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charlesemeka85:
for now i will pick onyeka ahead of aribo then deploy awaziem to rb and aina to the left

Yes, you are very correct.

My starting lineup should look like.

Maduka OKOYE

Childozie AWAZIEM, Balogun LEON, Kelvin AKPOGUMA, Ola AlNA.

Wilfred NDIDI, Frank ONYEKA.

Alex IWOBI.

Chidera EJUKE, Samuel CHUKWUEZE.

Victor OSIMHEN.

charlesemeka85:
I Dey tell pple say sport betting na the biggest scam that can render one useless when you get addicted

It’s worst than cocaine

From 2014 till 2016 I was a victim, na God save me

Arabiandude:
My brother, I swear last 2 years, immediately I returned to Nigeria, 6m make I be wan take buy car and some other things, bet9ja and visual chop am within 1 month. I nor see cry cry... So tey my account come from millions turn to zero. Nobody tell me say make I stop before the thing frustrate my life. The fastest way to death is through bet my brother. And the real truth ehn, you see that visual? Any young man that plays it always ends up not achieving anything tangible in life, his peers they always leave am behind. I am speaking out of experience bro

Thank you guys for narrating your experiences.

It has been statistically proven that a gambler is a loser

There are people out there who still think that those that gave up on gambling are not smart enough. They insist on wasting their creative thinking and productive energies subsisting on probables.

I know personally a man that owns and directs a betting company. This owner forbids anyone related to him from betting.

Englandboy:
Thank God i am here ,I have been following u guys comments for sometime now . greeting to u all

Greetings to you, Englandboy, It's a joyance having you here.

humility33:
Oga a playmaker is someone that assist and score goals...in Andrew context he means one who does so from the centre (midfield) and not wings

So ejuke is not a playmaker when analysed in that context

If your definition of a playmaker is "someone that assists and score goals", then you should know that Ejuke is the highest goal scorer for his club, and also on joint top assists.

Playmaking is not even about goals and assists, it is about how pivotal a player involvement is, in attacking and defensive transitions..

According to Wikipedia,
In association football, a playmaker is a player who controls the flow of the team's play, and is often involved in offensively and defensively play passing moves which lead to goals, through their vision, technique, ball control, creativity and passing ability.

You should also realise that a team can have more than one playmaker and a playmaker may not always operate from the central midfield.

Watch some of his showings in this clip, and tell me if he is not playmaking.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBVfWc8Tl0U

From the clip, the following attributes are to be reckoned:
Decision making.
Movements
Passing.

His decision making, movements, and passing that lead to his team's victory against Victor Moses's Spartak Moscow, is not even in the clip.

He is currently the highest rated CSKA Moscow player by Whoscored. He doesn't own that rating for nothing.

andrewbaba44:
Baba you know what is play making nah

Ejuke is a good winger but not a play maker

Na because say e Dey dribble Dey make you call am play maker ?

You said Ejuke is not a playmaker. Tell me why he is not a playmaker.

Philosopher1979:
[url]https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/ahmed-musa-where-next-after-west-bromwich-albion-snub/vdb3k21fu87y1lal52m0yajd0

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Solace Chukwu on goal.com talked about Ahmed Musas limitations in an article
here is a quotation from him

"Musa is rapid still, but has never had the close control, associative play or decision-making to be a consistent threat at a high level when played wide"

Note that these same issues are mentioned which are
1. His close control
2. Decision making
3. Associative play: which is his awareness of his team mates postion on the field of play in relation to his own and his ability to make telling passes to them.

Here is another quotation on why he did not succeed in the premier league

"Sure, his stint in the Premier League did not go so well, but there will be no one more keenly aware of his limitations as a player than the man himself. He quite simply was not good enough to make a mark in that league, and it showed on the handful of occasions he did pull on Leicester blue"

So you see, Musa has limitations to his game he did not work on and with his loss of speed and old age, it has caught up with him.
Against South Africa in the nations cup, his decision making was a problem again.
Chidera Ejuke is tactically and technically better in many aspects of the game and is a finner footballer.

Thank you Philosopher1979.
They have forgotten that the comparison is between Ejuke and Musa.

andrewbaba44:
Egbon ejuke no be playmaker ,you self check am nah

Then what is playmaking?

Subzero047:
He has 4 goals and 2 assists in 13 matches because none of his teammates managed to surpassed make the stats any special?

In contrast his dribbling is one of the best in Europe in relation to his goalscoring confirming my point that his other attributes are not above average yet

A player who has just four goals and is the highest goal scorer for his club, should tell you something.
It should tell you that the current CSKA is not a team that scores a lot of goals and there are reasons for this.
No player has surpassed him in assists.

Don't forget that footballing is teamwork

I highlighted his goals and assists because you guys brought it up as a metric for appraisals, and not on his overall contribution to how the team plays..

Subzero047:
Na me be your dictionary?

Why not give me your definition of playmaking, let's see if Ejuke doesn't fit in.

Subzero047:
Do you even know what is playmaking it goes a long way from dribbling, Iwobi can be called a playermaker Ejuke is not

Can you give me the definition of a playmaker.

Subzero047:
He has 4 goals and 2 assists in 13 matches no dey put it in bold like he has done anything special, Musa has 63 goals and 33 assists in 184 matches for Cska and Ejuke has a long way to go before he gets there

That he is currently the highest goal scorer and and no player has surpassed him in assists should tell you something.

If his dribbling is all you see, then just admit that you don't watch him.

Subzero047:
Playmaking, linkup play because he dribbled 3 people abi? Ejuke is just a good dribbler his other attributes are not even above average to be compared to prime Musa

What is your definition of playmaking.
Tell me you don't watch his games.

12large1:
Musa played mostly as a striker for cska in his prime, while ejuke played as a winger. Nontheless, ejuke still has to produce (goals or assist) in order to reach musa status. Dribble dribble without end product isn’t it

Ejuke is currently the highest goal scorer for CSKA Moscow for the current league season.

He is joint top assists maker with three other players, each player respectively contributing two assists.

12large1:
Musa played mostly as a striker for cska in his prime, while ejuke played as a winger. Nontheless, ejuke still has to produce (goals or assist) in order to reach musa status. Dribble dribble without end product isn’t it

You don't watch his (Ejuke) games.

Subzero047:
Many aspects like? Musa was a handful in his prime

Ejuke does these better than Musa:
Playmaking, linkup play, passing, etc.

TheGoodJoe:

Actually, my best part of the video is watching Osimhen defend from the front. He is fierce in it.

Very yes.

Delight yourself with this beautiful clip of some of Osimhen showings so far in Napoli.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTQE0QuwjfE

Osimhen's all round play is dazzling.

His finishing, his pressing, his dribbles and passing, his tackles are candy to the eyes.

This is why we love him

Subzero047:
Aribo is actually a winger not a midfielder

You are right.

andrewbaba44:
Ejuke hasn’t even played up to half of musa level at cska Moscow

Yes i agree with you, but Ejuke edges him in many aspect of the game.
There is a reason Musa couldn't cut it at the EPL.

Curtisaxel10:
V. Moses and Ighalo were the twin pillars that individually pulled us through all those qualification groups of death for which we praise Rohr today. Those guys were creating goals from next to nothing most of the time. It was never any tactical brilliance on Rohr's part. This is why the team virtually fell apart immediately they retired. Rohr knows this and this is why he is desperate for them to come back. What he doesn't realize is that they have passed their prime and cannot repeat their 2017/18 heroics now. Christmas will not last forever.

Osimhen is not an Ighalo to create goals from nothing or to convert every single scrap of a chance that comes his way, he is a system striker, one who will score plenty only if fed the right balls, something that the SE can't offer at this point in time in the absence of midfield creators and creative wingers. It's up to Rohr to find a way to maximize Osimhen. Ighalo's Christmas will not last forever.

I went cold with shivers as i read what you wrote.
"Those guys were creating goals from next to nothing", was it for me.
I went cold because i did not know that someone can make those kind of assertions.

I said it earlier that Victor Moses basked and benefitted from the services of Mikel Obi and Ogenyi Onazi. He profited from a better midfield, and here you are saying they create goals from nothing, and even included Ighalo of all people.

Ighalo is yet to become the player Osimhen is.
Ejuke and Chukwueze are class above Victor Moses when emphasis is on wing forward play.
We have now a superior attacking caste.

Let us see what a midfield that has Ndidi, Frank, Iwobi and hopefully Raphael Onyedika will bring

drDoom3:
Sure. Maybe bite burgers and chin chin. If you mean defenses though, then we are finished in Nigerian football.

Also, why is Bassey not on the list? Let’s not have another Alaba scenario on our hands here.

LOL

TFLASHOGEE:
na glo sim I dey see so o and he go choke am with data bonus but bad network

LOL.

damagnificentusb:
LMAO. Guy abeg no make me piss for trouser. We dey here dey fantasize about E.O.C ( Ejuke Osimhen and chukwueze) Raaaakata!!! Rorh comes up with SIM. hahahaha

LOL

Tolulopefinest:
E don land

It seems like Rohr cannot wait to field the attacking trident of Simon-Ighalo-Musa, a.k.a the S.I.M.

I can't wait too.

Jokes apart, this attacking trio can bite.

Napoleon55:
He need to add many goals to his dribbles n big clubs we come for him

Yes.

[color=#000]Some interesting facts about Chidera Ejuke.[/color]

[color=#aa6c39]He is the third best dribbler in the world[/color]
According to CIES football observatory lastest ranking, Chidera Ejuke is the third best dribbler in the world.
He owns a rating of 9.3, just behind Adama Traore 9.7, and Nahuel Lujan 11.2.

[color=#aa6c39]He is the seventh fastest player in the world.[/color]
According to the newly released FiFA 22, Chidera Ejuke is the seventh fastest player in the world

According to CIES football observatory lastest ranking, Chidera Ejuke is the third best dribbler in the world.
He owns a rating of 9.3, just behind Adama Traore 9.7, and Nahuel Lujan 11.2.

solonnachi:
Happy new month guys. Today happens to be my birthday. Please celebrate God's goodness to me.

Happy birthday Solonnachi,
Wishing you more more goodness

lyricaldaboss:
We are so poor defensively, thats why I chose 352. Flood the midfield, protect the back 3 and hit the opponents on counter. Unfortunately our lack of pace since the departure of Victor Moses is evident..
U can sub in Chukwueze and ejuke if chasing a goal.

Instead of trying to beg Victor Moses back our mumu coach wants to beg Ighalo.

Nice points though

Please can you explain what you meant when you said that our lack of pace since the departure of Victor Moses is evident,

andrewbaba44:
Chief what about moses simon and ahmed musa ?

They are good players.

zuchyblink:
I agree with you. Notable mention are Balogun and Ebuehi. I don't know why Iwobi is not getting right at club level, Ebuehi is not there physically

Yes, Balogun will make the top 6.

Arguably top three most intelligent players in Super Eagles.

Wilfred Ndidi
Alex Iwobi.
Kelechi Iheanacho.

I must commend Wilfred Ndidi's capacity to read the opponent.

Any contrary view is welcome.