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Mujtahida:
Even if Nwakali plays shit, once it is komekn who is criticizing him, I will jump and pass.

Him own don pass criticism, it is obsessive, obliterating hatred.

You are getting too emotional.

You avoid the specifics ,facts and key performance indicators and hold on to the emotive preference.

caprikon:
I am indifferent towards Nwakali.

I am mentioning him for the first time...I actually thought Iwobi and Sadiq were the ones with obviously underwhelming performances yesterday.

Nwakali had a decent showing particularly in the first half in my opinion.

Not interested in any unnecessary back and forth..but if you can bring up stats to back up your claim..I will be interested.

My approach to games stats is they are indicative and not conclusive .

They help you to understand a player not necessarily conclude.

And your are entitled to your opinion again its a matter of perspective. What for instance Klopp and Pep will call a great performance is different from what Moyes and Gerrard will consider great.

But what I can assure the KPI 's associated with Midfield play will be at the center of it. Those KPI's , I have already stated.

What would be interesting was for you to state where in those KPI' s he Nwakali excelled, or was good in your own opinion.❓

TheSuperNerd:
Oh it's the Father of all things "dull" and "kom-minionish"

Man, Kelechi Nwakali shamed you so bad you had to come up with lies upon lies and deviations upon deviations to deflect from what a wonderfully Midfield conducting Performance he dropped yesterday.

Lad dropped a Masterclass and now sits top of the number of big chances created despite playing lesser mins than all our Midfielders except Onyeka.

Like Osimhen shamed you. Like Iheanacho shamed you. Like Awoniyi shamed you. So will Nwakali shame you too.

So keep being the best version of you... our elite clown and master of lies and half truths.

Why is that you always change the narrative instead of having a intelligent fact based discussion.

But you then get all deranged and incoherent with your irrational narrative.

We are talking about Nwakali not Osimhen , I don't know if you haven't noticed.

I was quite specific and clear with clear cut key performance indicators. But you are being in evasive and not contending with my deductions.

Well I will leave to keep singing your praise songs albeit it out of tune with REALITY

Aha hits the post justice has been served.

Penalty fake he dived he should check VAR

But the refererr is arrogant in his error.

Imagine what will happen if Zaha and Cornet come on .

Algeria is getting flogged

TheSuperNerd:
Cannot entertain this rubbish. In the midst of actual balanced analyses, this one comes and drops this cow dung. Ewwwwww. Nonsense.

Oh its the Choir Master Supremo of the Nwakali Praise singers Choir.

Sorry have to deviate, Cote d'Ivoire have just scored three against Algeria .

iamdynamite:
this man sha, so the nwakali that u watched yesterday is bad player.

Wow , some people are just so unbelievable

I didn't come to the conclusion by emotive sentiment but I put down clear cut KPI's for s Midfielder.

Using those units of measurement tell me where your player Nwakali excelled.

fabyom:
Ejuke has been our worst player in this tournament.

Sadiq should be on three goals now if Ejuke had passed to him against Egypt after Sadiq did all the hard work to control, turn and pass to him.
Bringing club football here again. Why is England not playing Grealish or Sancho as 9?
Personally, I would have dropped either Onyekuru/Olayinka for Desser.
So many wingers yet play Iwobi on the wings. Play Iwobi in Iheanacho's role or sit him on the bench.

Another member of the Nwakali praise singers Group

Sorry I don't like your music and I can't dance to it.

Ejuke is ABSOLUTELY not the worst player in any way or shape. He has actually been quite good not great but good.

12large1:
Yesterday game, onyeka cameo wasn’t better than nwakali first half performance. I don’t know what nwakali did to you, but accept your inaccurate predictions regarding him because so far, he has played well in his last 2 games

Oh its you second choir master of the Nwakali praise singers Group.

My opinion remains you can continue with your praise singing.

12large1:
I have been highly impressed with Eguavoen team Selections, timely substitution, team performance and style. So far, we have been the best team at this tournament thus far (my opinion) it’s almost like he is listening to super eagles fans because he has been rectifying our complains on Rohr

I have been impressed with Eguavon team strategy making us find our true identity once again. He has GIVEN us a strategic vision to buy into.

However, his team selection apart from two players has been very good. However, his substitutions have not been timely and lack vision.

One of the things I know about football , you don't need hours just minutes to know who your star performers are.

Within the few minutes that Olayinka, Onyekuru and Onyeka came on there was a CLEAR and OBVIOUS change in INTENSITY and QUALITY in those few paltry minutes given to them to impress.

The CONUNDRUM is why were Sadiq and Nwakali getting game time over and above far better players , WHY ❓

Sadiq was an embarrassment to the nation yet he was given time and Nwakali was just a passenger .

I know Eguavon knows his football and I know he is aware of how poor they are but why ❓❓

caprikon:
Wow! I definitely don't think he was poor on the night.

It would be good to see your player ratings after super eagle's games to better understand the metric used for assessing players.

There are three areas in football Defence, Midfield and Forward.


What are the key performance indicators for a good quality Midfielder ❓ Name them by degree of importance.

Then ask yourself which one Nwakali excelled in honestly and you will get your answer.

fabyom:
Olayinka is not a striker he is a winger! I don't know why peeps are clamoring for him to lead the line. Sadiq has great positioning and good ball control. He will get better with time.

You don't use the Super Eagles to learn work or complete your apprenticeship.

You come to the SE as a complete player not to come and learn work.

Umar Sadiq is the worst player in the current squad without question followed by Nwakali.

I would rather have short man Moses Simon playing as a center forward than Sadiq 100%. Just as Raheem Sterling does for England.

The modern game with modern proficient players, particularly forward players many can play center forward as well as wing. Rashford, Mane, Salah, Antonio, Benzema, Mbappe, etc

Hence I would rather have Olayinka and Onyekuru up from than Sadiq.

Cote d'Ivoire have scored Kessie neat goal from a Pepe pass.

Mousup40:
we don't need ighalo anymore in the super eagles

But we can have Umar and Sadiq plus Onyekuru.

Kog45:
Nwakili reminded me of Mikel today but as you said off the ball he need to do more but he would have flourish with Ndidi,Aribo playing behind him in three man midfield and Awoniyi upfront but meaning Iheanacho will be on the bemch which is very unlikely with Simeon and Chuckwueze on the flank 4-3-3

You are stretching it to breaking point.

Nwakali was poor , he was a passenger that the whole team was carrying most of the match.

Either you have very low expectations or you are being over the top with your exaggerations.

To compare Nwakali to Mikel is an insult to Mikel and his legacy.

isan:
Nwakali played well he created like 2 clear cut chances for sadiq , Ebuehi and iwobi also play well maybe you watched the match on black and white tv

You are right about the through ball to Sadiq to and the other pass. But that's about it

A Midfielder job is very simple when you have the ball you attack when you don't have the ball you defend.

Under these key performance indicators he was very poor .

Work rate - very very poor.
Backtracking - very poor
Tackles - very poor
Blocks - very poor
Closing down space - oor
Interception- poor
Passing - below average
Physicality - very poor

This is where he fails woefully.

If not for Ndidi and Ajayi covering for him he was essentially a liability in midfield.

Subzero047:
Uzoho exuded more confidence in this match than Maduka in the last two matches played together if you can't see it then maybe you are the one with the bias

Did you see the school boy error parried the ball straight to oncoming player from Guinea Bissau.

philip0906:
Look at Olayinka’s work rate but we’ll be using an aboki who contributes nothing to the team.

He is showing some good composure on the ball.

samtol4:
I prefer Olayinka to Sadiq. Few minutes he played he seems to be far better than sadiq

That's not a question

klexycole:
Beautiful save Uzoho.

He parried the ball straight into the pathway of the oncoming player, they nearly go the rebound and scored.

It's very poor to goalkeeping it's literally a school boy error

semid4lyfe:
True, he inspires more confidence than than that oyinbo

Ate you talking in the past or present .

Because Uzoho has not been tested once in this game for you to come to that conclusion.

It's almost 70 minutes why has Onyeka not come on for goodness sake ❓❓

Wow that was close

At last Olayinka at last

Sadiq has scored against all odds good tap in


Hopefully not off side

Sadiq will get a yellow the next time he tries that.

What is he falling down for again.

What on earth was Sadiq trying to do give his friend the ball in the crowd

jihday:
he told you this via text or he called?

No he had a meeting with the player and his agent ,in England at the TIME.

Nwakali had one good moment drifting past two players with a through ball to Sadiq ,who not surprisinig messed it all up

But Nwakali is a liability he has no Physicality, he doesn't tackle, or fight for the ball, he doesn't back track. He is givin too much work for Ndidi.

Was he the one that nutmegged in midfield so disgracefully ? and didn't even get angry and fight to get the ball back.

Our Midfield lackdd cohesion and bite and we are getting dominated. Our attack is non existent and it's the defence that's holding things together.

Ajayi and Ekong have a good partnership so far, Collins is just OK .

EJuke need to have some more football intelligence and think before acting.

I want to see Olayinka, Onyekuru and Onyeka this half.

We need to take off Sadiq ( liability) Iwobi and KC have not impressed.

We need to UP THE TEMPO

I am BEWILDERED why has Onyeka not byern given any opportunity.

andrewbaba44:
Shame no Dey catch you ?

What has jamilu done wrong in this game ?

As rohr commot make una carry this una character About jamilu follow Am abeg

What has he done by right

TheLoneCitizen:
As a midfielder, Nwakali isn't creating passing lanes for his defenders .


Iheanacho playing as AM not SS

As a Midfielder you should be able to beat players change direction, create spactr to play killer passes.

Nwakali is just there passing the ball and just oiling the engine very lack luster Midfield on our part. Without Ndidi we would be in trouble.