End of Season: Nigeria's Top 20 players 20/21 season
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End of Season: Nigeria's Top 20 players 20/21 season
NIGERIA'S TOP 20 IN THE 2020/21 SEASON
I found it difficult getting a 20 man list because Nigerians where just not great in Europe. And some that did well don't even play in Europe's Top 10 Leagues. This list shouldnt have gone past 13/14.
As we get closer to the worldcup, to do well, we need world class and top quality players. Hopefully, Awaziem, Umar, Aina and TOsin, Iwuala would move to top 5 league. WHile the likes of Ejuke, Aina, MOses, Iwobi, Kalu would show what they are made of.
This season we have:
8 Top Quality/ World class
11 Quality
As compared to 9 Top Quality, 17 Quality players in 2019/20 season
20. Tony NWakaeme(Trabzonspor, Turkey) - Good form: Top 5 players again in the lowly-rated Turkish league (number 13). At 32, the next phase for him would be cashing out in one of the money bag leagues.
19. Ola AIna (Watford, Championship) - Quality: Was a starter for relegated Fulham. PLayed half of the season on the left and right side of a 3 man defense. Gave a good account of himself but nothing spectacular. HIs parent club, TOrino, escaped relegation by whiskers. WHat next for Ola?
18. Simon Moses (Nantes, Lique 1) - Quality: Nantes battled relegation for a good part of the season while Simon was pretty inconsistent. He witness a revival towards the end of the season and was a major factor in Nantes escaping relegation.
17. Chidera Ejuke(CSKA, RUSSIA) - Quality: MOved to CSKA this season, started alot of matches but ended up doing sakamajay upandaan the field. Got benched for a bit but the new gaffer seems to be turning him to a potent war machine, displaying top notch performces and scoring goals in the last 5 games of the season. He also started games in the Europa league. I expect him to take the Russian League (rated 7th Best in Europe) and European league by storm next season.
16. Troost Ekong (Watford, Championship) - Quality: Made a shock move from the Serie A to teh CHampionship. It eventually paid off as Watford gained promotion to the EPL. Can't wait to see his performance next season in the EPL. It's time for him to show that he belongs to the big leagues.
15. Sadiq Umar (Almeria, Segunda, SPAIN) - Quality: He has taken alot of steps down in his career so far ending up with Almeria. With 20goals in the Segunda divsion, 2 in the domestic cup and 5 assists in so far, he has played himself into the Laliga even if his club misses promotion. See you in Laliga next season and kindly replicate this performance.
14. Tyrone Ebuehi (On Loan to Twente, Netherlands) - Quality:: HAd a top performance in the 8th Rated Dutch league though he doesnt make top 50 players in the league on sofascore, etc.
13. Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto/POR) to (Boavista/ POR - Loan) - Top Quality.: Great season in the 6th Rated Portuguese league. He captained the side for atleast 10 games. unfortunately, Boavista battled relegation all through the season. Awaziem is bigger than the football he is currently playing. I expect him to make a move to a better league this season having had good seasons in Lique 1 and Laliga.
12. Peter Olayinka (Slava Praha, Czech - CHampions Leauge/Europa) - Quality:The Czech League is lowly rated but Olayinka makes this list based on his performance in the European competitions. He has played in European compeitions since 2016 with 3 Champions League Tournaments. He was top in the tournament and got himself some strong rumour to the Bundesliga. Hopefully, this is another player that should step up and add to the short list of quality Nigerian players.
11. Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotherdam, Netherlands) - Quality: TOp top performance in the Dutch league (Rated 7th best in Europe). MAde team of the season and was practically the best keeper in the league. Hopefully, he moves to Ajax as rumoured or a bigger league.
10. Leon Balogun (Rangers, Scotland - Europa) - Quality: Helped Rangers to win the Celtic/Rangers scottish league title. Did Okay in the Europa. Leon's injury problems have been the biggest hinderance to his career and at 32, there's not much he can offer the SE in another year or 2.
9. Joe Aribo (Rangers, Scotland - Europa) - Quality: Like Steven GErard has said severally, Aribo has qualities of a world class midfielder. Though Injury slowed him at the beginning of the season, he eventually scored 7 goals and assisted 4 in the celtic League with a goal and top notch performances in the Europa. HE would be playing CHampions League (qualifiers first) football this season and hopefully, he kills it.
8. Terrem Moffi (Lorient, France) - Top Quality.: He repaid Lorients confidence in dolling out big cash for his services with 14 goals. One of the revelations in the lique 1 making Lique 1's team of the week 3 times this season though his club battled relegation all season. He's been linked to Dortmund. He either makes the move or shutdown the lique 1 next season.
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7. Victor OSimhem (Napoli, Serie A - Champions League) - WOrld CLass: He had all sorts of health issues this season but once settled he showed the Serie A what he's got. 10goals, 3 assists and the Europa qualification. He wuld be a banger next seasona and would eventually show why he moved for a World class fee. Question, can a player be termed WORLD CLASS even if he isnt playing CHampions League football?
6. Samuel Chukwueze (Villareal, LALIGA) - TOP Quality: Started slow, then came out banging but got injured towards the end of the season. He helped Villareal win the Europa. He woudl be playing champions league football next season. Is this the season he eventually enters the World class league?
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5. Simy Nwankwo (Crotone, Serie A) - Top Quality.: 20 goals (9 penalties) in the Serie A is not beans. HE woudl surely remain in the Top 5 league next season.
4. Seniorman Kelz (Leicester City/ENG) - TOp Quality.: STarted the season on bench for league games but by the turn of the new year, he exploded. Won player of the month and some MOTM including nominated for best goal in the EPL.
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3. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City/ENG) - WORLD CLASS.: Ndidi started his season as a central defender and blazed, battled injury for almost 4months but when he got back, he showed why he's the best DM in the EPL and why he is a world class player. He carried leiceister to fight for the Top 4 positions but alas, they lost out on the last day. Leicester without Ndidi is a mid-table team.
2. Zaidu Sanusi (Porto/POR) - TOP QUALITY: Revelation of the year. Zaidu is extremely fast, skillful and a very hard tackler. He started out as a left winger but got converted to central defence while playing lower league football and eventually settled as a leftback in his last season in the Mirandela. He's move to Porto was a sucess and he shone in the Champions League with his performance against ROnaldo the talking point. He totally shut out the gbigense. POrto is a world class team, one more performance like this from him and he wuold put him in the World Class bracket. Sannu da aikatawa.
1. Paul Onuachu33 (GENK/BEL) - TOP QUALITY: 33 league goals (9 penalties) and 2 goals in the domestic league. Belgian league is top 10 in Europe but you cant away the fact that he would replicate this in the top league. No other African player has scored more than 25 goals and with Paul breaking a 19yr goals record in the League. Onuachu has been playing in Europe since 2014 with 3 Champions League tournaments under his belt. He would end up in the TOp 5 Leagues ot a top team considering that alot of teams playing in the CL need strikers. Villareal, sevilla, Lille, AC, Atalanta, Wolfsburg, Spartak, Porto are teams that i expect should be interested in him.
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Mentions
Taiwo Awoniyi: Started off the season well but injury took him out for most of the season.
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This is the top 20 from the last 2 months (1st Oct to 30th Nov).
10 Top Quality Players (Ndidi not on the list)
10 Quality (Some play in top 5, as they start more games and score, Awoniyi, maja, etc, they should be in the TOp quality bracket.
Nigeria needs atleast 11 World class players to be able to make it to the Semi in the WC. We are 10 players away from this.
1. Zaidu Sanusi (Porto, Portuguese League and Champions League) - Top Quality. Had a great spell so far wining MOTM and Champions league team of the week.
2. Tyrone ebuehi (FC Twente, Dutch League) - Quality. Moved to Netherlands on loan and he has been one of the best full backs in the league wining MOTM and making Team of the week/ month.With this form, he'll be back in Benfica and woudl ball in all the way.
3. Victor OSimhem (Napoli, Seria A) - World Class. 2 goals so far. He's settling in and begining to show what he's made of.
4. Simy Nwankwo (Crotone, Serie A) - TOp Quality. Started all matches in the Serie A so far. With 3 goals so far in the league. Expecting more in December.
5. Paul Onuachuu (Genk, Belgian League) - Quality. 12 goals in 13 games. Belgium and nigeria's best striker at the moment. If Belgium were to draw of a list of 25 invites to the national team, he would be on that list if he was Belgian.
6. Sammy Chukwueze (Villareal, Laliga) - WOrld CLass. Started out slow but hes been picking up and even delivered MOTM perfomance.
7. Simon Moses (Nantes, Lique 1) - Top Quality.
8. Ken Akpoguma (Hoffeinheim, Bundesliga) - Top Quality.: started most of the club's games and has aged very well.in most.
9. Frank onyeka (FC mid, Denmark + Champions League) - Quality.: nicknames Tank in Denmark is currently his clubs best player. He has also done well in the champions League. With this, SE now have 3 tireless machines in the midfield role.
10. Ademola lookman (FUlham, EPL ) - Top Quality.: has played well for Fulham except for his horror penalty. It's time for him to finally show his promise after attention catching moves to Everton and Leipzig. He needs to be the most outstanding player in lowly FUlham.
11. Semi Ajayi (West Brom, EPL) - Top Quality.: Started slow but gradually picking up in the EPL. Had a motm performance in one of the EPL games in Nov.
12. Kelz Iheanacho (Leicester, EPL) - Quality. : Hardly a starter in the league, he takes this position due to his exploits in the Europa League.
13. Samuel kalu (Bordeaux, Lique 1) - Top Quality.: Roared into this season but injury has been his problem. In the last game he played for Bordeaux, he was the number 10 of the team though he was playing from the left. The same type of impact from Messi.
14. Ola Aina (Fulham, EPL) - Top Quality.: balling. He needs to show that he actually belongs to the likes of Chelsea.
15. Leon Balogun (Rangers, Scottish League) - Quality.: Balled every game his played but hasnt played too many due to injury.
16. Chidera Ejuke (CSKA Moscow, Russian League) - Quality.: hes had an on and off time with CSKA but has balled most of the time.
17. Kayode Ola (Sivaspor, Turkey) - Quality.: Kayode makes it here due to his 4 goals int he Europa so far.
18. Alex Iwobi (Everton, EPL) - Quality.: Iwobi started on a shakey note but pciked up in his last 2 games in November especially his first game deployed as a wingback.
19. Josh Maja (Bordeaux, Lique 1) - Quality.: Started games for Bordeaux and played well but the goals are not rolling in. He has 2 goals in the league so far.
20. Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin, Bundesliga) - Quality.: 1 goals so far for union berlin and has been a regular starter in the past 1 month. Hes slowly and steadily getting there.
Mention:
1. Awaziem (Boavista, Portuguese League): Hes balled in the month of Nov but didnt make the list due to good performances from players in better leagues.
2. Emmanuel Denis: Been okay both in the League and CL.
3. Terrem Moffi (Lorient, Lique 1): One goal in his first game. Started loads of matches but not clicked yet.
4. Maduka Okoye
5. Etebo
6. Aribo: Injury has made him play very few games in the past 2 months
7. Mathew (Sered, Slovakia): Loads of clean sheets, loads of MOTM, Loads of Keeper and player of the week award. Watch out for this kid. the next
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Below is how our players fared this season in Europe and their quality level.
61 Total number of players covered.
9 players in the Top Quality/ World Class bracket.
17 players in the Quality Bracket.
17 players in good form.
11 players in terrible form or very backwater leagues.
5 players injured or retired from national team.
This is a color scheme of Top Nigerian Players, League quality and club performance.
*Top Quality or World Class! Very Good standing (Top 5 Leagues and Pedigree teasms in CL - Porto, Gala, etc): Must also Play regularly for their clubs
*Quality! Good standing (Next 5 leagues - Belgium, Dutch, Portugal, Turkey, Russia): Must play regularly. Also includes super Subs in Green category.
*Good form/ Top Form. Average to good standing.(Switzerland, Ukraine, Austria, Scotish, MLS etc (BUrsaspor, Eupen, VVV venlo etc): Must Play regularly. Also includes supersubs from Blue Category and chronic bench warmers in Green Category
*. Disappointing/ Very Disappointing. LOW Leagues and unrated.(CHina, Saudi, Egypt, Somalia): Hopelessly on bench.
Injured: Leg temporary decommissioned
END OF 2018/19 SEASON
CURRENT NIGERIAN SQUAD
Goalkeepers:
1.Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba) -
2.Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United/RSA - Kaizer/RSA) - started 6 games and made 5 on the bench after joing Kaizer second half of the season. Okay perofrmnace in a very poor league.
3.Francis Uzoho (Elche/ESP Div2/ Anorthosis/Cyprus) - started and played 8 matches for Elche first half of the season and played 3 matches for Anorthosis. Uzoho has had a very poor season.
Defenders:
4.William Troost-Ekong (Udinese/Serie A) - Top Quality. Played over 95% of the games for Udinese and can be ranked as top 10 defenders in the Serie A based on stats and MOTM awards. 1 of the 2 only bright spot in an otherwise dissapointing Udinese. He has now been nominated for Udinese player of the season alongside 2 other attackers. He is one huge season away from making the top 5 of the top 5. Arsenal could do with his services.
5.Leon Balogun (Brighton Hove Albion/ENG) - Had a bad bench experience.
6.Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes /La Liga) - Top Quality. Kenneth played week in and week out winning MOTM awards too. Unarguably top 5 defenders this season in Laliga. He is ripe for the Top 5 of the Top 5 and could just be called back to Chelsea.
7.Bryan Idowu (Lokomotiv Moscow/RUS) - Started 5 out of 13 played in the league out of a possible 29. 3 Champions League games and 1 sub in role in the domestic cup. He's had an Okay season.
8. Ola Aina (Torino, Serie A) - Top Quality. Once fit, he played every match. AIna's (also known as hulk in Torino) strengght is his attacking ability, skill and strenght with his coach saying that he would be a great player. One more season away from Top 5 of the Top 5 or could he be recalled to Chelsea? Sarri loves his Italian tutored players.
9.Jamilu Colins (Paderborn/ Bundes 2/ GER) - Top Quality. Paderborn was hot this season. Gained promotion in their first season in Bundesliga 2. Collins played every match when fit and available and was superlative. Congrats to him. He's now in the top 5.
10.Semi Ajayi (Rotherham/ CHamp/ ENG) - Quality. Started as a CD but was hot when moved to DM. Played over 98% of ROtherhams matches but still ended up getting relegated. He would likely make it to the Premiership this season with one of the newly promoted teams or bottom league team.
11.Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto/POR) to (Rivespor/ Tur - Loan) - Quality. Had a nightmarish first half of the season but joined bottom 3 Rizespor by half season and took them up to the 10th position in the TUrkish league. He woudl make it to the Top 5 or top teams in the next top 5 (Lokomotiv, Gala, Anderlecht, etc).
12. Shehu Abdullahi (Bursaspor/TUR)- Was injured most of the season but once he got fit, was a starter. He's club couldnt avoid relegation though.
Midfielders:
12.John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva/ISR) -
14.Oghenekaro Etebo (Stoke City - Championship) - Quality. 2 goals. 1 of the best 2 players in Stoke and alot of the fans think he is the best stoke player. Would be top 5 players in the Championship this season. Even Steve Bruce had a hard-on for Etebo when his team played Stoke. Last season, he got into the LaLiga 2nd half of the season and showed them that he could play ball. I expect to see Etebo in the Top 5 next season and top team in the next top 5 (Gala is interested).
15.Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City/ENG) - WORLD CLASS. 2 goals. Best DM in the EPL, PERIOD!!He is ripe for Man Utd, Liverpool, Real and even Barca.
17.Alex Iwobi (Arsenal/ENG) - Top Quality.6 goals. When Iwobi ticked, Arsenal balled. Only Lacazzette had higher assists than him. he leads in Big Chances created and was involved in loads of pre-assists. He has the most take ons in Arsenal. He's problem was inconsistency stemming from confidence. We can safely say Iwobi is Top 5 arsenal player this season or even Top 3.
Forwards:
19.Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai/CHN) - Top form in CHina. 21 goals last season. 9 games so far this season.
20.Ahmed Musa (Al Nasser/ Saudi Arabia) - Top form.7 goals. Won the Saudi League this season and was one of the Top 3 in the league. Ahmed comes with alot of experience and deadliness. Hopefully, he goes back to Europe in another 1yr.
23.Henry Onyekuru (Galastasaray, Turkey and Champions League) - Top Quality 2 goals this game. Made Team of the Week in TUrkey 2 goals so far.
24.Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux, Lique 1 France) - Top Quality. 3 Goals. Bordeaux only played when Kalu was on the field. Creator in chief, Tormentor in Chief, cutter in chief. He was greatly slowed down by Injury and personal drama. He also did well in the Europa. Next season, Kalu would turn the Lique 1 upside down.
25.Simon Moses (Levante, Laliga) - Quality1 goal so far.[/b] Got injured, got back, took him time to get into the first team but did that this year. Wasn't too assuring in most games but put in a good shift. Needs to cmeout blazing next season.
36. Paul Onuachi (FC Midtjylland, DEN) - Good Form.19 goals (2 in the Europa). and 1 assist, Paul was one of the fiercest players in Denmark although he ended up as 5th highest goalscorer. He's expected to leave to a bugger club this season.
21. Victor OSimhem (Chaleroi, Belgium) - Quality.19 goals(1 in the domestic cup). He's been a huge success. Signed fully to Chaleroi, he's expected to sign with AC Milan and get loaned to Lille. Massive!
ON THE RADAR
1.David Nwokolor (SKF Sered/ Slovakia) - STarted 11 out of 35matches. Was not subbed in to any match. Not anything special.
2. Afelokhai
3. Dele Alampasu
Defence
3. Seth Sincere (Yemi Malatyaspor, TUR) - Seth was in and out of the first team especially 2nd half of the league.
4. Chima Akas (Kalmar, SWE) - Chima has been rock solid for Kalmar and is unarguably 1 of the 2 best players in the team. One more solid season could see him move up to a better league.
Midfield
5. Mikel Agu (Victoria Setubal, Portugal) - Quality. Has won MOTM awards. Fake Mikel had a very solid season with Setubal and they ticked when he played. THough slowed down by injury. I expect him in the Top 5 next season or top team in the next top 5 (gala, PSV, etc)
7.Alhassan Muazam (Nacional, Portugal) - Disappointing.Started first few games and fizzled out to the bench before december.
8.Ifeanyi Mathew (Lillestrom, Norway) - Very DisappointingMoved to Turkey D2 in January and they ended the season 4th.
9.Afeez Aremu (IK STart, NOR) Very Disappointing From playing in D1(Prem) last season, currently in D2 with IK Start.
11.Ajagun (Korkijk, Belgium) to (Nicosia, Cyprus - Loan) - Very Disappointing. AFter a long spell out of the first team, he moved to cyprus in jan.
12.Uche Agbo (Standard Liege, Belgium) - Good form. Had a torrid first half of the season with Liege then moved to Rayo in laliga but ill health slowed him down. towards the end of the season, he played 6 games starting 5 but Rayo got relegated.
13.Anderson Esiti (Gent, Belgium) - Quality. MIssed the first month of games bcos he was sulking due to his last minute failed move to Levante. after that Saga, he bounced back badder and played every single game for Gent when fit. He's probably the top 3 in Gent and one of the strongest players in the world. I expect a top 5 move for him this season.
14.Joel Obi (Chievo Verona/ITA to Alayanspor/ TUR) - Good form. b]1 goals in the league[/b]. STarted well in Chievo, moved to Turkey by mid season and got slowed down by injuries and adapting to a new league. eventually played 4 games towards the end of the season, starting 2.
Attack
15. Simeon Nwankwo (FC Crotone/Serie B/ ITA) - Good Form. starts and scores 14 goals so far. In the past 2 seasons, Simy has proven to be a second half of the season player. And in the Serie B, he ended up as 6th highest goalscorer in the league with majority of his goals, 2nd half of the season. He has signed a contract extrension but he is expected to live to a higher league next season.
16. Anthony Ujah (Mainz, Bundesliga - Germany) -4 goals in the league.Quality. He was a supersub for mainz all season playing 22games and starting 6. I expect him to win a starting shirt next season.
17. Orji Okonkwo (Bologna, Italy) to Montreal Impact, MLS) - 2 goals so far.Good formPlayed 8 matches and started 2 in the first half of the season before moving to the MLS. Been doing well at Montreal scoring 2 goals so far.
18. Anthony Nwaekaeme (Trabzonspor, Turkey) - 10 goals in the League/ 1 in Domestic cup.Quality. first season and Took Turkey with a bang. with 11 goals, 10 assits, 11 Big chances created, Nwakaeme has shown his quality operating mainly from the left wing. He's upping his value for a big money move to china or middle east in another 1.5yrs.
19. Kayode Larry (Shanktar Donesk, Ukraine) - Disappointing Started only 3 out of 18 games. came in as a sub 7 times and the rest, his spent on the bench.
20. Emem Eduok (Kasimpasa, TUR) to BB Erzurumspor, TURK) - Quality. 10 GOals. 5 Goal for Kasimpasa, 4 for BB, 1 Domestic cup. Joined BB to help them beat them drop but didnt succeed. With 10goals and 2 assists and 5 big chances created, Eduok had a solid season.
21. Taiwo Awoniyi (Gent, Belgium) - Quality.11 GOals. 2 in Domestic cup for Gent Had a torrid time in Gent but moved to truden 2nd half of the season and showed his quality. There are speculations of bigger moves for him to Germany and Spain and Club Brugge.
22. Imoh Ezekiel (Korkijk, Belgium) - Good form.4 GOalsHE had an OKAY season. started 7 and made bench 16 times in the regular season. Played half of the matche sin the play offs and scored 3 goals. I guess he is on hhis way back to Top form after his downgrading moves to the middle east.
23. Chidera Ejuke (Valarenga,NOR) - Top form.4 GOals.He is one of the Top 5 players in Europe with the highest dribble attempts and success rate. He is a higly skillful player and the reason Valrenga are currently 4th on the table. At this rate, he'll make a leap to the Top 8 Leagues in Europe. Watch out for this one.
24. Adeleke Akinyemi(IK Start, NOR) - Very dissapointing.4 GOals last season. Dropped to the 2nd Div in Norway. and has played only 1 game for the team so far.
25. Stephen Odey (FC Zurich, SWI) - Good form.10 goals in the league, 2 in domestic cup, 2 in Europa. Solid Season.
26. SYlvester Igboun (FC Ufa, RUSSIA) - Quality. STarted as usual 4 Goals So far (1 in Eur)
27. Sadiq Umar (Rangers, Scotland) - Good form.4 GOals
28. Blessing Eleke (FC Luzern, SWI) - Good form.13 GOals in League, 2 in domestic cup. 6 goals so far
29.Kelechi Iheanacho(Leicester City/ENG) - Disappointing Very disspointing season for Kelechi. The coach gave him chances but he never grabbed it with both hands.
30. Hilary Gong (Vitesse, Dutch League) - Bench
31. Samuel Chukwueze (Villareal, LALIGA) - Top Quality.5 GOals in league, 2 in domestic, 1 in Europa HE was simply unstoppable this season. One more season and he would be in the Top 5 in the Top 5.
32. Samuel Adegbenro (Rosenburg, NOR) - Good form.4 GOals
33. Isaac Success (Watford, EPL) - Quality.1 GOal in League, 1 in Domestic cup. Isaac was a supersub for watford this season. Played 30games, started 9. HE played well in most games. I would advise he moves to Spain, France or Germany on loan in the quest for regular football.
34. Davidokereke (Spezia, Serie B) - Quality. 10 GOals. Was a revelation in the Serie B last season. Currently has numerous suitors in the Top 5 leagues. Watch out fo this kid next season
35. Denis Bonaventure (Club Brugge, Belgium) - Quality.7 GOals. Starts when fit and is always solid in every game. Also did well inthe Champions League Europa.
Injured/ Retired
1. Tyronne Ebuehi (Benfica/POR) - out injured
2. Nura Abdullai (Perugia, Serie B) - Retired from football due to health issues.
3. Elderson Echiejile (Cercle Brugge/BEL) - I've retired him from National team![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
4. Victor Moses (Chelsea/ENG) - Retired from National Team.![bump :bump:](./images/smilies/bump.gif)
5. Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor/TUR) - Started 1 goal so far.
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I, like many others here believe that the more players you have playing in top sides, the better their quality. Playing against African opposition, less quality is needed but the world stage is a totally different ball game.
This is a color scheme of Top Nigerian Players and their League quality. Hopefully, we woudl have 5/6 players moving up to better sides this season.
*Very Good standing (Top 5 Leagues and Pedigree teasms in CL - Porto, Gala, etc): We have 11 players in this cat
*Good standing (TOp 10 clubs in Next 5 leagues - Belgium, Dutch, Portugal, Turkey, Russia): We have NO player in this cat
*Very Average (Switzerland, Ukraine, Austria, Scotish, MLS etc and Bottom 8/10 of Next 5 Leagues (BUrsaspor, Eupen, VVV venlo etc): We have 6 players in this cat
*LOW Leagues (CHina, Saudi, Egypt, Somalia): We have 5 players in this cat
From upcoming players we have
6 in green
6 in Blue
10 in Red
WORLD CUP SQUAD
Goalkeepers:
1.Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba) - TIme to move on from him,
2.Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United/RSA) - and him
3.Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna/ESP) - Should move to the Top 8 leagues of Europe.
Defenders:
4.Elderson Echiejile (Cercle Brugge/BEL) - Goodbye
5.William Troost-Ekong (Udinese/Serie A) - Power move! Now he needs to play regualrly.
6.Shehu Abdullahi (Bursaspor/TUR) - We can allow him to stay here for 1 more season
7.Leon Balogun (Brighton Hove Albion/ENG) - MAde a great move
8. Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes /La Liga) - Good move. Needs to start playing reguarly
9.Bryan Idowu (Lokomotiv Moscow/RUS) - very good move. would be in the Champions league
10.Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto/POR) - Must maintain a starting shirt
11.Tyronne Ebuehi (Benfica/POR) - Made a good move
Midfielders:
12.Mikel Obi (Tianjin Teda/CHN) - IF Baba wants to continue with SE, he must leave CHina by end of this season for MLS or TOp 8 leagues of the World
13.John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva/ISR) - Thanks Bro. time to go.
14.Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor/TUR) - Dude must move back to the Top 5 leagues of the world. Trabzonspor did not even make top 8.
15. Oghenekaro Etebo (Stoke City - Championship) - Not a good move. We give him only 1 season to move to the Top 5 Leagues
16.Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City/ENG) - In the Top 5.
17. Joel Obi (Chievo Verona/ITA) - Parallel. Should stay injury free
18.Alex Iwobi (Arsenal/ENG) - Must maintain a starting shirt
Forwards:
19.Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai/CHN) - Gerra ro hia mehnn
20.Ahmed Musa (Al Nasser/ Saudi Arabia) - POOR MOVE! but no be me dey feed am.
21.Simeon Nwankwo (FC Crotone/ITA) - Must remain in the TOp 5 leagues of the world
22.Victor Moses (Chelsea/ENG) - Must maintain a starting shirt
23. Kelechi Iheanacho(Leicester City/ENG) - I dunno know mehn but in the Top 5
ON THE RADAR
Defence
1. Ola Aina (Torino, Serie A) - Good move. Needs to play day in day out
2. Nura Abdullai (Some club in Italy D2) - Must stay fit and get back to Roma's first team
3. Stanley Amuzie (Lugano, Swiss league): Needs to get games now
Midfield
4. Mikel Agu (Standard Liege) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics etc)
5.Ifeanyi Mathew (Lillestrom, Norway) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe
6.Ajagun (Korkijk, Belgium)- Finally needs to make a move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe. His team was not Top 8 in Belgium last season.
7.Okechukwu Azubuike (Malatyaspor, Turkey) - Dude needs a move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics, cska etc). Rumours are that some clubs in the Top 5 are interested in his service.
8.Usman Mohammed (Norway)
9. Uche Agbo (Standard Liege) - Must move back to the Top 5 league after this champions league season
10.Anderson Esiti (Gent Belgium) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe
11.Alhassan Muazam (Maritimo, Portugal) - Good move. He is moving higher
12.Kelechi Nwakali (Porto B, Portuguese D2) - Should be off this list. No difference between D3 in portugal and the useless Chinese league
Attack
13.Sadiq Umar (Rangers, Scotland) - Parallel move. Lets see how he does in the Europa League. Scottish league itself is poor
14.Hilary Gong (Vitesse, Dutch League): Steadily going up
15.Victor OSimhem (Gent, Belgium): Slightly better move. Playing for a top Belgian club. Needs to start playing regularly[/color]
16.Hameed Akujobi (Herenveen, Dutch League)
17.Taiwo Awoniyi (Gent, Belgium) - Slightly better move. PLaying for a top belgian club
18. Denis Bonaventure (Club Brugge, Belgium) - Playing for a top Belgian club
18.Isaac Success (Watford, EPL) - must tie down a starting shirt at Watford and stay fit
19.Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux, Lique 1 France) - Good move. in the top 5 and should have a starting shirt.
20.Kayode Larry (Shanktar Donesk, Ukraine) - Good standing
21.Simon Moses (levante, Laliga) - Top League. Must start playing regularly
22.Henry Onyekuru (Galastasaray, Turkey and Champions League) - Good standing
23. Anthony Ujah (Mainz, Bundesliga - Germany) - Top 5 League
24.Orji Okonkwo (Bologna, Italy) - Must tie down a starting shirt or move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics, cska etc). He's current standing not known.
I found it difficult getting a 20 man list because Nigerians where just not great in Europe. And some that did well don't even play in Europe's Top 10 Leagues. This list shouldnt have gone past 13/14.
As we get closer to the worldcup, to do well, we need world class and top quality players. Hopefully, Awaziem, Umar, Aina and TOsin, Iwuala would move to top 5 league. WHile the likes of Ejuke, Aina, MOses, Iwobi, Kalu would show what they are made of.
This season we have:
8 Top Quality/ World class
11 Quality
As compared to 9 Top Quality, 17 Quality players in 2019/20 season
20. Tony NWakaeme(Trabzonspor, Turkey) - Good form: Top 5 players again in the lowly-rated Turkish league (number 13). At 32, the next phase for him would be cashing out in one of the money bag leagues.
19. Ola AIna (Watford, Championship) - Quality: Was a starter for relegated Fulham. PLayed half of the season on the left and right side of a 3 man defense. Gave a good account of himself but nothing spectacular. HIs parent club, TOrino, escaped relegation by whiskers. WHat next for Ola?
18. Simon Moses (Nantes, Lique 1) - Quality: Nantes battled relegation for a good part of the season while Simon was pretty inconsistent. He witness a revival towards the end of the season and was a major factor in Nantes escaping relegation.
17. Chidera Ejuke(CSKA, RUSSIA) - Quality: MOved to CSKA this season, started alot of matches but ended up doing sakamajay upandaan the field. Got benched for a bit but the new gaffer seems to be turning him to a potent war machine, displaying top notch performces and scoring goals in the last 5 games of the season. He also started games in the Europa league. I expect him to take the Russian League (rated 7th Best in Europe) and European league by storm next season.
16. Troost Ekong (Watford, Championship) - Quality: Made a shock move from the Serie A to teh CHampionship. It eventually paid off as Watford gained promotion to the EPL. Can't wait to see his performance next season in the EPL. It's time for him to show that he belongs to the big leagues.
15. Sadiq Umar (Almeria, Segunda, SPAIN) - Quality: He has taken alot of steps down in his career so far ending up with Almeria. With 20goals in the Segunda divsion, 2 in the domestic cup and 5 assists in so far, he has played himself into the Laliga even if his club misses promotion. See you in Laliga next season and kindly replicate this performance.
14. Tyrone Ebuehi (On Loan to Twente, Netherlands) - Quality:: HAd a top performance in the 8th Rated Dutch league though he doesnt make top 50 players in the league on sofascore, etc.
13. Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto/POR) to (Boavista/ POR - Loan) - Top Quality.: Great season in the 6th Rated Portuguese league. He captained the side for atleast 10 games. unfortunately, Boavista battled relegation all through the season. Awaziem is bigger than the football he is currently playing. I expect him to make a move to a better league this season having had good seasons in Lique 1 and Laliga.
12. Peter Olayinka (Slava Praha, Czech - CHampions Leauge/Europa) - Quality:The Czech League is lowly rated but Olayinka makes this list based on his performance in the European competitions. He has played in European compeitions since 2016 with 3 Champions League Tournaments. He was top in the tournament and got himself some strong rumour to the Bundesliga. Hopefully, this is another player that should step up and add to the short list of quality Nigerian players.
11. Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotherdam, Netherlands) - Quality: TOp top performance in the Dutch league (Rated 7th best in Europe). MAde team of the season and was practically the best keeper in the league. Hopefully, he moves to Ajax as rumoured or a bigger league.
10. Leon Balogun (Rangers, Scotland - Europa) - Quality: Helped Rangers to win the Celtic/Rangers scottish league title. Did Okay in the Europa. Leon's injury problems have been the biggest hinderance to his career and at 32, there's not much he can offer the SE in another year or 2.
9. Joe Aribo (Rangers, Scotland - Europa) - Quality: Like Steven GErard has said severally, Aribo has qualities of a world class midfielder. Though Injury slowed him at the beginning of the season, he eventually scored 7 goals and assisted 4 in the celtic League with a goal and top notch performances in the Europa. HE would be playing CHampions League (qualifiers first) football this season and hopefully, he kills it.
8. Terrem Moffi (Lorient, France) - Top Quality.: He repaid Lorients confidence in dolling out big cash for his services with 14 goals. One of the revelations in the lique 1 making Lique 1's team of the week 3 times this season though his club battled relegation all season. He's been linked to Dortmund. He either makes the move or shutdown the lique 1 next season.
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7. Victor OSimhem (Napoli, Serie A - Champions League) - WOrld CLass: He had all sorts of health issues this season but once settled he showed the Serie A what he's got. 10goals, 3 assists and the Europa qualification. He wuld be a banger next seasona and would eventually show why he moved for a World class fee. Question, can a player be termed WORLD CLASS even if he isnt playing CHampions League football?
6. Samuel Chukwueze (Villareal, LALIGA) - TOP Quality: Started slow, then came out banging but got injured towards the end of the season. He helped Villareal win the Europa. He woudl be playing champions league football next season. Is this the season he eventually enters the World class league?
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5. Simy Nwankwo (Crotone, Serie A) - Top Quality.: 20 goals (9 penalties) in the Serie A is not beans. HE woudl surely remain in the Top 5 league next season.
4. Seniorman Kelz (Leicester City/ENG) - TOp Quality.: STarted the season on bench for league games but by the turn of the new year, he exploded. Won player of the month and some MOTM including nominated for best goal in the EPL.
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3. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City/ENG) - WORLD CLASS.: Ndidi started his season as a central defender and blazed, battled injury for almost 4months but when he got back, he showed why he's the best DM in the EPL and why he is a world class player. He carried leiceister to fight for the Top 4 positions but alas, they lost out on the last day. Leicester without Ndidi is a mid-table team.
2. Zaidu Sanusi (Porto/POR) - TOP QUALITY: Revelation of the year. Zaidu is extremely fast, skillful and a very hard tackler. He started out as a left winger but got converted to central defence while playing lower league football and eventually settled as a leftback in his last season in the Mirandela. He's move to Porto was a sucess and he shone in the Champions League with his performance against ROnaldo the talking point. He totally shut out the gbigense. POrto is a world class team, one more performance like this from him and he wuold put him in the World Class bracket. Sannu da aikatawa.
1. Paul Onuachu33 (GENK/BEL) - TOP QUALITY: 33 league goals (9 penalties) and 2 goals in the domestic league. Belgian league is top 10 in Europe but you cant away the fact that he would replicate this in the top league. No other African player has scored more than 25 goals and with Paul breaking a 19yr goals record in the League. Onuachu has been playing in Europe since 2014 with 3 Champions League tournaments under his belt. He would end up in the TOp 5 Leagues ot a top team considering that alot of teams playing in the CL need strikers. Villareal, sevilla, Lille, AC, Atalanta, Wolfsburg, Spartak, Porto are teams that i expect should be interested in him.
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Mentions
Taiwo Awoniyi: Started off the season well but injury took him out for most of the season.
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This is the top 20 from the last 2 months (1st Oct to 30th Nov).
10 Top Quality Players (Ndidi not on the list)
10 Quality (Some play in top 5, as they start more games and score, Awoniyi, maja, etc, they should be in the TOp quality bracket.
Nigeria needs atleast 11 World class players to be able to make it to the Semi in the WC. We are 10 players away from this.
1. Zaidu Sanusi (Porto, Portuguese League and Champions League) - Top Quality. Had a great spell so far wining MOTM and Champions league team of the week.
2. Tyrone ebuehi (FC Twente, Dutch League) - Quality. Moved to Netherlands on loan and he has been one of the best full backs in the league wining MOTM and making Team of the week/ month.With this form, he'll be back in Benfica and woudl ball in all the way.
3. Victor OSimhem (Napoli, Seria A) - World Class. 2 goals so far. He's settling in and begining to show what he's made of.
4. Simy Nwankwo (Crotone, Serie A) - TOp Quality. Started all matches in the Serie A so far. With 3 goals so far in the league. Expecting more in December.
5. Paul Onuachuu (Genk, Belgian League) - Quality. 12 goals in 13 games. Belgium and nigeria's best striker at the moment. If Belgium were to draw of a list of 25 invites to the national team, he would be on that list if he was Belgian.
6. Sammy Chukwueze (Villareal, Laliga) - WOrld CLass. Started out slow but hes been picking up and even delivered MOTM perfomance.
7. Simon Moses (Nantes, Lique 1) - Top Quality.
8. Ken Akpoguma (Hoffeinheim, Bundesliga) - Top Quality.: started most of the club's games and has aged very well.in most.
9. Frank onyeka (FC mid, Denmark + Champions League) - Quality.: nicknames Tank in Denmark is currently his clubs best player. He has also done well in the champions League. With this, SE now have 3 tireless machines in the midfield role.
10. Ademola lookman (FUlham, EPL ) - Top Quality.: has played well for Fulham except for his horror penalty. It's time for him to finally show his promise after attention catching moves to Everton and Leipzig. He needs to be the most outstanding player in lowly FUlham.
11. Semi Ajayi (West Brom, EPL) - Top Quality.: Started slow but gradually picking up in the EPL. Had a motm performance in one of the EPL games in Nov.
12. Kelz Iheanacho (Leicester, EPL) - Quality. : Hardly a starter in the league, he takes this position due to his exploits in the Europa League.
13. Samuel kalu (Bordeaux, Lique 1) - Top Quality.: Roared into this season but injury has been his problem. In the last game he played for Bordeaux, he was the number 10 of the team though he was playing from the left. The same type of impact from Messi.
14. Ola Aina (Fulham, EPL) - Top Quality.: balling. He needs to show that he actually belongs to the likes of Chelsea.
15. Leon Balogun (Rangers, Scottish League) - Quality.: Balled every game his played but hasnt played too many due to injury.
16. Chidera Ejuke (CSKA Moscow, Russian League) - Quality.: hes had an on and off time with CSKA but has balled most of the time.
17. Kayode Ola (Sivaspor, Turkey) - Quality.: Kayode makes it here due to his 4 goals int he Europa so far.
18. Alex Iwobi (Everton, EPL) - Quality.: Iwobi started on a shakey note but pciked up in his last 2 games in November especially his first game deployed as a wingback.
19. Josh Maja (Bordeaux, Lique 1) - Quality.: Started games for Bordeaux and played well but the goals are not rolling in. He has 2 goals in the league so far.
20. Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin, Bundesliga) - Quality.: 1 goals so far for union berlin and has been a regular starter in the past 1 month. Hes slowly and steadily getting there.
Mention:
1. Awaziem (Boavista, Portuguese League): Hes balled in the month of Nov but didnt make the list due to good performances from players in better leagues.
2. Emmanuel Denis: Been okay both in the League and CL.
3. Terrem Moffi (Lorient, Lique 1): One goal in his first game. Started loads of matches but not clicked yet.
4. Maduka Okoye
5. Etebo
6. Aribo: Injury has made him play very few games in the past 2 months
7. Mathew (Sered, Slovakia): Loads of clean sheets, loads of MOTM, Loads of Keeper and player of the week award. Watch out for this kid. the next
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Below is how our players fared this season in Europe and their quality level.
61 Total number of players covered.
9 players in the Top Quality/ World Class bracket.
17 players in the Quality Bracket.
17 players in good form.
11 players in terrible form or very backwater leagues.
5 players injured or retired from national team.
This is a color scheme of Top Nigerian Players, League quality and club performance.
*Top Quality or World Class! Very Good standing (Top 5 Leagues and Pedigree teasms in CL - Porto, Gala, etc): Must also Play regularly for their clubs
*Quality! Good standing (Next 5 leagues - Belgium, Dutch, Portugal, Turkey, Russia): Must play regularly. Also includes super Subs in Green category.
*Good form/ Top Form. Average to good standing.(Switzerland, Ukraine, Austria, Scotish, MLS etc (BUrsaspor, Eupen, VVV venlo etc): Must Play regularly. Also includes supersubs from Blue Category and chronic bench warmers in Green Category
*. Disappointing/ Very Disappointing. LOW Leagues and unrated.(CHina, Saudi, Egypt, Somalia): Hopelessly on bench.
Injured: Leg temporary decommissioned
END OF 2018/19 SEASON
CURRENT NIGERIAN SQUAD
Goalkeepers:
1.Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba) -
2.Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United/RSA - Kaizer/RSA) - started 6 games and made 5 on the bench after joing Kaizer second half of the season. Okay perofrmnace in a very poor league.
3.Francis Uzoho (Elche/ESP Div2/ Anorthosis/Cyprus) - started and played 8 matches for Elche first half of the season and played 3 matches for Anorthosis. Uzoho has had a very poor season.
Defenders:
4.William Troost-Ekong (Udinese/Serie A) - Top Quality. Played over 95% of the games for Udinese and can be ranked as top 10 defenders in the Serie A based on stats and MOTM awards. 1 of the 2 only bright spot in an otherwise dissapointing Udinese. He has now been nominated for Udinese player of the season alongside 2 other attackers. He is one huge season away from making the top 5 of the top 5. Arsenal could do with his services.
5.Leon Balogun (Brighton Hove Albion/ENG) - Had a bad bench experience.
6.Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes /La Liga) - Top Quality. Kenneth played week in and week out winning MOTM awards too. Unarguably top 5 defenders this season in Laliga. He is ripe for the Top 5 of the Top 5 and could just be called back to Chelsea.
7.Bryan Idowu (Lokomotiv Moscow/RUS) - Started 5 out of 13 played in the league out of a possible 29. 3 Champions League games and 1 sub in role in the domestic cup. He's had an Okay season.
8. Ola Aina (Torino, Serie A) - Top Quality. Once fit, he played every match. AIna's (also known as hulk in Torino) strengght is his attacking ability, skill and strenght with his coach saying that he would be a great player. One more season away from Top 5 of the Top 5 or could he be recalled to Chelsea? Sarri loves his Italian tutored players.
9.Jamilu Colins (Paderborn/ Bundes 2/ GER) - Top Quality. Paderborn was hot this season. Gained promotion in their first season in Bundesliga 2. Collins played every match when fit and available and was superlative. Congrats to him. He's now in the top 5.
10.Semi Ajayi (Rotherham/ CHamp/ ENG) - Quality. Started as a CD but was hot when moved to DM. Played over 98% of ROtherhams matches but still ended up getting relegated. He would likely make it to the Premiership this season with one of the newly promoted teams or bottom league team.
11.Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto/POR) to (Rivespor/ Tur - Loan) - Quality. Had a nightmarish first half of the season but joined bottom 3 Rizespor by half season and took them up to the 10th position in the TUrkish league. He woudl make it to the Top 5 or top teams in the next top 5 (Lokomotiv, Gala, Anderlecht, etc).
12. Shehu Abdullahi (Bursaspor/TUR)- Was injured most of the season but once he got fit, was a starter. He's club couldnt avoid relegation though.
Midfielders:
12.John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva/ISR) -
14.Oghenekaro Etebo (Stoke City - Championship) - Quality. 2 goals. 1 of the best 2 players in Stoke and alot of the fans think he is the best stoke player. Would be top 5 players in the Championship this season. Even Steve Bruce had a hard-on for Etebo when his team played Stoke. Last season, he got into the LaLiga 2nd half of the season and showed them that he could play ball. I expect to see Etebo in the Top 5 next season and top team in the next top 5 (Gala is interested).
15.Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City/ENG) - WORLD CLASS. 2 goals. Best DM in the EPL, PERIOD!!He is ripe for Man Utd, Liverpool, Real and even Barca.
17.Alex Iwobi (Arsenal/ENG) - Top Quality.6 goals. When Iwobi ticked, Arsenal balled. Only Lacazzette had higher assists than him. he leads in Big Chances created and was involved in loads of pre-assists. He has the most take ons in Arsenal. He's problem was inconsistency stemming from confidence. We can safely say Iwobi is Top 5 arsenal player this season or even Top 3.
Forwards:
19.Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai/CHN) - Top form in CHina. 21 goals last season. 9 games so far this season.
20.Ahmed Musa (Al Nasser/ Saudi Arabia) - Top form.7 goals. Won the Saudi League this season and was one of the Top 3 in the league. Ahmed comes with alot of experience and deadliness. Hopefully, he goes back to Europe in another 1yr.
23.Henry Onyekuru (Galastasaray, Turkey and Champions League) - Top Quality 2 goals this game. Made Team of the Week in TUrkey 2 goals so far.
24.Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux, Lique 1 France) - Top Quality. 3 Goals. Bordeaux only played when Kalu was on the field. Creator in chief, Tormentor in Chief, cutter in chief. He was greatly slowed down by Injury and personal drama. He also did well in the Europa. Next season, Kalu would turn the Lique 1 upside down.
25.Simon Moses (Levante, Laliga) - Quality1 goal so far.[/b] Got injured, got back, took him time to get into the first team but did that this year. Wasn't too assuring in most games but put in a good shift. Needs to cmeout blazing next season.
36. Paul Onuachi (FC Midtjylland, DEN) - Good Form.19 goals (2 in the Europa). and 1 assist, Paul was one of the fiercest players in Denmark although he ended up as 5th highest goalscorer. He's expected to leave to a bugger club this season.
21. Victor OSimhem (Chaleroi, Belgium) - Quality.19 goals(1 in the domestic cup). He's been a huge success. Signed fully to Chaleroi, he's expected to sign with AC Milan and get loaned to Lille. Massive!
ON THE RADAR
1.David Nwokolor (SKF Sered/ Slovakia) - STarted 11 out of 35matches. Was not subbed in to any match. Not anything special.
2. Afelokhai
3. Dele Alampasu
Defence
3. Seth Sincere (Yemi Malatyaspor, TUR) - Seth was in and out of the first team especially 2nd half of the league.
4. Chima Akas (Kalmar, SWE) - Chima has been rock solid for Kalmar and is unarguably 1 of the 2 best players in the team. One more solid season could see him move up to a better league.
Midfield
5. Mikel Agu (Victoria Setubal, Portugal) - Quality. Has won MOTM awards. Fake Mikel had a very solid season with Setubal and they ticked when he played. THough slowed down by injury. I expect him in the Top 5 next season or top team in the next top 5 (gala, PSV, etc)
7.Alhassan Muazam (Nacional, Portugal) - Disappointing.Started first few games and fizzled out to the bench before december.
8.Ifeanyi Mathew (Lillestrom, Norway) - Very DisappointingMoved to Turkey D2 in January and they ended the season 4th.
9.Afeez Aremu (IK STart, NOR) Very Disappointing From playing in D1(Prem) last season, currently in D2 with IK Start.
11.Ajagun (Korkijk, Belgium) to (Nicosia, Cyprus - Loan) - Very Disappointing. AFter a long spell out of the first team, he moved to cyprus in jan.
12.Uche Agbo (Standard Liege, Belgium) - Good form. Had a torrid first half of the season with Liege then moved to Rayo in laliga but ill health slowed him down. towards the end of the season, he played 6 games starting 5 but Rayo got relegated.
13.Anderson Esiti (Gent, Belgium) - Quality. MIssed the first month of games bcos he was sulking due to his last minute failed move to Levante. after that Saga, he bounced back badder and played every single game for Gent when fit. He's probably the top 3 in Gent and one of the strongest players in the world. I expect a top 5 move for him this season.
14.Joel Obi (Chievo Verona/ITA to Alayanspor/ TUR) - Good form. b]1 goals in the league[/b]. STarted well in Chievo, moved to Turkey by mid season and got slowed down by injuries and adapting to a new league. eventually played 4 games towards the end of the season, starting 2.
Attack
15. Simeon Nwankwo (FC Crotone/Serie B/ ITA) - Good Form. starts and scores 14 goals so far. In the past 2 seasons, Simy has proven to be a second half of the season player. And in the Serie B, he ended up as 6th highest goalscorer in the league with majority of his goals, 2nd half of the season. He has signed a contract extrension but he is expected to live to a higher league next season.
16. Anthony Ujah (Mainz, Bundesliga - Germany) -4 goals in the league.Quality. He was a supersub for mainz all season playing 22games and starting 6. I expect him to win a starting shirt next season.
17. Orji Okonkwo (Bologna, Italy) to Montreal Impact, MLS) - 2 goals so far.Good formPlayed 8 matches and started 2 in the first half of the season before moving to the MLS. Been doing well at Montreal scoring 2 goals so far.
18. Anthony Nwaekaeme (Trabzonspor, Turkey) - 10 goals in the League/ 1 in Domestic cup.Quality. first season and Took Turkey with a bang. with 11 goals, 10 assits, 11 Big chances created, Nwakaeme has shown his quality operating mainly from the left wing. He's upping his value for a big money move to china or middle east in another 1.5yrs.
19. Kayode Larry (Shanktar Donesk, Ukraine) - Disappointing Started only 3 out of 18 games. came in as a sub 7 times and the rest, his spent on the bench.
20. Emem Eduok (Kasimpasa, TUR) to BB Erzurumspor, TURK) - Quality. 10 GOals. 5 Goal for Kasimpasa, 4 for BB, 1 Domestic cup. Joined BB to help them beat them drop but didnt succeed. With 10goals and 2 assists and 5 big chances created, Eduok had a solid season.
21. Taiwo Awoniyi (Gent, Belgium) - Quality.11 GOals. 2 in Domestic cup for Gent Had a torrid time in Gent but moved to truden 2nd half of the season and showed his quality. There are speculations of bigger moves for him to Germany and Spain and Club Brugge.
22. Imoh Ezekiel (Korkijk, Belgium) - Good form.4 GOalsHE had an OKAY season. started 7 and made bench 16 times in the regular season. Played half of the matche sin the play offs and scored 3 goals. I guess he is on hhis way back to Top form after his downgrading moves to the middle east.
23. Chidera Ejuke (Valarenga,NOR) - Top form.4 GOals.He is one of the Top 5 players in Europe with the highest dribble attempts and success rate. He is a higly skillful player and the reason Valrenga are currently 4th on the table. At this rate, he'll make a leap to the Top 8 Leagues in Europe. Watch out for this one.
24. Adeleke Akinyemi(IK Start, NOR) - Very dissapointing.4 GOals last season. Dropped to the 2nd Div in Norway. and has played only 1 game for the team so far.
25. Stephen Odey (FC Zurich, SWI) - Good form.10 goals in the league, 2 in domestic cup, 2 in Europa. Solid Season.
26. SYlvester Igboun (FC Ufa, RUSSIA) - Quality. STarted as usual 4 Goals So far (1 in Eur)
27. Sadiq Umar (Rangers, Scotland) - Good form.4 GOals
28. Blessing Eleke (FC Luzern, SWI) - Good form.13 GOals in League, 2 in domestic cup. 6 goals so far
29.Kelechi Iheanacho(Leicester City/ENG) - Disappointing Very disspointing season for Kelechi. The coach gave him chances but he never grabbed it with both hands.
30. Hilary Gong (Vitesse, Dutch League) - Bench
31. Samuel Chukwueze (Villareal, LALIGA) - Top Quality.5 GOals in league, 2 in domestic, 1 in Europa HE was simply unstoppable this season. One more season and he would be in the Top 5 in the Top 5.
32. Samuel Adegbenro (Rosenburg, NOR) - Good form.4 GOals
33. Isaac Success (Watford, EPL) - Quality.1 GOal in League, 1 in Domestic cup. Isaac was a supersub for watford this season. Played 30games, started 9. HE played well in most games. I would advise he moves to Spain, France or Germany on loan in the quest for regular football.
34. Davidokereke (Spezia, Serie B) - Quality. 10 GOals. Was a revelation in the Serie B last season. Currently has numerous suitors in the Top 5 leagues. Watch out fo this kid next season
35. Denis Bonaventure (Club Brugge, Belgium) - Quality.7 GOals. Starts when fit and is always solid in every game. Also did well inthe Champions League Europa.
Injured/ Retired
1. Tyronne Ebuehi (Benfica/POR) - out injured
2. Nura Abdullai (Perugia, Serie B) - Retired from football due to health issues.
3. Elderson Echiejile (Cercle Brugge/BEL) - I've retired him from National team
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4. Victor Moses (Chelsea/ENG) - Retired from National Team.
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5. Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor/TUR) - Started 1 goal so far.
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I, like many others here believe that the more players you have playing in top sides, the better their quality. Playing against African opposition, less quality is needed but the world stage is a totally different ball game.
This is a color scheme of Top Nigerian Players and their League quality. Hopefully, we woudl have 5/6 players moving up to better sides this season.
*Very Good standing (Top 5 Leagues and Pedigree teasms in CL - Porto, Gala, etc): We have 11 players in this cat
*Good standing (TOp 10 clubs in Next 5 leagues - Belgium, Dutch, Portugal, Turkey, Russia): We have NO player in this cat
*Very Average (Switzerland, Ukraine, Austria, Scotish, MLS etc and Bottom 8/10 of Next 5 Leagues (BUrsaspor, Eupen, VVV venlo etc): We have 6 players in this cat
*LOW Leagues (CHina, Saudi, Egypt, Somalia): We have 5 players in this cat
From upcoming players we have
6 in green
6 in Blue
10 in Red
WORLD CUP SQUAD
Goalkeepers:
1.Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba) - TIme to move on from him,
2.Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United/RSA) - and him
3.Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna/ESP) - Should move to the Top 8 leagues of Europe.
Defenders:
4.Elderson Echiejile (Cercle Brugge/BEL) - Goodbye
5.William Troost-Ekong (Udinese/Serie A) - Power move! Now he needs to play regualrly.
6.Shehu Abdullahi (Bursaspor/TUR) - We can allow him to stay here for 1 more season
7.Leon Balogun (Brighton Hove Albion/ENG) - MAde a great move
8. Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes /La Liga) - Good move. Needs to start playing reguarly
9.Bryan Idowu (Lokomotiv Moscow/RUS) - very good move. would be in the Champions league
10.Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto/POR) - Must maintain a starting shirt
11.Tyronne Ebuehi (Benfica/POR) - Made a good move
Midfielders:
12.Mikel Obi (Tianjin Teda/CHN) - IF Baba wants to continue with SE, he must leave CHina by end of this season for MLS or TOp 8 leagues of the World
13.John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva/ISR) - Thanks Bro. time to go.
14.Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor/TUR) - Dude must move back to the Top 5 leagues of the world. Trabzonspor did not even make top 8.
15. Oghenekaro Etebo (Stoke City - Championship) - Not a good move. We give him only 1 season to move to the Top 5 Leagues
16.Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City/ENG) - In the Top 5.
17. Joel Obi (Chievo Verona/ITA) - Parallel. Should stay injury free
18.Alex Iwobi (Arsenal/ENG) - Must maintain a starting shirt
Forwards:
19.Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai/CHN) - Gerra ro hia mehnn
20.Ahmed Musa (Al Nasser/ Saudi Arabia) - POOR MOVE! but no be me dey feed am.
21.Simeon Nwankwo (FC Crotone/ITA) - Must remain in the TOp 5 leagues of the world
22.Victor Moses (Chelsea/ENG) - Must maintain a starting shirt
23. Kelechi Iheanacho(Leicester City/ENG) - I dunno know mehn but in the Top 5
ON THE RADAR
Defence
1. Ola Aina (Torino, Serie A) - Good move. Needs to play day in day out
2. Nura Abdullai (Some club in Italy D2) - Must stay fit and get back to Roma's first team
3. Stanley Amuzie (Lugano, Swiss league): Needs to get games now
Midfield
4. Mikel Agu (Standard Liege) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics etc)
5.Ifeanyi Mathew (Lillestrom, Norway) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe
6.Ajagun (Korkijk, Belgium)- Finally needs to make a move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe. His team was not Top 8 in Belgium last season.
7.Okechukwu Azubuike (Malatyaspor, Turkey) - Dude needs a move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics, cska etc). Rumours are that some clubs in the Top 5 are interested in his service.
8.Usman Mohammed (Norway)
9. Uche Agbo (Standard Liege) - Must move back to the Top 5 league after this champions league season
10.Anderson Esiti (Gent Belgium) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe
11.Alhassan Muazam (Maritimo, Portugal) - Good move. He is moving higher
12.Kelechi Nwakali (Porto B, Portuguese D2) - Should be off this list. No difference between D3 in portugal and the useless Chinese league
Attack
13.Sadiq Umar (Rangers, Scotland) - Parallel move. Lets see how he does in the Europa League. Scottish league itself is poor
14.Hilary Gong (Vitesse, Dutch League): Steadily going up
15.Victor OSimhem (Gent, Belgium): Slightly better move. Playing for a top Belgian club. Needs to start playing regularly[/color]
16.Hameed Akujobi (Herenveen, Dutch League)
17.Taiwo Awoniyi (Gent, Belgium) - Slightly better move. PLaying for a top belgian club
18. Denis Bonaventure (Club Brugge, Belgium) - Playing for a top Belgian club
18.Isaac Success (Watford, EPL) - must tie down a starting shirt at Watford and stay fit
19.Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux, Lique 1 France) - Good move. in the top 5 and should have a starting shirt.
20.Kayode Larry (Shanktar Donesk, Ukraine) - Good standing
21.Simon Moses (levante, Laliga) - Top League. Must start playing regularly
22.Henry Onyekuru (Galastasaray, Turkey and Champions League) - Good standing
23. Anthony Ujah (Mainz, Bundesliga - Germany) - Top 5 League
24.Orji Okonkwo (Bologna, Italy) - Must tie down a starting shirt or move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics, cska etc). He's current standing not known.
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Re: Tracking SE players and clubsides
You guys seem to think players simply get up one day and movechief nfachairman wrote:
*Must move: We have 8 players in this cat
You should first get a club wanting to sign you
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Yes and alot of these guys have showcased themselves in the worldcup. Some of them did well in their clubs last season and some of them have past pedigree that can get them one last chance in a good team.Rawlings wrote:You guys seem to think players simply get up one day and movechief nfachairman wrote:
*Must move: We have 8 players in this cat
You should first get a club wanting to sign you
Already, we hear Ekong is pulling interest from Lille.
Omeruo, Idowu and Uzoho showcased themselves well in the WC.
Simy gave a blinder 2nd half of last season in Serie A. That can get him another club in the same league, nearly all the clubs in france, Germany, mid to low table clubs in La liga., CSKAs, Sporting Lisbons and Ajaxs of this world.
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Not a bad thread.
This should actually be stickied. Mods?
This should actually be stickied. Mods?
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Yes, your type is needed at the NFF, this is what Nigeria paid Lagerback for the free information you gave
Dude came with excel and powerpoint, NFF members put both hands in the air and sang his praises
Got 300,000 pounds for 6 months, did ayahoo yahoo on Nigeria and left laughing
Dude came with excel and powerpoint, NFF members put both hands in the air and sang his praises
Got 300,000 pounds for 6 months, did ayahoo yahoo on Nigeria and left laughing
So angry Nigeria got kicked out of the world cup once again, i nearly told my wife that i caught my girlfriend with another man today!
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Oga Marko, let's try and keep this thread positive bro. It has great potentialmarko wrote:Yes, your type is needed at the NFF, this is what Nigeria paid Lagerback for the free information you gave
Dude came with excel and powerpoint, NFF members put both hands in the air and sang his praises
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Re: Tracking SE players and clubsides
I support this idea.cchinukw wrote:Not a bad thread.
This should actually be stickied. Mods?
Is it possible make an updatable database of players that would be viewable by all forumers, and to which they can contribute? I suggest that it include information such as minutes played in addition to position specific data (goals scored/90, shots blocked, tackles etc).
As much as the leagues/teams in which players are associated is important, I feel that consistent play at a decent level is more relevant to development.
Finally, some will wonder what the point is: I humbly propose that when we have debates and/or discussions on this forum about players' abilities, roles, and potential contribution to SE we will be more informed with the backing of data.
Of course, if there is existing resource similar to that which has been proposed here by nfachairman then we should be open to supporting that.
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cchinukw wrote:Oga Marko, let's try and keep this thread positive bro. It has great potentialmarko wrote:Yes, your type is needed at the NFF, this is what Nigeria paid Lagerback for the free information you gave
Dude came with excel and powerpoint, NFF members put both hands in the air and sang his praises
Got 300,000 pounds for 6 months, did ayahoo yahoo on Nigeria and left laughing
I like this thread! This is what planning is all about, you dont start planning on world cup year, it starts today, Nigerian players have to work harder so they can attract the big clubs, i feel in 4 hears, we should have at least 5-6 world class players in that team
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Re: Tracking SE players and clubsides
Having players in top clubsides does not guarantee the SE of our dreams esp if such players play in EPL
EPL teams are notorious for putting pressure on nat team duties. How many SE on display this 2018 WC have the quality of Bright Omokaro/ Frday Ekpo/ Thompson oliha/John Ene Okon/ Wole Odegbami? Sunday Eboighe......... The way fwd for SE is to strengthen local league once again. Nigeria strength has always been BEST wingers on the continent. Wingers are a must for SE
Let us not put all eggs in foreign based basket........I dare say no one in today SE backline is GOOD enough for SE of my dream ...fact
EPL teams are notorious for putting pressure on nat team duties. How many SE on display this 2018 WC have the quality of Bright Omokaro/ Frday Ekpo/ Thompson oliha/John Ene Okon/ Wole Odegbami? Sunday Eboighe......... The way fwd for SE is to strengthen local league once again. Nigeria strength has always been BEST wingers on the continent. Wingers are a must for SE
Let us not put all eggs in foreign based basket........I dare say no one in today SE backline is GOOD enough for SE of my dream ...fact
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I don't think this thread should be limited to tracking our players in top European leagues alone.
Africa has some top sides with history. We have a few players in South America. Those should also be considered as well IMHO.
Africa has some top sides with history. We have a few players in South America. Those should also be considered as well IMHO.
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Re: Tracking SE players and clubsides
Some CE member don't want to give homebase players a chance,The real deal wrote:Having players in top clubsides does not guarantee the SE of our dreams esp if such players play in EPL
EPL teams are notorious for putting pressure on nat team duties. How many SE on display this 2018 WC have the quality of Bright Omokaro/ Frday Ekpo/ Thompson oliha/John Ene Okon/ Wole Odegbami? Sunday Eboighe......... The way fwd for SE is to strengthen local league once again. Nigeria strength has always been BEST wingers on the continent. Wingers are a must for SE
Let us not put all eggs in foreign based basket........I dare say no one in today SE backline is GOOD enough for SE of my dream ...fact
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They can't make Foreign trials
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GONG!!!
This is a high profile transfer in a high standard dutch league. They shelled out $4m meaning they expect him to be one of the live wires of their team. He's just one great season away from the likes of PSG, Barca, Man U, dortmund, celtics etc. Now he needs to deliver then maybe an SE callup could happen.
http://owngoalnigeria.com/2018/07/07/wh ... di-george/
Dutch top division side Vitesse Arnhem recently announced the signing of AS Trencin Nigerian winger Hillary Gong on a four year deal for a fee in the region of almost €4m.
Owngoalnigeria.com has tracked the winger right from his formative days at Jos where he turned out for the famous GBS Football Academy, which is owned by popular youth coach Ahmed Ibrahim, the one most people refer to as ‘ Coach Bros’.
Hong started his football with the Academy and didn’t play for any team in the various leagues in Nigeria before joining Trencin 18 months ago, where he grew in leaps and bounds.
In the only full season he played at the club, the 19 year old showed why he is widely regarded as the closest thing to have come out of Nigeria in terms of wingers since the exit of Finidi George formerly of Ajax .
Here are five things fans of Vitesse should expect from the forward, who is widely tipped to be a big hit in the Dutch Eredivisie at same club where Nigerian forward Abiola Dauda failed to sparkle.
DONT MISS ==> Exclusive - Legia Warsaw Beat Genk To Signing Of Nigeria U19 Captain Igoh Ogbu
1. The indigene of Jos in Plateau state Nigeria is quick, strong & skillful.
2. A cultured winger who can defend when the need arises without neglecting his main duty in attack. Simply put, he is very good at both ends of the pitch.
3. Hong is rated as one of the most technical player in the Slovakian league last season due to his ability to know when to run at defenders, shoot, pass or even go for goals with the balls at his feet. His positioning without the ball is also top notch.
4. He finised last season with 14 assists in all competitions. Which increased his total contribution in terms of goals to 26 as he also found the back of the net 12 times. Meaning he can create and also score goals.
5. Fans of Vitesse should be rest assured that their new signing won’t miss games due to injuries or suspension. Since moving to Trencin his health and disciplinary record is about the best in the division.
This is a high profile transfer in a high standard dutch league. They shelled out $4m meaning they expect him to be one of the live wires of their team. He's just one great season away from the likes of PSG, Barca, Man U, dortmund, celtics etc. Now he needs to deliver then maybe an SE callup could happen.
http://owngoalnigeria.com/2018/07/07/wh ... di-george/
Dutch top division side Vitesse Arnhem recently announced the signing of AS Trencin Nigerian winger Hillary Gong on a four year deal for a fee in the region of almost €4m.
Owngoalnigeria.com has tracked the winger right from his formative days at Jos where he turned out for the famous GBS Football Academy, which is owned by popular youth coach Ahmed Ibrahim, the one most people refer to as ‘ Coach Bros’.
Hong started his football with the Academy and didn’t play for any team in the various leagues in Nigeria before joining Trencin 18 months ago, where he grew in leaps and bounds.
In the only full season he played at the club, the 19 year old showed why he is widely regarded as the closest thing to have come out of Nigeria in terms of wingers since the exit of Finidi George formerly of Ajax .
Here are five things fans of Vitesse should expect from the forward, who is widely tipped to be a big hit in the Dutch Eredivisie at same club where Nigerian forward Abiola Dauda failed to sparkle.
DONT MISS ==> Exclusive - Legia Warsaw Beat Genk To Signing Of Nigeria U19 Captain Igoh Ogbu
1. The indigene of Jos in Plateau state Nigeria is quick, strong & skillful.
2. A cultured winger who can defend when the need arises without neglecting his main duty in attack. Simply put, he is very good at both ends of the pitch.
3. Hong is rated as one of the most technical player in the Slovakian league last season due to his ability to know when to run at defenders, shoot, pass or even go for goals with the balls at his feet. His positioning without the ball is also top notch.
4. He finised last season with 14 assists in all competitions. Which increased his total contribution in terms of goals to 26 as he also found the back of the net 12 times. Meaning he can create and also score goals.
5. Fans of Vitesse should be rest assured that their new signing won’t miss games due to injuries or suspension. Since moving to Trencin his health and disciplinary record is about the best in the division.
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We do need wingers.
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Is he ageology compliant though?
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cchinukw wrote:Is he ageology compliant though?
We are still testing the fossils.
Re: Tracking SE players and clubsides
chief nfachairman wrote:I, like many others here believe that the more players you have playing in top sides, the better their quality. Playing against African opposition, less quality is needed but the world stage is a totally different ball game.
This is a color scheme of Top Nigerian Players and their League quality. Hopefully, we woudl have 5/6 players moving up to better sides this season.
*Very Good standing: We have 6 players in this cat
*Good standing but should move: We have 3 players in this cat
*Must move: We have 8 players in this cat
*We love your sacrifice for country so far. Goodbye: We have 5 players in this cat
*Kelechi is unrated.
From upcoming players we have
3 in green
2 in Blue
14 in Red
WORLD CUP SQUAD
Goalkeepers:
1.Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba) - TIme to move on from him,
2.Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United/RSA) - and him
3.Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna/ESP) - Should move to the Top 8 leagues of Europe.
Defenders:
4.William Troost-Ekong (Bursaspor/TUR) - Needs to move to the TOP 5 Leagues. It is runored he would be signing for Lille very soon. http://owngoalnigeria.com/2018/06/29/li ... bursaspor/
5.Shehu Abdullahi (Bursaspor/TUR) - We can allow him to stay here for 1 more season
6.Leon Balogun (Brighton Hove Albion/ENG) - MAde a great move
7.Kenneth Omeruo (Chelsea/ENG) - Must move to the Top 5 leagues of the world
8.Bryan Idowu (Amkar Perm/RUS) - Needs to move to the TOp 3 clubs in RUssia or TOp 5 leagues in Europe
9.Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto/POR) - Must maintain a starting shirt
10.Elderson Echiejile (Cercle Brugge/BEL) - Goodbye
11.Tyronne Ebuehi (Benfica/POR) - Made a good move
Midfielders:
12.Mikel Obi (Tianjin Teda/CHN) - IF Baba wants to continue with SE, he must leave CHina by end of this season for MLS or TOp 8 leagues of the World
13.Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor/TUR) - Dude must move back to the Top 5 leagues of the world
14.John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva/ISR) - Thanks Bro
15.Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City/ENG) - We expect a move to the top 5 teams in the TOp leagues this season or next
16. Oghenekaro Etebo (Las Palmas - Laliga/ CD Feirense-POR) - We give him only 1 season to move to the Top 5 Leagues
17.Joel Obi (Torino FC/ITA) - Should stay injury free
Forwards:
18.Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai/CHN) - Gerra ro hia mehnn
19.Ahmed Musa (Leicester City/ENG) - Needs to stay in the TOp 5 leagues or biggest teams in turkey, portugal and Netherlands
20.Alex Iwobi (Arsenal/ENG) - Must maintain a starting shirt
21.Simeon Nwankwo (FC Crotone/ITA) - Must remain in the TOp 5 leagues of the world
22.Victor Moses (Chelsea/ENG) - Must maintain a starting shirt
23. Kelechi Iheanacho(Leicester City/ENG) - I dunno know mehn.
ON THE RADAR
Defence
Ola Aina (Hull city, Championship) - Must move to the top 5 leagues
Nura Abdullai (Some club in Italy D2) - Must stay fit and get back to Roma's first team
Midfield
Uche Agbo (Standard Liege) - Must move back to the Top 5 league after this champions league season
Mikel Agu (Standard Liege) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics etc)
Ifeanyi Mathew (Lillestrom, Norway) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe
Kelechi Nwakali (MVV Mastrict, Dutch D2) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe
Anderson Esiti (Gent Belgium) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe
Ajagun (Korkijk, Belgium)- Finally needs to make a move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe
Alhassan Muazam (Maritimo, Portugal) - Good move. He is moving higher
Okechukwu Azubuike (Malatyaspor, Turkey) - Dude needs a move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics, cska etc). Rumours are that some clubs in the Top 5 are interested in his service.
Usman Mohammed
Attack
Simon Moses (Gent, Belgium) - Must move to Top 5 leagues
Henry Onyekuru (Anderlecht, Belgium) - Good standing
Taiwo Awoniyi (Mouscron, Belgium) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics, cska etc)
Sadiq Umar (NAC Breda, Holland) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics, cska etc)
Orji Okonkwo (Bologna, Italy) - Must tie down a starting shirt or move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics, cska etc)
Isaac Success (Malaga, Spain) - must tie down a starting shirt at Watford and stay fit
Samuel Kalu (Gent Belgium) - Must move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe
Kayode Larry (Shanktar Donesk, Ukraine) - Good standing
Victor OSimhem (Wolfsburg, Germany): Must tie down a starting shirt or move to the top 5 leagues or top clubs in Europe like Benfica, celtics, cska etc)
WRONG DIRECTION
The goal should not be to push players to the top European clubs. The goal should be to have respectable domestic or regional leagues around the world. I don't know how anybody, moreso FIFA, could tolerate the the present state of soccer where the center of gravity appears to be western Europe. Why's it that only people in these countries get to see their players and others live while the rest of the world can only see them on TV? And where is the healthy diversity of playing styles if all play like these Europeans?
It irks me when the rest of the world act as though this is the inevitable condition, and not only accept it but push it. No, I'm not unrealistic and I know that players around the world are attracted to these few countries for economic reasons. I'd do the same myself. This points to the fact that the state of world football is in disrepair and the effort should be to fix it. Not perpetuate it.
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The best players should be invited regardless of which league they play in.
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but where they play is often an indicator of how good they are.ohenhen1 wrote:The best players should be invited regardless of which league they play in.
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It is an indication of how good their agent was at that time.vancity eagle wrote:but where they play is often an indicator of how good they are.ohenhen1 wrote:The best players should be invited regardless of which league they play in.
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Domagoj Vidavancity eagle wrote:but where they play is often an indicator of how good they are.ohenhen1 wrote:The best players should be invited regardless of which league they play in.
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Re: Tracking SE players and clubsides
If all you have to work with are fossils,don't bother with the testing..... The ageologist have itchief nfachairman wrote:cchinukw wrote:Is he ageology compliant though?
We are still testing the fossils.
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