₦airaland Forum

Diavolo:
Maybe if you say Iwobi I can agree but definitely not ndidi as regards to his role in the diamond. It's impossible for Ndidi to be the only one for like 10 years now. It just seems that way because others have not been given a chance. Remember we went to Afcon 2023 without Ndidi and won a silver with onyeka doing an excellent job !

Diavolo:
But the experienced players haven't done anything spectacular over the years. An example is the iwobi ndidi midfield combo that we have tried for over 10 years now with far more disappointments than success

Diavolo:
I hope with the performance of the debutants , Chelle can finially see that sometimes it's important to try different players and system instead of sticking to one. Players like Moses , ndidi are past it. Ajayi can be replaced with Nwaiwu who is a very good progressor of the ball even as a cb. Instead of the diamon d that's easy for a top team to handle , we can have other formations as well.

Blueelf:
Lookman and Akor and Ndidi needs to be subbed out one by one

They are our weak links so far

Tinneh:
Looks like a 4-4-2 Flat..
Lookman and chukwueze as wide wingers,
Iwobi and ndidi pair...

Napoleon55:
Na waa for una,

So because Osimhen stated a simple and undeniable fact that Yekini is the greatest goal scorer in Nigeria,at least till someone else surpasses him,most likely Osimhen himself,
you now attributed it to false humility.
And consequently,that honest statement have locked him up from scoring for Nigeria and becoming greater than Yekini,according to you and the guy you quoted which I don't even have any word for him but to shake my head.

Moniter0:
When I raised this concern during the last AFCON about what Osimhen said about Yekini being "the greatest" goalscorer in the Super Eagles just when he was about to surpass Yekini's goal scoring feats in the Super Eagles, some of you said I was overthinking. I pointed out how he didn't score anymore goals in that Tournament after he said it. This was somebody who was scoring goals for fun and was about surpassing Yekini's record in that tournament. Now he is out of this fixture again due to recovery, but I really pray he surpasses Yekini's record.
The point is, this is an advise to anyone out there..mind what you say that concerns you because words aren't "mere words" whether good or bad. If you're a footballer or a public figure seeing this, don't allow journalists to corner you into saying any negative thing about yourself no matter the pressure, if you must respond only respond positive. Don't allow the feeling to appear "humble" to make you say something that will "keep you humble".
Humility is knowing that God is your source and your helper, while pride on the other hand is thinking you don't need anyone and you can do it all by yourself.

EElopa:
Ndidi is starter i understands it but Nnadi and Akinsanmiro will definitely be better than him by 2030. Nnadi and Akinsanmiro best football are ahead of them the same can't be said about Ndidi. I am big fan of Ndidi. I once rated him among the top 8 Defense midfielders in the world. Leicester city ran him to the ground. Injuries has taken it toll on him due to the overload they subjected him to. Ndidi is a very smart man and he himself knows he is not what he used to be and if the right money comes from the Arabs he will go secure his future. Wilfred Ndidi was a beast of a DM in his prime.

Largebann:
We had osimhnen that Chelsea were interested in 2 years ago and possibly arsenal now. All he has to do is reduce wages but Nigerians are encouraging to remain at not not realizing that osimhen has more to lose by playing at Turkey than big clubs for purchasing. These yes-men doesn't realize that if you're in peak physical condition, you can always generate Millions of Dollars at lower level league in your latest 30's. The same nonsense that okocha did playing at Fenarbache at his prime instead of much bigger club

EElopa:
For us to continue to improve and advance I really think Ndidi time in the national team should be coming to an end now. Nnadi, Akinsanmiro, Onyedika and Yusuf are definitely ready to takeover the baton. Ndidi is just not the player he once was. Getting benched in Besiktas all but confirmed it. Ndidi should just go chop the Arab oil money and clean mouth. We really need to start building the supereagles around top quality veterans that will still be around for 2030 like Iwobi, Oshimhen, Lookman, Bassey and then up and coming talents that are going to get better with time. Moses Simon, Ajayi, Ndidi, onuachu, Sanusi, and the rest should hopefully bow out from the national team with a title or medal after next year Afcon for the yound bloods.

Kog45:
Where is Meliforme?Ejuke number one man

Joebie:
Trump go still congratulate Tinubu next year

Napoleon55:
Trump wouldn't have allowed those Chiwanga sisters to play football if he is in charge of CAF

After listening to Tabitha's voice, I'm still having a hard time of entertaining the thought that she is man.

darkelf:
Nigeria may not be able to best this cape Verde team

AndSunGorilla:
With all due respect, none of them is like Mikel in any way sir.

Meliforme:
Mikel is not as creative as Iwobi.
Iwobi excels more in overall passing range (long balls, chip passes, and crosses of the ball)

Iwobi's tendencies to also roam the wings makes him even more active in build ups and feeding the forwards.

Napoleon55:
You don start again,
If Iwobi is better than Mikel in these you mentioned, what have been preventing the super eagles all along from achieving success?

AndSunGorilla:
With all due respect, none of them is like Mikel in any way sir.

darkelf:
VERY BIG LIE

darkelf:
Okocha may not have started but if memory serves me well, they had Oliseh

Oliseh is known for accurate long passes. We don't have any DM of that calibre today

We just don't have such players right now and their Ebenezer Akinsanmiro na carpenter

M7even:
When you make statements like this , pls try to give us instances that validates your opinions.

Napoleon55:
You like to joke a lot.

You have the assortment abi assorted meat of players to beat any team in the world but you failed to beat SA or Ghana for over 360 minutes of football to qualify for WC back to back.

Nigeria need to learn how to humble themselves and accept their failures so that we can be champions again.

We have lost to Portugal fair and square two times now but you still think you are better than them, stop all these your jokes abeg.

Kog45:
Oga Meli,the match was a friendly match but big question in a competitive match can you stake it that Nigeria will beat Portugal.

Meliforme:
Anything can happen in football.
With good coaching we can beat Portugal.

Portugal has more talents than us, but we have the assortment of players that can beat Portugal.
Ndidi was excellent in duels and ball recoveries, he outperformed all the midfielders in those metrics save Frank Onyeka who had more ball recoveries.

Wilfred Ndidi, Frank Onyeka, Tochukwu Nnadi are rock solid midfielders. The lapses we saw in the midfield against Portugal was down to Eric Chelle for fielding FDB and Alex Iwobi at the same time, their deficits in defensive duels has always been there, a situation that i pointed out in the last AFCON. Contrast FDB and Bruno Fernandes in how they fared in duels, FDB lost all, Fernandes lost only one.

Eric Chelle has his positives, especially in the manner he has improved our passes and composition of play, but he is yet to possess that cutting edge that can give us the foremost advantage to victorious situations.

Amovingman:
England vs Croatia

1st half under 0.5
1st half card under 0.5

Stake high guy's

mank1234:
We are saying the same thing.
The emoji is my way of saying that's all he has to show

Amedino99:
Chidera high on the list of productive dribbles e.g. successful dribbles where the ensuing action was a shot, chance created, progressive pass, or progressive carry...dribbles that actually led to something.

mank1234:
He's better than Yamal at displacing players