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Kelly My good man, Nacho stands a very good chance. Remember he also has the FA cup success in same month going for him like he had it in March. So his chances of doing a back-to-back are high but let's see the Official nominees list first.

kellycute:
I hope he will win thr epl potm award for the month of April. What do you really think?

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TheSuperNerd:
You are wrong. Lingard has only 1 assist in April.

Lingard had:

Goal+Assist vs Wolves
Brace vs Leicester
Goal vs Newcastle
❌ vs Chelsea.


Iheanacho (6 G+A) had more goal contributions than Lingard (5G+A) in April. I have been closely keeping tabs on all the possible challengers/nominees for this POTM award.

Kane's April Count is 4 already. Any goals he bags on Sunday counts towards the May Award.

Iheanacho stands a good chance yet again.

Ok my bad.
Chris Wood of Burnley has 4 goals and 3 assists.
It think he has stands a better chance of winning it than Kelechi sir.
Also, Kelechi might be in contender for goal of the month award due to his thunderbolt on Monday night.

Yes. Almost missed out on Wood. His G+A count is impressive in same month. Had one more than Nacho but he lost three games in same month. His goals+Assists only won Burnley 3 pts out of 12 in April vs Nacho whose goals+Assists won Leicester 7 pts out of a possible 15 plus he took them to FA cup final in same month.

So it will be a battle. Nacho's chances are still just as good.

And yes, I reckon his strike against Palace will be nominated for Goal of the Month.

femianski:
Ok my bad.
Chris Wood of Burnley has 4 goals and 3 assists.
It think he has stands a better chance of winning it than Kelechi sir.
Also, Kelechi might be in contender for goal of the month award due to his thunderbolt on Monday night.

TheSuperNerd:
Kelechi Iheanacho's Last 10 games for Leicester in All Comps:

March 2021- 7 goals + 1 assist (Won EPL POTM)

April 2021- 5 goals + 2 assists (Another EPL POTM??)

Total: 12 goals + 3 assists in last 10 games for The Seniorman.


Breakdown:

March 2021-

Goal vs Burnley (EPL)
Goal vs Brighton (EPL)
Hattrick vs Sheffield Utd (EPL)
Brace + Assist vs Man Utd (FA Cup Quarters)

April 2021-

❌ vs Man City (EPL)
Brace vs West Ham Utd (EPL)
Goal vs Southampton (FA Cup Semis)
Goal vs West Brom (EPL)
Goal + Assist vs Crystal Palace (EPL)
Assist vs Southampton (EPL)


Another EPL POTM award loading??

Keep up the good work nerdy

Bless you

ChrisKels:
Where are those ogogoro drinkers - Joebie and Komekn that were comparing the fraud below to Iheanacho?

E don tay I see joebie

No blame joebie as na normal

Komekn is always bias

TheSuperNerd:
Paul Onuachu hit 30 league goals.

Meanwhile... It needs to be emphasized that Onuachu's goal today was his 30th of the league season. No one in the 21st century has scored more Belgian league goals than The Super Eagles' Giant Hitman in a single league campaign.

Only Wesley Sonck of Genk in 2001/2002 (30 goals) share equal league goals count with Onuachu in the 21st century. One more goal from Paul, and he stands clear as the Highest Goals King in a single season this 21st century in Belgium.


Meanwhile, in all competitions, his stats read 32 goals + 4 assists in 37 games (35 starts).

The All time record is 41 goals recorded as far back as 1942/43 season.

Boy is so good

Watford is scouting for a striker but I hope they don’t see him

Onuachu deserve an Europa league club at least

TheSuperNerd:
You are wrong. Lingard has only 1 assist in April.

Lingard had:

Goal+Assist vs Wolves
Brace vs Leicester
Goal vs Newcastle
❌ vs Chelsea.


Iheanacho (6 G+A) had more goal contributions than Lingard (5G+A) in April. I have been closely keeping tabs on all the possible challengers/nominees for this POTM award.

Kane's April Count is 4 already. Any goals he bags on Sunday counts towards the May Award.

Iheanacho stands a good chance yet again.

If he does win it I think he'll the second Nigerian to win back to back POTM after Osaze

femianski:
Ok my bad.
Chris Wood of Burnley has 4 goals and 3 assists.
It think he has stands a better chance of winning it than Kelechi sir.
Also, Kelechi might be in contender for goal of the month award due to his thunderbolt on Monday night.

The 4 goals Wood has were scored in just 2 matches, so I won't say he was outstanding in the full month of April, he was only outstanding in the match he scored a hatrick.
If I am not mistaken, Nacho won 2 MOTM awards in the month of April. So I guess Nacho ranks high amongst all contenders

Ppogbae:
He needs to go to Ligue 1 in the summer.

Must it be Ligue 1 ?

Well a champions league French team is not bad

Dude will be 27 soon remember ?

He needs to hit it big now

Am I the only one who thinks Tottenham made the wrong choice selling Kyle Walker Peters while living Aurier to man the Rght Back position?

That kid is a composed Right Back at every end

andrewbaba44:
Boy is so good

Watford is scouting for a striker but I hope they don’t see him

Onuachu deserve an Europa league club at least

Watford are also trying to get Ugbo but I hope he snubs them for either Frankfurt or Monaco. Watford should rather give Isaac Success a chance

ChrisKels:
Watford are also trying to get Ugbo but I hope he snubs them for either Frankfurt or Monaco. Watford should rather give Isaac Success a chance

Ugbo is an English man so it will be hard to snub them

I pray he Snub them also but it will be hard sha

Nope. He will be the first Nigerian to do a back-to-back. But he will be the second Nigerian to win it twice in a single season after Osaze did it in the 2010/2011 season (winning it in September 2010 and April 2011).

But hey, all depends on if Nacho does win it. So time will tell. Just waiting for the Official nominees list.

jihday:
If he does win it I think he'll the second Nigerian to win back to back POTM after Osaze

Arabiandude:
Some of our past players we are praising to high heaven's today, if they were playing in this generation and with the stats they had then mostly for their club sides, there is no way most of them would have been invited to the SE.
I just checked Aghahowa stats, even when he was proclaimed hot at shahktar Donesk, he scored only 40+ goals in 7 seasons with them and scored none when he played about 20 games for Wigan. Aghahowa have about 50 goals in his club career playing in Europe that spanned more than 10 years.

Even the stats martins had then, there is no way he would have been a starter in this current SE, he will be invited to this current SE simply because of his talent, not because he is worth it with his goalscoring prowess.
The only striker whose stats will still stand tall today is Yakubu.

So going by club stats, Osimhen will start in the SE from 2000 to now.
Iheanacho, Simy, Moffi and Onuachu will make all the teams...club stats wise

Martins scored 21 goals in all competitions in a season which includes playing consistently in UEFA league yet he will not start?

Let me remind you that Martins was CAF young player of the year.

Well, you are only joking.

forgiveness:
Martins scored 21 goals in all competitions in as season which includes playing consistently in UEFA league yet he will not start?

Let me remind you that Martins was CAF young player of the year.

Well, you are only joking.

You have a point and I agree with you on some things

Osimhen was caf youth player of the year without making any impact in Europe yet

Iheanacho was caf most promising talent twice

They all deserve it but I don’t really value that award

andrewbaba44:
You have a point and I agree with you on some things

Osimhen is as caf youth player of the year without making any impact in Europe yet

Iheanacho was caf most promising talent twice

I don’t really value that award

Martins also won it twice and in addition contributed in winning laurels.

I still don’t consider Iheanacho a Striker. He is best at SS.

TheSuperNerd:
Nope. He will be the first Nigerian to do a back-to-back. But he will be the second Nigerian to win it twice in a single season after Osaze did it in the 2010/2011 season (winning it in September 2010 and April 2011).

But hey, all depends on if Nacho does win it. So time will tell. Just waiting for the Official nominees list.

Osaze Na baller sha

I feel he is underrated

Dude is an above average player

Close to world class

I hope I am correct

forgiveness:
Martins also won it twice and in addition contributed in winning laurels.

I still don’t consider Iheanacho a Striker. He is best at SS.

Many people are saying so about iheanacho

The main thing is that he is doing well right now

Iheanacho is in a beast mode, at the moment. His touches are so beautiful. The deft touches , passes , volleys and overall confidence are back, and even getting better. Leicester don't seem to understand what they have on their hand.

By the way , Ndidi needs to shoot better. He is getting better with the ball but he had a rare chance to score a stunner today and waste it.

Vardy is down on confidence. He had two good chances to score today and missed them.

IDENNAA:
Iheanacho is in a beast mode, at the moment. His touches are so beautiful. The deft touches , passes , volleys and overall confidence are back, and even getting better. Leicester don't seem to understand what they have on their hand.

By the way , Ndidi needs to shoot better. He is getting better with the ball but he had a rare chance to score a stunner today and waste it.

Vardy is down on confidence. He had two good chances to score today and missed them.

Maddison keeps feeding Vardy instead of looking for Iheanacho. IMO those 2 out of the team would help Iheanacho really flourish.

andrewbaba44:
Osaze Na baller sha

I feel he is underrated

Dude is an above average player

Close to world class

I hope I am correct

Very underrated scored almost 40 goals in English football at the end of his career. Even finidi and utaka didn't reach those levels at Epl

TheSuperNerd:
Nope. He will be the first Nigerian to do a back-to-back. But he will be the second Nigerian to win it twice in a single season after Osaze did it in the 2010/2011 season (winning it in September 2010 and April 2011).

But hey, all depends on if Nacho does win it. So time will tell. Just waiting for the Official nominees list.

People on this thread should go to EASport sit to vote for him every vote counts

Gernot Rohr comes across as one football coach who thinks he knows his onions even if it is going to take forever for him to deliver a trophy. Will you blame him? No. His coaching pedigree suggests that he is not one used to podium celebrations. He doesn’t understand the hurry in delivering trophies to the teeming fans. Again, would anyone blame Rohr? No. He hasn’t been lucky to handle teams or countries with the kind of talents available to our national teams’ tacticians. And his employers Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) didn’t set very high standards for Rohr when he joined because Super Eagles was a sinking ship that needed an undertaker to rescue it. Rohr dragged the Eagles from being ‘Super Chicken’ or a big-for-nothing squad.

Credit should go to Rohr for reducing the average age of the team to between 22 and 24, giving it a very competitive edge if they play to their strength and potentials. The German also used his influence to sway a lot of Nigeria-born kids whose ages we can vouch for, unlike our locals whose ages are measured by sworn affidavits not birth certificates. This bunch of players has close to ten years to give their best to the nation with proper coaching.

Penultimate week, the news from the international media suggested that Rohr would be working with a 50-man squad. Many screamed blue murder considering the time the manager had spent rebuilding the squad. The 50-member squad sounded like a failed project given the exploits of our players in Europe which clearly showed us who our best players are. For others, it was in Rohr’s character to list 23 players with five standby players, most of who sneak into the squad when invited players sustain injuries playing for their European clubs.

Rohr may have heard the cries of his critics in the media since the world is a global village. On Tuesday, Rohr spoke with French newspaper Ouest France stating that he had drawn a 30-man squad which he hoped to submit to the NFF in the next three weeks. This provisional 30-man team would be pruned to 23, which he would announce as those to prosecute the June 6 tie against the Lone Stars of Liberia inside the late Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos from 5 pm. No prize for guessing that the remaining seven players would form Rohr’s characteristic standby team.
One would have glossed over the stories but considered it expedient to pick Rohr’s brain knowing that this is how he releases his squad list to gauge Nigerians’ comments on his intentions. The thirty-man squad looks more like it unlike the initial flyer of 50 players. But this 30-man squad shouldn’t include goalkeepers Daniel Akpeyi and Ikechukwu Ezenwa. The list shouldn’t have Kenneth Omeruo, Tyronne Ebuehi, a good player but doesn’t have the strength to play the African game, Jamiu Collins, Ahmed Musa, Henry Onyekuru, Samuel Kalu, Chidozie Awaziem and Shehu Abdullahi.

I want to shock Rohr here. If he insists on the central pair of Balogun and Ekong, Nigeria will not win the Africa Cup of Nations. They are poor headers of the ball, they can’t anticipate crosses, and are tentative to their approach to most games. Over time, this writer has seen the duo beaten by good passes which either of them ought to have anticipated, making them look like amateurs that they really are. It seems to me, that Balogun and Ekong play in the same position to necessitate this flaw. They are both right-legged players, raising the poser how any one of them could function as a no.6 player. It is the reason the Eagles concede early goals.

If Rohr can’t find a left legged or a defender who uses his left foot very well, he might as well look at the local league for such a player.

The performance of Enyimba’s Anayo Iwuala in the last two AFCON qualifiers against the Squirrels of Benin Republic and the Crocodiles of Lesotho proved that Rohr was all along underrating the capacity of the NPFL stars to compete for shirts with their foreign-based compatriots.

Providence had a hand in Iwuala’s journey into the national team because he was never in Rohr’s plans for the AFCON qualifiers until some Europe based players pulled out due to coronavirus restrictions.

One would have suggested Semi Ajayi but he is prone to mistakes and doesn’t know how to neatly wrest the ball from the opposition. Ajayi’s major flaw is tackling from behind. He has good height, knows how to head the ball but he is a slow runner. I will suggest that Rohr finds somewhere in the defence Ola Aina because of his versatility. He has a good height, uses both legs, plays regularly for Fulham and that should help get him into the Eagles’ first team. Players such as Balogun and Ekong will struggle against top-class oppositions like Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.

The best player in the Eagles’ current defence is Zaidu Sanusi. He can be a truly world-class player with the right guidance. It is no surprise that Wolves FC of England’s scouts want to sign him for next season. I foresee a bigger future for him.

In previous Eagles teams, we know who is no.5 and who is no.6. Uche Okechukwu and Chidi Nwanu never stood on the same line while defending. Players like Taribo West instilled fear into the minds of opposition’s attackers. West understood how to partner Okechukwu at the Atlanta’96 Olympic Games largely because Okechukwu knew what to do. What we have now are players who fall to the ground when strikers run at them. Recall, how we couldn’t defend against minnows Sierra Leone and conceded four cheap goals at home to draw the match 4-4. Are we sure, Balogun and Ekong are the best choices for the centre-back position under Rohr?

We already have two tested goalkeepers in the national team, Maduka Okoye and Francis Uzoho. Both goalkeepers have age on their side. They have enough years to grow into being world-class goalkeepers. They are young and have shown a high propensity to learn. In fact, they have learned from their past mistakes. It has been easy for them to recover very fast because they are young. Kudos to Rohr for sticking with them. However, the third choice goalkeeper must come from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

Rohr should again invite John Noble who mans the goalpost for Enyimba FC of Aba, Nigeria’s surviving club in CAF’s inter-club competition to find out if he is still in form. Rohr has no business playing our armada of foreign-based stars against the Lone Stars of Liberia in Lagos. He should at best invite 13 foreign-based players and fill the remaining 1o spots with good home-based players. The argument that he wouldn’t want to take risk which could jeopardise Nigeria’s chances of qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup is weak if the opposition is the Lone Stars of Liberia, with due respect.

Allowing the three home-based players in the last two games against the Squirrels of the Benin Republic and the Crocodiles of Lesotho back to the squad such as Adekunle Adeleke, goalkeeper John Noble, and Anayo Iwuala would boost their confidence. It would further reassure the others in the domestic league that they could surpass what the trio would have achieved with a second invitation. Home-based players in the local leagues would know that they are no longer training materials for every new session before Nigeria’s international matches. This is the fillip the domestic leagues need for growth.

Nigeria has always been blessed with great forwards and the current Coach Gernot Rohr has been blessed with three goal-scorers that are totally different but can complement each other when used properly. Now, the German needs to earn his pay and make these guys fire the Super Eagles back to its glory days.


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BascoVanVeli:
Maddison keeps feeding Vardy instead of looking for Iheanacho. IMO those 2 out of the team would help Iheanacho really flourish.

Aren't both of them English ? You know the "good old boys" thing.

The form nacho is in is quite unbelievable. Managed at least one goal or assist in nine of his last ten games for Leicester- the only time he didn't get one was vs city! In those ten matches he's averaging 1.5 goal contributions per match. It genuinely is one of the most productive 10-game spells I've ever seen.

Nacho's been capable of this the whole time. Turns out it's impossible to perform when you know that no matter how well you play and how badly he plays, Jamie Vardy will replace you at some point in the near future.

With 22 G+A in just 21 starts this season, I'd be surprised if any player from Europe's top 5 leagues can top Kelechi's incredible ratio this season.

Since he came back into the starting XI, Leicester City have scored 20 goals. 15 of those were either scored or assisted by Iheanacho. The degree to which he's carrying them is unprecedented in PL history.

TheSuperNerd:
You are wrong. Lingard has only 1 assist in April.

Lingard had:

Goal+Assist vs Wolves
Brace vs Leicester
Goal vs Newcastle
❌ vs Chelsea.


Iheanacho (6 G+A) had more goal contributions than Lingard (5G+A) in April. I have been closely keeping tabs on all the possible challengers/nominees for this POTM award.

Kane's April Count is 4 already. Any goals he bags on Sunday counts towards the May Award.

Iheanacho stands a good chance yet again.

Nacho goal contribution is 7 sir, not 6.

You are adding the FA Cup.

Talking EPL only, It's 6. Not 7.

temi1290:
Nacho goal contribution is 7 sir, not 6.

jihday:
Gernot Rohr comes across as one football coach who thinks he knows his onions even if it is going to take forever for him to deliver a trophy. Will you blame him? No. His coaching pedigree suggests that he is not one used to podium celebrations. He doesn’t understand the hurry in delivering trophies to the teeming fans. Again, would anyone blame Rohr? No. He hasn’t been lucky to handle teams or countries with the kind of talents available to our national teams’ tacticians. And his employers Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) didn’t set very high standards for Rohr when he joined because Super Eagles was a sinking ship that needed an undertaker to rescue it. Rohr dragged the Eagles from being ‘Super Chicken’ or a big-for-nothing squad.

Credit should go to Rohr for reducing the average age of the team to between 22 and 24, giving it a very competitive edge if they play to their strength and potentials. The German also used his influence to sway a lot of Nigeria-born kids whose ages we can vouch for, unlike our locals whose ages are measured by sworn affidavits not birth certificates. This bunch of players has close to ten years to give their best to the nation with proper coaching.

Penultimate week, the news from the international media suggested that Rohr would be working with a 50-man squad. Many screamed blue murder considering the time the manager had spent rebuilding the squad. The 50-member squad sounded like a failed project given the exploits of our players in Europe which clearly showed us who our best players are. For others, it was in Rohr’s character to list 23 players with five standby players, most of who sneak into the squad when invited players sustain injuries playing for their European clubs.

Rohr may have heard the cries of his critics in the media since the world is a global village. On Tuesday, Rohr spoke with French newspaper Ouest France stating that he had drawn a 30-man squad which he hoped to submit to the NFF in the next three weeks. This provisional 30-man team would be pruned to 23, which he would announce as those to prosecute the June 6 tie against the Lone Stars of Liberia inside the late Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos from 5 pm. No prize for guessing that the remaining seven players would form Rohr’s characteristic standby team.
One would have glossed over the stories but considered it expedient to pick Rohr’s brain knowing that this is how he releases his squad list to gauge Nigerians’ comments on his intentions. The thirty-man squad looks more like it unlike the initial flyer of 50 players. But this 30-man squad shouldn’t include goalkeepers Daniel Akpeyi and Ikechukwu Ezenwa. The list shouldn’t have Kenneth Omeruo, Tyronne Ebuehi, a good player but doesn’t have the strength to play the African game, Jamiu Collins, Ahmed Musa, Henry Onyekuru, Samuel Kalu, Chidozie Awaziem and Shehu Abdullahi.

I want to shock Rohr here. If he insists on the central pair of Balogun and Ekong, Nigeria will not win the Africa Cup of Nations. They are poor headers of the ball, they can’t anticipate crosses, and are tentative to their approach to most games. Over time, this writer has seen the duo beaten by good passes which either of them ought to have anticipated, making them look like amateurs that they really are. It seems to me, that Balogun and Ekong play in the same position to necessitate this flaw. They are both right-legged players, raising the poser how any one of them could function as a no.6 player. It is the reason the Eagles concede early goals.

If Rohr can’t find a left legged or a defender who uses his left foot very well, he might as well look at the local league for such a player.

The performance of Enyimba’s Anayo Iwuala in the last two AFCON qualifiers against the Squirrels of Benin Republic and the Crocodiles of Lesotho proved that Rohr was all along underrating the capacity of the NPFL stars to compete for shirts with their foreign-based compatriots.

Providence had a hand in Iwuala’s journey into the national team because he was never in Rohr’s plans for the AFCON qualifiers until some Europe based players pulled out due to coronavirus restrictions.

One would have suggested Semi Ajayi but he is prone to mistakes and doesn’t know how to neatly wrest the ball from the opposition. Ajayi’s major flaw is tackling from behind. He has good height, knows how to head the ball but he is a slow runner. I will suggest that Rohr finds somewhere in the defence Ola Aina because of his versatility. He has a good height, uses both legs, plays regularly for Fulham and that should help get him into the Eagles’ first team. Players such as Balogun and Ekong will struggle against top-class oppositions like Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.

The best player in the Eagles’ current defence is Zaidu Sanusi. He can be a truly world-class player with the right guidance. It is no surprise that Wolves FC of England’s scouts want to sign him for next season. I foresee a bigger future for him.

In previous Eagles teams, we know who is no.5 and who is no.6. Uche Okechukwu and Chidi Nwanu never stood on the same line while defending. Players like Taribo West instilled fear into the minds of opposition’s attackers. West understood how to partner Okechukwu at the Atlanta’96 Olympic Games largely because Okechukwu knew what to do. What we have now are players who fall to the ground when strikers run at them. Recall, how we couldn’t defend against minnows Sierra Leone and conceded four cheap goals at home to draw the match 4-4. Are we sure, Balogun and Ekong are the best choices for the centre-back position under Rohr?

We already have two tested goalkeepers in the national team, Maduka Okoye and Francis Uzoho. Both goalkeepers have age on their side. They have enough years to grow into being world-class goalkeepers. They are young and have shown a high propensity to learn. In fact, they have learned from their past mistakes. It has been easy for them to recover very fast because they are young. Kudos to Rohr for sticking with them. However, the third choice goalkeeper must come from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

Rohr should again invite John Noble who mans the goalpost for Enyimba FC of Aba, Nigeria’s surviving club in CAF’s inter-club competition to find out if he is still in form. Rohr has no business playing our armada of foreign-based stars against the Lone Stars of Liberia in Lagos. He should at best invite 13 foreign-based players and fill the remaining 1o spots with good home-based players. The argument that he wouldn’t want to take risk which could jeopardise Nigeria’s chances of qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup is weak if the opposition is the Lone Stars of Liberia, with due respect.

Allowing the three home-based players in the last two games against the Squirrels of the Benin Republic and the Crocodiles of Lesotho back to the squad such as Adekunle Adeleke, goalkeeper John Noble, and Anayo Iwuala would boost their confidence. It would further reassure the others in the domestic league that they could surpass what the trio would have achieved with a second invitation. Home-based players in the local leagues would know that they are no longer training materials for every new session before Nigeria’s international matches. This is the fillip the domestic leagues need for growth.

Nigeria has always been blessed with great forwards and the current Coach Gernot Rohr has been blessed with three goal-scorers that are totally different but can complement each other when used properly. Now, the German needs to earn his pay and make these guys fire the Super Eagles back to its glory days.


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This is a very nice analysis...am sure even rohr knows this and he is actually working on it... concerning the left footed CB...we have Jordan for this position...and let's hope he get cleared very soon by FIFA and apart from this I think we're good to go.

EPL's Most In-form Players according to Whoscored: Nacho is #1

Prior to yesterday's game which saw Iheanacho bag another Goal Contribution, Whoscored published a list of the EPL's Most In-form Players and we find that Iheanacho has displaced Harry Kane.

I saw this much earlier but decided to post it only after yesterday's game. So here we are.

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