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zicky:
You noticed he intentionally omitted kanu name. This one na agenda

How about the Parizz guy that said he watched Kanu at the AFCON 2000,that all he does was to fall over the place like a pack of cards, but ignored that there was a match he got a hattrick of assists.
That was a big disrespect to great Kanu.
Even Kanu's fall is a skill on itself that got us several penalties.

Napoleon55:
Don't get yourself worked up over wrong notion.

People are not saying Kanu is the greatest super eagles player but the greatest Nigerian player,or the best Nigerian player.

Super eagles is the biggest team in Nigeria's football but it's not the only scale to measure greatness of every Nigerian player.

Sunday Mba wrote his name in super eagles history book with his AFCONS winning goals,but there were so many nigerian players who never won AFCONS or score that are greater or better.

bros abeg im not getting my self worked up ooo😂😂…my own is Yekini is the best player to ever don the super eagles jersey oo…anyone that wanna argue that should present a player that has those stuffs i listed of him being a super eagles player…they should even go and break his goal record self and same time win APOTY as a super eagles player…Godbless Kanu and he is massive legend of the game for Nigeria, same for some other top Nigerian legend..na my own b that o

Napoleon55:
Don't get yourself worked up over wrong notion.

People are not saying Kanu is the greatest super eagles player but the greatest Nigerian player,or the best Nigerian player.

Super eagles is the biggest team in Nigeria's football but it's not the only scale to measure greatness of every Nigerian player.

Sunday Mba wrote his name in super eagles history book with his AFCONS winning goals,but there were so many nigerian players who never won AFCONS or score that are greater or better.

i joined here strictly becos i wanna be seeing facts about super eagles…Kanu played his best part for super eagles, Okocha also did,but my pick for Nigerian to ever don the SUPER EAGLES jersey by performance senior team goes to Yekini till date

komekn gave them bitter leaf soup

AndSunGorilla:
The food they ate. Too much starch na why Ekong could not carry his leg and kick out the ball that Zim scored. Same with Osayi, he no fit run again, too much Fufu.

zicky:
You noticed he intentionally omitted kanu name. This one na agenda

Oga take a coke and cool,we are talking football here and nothing like agenda,me I don pass that level.

The generational talents is regarding the all time best Nigeria midfielders(No 10) abi Kanu na No 10......how on earth will I mention Ilerika,Nwosu,Etim Esin over Kanu talking football generally.

Mind you my comment was a replied to a quote telling us that apart from Okocha we have other good midfielders and I tried to put them generationally.

Pls our differ opinions make this thread thicker.

Napoleon55:
Kanu is definitely up there among the first names of Nigerian generation talents

Sorry am talking about all time No 10 who have played for Nigeria,reason why I mentioned Ilerika,Henry Nwosu,Etim Esin and JayJay Okocha,even Mikel nearly made it.

Napoleon55:
There is no contradiction,
Kanu achieved more as Nigerian player than as a super eagles player.
As a Nigerian player,he won Olympics, U17 WC,champions league.
While as a super eagles player alone he won nothing.

You can't take away the fact that the SE is part of his career as a "Nigerian player" 😭

If he didn't play in the SE, that will make your categorization logical.

Impeccable5248:
🇳🇬 Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has shared his list of highly sought-after players eligible to represent Nigeria, expressing his hopes that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will do their best to call them up for the next international break. He believes that bringing in these young talents will foster competition among the existing players, which will ultimately be beneficial for Nigerian football.

Below are the standout names playing for clubs across Europe:👇

■ Noah Atubolu – Freiburg's starting goalkeeper who has set various records in the Bundesliga this season. He has represented several age-grade teams for Germany.

■ Felix Agu – The 25-year-old left-back for Werder Bremen, who has been capped by Germany's U21 team.

■ Caleb Okoli – A central defender for Leicester City, who recently moved from Italy's Serie A.

■ Samuel Edozie – A Manchester City academy graduate currently on loan at Anderlecht from Southampton.

■ Victor Udoh – A winger for the Golden Eaglets who signed with Premier League club Southampton from Antwerp in Belgium.

■ Tosin Adarabioyo – A central defender for Chelsea.

■ George Ilenikhena – AS Monaco striker who has been capped by France at the U21 level.

■ Michael Kayode – A highly-rated fullback who has been capped by Italy at the U21 level and is currently on loan at Brentford in the Premier League.

■ Kazeem Olaigbe – The 22-year-old winger who recently transferred from Belgian club Cercle Brugge to French Ligue 1 club Rennes.

■ Jacob Murphy – Winger who recently won the Carabao Cup Newcastle United

■ Ahmed Abdullahi – A Flying Eagles striker who played at the 2023 U20 AFCON and joined Sunderland from Belgium during the January transfer window.

■ Chuba Akpom – The former Arsenal and Ajax striker who moved to Lille in France and recently said he has been waiting for Nigeria call-up since he changed his international allegiance from England.

■ Kingsley Ehizibue – A rugged, hard-tackling defender formerly with FC Cologne, now playing for Udinese in Italy.

■ Josh Maja – Already capped once by the Super Eagles, he has been scoring goals in the Championship for West Bromwich.

■ Ebenezer Akinsanmiro – An Inter Milan loanee currently playing for Sampdoria. He is a highly-rated midfielder who signed with Inter from Remo Stars.

■ Carney Chukwuemeka – A Chelsea loanee at Borussia Dortmund who has been capped by England at the youth level.

■ Ethan Nwaneri – A teenage sensation who is making waves at Arsenal.

■ Tino Anjorin – A former promising Chelsea Academy midfielder who is now with Empoli in Italy.

■ Lesley Ugochukwu – Another Chelsea loanee currently with Southampton, who has been capped by France at the U21 level.

Can someone tell Chelle to stop wasting time on Atubolu and just focus on Arthur Okonkwo. That guy is getting better and better everyday. He should blood him in now. Soon if that guy no enter Premier League, a club from Ligue1 will snap him up
16 clean sheets in all competitions last season.
16 clean sheets already this season.

Impeccable5248:
🇳🇬 Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has shared his list of highly sought-after players eligible to represent Nigeria, expressing his hopes that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will do their best to call them up for the next international break. He believes that bringing in these young talents will foster competition among the existing players, which will ultimately be beneficial for Nigerian football.

Below are the standout names playing for clubs across Europe:👇

■ Noah Atubolu – Freiburg's starting goalkeeper who has set various records in the Bundesliga this season. He has represented several age-grade teams for Germany.

■ Felix Agu – The 25-year-old left-back for Werder Bremen, who has been capped by Germany's U21 team.

■ Caleb Okoli – A central defender for Leicester City, who recently moved from Italy's Serie A.

■ Samuel Edozie – A Manchester City academy graduate currently on loan at Anderlecht from Southampton.

■ Victor Udoh – A winger for the Golden Eaglets who signed with Premier League club Southampton from Antwerp in Belgium.

■ Tosin Adarabioyo – A central defender for Chelsea.

■ George Ilenikhena – AS Monaco striker who has been capped by France at the U21 level.

■ Michael Kayode – A highly-rated fullback who has been capped by Italy at the U21 level and is currently on loan at Brentford in the Premier League.

■ Kazeem Olaigbe – The 22-year-old winger who recently transferred from Belgian club Cercle Brugge to French Ligue 1 club Rennes.

■ Jacob Murphy – Winger who recently won the Carabao Cup Newcastle United

■ Ahmed Abdullahi – A Flying Eagles striker who played at the 2023 U20 AFCON and joined Sunderland from Belgium during the January transfer window.

■ Chuba Akpom – The former Arsenal and Ajax striker who moved to Lille in France and recently said he has been waiting for Nigeria call-up since he changed his international allegiance from England.

■ Kingsley Ehizibue – A rugged, hard-tackling defender formerly with FC Cologne, now playing for Udinese in Italy.

■ Josh Maja – Already capped once by the Super Eagles, he has been scoring goals in the Championship for West Bromwich.

■ Ebenezer Akinsanmiro – An Inter Milan loanee currently playing for Sampdoria. He is a highly-rated midfielder who signed with Inter from Remo Stars.

■ Carney Chukwuemeka – A Chelsea loanee at Borussia Dortmund who has been capped by England at the youth level.

■ Ethan Nwaneri – A teenage sensation who is making waves at Arsenal.

■ Tino Anjorin – A former promising Chelsea Academy midfielder who is now with Empoli in Italy.

■ Lesley Ugochukwu – Another Chelsea loanee currently with Southampton, who has been capped by France at the U21 level.

Ehizibue will have to give up his Dutch citizenship to be able to play for SE seeing as he is a naturalized citizen through refugee process.

This Kanu's slander is really getting outta hand.

No Nigerian player is as good as Nwankwo Kanu. Not just about his skills but his brilliance on the ball and the kind of goals he scores.
I remember numerous occasions where Naija will be needing a goal, and once you saw Papilo jogging you Know penalty don come.
It was a script that played out countless times.Kanu was Naija's Joker then. Football then was traditional and not statistical like it's now. Impacting and influencing a game then was what great players do and not necessarily goals.

Joezinho:
This Kanu's slander is really getting outta hand.

No Nigerian player is as good as Nwankwo Kanu. Not just about his skills but his brilliance on the ball and the kind of goals he scores.
I remember numerous occasions where Naija will be needing a goal, and once you saw Papilo jogging you Know penalty don come.
It was a script that played out countless times.Kanu was Naija's Joker then. Football then was traditional and not statistical like it's now. Impacting and influencing a game then was what great players do and not necessarily goals.

A player might dribble 4 defenders, destroy a defence and then pass the ball into the penalty box. The player he passed to might now pass to the striker to score. The most effective player was the player who dribbled and created the chance or space but statistics may not show it. There are players like that. Kanu is like that.

Remember his pass to utaka that made us defeat cameroon.
Statistics can be limiting. There are many matches we would not have won if not for kanu

Osimhen needs to improve his pen kicks
Below par
Goalies like Donnaruma or Martinez will save it
His body language easily gives the goalie a chance

elyte89:
Wetin happen…e b like say d news shock u..Abi u Dey collect cut from rohr salary ..anyway I was contacted to apply for d post but I declined it saying I can’t qualify another team ahead of my country, anyway Dey re still trying to convince my lawyer Mujtahida

I think you should accept the job. When they play against Nigeria, deploy 5 attackers, 3 midfielders and two defenders as in 2-3-5 formation.

That way we kill two birds with one stone. Naija gets to beat them woto woto and then you also improve your CV as a former squirrel coach.

Kog45:
Oga take a coke and cool,we are talking football here and nothing like agenda,me I don pass that level.

The generational talents is regarding the all time best Nigeria midfielders(No 10) abi Kanu na No 10......how on earth will I mention Ilerika,Nwosu,Etim Esin over Kanu talking football generally.

Mind you my comment was a replied to a quote telling us that apart from Okocha we have other good midfielders and I tried to put them generationally.

Pls our differ opinions make this thread thicker.

i gat you, sorry now I grab

comodo:
Can someone tell Chelle to stop wasting time on Atubolu and just focus on Arthur Okonkwo. That guy is getting better and better everyday. He should blood him in now. Soon if that guy no enter Premier League, a club from Ligue1 will snap him up
16 clean sheets in all competitions last season.
16 clean sheets already this season.

Dude is growing in leaps and bounds.
He may likely get a look in at the Unity Cup tournament in May.

solonnachi:
What

Yes sir, he is no longer coach of Benin Republic

Daninya33:
Yes sir, he is no longer coach of Benin Republic

He was only summoned to explain d poor runs of d country wcq ,I don’t think he has been sacked yet

Amedino99:
thought a news article once came about Murphy rejecting us to wait for England abi I just imagined that

Abeg we need this guy 🙏🏾🙏🏾 he is damn good. I know he is 29 but for Super Eagle we will imagine he is 24/25.

If this guy can be bagged we should bag him. He is very effective. Although African football no be premier league.

Mujtahida:
I think you should accept the job. When they play against Nigeria, deploy 5 attackers, 3 midfielders and two defenders as in 2-3-5 formation.

That way we kill two birds with one stone. Naija gets to beat them woto woto and then you also improve your CV as a former squirrel coach.

You wan make your client commit match fixing and chop fifa ban haba na make Coachee run 🏃‍♀️from person like you o 😜

Starboytwo:
Abeg we need this guy 🙏🏾🙏🏾 he is damn good. I know he is 29 but for Super Eagle we will imagine he is 24/25.

If this guy can be bagged we should bag him. He is very effective. Although African football no be premier league.

inasmuch as this is true, why e be say na only Ghana survive small and showed that africanism grit for world cup wey African continent host in 2010?…na Spanish La liga carry that world cup, dutch eredivisie carry second, bundesliga came 3rd and Uruguayan league came fourth…..
although sha premier league reached round of 16 and got hammered and sent parking by bundesliga in 4-1 thumping….why does the so called African football get hammered when Europeam teams comes to the same africam soil to play them in a match?
That 2010 world cup
-Greek league beat Nigeria the African football like mumu
-Danish and Dutch beat cameroon like mumu
-As tough and stubborn as the Algerian na common slovenian league beat them
-most advanced and well branded league in africa wey host world cup no fit cross group stage(first ever in world cup record🤣🤣)

why?😭 why? why?😔😔 begging questions that needs answers

I didnt watch Yekini... Big name... Records confirmed...

From my dad, I learnt of 3 players.
Segun Odegbami
Rashidi Yekini
Muda lawal

But I watched kanu.

You know how some images are ingrained in your head from childhood. It is that of kanu raising both hands up in the sky after the final whistle against Argentina at the 1996...

Also Nta has that particular clip in their normal adverts so I always see it. Kanu raise both hands as ref blew final whistle... Nostalgic 🥱

The best part however we're his Goals against Almighty Brazil in the semis.

Yeah the equalizer was dope, where he backed the 6 yard, and with his right,swiftly turn and blast in. Till tomorrow, I still always wonder what Dida was doing 🤔

Anyway, the 2nd goal, the Golden Goal had every touch of magic... oh Gawd🥶🥶

A long throw-in that hits the back of a Nigerian striker. And It fell on his lap just outside the 18. He feints the whole backline with his first touch to the left and rifle in a low shot to the bottom corner.

Game ends..
94th minute winner

I cant remember if I watched it live, but I always remember that goal...

I can make a case for that goal beating any nations cup or world cup goal he didn't get. Remember we almost beat Italy in 94 in a widely acclaimed best Super Eagle setup. Bulgaria we dismantled came 3rd and Italy beat us to advance to the final... Some crop of that team were the 96 sets and won an international events which is Olympic Gold.

They should win the 96 and 98 afcon atleast, imagine some part of that team even entered afcon 2000 final which they lost in Lagos. Now imagine the amount of Cups kanu should have won with SE. I forgot to add Heart surgery...

Infact... Kanu Nwankwo... No 1....

Osimhen loading...

minfelix:
inasmuch as this is true, why e be say na only Ghana survive small and showed that africanism grit for world cup wey African continent host in 2010?…na Spanish La liga carry that world cup, dutch eredivisie carry second, bundesliga came 3rd and Uruguayan league came fourth…..
although sha premier league reached round of 16 and got hammered and sent parking by bundesliga in 4-1 thumping….why does the so called African football get hammered when Europeam teams comes to the same africam soil to play them in a match?
That 2010 world cup
-Greek league beat Nigeria the African football like mumu
-Danish and Dutch beat cameroon like mumu
-As tough and stubborn as the Algerian na common slovenian league beat them
-most advanced and well branded league in africa wey host world cup no fit cross group stage(first ever in world cup record🤣🤣)

why?😭 why? why?😔😔 begging questions that needs answers

first of all, those last ones you mentioned wey host world cup no follow at all... Those ones be mumu...

Well to your question. I guess Oyinbo will always be Oyinbo.

Oyinbo na master. Make we just try our best... Who knows 🤷

Philosopher1979:
A player might dribble 4 defenders, destroy a defence and then pass the ball into the penalty box. The player he passed to might now pass to the striker to score. The most effective player was the player who dribbled and created the chance or space but statistics may not show it. There are players like that. Kanu is like that.

Remember his pass to utaka that made us defeat cameroon.
Statistics can be limiting. There are many matches we would not have won if not for kanu

That glorious pass to Utaka to score the winner against the diabolical Cameroonians in AFCON 2004 means Kanu has my heart forever! That pass is one of the best I have ever seen in my life. Kanu, Okocha and Oliseh were blessed with the most insane passing abilities that rival that of any footballer to have played the beautiful game.

That Sunday afternoon’s MTN ad after the game capped it all.

"No shaking Nigeria, MTN"

If anything at all, Goodison Park should be the standard for all these state governments that want to build new sport complex. The design is not that complicated. I know 3SC own looks attractive to many but it can be way better abeg. Esp this issue of shade for other spectators. This rubbish design where the VIP box for politicians is only where a good shade/roof is seen needs to be buried 6ft under along with the 80s abeg. That sight irks me so bad.

yinkeys:
Osimhen needs to improve his pen kicks
Below par
Goalies like Donnaruma or Martinez will save it

Una must always complain

He has taken 8 penalties this season and scored 8 of them... He has just 6 misses in 28 career penalties taken... He has scored top goalkeepers in the process too. He has taken the highest number of penalties in all players from this current Nigerian squad and has a high conversion rate.

He go score Donnaruma or Martinez, even top goal scorers are seeing their penalties saved, no be new thing. He's good and scoring penalties is already a strong suit for him, I no know which improvement you dey talk again because Fenerbahçe goalie touched the PK? Have you watched all his PKs this season or you just watch one just feel like to talk?

Odunayaw:
You can't take away the fact that the SE is part of his career as a "Nigerian player" 😭

If he didn't play in the SE, that will make your categorization logical.

Kanu has already attained legendary status and Okocha's level in Nigeria football even before becoming a super eagles player, or a full member at least.

Thank God he overcame the heart problem that threatened to cut short his career, but if he had decided to quit football then before playing for super eagles, he would still be remembered as one of the greatest and best Nigerian players of all time.
I believe u should understand between his super eagles career and his football career by now.

I don't know what Etim Esim achieved in super eagles, but his name keeps popping up here and there when discussing Nigerian best talented players.

Napoleon55:
Kanu has already attained legendary status and Okocha's level in Nigeria football even before becoming a super eagles player, or a full member at least.

Thank God he overcame the heart problem that threatened to cut short his career, but if he had decided to quit football then before playing for super eagles, he would still be remembered as one of the greatest and best Nigerian players of all time.
I believe u should understand between his super eagles career and his football career by now.

I don't know what Etim Esim achieved in super eagles, but his name keeps popping up here and there when discussing Nigerian best talented players.

Etim Esin damn a good player but sincerely nothing to discuss about him,very indiscipline player that lack respect......he was so good that Nigeria bankrolled his surgical operation when he was shot leaving camp at night without informing his coaches, Nigeria made sure he made the under 21 team despite the gun shot.

He would have overshadowed Jay Jay or possibly JayJay would have find it difficult to attain his status just like we are yet to find another JayJay Okocha.

Etim career full of drama,from gun shot,breaking camp rules and later rape,he ran away from Belgium and never remain the same again,later played for Eagle Cement in Nigeria league cuz fans just want to see him again,during Eagle Cement matches,home or away,fans were eager to see Etim.

Etim rape case shattered Nigeria fans hearts and many didn't forgive him but Okocha erased it all and put smiles on Nigeria fans

Nickname Etim Maradona Esin.

Kog45:
Sorry am talking about all time No 10 who have played for Nigeria,reason why I mentioned Ilerika,Henry Nwosu,Etim Esin and JayJay Okocha,even Mikel nearly made it.

OK,no problem, but u should include Mikel if Etim is to be included,because he was a marvel to watch in that midfield position before Mourinho converted him to a holding midfielder.

Even though it was a youth tournament, but the way he dominated midfield in the final match against Argentina, not many Nigerian players could do it that way.

Kog45:
Etim Esin damn a good player but sincerely nothing to discuss about him,very indiscipline player that lack respect......he was so good that Nigeria bankrolled his surgical operation when he was shot leaving camp at night without informing his coaches, Nigeria made sure he made the under 21 team despite the gun shot.

He would have overshadowed Jay Jay or possibly JayJay would have find it difficult to attain his status just like we are yet to find another JayJay Okocha.

Etim career full of drama,from gun shot,breaking camp rules and later rape,he ran away from Belgium and never remain the same again,later played for Eagle Cement in Nigeria league cuz fans just want to see him again,during Eagle Cement matches,home or away,fans were eager to see Etim.

Etim rape case shattered Nigeria fans hearts and many didn't forgive him but Okocha erased it all and put smiles on Nigeria fans

Nickname Etim Maradona Esin.

I am sure you don't know his rape case was later proved to be false 25 years later
And you are still holding on to that

There's no way there will be a conversation about Nigeria's greatest midfielders and you won't mention Mikel but as a 10 hmmm open to debate.

Napoleon55:
OK,no problem, but u should include Mikel if Etim is to be included,because he was a marvel to watch in that midfield position before Mourinho converted him to a holding midfielder.

Even though it was a youth tournament, but the way he dominated midfield in the final match against Argentina, not many Nigerian players could do it that way.

Goke7:
You wan make your client commit match fixing and chop fifa ban haba na make Coachee run 🏃‍♀️from person like you o 😜

Once naija win and qualifies, that's all that matters. FIFA would have to prove it that it was match fixing. Fixed by who? A coach has the right to deploy any formation he likes.

Okay what if deploying 5 attackers, dem overrun our defense and score?

Napoleon55:
Kanu has already attained legendary status and Okocha's level in Nigeria football even before becoming a super eagles player, or a full member at least.

Thank God he overcame the heart problem that threatened to cut short his career, but if he had decided to quit football then before playing for super eagles, he would still be remembered as one of the greatest and best Nigerian players of all time.
I believe u should understand between his super eagles career and his football career by now.

I don't know what Etim Esim achieved in super eagles, but his name keeps popping up here and there when discussing Nigerian best talented players.

There is actually no need for this gymnastics. Totally no need. If his SE career was dwarfed by others, it is what it is. Just the same way others would also have their club career measured alongside as far as we are talking of Nigerian player

Meanwhile, I don't take part in greatest this and that. Na vexation of spirit