NewStats: 3,262,147 , 8,176,201 topics. Date: Saturday, 31 May 2025 at 11:05 PM 3p4h35

Joezinho:


That glorious to Utaka to score the winner against the diabolical Cameroonians in AFCON 2004 means Kanu has my heart forever! That is one of the best I have ever seen in my life. Kanu, Okocha and Oliseh were blessed with the most insane ing abilities that rival that of any footballer to have played the beautiful game.

That Sunday afternoon’s MTN ad after the game capped it all.

"No shaking Nigeria, MTN"

That by Kanu and the goal by Utaka broke the jinx Cameroun had put on us. From that day till today, I'm not sure Cameroon has defeated us in a competitive game instead na we dey flog them.

BankyGee:

Una must always complain

He has taken 8 penalties this season and scored 8 of them... He has just 6 misses in 28 career penalties taken... He has scored top goalkeepers in the process too. He has taken the highest number of penalties in all players from this current Nigerian squad and has a high conversion rate.

He go score Donnaruma or Martinez, even top goal scorers are seeing their penalties saved, no be new thing. He's good and scoring penalties is already a strong suit for him, I no know which improvement you dey talk again because Fenerbahçe goalie touched the PK? Have you watched all his PKs this season or you just watch one just feel like to talk?

Nothing bad in improving. That penalty could have been saved. It got into the net by the skin of teeth

BankyGee:

Una must always complain

He has taken 8 penalties this season and scored 8 of them... He has just 6 misses in 28 career penalties taken... He has scored top goalkeepers in the process too. He has taken the highest number of penalties in all players from this current Nigerian squad and has a high conversion rate.

He go score Donnaruma or Martinez, even top goal scorers are seeing their penalties saved, no be new thing. He's good and scoring penalties is already a strong suit for him, I no know which improvement you dey talk again because Fenerbahçe goalie touched the PK? Have you watched all his PKs this season or you just watch one just feel like to talk?

I am with Yinkeys on this one. I feel Osimhen has a terrible penalty taking technique and he needs to work on it. He needs to study how the great strikers take penalties with confidence, power and accuracy. Osimhen is one of the greats today and an excellent penalty technique will see him matter when it counts the most.

DeloitteNG:

I am sure you don't know his rape case was later proved to be false 25 years later
And you are still holding on to that

Yes 25 years after,but the girl in question was 16 year old considered as minor,against the law.

My comment was a replied to a question on who is Etim and I need to explain deep who is Etim and why he failed as a footballer.

Starboytwo:
first of all, those last ones you mentioned wey host world cup no follow at all... Those ones be mumu...

Well to your question. I guess Oyinbo will always be Oyinbo.

Oyinbo na master. Make we just try our best... Who knows 🤷

laugh wan kee me🤣🤣

TheGoodJoe:


I am with Yinkeys on this one. I feel Osimhen has a terrible penalty taking technique and he needs to work on it. He needs to study how the great strikers take penalties with confidence, power and accuracy. Osimhen is one of the greats today and an excellent penalty technique will see him matter when it counts the most.

Okay.

Because someone touched his penalty just ONCE this season (which he still scored) his technique is now terrible, una still call am Osimpen for this same thread when he was just on 4 penalties this season. I'm not against improvement, but the way people for this thread dey do just dey surprise me. Nobody talked about improvement until it looked like he almost missed one, which he didn't, penalties he's been consistently, confidently and comfortably scoring and even gifting this season. Penalties are not even a 100% certainty. The xG for a penalty kick is 0.79, while the xGoT is 0.93, not even 1.00 (if you're statistically inclined you definitely understand what those numbers mean)... Did you see Ronaldo's miss against Denmark? Even Cole Palmer wey everybody say he dey on penalty streak still missed. Goalkeepers are not crippled during penalties, improved or not improved a good goalkeeper can save "any player's" PK.

8/8 PK this season no be fluke, this is like the first one a goalkeeper is even getting his hand to this season (didn't even make a save). Make una leave the guy neck abeg.

Napoleon55:

OK,no problem, but u should include Mikel if Etim is to be included,because he was a marvel to watch in that midfield position before Mourinho converted him to a holding midfielder.

Even though it was a youth tournament, but the way he dominated midfield in the final match against Argentina, not many Nigerian players could do it that way.

Mikel against Spain in confederation cup proved Mourinho wrong.....it was a terrible decision to convert one of the brightest young Africa player to DM.

TheGoodJoe:


I am with Yinkeys on this one. I feel Osimhen has a terrible penalty taking technique and he needs to work on it. He needs to study how the great strikers take penalties with confidence, power and accuracy. Osimhen is one of the greats today and an excellent penalty technique will see him matter when it counts the most.

Let him go take penalties like that in England or Spain, not Turkey
His body language makes it easy for the goalie to predict his choice
Moffi & Ekong are better penalty takers
I will it, Osimhen’s positioning has drastically improved
He just needs to fine tune a few things in his game. Penalty kick is one
Just compare his penalty to that of Isak or Halaand

BankyGee:

Una must always complain

He has taken 8 penalties this season and scored 8 of them... He has just 6 misses in 28 career penalties taken... He has scored top goalkeepers in the process too. He has taken the highest number of penalties in all players from this current Nigerian squad and has a high conversion rate.

He go score Donnaruma or Martinez, even top goal scorers are seeing their penalties saved, no be new thing. He's good and scoring penalties is already a strong suit for him, I no know which improvement you dey talk again because Fenerbahçe goalie touched the PK? Have you watched all his PKs this season or you just watch one just feel like to talk?

He has never played in England or Spain where everything will be judged in detail
Please watch Isak or Halaand’s kicks

Let’s go locally
Ekong & Moffi have better kicks

yinkeys:

Let him go take penalties like that in England or Spain, not Turkey
His body language makes it easy for the goalie to predict his choice
Moffi & Ekong are better penalty takers
I will it, Osimhen’s positioning has drastically improved
He just needs to fine tune a few things in his game. Penalty kick is one
Just compare his penalty to that of Isak or Halaand

Always comparing...
Even the Haaland has 3 penalties missed this season out of 7 taken.

Alexander Isak has 1 missed out of 4 taken. Isak has taken a career 17 and missed 6.

Osimhen has taken a career 28 and missed 6 too but na Isak and Haaland be the blueprint. Okay na 🤣

BankyGee:

Okay.

Because someone touched his penalty just ONCE this season (which he still scored) his technique is now terrible, una still call am Osimpen for this same thread when he was just on 4 penalties this season. I'm not against improvement, but the way people for this thread dey do just dey surprise me. Nobody talked about improvement until it looked like he almost missed one, which he didn't, penalties he's been consistently, confidently and comfortably scoring and even gifting this season. Penalties are not even a 100% certainty. The xG for a penalty kick is 0.79, while the xGoT is 0.93, not even 1.00 (if you're statistically inclined you definitely understand what those numbers mean)... Did you see Ronaldo's miss against Denmark? Even Cole Palmer wey everybody say he dey on penalty streak still missed. Goalkeepers are not crippled during penalties, improved or not improved a good goalkeeper can save "any player's" PK.

8/8 PK this season no be fluke, this is like the first one a goalkeeper is even getting his hand to this season (didn't even make a save). Make una leave the guy neck abeg.

It is Osimhen's technique of taking penalties I am critiquing and he can improve if he works on it. I think many have praised Osimhen a lot here. Critiquing is for him to keep getting better.

I criticized Osimhen's use of space in the offensive area. Today he is brutal at it. So, I don't see the negativity in pointing out areas he can improve.

yinkeys:

Let him go take penalties like that in England or Spain, not Turkey
His body language makes it easy for the goalie to predict his choice
Moffi & Ekong are better penalty takers
I will it, Osimhen’s positioning has drastically improved
He just needs to fine tune a few things in his game. Penalty kick is one
Just compare his penalty to that of Isak or Halaand

I also feel Haaland is an awful penalty taker. His technique is so amateurish too.

TheGoodJoe:


It is Osimhen's technique of taking penalties I am critiquing and he can improve if he has worked on it. I think many have praised Osimhen a lot here. Critiquing is for him to keep getting better.

I criticized Osimhen's use of space in the offensive area. Today he is brutal at it. So, I don't see the negativity in pointing out areas he can improve.

As far as he's scoring, he's okay. Strikers with better techniques have seen their penalties saved too. He's picked a technique and it's worked 100% this season, 100%... That's all that matters 📌

yinkeys:

Let him go take penalties like that in England or Spain, not Turkey
His body language makes it easy for the goalie to predict his choice
Moffi & Ekong are better penalty takers
I will it, Osimhen’s positioning has drastically improved
He just needs to fine tune a few things in his game. Penalty kick is one
Just compare his penalty to that of Isak or Halaand

Off the top of my head, Tevez, Ronaldo De Lima, Balotelli, Iheanacho are some guys I ire their penalty kicks.

Kanu Nwankwo's penalty against Netherlands in a friendly in 1998 was also a delightful technique.

BankyGee:

As far as he's scoring, he's okay. Strikers with better techniques have seen their penalties saved too. He's picked a technique and it's worked 100% this season, 100%... That's all that matters 📌

He can still improve on it. Getting satisfied at that is not okay.

BankyGee:

Always comparing...
Even the Haaland has 3 penalties missed this season out of 7 taken.

Alexander Isak has 1 missed out of 4 taken. Isak has taken a career 17 and missed 6.

Osimhen has taken a career 28 and missed 6 too but na Isak and Haaland be the blueprint. Okay na 🤣

Comparing the competition in England & Spain to Turkey, Italy
Let’s stop this now

BankyGee:

As far as he's scoring, he's okay. Strikers with better techniques have seen their penalties saved too. He's picked a technique and it's worked 100% this season, 100%... That's all that matters 📌

I think Balotelli is number 1 when it comes to technique. Watch the keepers reactions in this clip.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liwEXOtt_rk

yinkeys:

Comparing the competition in England & Spain to Turkey, Italy
Let’s stop this now

Now I'm not doing that. You shot yourself in the leg. A "better" Haaland has missed three PKs out of seven taken this season. Are you saying if Osimhen takes 7 penalties in England he'll miss all? Because you're using Haaland in England as a blueprint like he's not missed those same PKs too, like he's the father of penalty takers.

Like I said, everybody has their penalty technique and NONE of those techniques are 100% sure. Getting a shot on target is just 93% certain, not even 100%, if you're doubting, ask Ronaldo for Al-Nassr this season or Vinicius for Madrid this season, that's getting a shot on target o, not even scoring.

TheGoodJoe:


I think Balotelli is number 1 when it comes to technique. Watch the keepers reactions in this clip.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liwEXOtt_rk

He has a very good technique, no doubt. But it doesn't mean no keeper has ever saved his penalty before. It's just as simple as that.

There are goalkeepers with "penalty saving" as their strengths... People like Martinez... Goalies are not dolls there too.

BankyGee:

Now I'm not doing that. You shot yourself in the leg. A "better" Haaland has missed three PKs out of seven taken this season. Are you saying if Osimhen takes 7 penalties in England he'll miss all? Because you're using Haaland in England as a blueprint like he's not missed those same PKs too, like he's the father of penalty takers.

Like I said, everybody has their penalty technique and NONE of those techniques are 100% sure. Getting a shot on target is just 93% certain, not even 100%, if you're doubting, ask Ronaldo for Al-Nassr this season or Vinicius for Madrid this season, that's getting a shot on target o, not even scoring.

Isak & Halaand
Moffi & Ekong
They have better pen techniques that’s what I’m saying
Osimhen makes his kicks look weaker because of his body language & sometimes the part of his foot he uses to take it

Why is Ekong taking better pens than a world class striker ?
Dude needs better practice at free kicks and pens

TheGoodJoe:


I am with Yinkeys on this one. I feel Osimhen has a terrible penalty taking technique and he needs to work on it. He needs to study how the great strikers take penalties with confidence, power and accuracy. Osimhen is one of the greats today and an excellent penalty technique will see him matter when it counts the most.

Osimhen has scored 8 from 8
He should keep doing what he is doing

Mujtahida:

That by Kanu and the goal by Utaka broke the jinx Cameroun had put on us. From that day till today, I'm not sure Cameroon has defeated us in a competitive game instead na we dey flog them.

until we meet for finals 😂

BankyGee:

He has a very good technique, no doubt. But it doesn't mean no keeper has ever saved his penalty before. It's just as simple as that.

There are goalkeepers with "penalty saving" as their strengths... People like Martinez... Goalies are not dolls there too.

Balotelli will sweep Martinez like overused broom.

Samueltemi337:


Osimhen has scored 8 from 8
He should keep doing what he is doing

Liiiiikeeeee. It's as simple as that. I don't know what the whole fuss is about. I have all Osimhen's 33 goals from this season. I just came back from watching all his PKs and don't see anything terrible about his PK technique or anywhere he looked like he lacked confidence.

BankyGee:

Liiiiikeeeee. It's as simple as that. I don't know what the whole fuss is about. I have all Osimhen's 33 goals from this season. I just came back from watching all his PKs and don't see anything terrible about his PK technique or anywhere he looked like he lacked confidence.

Na you get time reply that yinkeys guy
Dude talks like a child always

TheGoodJoe:


Balotelli will sweep Martinez like overused broom.

Maybe, maybe not, it doesn't change the fact that with his technique, he missed 5 times too, na still goalkeepers save am.

TheGoodJoe:


I am with Yinkeys on this one. I feel Osimhen has a terrible penalty taking technique and he needs to work on it. He needs to study how the great strikers take penalties with confidence, power and accuracy. Osimhen is one of the greats today and an excellent penalty technique will see him matter when it counts the most.

Constructive Criticism here
People that play football, not necessarily professionals can spot certain things easily
Too many fan boys here aren’t objective in their judgment

yinkeys:

Constructive Criticism here
People that play football, not necessarily professionals can spot certain things easily
Too many fan boys here aren’t objective in their judgment

There's nothing about fanboyism here, na the shield wey una dey always use be that.

Have Osimhen's technique failed him this season? NO!

Can you be terrible at anything and have a 100% result? How does being terrible produce a 100% result? Talk another thing bro. Penalty taking is not part of Osimhen's problems this season.

BankyGee:

As far as he's scoring, he's okay. Strikers with better techniques have seen their penalties saved too. He's picked a technique and it's worked 100% this season, 100%... That's all that matters 📌

You have a point in defending his penalty taking because of his conversion rate,over 78% is not bad,but so are those who want him improved if his technique is not very good,just in case,when all is depended on him scoring in penalty shoot out.

Someone shot at goal in all these spots and NONE was saved, person say na poor technique and he dey predictable.

BankyGee:

There's nothing about fanboyism here, na the shield wey una dey always use be that.

Have Osimhen's technique failed him this season? NO!

Can you be terrible at anything and have a 100% result? How does being terrible produce a 100% result? Talk another thing bro. Penalty taking is not part of Osimhen's problems this season.

I meant some comments here are not objective
I didn’t state yours
I brought up his penalty technique isn’t great, which you agreed to.
I felt it was constructive, some s here said otherwise
Even though no player is perfect, but Nigerians would feel more comfortable when Ekong takes the teams pens, I’m comparing that to a situation if we’d have Victor do that in a tournament
Most teams usually assign that duty to the striker, not a defender

yinkeys:

I meant some comments here are not objective
I didn’t state yours
I brought up his penalty technique isn’t great, which you agreed to.
I felt it was constructive, some s here said otherwise
Even though no player is perfect, but Nigerians would feel more comfortable when Ekong takes the teams pens, I’m comparing that to a situation if we’d have Victor do that in a tournament

Victor Osimhen has improved on his penalties this season, I'll be confident to give him a penalty in a tournament. I don't think he has even missed a penalty for Nigeria before (I'll go confirm that now)... Everyone here attested to that earlier this season, what is getting me annoyed is that out of the blues now, because he "almost" had one saved, you said he has a bad penalty technique. I didn't agree it wasn't good. I said I'm not against improvement, if he wants to change technique because someone said he has a terrible technique, that's up to him. All I know is that this technique is what he has used to score all his PKs this season and I'm okay with it. I'm not against it one bit.