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forgiveness:
Simon Moses is better than all those players save Chuks.

Did you watch the matches CSKA Moscow vs FC Krasnoda.
and CSKA Moscow vs Dinamo Moscow.

Ejuke is class.

Simon may have more goals and assists probably because of having more minutes,
but using impact on the game as a metric, Ejuke is my top pick

Chidera Ejuke is my top pick when it concerns all the wingers available for selection in the current Super Eagles.

If Ademola Lookman's clearance materialises,
then, i will stick to the following pecking order:
Ejuke-Chukwueze-Lookman-Onyekuru-Samuel Kalu. and the rest.

kellycute:
all the time!

Hehehe
Cute Kelly

Thank you for joining me in this thanksgiving service.
Our Lord is Indeed wonderful.

12large1:
You're a Mad imbecil! Let them be when iheanacho mofgi and onuachu cannot score 1 goal against cameroun. The same cameroun that ighalo and moses totally annihilated. Do you want us to fail to qualify for World cup for your eye to clear

This is what we get whenever you are done arguing and drinking with your friends at the beer parlour..

What if Ighalo and Victor Moses were absent for the same reason Osimhen, Chukwueze, Onyekuru, Samuel Kalu, Ejuke and the rest are absent.

Samueltemi337:
What's her name?

My My
Dear Lawd

I stand in In wholesome admiration at the works of thy hands.

Our God is good

DrKlever:
which Etebo did you miss? Mtcheeeew

I missed Etebo.

We missed Etebo in the midfield. Iwobi should have played the SS, while iheanacho the ST, at least the attack would not have been this blunt.

Nevertheless, i was impressed with the team's tactics.

Icon4s:
This team has totally lost it's identity.
They now play kick and follow hoping for something to happen.

Creativity was very poor to say the least. Coaches shouting at the players as if they are cadet players. Always so in a haste and end up with the wrong decisions at the final third. This team should be getting better with time but it has become the other way round.

This is not the Nigerian National Team I used to know.

Iwobi played deeper.

The kind of fowards you need for this kind of game aren't Rohr's favourites, players like Ejuke, Onyekuru.

Chukwueze is not even Rohr's kind of player, but his showings against Cameroon in the last three meetings with them, made it seem laughable to continue keeping him on the bench.

Despite the draw with Cameroon, This is one of the best Super Eagles match that i have seen in a while.

It looks to me like Rohr had help with team organization and tactics.

I like our build up plays.

We should jettison 4-4-2 and revert to 4-3-3, We don't have the kind of midfeld that will make the best of 4-4-2.
The kind of fowards we have are best suited to 4-3-3.

wayodude:
Both tactically and technically that game was an embarrassment.

Our attempts to press high up the pitch was laughable. Not once did we succeed in forcing a turnover from it. You only need one player to not be doing his job and your press is a waste of time. The Cameroonians actually showed us how to do it properly when they could be bothered.

Our build-ups from the back were extremely predictable after only 5 mins of watching. Defender passes the ball through the middle, receiving midfielder feels an opponent nearby and so quickly returns ball to sender and runs 10 yards further up the pitch taking opponent with him. Rinse and repeat until ball is lost in a crowd of legs half way inside the opposition half.

Our only saving grace which seemed to have been our speed on the counter was made pointless due to yet again extremely poor decision making in the final third.

We don't have an identity as a team. This may sound cliche but for a team to be successful every player needs to be fully with a program. In our case, at least today, there wasn't one.

At least you understood the rhythm and tactics and could read what they were playing unlike their previous games.

Rohr impressed me today

owbabs:
Cameroon's defense was on point. Sharp players..

Yes Thumbs up to their coach.

He read the last game very well.

DrKlever:
he gets tired at 70mins doesn't mean he doesn't press. He usually gasses out due to his intense pressing and work rate.

Tell them.

Subzero047:
Iwobi's pressing and workrate, have you seen Iwobi press

Yes, i have.

chuks404:
this is just succinct

Thank you Chuks404.

chuks404:
this is just succinct

Thank you Chuks404.

zuchyblink:
Iwobi's best position is behind the striker, Iwobi has no business playing as a winger,Iwobi and Nacho pairing would have been better. Awaziem plays better as a right back. Musa and Shehu should be shown the exit door

At the words in bold, you are very correct.
Iwobi is the best SS in Super Eagles as it stands.

Iwobi's pressing and work rate combined with that of Osimhen will spell menace on any opposition.

We will experience the diamond in Iwobi and reap extensively the beauty in 4-4-2 when we play lwobi behind the striker.

Napoleon55:
Oga, i'm proud of our home grown talents more than u think,even more than u.
I was only saying if it were for them to have a right thinking mind which they suppose,
that they inclusion would have given our team more dept.
Not that they were going to win us world cup anyway. that was my take.
I hope u and safarigirl understands the point I was trying to make in order to correct the misconceptions both of had with my post.

Go thru my previous post n u would see where I stated categoricaly that NWAKALI would do better in green and white jersey than EZE and OLISE ,that we should forget about them and bring in Nwakali and the other guy in Rennes,that r guaranteed 100% commitments, since they can't make up their minds on time.
That's to show u how highly I rate our own talents.

I hadly clamour for foreign born players especially from England because I can't really trust them of their 100% commitment at all time,to play with full heart,same passion and dedication like our own,except for OSAZE .
But the truth is that their inclusion would have made our team look more formidable on paper at least.

It is obvious you didn't get me at all.

I will still say the same thing even if the players you listed included a certain Nigerian-Ghananian in the NPFL that insists on playing for Ghana.

safarigirl:
Thank you for this

Nothing dey vex me pass to see "If we had these players..." Posts.

We won AFCON with a bunch of unknown players like Mba, Egwueke and Uzoenyi, defeated teams that had Drogba, Toure, Kalou, and Keita with people that today, you fit no even pick them for 5-aside, yet, someone is still bringing up names of people dancing for teams that could not even carry any decent trophy when they had the best crop of players the world had to offer.

I love the team we have presently, I love our guys and their vibes. I no dey find Saka, Abraham or any of those people. They have chosen their teams, and the people that have chosen us, have chosen us.

Dey for who dey for you, no go dey dream of shenkes wey no send your papa when your loyal babe dey your side.

You are welcome Safarigirl.

Thank you for your comments.

Napoleon55:
SAKA ,
TOMORI,
ABRAHAM.
EZE.
LUKMAN
OLISE.
just imagine these talents with right thinking minds,with good advisers, in our fold ,

I am never a wishful thinker.

I will always be proud of the people that are mine.

And will exploit possible ways to make the best out of them.

andrewbaba44:
You just disrespect ndidi with this comment

The rest players there we all know who is better between them and billing ,so you can deceive your self as Na your opinion

Don’t put ndidi in such comment again as he is far above everyone there

So you think Philip Billing is a better CDM than Frank Onyeka.

This is farcical.

Philip Billing can rep Nigeria if that is what he wants, but should never be considered ahead of Wilfred Ndidi and Frank Onyeka in the pecking order. Alhassan Yusuf is even a strong contender.

TheSuperNerd:
Awwwwww.... Sir Meliforme, you make me blush. Honestly, whoever you are, your day of reward is coming because like Chriskels I also must admit, I am wowed at how you always charge in to stand up for me.

I mean, I don't fully understand myself and it's not everyone who will love to put their head up for others. So thank you for all you do. I won't forget it. Let Chriskels crack "the case." I am waiting.

Chris... Over to you.

You are welcome Sir. Keep on the good work. You are very kind.

ChrisKels:
Who else noticed that this account only pops up whenever TheSupernerd recklessly talks himself into troubles, just as MbJane was popping up back then for Andre444?

I have been trailing this account, and I hardly am wrong.

Elyte baba mi are you seeing what I'm seeing?

I am a staunch admirer of TheSuperNerd.
I am wowed at his intelligent contributions and due diligence.

Instead of some people to commend that which is good, they talk down at it without the slightest scruple.

TheSuperNerd is one of the few monikers that makes this thread worth the visits.
And nobody is gonna discourage him away.

charlesemeka85:
your post shows you re daft but claim to know it all always.

So if billing reaches out to the nff and Rohr making his desicion of playing for us known to them they should turn him down just because of his previous stand?

U really need a job and a serious one at that instead mopping on the internet all day searching for 9ja players in azaibaijan and Mongolia to report their match daily performances here

You are either juvenile (and can easily be forgiven if you are)
or you are plainly wicked.

Do you know the number of people that flood this thread just to have a peek at the TheSuperNerd's reports.
You want to discourage such efforts, such painstaking well researched reports.

TheSuperNerd:
Look at this shameless Hater of anything Nwakali and Nwobodo.

When Nwakali smashed in that World class Freekick, you were screaming "only God in heaven" around this thread when you were further exposed as a Bonafide Hater. Shameless idiocy.

Mister Fat hater, Billing is NOT joining the team. Rohr is not this silly. Even my Direct contact to Rohr has said, "The Billing Ship has sailed".

So cry.

Billing should stick with Denmark. Let him not lose his patience. We are solidly behind him on this.

lloydtruth:
Just read that Billing is reconsidering Nigeria after Denmark snub.
Well, I watched few of his games this past season and I can say he's a pretty good player, also considering that we are lacking options in the midfield, it would have been an exciting news. But NO! we don't want, Billing should stick with Denmark, after the way he used us to get the attention of Denmark.

Yes, Billing should stick with Denmark, come rain come sun. Let him not lose faith. If he loses faith, then he is of little faith

Oldboss:
Joy and gladness will not sieze in our mouth

Amen and Amen

Omanambala:
Based on the role he currently plays....na make shift DM the guy be. Originally, he was just a plain defender. Do you remember what happened when una coach Rohr tried to make Ajayi a DM....disaster no happen?

Ndidi can't get any better and this is because he doesn't have the skill set to do a complete DM's job. I don't have anything with the guy but I don't like players without finesse.

Expecting Ndidi to become better is like expecting Iwobi to suddenly become a midfield maestro. Not gonna happen.

What is your definition of a makeshift?
I want to know

Do you know the reason why he was moved to midfield.
It may shock you to learn that he was moved because of the kind of passes,
long balls and crosses he kept making from his position as a defender.

So what are the skills required to do a complete DM's job
Do you want him to make more dribbles and create scoring chances,
then that is not the main job of a DM.

For the role he plays, he does that with finesse.
Do you know what it takes to steal the ball from the opponent,
clog up plays and make interceptions, you need intelligence (to read games)
and a lot of creativity.

Omanambala:
I think people expect too much from Ndidi, while forgetting he was a natural defender who was converted to DM. He cant improve more than what you see now because he is at his max. The best he can do for you is to block and tackle and the occasional brilliance with assist and what have you. When I watch Ndidi I see a very improved Seyi Olofinjana, just combative and that's that. Dont expect Ndidi to replicate what Olise , Ojigwe etc. accomplished with SE. He is not a natural DM thats why he will not get many offers to move.

There was a time I thought Rohr was going to start Awaziem who is a natural DM converted to defender by these European coaches who never take their time to study African players and play them where they can excel best. Take Etebor for instance, the boy started off as a LW , SS but has been since misused and played in positions that underutilized his potentials. Ever since , Etebor has been wandering Europe hoping to establish himself in a system that doesn't respect his natural abilities.

I was hoping that either Zuby or Mikel Agu could get a look in but I guess as long as Rohr is still our coach we will continue to play Ajayi as a CB , Iwobi as an AM. I can't wait for his contract to expire.

What do you mean by the bolded
Are you his coach, personal trainer, or are you one of his village people.

Identify yourself

TheSuperNerd:
Thanks so much My good man. Your words are indeed kind. Much appreciated.

You are welcome, TheSuperNerd.

TheSuperNerd:
Been reading some comments on Nwakali most especially from Idennaa's (Omanambala's) stance on the lad as an AM for us in the near future and I got a few things to say.

Let me reiterate that Kelechi Nwakali will function at his best for the Super Eagles in a CM role or Deep lying playmaker (DLP) role. But we don't play with a DLP. We play with Ndidi sitting at the base of our midfield like Aguilera does for Alcorcón while Kelechi roams and dictates plays in the middle.

His best bet is to play in a midfield three alongside Ndidi with Michael Olise (when he shows up) operating as the #10.
Iwobi could also be the #10 (AM) or to accommodate Olise, he could be shifted to the left (as seen from the last game) where he would be benching the likes of Samuel Kalu, Moses Simon etc. (Just another angle. Not a conclusion).


But the question is what happens to Aribo if Nwakali does get his NT chance and impresses? Well, I think it will come down to tactical choices depending on the opponents. The two of them can abide in a team where one sits for the other from the start or where we could even have both on-field for a time frame depending on the tactical goals.


Aribo is majorly a Box-to-Box Midfielder. A CM who loves to arrive late in the box and bag a few goals. He is yet to properly assert himself on games as a proper midfield dictator would but I believe it is because Aribo is not a midfield dictator. He is rather a Box-to-Box Operator and enforcer who can progress the ball forwards in attacking transitions and cover grounds in defending and attacking phases.

In Nwakali, we have a proper midfield dictator and different kind of enforcer who can control the flow of a game with his highly intelligent distribution and also cover grounds in defensive phases for the team (as seen in his 1.5 tackles per game for Alcorcón - 1st and his 1.5 Interceptions per game for Alcorcón - 3rd). He also creates from deep as seen by his key passes per game of 1.2 so far in La Liga Smartbank (Aribo also has 1.2 key passes for game for the season from roles at CM and RW predominantly).

Like Aribo, Nwakali is also a good dribbler on the ball. His dribbling stats for Alcorcón stands at 2.1 per game (84 % dribbling rate). Aribo's for Rangers in the league stands at 1.9 per game (58% dribbling rate).

For long balls distribution, Nwakali has a 4.8 Accurate Long balls per game stats count (61% long ball accuracy %). Aribo's stand at 0.5 per game (39% long ball accuracy).

Anyway, this is just a small pointer to what Kelechi Nwakali would be bringing to the Super Eagles whenever he does earn his invite. And that he must earn by keep doing what he's doing.

Right now, Aribo still remains the man for us in that CM role. Etebo is also there. Ejaria is not far behind once his switch comes through (although he offers us options in both AM and CM and on the left too).

So please, Kelechi Nwakali is not our answer in the AM role. That role belongs to Alex Iwobi and the incoming Michael Olise.

Kelechi has done really well so far in La Liga Smartbank but he would have to wait for his time to earn the call up and when he does, he will become another option in the CM role. Yes, a direct competition for Joe Aribo and Oghenekaro Etebo. Coz CM and Deeply playmaking is his true forte not AM.

Danke.

Nwalkali will be seriously underutilized when played as an AM.
Dude is built for the CM.

TheSuperNerd, your thoughts and analyses are always clear and precise.
Thank you for all you do.

God bless you

Subzero047:
I have warned you, me and you no dey fight

Your position as a top beer palour analyst is not under contest, i am not dragging it with you, i am not interested, It's yours for keeps. Stop warning me