daey118:

Nope. I disagree. The niqqah' was a "God" that was intensely feared by every defence line. He was that one player that Could determine if his team won or lost. Once he wants to cut players. Destiny? Nobody can rescue him. Even if the ref. Blows for hlf time.the player go first. Chop am before he her whistle .That guy (to me) had the ability to decide how many goals he wanted to score in a match and he would do it even if he wanted to score ten. All of you'll open your mouth and say "haaaaa.its not possible" then I'll ask. Who is the defender or keeper that'll stop him from scoring the 10 ?? He has wasted the strongest defenders and even washed one of the finest goalies "khan" with all sort of soaps(why he never used his super powers? Is a question for the man to answer) Well! I don't know much about football analysis now but I'm gonna ask. Please .what makes an individual a great player ? Skills or trophies ? Is mikel to be rated higher than Jay my nigah ? Football now sef is just "gra gra" after okocha and ronaldinho .zidane. and *head bows* uncle DelimaRonaldo(the phenomenon) . There's really notin much left .than 22men grown men chasing one innocent leather ball like it owed them money #JustSaying.

abatically:


Very correct. The most exciting player to watch out of Africa, but definitely not The most effective, and definitely not the most exciting to watch in the rest of the world. Ronaldinho, messi, ronaldo, Roberto baggio, rivaldo, etc are also exciting to watch but they surpass Okocha because they are also effective.

forray:
dude ur argument is seriously flawed, like u said in one of ur earlier post that pele is entitled to his opinion, I believe this is ur own opinion. But u sound as if u are trying to push it down everybody throat who has a different opinion. And I believe we can have a constructive argument without this unnecessary insult. Back to d topic, u said trophies won is ur standard for measuring greatness, let's take pedro of barca for example who has won lots of trophy with dem and playing for one of the best club. No true football fan will ever say pedro is more of a greater player dan okocha, infact its an insult to put both player name is d same sentence. What am tryin to say is that been great in football has alot involve and there is know way jay jay can ever been just an ordinary play. If he is ordinary, y is it we hvnt be able to find anybody to fill is boots in our national team for how long now? Incase u hv forgot what he is all abt try look for best of okocha and tell me how many ordinary play cn do what he does. Cheers

otipoju:
Good and great are not the same thing.

Okocha is a very skillfull player no doubt but is he a great player? No why because he did not amass club trophies and personal laurels.

Why did he not do so? because in spite of his outstanding skills he avoided the big teams preferring midtable clubs where he could just play regularly for good money.

That was his personal choice and I do not have anything against it.

The great players plied their trades with the biggest clubs where they win trophies and personal honours.

The way some morons reason on this forum is irritating to say the least. Displaying their inability to comprehend simple words.

oladosuphemmy:
Okocha is no where near nigerian's g8est
Player dt won zero trophies and zero individual acolade.
Evn b4 he retired We question his commitment to d national team.
Stats were so much against him.
In football, so fa ure playing centralmidfield, wings, a PLAYMAKER, or a striker to be categorised as a great player d numbers must speak for u.
Ronaidinho, messi, iniesta,xavi, pirlo,figo, snieder, gerrard, lampard, toure yaya, schwientiger, etc r all gr8 PLAYMAKER . okocha ws also a playmaker but he is never to be compared to those players.
You might wanna argue dat its because he is an african dats y he nt so much recognised players like nwanko kanu won d ucl with ajax, is goal scoring record ws gr8, he played 4 very good clubs (ajax, arsenal intermillan), rash1idi yekini: he is still d Nigeria's all tym goalscorer, vctor ikpeba(d prince of monaco), Drogba:wat cn i say, one of d best players to comeout of africa. he ws playing 4 marselle b/4 his talent spotted by chelsea.Yaya toure:former asec mimosa plyer, plyed 4 barca and he is currently a top performer @manc now world clz.
Samuel etoo: world class striker in his days played 4 Real mad., barca and chelsea.
Dese r all world clz plyers, dat deir talent wz recognized by top teams inspite of been an african.

sunnyp20:
was george weah french?

xtripple:
.j

talk2riel:
PSG is big club and okocha was the most expensive african footballer when he moved there. If he wasn't that good PSG no go sign am.

The Great ronaldinho was an understudy of jay jay.


Why nigerians like hating there own


I WON'T BE SUPRISED IF SOMEONE START HATING ON MIKEL TOMORROW

toecyne:
It is sometimes very annoying wen some people say Okocha is the best footballer ever, and that he is not recognized becos he is Nigerian.
Some even say he is better than Ronaldinho because he benched Ronaldinho wen dinho was only 20, and was yet to adapt to european football. Y not just say giggs is also better than C.Ronaldo because he benched him wen he was new in Man United or that Guily is better than Messi because he benched messi wen messi was still very young

Yaya toure is an african nd he is leading man city, Eto was Barcelona top striker for abt 4 years and a nigerian also played for barca in the 1990s, mikel(a nigerian) was nearly thorn apart by man u and chelsea, they wanted him badly.. my point is african/nigerian or not, you would be rewarded accordingly and sought after if you are that good. Okocha is jst over hyped

buskie13:
this is where i stand to be corrected....but the French speaking nations have a better chance of clinching de title

abatically:


Because French speaking nations have produced better players than english speaking nations. The Samuel etoos, Didier drogba, Freddie kanoute, Patrick mboma, etc . don't forget George weah, rashidi yekini, kanu nwankwo, abedi pele, Victor ikpeba were from english speaking countries so what are we saying?

rashygenius:

Obviously..Mikel is more sucessful but u can neva compare Okochas' Impact in a team to Mikels own
....Okocha single handedly brut out bolton wanderers 4rm relegation zone to a safe zone.what has Mikel contributed to chelsea?...2goals in over 150Matches.ehn?answer me,yeye man

abatically:


Dude, the Turkish league was and is still a very lowly rated league compared to Spain, England, Germany, Italy and even France. Okocha was playing a 'show off' kind of game when he was at Fernabache. When he came to Bolton he became more matured and played with his teammates more often than he ever did, but it was already too late. I still repeat if Okocha was that good big clubs would have come for him.

buskie13:
u don't really get my point....... during Jay Jay's time....it was either Eto'o or Drogba he has to contend with.....

mancheeutd:


your right hes one of the best imagine jayjay imagine jayjay being rated in the days of players like seedorf, zidane, rivaldo, giggs, inzaggi, figo ,crespo, batistuta carlos schevchenko delima edgar davis... i wonder if c ronaldo or messi will be known if they had played in this era not to mention george best paul gascoigne rijkaard etc.

toecyne:
It is sometimes very annoying wen some people say Okocha is the best footballer ever, and that he is not recognized becos he is Nigerian.
Some even say he is better than Ronaldinho because he benched Ronaldinho wen dinho was only 20, and was yet to adapt to european football. Y not just say giggs is also better than C.Ronaldo because he benched him wen he was new in Man United or that Guily is better than Messi because he benched messi wen messi was still very young

Yaya toure is an african nd he is leading man city, Eto was Barcelona top striker for abt 4 years and a nigerian also played for barca in the 1990s, mikel(a nigerian) was nearly thorn apart by man u and chelsea, they wanted him badly.. my point is african/nigerian or not, you would be rewarded accordingly and sought after if you are that good. Okocha is jst over hyped

otipoju:
Good and great are not the same thing.

Okocha is a very skillfull player no doubt but is he a great player? No why because he did not amass club trophies and personal laurels.

Why did he not do so? because in spite of his outstanding skills he avoided the big teams preferring midtable clubs where he could just play regularly for good money.

That was his personal choice and I do not have anything against it.

The great players plied their trades with the biggest clubs where they win trophies and personal honours.

The way some morons reason on this forum is irritating to say the least. Displaying their inability to comprehend simple words.

buskie13:
noted....but for de past decade....it has been on de French's side.....maybe why Jay Jay didn't win it was because he was unsuccessful at club level...

vfactor:



You logic is good, but can be misleading if followed to the letter, cos that would mean a player like Mikel (and Paulo Ferrera), who's won the EPL, UCL, UEL and the AFCON is a great player. Even though he sat on the bench in most of this competitions (barring the AFCON). A great player should be more than trophies won.

daey118:

3words: God Bless You.

victorix:
op, i have never heard someone say "okocha is the best player ever". He was jst one of the best nigerian player of his time. Dont forget his awesome dribbling and passing skills.

I woud say, okocha was jst unlucky.

toecyne:
It is sometimes very annoying wen some people say Okocha is the best footballer ever, and that he is not recognized becos he is Nigerian.
my point is african/nigerian or not, you would be rewarded accordingly and sought after if you are that good. Okocha is jst over hyped

76Naira:
@ OP, please what have you done with your life? Share with us before you qualify to judge Okocha.
Okocha never said he was the best. He just enjoyed football naturally; something that game is begging for these days. Right now it is more about the money than the skilled players.
Be you naive or just plain forgetful, Okocha was in his own class. You might need YouTube help to cure your amnesia.
You picked the wrong Nigeria hero to judge. You lost this one already.