₦airaland Forum

Chriskels and Supernerd una too like argument

On the Kessie/Ndidi comparison no doubt Wilfred trumps Franck in the DM aspects of the game but the truth is Kessie is more of an CM or CDM. Look at this example Chelsea has Jorginho and Kante. On paper you might call both of them DMF but in reality it's only Kante that fits that bill while Jorginho is more of a conductor controlling the game from the base of the midfield. Think of a Alonso/Busquet comparison then you will get what I'm saying.

Even though the position map showed Kessie's position as mostly DM my question would be what type of DM was he? A look at his defensive stats I suspect would be quite low compared to Ndidi so that leads me to suggest it's his passing and ability to retain possession is probably why he gets deployed in the DM role. Like Gundogan for Man City in previous seasons, Jorginho for Chelsea, Partey for Arsenal etc.

Ndidi I noticed was initially your classic DM like Makalele, Roy Keane and Kante but over the past two seasons his game has matured even further. While retaining elite attributes of a world class DM he's beginning to add qualities of a good CMF which you need to survive in today's modern game. His passing is getting to if not already elite level his creativity is fast improving reflected in the number of assists he has so far notched up this season.

So for the purpose of this debate I wouldn't say Kessie and Ndidi are in competition for one spot because their game differs.

bascovanveli I now see what you say about Anayo great centre of gravity with proper coaching could become NPFL's next big star in SE.

Dear Gernot Rohr.

Your boy, Anayo Iwuala dazzling. 🤣🕺

Delicious assist.#CAFCC pic.twitter.com/mAzDKZ7RWC

— OgaNlaMedia 🇳🇬 (@OgaNlaMedia) April 4, 2021

Perspire to acquire to inspire to harry maguire

maidaboi:
everybody just drop motivational speech
lol

I come in peace

The moment the commentator said Opor opo! pic.twitter.com/165m1TjoRw

— Naija (@Naija_PR) April 3, 2021

That is your business that is the point I'm making. Mikel Obi's name was misspelt from Michael to Mikel. He decided to keep it that way and heaven didn't collapse.

Stop policing the decisions made by full grown adults if it doesn't in any way affect you.

seankafor:
oga, names and intonations should be spelt correctly irrespective of how and how not you want it..

What if I decide to change my name and intonations from seankafor to sèañkãfôr..
How will that sound in your ear or better still how will the owners of the language and intonations look at it and pronounce it..
I get he is trying to promote his culture and heritage but he didn't get it correctly..
That's the fact

Agreed. National team is not a rehabilitation centre

andrewbaba44:
Even if he finds a club he should not be invited unless he is doing well for the club

I hope so cos many posters think the inclusion of his name in the standby list was just a stunt like Mali did with Traore of Wolves.

smartsmith0907:
He will surely play for us
You have my words

Still doesn't change my position that it's his choice. I'm sure someone would have told him how it should be spelt but it's his choice. Sometimes we just need to commot eye from some things if it's not doing us or society any personal harm.

ChrisKels:
It has nothing to do with that, it was rather a misinformation. Yes we(Igbo language enthusiasts) understood what he did there, but there are two types of the alphabet "I" in Igbo language, one without a dot underneath and one with a dot, the right one for his name is the one without a dot. There are also two types of the alphabet "u" and "o", and in that his name, he got the "o" correctly

Well he must have informed the kit people that is how he wants his name spelt. You might not like it but it's still his prerogative.

ChrisKels:
When is Iheanacho taking out the dot under that "I"? That is a very wrong way to spell his name, I have been saying this since the first day he appeared in that shirt

Agree 100%. Even if it's Kano Pillars Musa needs to find a club and regain match fitness asap.

andrewbaba44:
Musa should have no business in the super eagles till he gets a decent club

I don’t care if he is the captain ,dude should be dropped immediately

And once he gets a club he should be in good form to be invited

lloydtruth:
Onazi had a better 14 world cup than Mikel? I've heard it all.

actually he did. Even Mikel admits he had a poor World Cup

E Choke!!!

the Poland game was way before the Congo. Infact the only other friendly we played after the congo one was against the Czech Republic

elunico:
Yeah! I remember, he picked it up in Port Harcourt against Congo. It affected his performance against Poland. I pray he gets back to his original form soon. Dude is miles ahead of Aina.

nice analysis doc. Onuachu is beginning to hit that peak as a fine predatory striker a real box finisher. Osimhen's game is still maturity hopefully with time he will start converting those big chances to goals.

TheSuperNerd:
And one of the Big Questions here:

Who is the better finisher? Osimhen or Onuachu

I could easily tell you my own take but I would rather use Stats to help enhance my points.

Osimhen in serie A alone have missed 5 big chances in 13 games (7 starts). He has 3 goals and 1 assist.

Onuachu in Belgian Pro League has missed "just" 8 big chances in 30 games (28 starts).

My focus is on the number of Big chances missed per Game.

Osimhen missed 5 in 13.

Onuachu missed 8 in 30. If Osimhen had played more games, the chances of him missing more are there. Meanwhile Onuachu had gone through 30 full games and haven't even hit double figures yet in Big Chances missed. What does this tell us? The man is one of the most ice-cold finishers in Europe right now. Infact I have an interesting stat I had compiled since March 8 and waited for the right time to drop which shows that Onuachu is actually Europe's most wicked finisher focusing on League stats alone i.e the guy who hardly misses the Big Chances he gets. He even tops the Finisher-Elite, Haaland and we all know just how Brilliant a finisher Haaland is

Without pressing any calculators, it's safe to say Onuachu's finishing is superior because The Big Man HARDLY misses a big chance.

So what's the simple answer I wanted to give you without this stats-filled preamble? It is easily Paul Onuachu. No arguments. Osimhen is a fine finisher. A very good one infact but Onuachu is Elite in this Attribute. But it doesn't make him the better striker all round compared to the Monster Machine.

I will drop those Big Chances missed stats comparison that shows how clinical Onuachu is compared to the goals scored.

guy you need to be fairer in your assessments. Osimhen finished top scorer of the entire qualifying campaign added assists untop yet you are still belly-aching because he didn't score hatrick.

Give the young man some breathing space we want him to improve but at least commend him for being our main man during this whole qualifying campaign. Ighalo that you are mentioning do you know how many years of grinding and support he got from the coach before he hit that run of form?

You are free to constructively criticize Osimhen but choosing to castigate him when he has obviously done well is not on.

Curtisaxel10:
I'm not saying he shouldn't miss chances o, but the guy seems rather too wasteful to me. This is particularly alarming considering that in this our team, good goalscoring chances are usually few and far between especially against big teams. Go and check the goals Ighalo scored in his final years in the SE against the heavyweights of African football. Hardly any one of them was given him on a platter of gold. He had to utilize the meager half-chances that came his way.

Osimhen just can't keep squandering chances at this rate, that's all I'm saying. Let me believe that his today's showing was due to his recent injury battles Sha.

guy its like you don't know some of our peeps here

andrewbaba44:
Nobody will ever think you are comparing victor to Messi nah ,something you can be jailed for

disagree about Iwobi. He worked hard but a lot of his threaded balls didn't come off. Not a great day at the office which can happen to anyone. Full marks to him too for always trying to make things happen.

TheGoodJoe:
Just need to touch on the second half. What most impressed me was the movement of our players. They did well covering each other and opening passing channels for each other.

However, we still have a lot of work to do.

Iheanacho dropping deep and distributing the ball was impressive especially towards the time he was taking out. He looked well coached.

Ndidi covering gaps at the back was also brilliant.

Etebo showed immense work rate.

Osimhen showed how frightening he is if given room to attack. Rohr needs to work on a system to create spaces for Osimhen.

Iwuala looks a genuine talent and he showed it. I was impressed with his skills but needs to work on his weight. Also his use of players. He looked at ease playing with Ebuehi.

I was over impressed with the tactical movement and awareness of space by Onuachu. He looked like Rodri of Man City playing the attack. Also covered grounds.

Iwobi was so delightful to watch in that second half and looks suited for a possessive playing side.

wow impressive Messi kind of stats equal goal and assist contributions. When last did we have a striker who dropped such goal/assists numbers? Osimhen is really a gem.

PS. I'm not comparing Victor to Messi o! before anyone starts saying I was comparing this to that player.

Danielnino00:
Osimhen at the AFCONQ b

5 games
5 goals
5 assists..

Hi Basco hope you are good bro please could you recommend some websites that record the history, stats and records of the NPFL thanks

BascoVanVeli:
It was 3 goals to me ooo. He is the one who flicked Samu the ball that he passed to Osimhen for his assist.

Good one for Onuachu. Nigeria needs alternative strikers to Osimhen so that if Victor is unavailable or having a bad we always have someone to do the business. Onyekuru was decent hopefully this should boost his confidence to stake a claim in the team.

Overall nice professional performance not too much worries. The crew should now know serious hardwork lies ahead WC Qualifiers will be much harder but with determination and support from everyone qualifying for Qatar 2022 is achievable.

Yo Rohr weldone thinking because we are winning we won't talk about how you smuggled Musa into the match weldone!

but but he was our best midfielder at AFCON and World Cup na?

Subzero047:
People still rate Etebo in 2021, hug the ball and insha Allah

Ndidi would have been more secure in that midfield with Aribo

do you know I'm just today years old before I knew it was "dedicated to Rashidi Yekini" that Mikel wrote on his vest. After all these years

Throwback to 1976 Nigeria Vs Sierra Leone at the Lagos National Stadium. Finished 6-2 in favor of Nigeria.

This week, the @NGSuperEagles return back home to Lagos playing Lesotho at the TESLIM BALOGUN Stadium

Here’s a look back at Saturday, October 30th 1976, Nigeria beating Sierra Leone 6-2 in a World Cup Preliminary Match at the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos

🎥: Reuters News pic.twitter.com/hv6aJiMT2Q

— Lagos Records and Archives Bureau - LASRAB (@LASRABofficial) March 29, 2021

No the 6 match days will be spread out between June to October.

DrLikita12:
The schedule seems really tight.
Qualifiers: potentially 6 games in 2 weeks in May/June (2nd round), and then another 2 games in November (3rd round)
AFCON in January 2022
World Cup in June/July 2022.

One of the great old ones. They don't make them like that anymore. Famous gist about him supposedly disarming Senegalese jazz when we played them in the quarters at 2000 AFCON comfort to his family.

edi287:
RIP Laloko

I agree 100%. Talk of Olise had even died down once talk of his lack of interest in repping SE was reported. These things are fluid and can change anytime. Ok what about Tobias that trained with the squad didn't he change his mind? However that doesn't change the fact that he gave the initial consent to play for Nigeria. Let's just calm down hope for the best and wait for how things unfold.

charlesemeka85:
the same point I made, Rohr and the nff will never stoop that low to enlist a player on standby without been sure of his allegiance

No matter how desperate the nff hv been in the pursuit of players with dual citizenship such hv never happened. Even adarabioyo who hv indirectly shown the signs on social media didn't get such mention

whatever the rumors flying about the fact of the matter is that their names were never part of any squad list meaning a solid commitment had not been gotten from them.

Speaking from an operational level it's even unprofessional to name someone in your squad without his or her consent. Like I said earlier let's wait to see how things unfold.

Subzero047:
The Madueke story started with a verified journalist, then Colin Udoh reposted it with Oma Akatugba then the story went international with Talent scout posting it and it was reposted by other international sports pages, the NFF did not shutdown the story it was only shut down by Madueke's appearance on England U21's

you are referring to the own goals and complete sports of this world plus Billing and Madueke were never named in any squad list released during that time period. Even when those stories came out the NFF shutdown such rumors. Remember it was also reported Tosin had declared for us but it was quickly denied by the football hierachy. Could Olise still change his mind? absolutely! but I have no doubts he was well aware of being named into the squad in one way or the other.

Subzero047:
The same media that said that Billing has declared for Nigeria and Madueke has been cleared for Nigeria, well we wait

Almost everyone including the more reliable parts of the sports media has said it's Michael Olise that's the one being referred to.

Anyway the next international window is not too far all will become clearer with time.

Subzero047:
Rohr has made several hints about Lookman and Ejaria even when they have never been invited and this one gets 'invited' and all silence, We are not even sure whether it was him that was on the standby list or Olisa Ndah, that's how sketchy this is

several posters have always insisted that Olise would be the ideal catch between him and Eze. I remember pointedly asking Charlesemeka who was better between Olise and Eze. He equivocally insisted Olise was the one to watch out for.

Eze's name was mentioned a lot about 2 years ago when he started doing well with QPR and we were desperate for a replacement or competition for Iwobi who wasn't impressing most people then. Komekn has been the one mostly calling for Eze's addition to the SE.

andrewbaba44:
Suddenly Olise is highly rated more than EZE after EZE don use una eyes see pepper

Even with Lookman Rohr hasn't come out clear to say he has declared for Nigeria. The best we got was him saying we have 3 players in Fulham. I understand your reason for being wary of the Olise call up. I guess we will have to wait until we actually see the boy put on the GWG on the field of play for us.

This things vary from player to player. I remember how we wanted Ebuehi and he initially turned us down but by the next international window he surprisingly made a 180 and decided to play for us after all.

Subzero047:
Hmm the Billing thing grew traction for months and was even carried by respected journalists until Billing outrighted denied it, but the thing is if it was indeed Olise was invited why has Rohr not said anything about it like he gave numerous hints about Ejaria and Ademola Lookman and what was the point of putting him on the standby list?

NFF might have their flaws but that's a school boy error they will unlikely commit. If Olise's name was included without a go ahead from him then you can bet he would have denied us in a blink of an eye.

Tammy and Billing who we were only talking to strongly denounced us. Billing even went to the extent of telling us his siblings family history as if we were dragging that with him before and he was the one who reached out o!

This is also a point of personal pride for us. We won't just call up anybody without securing a firm commitment from the concerned player.

Nigeria is many things but we're most definitely not Mali and Benin who will call up players out of desperation.

Subzero047:
Mali invited Adama Traore without even his knowledge