barackodam:



Okay, so, is this a United thread? City thread?

Are they Nigerians?
Na nigerian Girls dem carry go hotel?
Na for Nigeria dem carry woman go hotel?

Do they have Nigerian parents that makes them eligible for us?

Okay, let's cut them some slack, are they World Class players worthy of derailing the thread for?


No single reason!

Bro please calm down,I think it's worth discussing,u know, this is one of the many problems football youngsters face, Women distractions.

AndSunGorilla:
With Jaime Rodriguez now joining Everton, I hope Iwobi won't be impacted negatively o. I honestly think Ancelotti would favor Jaime because 1) he signed him 2) they have a history together, from Real Madrid to Bayern.
We shall see how it goes.

Iwobi is winger for Everton that's where he mostly played and with James coming playing in midfield becomes more difficult

maidaboi:
Iwobi is winger for Everton that's where he mostly played and with James coming playing in midfield becomes more difficult

I don tire. Iwobi is better off as an attacking midfielder. Rohr can see this but his coach in Evertoon doesnt see it. I cant repeat myself

Etebo's transfer has been getting mixed reviews from some Gala fans who feel their club did not have a plan for the transfer market while others are just happy to have such a quality player. They keep posting pictures of him kicking Messi

Napoli no want hear pim. Already making their friendlies pay per view and they also allow fans in the stadium. Somebody is trying to make that Osimhen money back

barackodam:



Okay, so, is this a United thread? City thread?

Are they Nigerians?
Na nigerian Girls dem carry go hotel?
Na for Nigeria dem carry woman go hotel?

Do they have Nigerian parents that makes them eligible for us?

Okay, let's cut them some slack, are they World Class players worthy of derailing the thread for?


No single reason!

Lol but we Dey detail most times nah

So if dem be world class players you for accept the derail abi

BascoVanVeli:
Etebo's transfer has been getting mixed reviews from some Gala fans who feel their club did not have a plan for the transfer market while others are just happy to have such a quality player. They keep posting pictures of him kicking Messi

Galatasary has one of the most fanatical fanbase in the world seriously!!

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Danielnino00:


Galatasary has one of the most fanatical fanbase in the world seriously!!

that's the whole of Turkey for u. When fans sacrifice animals before their matches u know it's on and popping over there


I remember a guy racially abused an opponent and they didn't even suspend him but when he faced that same team the ref allowed them to do basically what they wanted with him. I loved that from Turkey.

Honestly the only thing I have against Turkey is that b@stard referee that officiated Nigeria v Argentina

BascoVanVeli:
Napoli no want hear pim. Already making their friendlies pay per view and they also allow fans in the stadium. Somebody is trying to make that Osimhen money back

9 Euros . They’re already on YouTube

Bolowolowo:


9 Euros . They’re already on YouTube

Their real fans will pay sha. After all people still use iTunes and Spotify even though u can get the songs for free

BascoVanVeli:


that's the whole of Turkey for u. When fans sacrifice animals before their matches u know it's on and popping over there


I remember a guy racially abused an opponent and they didn't even suspend him but when he faced that same team the ref allowed them to do basically what they wanted with him. I loved that from Turkey.

Honestly the only thing I have against Turkey is that b@stard referee that officiated Nigeria v Argentina

dem dey learn where italian mafias dey.. go ask questions.
Those ones the rival fans go dey abuse you and even your own club fans go tell you say the racial abuse na normal banter, say make.u no reason am

Italy is where fanatics exists more..

lol, galatasaray.
WELCOME TO HELL this word send shivers those days, not now again sha.

seankafor:
dem dey learn where italian mafias dey.. go ask questions.
Those ones the rival fans go dey abuse you and even your own club fans go tell you say the racial abuse na normal banter, say make.u no reason am

Italy is where fanatics exists more..

Racism cannot be confused for fanatism. A racist is an ignorant full while a fanatic simply loves his club.

If u are a fanatic u are too busy cheering your team and insulting the ref. A fanatic goes to the game shirtless because he is the G in the teams name. Italians are linked to the racism in America. Just that they never addressed it on a major scale like America has. The thing don master them

mostob:
Be calming down Oga.... I actually wanted to point out and commend our very own youngsters(Ndidi, Samuel and Victor specifically) for staying disciplined so far at least. BTW, I'm not in anyway mocking those English.

Now,to your question, what has barca history, Adama traore got to do with this thread ?

He has ties to our neighbors, Mali.

You're welcome

AndSunGorilla:
With Jaime Rodriguez now joining Everton, I hope Iwobi won't be impacted negatively o. I honestly think Ancelotti would favor Jaime because 1) he signed him 2) they have a history together, from Real Madrid to Bayern.
We shall see how it goes.

I don't think the should. Alex is being used on the wings. James plays from the middle.

Dem no get business together

BascoVanVeli:


that's the whole of Turkey for u. When fans sacrifice animals before their matches u know it's on and popping over there


I remember a guy racially abused an opponent and they didn't even suspend him but when he faced that same team the ref allowed them to do basically what they wanted with him. I loved that from Turkey.

Honestly the only thing I have against Turkey is that b@stard referee that officiated Nigeria v Argentina

Whaat?
Something Nigeria has stopped doing since the 90s

andrewbaba44:


Lol but we Dey detail most times nah

So if dem be world class players you for accept the derail abi

They're WC. Our players can emulate them.

Shey na blackmetal we want make our players dey look up to? Wetin dem don achieve for life?

BascoVanVeli:



Honestly the only thing I have against Turkey is that b@stard referee that officiated Nigeria v Argentina

Cuneyt Caykir.

The only match he's officiated in which Messi lost was at Anfield.

As at that night, Messi still had 100% with him, I knew the best we would get was a draw, and it was okay for us.

He still officiated us against Napoli last season. He's a Barça cum Messi goodwill ref

temi1290:



Bro please calm down, think it's worth discussing, u know, this is one of the many problems football youngsters face, Women distractions.

Worthy of discussing Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood?

That's the issue we were trying to address the other time. There are some topics that are worth discussing about, not necessarily derailing, on the thread.

World Class players, World Class coach, World Class teams. We want what's good for our players, and if it's to advise them to emulate Ronaldo, Messi, Lewandowski etc, it's fine. They can learn.

If it's too wish for them to have more ambitions and join bigger clubs, like many people did for Victor, like people have been singing for Ndidi. It's fine

It's all fine, not for too long. But I see absolutely no reason whatsoever why we should be discussing 2 English boys that have no ties to Nigeria, sorry, not even any of our African neighbours or nations, on this thread. Just because we want to discuss what's trending.

It's not so hard to stick to the topic of the thread naa. C'mon, you sef look am naa, Greenwood and Foden? Seriously?

Please, let's stick to Super Eagles players, dual nationality players abeg. We can branch to other things, but not about Greenwood.

It's the "trending" topic that you all want to discuss that's doing you, not that our players can learn anything from them. And this thread is not a haven for trending topics.

Thank you, sir.

Good news for Zaidu

Partey vs Ndidi: Stat-by-stat comparison of Africa's top midfielders

How did both West African defensive midfield men compare in various categories in 2019/20?


Tackling
The pair are renowned for their strength in winning back possession or stopping opposition attacking midfielders but there was a chasm in both stars’ numbers last term.
Unlike Partey, Ndidi was head and shoulders above many players for tackles made in the Premier League, with only Manchester United right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka (138) attempting more tackles than the Nigeria star’s 125.
The Leicester City man also won the second-highest tackles in the entire division with 76, behind only West Ham United ’s Declan Rice.
Partey, on the other hand, attempted 65 tackles throughout the season (29th in La Liga ), winning 45 of his total, a 69.2 percent success rate. This was, interestingly, better than Ndidi’s who won 62.4 percent of his tackles.


Interceptions & Blocks
While the Atletico defensive midfielder ranked 12th in the Spanish top flight for interceptions with 52, his number was some way behind Ndidi’s 84, the top ranked Prem star in this category.
The Leicester man didn’t have the most blocks in the division, but was still the Foxes’ top performer in this area, with 72, which placed him at 14th.
Partey ranked 30th in La Liga for blocks made having stood in the path of a pass or shot 56 times. This was higher than all but two Atleti players – Saul Niguez and Renan Lodi.
Passing
In the previous campaign, Ndidi and Partey cemented their importance to their respective side’s build-up, which undoubtedly reflects in the numbers.
The Leicester man attempted 1649 passes, with 1416 reaching its intended target, an 85.9 completion rate.
Furthermore, 138 of the Super Eagle’s attempts were sent into the final third, fourth in the Leicester squad and 29th in the league, while 74 were termed progressive.
The Ghanaian, on the other hand, outdid his West African counterpart in volume of passes made but was edged for attempts completed – 1704 and 1414 respectively.
However, Partey played 179 passes into the final third and as well as 186 progressive passes, highest and third-highest in the Atleti side.


Ball retention & press resistance
Whilst eye test will be the true measure of how these two excellent defensive midfielders fare, some statistics put their ability or otherwise to retain the ball and beat the opposition’s press into context.
Ndidi miscontrolled the ball 18 times last term and was dispossessed 26 times, 0.61 and 0.88 times per 90, compared to Partey’s 20 miscontrols and 15 dispossessions, 0.71 and 0.53 per 90 respectively.
Even though the Nigerian rarely gives the ball away, the Ghana man fares even better, evidenced by the numbers.
Interestingly, the Atletico Madrid man played the highest volume of passes when pressed by an opponent with 298, although his West African counterpart outdid the 27-year-old having played 306 passes under pressure by an opponent, which was fourth-highest for the Foxes.


Duels
This is probably the area featuring the greatest disparity in both players. Partey not only won this category but floored the Nigeria anchorman.
The Spanish-based player won 64 percent of his total tussles in La Liga to Ndidi’s 56 percent in the Premier League, despite the latter’s greater involvement per game which read 8.1 to 6.4 total duels won pg in the former Genk star’s favour.
A breakdown of their battles showed that Partey won 61 percent of his ground duels and an impressive 71 percent of aerial challenges. Contrast this with the 23-year-old Nigerian who won 57 percent of ground tussles and 55 percent for aerial duels, despite being slightly taller than the more experienced Atletico man.
Again, the Foxes midfielder wins more duels in both categories per match, but the gap in success rate is pretty remarkable all the same.

Edopesin:


Whaat?
Something Nigeria has stopped doing since the 90s

Hahaha they still do it ooo.

Stats Attack: Ndidi in Elite Company

Since the 2016-17 season, only two players have made 300+ tackles and 250+ interceptions in the Premier League:

N'Golo Kanté
✔358 tackles
✔255 interceptions

Wilfred Ndidi
✔ 477 tackles
✔250 interceptions


Source: Squawka.





Note: Ndidi was not even in the EPL at the beginning of the 2016/2017 season. He came in the January window of that season so he had half a season with Leicester. So this is simply Kante's four full seasons and Ndidi's three and a half seasons all since 2016/2017.

tbaba1234:


The Maduka, I watched, was very calm, made a few good saves and claimed crosses with ease.

For a 20 year old, he is in a very good position and can only get better with experience.

How many saves did he make?

If it was the same match I watched the whole second half, I only saw one.

The save was poor and his agility was poor too. Took him time to get up after making the dive.

Obviously, he lacks experience and needs game time.

If he is the club first choice this season, I will choose him ahead of Uzoho.

barackodam:


Cuneyt Caykir.

The only match he's officiated in which Messi lost was at Anfield.

As at that night, Messi still had 100% with him, I knew the best we would get was a draw, and it was okay for us.

He still officiated us against Napoli last season. He's a Barça cum Messi goodwill ref

That was a disgraceful moment for football. Rojo actually kicked Iheanacho on top the head and don't get me started on the hand ball. Then he ends up being the match winner, how cruel can football be

Anyways Nigeria v Argentina would make a great friendly sha. Let's see who wins the best out of 3.

barackodam:


They're WC. Our players can emulate them.

Shey na blackmetal we want make our players dey look up to? Wetin dem don achieve for life?

Our players no dey here na abi Shey na for this thread our players wan dey look up to them ni

Sorry to derail the thread but when was somebody going to tell us that Memphis Depay is a rap artist Since when? How? And the song come dey jam he couldn't have been a rapper at Manchester because the media would have killed him. This is interesting



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjtNp-RStOs

BascoVanVeli:


that's the whole of Turkey for u. When fans sacrifice animals before their matches u know it's on and popping over there


I remember a guy racially abused an opponent and they didn't even suspend him but when he faced that same team the ref allowed them to do basically what they wanted with him. I loved that from Turkey.

Honestly the only thing I have against Turkey is that b@stard referee that officiated Nigeria v Argentina

Keep on wailing

Anytime naija lost na ref fault

barackodam:


Cuneyt Caykir.

The only match he's officiated in which Messi lost was at Anfield.

As at that night, Messi still had 100% with him, I knew the best we would get was a draw, and it was okay for us.

He still officiated us against Napoli last season. He's a Barça cum Messi goodwill ref

So the ref use to favor Messi ba ?

Let me hear what you will say

andrewbaba44:


Keep on wailing

Anytime naija lost na ref fault

So, that handball was not penalty?

The taekwondo kick on Iheanacho head is not foul?

andrewbaba44:


Keep on wailing

Anytime naija lost na ref fault

No ooo it was my fault cuz I woke up late that morning

Did u see me blaming the ref when we lost to Madagascar and Algeria? But anytime naija lost na ref fault.