chidichris:

some kind of quietness in da house. can somebody explain this pls.

Were you expecting the greatest debut in the history of the World cup from Haruna just because some of us rate him as potentially better than Mikel as a creative/attacking outlet? Haruna can and will improve in my opinion. I am not , unlike most folks , basing my opinion of Haruna on one or two games. I watched him at Monaco extensively and noted that he is better offensively than Mikel . Simple. That does not mean they must compete with each other. It simply means it would make sense for Mikel to be deployed for Nigeria similarly to how he is used for Chelsea . I don't get the obssession of several SE coaches to keep playing Mikel in a creative/offensive role when it would make more sense to try and support the emergence of a dedicated attack minded midfielder in the middle of the park.

Regardless of yesterdays game ,Nigeria should keep faith with Haruna . That Haruna was not spectacular against Argentina does not mean he is not a good player same as how he will not suddenly become Pele if he destroys Greece in the next game . He will get better but any savvy coach should keep faith with developing Haruna as an attacking outlet/lynchpin because he has the attributes to be more successful for Nigeria than Mikel in such a role .

Mikel should always play for the SE when fit but never as our main creative outlet . Haruna should be groomed for that role as he is far better offensively than Mikel IMO.

dayokanu:

^^ How good did Mikel perform against a much inferior Zambia and Egypt

mama-gee:

Mikel Obi is way better, I don't think this is a comparison.

Lukman Haruna better known as Haruna is the worst player ever.

He missed a corner kick and then few seconds later received a yellow card.

He's got no skills.

dayokanu:

Mikel has played 3 nations cup how did he perform against th top African teams we met in those tournaments

Mind you all these teams combined are still inferior to Argentina

Simple things like side passes and back passes right?

after watching the match with Argentina its more than clearer that lukman and mikel are in no way the same class, he was practically inexistenet on the pitch only Etuhu and kaita performed in our midfield even though they were still highly messimerized, i advise lagerback to find someelse to replace lukman and i strongly believe he would not start against greece, he just overhyped because he performed well during our friendlies and when he got to the big stage his incompetence showed up, am pretty sure a mikel 's presence would have been felt much more that lukman's inexistence

dipo2much:

He's got skills,and even better than Mikel Obi. What wrong with getting a yellow card? Mikel gets reds

The person who thought about the silly comparison of the players needs to be shot. The dude spotting jersey #15 for Nigeria could hardly stand on his feet not to talk about kicking the ball. Haruna Lukman’s inclusion in the team explains the depth of stupidity of country called Nigeria.