in a league ranked 20 according to UEFA, his only game so far this season was the 2-2 draw recorded against a big weight team, Ajax, in a UEFA Champions league qualifier. Luke Amos, who has started all games for QPR in the Championship so far, was in contention for the DM role.

5. Chima Okoroji (LB clocked 180 mins), Tosin Adarabioyo (clocked 90 mins), and Felix Agu (clocked 180 mins with 1 assist), and Junior Pius completes the back-line. Pius, who only played a 25 minutes part Antwerp's 1-0 win over Czech's Plzn in Europa League qualification, no thanks to a knee injury he picked up, edged out Fikayo Tomori for the other CB role. Tomori only made the bench in Chelsea's loss to ManU. Despite the fact that Moses Odubajo (RB) has clocked 180 mins for Sheffield Wednesday, he was edged out by Felix Agu who has an assist to his credit. Gorica's Musa Muhammed (RB) was also in contention.

6. My best XI is lacking a keeper for obvious reasons. David Nwokolor has only made Rijeka's bench once after 5 games this season. Sabastian Osigwe has allowed 8 goals after 4 starts, playing in the Swiss second tier. He has 2 shut-outs though, but still not worthy to be named here. Alampasu is with Feirense U23 (lack of data). Any home based we can recommend?

Feel free to debate my post or make suggestions.

elyte89:
I just had d chance to watch osimhen goals,and I can tell u categorically dt we now av a new 9,d likes of nacho,success et all shld fight for d 2nd fiddle

Those goals he scored today wout hyping were half chance goals,not all strikers can convert dem,I hardly praise a player on dis thread, but dis guy is a gem,I was wrong to quickly right him off,

Komekn,d guy sabi...for a guy to score such goals in his first debut, where he has barely settled down,guy give it to him,we can only hope he continue dis way tremendously

E b like say d Salah meat wey u chop don clear ur head ..The other day u were saying u didn't have faith in him after using the Tunisia game to judge him ..

Osimhen na correct striker!!! He is fast. mobile..prolific.. Those are the attributes of a good striker . the lightweight issue na rubbish...

charlesemeka85:
The man jonse no be small. Opportunity wey him for use bring in talented young 9ja players for Monaco in a cheaper price. Imagine using his influence to bring in a player like oshimeh, Okereke or even awoniyi to the principality club at a cheap price.

He offered Awoniyi a 2 year loan which he refused last season. I thought he had been long gone from Monaco?

I never said all but one or 2. Imagine Monaco signing a talent like Okereke for just 8million euros?

andrew444:


You know its not possible for all of them to be at monaco, thou i pick your point

I am sure you are happy where osimhen and co are now

And i want mainz to buy awoniyi once he impress in the league i no dey like all this loan loan

Lets hope for a better club for david okereke soon

Okay maybe I'm wrong then. The man for use his influence get unpolished young 9ja talents for Monaco from our academies which they will reap the dividends few years to come

BascoVanVeli:


He offered Awoniyi a 2 year loan which he refused last season. I thought he had been long gone from Monaco?

charlesemeka85:
I never said all but one or 2. Imagine Monaco signing a talent like Okereke for just 8million euros?

Lol, no be all player dem go see sha

andrew444:


You know its not possible for all of them to be at monaco, thou i pick your point

I am sure you are happy where osimhen and co are now

And i want mainz to buy awoniyi once he impress in the league i no dey like all this loan loan

Lets hope for a better club for david okereke soon

Liverpool were going to sell Awoniyi this season but no bid were submitted... Liverpool wanted nothing less than £10m ..If he impress at Mainz, I'm not sure if they will sign him permanently.. they don't have that kind of money...He will most likely join another club from there ..

He is truly blessed with the qualities u mentioned and will surely bulk up with time cus he is genuinely a young boy.

Danielnino00:


E b like say d Salah meat wey u chop don clear ur head ..The other day u were saying u didn't have faith in him after using the Tunisia game to judge him ..

Osimhen na correct striker!!! He is fast. mobile..prolific.. Those are the attributes of a good striker . the lightweight issue na rubbish...

Mainz can't afford awoniyi. Cska Moscow and hertha Berlin had offers for awoniyi but were far below his price tag

Danielnino00:

Liverpool were going to sell Awoniyi this season but no bid were submitted... Liverpool wanted nothing less than £10m ..If he impress at Mainz, I'm not sure if they will sign him permanently.. they don't have that kind of money...He will most likely join another club from there ..

Any news on kelechi Nwakali?

charlesemeka85:
The man jonse no be small. Opportunity wey him for use bring in talented young 9ja players for Monaco in a cheaper price. Imagine using his influence to bring in a player like oshimeh, Okereke or even awoniyi to the principality club at a cheap price.

Lol u funny, that would be very unprofessional of him, and if he had followed ur line of thought, he would have been sacked long time ago. Lol oboy this is too elementary of u oo, nawa. U think say na so dem dey run clubs? All these coaches for dey flood their clubs wt their country men nah

jihday:
Chei excuses full una mouth sir

Lol my brother, u never see something

he dey play payan. I see am for our backyard

charlesemeka85:
Any news on kelechi Nwakali?

Danielnino00:

Liverpool were going to sell Awoniyi this season but no bid were submitted... Liverpool wanted nothing less than £10m ..If he impress at Mainz, I'm not sure if they will sign him permanently.. they don't have that kind of money...He will most likely join another club from there ..

Okay bro i remember now, i think schakle 04 was interested right?

So mainz no get 10 million, Make him just impress first sha

Bros all he had to do is recommend to the clubs board and they will send out scouts to watch this players. Is simple as that. He is not the one to call the shoots but can recommend certain players to the teams board for scouting

ChrisKels:


Lol u funny, that would be very unprofessional of him, and if he had followed ur line of thought, he would have been sacked long time ago. Lol oboy this is too elementary of u oo, nawa. U think say na so dem dey run clubs? All these coaches for dey flood their clubs wt their country men nah

GOSSIP

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Kelechi Nwakali hints at transfer after his brother confirms summer move
By Dan Critchlow - Aug 10, 2019

Kelechi Nwakali has hinted at a transfer on Instagram, after his brother confirmed he’d be leaving Arsenal on loan or permanently this summer.

Nwakali hinted at a summer transfer on Thursday, uploading a cryptic Instagram post captioned “movement” along with plane emojis and a picture of him and his suitcase.

The player’s brother and agent, Allwell Nwakali, told AllNigeriaSoccer this week: “I know Kelechi will leave Arsenal either on loan or a permanent deal, clubs are coming for him.

“By God’s grace I know we will be able to get a better club and a club that can play him each game, it’s not all about the money. He wants to go to a place where he’ll get the chance to play so he can showcase his talents, that’s what we want.”

Nwakali had been linked with a free transfer to SD Huesca earlier this month, despite still having a couple of years left on his Arsenal contract. However, Allwell also denied these reports in his interview.

The Nigerian midfielder spent last season on loan with Porto B, making 16 appearances in a rather inconsistent season. The 2018/19 campaign ended particularly disappointingly, as Nwakali was prevented from featuring in Porto’s final eight games after being barred from the country over a visa issue.

There were some positive moments as well though. It may have resulted in his visa issues, but Nwakali did get to make his debut for the Nigeria u23s in March.

Now he needs to find another good loan to get him senior international games and a work permit in England, or a permanent transfer if that doesn’t seem possible.

--DAILYCANNON

Joebie please a lil corrections, why pick Chima ahead of Agu? Statistically, Agu had done better than Chima so far this season, in the same league and same number of minutes. Check their whoscored.com ratings per match, plus Agu already has an assist unlike Chima

andrew444:


Okay bro i remember now, i think schakle 04 was interested right?

So mainz no get 10 million, Make him just impress first sha

Schakle were the first to inquiry about him self...I guess they weren't ready to pay 10m for him.. Mainz no get money jare ..10m na chicken change for most EPL teams..same can't be said about other clubs in the other leagues ...

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Joebie:

GOSSIP

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Kelechi Nwakali hints at transfer after his brother confirms summer move
By Dan Critchlow - Aug 10, 2019

Kelechi Nwakali has hinted at a transfer on Instagram, after his brother confirmed he’d be leaving Arsenal on loan or permanently this summer.

Nwakali hinted at a summer transfer on Thursday, uploading a cryptic Instagram post captioned “movement” along with plane emojis and a picture of him and his suitcase.

The player’s brother and agent, Allwell Nwakali, told AllNigeriaSoccer this week: “I know Kelechi will leave Arsenal either on loan or a permanent deal, clubs are coming for him.

“By God’s grace I know we will be able to get a better club and a club that can play him each game, it’s not all about the money. He wants to go to a place where he’ll get the chance to play so he can showcase his talents, that’s what we want.”

Nwakali had been linked with a free transfer to SD Huesca earlier this month, despite still having a couple of years left on his Arsenal contract. However, Allwell also denied these reports in his interview.

The Nigerian midfielder spent last season on loan with Porto B, making 16 appearances in a rather inconsistent season. The 2018/19 campaign ended particularly disappointingly, as Nwakali was prevented from featuring in Porto’s final eight games after being barred from the country over a visa issue.

There were some positive moments as well though. It may have resulted in his visa issues, but Nwakali did get to make his debut for the Nigeria u23s in March.

Now he needs to find another good loan to get him senior international games and a work permit in England, or a permanent transfer if that doesn’t seem possible.

--DAILYCANNON

Okoroji also made the team as LB
Felix Agu as RB
Or which Agu are you talking about?

ChrisKels:
Joebie please a lil corrections, why pick Chima ahead of Agu? Statistically, Agu had done better than Chima so far this season, in the same league and same number of minutes. Check their whoscored.com ratings per match, plus Agu already has an assist unlike Chima

Danielnino00:



Schakle were the first to inquiry about him self...I guess they weren't ready to pay 10m for him.. Mainz no get money jare ..10m na chicken change for most EPL teams..same can't be said about other clubs in the other leagues ...

Lol thats true