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TheGoodJoe:
Iheanacho offers lots of attributes. He can cross, he can pass, he drops deep to distribute play. He presses defenders when the team is not with the ball. I see him do these more than Ighalo. Ighalo is most suited for a target man role. However, in such role, I feel Sadiq offers more presence.

When it comes to attacking space, Osimhen rules hands down, but Awoniyi against Egypt was so tidy doing it. Olayinka is on another level to Ighalo when it comes to attacking with speed.

In a nutshell, I will go with these four before Ighalo.

Coupled with the fact we are playing an offensive strategy that needs lots of work.

caprikon:
Bro, derbies are tricky by default.

If Okoye starts, he will be under a lot of pressure mentally due to recent events.
Resting him for this tie is for his own good.

drDoom3:
I think they all just have an agenda to push Ighalo to the forefront even when he is not better than what we have. Ighalo is a good guy, we all know that. Impeccable character and all. On the pitch, he is not the best we have. He is not the second or the third or even the fourth best. Name any attributes he has right now, I will call at least two strikers we have that have those attributes better than what he has.

Bullying: Osimhen, Awo, Onuachu
Pace: All except Onuachu which is debatable self
Finishing: Osimhen, Dessers, Onuachu, maybe Sadiq
Aerial prowess: All except Dessers which is debatable self
Work rate: All except Onuachu

drDoom3:
So I take it you did not watch Nigeria vs Cabo Verde?

caprikon:
Bro, derbies are tricky by default.

If Okoye starts, he will be under a lot of pressure mentally due to recent events.
Resting him for this tie is for his own good.

drDoom3:
How many times will you be told this. The system at the AFCON DID NOT FAIL. You don’t judge a system by a fluke match where you played over 30 mins with 10 men, that is unjust. Even Man City loses games with complete 11 to worse teams so who are we?

TheGoodJoe:

If you play Ighalo and Osimhen upfront, who plays the creative role among the two? Remember, one strike will help prevent outnumbering in the middle.

So, one striker will have the quality to play as a ten. So who will play it, Ighalo or Osimhen?

I have never seen any of them playing such roles.

TFLASHOGEE:
remember rorh isn't the manager anymore and ighalo has always function and still functioning in a 4-4-2 system

TFLASHOGEE:
remember rorh isn't the manager anymore and ighalo has always function and still functioning in a 4-4-2 system

TFLASHOGEE:
ighalo will do that remember his day's at Watford their captain Deeney comfortable did the dirty work upfront making ighalo flourish by getting the goals so I expect ighalo to do same for osimehn he try doing it against cape Verde but it their first time being together and if Eguavoen would be using 4-4-2 he would tell both what he wants

do4luv14:
so the systems he had been playing in, and still playing are 4-4-2 right,


ee be like say, you don see over feel that your feeling abi

TFLASHOGEE:
ighalo will do that remember his day's at Watford their captain Deeney comfortable did the dirty work upfront making ighalo flourish by getting the goals so I expect ighalo to do same for osimehn he try doing it against cape Verde but it their first time being together and if Eguavoen would be using 4-4-2 he would tell both what he wants

TheGoodJoe:
This is the height of betrayal. Mane needs to end his friendship with Salah...

TFLASHOGEE:
ighalo will do that remember his day's at Watford their captain Deeney comfortable did the dirty work upfront making ighalo flourish by getting the goals so I expect ighalo to do same for osimehn he try doing it against cape Verde but it their first time being together and if Eguavoen would be using 4-4-2 he would tell both what he wants

TFLASHOGEE:
odion Best day's was him playing 4-4-2 at Watford him and Troy Deeney, currently his partner in crime is Musa marega am only saying base on me not seeing ighalo on the bench if he comes to camp

drDoom3:
So the lackluster display from Ighalo compared to the energetic play from Osimhen in the same game is now attributed to the coach? SMH.

Even a blind man could see that Ighalo was not on the same wavelength as Osimhen was by miles. Awo is not far behind from Osimhen. Sadiq too. Onuachu is even more prolific, albeit in a lower tier league. Do we drop them all just to make sure Ighalo gets an assured spot in the team? If that is not favoritism then what is?

By the way, if you can mention one on-pitch quality Ighalo brings that is better than what we have (excluding Osimhen) I will concede to your argument. Just one, no more.

TFLASHOGEE:
odion Best day's was him playing 4-4-2 at Watford him and Troy Deeney, currently his partner in crime is Musa marega am only saying base on me not seeing ighalo on the bench if he comes to camp

TheGoodJoe:

This is not about telling but ability-wise. Never felt Ighalo as a support striker/creative midfielder kind of player. So, I do not find him suitable for that role.

TFLASHOGEE:
baba like it or not ighalo is in the team for now till he announce his retirement again and if he is in the team we would have to mention him in the squad and he won't seat on the bench that am sure of so how do we accommodate him is the option I gave up there expect if you think Onuachu and awoniyi are ahead of him in this present Squad

drDoom3:
You do see the problem with your argument right? “Odion’s best days”, so we want to have a team structured to make a particular player score more goals at the expense of the team? We want to turn to Man U and their Ronaldo saga? At least Ronaldo will offer you a goal almost every game + excellent shooting + more fluid link up play.

TFLASHOGEE:
yeah he isn't ideal for the position but can't lie to ourselves or pretend about knowing he won't make the squad after coming out of retirement and once ighalo makes the squad list he will definitely start

TFLASHOGEE:
so what have we be doing to accommodate Iheanacho and as long as ighalo is considered as a super Eagles player he will always be ahead of both awoniyi and Onuachu and won't seat on the bench he will start with osimehn so how do we do that if not play him upfront with osigoal.

drDoom3:
I don’t want to attack your personal character, but you speak like one of the people holding Nigeria bondage by choosing favoritism and name over merit.

drDoom3:
To your Iheanacho question, I have one answer: Nigeria 1-0 Egypt.

Coaches try to accommodate Nacho because he can do that. Now what can Ighalo do? I am still waiting for your response.

TFLASHOGEE:
baba like it or not ighalo is in the team for now till he announce his retirement again and if he is in the team we would have to mention him in the squad and he won't seat on the bench that am sure of so how do we accommodate him is the option I gave up there expect if you think Onuachu and awoniyi are ahead of him in this present Squad

TFLASHOGEE:
but same Iheanacho was off against tunisa and I don't know what ighalo can do till the coaches show us that

codemaniacs:
If Ighalo is going to make the team then Eguavoen should sacked immediately..

we have Osimhen , Dessers , Dennis, Awoniyi , Umar Sadiq , David Okereke , Kelechi Ihenacho , Samuel Adegbenro , Simy Nwachukwu , Onuachu, Terem Moffi, Paul Mukairu e.t.c. as strikers... so anybody mentioning Ighalo's name is very ignorant of Nigerian strikers...

drDoom3:
Ighalo that has over 30 caps, you still don’t know what he can do? Hell, with one cap as a substitute against Tunisia, Sadiq showed us what he can do. With one first half against Egypt, Awo showed us what he can do.

Ighalo is not one new player from nowhere we are calling to see something new he can bring to the team. He is not Amoo, we all know what he can and can’t do, the same way we know he is not better than what we have.

This World Cup is set to be one of our most promising in decades. Let us not waste it by going for name over merit.

drDoom3:
To your Iheanacho question, I have one answer: Nigeria 1-0 Egypt.

Coaches try to accommodate Nacho because he can do that. Now what can Ighalo do? I am still waiting for your response.

andrewbaba44:
Ghana is not a game to gamble with

Osimhen will be the starter for sure ,but if you think other strikers will be ahead of ighalo then you are joking

codemaniacs:
If Ighalo is going to make the team then Eguavoen should be sacked immediately..

we have Osimhen , Dessers , Dennis, Awoniyi , Umar Sadiq , David Okereke , Kelechi Ihenacho , Samuel Adegbenro , Simy Nwachukwu , Onuachu, Terem Moffi, Paul Mukairu e.t.c. as strikers... so anybody mentioning Ighalo's name is very ignorant of Nigerian strikers...

andrewbaba44:
Ghana is not a game to gamble with

Osimhen will be the starter for sure ,but if you think other strikers will be ahead of ighalo then you are joking