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IDENNAA:
Ndidi has flopped in SE , big time. So, the question about his marvelous status in EPL is irrelevant here. If his presence is weakening the team let him sit.

Why do we always go on to concede whenever Ndidi is absent.

Ndidi is our number one player followed closely by Osimhen, then Nwakali, Balogun, Ejuke, Chuks, Dennis, Iwobi, Awaziem and the rest.

These players are unique and very outstanding and will always have a way of asserting their presence on the field of play.
They make very unique contributions.

Danielnino00:
It is just Pinnick's unserious attitude at play.. I don't see why the super eagles job can't be thrown open and interested applicants should be interviewed.. Pinnick went to consult Mourinho.. That was how he went to consult Wenger for who recommended Rohr to him..

Seeking counsel from people is always a good way to go.

Danielnino00:
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
Sequel to my post yesterday where I expressed my intention to take over the responsibility of organising the annual Nairaland Nigeria Football award as requested by Icon4s this year, I'm glad to announce that the award would go ahead as planned, and I'll be coordinating it with Drklever.

Three people from this thread will join the nomination committee alongside me and Drklever, with icon4s being a honorary member.

On this note, members of the thread are to nominate 3 monikers they wish to be part of the committee. Unlike how it was previously done where we would nominate only one moniker, I suggest we nominate 3 each so as to make it more flexible and have more people nominated.
Here's how the nomination selection will be sorted;
3 points would be awarded to the first name nominated, 2 points to the second and 1 point to the last.
Example: I nominate Danielnino00, Drklever and icon4s. in this case, Danielnino00 will have 3 nomination point, Drklever will have 2 and icon4s will have 1.
At the close of the nomination process, the 3 monikers with the most points will be added to the committee. Any moniker that's selected to the committee but doesn't wish to participate for any reason whatsoever will be replaced by the another one from below the top 4.
Nomination starts now and close on Monday, December 27th 2021.

Thank you.

.

I nominate:

TheGoodJoe.
Safarigirl.
BascoVanVeli.

komekn:
It seems you have a different definition from everybody in here and possibly the world in general.

Because to talk about technicality and give these example, says you have different eyes from everybody else.

Simply admit that you do not know the definition of technique.

Talking about technique, Kelechi Iheanacho, Paul Onuachu and Victor Osimhen all have more technique than Samuel Chukwueze. Samuel Chukwueze has more technique than Joe Aribo, and Joe Aribo has more technique than Taiwo Awoniyi and Emmanuel Dennis.

Kelechi Iheanacho, Paul Onuachu and Victor Osimhen are players that are very underrated on this platform, but we do not know what we have.

Should i also add that kelechi Nwakali has more technique than Joe Aribo and is by far a better midfielder.

TheGoodJoe:

That is just one small aspect. I have my own term of technique.

Technique is what you can do with the ball. Is as simple as that. From passing to tricks. Is all technique.

Dribbling skills is technique too.

Thank you Sir.

I can't thank you enough.

Subzero047:
Technique is not step over and dribbles bro, currently Aribo has the best first touch in the world (go and check football manager) and it is an insult to compare him to Ejuke on technique

If dribbling is all you see in Ejuke's game, then maybe you don't know the player that i am talking about, or you don't watch him.

Talking about technique, Aribo doesn't come close. Do you know that Iheanacho, Iwobi, should i add Nwalkali, and even Victor Osimhen have more technique in their game than your Aribo.

It is obvious some of us on this thread doesn't know what technique in football is.

Oasis001:
Ejuke even gonna laughs at idea of playing him in No. 10. He's a good Dribbler, but poor in decision making. I don't know if Nwakali still has it in his Sleeves, cos I'll rather playing him in the hole than Ejuke.

Is Iwobi better in decision making than Ejuke?

I have been reading Ejuke is poor in decision making and i want to address that misinformation.

I am not in any way saying he should man the AM role.
He suits best as a winger.

There is nothing special about the AM role.
Wingers can also dictate play and create goal scoring chances.
Wingers can link the midfield with the attack. EJuke does that for CSKA Moscow from the wings, his speed and technique enables him to do that.

I also want to point out the fact that no player in the current crop has more technique than Ejuke. Even Ebere Eze and Olise do not show the same level of technique as Ejuke.

Iwobi and Ejuke are even better candidates for the AM role than the Aribo some of you guys keep mentioning.

lovewins:
Guys

Check out Eguavon Analysing the Eagles over time. He appears to be technically sound.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey5KcdrfvaM

Eguavoen looks like my kind of man.

Thank you Eguavoen for recognising the potential in Ejuke, I recognised how much of a keen eye Eguavoen owns when he talked about encouraging Ejuke, something i kept talking about. He also talked about Ndidi being on a leash etc.

Thank you Eguavoen, you inspire confidence.

charlesemeka85:
he is no attacking midfield. Study which image?

How do you define an attacking midfielder?.

humility33:
How is his passing accuracy and can he create chances from the middle or link the midfield with attack

Study the images provided in the post.

Ademola Lookman seems like the AM solution we have been looking for.

Study the images below to see how Ademola Lookman (Green) compares with Iwobi (blue), Eberechi Eze (blue), and Aribo (blue) on Sofascore.

andrewbaba44:
Omo if I list popular epl ekuke defenders you go run

Okay.

Philosopher1979:
Actually, Awaziem is one of our best defenders.
I watched him play for Nigeria in the qualifiers and he was very good.
He is in Turkey because his old club (Boavista) could not pay his wages.
Also, maybe his agent did not advertise him well.

Home grown African talents are not well advertised by their agents and thus, it is no fault
of there's that they are not always in the big leagues or clubs.
Believe it or not Awaziem with the way he plays is one of our best defenders and even Rohr during his time
could never drop him from the team.
He has been fantastic in Turkey and he will join a big team or league as time goes on.

As per Omeruo he is average but you are right. A lot of players in the bottom 10 of the English league
and in division 2 are not better than him. He is at the same level if not better than Semi Ajayi or
players in a club like Newcastle.
Life is not always fair and assessing a player by his league is not always straight forward.
in fact, if Simmy Nwankwo was born in Europe, given his career record, he will not be in Salernitania
but again, he does not have a good agent.

Omeruo is a good defender.

komekn:
Whoscored may indeed give them both a 9.5 average.

But taken in the context of the league they play in Turkish league ranked 18 in Europe and l am certain the Segunda is much lower in quality and competitiveness than the Turkish league.

Last season Awaziem played for Boavista on loan ftom Porto yet Boavista did not try to retain him Or any other team in the Portuguese league. WHY ,he was too good

You could get a 10 score from Whoscored playing for Warri Wolves in the NPFL, will that put you on par with the English premier League ❓❓

Let's be real and stop walking on eggshells , these two playo are not quality players, at best just average.

I remember when Omeruah returned to Chelsea a few seasons ago he was told to train with the U18 not even the U23. That tells you how much they rated him

My appraisal of them is not from their Whoscored ratings.
I don't even know their rating on Whoscored.
But i beg you not to look down on Whoscored, those guys are very good.

The quality of the league they feature in, doesn't make them below par.
You will need more than talent to feature at the biggest stage.

Mr Komekn, I will pick Awaziem and Omeruo ahead of some EPL defenders.
Most EPL clubs don't have good defenders.

Subzero047:
He played as a CB against Newcastle you don't even watch him

Evans and Soyuncu were the CB's.
Ndidi featured as a DM.

So you saw Ndidi in that match and concluded he was a CB, because you already have concluded in your head where his best position should be.

Do you know the work of a DM?
So his positioning and movements in that match, was that of a CB to you?

Subzero047:
Play well? When last did he play well, The world of football is moving past him many EPL clubs have noticed his weakness and used him as a pressing trigger, DM position requires a certain skillset he doesn't have and unfortunately he is not going to get better at that, he can move to CB ala Kouyate he has the pace and the discipline to be an elite DM

Ndidi is a DM. The work he does on the pitch is for the trained eye.

His does his work very well.

He played well against Newcastle United.

komekn:
If club form is the basis for national team selection.

Then the decision has already been made, since the departure of Gerrard and the arrival of Van Bronckhorst Calvin has been in every game and Balogun has been left onthe bench, even after he recovered from injury.

This is the conundrum with the NFF this boy has upped his game in a league that is 9 places higher than the Turkish league. He is outstanding in his league in the HERE and NOW. And we are still waisting time to invite him ,he had effectively benched Balogun his stats are outstanding.

We are still holding on to mediocrity with Omeruah and Awaziem who cannot rise above Turkish league and or the poor 2nd tier Segunda Division. Both players are not outstanding in their respective leagues ,just making up the numbers.

Awaziem and Omeruo are good players.

Personally i will savour the pairing of Balogun and Ughelumba (Calvin) in the national team, with a hope to witness the same in their club sides.

The pairing appears very complementary with a vast hope for improvements.

The following screenshots of Balogun and Ughelumba respectively were taken from Whoscored

chrisooblog:
I disagree a bit with how you listed your distinctions.

You can be below average but not piss poor. For instance Ekong is below average he will give you 5/10 performances but not usually horrible.

You can't be average and be considered good in football terms. Mikel was good never average for example.

Above average can never be equated to excellent. Above average is like saying that ''bros dey try sha'' while excellent is world class levels

l do admire your takes, Mr Chrisoblog.

andrewbaba44:
Moffi is never above average abeg

He is.

The Terem Moffi that i have seen, is above average.

jihday:
the problem with you is your thinking is narrow, it doesn’t have to be black or white. He can manage expectations, he was being an optimist instead of being a realist. PS: I’m not a fan of Groundnut Rohr

What you fail to comprehend Mr Jihday is that an optimist is a realist.

Just brood on this.
Don't fight this.

TheGoodJoe:

Mikel was our best player. He was the glue that held that team.

Yes Sir.

darkelf:
It will end in tears

When it is all tears.

I salute you The Chairman board of wailers

zuchyblink:
He was part of the team that won the world cup. He didn't LEAD them.... No coach has achieved greatness with inexperienced players

When Osimhen was paired with Ighalo did you remember who clearly is the boss?

Kog45:
We need more creative in the midfield than choke the midfield with two DM irrespective of their style of play....unless we want to seal up a game.....like our match against Argentina at 2018 WC,someone like Onyeka would have seal the match for us by replacing Mikel or Etebo.

Is Frank Onyeka just a DM?
Whenever we watch a player, let's try to remove ourselves from preconceived notions built around the player, so that we can know the player for who the player really is.

Frank Onyeka's started his career as a forward where he recorded good performances. In fact he has played more in the RW and ST positions than he has as a DM, but the CM position remains where he has prevailed the most. You don't even need research to ascertain this, just study his movements and preferences with the ball, his proclivities for layoffs. The fact that Frank Onyeka is a complete midfielder, makes him a good candidate for the DM role.

Aside Mikel, Frank Onyeka is the most complete midfielder to show up in GWG in recent times.

Subzero047:
Why not, have you seen Ndidi perform well with another DM or pseudo DM?

Who are the DM's he didn't perform well partnering?

Kog45:
Sir,my point is that I cannot start Ndidi and Onyeka together as a coach.

Why?

Kog45:
Ndidi and Onyeka no for me....even of recent my rating on Aribo and Iwobi in SE GWG has dropped...we are having serious issue in our midfield and I don't know maybe we can give real AM a chance irrespective of his club performances,just like the way Rohr gave fourth division Maduka a chance.

Ndidi and Onyeka are different players.
Just because Onyeka can slot into the DM role, doesn't make him similar to Ndidi.
They show different playing styles and preferences with the ball.

yinkeys:
No Dennis ?
That boy on fire
Are you watching super eagles at their clubs ?
I doubt you have recently

I do watch them, but until Dennis gets an invitation and features.

When Osimhen was paired with Ighalo, It was very clear to everyone who the boss is.

I said the above because of the guys that keeps whining experience.

nelszx:
You see that CB position you placed Ekong. It's just a recipe for disaster and Iwobi has been off form so he needs to be benched or improve his game

He is not.

How do you guys see these.

Mujtahida:
It is either Onyeka or Ndidi. I chose Onyeka.

Onyeka has been playing as a central midfielder for Brentford.
His combination with Ndidi may not be the ideal, but will be better than what we have now.