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drDoom3:
So who ahead of him? Ekong? Shehu? Inconsistent wingers Chuks and Simon? Bonke? Etebo? Zaidu?

Aribo is in our top 5 players, no cap.

drDoom3:
Aribo has consistently remained one of our best players. I don't know the football you are watching.

He has not been very flashy recently (as Iwobi has been for instance), but he has been precise and kept things compact in his play.

Subzero047:
Aribo played in that game because Rangers had no available striker not because he plays better as a striker, you guys don't get that

IDENNAA:
Idennaa says hello. How dare you say rubbish about the greatest midfielder in the whole of Europe...
Lmao.

Abeg , for the sake of my sanity I stopped watching SE games. Una get liver ooo

AndSunGorilla:
I wan talk ome bad tin, is it possible that if Ekong play dat match we fit ni score reach 10 goals. The reason is cos of all the wasted long passes he usually makes leading to turnovers.

JohnBullMySon:
You're mistaking creativity and skill. Skill is not creativity that's why we see people here calling Ejuke our most creative player when he's only skillful at best.

Chukwueze is more skillful but Lookman is more creative and a better overall player. Lookman had more numbers this season. 8 gaols 5 assists while Chukwueze had 3goals 3 assists.

Lookman's pass success rate is 80% while Chukwueze's is 75% so I don't know why you're calling Chukwueze a better passer. I see Chukwueze as lethal only when you're looking to hit a team on the counter. He's skillful and has a good left leg to put the ball in the right spot. However, making him a starter when you have Lookman on the bench is a no no.

JohnBullMySon:
Chukwueze is only better than Lookman in two places. Skill and shot technique. Lookman has a more powerful shot, better passing ability and a better player when all metrics are considered.

Subzero047:
Which Chukwueze, Lookman is still better than him

jihday:
yeah, let’s compare the French/Russian league to the EPL

Subzero047:
In what world will Olise and Eze won't make our starting eleven, no player in our squad comes close to them in terms of dribbling and chance creation

TheSuperNerd:
....and break down analytically their tactical traits, technical qualities and overall footballing abilities that will see us forge a truly balanced team of synchronised ballers and teammates who understand not just how to play but when to play. When to get into attacking transitions... when to get into defensive transitions... when to mix it up... all as one unit.


That's just me expatiating further. Well said Meliforme.

Thank you TheSuperNerd.

solonnachi:
A ticket we easily threw to the wind. If we had secured that ticket, may be Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise would have been begging to play for us.

Truidstar:
Your top 3 is laughable…no goal or assist,

TheGoodJoe:


Give a break down why you think so. He took his time to break down the parameters of his decision. The only way you can counters his list is by coming up with what you think are the better parameters or learn from his study.

Meliforme, thank you for the good work. I appreciate your time and passion.

Bigzigg:
That your list is laughable, boss!

Blueelf:
Did you attach stats to your own list?

charlesemeka85:
bro the matter tire me how folks here rate certain players

Ejike as a player is bereft of footballing intelligence. Many here still fail to understand that the game have evolved where coaches demands for less dribble with efficiency because while dribbling a player may lose the ball which will wreck havoc to his team

Football is more mechanical and scientific now unlike years back. Here we tend to hype players that many atimes don’t merit it at all

Ejike is a poor player, to me he is still amateurish and have a lot to learn for him to make the leap to bigger leagues in the future

Meliforme:
Top Eleven Super Eagles players with the best passing technique.

Kelechi Nwakali
Okechukwu Azubuike
Innocent Bonke
Chidera Ejuke
Oghenekaro Etebo
Alhassan Yusuf
Obinna Nwobodo
Raphael Onyedika
Moses Simon
Alex lwobi
Frank Onyeka

Meliforme:
Top Eleven Super Eagles players with the best passing technique.

Kelechi Nwakali
Okechukwu Azubuike
Innocent Bonke
Chidera Ejuke
Oghenekaro Etebo
Alhassan Yusuf
Obinna Nwobodo
Raphael Onyedika
Moses Simon
Alex lwobi
Frank Onyeka

andrewbaba44:
We are talking about currently ,and I think danjuma is the better one

charlesemeka85:
him need to sabi play ball first inorder to attract interest from bigger leagues

The guy is too amateurish to my liking

Blueelf:
Nothing new here. Just carpenters displaying their Carpentry skills

Odunayaw:
Very bold statement. You go defend am

TheSuperNerd:
A Winger-Penetrator. A playmaker-Winger. A Creative Winger. They go by these names and a few more.... Ejuke remains a fine talent in the picture of things but he needs better consistency going forward and an improvement in a few areas chief among them which is "decision making".

His decision making especially at the last Afcon was atrocious.

His 21/22 story reads in summary: A Beast in the first half of the season but cooled down in the second half of the season.

Hopefully his 22/23 story comes out better. Dude has what it takes to still turn heads.

Odunayaw:
We have new wingers. Lookman, Dennis

Curtisaxel10:
I don't think so. His English is very poor. How can he communicate phrases such as "gengen pressing", " high back line", "diagonal passing", "false nine" etc especially when he has to make tactical switches while play is going on?.

Communication is more important to coaching than many people realize. Maybe that is why Rohr hardly made in-game tactical switches—he probably didn't know the words to use!

Anyways, there are coaches like Pep, Jose and Klopp who have done well in leagues with languages that they are not too conversant with. I wonder how they do it.

TheGoodJoe:
Thanks for the update. Don't you think his English might be a challenge? Many of our players are sharp English speakers, especially the Foreign borns.

Either way. We judge him with the games to come and I hope he blends with the team. I think the team also needs an interpreter. Or Zaidu can assist of his Portuguese is fluent.