₦airaland Forum

Mujtahida:
But in all truth Eguavoen did not so much talk about his philosophy as he did that of Westerhof.

Its the hint in his analysis that revealed what style he favors

chrisxxx:
I am Ikwerre. The worst thing you can do to an Ikwerre man is to associate him with anything Igbo. If you call him Igbo you have indirectly called him a slave.
I think the problem started with the first set of Igbos he encountered. The Igbos first seen in Ikwerre Land were slaves sold to Europeans in numbers that were transported through Ikwerre Land. This made Ikwerre man to believe that anything Igbo is slave. Don't blame us we are not Igbos. Okrika man knows who Igbos are same as Ogoni and other minorities in Rivers State
I will also educate you on why some who claimed to Ikwerre would also claim Igbo. Those are Aro descendants. They are found in Isiokpo, Elele and other places. Till date Ikwerre treat them like second class citizens.

Nothing but a dream playing out in your world of wishes...lol

You , an Ikwerre man , has absolutely nothing over Igbo , both precolonially and presently. You have nothing worthy of emulation...take this from me.

I am from Anambra and Nri descendant and I will spit on you and your culture of men who dance with wobbling buttocks like akwuna-kwuna whoress.


You see those red cap you boorish Ikwerre politicians love to wear , it's strictly for Ndi Nze na Ozo , and not untitled elements like Wike and Amaechi.

If you want to be proud and throw jabs at Igbo I will advice you start by being proud of your culture.

My home town of Umuoji has achieved more fame than all Ikwerre clan , put together.

Cc.chrisxxx

Damioduso1:
Henry Onyekuru to replace Victor Osmihen. I could have prefer a Cyril Desser cos of his current form for his club side

E go sweet to have Onyekuru , Osimhen , Ejuke , Nwakali , Chukwueze , Awoniyi , Amoo , Tjani all in one team. Naija talents undiluted.

Truidstar:
Nwakali is going to be gradually introduced into the team. Against Egypt expect the usual but more attacking starting eleven.

I don't care how he is introduced into games but that team must play BEAUTIFUL FOOTBALL!!

Mujtahida:
I hope you know that Eguavoen's interview wasn't done after he was appointed as interim coach?

It still doesn't change the centee hold of his philosophy. He want to play possessive football and fleeting attacking system. That's all I need to know.

daveP:
Is not about his skill set but geling with the team under such a short time and in a major tourney. Those are just my concerns. Nothing more.

Meanwhile , remember Osimhen and Chukwueze were once teammates at Chile U17 , where Nwakali bossed the field and also captained the team. Therefore , I disagree slightly he wouldn't gell with the team.

Additionally , do not forget Nwakali is a product of the Nigerian football system. Hence , the issue of blending with the team is hardly a thing of bother.

komekn:
And so are you with your negative prejudice based on emotive sentiment not facts or objectivity.

This guy with his English grammar sef....what in the hell is "negative prejudice" ? Was there ever anything called "positive prejudice" ?

Oga grammar , prejudice is prejudice , you cant qualify it with an adjective.....lmao

humility33:
Oga I expect u to see nothing good in Lookman

Please don't diss that player even though i know your sentiments and hatred for foreign born players most especially innit boys stink to high heavens

Dude is way ahead of onyekuru currently. Rohr is not responsible for onyekuru failed club football, dude has refused to up his game

For Lookman the super eagles needs him...the reason why the NFF is having rest over this matter is because he has not been fully cleared yet or else it would have been a serious issue

When has any English born player ever impressed you , or brought glory to Nigeria, apart from Ikeme ?


I am waiting.

By the way , yes , I have no confidence in those English groomed players. I , however , believe in the talent and future of my Nigerian bred talents.

daveP:
The timeframe for geling together paid off at the Afcon Algeria won. Nwakali can't just come all of a sudden and bench those way ahead of him in the pecking order, unless the coach sees something we aren't seeing and throws him into the XI, which i am waiting to see. Its not about his invite now, but he breaking into the XI for this Tourney.

And how many times have we recited it here Nwakali was invited for his skill set which none of your current midfielders have.

For the last time , Nwakali is there to coordinate and orchestrate play from the midfield.


After I have already spelled it out you would still come with another perplexing comment.

mobilenewsnetwo:
Anambrans, you people have so been lucky with leadership.

Choosing a good leader is not a game of luck , you have to participate in election process that will elect a credible person. Stop telling us we are lucky , we simply don't trifle with our our culture and future.

Emeka Offor fronted Mbadinuju and we showed him Anambra is too big for any godfather , including the President.

Eselu enu ego , tried to impose Ngige and got beaten at his own game.

Ngige came through the back door and Obi showed him the way out.

As you can see , there is a clear patter that indicate Anambra is politically sharpened and will never let an incompetent poser snatch power from us.

Karlovych:
The proof is that Steven Caulker has been cleared to play for Sierra Leone, they both filed for switch to the same English FA in October as Pinnick confirmed that Lookman has started the process to switch at that same period.

Why all the noises about Lookman ? What are we missing if he is left out ?


Abeg , let him go sit down and wait for next time....after all , we have players who painted Europe with goals and great skills but Rohr made sure he frustrated them out....Onyekuru comes to mind.

Karlovych:
Once again he has refused to answer a simple question

There are some questions that does deserve answer. Everything is not simply black and white. Nwakali was invited because the team needs re-enforcement , especially , in the middle field. If the players you so much like to defend could not do the job and even the coach was ousted , what sense does it make for you to keep questioning decisions of a new coach , who has not even played a match.

TheGoodJoe:
When it comes to Ndah, from the clips I have seen his short passing skills. Which look very sound and I can see why Eguavoen will want him in the team. I guess we are going to do a lot of heavy-passing build up play and I think at some point Eguavoen might turn to him.

I have not watched much of Akpoguma to judge him on that but maybe with Ekong, Balogun, and Awaziem, Eguavoen feels he needs a defender with a different playing pattern.

Maybe he feels okay with the above and feels Akpoguma will not offer much different from them.

Honestly , I have not see much of Nda to assess him adequately but from the glimpses of the video you posted Olisa handles the ball , so beautifully. This is my mind of player -like Awaziem and Ebuehi.

I want to see the pairings of Nda-Awaziem.

Kog45:
Honestly I thought 28 man list must emerged from 40 man list but we saw two outsider in Nwakili and Olisa Ndah in the team.....definitely questions must be asked,why the duo making the team at the expense of invited players.....I don't know maybe Eguavoen had press conference after the list came out to defend the inclusion of Nwakili and Olisa.

But from my own point of view,Rohr was sacked for tactical reason and Eguavoen must have studied the team tacticaly prompted listing of Nwakili and Olisa in the team....meaning the two players have significant roles to play cos seeing them on the bench in Afcon will put a question mark on Eguavoen decision.

My man let's wait and see what will happen in Afcon,after then will evaluate Eguavoen tactical decisions.

Cc. Kogs45

You meant to tell me you are lost to the reason Eguavon invited Nwakali

daveP:
Lets not act like its only Ndidi that will defend the length of the place pls. Thats why i said we need an Etebo kinda player to balance it out. Nwakali is not that player.



The fact both has more to offer doesn't mean others won't join them against attacking teams like Algeria, Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia.

Bottomline: Nwakali can't play that CM role. I however want him to prove me wrong cos new Revelations do just that.


Else......

You can't be too confident with this assertion. You guys have been raising hell since Nwakali was invited , as if he is coming to mess something enviable which you have built. From whence Rohr was hired and Mikel left the team or lost form our midfield had fallen apart and we could not string 3 passes without losing the ball of pass to defence because of dearth of quality midfielders in the team.

We have tried Ndidi-Etebo combination and it resulted to nothing , Ndidi- Aribo has not worked and the team kept struggling. To add depth , Eguavon invited a player with the capacity to enrich our midfield , but you guys wont stop crying as if you have something better.

Which is why I suggested few days ago Ndidi should move to CB.

Joebie:
Ndidi in my opinion, even when he was in great form was not tremendous in GWG. The problem again may be coaching. Let's see if Eguavoen will make him "not hold back"

Why complain, do we have better options?

Onyeka , I believe is a very decent option.

Danielnino00:
This is the kind of free flowing attacking football most people like..Not the rubbish conservative type some coaches play

Cc. Danielnino00
Cc. Joebie
Cc. TheGoodJoe

My hommies , your head correct, jare!

A honest question brothers ; should we rest Ndidi , since he has continued to flounder , and ?

I , personally , feel Ndidi is slowing the team down with with his poor ball playing skills. What do you say ?

Odunayaw:
Have you ever watched Ndah?

Yes , against Athletico, or , was it the last Olympic qualifier against Egypt......not really sure which team it was. From the little I saw of him I sparingly thought he is a true talent.

andrewbaba44:
Na wetin you talk I Dey tell you .

When did I ever say I would chose Nda over Akpoguma ?

Karlovych:
Once again the Imaginary attributes all over again, the person in that clip never went 18 games without a goal or an assist for his clubside. Continue deceiving yourself with Nwakali

Again , stay on the topic. We are discussing his abilities and he is not a striker.

And , remember I told you we are not making comparisons....its too complicated because many factors shall be considered.


Bottom line , Nwakali has what we desperately need and we will check him out.

andrewbaba44:
You will take him over Olise ndah ,GBAM .

SMH...now you are telling me what I could do....lol

Karlovych:
I expected you to show me Nwakali doing such.

If you are familiar with what Nwakali brings to the table then you would not be asking this question. Nwakali has the abilities to play those pin point long passes... that is in his skill set. He is a natural midfielder controller with deadly deft touches in the 18yrd box.


Please , don't follow this up with another silly question. I am not here to do comparisons.

andrewbaba44:
People justifying Olise ndah inclusion over akpoguma

Smh

Nobody is justifying anything. Stop building mountain out of a molehill.

Olise Nda is a richly talented player that has a lot to offer and we will check him out. Akpoguma , however , has not really impressed but I will still take him over the emerging Olise Nda.

NB: I am not saying Nda is better than Akpoguma because I don't want any back and forth.

Mujtahida:
I have never been impressed by Ndidi and its really frustrating to me. I agreed with Eguavoen in his interview posted some days ago that he feels Ndidi is holding back. I still wonder why Ndidi is holding back. Our DMs like fOliseh and Onazi play like possessed players. But Ndidi is not like that. I think Onyeka should be given a chance. Sometimes competition can challenge a player to play his best where ordinarily self satisfaction makes him to just get by.

Nigga , this is very simple.


Ndidi is not a natural DM. He was converted to that position from central defence. Ndidi doesn't have the skill set to read games and made and contribute positively to attack.

And the thing about Ndidi "holding back" , well , let me kindly say you can't give what you don't have. Therefore , Ndidi isn't holding back, he just doesn't have anything to give , besides tackles and blocks.

I say , move him back to where he started , CD.

But take this truth , Ndidi , Ekong, KC , Aribo ,Iwobi , Simon Moses and Rohr are the reason why we keep playing soccer without passion.

Karlovych:
Iwobi has goals this season though for Everton, how many does Nwakali in his entire Huesca career?

Nwakali , for this season , has operated almost entirely from CM or DM , but just to win an argument you had to compare apples and oranges. Why aren't you asking how many goals Ndidi scored this season.

Iwobi is putting up embarrassing performances but you are more concerned about Nwakali who has not touched a ball with SE.

Where is yout sense of logic ?

PurpleHouse:
I deliberately just didn't want to talk about him because I'm hurt too.

The fact is that: Rohr messed up almost all of these guys to the point where most of them lost confidence. They began feeling they weren't good enough. And it affected their psychological well-being to the point of trying hard to please him with various loan moves that didn't bear much result.

And Secondly, he needs to work harder and stop being comfortable in his comfort zone in Gala.

You made some point. I don't think you could work harder than these boys , so chill brother.

solonnachi:
Lookman is better than Ighalo

Lookman and Ejaria bring nothing exceptional. We have better talent. .

Subzero047:
Ebuehi has to be the most disrespected player in the SE, he has been questionably left out of team lists before and players not up to half his quality invited in his stead now he is missing the Afcon because *checks notes* Shehu and Collins are better

Whatever happened to Ebuehi and Onyekuru is Rohr's fault. He intentionally smothered their chances.

Karlovych:
He has not been creative this season based on his stats, and again why should we look past club status and form? The national team is not a rehab. I'm sure if Jack Wilshere was Nigerian he will still be invited for his creativity.

Apply this same energy and call for Iwobi to be dropped,because he has been poor this season. Hasn't he ?

ChrisKels:
Boy, no matter what happens, never wish evil or failure on your fellow man's hustle, so that evil will never come your way.

Nwakali is pursuing his career and you want him to fail just so you could come here to say "I told you so". You are also pursuing your own career and someone somewhere will prolly be wishing you what you are wishing your fellow guy. So I put it to you, whatever you wish your fellow man shall befall you. Oya say amen to this prayer.

People attract curses to themselves by being merely careless in utterances.

Oldboss:
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I can't wait for this guy to flop big time at afcon
U praise him like u are related or is he your brother
Nwakali is not even better than Bonke and e u are saying he is far tactical than Aribo.

Do you even watch Rangers match?

The evil wishes you harbor for another man's honest hard work will surely deal a devastating blow to everything you lay your hands on! Say amen to that .