sophtcopy:
How many of you agree with me that Iwobi is overhyped? ...especially on this thread

zuchyblink:
there is a certain Adam uche Idah on Norwich line up. Nairaland scouts over to you

mostob:
lolz bro. . I was about to ask him the same thing. I admit this thread can never be interesting if we all are on the same page that is why there must be room for antagonism. you see that komekn, *shakes head* it is no more antagonism but HATE.i just tire for him.

zuchyblink:
there is a certain Adam uche Idah on Norwich line up. Nairaland scouts over to you

Subzero047:
Joe Aribo
Kev Maussi Martins (Obafemi Martin's son)

Subzero047:
Joe Aribo
Kev Maussi Martins (Obafemi Martin's son)

seankafor:
I learnt obagoal married baletolli sis..na true?

Clementoke:


Yeah true.

TheGoodJoe:


You should get used to it. This is a public forum and this thread has lots of followers. Some might come back a day or two and scan to catch up with what went on in their absence.

So drawbacks in topics happen from time to time.

Subzero047:
Joe Aribo
Kev Maussi Martins (Obafemi Martin's son)

TheLoneCitizen:








First of all, when I said 'defender', I meant Central defender. In the Big 5 leagues, Omeruo is by far our best performing defender. Balogun and Ajayi don't even play in top-tier leagues.

Of all our central defenders in Europe including Ajayi, Omeruo ranks first in tackles, interceptions, clearances, wins more offsides.
In fact he is the 2nd best tackler in Italy.

The only defender who has better stats is Jordan Torunarigha and he doesn't play for us yet.

Respect! Respect!! Respect!!!

seankafor:
I learnt obagoal married baletolli sis..na true?

seankafor:
I learnt obagoal married baletolli sis..na true?

Subzero047:
Joe Aribo
Kev Maussi Martins (Obafemi Martin's son)

Edopesin:


Wow
Hope say Martin's no do away match cos the resemblance is uncanny

seankafor:
that guy na real baller off and on the pitch..

Leaner he also has series of investments whilst living large to his best life

komekn:


Do you know that Sol Bamba playing for Cardiff last season in the EPL, had better statistics than Van Dyke. In your opinion do you think that Bamba is better than Van Dyke❓

Statistics have to be used properly and as such are indicative but not entirely conclusive.

Cardiff were relegated back to the Championship with thier poor quality quintessential dogs of war, kick and rush type football. Where they belong.

Poor quality teams often spend the larger part of the game defending which means lots of blocks, long balls, interceptions, tackles, clearances. As a consequence they have lots of these types of high statistics. It is not a reflection of quality but desperation and limited ability .

Leganese is a poor team, that has only been able to win 5 games out of 31 games in La Liga. It is not benchmark for quality.

La Liga wins accolades and is classed as the best in Europe on account of the units of measurement used. Those accolades are almost entirely anchored on the exploits of Real and Madrid. You could add a lower third in this group Athletico Madrid.

So you have a huge gap between the top two teams Real and Barca who have probably one everything for the past 15 years. If you look at EPL over the same period you will have about 6 different teams over the same period winning the league.

But more worrying is the gap in quality of the bottom half of La liga. When you look at Segunda División it is nowhere near on the level of the Championship. So using the second tier Championship as a measure of players quality fails.

Look at the value of players in Bournemouth a relegation club and Leganese. In terms of players value Leganese cannot compete. Or we could look at Fulham in the Championship and the value of thier players once again Leganese cannot compete on value or quality.

Essentially Leganese would struggle to compete in the Championship. They would not be big spenders and be mid table at best IMO.

The reality is players follow the money not just the league. Nobody is going to leave the Championship for lower pay to just play in La Liga.

This is why l do not agree with your proposition.

Utonwanne:


He's too old to be Oba's son

JayromWrites:


He's 15

The son of Martins Obagoal and nephew to Balotelli

Edopesin:


Wow
Hope say Martin's no do away match cos the resemblance is uncanny

TheLoneCitizen:

You made a serious blunder with what you wrote. Hen you say "First of all", the next phrase must be "go down low".

Badoo!! Gbayi!!!!!






First of all, when I said 'defender', I meant Central defender. In the Big 5 leagues, Omeruo is by far our best performing defender. Balogun and Ajayi don't even play in top-tier leagues.

Of all our central defenders in Europe including Ajayi, Omeruo ranks first in tackles, interceptions, clearances, wins more offsides.
In fact he is the 2nd best tackler in Italy.

The only defender who has better stats is Jordan Torunarigha and he doesn't play for us yet.

Respect! Respect!! Respect!!!

sheyishemba:



baba how far nah
lol

komekn:


Do you know that Sol Bamba playing for Cardiff last season in the EPL, had better statistics than Van Dyke. In your opinion do you think that Bamba is better than Van Dyke❓

Statistics have to be used properly and as such are indicative but not entirely conclusive.

Cardiff were relegated back to the Championship with thier poor quality quintessential dogs of war, kick and rush type football. Where they belong.

Poor quality teams often spend the larger part of the game defending which means lots of blocks, long balls, interceptions, tackles, clearances. As a consequence they have lots of these types of high statistics. It is not a reflection of quality but desperation and limited ability .

Leganese is a poor team, that has only been able to win 5 games out of 31 games in La Liga. It is not benchmark for quality.

La Liga wins accolades and is classed as the best in Europe on account of the units of measurement used. Those accolades are almost entirely anchored on the exploits of Real and Madrid. You could add a lower third in this group Athletico Madrid.

So you have a huge gap between the top two teams Real and Barca who have probably one everything for the past 15 years. If you look at EPL over the same period you will have about 6 different teams over the same period winning the league.

But more worrying is the gap in quality of the bottom half of La liga. When you look at Segunda División it is nowhere near on the level of the Championship. So using the second tier Championship as a measure of players quality fails.

Look at the value of players in Bournemouth a relegation club and Leganese. In terms of players value Leganese cannot compete. Or we could look at Fulham in the Championship and the value of thier players once again Leganese cannot compete on value or quality.

Essentially Leganese would struggle to compete in the Championship. They would not be big spenders and be mid table at best IMO.

The reality is players follow the money not just the league. Nobody is going to leave the Championship for lower pay to just play in La Liga.

This is why l do not agree with your proposition.

Joebie:
WhoScored Rating: 7.32
SofaScore Rating: 6.8

Zaidu's SofaScore STATS in Santa Clara's away win yesterday:
HIGH POINTS
1 goal
3 clearances
Was never dribbled past
1 successful dribble out of 1 attempted (100%)
Won 3 out of 5 Aerial duels (60%)

MIDS
Won 3 out of 6 Ground Duels (50%)
4 successful passes (30%)
1 shot on target
1 key pass
1 interception
1 tackle

LOWS
0 successful crosses out of 8 attempted
0 successful long balls out 3 attempted
Lost possession 26 times

JayromWrites:


Sir!

English football is not a standard of measurement for European football

These spanish teams you talking down on have dealt with premier league teams of late

Sevilla knocked out Manchester united under Mourinho

Chelsea had to hold on tight to luck to see out a draw against Valencia

"low club" atletico Madrid knocked out the runaway champions in the premier league


I won't place a bet on west ham winning against Real betis.. And I'm also certain a game between Villareal and Everton can swing either ways


Spanish football is not as bad as you trying to paint it.. I watched a group of fishermen from Ibiza playing well against Barcelona


English football is not the beginning and end of European football

And the championship is not as great as you want us to believe

Ayew is king there

Utonwanne:


I'm actually referring to Joe

jihday:
Haaa, this low is somehow o

Kog45:
Yes you are right but Seville beating Man Utd happens in football so no big deal.

Sir, championship is better than Spanish segunda and overall EPL is more competitive than la liga though I still rate LA liga as the best due to exploit of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

TheLoneCitizen:


As long as the team is the the second-tier they are just a 'can-be', let's face the status quo.

Talk of relegation, Ekong's Udinese are facing relegation, so his stats should compare favourably to Omeruo.

Talk of relegation, Andy Robertson, one of the current best left-backs in the world, was snapped up from a relegated Hull.

Talk of Championship, the worst team in the EPL this season, were the best in the Championship last season. So how can you judge a player based on second division football. You ovverrate this division.

Talking of Bamba to Van Dijk, it is a myth that Bamba had better statistics to Virgil. Let's check.
A player who scores 200 goals in 500 games is not a better scorer than one who scores 50 in 70. A player who averages 20 dribbles per game at a 60% accuracy is not a better dribbler than one who does 5 per game with a 95% accuracy.
So also, peripherally Bamba won more tackles than Virgil by far , but Virgil had a better success rate. Bamba had a rate of 47.4%, Virgil was 92.9%. This means for every 5 tackles he made, there were 5 unsuccessful. But Virgil had just 1 unsuccessful for every 9 successful.

Ekong has a rate of 45.5% while Omeruo 64.3%. To damn Ekong even more, he has attempted just 29 tackles and has this woeful percentage, compared to Omeruo who has attempted 48.

Secondly, Van Dijk had a better rating compared to Bamba, so also Omeruo has the best rating of Nigerian defenders.

Respect, man, respect.

Tessyy1701:



Iwobi is overrated geng! Oya food is ready