daveP:
I hammered on this before the last afcon yet it seems its not yet considered serious yet.... And its unse-esque to not have these two dangerous abilities.

charlesemeka85:
olise is example of kids working hard n doing well in their various teams buh doesnt get the mention players likes unserious Nwakali gets in here. One good pass from Nwakali we no go hear word for one week lol

andrewbaba44:


Celta vigo is better than those 3 teams you mentioned please

Did you see celta vigo against man united in the Europa league semi final few seasons ago ?

Man united won 2-1 by aggregate,but you need to see how this guys played at old trafford

Man united ,Chelsea ,spurs aren’t a better team than Sevilla and Valencia ,I said what I said

Leave komekn jare

The English league is the most competitive no doubt ,but the English is is never the best in the world ,laliga has been the best league in the world for the past 10 years till now ,that should tell you a lot

JayromWrites:



Funny how anything that comes from England is the best while Spain shouldn't be rated

Tosin better than Omeruo

Asin why na?


Sevilla and Valencia will surely be a Top 8 team in England back to bavk to back

Wetin Spurs dey play?

Blueelf:
Guys guys...

Who saw the pass fabinho laid for Salah's goal yesterday in Liverpool's match against crystal palace??
That's the kind of thing Ndidi should grow to do but I'm sure he'll get there

Tamunotonye22:





Do you enjoy typing rubbish? Valencia bigger than Man It's, Chelsea and Spurs? Bro, Spurs had been much more competitive in the last 4 years than Liverpool, Arsenal and Man utd. Chelsea? Man utd? I don't even know how you made your claim with this Valencia. stop posting on this thread for a while, you're loosing it gradually tbh.

Danielnino00:


I have checked his stats for the season and compared it with Collin's. He is no where better than Collins... They are both poor crossers of the ball though, but for some other stats, Collins is better than him...


I don't see the point of inviting him if he can't offer something much better than Collins...

Danielnino00:


It's really dangerous bro..

These crosses and headers can be useful in crucial moments..

Imagine if Mahrez had Etebo's free kicks abilities... He most likely wouldn't have scored that goal against us at the AFCON ..

Nigerian players,and indeed a lot of African players need to work more on the technical aspects of their games..

andrewbaba44:


Why you wan come cry ?

Those teams aren’t better than Sevilla Valencia

Chelsea didn’t even get a win against a poor Valencia side

Lol ,he said I should stop posting

My opinion really pain you sha

But you already lost it by your anger words

Pot Dey call kettle black

Blueelf:


You're right about this but you see....I have discovered that football is a game where your foundational understanding of it affects the way you play when you're a pro.

Many Africans (including Nigerians) grew up playing on the streets where all they learnt came by trial and error. There was/is hardly any curriculum and program for proper grounding in the basic techniques of football. That's why you see African teams hardly scoring from corners, free kicks and other dead ball situations...only those players with the privilege of going through the program at an Academy MAY have the opportunity to learn these things.

I will also like to add that only those African players truly hungry for self improvement also grow to become good at these things. Sadly, when many land in Europe, they feel they have arrived and don't need to improve again.

My 2 cents. Feel free to critic constructively

Danielnino00:

"Competitive" in English football can also include finances...
There are more than 10 clubs in the EPL that can spend up to £100m in one transfer market.. and they don't depend on selling their players to raise money like it's done in some leagues..

andrewbaba44:


Celta vigo is better than those 3 teams you mentioned please

Did you see celta vigo against man united in the Europa league semi final few seasons ago ?

Man united won 2-1 by aggregate,but you need to see how this guys played at old trafford

Man united ,Chelsea ,spurs aren’t a better team than Sevilla and Valencia ,I said what I said

Leave komekn jare

The English league is the most competitive no doubt ,but the English is is never the best in the world ,laliga has been the best league in the world for the past 10 years till now ,that should tell you a lot

somehow:


so what makes the epl most competitive is due to how much each club can spend and not what they can do when they meet other competitors outside their domain nor the quality of football they play?

Edopesin:


man u, Chelsea and Spurs aren't a better team than Sevilla and Valencia because of what?

Wolves, Sheffield are teams that you should be comparing with Sevilla and Valencia

Sevilla is living on past glories in the UEL and asides Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid that are always shuffling the top 4, the others are overrated if you say they're better than man u, Chelsea and Spurs

Danielnino00:

Apart from Spain,which other league has a better record against EPL teams ?

somehow:


so what makes the epl most competitive is due to how much each club can spend and not what they can do when they meet other competitors outside their domain nor the quality of football they play?

how on earth can a league with just 5 winners in 20 years be the most competitive?

a league you can 90 percent predict the first top 3 almost accurately?

this world is truly run by money and the media!

Tamunotonye22:




Poor Valencia side? is Chelsea not a poor team? with mount? willian whose addition to the game only amounts to 10-12 goal contributions a season? Pedro? Giroud? Abraham? Chelsea has a bad defense too. C'mon!!!

somehow:


germany of recent!

so, you agree that there is a league with better record than the epl?

Tamunotonye22:





Do you enjoy typing rubbish? Valencia bigger than Man It's, Chelsea and Spurs? Bro, Spurs had been much more competitive in the last 4 years than Liverpool, Arsenal and Man utd. Chelsea? Man utd? I don't even know how you made your claim with this Valencia. stop posting on this thread for a while, you're loosing it gradually tbh.

Danielnino00:

Germany of recent ? Because Leipzig beat Spurs ?

Danielnino00:


Germany of recent ?
Because Leipzig beat Spurs ?

somehow:


leipzig alone? check your livescore

andrewbaba44:


Bayern also

Leverkusen have done that in the past

Thou am not judging with that yet

Danielnino00:


Predict the top 3 accurately?

You are joking..

Can you swear that you could have predicted that Leicester would in the top4 this season or that Arsenal would be outside the top10?

While the EPL has produced 5 winners in the last 20 years, laliga has produced 4. More than half of which have been won by one club...

You can stake your entire life savings that Barca and Madrid will make the top 4 in la liga next season, but can you do the same for the EPL?

Danielnino00:


You can judge with whatever you want...

charlesemeka85:
olise is example of kids working hard n doing well in their various teams buh doesnt get the mention players likes unserious Nwakali gets in here. One good pass from Nwakali we no go hear word for one week lol

komekn:


You are looking at football from one perspective the Spanish style of football. Things have moved on you are being too nostalgic.

A style that sees only two teams dominate in thier league consistently. But two teams with the best 2 players in the world.

Take out Messi from Barcelona and l tell you they will not have the same over riding dominance. Look at Real M.since Ronaldo left and they are not the same.

Most top quality teams are not entirely reliant on just one player.

Now to mitigate against the technical possession game of Barcelona. You simply bring in pace, more physicality and go more direct. And don't worry about possession.

Chelsea did it with Drogba.

Football has moved on and spending time on the ball with possession only is no longer the killer tactic. Pep has evolved the system with what he has done at Bayern and Man city.

Liverpool did it and gave Barcelona a football lesson with a crazy defeat right in thier backyard.

If it worked Carzola would still be in Arsenal but he has dropped to insignificance in Villareal.

The system also requires that everyone plays the same way.

Look at Seria A and see what the combination of speed, technical ability with physicality has done for Lukaku at Inter. Although for me irrespective of the league Lukaku is a proven tested World class striker.

Paul Scholes would not find it easy now the game has changed. Midfielder are box to box and they score goals.

Even with that you are still very wrong and not being balanced with regards to English players. Let's look at the current young English midfielder who are killing it.

Mason Mount, Maddison, Winks, Grealish, Ruben Loftus, Barkley, Bamidele Alli, Todd Cantwell,etc to name just a few. These players will walk into any top club in Europe.

So again you seem to be out of touch with times the game has changed. Look at Liverpool where the Wing backs are recording more assists and even goals than top midfielders in the top leagues.

You need to drink the new wine, you are still drinking old Wine.

De Bruyne does not waist time doing skills and never ending possession football. But is arguably the best attacking midfielder in the world, look at his END PRODUCT assists and goals.

Eizzy003:


I think Liefering is a feeder club of RB Salzburg, when they get a youth player he will start from Liefering before moving to RB Salzburg, after that if he is really good he can move to RB Liebzig another club owned by the Red Bull Company.
I think that might be the pathway of Tijani, but I just hope he starts from RB Salzburg, instead of their feeder club

somehow:


yes I can predict top 3 in the epl next season and the next

let me do it now

liverpool
man city
man united

leceister won just once from no where is news? check that of the la liga too

also 5 there too

these so called top 5 leagues are not the definition of competitive to me!

the league is between 20 clubs not 5 or even 10

somehow:


sevilla living on past glory? how many english team has achieved what they have achieved in europe in the last 20yrs?

what has the two clubs you are comparing with them ever achieved locally and internationally?

make we dey argue logically small na

andrewbaba44:


Why you come Dey para

Simple answer don high your temper