TheSuperNerd:



Not deep attacking midfield. It's Deep central Midfield. And this exactly brings up most of what I mentioned. Sometimes when he starts a game as the AM, tactical adjustments are made and he begins operating deeper. Watching him regularly showed this a lot. So he's played more central roles than AM this season.
It's only a few times he has started at AM and finished there. (SEE HIS HEATMAP FOR HIS VERY LAST GAME vs Girona BELOW. HE PLAYED AMF).


Munoz is a forward who can play in a 442 as part of a front two or on the right. This explains the tactical adjustment of Gaich to drop a bit into AM/SS positions for Munoz to cut inside into the central forward position. Finito.

forgiveness:


Thank you very much. From the three examples, it’s obvious AMF is after the center circle in the opposite half.

Let us compare it with Nwakali’s heatmaps. We can see he moved mostly along that line above the center circle in the opposite half.

Let a neutral person analyze his position from the two pictures below.

TFLASHOGEE:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYYbor6hMrj/?utm_medium=copy_link

E be like does mosquitoes wey dey Cameroon dey para onyekuru dey shout mogbe o Dem don start

I literally do not find this funny. Let malaria not catch our players there.

drDoom3:


Have you watched Aribo though? He is not a poor midfielder, he is a poor defensive player. Also he is the most technical of all three so I don’t get your point. Aribo was rated as the player with the best first touch in world football just last year and you are comparing him with lowly Iwobi and even a worse Nwakali.

After Osimhen and Ndidi, no other player in our team has a higher ceiling than Aribo. Guy is good at everything. Passing, scoring worldies, first touch, physicality, link up play, dribbling, name it. Guy if a baller.

I would advise you to watch Rangers fc highlights so that you can really see the player you are so helplessly slandering.

DDexter99:
Nigeria's AFCON without Victor Osimhen, I just can't imagine it. The gUy is just spectacular. Our first match against Egypt would be intense. We need sharp strikers to shock Egypt,..

Nigeria why Osi...

Papi85:

Mujtahida:

Aribo and wings? How? Why? You sure have a different eye oo cos this is the strangest view expressed about Aribo. Please watch the video below. He is over the top in his opinion about Iwobi but he's right about Aribo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XxKkPG7uBY

Sportilitica:

Yeah but he is technical . I hope he still has it in him

Mujtahida:

There are two types of entertainers in football. The first set to which most nigerian players belong to are those players who set out to entertain. These players are selfish and gun for personal glory.

The second type of entertainers do not set out to entertain. Their style is entertaining. Players like Zidane and Mikel exemplify this kind of players.

We have poor crossers of the ball(which is a shame since we have tall attackers) perhaps because of this trend of using inverted wingers who either run to the final third or dribble their way and then pass the ball or shoot at goal.

ChrisKels:


Their next line will be, if he could conduct so well, why then is he still in the Segunda Liga? Komekn will lead the charge, and others will follow.

FIFApresident1:

This is you...

TheSuperNerd:



Nwakali bossed Efficient Mwepu when they met at the U23 Afcon.

Nwakali bossed Efficient Partey when they met eye to eye in midfield battle.

So what makes Kessie any different? Lol

And yes, I will post the stats relevant to the point I am making but I know you are hoping to see Goals and Assists stats which is what shallow analysis looks for.

I want you to answer a few questions for me.

How many assists did Modric have at the World Cup in Russia? And why exactly was he named best player at that WC?

How many assists had Xavi at Euros 2008 and tell me why he was named MVP of the tournament?

How many assists did Mikel have at Holland 2005 FIFA U20 WYC to be named by all who saw him & others as the true best player of the whole tournament?


I ask these questions because there is something you folks who ask about Goals and assists from deeplying playmakers/Midfield playmakers don't know about such kind of players.


Meanwhile... here below is a summary of Nwakali's ratings from sofascore of his games in December up until Jan 2 before hitting camp.

In his last game, he created about 3 very good chances. If his teammates had been clinical, we would be talking at least 2 assists from that game for him. You forget that the quality of players around one can affect certain stats.

Englandboy:
Seasons greeting meliforme it been a while

Danielnino00:


Awoniyi for me.. Aside him being the most in-form striker, he was also among the very first to arrive camp, so he definitely must have earned some level of trust from the coach...

komekn:


If he did ,he would be at Arsenal after all how old was Saka, Willock, Maitland, Smith-R, etc

The only place he gets accolades is here and the NFF.

Every other test has been failed.

TheSuperNerd:


Alright... I hope we are in agreement now.

Amedino99:
Man's does not even edit. Just copy and paste

TFLASHOGEE:
comerade jeje wayo

Parrot69:
Some people here are just speculating...
they don’t even know ion of what’s happening in the NFF.

maidaboi:
lol like knabry of Bayern Munich says otherwise

nelszx:


I just feel Nwakali if he plays to instruction, should be the bridge between Aribo and Ndidi. Collects from Ndidi, sends to Aribo and also the wingers.

Well anything that works for the team and depending on the game/opponents they'd playing against. The coach can tweak his formation. Sure ,however these players will do well , if the coach selects the right players

But one thing is certain, with the caliber of players will have, only a 4-3-3 or 3-5-2 might work. Playing a 4-4-2 will expose our team badly

Shelbyboss:
I

is he still in Hoffenheim
answer no he developed yet our aka Zidane and Xavi midfield maestro is still in segunda b

Shelbyboss:
I

is he still in Hoffenheim
answer no he developed yet our aka Zidane and Xavi midfield maestro is still in segunda b

nelszx:
Who will win AFCON 2021?

Surprisingly Nigeria has emerged at the fore to win AFCON 2021 and this is based on the road to the final and paths for every other groups (OptaAnalyst).

If we top our group, in all honesty our path to the final is the easiest in the competition. The hurdle now is Egypt.

https://theanalyst.com/eu/2022/01/afcon-2021-predictions-nigeria-morocco-egypt-cameroon-senegal-algeria/

Meliforme:


The guest in that video, doesn't seem like an analyst to me. He somehow has the demeanour of a motivational talker.

Arlbo is yet to become the player that Iwobi is. Iwobi's problems is inconsistency, there might be some conflicts within himself that he will have to resolve.

Iwobi over Aribo, anytime, any day, and there are fine reasons for this.

komekn:


You have teams that really don't play with traditional wingers but rather use the wingbacks as the wingers.

For instance, in Liverpool look at the number of pin point accurate crosses Trent puts in a game as well as defence splitting passes . He then can put in some outstanding shots left or right foot it doesn't matter, 9 assists this season already. And he is a RWB the same goes for Robertson, although he's not as good as Trent.

What this does is create a forward line of three attackers , no surprise the number of goals Salah and Mane have scored. In addition very hard working very disciplined midfielders, who keep things going.

Our problem is we have traditional strikers who get no support from thier wingers, in a very structured , traditional disciplined set up.

We are in easier group IT SEEMS, Guinea B and Sudan should not trouble us if we play our best players and take the game very serious with strict team discipline and cohesion. No room for complacency.