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TheSuperNerd:
Nerdie returns on page 15,000.

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Meliforme... thanks so much for your short yet beautiful analysis on the game. It was only yours that truly captured how we really played and approached the tie vs Sao Tome. It was indeed a 4-4-2 or let me say in its truest essence, a 4-2-2-2 approach because Lookman and Iheanacho operated more as false wingers and attacking midfielders through the half spaces.

Yes, It is Sao Tome... we were expected to win no doubt. So we should not scream "Eureka" because of the result. Like Joebie said, we beat Sao Tome 10-0 and felt on top until Algeria and co brought us back to reality.


But the difference this time lies in the personnel coming through for us and in how we moved forward in attack.

Ndidi's forward plays, Boniface's easy-on-the-eyes understanding of the withdrawn striker role (#. Iheanacho's false winger role from the right half space/right channel... Bruno Onyemaechi's understanding on the overlap and underlay... Lookman's inside forward swagger... Osimhen's dominant box performance and ability to shift outwide to accommodate a fellow CF in the middle and Chukwueze's hybrid role as a half space operator and true wing force.


The midfield still needs a few tweaks and the defence isn't there yet especially centrally but the Fullbacks options has fine depth now.

LB - Zaidu, Bruno, Collins and/or Bassey

RB - Aina, Osayi-Samuel, Ebuehi

JPes gotta just get the CB pair right and finally get the midfield balance that will instantly make the Super Eagles true Afcon Favorites.

Time will tell.

DABIGATRAN:
Remember it's Sao Tome we played

Marjoribanks:
Today na my birthday. I just say make I inform you! Omo, I don old small oo!

Nigeriagood:
who says he is not needed ah ah are you reading another thing ni,the fact is he's not among the best in the business

TheGoodJoe:

Nothing like poor. Victor Osimhen did not get ample opportunity at Wolfsburg. When he had his opportunity at Charleroi, he shone brightly. Got to Lille and shone. Making your postulations about Victor Osimhen wack and poor.

Quality is what you denied Osimhen had and when he got the chance to show his quality, he performed at a top level because of his quality.

With the right exposure, a true talent will shine.

No matter how you negatively criticise Kelechi Nwakali as you did Iheanacho, Osimhen, and Sadiq Umar, your negativity can not make them fail.

YOUR HATE IS NO ANTEDOTE TO THEIR FUTURE.

Kog45:
Sir Meli,stop disrespecting Chavez players,without Nwakili the team came 7th last season and this season they have lost the first two matches,hoping to win their next match.

typicalgamer:
Nwakali to Chaves is not a good deal at all

Come Saturday just take your time and stream their match you’ll see the team is piss poor and really lazy

What’s the point of making team of the week and having high stats when your team is always losing

One might think you’re stat-padding and won’t take you seriously

Bro needs a good showing this first half of the season and move from that club please

Napoleon55:
You are actually making it easier for those who can't see anything good in this young man to justify their reproachments on him.

Most of these ur write ups about him r not necessary,
using stats of two games to mention him and KDB that have consistently performed at d highest level is rather premature,
Saying he is a more complete player that Amrabat is not necessary.
What u should be praying is that he move up to higher league and a better team as soon as possible, because this Chavas team is not good enough in my opinion but still better than la liga 2.

Meanwhile he need to churn out impressive performances week in week out to really shut his haters and doubters.

chrisooblog:
Two games? Are you for real?

Based on your logic I guess it's safe to say Akor Adams is one of the best strikers in the world since in two games he has scored more goals than Haaland.

chrisooblog:
Do you have extensive evidence like a sequence of games over a season to back up this interesting claim?

Also take note of the level of opposition he's facing.

chrisooblog:
Nwakali is a talent that is universally agreed on this thread but he needs to fulfill that potential before hyping him to high heavens.

Akor Adams has scored in two games now for his club in France does that now mean he's world class? Of course not! At best he's a prospect who will get better at worst he's going through a purple patch.

I'm happy for Kelechi that he's getting game time in a decent European league but he will have to do a lot more to convince me he's the missing piece in the midfield of the SE.

Truth be told if we had two or three half decent CMs playing in various top five European clubs Nwakali's name wouldn't frequently come up in conversations here.

Odunayaw:
Yoruba people say "don't call a dog a monkey for me"

If you were sincere, you'd have use his Laliga 2 stats as a buttress.

Again, 2 games is nothing concrete if you're talking consistency. Don't insult our intelligence.

Thank you

Odunayaw:
I am not part of those that put consistency in the same sentence with just TWO games

U no get talk

Odunayaw:
So we compare every Tom, Dick and Harry with KDB with just TWO games!

Gentleman, it is enough for all of us here that Nwakali is on the trajectory upwards. It's for our own good

All these intellectually indefensible positions y'all want to bring up won't fly at all. Na pollution be all this na

Odunayaw:
For all who are following. This is just for the 2 games in the Portugese league

Back to you Sir, did you only mean for 2 matches when you said this;

Odunayaw:
"He brought"

From where? Where's the proof? Pictures?

Odunayaw:
"He brought"

From where? Where's the proof? Pictures?

Odunayaw:
This all started with the Philosopher guy insinuating if Nwakali continues his good showing will dominate a midfield that contains Amrabat

Fair point

In comes the bone of contention:

One would expect that this correction of Philosopher's admittance to him speaking under the influence of what — Patriotism?

Would be met with "pure facts" that was claimed




Alas, we did not see facts or records. Rather another dose of bold remarks. Or has any seen the facts or records?


Yet some want to spin it that there is a calumny of hate? I didn't know there were a bunch of housewives here

Kog45:
Here we go again Nwakili segunda accurate passes rating compare to other midfielders in top leagues.

TheGoodJoe:
He brought a statistic and it is up to anyone who disagrees to counter with stats. Nothing else.


I am currently running the profiles of midfielders that can give you at least 1.8 to 2 accurate crosses per game.
I can only find two names for now:
Kelechi Nwakali
Kevin De Bruyne.

daveP:
The thing is we should hype with sense. Once a hype peaks the Delulumeter, no sort of explanation or defence can make it settles ever again.


Someone has not played for SE in even an afcon, and they're already saying he's better midfielder than Sofyan that was consistent with top Performance at the World cup vs teams that SE can't even really brag of defeating??


Then someone added KDB to the mix

I have to lose it. I must lose it like the basketball babe that gave Liz Cambage flying Stone cold punch. Haba.

It's further annoying that the hype is way more than what others have gotten in last 20yrs from Naija football.


Kilode!!!

charlesemeka85:
u lie, you were the one insisting that nwakali is more complete than Amrabat

Liar 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

ChrisKels:
Oh I was even a bit lenient. It was Paul Onuachu

charlesemeka85:
shebi u join am yesterday dey insist that nwakali is better than Amrabat 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Nwamazi8:
Please don't tell me it was you that claimed Dessers is a better striker than Haaland. Make una dey fear God oooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

ChrisKels:
Those two monikers I have marked years ago. They live in a different world, far from reality. I don't even need to see their monikers to know they are the ones writing. Meliforme wey say Dessers na better striker than Haaland, na person you dey follow argue?

do4luv14:
I don't think it is hate bro,

Thing is his mates had left him behind since from the U17 days, he should be playing for big teams by now, but that was not to be, not because of injuries,

And people here will watch one of his game, will started praising him, which is expected, but, they did so usually by comparison, and belittling players that had been doing it every match day, and in big Clubs too

An Example is this Anmrabat abi what's his name again, Can you honestly compare Kelechi with him

Kog45:
What a balanced assessment.

Fact,Nwakili is a talented player but along the line something went wrong which we must accept as fans

Nobody is hating any player here,we are just talking football so it’s expected.Did you know that some don’t rate Awoniyi here,but today they are convinced with his performance.

The ball is in Nwakili court to tell those who believed he is not good enough that they are wrong by taking Portuguese league by storm

komekn:
Them why does no better team want him and why is he getting peanuts ❓

daveP:
Lol.


What's most painful about this myopic stance on this player is that in the last 10-15 years of churning out talented footballers from the local scene onto the World stage, way more talented and extremely great ballers have NEVER enjoyed this kind of hype that Nwakali is getting, and that is one angle i have a big crux with.

From 2008 upwards i can mention loads of ballers that are way better. He should be invited. Nobody is stopping him. But to say he's better than a key player of Morocco's World Cup campaign is the most hilarious and crackilicious stance I've ever seen in a long while.



put some respect on Sofyan's name plss!!! its becoming seriously annoying and unrealistic

Kog45:
Amrabat will not enter super eagles of Ndidi,Aribo and Iwobi?okay o.

Yes record by comparing Nwakili and Amrabat football careers in club and national team since both turned professionals.