₦airaland Forum

Toylove:
Komekn and bluelf abi na darkelf come outside, I wan whisper something to una ear

Whisper please.

Nomyth:

I just don't understand this recent idea of always assessing a player solely on where he plays. This is so simplistic and very misleading.

We are talking about the AFCON for God's sake where a lot of other countries will be presenting players from various leagues in Africa! Not as if our opponents are bringing players from real Madrid or Barca so I don't see the reason why someone playing for Orlando Pirates can't make the team.

The Egyptian team that won back to back Afcon titles doesn't have a large number of players playing in Europe.

It's simplistic to display ignorance and present it as intelligence.

Simply put the best players end up in the best teams Ceteris paribus.

humility33:
I never trusted him.

Equaevon is even better than him sef

Eguavon that enthroned mediocrity with Nwakali.

mostob:
We are our own problem in this country. Not like Salah was even exceptional. You go pick a stranger ahead of someone who you nurtured and gave the big break.

This is the Nigerian problem, you must support somebody based on favouritism, nepotism and tribalism.

This is the reason we have a certificate forgerer, ID Thief, Convicted Drug dealing money launderer, ,etc as a President.

According to you Salah is not exceptional.

Wow your so blinded with bias.

Kog45:
Naija connection

There was a time when Fulham were called the Nigerians they had so many Nigerian in their youth teams.

Elijah at Luton was at Fulham then he was much more technical.

Kog45:
Tosin Adarabioyo and Fikayo Tomori proved you wrong.

I don't understand what you are trying to say.

Tobichimezie:
Iwobi looks a completely transformed player in Fulham, evidence of a good player who only needed the right environment and coach to finally blossom.

Meanwhile Tosin Adarabioyo scored, making a solid case for an AFCON call up if Peseiro and NFF are serious about winning

What case.

Dude is better than every defender in the SE by a considerable length.

charlesemeka85:
didnt watch the game but even if he was as good as Baresi I don’t want him back to the super eagles

We hv young promising CB’s to rebuild the team with. One like Ogbu deserves a chance

There is a time limit to PROMISE it's future projection However, when a player has been in Europe for 5 years and is now playing in poorly rated Czech league.

A league that is not rated better than the Scottish league,.

I find it difficult to call him a SE prospect.

Tobichimezie:
Defenders that should make their AFCON debut

Tosin Adarabioyo

Olisa Ndah (he already played at an AFCON under Eguavoen but played only one game)

Igoh Ogbu

Gab Osho

Bassey

Omeruo (for experience)

Ekong (experience)

Jordan Torunarigha

Experience of mediocrity, Dude has remained istagnant setting up permanent residence in low level teams and leagues.

It's time to move forward with higher aspirations which require better players not relics of a time past.

Tobichimezie:
Can't argue against this, I'll go with Igoh Ogbu + Tosin/Omeruo at the AFCON

Omeruo should be retired has nothing to offer .

Kog45:
Oya pick one for Afcon

None of the above

Amedino99:
any discussions wey involve tactics, he no dey put mouth. Him own unit of measurement concerning players na money. Nothing concern am with things like amount of chances created, progressive carries, passes into the final third and and so on. All these na just stat to kome.

Few questions for you , is the degree of difficulty execution,l and complexity of delivery or tasks the same in every league ❓

The level of quality, physical exertion and precison the same in every league ❓❓

Is there an intrinsic relationship of the monetary value of a team and the quality ability of a team.❓❓❓

Do the vast majority of player's follow the style of football ⚽ or the money 🤑 to be gained.❓❓❓❓

Consider thrse variable and components before you make any deduction, it will be great wisdom for you.

Meliforme:
Another guy reciting what is in his head, and head alone and not what is discussed.

Another person forgetting where the discussion emanated and was birthed from 😞

villagereporter:
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Baba afternoon sir, at d bolded this is what is killing this country at every facets one turns to.

Can you explain further please 🥺

Marjoribanks:
I watched Osimhen play his first full game in two months, and he brilliantly earned a clear penalty out of nowhere. However, the VAR referee disagreed, which was disappointing.

On another note, Haaland missed several clear chances against Tottenham, yet his fellow countrymen keep making excuses for him.

Osimhen, on the other hand, tirelessly challenged Inter's defense for the entire 90 minutes, yet some of his own countrymen label him a one-season wonder? To me, that's utterly ridiculous.
How can someone with double-digit scores in Belgium, France, and Italy be called a one-season wonder? I can't help but think that some people are irrationally critical and being utterly stvpid!.

Regarding the news about Maldini's comments on transfers, it's shocking how misinformation spreads. He never mentioned that signing Chukwueze was a waste of money, yet Punch Nigeria published a headline suggesting exactly that. It's astonishing and disgraceful!

When I look at how Americans support Pulisic, I can't help but feel disheartened by how we, as Black men, often don't show the same support for our own. We seem to be more inclined to pull each other down instead of lifting each other up, and that's truly pathetic.

Football ⚽ fans have always been emotively fanatical and not very objective and fair. And as such very fickle, today you are great and tomorrow you are useless, this is very normal.

You have made some very wide all encompassing and sweeping assumptions, l am not sure what they are based on.

For instance you talk about Pulisic, how do USA 🇺🇸 citizens support him beyond the ordinary. I have seen no evidence of over the top support for him.

To create a narrative and become the judge , prosecutor, jury and investigator all in one.Thats not very balanced. You make assumptive claims with no evidence just your perception.

Who called V.O. a one season wonder SURPRISED 🤯 and although l doubt it ,in what context ❓And why should a singular view get you all fired up and indignant.

But what you do and many others do here is you hype players you like and exclude those you do not. Any anyone who disagree with your narrative you call HATER.

For instance IGHALO scored a hat trick and is joint 6th highest goal 🥅 scorer in the Saudi league one goal below Benzema. Yet nobody is clamouring for him to be called back to the SE. Sadiq scores a very good 🥅 and now he is great and excellent, after one flash in the pan goal 🥅.

From my experience praise and hype will make you complacent but criticism will make you way BETTER.

When I see players my appraisal is by comparison standards and expectations across the board irrespective of nationality. I will not set a lower standard to compensate for players because they happen to come from a less disadvantaged background, etc.

The idea of supporting your country man regardless of competency just because he is your countryman is the primary anchor ⚓ for nepotism, favouritism, mediocrity, and undue preference. This is essentially the Nigerian problem.

We are being ruled by the most incompetent criminal and corrupt leaders across the globe, WHY 🤔because I MUST support my country man, tribe, village, associated, etc.

It should be OUTSTANDING COMPETENCY not BIASED PREFERENCE.

Maldini has his opinion and it's not unquestionable , however I think it's reasonable if indeed it is his opiniin by comparison to Pulisic. Considering Pulisic has scored 6 goals in 12 games and Chukwueze how many ❓

You may want to call me HATER but I don't agree with your wide unproven assumptions.

Meliforme:
You missed the point. Iwobi was touted to be poor at long balls, i corrected that opinion with actual data.

It will always be a good thing to come at people's opinion, arguing what is being discussed, staying in the context of the discussion rather than saying what is in your head, and in your head alone.

Long ball is not an outstanding skill set ( police game) it's a tactic used and relied upon by limited poor players and poor teams. When it becomes the core strategy.

Otherwise top players and teamd use precision passing movement and skill to bring the ball forward most of the time. And yes they do use long pin point precison balls at the right time.

But if that's all you can do long ball then you will be in semi professional football.

chrisooblog:
The fact of the matter is that we lack top quality options so Nwakali's name will always come up.

But Nwakali is only hype on this forum anywhere else he is promise never realised.

He is currently too poor and low quality to be considered as an option for the SE.

He had done NOTHING beyond youth football ⚽ in the past 8 years.

Kog45:
This did not answer my post.The issue here is not about Kelechi Nwakali club status,wages and salaries and Portugal league position in Europe,not even his performance.

My question,is it a sin or a taboo for someone to bring Nwakali up discussing Nigeria midfield?this was my indirect question to a post who asked why are people always bringing Nwakali up discussing Nigeria midfield.

My point,any Nigeria player has every right to be discussed here irrespective of anybody’s opinion on the said player.

If “doing it” in Portuguese league meant doing well to you then it connoted different meaning to me…in my usage in that post “doing it” meant “playing in” Portuguese league.

I judge harshly, apologies for misconstruing your statement.

For me the only reason we should talk about players because they show good quality and have the capacity to play for the SE.

This is why I stopped talking about players like ;
Chuks Aneke
Freddie Onyedinma
Josh Onomah
Oveimuno Ejaria
Dominic Iorfa
Ojo Seyi

And quite a few others because they haven't done enough 😞 to justify a call up.

However, when we keep talking about Nwakali it seems I've been too hasty. Because all of these players have done way better than Nwakali.

Kog45:
. Nwakali is a Nigerian and is presently doing it in Portuguese league so he fit in when we are discussing about our midfielders cuz not that we have them special….Ndidi in championship with Leicester and Iwobi in EPL with Fulham not even in top ten club sides in EPL.

With respect, what is Nwakali doing in the Portuguese league ❓

His team is at the bottom of the league, they have won just 2 games out of 11. One of those games they won , was because there opponents had two players sent off.

When a team does well all the players share in the accolades in the same vein when a team is abysmally poor they players share in the condemnation.

The Portuguese league is rated 7th in Europe 🌍 and there is huge gulf between the bottom teams and the top teams.

I will go back to Finances there is undeniable relationship between a teams quality and the Finances used to acquire players.

Somehow Nwakali is in a worse team than he was in the Segunda Division with Ponferradina, he is earning less money.

And you imply he is doing well, that is not just exaggeration but misrepresentation and misleading.

His team Chavez FC has a weekly wage bill that is lower than a English League one team. That tells you about the quality of players in Chavez FC .

Danielnino00:
Who are the world class players on Southampton bench that the likes of Nwakali, Matthew, Alhassan and Folorunsho won't make it there? 🤣😂

Your question ❓ destroys your intended proposition.

Nwakali is at the bottomless pit in Portuguese league
Folorunsho is in Verona at the bottom of seria A
Mathew plays for Zurich in the Swiss league rated 12th in Europe. Which is lower than the Scottish league.
Alhassan plays in the Belgium super league.

None of these players are exceptional infact Nwakali is very poor quality and earns less than €2000 a week .

There is an intrinsic link between player value and quality. This cannot be denied not always conclusive but definitely indicative at least.

There are no world class players in my opinion in Southampton but there are several high quality players and in the team.The players you mentioned are not exceptional but low quality.

Nwakali who at his peak could not get into Arsenal youth team.

Tobichimezie:
Surely this Alex Oyowah lad can't do any worse than a div 2 benchwarmer like Aribo who has no business in the national team, there should be at least 3 decent midfielders in our local league that are good enough to make the Super Eagles...then add the likes of [b]Alhassan Yusuf, Ifeanyi Matthew, Nwakali, Folorunsho [/b]to the established faces like Iwobi and Onyedika/Onyeka and we should have a solid midfield depth. There's no excuse why any sane modern day coach should be inviting only 4 midfielders when we have OPTIONS. Peseiro is really am idiot for wasting our time honestly.

You have zero knowledge.

Where does Ndidi and KC play ❓ without Ndidi the SE has a huge irreplaceable gap currently. But according to you they should all be dropped because they are playing in Division Two.

The EPL is the best league in the world and definitely the most competitive. So how good is the Championship ❓the stepping stone to the championship. It's in record that it's way superior to the Scottish league.

The best Midfielder in the world ,Jude Bellingham where did he come from ❓

The players in bold will not get on to the bench at Southampton and Nwakali will not even get into the Youth team.

mank1234:
Is it true the team that started against CIV had 7 home based players? If true, that's the power of a good coach. Believing in your players, psychin them up. Other coaches would have said if they are not in Europe, they are not good enough.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/11/lets-go-back-to-starting-point-ahmed-musa-super-eagles-captain/

It's either youthful exuberance or a lack of knowledge on your part.

The times were very different then information technology was essentially non existent by comparison today.

In addition the naira if I'm right had not been rendered useless, nobody wanted to JAKPA.

Good players were not fanatical and obsessed about leaving Nigeria for anywhere and still played in the NPFL.

OH how the time's have changed

Kobojunkie:
By her taking charge of her marriage and ensuring that offspring are produced despite her husband's "shortcomings". Why label her a devil for that when marriage as many understand it is meant for procreation? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That's one SIDE of a self justified and self birthed story.

No excuse for this depraved betrayal of her marriage. Remember for better for worse.

Fallen Woman.

TheGoodJoe:
No one is overrating Kelechi Nwakali. We just said we need someone sound in deep lying playmaking role. Kelechi Nwakali is a natural for the role. He is not a magic wand but an extra dimension to our play.

A player who has done nothing in Europe 🌍 for 8 years, and is in the bottom club in the Portuguese first tier currently.

If this is not OVERRATED OVER HYPE garnished with disinformation, what them is .

TheGoodJoe:

If Kelechi Nwakali is not in the team, Iwobi has to play the deep lying role. Not Aribo or Onyeka. At least Iwobi has the technical ability to lay through passes. I don't see that in Onyeka and Aribo.

Either way, the team needs Kelechi Nwakali.

Absolutely NOT

Danielnino00:
Wetin u dey talk? Salah is naturally a winger.. he plays as an inverted winger.. Diaz is also 100% a winger.. Jota spent the majority of his career as a winger before joining Liverpool,but he can play as a central forward.. Nunez is a strilee, but his pace and dribbling skills make him able to play on the wing... All 5 of Liverpool's first choice forwards are versatile.. the same cant be said of ours...

You want to tweak the formation and play players in roles they arent technically suited for

Agreed without question

Ons lighter note should we draft in the FUTURE now his is Obi.

I wonder 🤔 it he is Obi -Dient and will accept an immediate cap to play in the SE.

At least he will be better than Sadiq .

comodo:
Help us with their names and profiles. We are talking of solutions now.

Frank Rijkard
Rudd Hullitt
Patrick Vierra
Darren Moore
Patrick Kluivert
Kole Toure
Sol Campbell
Liam Rosenior
Ledly King
Micheal Emenalo

To name a few

Barryseal:
Going forward, players like Olisa Nda, Ibrahim Olawoyin, Igho Ogbu, Akor Adams, Gift Orban, obinna Nwobodo, Arthur Okonkwo, Nwakali must be added to refresh the team. We missed doing this during the friendlies which is quite unfortunate.

Add these hungry set of players to the team and watch our fortunes change.

The only thing I can agree with is that Nwakali is very hungry indeed in fact he is in starvation.

He is earning less than what he earned at the very lowly almost bankrupt Ponferradina who got relegated and now after 11 games 8 loses Chaves are at the bottom in relegation zone again.

Nwakali has absolutely nothing to offer , he remains in dead poor quality clubs because he also is poor.

After 8 years in Europe 🌍 your are still hyping what is already dead .

Joebie:
Maybe we should have Oliseh back with all the support. I don’t mind heads rolling. This team needs all seriousness mentality injected.

Oliseh and Siasia are corrupt and bedeviled with favouritism, nepotism, double standard and conflicting interests. Even Eguavon is not far off , there are even question marks on Amunike.

Sanusi is dead on arrival.

Getting your UEFA A coaching licence , does not automatically make you a great coach and manager. It's a bit like passing your driver's license it doesn't mean you are a great driver.

It's your innate abilities that you have from personality, aptitude, and the unique application of your experience and knowledge that makes you EXCEPTIONAL.

However, you really cannot compare the experience of coaches coming from Ajax, Arsenal, Bayern,Real Madrid, etc to someone coming from Bendel insurance and Warri wolves. The difference in quality is undeniable and almost impossible to match.

When the Charlatan was appointed I made my position very clear as a pathetic decision reflecting the corruption in the NFF.

And it's not about white coaches but quality competent coaches.

And if the issue is colour there are several black managers with very good pedigree in Europe 🌍. But we chose a MEDIOCRITY and we are reaping what we have sown.

humility33:
I pray we don't have an Nff president like Pinnick again ever

He is a mess

Corruption, LAWLESSNESS and impunity have been legalised by the highest court in the land.

It's the rule of criminals so don't expect anybody of capacity, capability and integrity.

Mujtahida:
So the SE is so radically different from the clubs he's played for? Emphasis on CLUBS.

Football is practical. Nwakali is so unique as a footballer that the only team where that uniqueness is needed is the SE? Is this not preposterous?

It's actually DELUSIONAL