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Odunayaw:
Ejuke in midfield?

Very yes,

He owns movements that can open up defenses. He is also a good passer of the ball. His long balls are also very good.

You can also notice that the front three have good pace, Having a midfielder with good dose of trickery and pace is very good for counterattacking football.

Guys drop one or two comments about this formation and personnel.

jasena:
If this team is accessed in relation to the quality of opposition then we should agree that this team is average. I don't think it is the best Nigeria has to offer. I don't see what musa brought to the table in the last nations cup, surprised he is still making it to this nations cup. Oshimem isn't fit, and shouldn't be managed because this isn't a training session. Kenneth Omeruo and Shehu Abdullahi play in second division in Spain and Cyprus as against Kevin akpoguma, ebuhi who play for top flight clubs in top leagues. Is Ndah a world class defender? Cyril dessert dishonoured an invitation from Belgium in favour of Nigeria, he scored a brace at Europa the other day with feynoored, we ignore him for igalo. The worse part is the midfield, what will iwobi do? Against Algeria in the last nations cup the midfield became the territory of Algeria and we were only lucky that a hand ball gave us a consolation goal. Victor moses would have been far more effective than musa.

We can lift the AFCON trophy with what we have.
We are not average.
An attack that has Osimhen, Iheanacho, Chukwueze is not average.

A midfield that has Ndidi, Nwakali, Iwobi and Ejuke is not average.

I have been conducting an in-depth assessment of our players and what they can offer in juxtaposition with players from some of the African powerhouses, and i can tell you that we have what it takes to beat any team, if the coach is right with his tactics and player deployment.

CODMOK:
How exactly do you want him to perform? No friendlies lined up for the team and we don't where they are camping. Many of the players will even be reporting to camp on Jan 3 (6 days to AFCON opener)
If he doesn't do well in this campaign, no one will be justified to call him a failure. PROPER PREPARATION PREVENT POOR PERFORMANCE

Have you already given up hope of a good performance?

lbrichman2:
Nonsense post

What made it a nonsense post.

I will like you to enlighten me.

TheGoodJoe:
You have failed to hit the point. The point is, heis on a crash program to get the team up to speed. Draw up tactics. Analyse the opposition. Drop up strategies for separate oppositions.

He is assuring that even if it means going through sleepless nights, he will do it and assures the team will be ready.

How did you read this as a defeatist mentality is what I don't understand.

The point i am making is: It shouldn't have cost him sleepless nights. The new names are just Olisa Ndah and Nwakali, Most fans are already in the know of the need for a player like Nwakali.

Even if it cost him sleepless nights, telling the public is not necessary.

I hope he is not trying to use these stories as an excuse for failure. A failure will always tell you about their efforts. That is the first thing they normally present.

A failure will tell you how what he has is not enough, for example in one of his most recent interviews, when queried about his proposed wing play he said that we are no longer in the days of Finidi and Odegbami before he now asked "what is the name of that Villareal boy" the manner at which he made the query revealed some sort of downsizing. You can search Youtube to view his interview with a personnel in NFF.

TheGoodJoe, life is predictable, and this is how some of us predict failure.
I pray someone very close to him corrects him.

Beloved03:
Do you think we would have stood more chance of winning with Rohr?

Rohr is actually a poor tactician and therefore not in the discussion.
But we should not overrule the possibility of Rohr winning' the trophy.

I prefer Eguavoen to Rohr for many reasons.
I just highlighted an odd that i am witnessing.

TheGoodJoe:
Losing sleep has to do with little time for preparation. Not just drafting the list. Eguavoen needs to draw a formula from for the team.

He needs to start doing research on the opposition.

He needs to come up with strategic approach for each game.

Doing all these with little time will mean the head coach will need some sleepless nights to catch-up.

This is a mind set of a winner. Mbok.

Telling us he is losing sleep is not necessary. I don't like it when people place too much emphasis on effort and exhaustion, there are poor reasons why people do that. The right effort will always require the least energy.

He has been part of the technical crew ergo the players abilities and potentials are not supposed to be new to him. The same also applies to him as a football lover and fan. Was it not on this thread that TheSuperNerd kept on harping on the need for a midfield dictator in the persons of Yusuf and Nwakali. Were you not the person that said Ejuke should be utilised properly in the offensive areas of the midfield ( i can quote that post if you require me to do so). You guys don't even witness these players live on training sessions, and still was able to come up with those. Tell me where the sleeplessness is coming from.

Coming out to sing about his sleeplessness is not good.

chidozieaina:
Dennis goal
https://streamja.com/EZ7On

What a brilliant finish.

Eguavoen coming out in the open to tell us how he lost sleep drafting the 28 man list makes it look like he might not win the AFCON.

I have seen this kind of behaviour more in losers.

I pray he meets people that can help change his thinking and approach.
I pray we lift the AFCON trophy.

POSITIVEBRAINS:
What are we missing sir

Good football.

See what we have been missing.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBtQ_1z49tg

forgiveness:
Special with just 5 goals? Ejuke should be scoring 15 goals in the lowly Russian league but he is dragging 5 goals with players in top leagues.



Averageeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!?

All are Averageeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer?

Ejuke didn't get much game time last season.
You can check for yourself.

andrewbaba44:
Ejuke is good but hasnt done anything for the eagles to be rated yet

I hope he does this afcon because I think he is sure of a starting shirt with the way I am seeing

We have seen glimpses of what he can do when allowed full expression.

andrewbaba44:
I wasn’t against balogun because he is one of naija most important player but putting an uncapped nwakali with him is pure nonsense ,allow nwakali to play for the eagles and perform and stop being faster than your shadows

There is no need to quote my post after the afcon ,how can you say nwakali is among naija top players after ndidi and osimhen ,someone that’s yet to be capped is already among the top players

As it is now ,nwakali is not among naija top 20 performers and you are putting him along side ndidi osimhen balogun ,he can be among naija top performers later if he comes good ,

How many free kick nwakali has nwakali scores for his club side since he is a free kick specialist

Las las say no to mpuru mmiri

Omo you too funny abeg

I am not on Meth.
I am just stating the obvious.

Aside Nwakali, do you have problems with the other names i put up there?

andrewbaba44:
Ndidi our number 1 player followed closely by osimhen and that’s pure facts ,but which one be nwakali balogun Ejuke Chuks others and the rest ,I don’t understand this

Is there anything nwakali has done for the eagles that I don’t know ,even ejuke self ?

Omo see as person rank nwakali above others

We don't have any defender better than Balogun, not even Awaziem. We struggle without him.

I don't need to talk much about Nwakali, I will quote your post after the AFCON, that is if Nwakali gets the opportunity to perform.

In the last six games, starting only two games and making two substitute appearances, and despite our poor performances in attack, Ejuke has two attempts at goal, and has at least made three key passes. Name any winger who has done so.

Iwobi has two assists in his last three games. This is good.

Remember i said these players bring something unique.
Balogun is a our only ball playing central defender.
Ndidi makes vital blocks and interceptions, and very good in reading the opponents and snuffing out threats.
Nwakali is a good freekick taker in addition to his ball distribution skills and contributions to defense. Only Ndidi, Onyeka and Etebo have an edge over him in defensive contributions.
Iwobi's assists speaks for him
Ejuke and Chuks are players who can create chances for themselves out of nothing and also create for others.
I don't need to talk about Osimhen

Oldboss:
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I can't wait for this guy to flop big time at afcon
U praise him like u are related or is he your brother
Nwakali is not even better than Bonke and e u are saying he is far tactical than Aribo.

Do you even watch Rangers match?

Yes he is more tactical, technical and makes more contributions to defense than Aribo.
These qualities makes a midfielder.

Aribo is a more of a forward.

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?