REMEMBER WHEN THEY SAID BASSEY WAS STRUGGLING WITH AFRICAN FOOTBALL?

[danfo driver]

Dude has been the best defender in this tournament by a mile! he has dominated every players he has come against and made them look like kids. It is clear that he was very unsettled when he moved to Ajax and like I predicted, his move to Fulham has been very good for him.

[Undertaker]

Is he out of the semi-final with two yellow cards?

[ANC]

honestly based on what i read on CE, I was not expecting much.
CE really knows how to complain.
He's a solid player

[Bigpokey24]

Thanks to Egu for Capping him along with Lookman vs Ghana. They've been class

[vancity eagle]

Is he out of the semi-final with two yellow cards?

No.

Bassey, Aina, Simon all have a yellow going into the semis.

[vancity eagle]

Thanks to Egu for Capping him along with Lookman vs Ghana. They've been class

It's Pinnick you should be thanking.

Dude doesn't get enough credit.

Remember Peseiro is Pinnicks doing as well.

[packerland]

Bassey has been punking players during this AFCON. I’m glad he went to Ajax because that disappointment has made him a better player. We need to get Tosin & add him to the mix because those two have a solid chemistry.

[gochino]

I don't know why people keep saying that. Person wen grow for ghetto! Is african football tougher than the EPL? Remember Oliseh also told Ekong that he was too soft for african football.

[Flex Swift]

I don’t think he is a good fullback. But he is okay in the centre back position. I like him more as one of three but not when we play a traditional back four. We have not kept a clean sheet with the Ajayi Bassey partnership before the tournament

[Dammy]

I don’t think he is a good fullback. But he is okay in the centre back position. I like him more as one of three but not when we play a traditional back four. We have not kept a clean sheet with the Ajayi Bassey partnership before the tournament

The Ajayi and Bassey partnership was inexperienced and needed an experienced player beside either one of them.
Lolly and myself pointed this out during the WCQs

[packerland]

I don’t think he is a good fullback. But he is okay in the centre back position. I like him more as one of three but not when we play a traditional back four. We have not kept a clean sheet with the Ajayi Bassey partnership before the tournament

For a CB/LB he crosses the ball better than most of our natural wing backs. He even attacks better than Zaidu. Ajayi is the one that may need to be replaced at some point if Ekong continues to boss it and one of TOsin/ogbo/Osho comes through.

[Flex Swift]

I don’t think he is a good fullback. But he is okay in the centre back position. I like him more as one of three but not when we play a traditional back four. We have not kept a clean sheet with the Ajayi Bassey partnership before the tournament

For a CB/LB he crosses the ball better than most of our natural wing backs. He even attacks better than Zaidu. Ajayi is the one that may need to be replaced at some point if Ekong continues to boss it and one of TOsin/ogbo/Osho comes through.

He has a good left foot but in games where he has played left back for Nigeria he has been poor example the home game against Ghana.

You might be right that Ajayi should drop out when we play a traditional back four allowing him to partner Troost.

[packerland]

I don’t think he is a good fullback. But he is okay in the centre back position. I like him more as one of three but not when we play a traditional back four. We have not kept a clean sheet with the Ajayi Bassey partnership before the tournament

For a CB/LB he crosses the ball better than most of our natural wing backs. He even attacks better than Zaidu. Ajayi is the one that may need to be replaced at some point if Ekong continues to boss it and one of TOsin/ogbo/Osho comes through.

He has a good left foot but in games where he has played left back for Nigeria he has been poor example the home game against Ghana.

You might be right that Ajayi should drop out when we play a traditional back four allowing him to partner Troost.

Yes, I remember the Ghananian player zipping past him in a blink of an eye. The truth is that he was young and no one played well in that match. The players looked unfit and our midfield was bare. Bassey is like Daley Blind. A guy that you want to play as a CB but you can slot him as a LB when needed. I’m glad Fulham is playing him mostly as a CB.

[maceo4]

I don't know why people keep saying that. Person wen grow for ghetto! Is african football tougher than the EPL? Remember Oliseh also told Ekong that he was too soft for african football.

The guy tried to ruin our footie I swear! But back to the topic, Bassey has been so dominant in this tourney I at times feel bad for our opponents when they try to go at him…

[olu]

He has been excellent at LCB. His delivery is much better than Zaidu's and he has looked good whenever he has been pushed up to LWB in the second half. I do wonder tho if he can play as a LWB for 90 minutes. Peseiro seems reluctant to start him there.

[Enugu II]

I don't know why people keep saying that. Person wen grow for ghetto! Is african football tougher than the EPL? Remember Oliseh also told Ekong that he was too soft for african football.

Gochino

There is indeed an adjustment period that should be acknowledged. One is the refereeing but increasingly the difference is closing. Previously, there was more contact allowed in football played in the continent. Additionally, and overall, aggressiveness is a factor and many of our players who grew up in Europe have experienced it. Bassey gave an interview, I believe after his debut, to point to this. Thus, it is not fictional.

[highbury]

Thanks to Egu for Capping him along with Lookman vs Ghana. They've been class

It's Pinnick you should be thanking.

Dude doesn't get enough credit.

Remember Peseiro is Pinnicks doing as well.

I knew you'd been worshipping Pinnick. VE, are you ethnically Nigerian? I know you and Pinnick have something in common - love for everything foreign. VE, are you ethnically Nigerian?

[waka-man]

I don’t think he is a good fullback. But he is okay in the centre back position. I like him more as one of three but not when we play a traditional back four. We have not kept a clean sheet with the Ajayi Bassey partnership before the tournament

For a CB/LB he crosses the ball better than most of our natural wing backs. He even attacks better than Zaidu. Ajayi is the one that may need to be replaced at some point if Ekong continues to boss it and one of TOsin/ogbo/Osho comes through.

He has a good left foot but in games where he has played left back for Nigeria he has been poor example the home game against Ghana.

You might be right that Ajayi should drop out when we play a traditional back four allowing him to partner Troost.

The Ghana game was almost two years ago. He’s a completely different proposition now.

One of the best sporting experiences of my life was watching Bassey pocket a succession of Ivorian wide players right in front me in the stands two weeks ago. It was Ashley Cole-esque.

[deanotito]

I don’t know about struggling with African football, but when he started playing for us, he was put in central defense, and he looked like a walking penalty kick.

I will add that many said he was being played out of position, and that he was really a left back. Not sure I believed them then. But I definitely believe them now. He’s been so solid

[Damunk]

I don’t think he is a good fullback. But he is okay in the centre back position. I like him more as one of three but not when we play a traditional back four. We have not kept a clean sheet with the Ajayi Bassey partnership before the tournament

For a CB/LB he crosses the ball better than most of our natural wing backs. He even attacks better than Zaidu. Ajayi is the one that may need to be replaced at some point if Ekong continues to boss it and one of TOsin/ogbo/Osho comes through.

I know it may seem like I’m picking on the guy but I only want the best available.
Ajayi is a poor man’s Adarabioyo.
Nothing he can do that Tosin can’t do much better.

Ekong is having a great tournament but his time is limited and a successor should be in the works by now.
Omeruo and Awaziem offer nothing new.
Somewhere in the mix should be Ndah, Ugbo, Osho and that kid at Brentford.

[1naija]

Bassey has been solid in this tournament, but I think it's the 3 man defense system that is making him as successful. He struggled in the games he was played as one of 2 CBs, even at the clubs he has played for. I would start Ajayi ahead of him in a 2 man CB formation.

Adarabioyo is a pipe dream hype. Until he laces up for Nigeria and performs well, I would start all our current defenders ahead of him.

I don’t think he is a good fullback. But he is okay in the centre back position. I like him more as one of three but not when we play a traditional back four. We have not kept a clean sheet with the Ajayi Bassey partnership before the tournament

For a CB/LB he crosses the ball better than most of our natural wing backs. He even attacks better than Zaidu. Ajayi is the one that may need to be replaced at some point if Ekong continues to boss it and one of TOsin/ogbo/Osho comes through.

I know it may seem like I’m picking on the guy but I only want the best available.
Ajayi is a poor man’s Adarabioyo.
Nothing he can do that Tosin can’t do much better.

Ekong is having a great tournament but his time is limited and a successor should be in the works by now.
Omeruo and Awaziem offer nothing new.
Somewhere in the mix should be Ndah, Ugbo, Osho and that kid at Brentford.

[Damunk]

Brah, not really.
My ‘sauces’ tell me he is much closer to signing than we think.
But yes, I’m not getting excited until it happens. But it will.

Bassey has been solid in this tournament, but I think it's the 3 man defense system that is making him as successful. He struggled in the games he was played as one of 2 CBs, even at the clubs he has played for. I would start Ajayi ahead of him in a 2 man CB formation.

Adarabioyo is a pipe dream hype. Until he laces up for Nigeria and performs well, I would start all our current defenders ahead of him.

I don’t think he is a good fullback. But he is okay in the centre back position. I like him more as one of three but not when we play a traditional back four. We have not kept a clean sheet with the Ajayi Bassey partnership before the tournament

For a CB/LB he crosses the ball better than most of our natural wing backs. He even attacks better than Zaidu. Ajayi is the one that may need to be replaced at some point if Ekong continues to boss it and one of TOsin/ogbo/Osho comes through.

I know it may seem like I’m picking on the guy but I only want the best available.
Ajayi is a poor man’s Adarabioyo.
Nothing he can do that Tosin can’t do much better.

Ekong is having a great tournament but his time is limited and a successor should be in the works by now.
Omeruo and Awaziem offer nothing new.
Somewhere in the mix should be Ndah, Ugbo, Osho and that kid at Brentford.