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This is why I keep saying Iwobi should be playing as an AMF for us and should stopped being deployed as a CM, that is not his forte.

BankyGee:
I was just waiting for you to write the real thing behind all your posts since, people wey dey follow you argue na strong men 😅

Your posts just have this forcing-tears-down vibes whenever you're trying to discredit Osimhen, you can't even conceal it properly again 😂

Na you report Osimhen to Madrid, na you still say na only small teams he dey destroy. Clown 😅

Argue with BLarge on Osimhen matter? Those wey dey do am dey try. Always looking for any opportunity to pouce on the young man and will be doing it innocently 😂

Tessyy1701:
Argue with BLarge on Osimhen matter? Those wey dey do am dey try. Always looking for any opportunity to pouce on the young man and will be doing it innocently 😂

Only on this platform is someone to like everything and everything that a player does and any constructive disagreement is a No. anyway na why I call them nonsensical Yes men. The dumbest people to surround yourself with. Long live king osimhen and long live Starboy lookman

opes:
Maybe if Osimhen had taken the penalties he won and score them, people wouldnt have talked much of Ekong..

Do you know I also use same take when people criticise Kanu of not having an Afcon goal. IF he has taken the penalties he won.... 🤔

Subzerooo:
Wait is Dessers no longer playing in the Scottish league, Rangers fans see him as the second coming of the devil, what would he offer to the SE when we are battling crucial qualifiers when he is not of the level required?

So if you are coach in a world cup qualifier you play Dessers ahead of Boniface because he scores 2 after every intermediate drought, put Dessers in a Bayern Leverkusen team and put Boniface in a Rangers team and reevaluate lol

we have seen both in the SE team and Dessers is better, the records speak for himself

elyte89:
Dessers movement and positioning off d ball is better Dan all of our strikers presently ,d few times have watched him but. If he sees such chances of 10,he would barely convert 3 into goals ,he loses goal scoring chances

However super eagles of today don’t need such a striker ,we want those who will convert those chances as it comes ..at least 8 out of ten,

And which present striker in SE including Osimhen convert 8/10. Abi when it comes to Dessers the bar is raised.

Bannedlargejr:
If lookman wasn’t our best player at Afcon who was? Ekong? Osimhen? Members, who was Nigeria best player at Aston 2024??

For me, my ranking of Nigeria best performance
1.Ekong
2 Lookman
3.Onyeka
4 Osimhen.
5.nwabali
6.Aina
7.Bassey
Then the rest
The whole team gave their all, but looking at Caf listing you can draw your conclusion who has the best performance.
Same tournament that see Ekong listed among Best defenders?

zicky:
For me, my ranking of Nigeria best performance
1.Ekong
2 Lookman
3.Onyeka
4 Osimhen.
5.nwabali
6.Aina
7.Bassey
Then the rest
The whole team gave their all, but looking at Caf listing you can draw your conclusion who has the best performance.
Same tournament that see Ekong listed among Best defenders?

My Afcon best Super eagles performers....

1.Ademola Lookman...3 goals and wonderful assist for Osimhen against EG was great.He had a great tournament and came to the parties when we needed him most.He was wonderful against Angola and Cameroon.

2.Troost Ekong...3 goals,scored Ivory Coast twice,a decisive penalty against Ivory Coast and had a wonderful tournament that surprised fans.

3.Ola Aina....played RB and LB in the tournament and had performance that would be remembered as the best by any eagles wingback in Afcon,though very average in the final.

4.Frank Onyenka...he was all over the field,worked his socks off with full energy,reminded fans of Onazi scintillating performance in Afcon 2013.It will take third eye to recognize Onyenka on the field.

5.Bassey Calvin...what a great tournament for the young lad.He did well in 3 man defence alongside Ekong and Ajayi and full of strength moving forward to complement Sanusi.

6.Stanley Nwabali...came in and gave us world class performance that have been eluding us in our goalkeeping department for a long time.He gave masterclass performance during penalty shootouts against SA.

7.Semi Ajayi....with Ekong and Bassey were on defensive all through the tournament based on Peseiro approached to our games.He formed a good understanding at the back with Ekong and Bassey.I rated the trio as the best cuz they did very well defensively.He was denied a goal against Cameroon.

8.Osimhen Victor...a goal in the tournament but worked for the team throughout and had a great performance against Cameroon, especially never die assist to Lookman speak volume of his class.

The team generally did well,hope we make it to WC.

This Lazio kid Tijani Nsolim is he stil eligible for us?


How did we loose out on the lad

humility33:
This Lazio kid Tijani Nsolim is he stil eligible for us?


How did we loose out on the lad

Loose who? 25 years old man a kid?

Tijani Nsolin is a Dutch with Nigeria and Indonesia roots,played for Sittard,Verona and now Lazio after struggling to make it in his earlier career,released by Twente.

Are you saying Nzolin deserve eagles call up?

Kog45:
Loose who? 25 years old man a kid?

Tijani Nsolin is a Dutch with Nigeria and Indonesia roots,played for Sittard,Verona and now Lazio after struggling to make it in his earlier career,released by Twente.

Are you saying Nzolin deserve eagles call up?

If he's a midfielder bring

Subzerooo:
If he's a midfielder bring

Forward but we have Christanus Uche of Getafe and Akinsanmiro Ebenezer of Sampdoria

Kog45:
Loose who? 25 years old man a kid?

Tijani Nsolin is a Dutch with Nigeria and Indonesia roots,played for Sittard,Verona and now Lazio after struggling to make it in his earlier career,released by Twente.

Are you saying Nzolin deserve eagles call up?

If he is eligible he deserves a look in

Kog45:
Loose who? 25 years old man a kid?

Tijani Nsolin is a Dutch with Nigeria and Indonesia roots,played for Sittard,Verona and now Lazio after struggling to make it in his earlier career,released by Twente.

Are you saying Nzolin deserve eagles call up?

never knew he had Nigerian root

Kog45:
My Afcon best Super eagles performers....

1.Ademola Lookman...3 goals and wonderful assist for Osimhen against EG was great.He had a great tournament and came to the parties when we needed him most.He was wonderful against Angola and Cameroon.

2.Troost Ekong...3 goals,scored Ivory Coast twice,a decisive penalty against Ivory Coast and had a wonderful tournament that surprised fans.

3.Ola Aina....played RB and LB in the tournament and had performance that would be remembered as the best by any eagles wingback in Afcon,though very average in the final.

4.Frank Onyenka...he was all over the field,worked his socks off with full energy,reminded fans of Onazi scintillating performance in Afcon 2013.It will take third eye to recognize Onyenka on the field.

5.Bassey Calvin...what a great tournament for the young lad.He did well in 3 man defence alongside Ekong and Ajayi and full of strength moving forward to complement Sanusi.

6.Stanley Nwabali...came in and gave us world class performance that have been eluding us in our goalkeeping department for a long time.He gave masterclass performance during penalty shootouts against SA.

7.Semi Ajayi....with Ekong and Bassey were on defensive all through the tournament based on Peseiro approached to our games.He formed a good understanding at the back with Ekong and Bassey.I rated the trio as the best cuz they did very well defensively.He was denied a goal against Cameroon.

8.Osimhen Victor...a goal in the tournament but worked for the team throughout and had a great performance against Cameroon, especially never die assist to Lookman speak volume of his class.

The team generally did well,hope we make it to WC.

nice take placing Aina, Onyeka and Osimhen was a difficult one for me, I even forgot Ajayi ☺️

BankyGee:
Some people say na only music he sabi, I dey always listen to him songs still watch am ball for pitch! Multi-talented 🔥🔥😎😎

u Dey mind fools wey no sabi watch ball

The funniest part be say those talking down at Alex their fav dey English 3rd tier league 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bannedlargejr:
I actually love the both and don’t want you to hate any of them. We just have to admit who was better at the last ANC. Personally, Lookman is our best player while osimhen is the 2nd best but that’s my opinion and I’m not convincing you to share that opinion

So we are still arguing who was better when we currently can’t even beat Rwanda or Benin. Na wa for una

Goke7:
So we are still arguing who was better when we currently can’t even beat Rwanda or Benin. Na wa for una

the thing tire me
We are struggling to win games
And people still dey argue that rubbish

For posterity sake there was nothing special in Osimhen's AFCON performance. Let's set this clear.

Osimhen's performance was not in any sense bigger than the whole team's performance.

From Stanley Nwabali who was our goalkeeper and the revelation of the tournament. To the balance of play grit and sturdy display of Ekong, Bassey, Aina, calmness of Ajayi.

The midfield brought about Oneyka, whose tireless run were magnificent. It placed Iwobi in a position where he was mostly ineffective in our midfield and became the food for trolls. Chukwueze , Moses Simon , Lookman perfemored decently.

Osimhen was the star boy, and I dare say that after his two missed chances against Equatorial Guinea, where we played our most dominant game, let's not forget when we say the coach is ultradefensive that he didn't start the tournament that way, but realized the enormous mistake he might make if he didn't make such adjustment to suit Osimhen.

Iwobi's two creative passes to Osimhen were squandered by Osimhen in our opening game in AFCON. In subsequent games Iwobi is forced to sit deeper with Onyeka killing his creativity for the good of the game.
If Osimhen had converted those chances , we might have been sure that we have a constant scorer who will go on to achieve the highest goal scorer like Jude Ighalo did in 2019 under Gernot Rohr. Rohr is a much more defensive manager.

Take nothing away from the ruggedness of Osimhen winning penalties and all, but should Lookman possess just similar skills like Osimhen then we are doomed for exit. Thankfully we had a manager who controlled his game well and understood his team well. That AFCON tournament in Ivory coast had no forgiveness. Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Ivory coast were àll beaten by minnows.

If Osimhen had the goals in the last AFCON I dare say he probably will not be playing at Galatasaray right now.

Ighalo was brought over to Manchester united by Ole Solsjaer simply because of his exploit at the 2019 AFCON where he was top scorer.

It only took Rohr one match to change his first choice striker from Onuachu to Ighalo in the match against Burundi at 2019. Though Osimhen will later score the equalizer through a Lookman lob as we settled for a draw. But that was enough to make the coach switch up to allow Osimhen play to his rugged strength and give room for Lookman to run behind him and do the finishing.

Goke7:
So we are still arguing who was better when we currently can’t even beat Rwanda or Benin. Na wa for una

Presently to me ,all of dem are rubbish in GWG COLORS till we gain dt confidence again to beat Rwanda 🇷🇼 and co …we Dey 2nd to d last ,we Dey argue here😏…minnows now dominate midfield play against us ..

charlesemeka85:
u Dey mind fools wey no sabi watch ball

The funniest part be say those talking down at Alex their fav dey English 3rd tier league 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Please I have a funny question. Assuming Osimhen joins PSG by January. If eventually both PSG and Galatasaray win their respective league, what is the fate of Osimhen? Which of the medals is he entitled to?
Just a question, too early to predict winners of both leagues

elyte89:
Presently to me ,all of dem are rubbish in GWG COLORS till we gain dt confidence again to beat Rwanda 🇷🇼 and co …we Dey 2nd to d last ,we Dey argue here😏…minnows now dominate midfield play against us ..

Bro allow us argue so if someone comes here years later, the person will not be misinformed. We built an image or a momentum through that tournament, we had a fear factor, SE were more talked about even more than the host and winner of the tournament. Right now everything has crumble.

elyte89:
Presently to me ,all of dem are rubbish in GWG COLORS till we gain dt confidence again to beat Rwanda 🇷🇼 and co …we Dey 2nd to d last ,we Dey argue here😏…minnows now dominate midfield play against us ..

Coach who are the new players you intend to integrate into the GWG

lordofstrings:
Coach who are the new players you intend to integrate into the GWG

Chrisantus uche/akinsanmiro /nwakali/Nnamdi (central midfield/Attacking midfield options) ,to fight with d options we av now

Striker …I will try and convince solanke (we need him badly) .Boniface might join my attacking midfield/LW OPTIONS.


Defence ….i will push bassey back to d bench as back up to BALOGUN till he is calm enough .i will also invite igoh ogbu to try his chance.



But if u av any player in mind …just c my lawyer with £5000 in cash, den we can discuss further 😎

opes:
Please I have a funny question. Assuming Osimhen joins PSG by January. If eventually both PSG and Galatasaray win their respective league, what is the fate of Osimhen? Which of the medals is he entitled to?
Just a question, too early to predict winners of both leagues

I think he will be entitled to both

elyte89:
Chrisantus uche/akinsanmiro /nwakali/Nnamdi (central midfield/Attacking midfield options) ,to fight with d options we av now

Striker …I will try and convince solanke (we need him badly) .Boniface might join my attacking midfield/LW OPTIONS.


Defence ….i will push bassey back to d bench as back up to BALOGUN till he is calm enough .i will also invite igoh ogbu to try his chance.



But if u av any player in mind …just c my lawyer with £5000 in cash, den we can discuss further 😎

Nwakali ke? Oga nawa for una ooo

This guy use voodoo on you guys for Christ sake? Like Chris said few pages ago this thread is becoming my something else 🤦‍♀️

Can’t believe in 2024 someone is still naming Nwakali as an option in our midfield when we have more vibrate and younger options littered everywhere

charlesemeka85:
Nwakali ke? Oga nawa for una ooo

This guy use voodoo on you guys for Christ sake? Like Chris said few pages ago this thread is becoming my something else 🤦‍♀️

Can’t believe in 2024 someone is still naming Nwakali as an option in our midfield when we have more vibrate and younger options littered everywhere

Can you blame them
The midfielders way they top leagues nor gree perform
If those guys perform anybody for they talk about Nwakali

DeloitteNG:
Can you blame them
The midfielders way they top leagues nor gree perform
If those guy perform anybody for they talk about Nwakali

and which midfielder in top leagues which aren’t performing? Or it’s that the new logic to justify the rubbish una dey peddle here of late?

Una want xavi and iniesta or zizou and pirlo in our midfield when u don’t hv any. All u should pray for is to hv a coach who can make do with what we have at hand

A nation that boast of midfielders seeing enough playing time in their clubs as listed below

Ndidi-leicester
Iwobi- Fulham
Onyedika- Club Brugge
Chrisantus- Getafe
Bashiru- Lazio
Ojediran- Rc Lens
Onyeka- Augsburg


Yet all we have been wailing and crying for is a misfit who haven’t settled in any reasonable club since he left the shores of Africa close to a Decade ago

Even a lot of national teams can’t boast of the numbers/qualities we hv in midfield yet they re doing pretty well as a team

Mk una receive sense for once cus e don chase una tire and it’s getting fade up

Bashiru scored in his debut for the team he was named the next big thing and better than iwobi

The same Bashiru had a below par game against Rwanda and now he is not the answer to our midfield

Ndidi is bad and a carpenter according to all of una

Iwobi is the worst that ever worn super eagles jersey

Onyeka is all brawl with no brains

It’s high time una use clay mold that complete midfielder wey una Dey find 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

If I were SE coach, I will first ask Iwobi of his favorite position then fashion my team around him.

Shikena

charlesemeka85:
and which midfielder in top leagues which aren’t performing? Or it’s that the new logic to justify the rubbish una dey peddle here of late?

Una want xavi and iniesta or zizou and pirlo in our midfield when u don’t hv any. All u should pray for is to hv a coach who can make do with what we have at hand

A nation that boast of midfielders seeing enough playing time in their clubs as listed below

Ndidi-leicester
Iwobi- Fulham
Onyedika- Club Brugge
Chrisantus- Getafe
Bashiru- Lazio
Ojediran- Rc Lens
Onyeka- Augsburg


Yet all we have been wailing and crying for is a misfit who haven’t settled in any reasonable club since he left the shores of Africa close to a Decade ago

Even a lot of national teams can’t boast of the numbers/qualities we hv in midfield yet they re doing pretty well as a team

Mk una receive sense for once cus e don chase una tire and it’s getting fade up

Oga teams like Rwanda, Benin and Lesotho are dominating midfield against us
That's a big insult
Even a blind man knows we currently have a midfielder problem and clamouring for any midfield to come solve our problem is highly welcome
The same way we had goalkeeper issue
And jp brought a goalkeeper from south Africa league to address this issue which he did
I know with this your mentality you would have preferred we stick to Uzoho and Okoye because Nwabali is playing in the South Africa league
Omo this time league nor matter
Anybody that can solve our midfield problems is highly welcome even if he dey Uzbekistan league

DeloitteNG:
Oga teams like Rwanda, Benin and Lesotho are dominating midfield against us
That's a big insult
Even a blind man knows we currently have a midfield promble and clamouring for any midfield to come solve our problem is highly welcome
The same way we had goalkeeper issue
And jp brought a goalkeeper from south Africa league to address this issue which he did
I know with this your mentality you would have preferred we stick to Uzoho and Okoye because Nwabali is playing in the South Africa league
Omo this time league nor matter
Anybody that can solve our midfield problems is highly welcome even if he dey Uzbekistan league

dominating midfield from you isn’t that due to the system/tactics ur coach deployed? What do you expect from a midfield 2 playing against a midfield 3?

And Nwakali will stop these teams u mentioned from dominating our midfield? Receive sense and rest

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