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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by do4luv14(m): 12:46pm On Jun 09, 2020
What!! Our own GoalSimhen........


TheSuperNerd, come and confirm this one ooo, befor ah start dancing Alingoooooo............





2lola:
Victor Osihmen has won ligue one young player of the season ahead of player like Mbape

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Icon4s(m): 1:08pm On Jun 09, 2020
AndSunGorilla:

How good was Abega? read he was very good. Just saw how he engineered Cameroun''s 2nd goal. And was that Milla withe the final goal? He finished keshi or whoever was marking him.

Theophile Abega was one of their star players at the 1982 Word Cup in Spain where they shocked eventual winners Italy 1:0 at the group stage. A skillful midfield player.

Cameroon were really a force in the 1980s.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheLoneCitizen(m): 1:15pm On Jun 09, 2020
do4luv14:

What!! Our own GoalSimhen........


TheSuperN, come and confirm this one ooo, befor ah start dancing Alingoooooo............






False news, man. At least for now.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 1:23pm On Jun 09, 2020
2lola:
Victor Osihmen has won ligue one young player of the season ahead of player like Mbape

A few years ago, a particular person said he won't make the starting eleven of a championship team. grin


See what the Lord has done grin

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 1:53pm On Jun 09, 2020
iamdynamite:
rangers and shooting stars...lol

which of them?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 1:54pm On Jun 09, 2020
AndSunGorilla:
Shooting Stars, up sooting!!!!!!
Shooting what? how many players?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by do4luv14(m): 1:58pm On Jun 09, 2020
Julius berger and Stationary stores




somehow:

Shooting what? how many players?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 2:02pm On Jun 09, 2020
do4luv14:
Julius berger and Stationary stores




you mean both have the highest number of se players ever?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Subzero047: 2:02pm On Jun 09, 2020
2lola:
Victor Osihmen has won ligue one young player of the season ahead of player like Mbape

Source?
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Edopesin: 2:11pm On Jun 09, 2020
Danielnino00:


A few years ago, a particular person said he won't make the starting eleven of a championship team. grin


See what the Lord has done grin

grin
Make dem no hold you ransom with this post cause the news no get source for now
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by daveP(m): 2:20pm On Jun 09, 2020
TheSuperNerd:
Right there in the post I tagged you to. Hakimi's place was switched.

Oh oh.. Seen now.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by daveP(m): 2:26pm On Jun 09, 2020
Eizzy003:
RAHEEM STERLING QUESTIONS WHY WHITE EX-PROS GET MANAGERIAL JOBS OVER BLACK COUNTERPARTS

Raheem Sterling has demanded to know why white ex-pros get better managerial jobs than their black counterparts.
Sterling took the game to task after its claims that Black Lives Matter by asking why there is still no black presence at the top.
He said: “I always refer back to football, the coaching staff you see around clubs. I’ll give a perfect one. There’s Steven Gerrard, your Frank Lampards, you have your Sol Campbells and you have your Ashley Coles.

"All had great careers, all played for England. At the same time, they’ve all respectfully done their coaching badges to coach at the highest level and the two that haven’t been given the right opportunities are the two black former players.”

There are currently only six black managers out of the 91 in English football’s top four divisions. There are still zero black referees


A string of clubs have been criticised for posting black squares as part of a social media protest last week and for issuing messages of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement when the English game remains riven with institutional bias.

Sterling, speaking on BBC Newsnight, has become the latest player to insist change needs to come at the top if the needs of black players are to be properly addressed in the game.
He added: “There’s something like 500 players in the Premier League and a third of them are black and we have no representation of us in the hierarchy, no representation of us in the coaching staff.
“There’s not a lot of faces that we can relate to and have conversations with. And I do think, with these protests that are going on, it’s all well and good just talking.


“But it’s time that we need to, have conversations to be able to spark debates and not just debates, because we’ve done a lot of talking, to actually start implementing change.”

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/raheem-sterling-questions-white-ex-22159209



You can get a better explanation here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52972621


My respect for this guy has skyrocketed.


Someone before said they arent qualified for EPL. Asif the World is a balanced society.


I recall Siasia on the Everton radar that year. He didn't get the job.


Its evil. Very evil. Wetin Lampard sabi wey Siasia never know abeg. Asslickers FC about to cime about.


Even Solsjkaer is clueless most times. Siasia can do better than him with such players at his disposal. But as usual, this will be called an overhype. Isokay.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by daveP(m): 2:29pm On Jun 09, 2020
do4luv14:

What!! Our own GoalSimhen........


TheSuperNerd, come and confirm this one ooo, befor ah start dancing Alingoooooo............





That does change anything na. He is still "bang average"
grin




If you know you know.



Oh to add, the award means nothing. He cant adapt to the EPL....
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by solonnachi: 2:32pm On Jun 09, 2020
Eizzy003:
RAHEEM STERLING QUESTIONS WHY WHITE EX-PROS GET MANAGERIAL JOBS OVER BLACK COUNTERPARTS

Raheem Sterling has demanded to know why white ex-pros get better managerial jobs than their black counterparts.
Sterling took the game to task after its claims that Black Lives Matter by asking why there is still no black presence at the top.
He said: “I always refer back to football, the coaching staff you see around clubs. I’ll give a perfect one. There’s Steven Gerrard, your Frank Lampards, you have your Sol Campbells and you have your Ashley Coles.

"All had great careers, all played for England. At the same time, they’ve all respectfully done their coaching badges to coach at the highest level and the two that haven’t been given the right opportunities are the two black former players.”

There are currently only six black managers out of the 91 in English football’s top four divisions. There are still zero black referees


A string of clubs have been criticised for posting black squares as part of a social media protest last week and for issuing messages of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement when the English game remains riven with institutional bias.

Sterling, speaking on BBC Newsnight, has become the latest player to insist change needs to come at the top if the needs of black players are to be properly addressed in the game.
He added: “There’s something like 500 players in the Premier League and a third of them are black and we have no representation of us in the hierarchy, no representation of us in the coaching staff.
“There’s not a lot of faces that we can relate to and have conversations with. And I do think, with these protests that are going on, it’s all well and good just talking.


“But it’s time that we need to, have conversations to be able to spark debates and not just debates, because we’ve done a lot of talking, to actually start implementing change.”

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/raheem-sterling-questions-white-ex-22159209



You can get a better explanation here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52972621


Your eyes don clear now baa? You thought the England dream was the ultimate now see how you are being marginalized
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 2:34pm On Jun 09, 2020
FIFA player ratings explained: How are the card number & stats decided?

EA Sports employs a team of 25 EA Producers and 400 outside data contributors, who are led by Head of Data Collection & Licensing Michael Mueller-Moehring. This team is responsible for ensuring all player data is up to date, while a community of over 6,000 FIFA Data Reviewers or Talent Scouts from all over the world are constantly providing suggestions and alterations to the database.

It is a complicated process but its vast scope ensures that the information in the game itself is as accurate as possible, down to the weak-foot strength of lower league players and teenage reserves from minor leagues.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.goal.com/en/amp/news/fifa-player-ratings-explained-how-are-the-card-number-stats/1hszd2fgr7wgf1n2b2yjdpgynu

Just decided to clarify an assumption that FIFA ratings are just game figures. TheSuperNerd brought out ratings from FIFA and some did not find it quality information. I just want to use this opportunity to point out the high credibility of the FIFA ratings and I believe it is a good go to source for information on players attributes and qualities.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Lorazepam(f): 2:50pm On Jun 09, 2020
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 2:51pm On Jun 09, 2020
TheGoodJoe:
FIFA player ratings explained: How are the card number & stats decided?

EA Sports employs a team of 25 EA Producers and 400 outside data contributors, who are led by Head of Data Collection & Licensing Michael Mueller-Moehring. This team is responsible for ensuring all player data is up to date, while a community of over 6,000 FIFA Data Reviewers or Talent Scouts from all over the world are constantly providing suggestions and alterations to the database.

It is a complicated process but its vast scope ensures that the information in the game itself is as accurate as possible, down to the weak-foot strength of lower league players and teenage reserves from minor leagues.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.goal.com/en/amp/news/fifa-player-ratings-explained-how-are-the-card-number-stats/1hszd2fgr7wgf1n2b2yjdpgynu

Just decided to clarify an assumption that FIFA ratings are just game figures. TheSuperNerd brought out ratings for FIFA and some did not find it quality information. I just want to use this opportunity to point out the high credibility of the FIFA ratings and I believe it is a good go to source for information of players attributes and qualities.

Even when we were on opposing sides of the discussion, you do this. That's why I'd rather argue or hold a discussion with you than with some. You are my most favorite analyst in here whether you are for or against a P.O.V.

Yara Yara, find this man a rare bottle from the finest winery in all of Europe. He's my Man with the Finnish Konk Chen kung fu move. He's TheGoodJoe. cool

Cheers...

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Edopesin: 2:51pm On Jun 09, 2020
TheGoodJoe:
FIFA player ratings explained: How are the card number & stats decided?

EA Sports employs a team of 25 EA Producers and 400 outside data contributors, who are led by Head of Data Collection & Licensing Michael Mueller-Moehring. This team is responsible for ensuring all player data is up to date, while a community of over 6,000 FIFA Data Reviewers or Talent Scouts from all over the world are constantly providing suggestions and alterations to the database.

It is a complicated process but its vast scope ensures that the information in the game itself is as accurate as possible, down to the weak-foot strength of lower league players and teenage reserves from minor leagues.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.goal.com/en/amp/news/fifa-player-ratings-explained-how-are-the-card-number-stats/1hszd2fgr7wgf1n2b2yjdpgynu

Just decided to clarify an assumption that FIFA ratings are just game figures. TheSuper..Nerd brought out ratings for FIFA and some did not find it quality information. I just want to use this opportunity to point out the high credibility of the FIFA ratings and I believe it is a good go to source for information of players attributes and qualities.

This bolded explains a lot

"If Messi were playing in the Irish league, his attributes would drop simply because he's not on the highest level anymore," Mueller-Moehring told
ESPN. "We want to base our ratings on actual performance data. When it comes to physical attributes, though, no such guidelines exist. There are fast and strong players in every professional league in the world."
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Lorazepam(f): 2:51pm On Jun 09, 2020
TheLoneCitizen:


He has played on the wings predominantly, this is his first season as a striker. In truth, Man Utd has been the problem this past few years, from DI Maria, To Depay, To Sanchez even Lukaku.

I don't want to defend Martial because I don't like him or Utd. I'm an Evertonian.

You're truly a lone Citizen

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 2:53pm On Jun 09, 2020
Okoli Osita is NOT Osimhen's agent. I clarified this in this same story I shared a few pages ago.

He is his manager.

And yes, this shows that whatever I got from my "inner sources" were legit but nothing official has been signed. The final decision rests with Osimhen. No decision has been made yet (or will be made yet) until his dad is buried.

TheLoneCitizen:
So Osimhen's agent, Okolo, all but confirming he is moving to Napoli.

“I can say that, for now, Osimhen hasn’t agreed anything with Napoli or another club,” Okolo said.

“I can also deny that he dreams of going to the Premier League, I don’t know why [the press] says certain things. Naples is a fantastic city and Napoli are a very good team.

“I’m always honoured whenever I hear these links, but for now there’s no deal in place, even if negotiations with them are ongoing.

“He wants to play regularly, we’re not going to repeat certain bad experiences from the past.

“The Napoli fans are fantastic, their stadium is beautiful. I can only speak well of Naples and its team.”

Okolo continued, adding that Naples may in fact be the “right destination” for his client.

“The real problem with Italy is racism,” the agent said. “I know it happens all over Europe, but in Italy it happens a bit more often compared to elsewhere.

“I know Napoli fans aren’t racist, I have the video of them wearing masks for Koulibaly.

“Although Napoli fans aren’t racist, many others are. Naples may be the right destination for Victor, but he still must make a decision.”

Very good move in my opinion.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 3:00pm On Jun 09, 2020
Lol.... Cool down on the dancing because I cannot confirm this. I don't seem to find anything on Osimhen being awarded best young player in Ligue 1.


do4luv14:

What!! Our own GoalSimhen........


TheSuperNerd, come and confirm this one ooo, befor ah start dancing Alingoooooo............





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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 3:24pm On Jun 09, 2020
Thanks Dad. Much appreciated.

#ArchGuardiansLecture. grin

Icon4s:
Kog45, this was that very game in 1984:
Cc: Thesupernerd


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3kK-zEWfys

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheGoodJoe(m): 3:46pm On Jun 09, 2020
Edopesin:


This bolded explains a lot

"If Messi were playing in the Irish league, his attributes would drop simply because he's not on the highest level anymore," Mueller-Moehring told
ESPN. "We want to base our ratings on actual performance data. When it comes to physical attributes, though, no such guidelines exist. There are fast and strong players in every professional league in the world."

The truth is that top clubs will always search for high quality players and lots of those with exceptional attributes will eventually find its way up there.

Just like every other statistical data, there is always room for inaccuracies. That does not in anyway damage the credibility.

Ndidi was high grade at Belgium but his ratings soared higher when he moved to England. Whether FIFA or other sources, the dynamics does not change. What matters is the degree of credibility.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheLoneCitizen(m): 3:49pm On Jun 09, 2020
TheSuperNerd:
Okoli Osita is NOT Osimhen's agent. I clarified this in this same story I shared a few pages ago.

He is his manager.

And yes, this shows that whatever I got from my "inner sources" were legit but nothing official has been signed. The final decision rests with Osimhen. No decision has been made yet (or will be made yet) until his dad is buried.



This is one of the best move for a Nigerian in years.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 4:04pm On Jun 09, 2020
You're welcome but I'm afraid I had to go to the main site of CIES myself and found out the guys that reported the Africans in the Top 100 highest valued players in the CIES list missed out on a few details like Partey and Sarr.

So my dear namesake... Below is the actual and truest updated list of Highest valued African footballers in the CIES Football Observatory Top 100 players with highest transfer values across the Top 5 leagues.

Note: Value is in Euros, €.


1. Mohammed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool), FW - €144.9 million

2. Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool), FW - €139.2 million.

3. Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/Dortmund), DF - €79.0 million.

4. Nicolas Pepe (CIV/Arsenal), FW - €73.1 million

5. Victor Osimhen (Nigeria/Lille), FW - €64.3 million

6. Ismaila Sarr (Senegal/Watford), FW - €62.0 million

7. Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria/Leicester), MF - €49.5 million

8. Thomas Partey (Ghana/Atletico M.), MF - €48.5 million




So from the above list we can see that only 8 African internationals made the list of top 100. And we see that Ndidi is Africa's highest valued midfielder in transfer market terms according to CIES.





daveP:
Oh oh.. Seen now.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 4:04pm On Jun 09, 2020
Scouting report on Frank Onyeka: Midfielder based in the Danish Super liga

Player Profile

Nationality: Nigerian
Age: 22
Date of birth: 01/01/1998
Current Club: FC Midtjylland
Career: FC Midtjylland
Position: Central midfield
Preferred foot: Right


Report
Onyeka impressed in midfield, performing his defensive duties well and covering a lot of distance with his impressive work rate. He is a combative defensive-minded player, standing at 6’0 with good strength and ground speed that allows him to engage and dispossess opponents quickly.


He engaged high up the pitch and made it difficult for Horsens to play through the middle when cutting passing lanes and pressing aggressively. He was committed to challenges and timed his slide tackles very well, able to use his long legs to recover the ball and prevent attacks from developing. His defensive discipline was important in allowing the attacking players to get forward and he was very effective in protecting the back four.

He kept things simple in possession with short accurate progressive passes but was impressive when using his speed to drive the team forward into more advanced areas and offloading to the more creative players in the team. He reads the game well and had good body position so he wasn’t caught flat-footed, he was constantly on the move and scanning the pitch to track runners.


Rating: A1
Onyeka looked like a strong player at this level and has the physical attributes and defensive skills to be a solid defensive midfielder at a higher level.


Source: https://targetscouting.com/2020/06/07/fc-midtjylland-match-report-vs-ac-horsens-01-06-20/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by TheSuperNerd(m): 4:18pm On Jun 09, 2020
Remember Hilary Gong? The young lad formerly at AS Trencin in Slovakia but moved to Dutch Eredivisie side, Vitesse Arnhem in the summer of 2018. He was injured for most of the 19/20 season but he is back to intense training again.

Another interesting winger who could light Holland up if he stays fit.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by somehow: 4:27pm On Jun 09, 2020
The Champions League and Europa League are set for dramatic finishes like never before, with UEFA plotting a World Cup style tournament to complete the 2019-20 campaign.

Lisbon, Frankfurt and Moscow are in the running to host the competitions, which will see one-legged quarter-finals and semi-finals help decide the victors.

The World Cup style will see matches completed over a two-week period
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 4:32pm On Jun 09, 2020
TheLoneCitizen:


He has played on the wings predominantly, this is his first season as a striker. In truth, Man Utd has been the problem this past few years, from DI Maria, To Depay, To Sanchez even Lukaku.

I don't want to defend Martial because I don't like him or Utd. I'm an Evertonian.

First Nigerian Everton fan l have seen.

Shocked a club that was steeped in racial prejudice.

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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Eizzy003(m): 4:46pm On Jun 09, 2020
Danielnino00:


That referee part really got me...

The English FA are only playing to the gallery with their "say no to racism" campaign when racism is still very much etched in English football..

With all the black people living in England,not one of them is a referee...
This 1 really pain me, that is in the whole of England there is no black referee
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Tamunotonye22(m): 5:00pm On Jun 09, 2020
solonnachi:



Your eyes don clear now baa? You thought the England dream was the ultimate now see how you are being marginalized

When you say marginalized what do you mean exactly? that man is voicing out what a lot of black players are dreaming of and to add it up, he's one of their finest players
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Tamunotonye22(m): 5:12pm On Jun 09, 2020
andrewbaba44:


Is this not martial best season if I may ask ?

Yes martial has done so well but before he was purchased he was overrated abeg ,maybe you be Man U fan so you no go gree

Has martial ever scored 15 Epl goals ?

The stats he used in winning the golden boy is not impressive

You are defending him with Epl big six when only Liverpool and mancity have been class and the rest are just playing average or a little above average

What’s special scoring against Chelsea spurs and arsenal ?


tbvh only Liverpool has been class this season. Man City has only used influence and and a very few times have been given a win due to VAR's stupidity.

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