benji93:
Shame no dey catch you. Special talent in Segunda Liga? Ah, this man, you will ruin any team you are placed in charge of. .
But wait, is he becoming special or he's special? Don't confuse us.

TheGoodJoe:


Special talent. When we use talent, we mean not yet harnessed. Just like finding a precious gem stone. It is after polishing and processing it, before you can take it a valuable precious stone.

That is why I used talent. Meaning, he has the potential to become a quality and special player.

So saying Segunda does not change the point in anyway.

TheGoodJoe:


That was why the last stats TheSuperNerd posted of Kelechi Nwakali drew my interest.

In the previous match, Kelechi Nwakali had 63 touches on the ball. In his last match, he had 109 touches. Which was insane. You can only achieve that by improving your work rate. It shows he is pushing to get more of the ball. His making 17 long passes shows he is pushing to control play more.

So, there is a big sign that he is finding his feet and we might witness something special soon.

He just needs to keep pushing. Kelechi Nwakali is a special talent. He just needs to make it shine more.

TheGoodJoe:


Nwakali is a brilliant asset when it comes to corner kicks. He possesses a direct threat from it due to his accuracy.

He is also good at free kicks too.

Nwakali has the ability of picking offensive team mates in offensive areas with through balls.

He is also good with short combinative passes.

However, his long balls are his best attributes.

TheSuperNerd:
Kelechi Nwakali FT Stats for Ponferradina on Sunday.

UD Ibiza 1-1 SD Ponferradina - La Liga Smartbank Matchday 27.

Played 90mins+.
109 touches.
1 chance created💥
14 pass entries into Final third🔥🔥🔥
81/92 accurate passes.
88% passing accuracy.
17/25 accurate long balls 😳🔥🔥🔥 (WTF??!!!!).
1/4 accurate crosses.
3 corners taken.
2 shots off target.
100% ground duels won (4/4).
2/3 aerial duels won.
8 recoveries.
2 clearances.
2 headed clearances.
1 tackle.
1 interception.
1 block.
Was fouled 3x.
0x dribbled past.


Ahhh... no wonder Joebie came in to stylishly call my attention to the lad's showing today. Na wa.

TheGoodJoe, biko come and see something, my Top Man.

TheSuperNerd:
Lol... what is this now? I dey busy offline.

I no even dey here to post on Osimhen's "Tap In" for his 17th in Serie A.

Anyway, now that you mention it, no wahala😂😂

TheGoodJoe:


It is life.

How come Iheanacho is benching at Leicester City with his immense talent?


Sometimes life hits hard and you fall off from where you can reach in life. As long as you don't give up and keep pushing on, you can turn things around to achieve much.

jihday:
he’s not good at free kicks please, how many does he have in his career? One or two

Mujtahida:

Truth is that there's nothing special about the free kicks or corners he plays. Like you said what are the results?

'Brilliant asset'. see the exaggeration again. That's why I say TheGoodJoe uses words carelessly. Walahi. Before arguing that you don't, what are the stats about his free kicks and corners to show that he is a 'brilliant asset'?

Mujtahida:

First Iheanacho has talent not immense talent. You exaggerate too much. He's your average Joe. There are players and there are exceptional players. Iheanacho is not an exceptional player. Let's be clear eyed about the way we estimate our players or maybe players generally.

The thing is that once you like a certain player or a certain coach or certain style of play, you hype them to heavenly heights and allow your bias to overshadow reality. This is one reason why we have arguments - sometimes needless arguments - on this forum.

What komekn does in underestimating is what you do in exaggeration. Different sides of the same coin. It makes me sceptical about the worth of analysis coming from either of you.

For Nwakali I know that football rewards talent, it rewards hard work and discipline. If he's been down there for four seasons now is that not an indication that he's not able to move up to a higher level? But since you have gone philosophical and since I am not God, I will leave it at this and wish him the best

Mujtahida:

First Iheanacho has talent not immense talent. You exaggerate too much. He's your average Joe. There are players and there are exceptional players. Iheanacho is not an exceptional player. Let's be clear eyed about the way we estimate our players or maybe players generally.

The thing is that once you like a certain player or a certain coach or certain style of play, you hype them to heavenly heights and allow your bias to overshadow reality. This is one reason why we have arguments - sometimes needless arguments - on this forum.

What komekn does in underestimating is what you do in exaggeration. Different sides of the same coin. It makes me sceptical about the worth of analysis coming from either of you.

For Nwakali I know that football rewards talent, it rewards hard work and discipline. If he's been down there for four seasons now is that not an indication that he's not able to move up to a higher level? But since you have gone philosophical and since I am not God, I will leave it at this and wish him the best

jihday:
he’s not good at free kicks please, how many does he have in his career? One or two

Joezinho:


Iheanacho is an inconsistent player. He has a crazy cycle of form.

He can play 5 games and have 9G/A and the next 5 games he will get a 0 G/A. Crazy. Dude is hugely overrated in my book. The talent he has is nowhere near Premier League Status and I’m surprised he is still in that league.

For a striker, he is so inconsistent that he goes non existent in so many games.

Marjoribanks:
When Ghana almost made the semi finals did any of the Ghanaians won the APOTY award? So Hakimi that did nothing special at the World cup will win cos .. lol! It is only their goalkeeper that might make the top three. Oshimen is currently the AFCON qualifiers and Seria A highest goal scorer. He is winning it!
Top three
Oshimen, Mahrez, Morroco goalkeeper/Kudus

Starboytwo:
Good morning folks.

Omo, this Nwakali guy, may God help him so he can justify the faith you guys put in him.

You guys are tough sha, I mean Team Nwakali, you guys have staunchly supported him, through thick and more thin. Kudos.

On a lighter note, if Nwakali just secure a move to a top league, or let’s say Chelasea (na dem fit buy anyone) chai, many people should just leave this thread cuz thegoodjoe/supernerd and more will kill us with intricate short,long,accurate corner etc.

typicalgamer:



You’re very funny my guy 😂

You expect a defender to bang 15 goals in a tourney ?
There are other stats to help plead his case

Well I’m glad you’re not the one running apoty

Because you’ll carry it to every high scoring player

maidaboi:
give me prove of kelechi starting 5 straight games for Rodgers with 0 G/A

Amedino99:
I'm not sure that apart from that season he scored 12 goals he has ever started 5 consecutive games for Leicester before.

Mujtahida:

First Iheanacho has talent not immense talent. You exaggerate too much. He's your average Joe. There are players and there are exceptional players. Iheanacho is not an exceptional player. Let's be clear eyed about the way we estimate our players or maybe players generally.

The thing is that once you like a certain player or a certain coach or certain style of play, you hype them to heavenly heights and allow your bias to overshadow reality. This is one reason why we have arguments - sometimes needless arguments - on this forum.

What komekn does in underestimating is what you do in exaggeration. Different sides of the same coin. It makes me sceptical about the worth of analysis coming from either of you.

For Nwakali I know that football rewards talent, it rewards hard work and discipline. If he's been down there for four seasons now is that not an indication that he's not able to move up to a higher level? But since you have gone philosophical and since I am not God, I will leave it at this and wish him the best

TheGoodJoe:

That is why I said special talent. Hard work goes into part of the polishing needed to shine. Other factors will play that role. It does not matter how long Kelechi Nwakali has been down. What matters to me is that he keeps pushing and tries to maintain that impressive stats.

Napoleon55:


U clearly do not have any idea of d long ball he was talking about,that kind of long ball is not a basic skill, it's a special skill itself, not all d players have it.
In all my years since I started watching SE,I can only think of just 3 players with that kind of accurate long balls skill, Okocha,Olisey and Mikel,before Jose Mo' coached him out of it are d few players that can comfortably play that kind of long ball n locate d intended players.
It's not just to hit d ball n hopes u meet ur target, it's about precision.

Pirlo is a master of that kind of long ball

Kog45:
I have said it here that Kelechi Nwakili need a better platform to excel and I hope he move from his present club and Segunda league next season.

It’s a pity that some of us don’t know how humans feel when we failed to meet our expectations in life and footballers are not exceptional,check out Dele Ali issue.It always leads to depression and sometimes suicide...till date a lot believed Justin Fashanu committed suicide cus of homosexuality but NO,he was frustrated cus he could not find his feet again in his chosen profession(football).

I wish Nwakili well,not easy seeing Osimehn and Chuckwueze up there and still struggling.I have friends who are ex players but financially are frustrated and some have lost their life due to depression....I wish all Nigerian players both home and abroad out there struggling to meet up,good health to fulfill their dreams.

Kog45:
I have said it here that Kelechi Nwakili need a better platform to excel and I hope he move from his present club and Segunda league next season.

It’s a pity that some of us don’t know how humans feel when we failed to meet our expectations in life and footballers are not exceptional,check out Dele Ali issue.It always leads to depression and sometimes suicide...till date a lot believed Justin Fashanu committed suicide cus of homosexuality but NO,he was frustrated cus he could not find his feet again in his chosen profession(football).

I wish Nwakili well,not easy seeing Osimehn and Chuckwueze up there and still struggling.I have friends who are ex players but financially are frustrated and some have lost their life due to depression....I wish all Nigerian players both home and abroad out there struggling to meet up,good health to fulfill their dreams.

typicalgamer:



You’re very funny my guy 😂

You expect a defender to bang 15 goals in a tourney ?
There are other stats to help plead his case

Well I’m glad you’re not the one running apoty

Because you’ll carry it to every high scoring player

komekn:


The acceptance of failure is the beginning of SUCCESS, it enables you to constructively criticise ones performance. Then make adjustments and remedies and therefore improve.

Relying on past glories and blaming everyone else for your failings will keep you in a failed state without progression.

The worst thing you can do to a Footballer is to hype him and wash and sweep under the carpet his handicaps and failings.

It's better to be harsh , driven, diligent and focused on improvement than assuming you have arrived .

Many players didn't make it for a multiplicity of reasons including believing their own hype.

Mujtahida:

First Iheanacho has talent not immense talent. You exaggerate too much. He's your average Joe. There are players and there are exceptional players. Iheanacho is not an exceptional player. Let's be clear eyed about the way we estimate our players or maybe players generally.

The thing is that once you like a certain player or a certain coach or certain style of play, you hype them to heavenly heights and allow your bias to overshadow reality. This is one reason why we have arguments - sometimes needless arguments - on this forum.

What komekn does in underestimating is what you do in exaggeration. Different sides of the same coin. It makes me sceptical about the worth of analysis coming from either of you.

For Nwakali I know that football rewards talent, it rewards hard work and discipline. If he's been down there for four seasons now is that not an indication that he's not able to move up to a higher level? But since you have gone philosophical and since I am not God, I will leave it at this and wish him the best

jihday:
he’s not good at free kicks please, how many does he have in his career? One or two

benji93:
Shame no dey catch you. Special talent in Segunda Liga? Ah, this man, you will ruin any team you are placed in charge of. .
But wait, is he becoming special or he's special? Don't confuse us.

benji93:
Oh yes, I will. Fortunately for you, I don't run away from a challenge. I am glad you finally understand you need more data to be sure he can do it consistently.
The bolded is one thing you cannot associate with me, sorry. Just not me. Unfortunately for you, i deal with folks here on a case-by-case bases. I may disagree with you on one thing and agree with you on another.