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CapitalCee:
You carefully removed the match agaisnt Benin were Lookman scored 2 goals.

i gallantly highlighted all the games 6 important games Osimhen missed while lookman was fully fit spearheading as the starman/poster boy of the team in those games….Osimhen also scored in the 3-0 match against Benin

minfelix:
i gallantly highlighted all the games 6 important games Osimhen missed while lookman was fully fit spearheading as the starman/poster boy of the team in those games….Osimhen also scored in the 3-0 match against Benin

Osihmen came from the bench in that match. However, lookman was very important that period for people to come and be shi.tting on him now due to club issues is unfair

Why is nobody talking about Abdullahi Ismaila "Ronald0" Playing in Pakistan. He scores for fun.

Guy is SE material. E fit bench Osimhen o



___/continue sipping my Gulder/

solonnachi:
23 man list by Owngoal

I'll wait for NGSuperEagles' post abeg.

MetalJigsaw:
Why is nobody talking about Abdullahi Ismaila "Ronald0" Playing in Pakistan. He scores for fun.

Guy is SE material. E fit bench Osimhen o



___/continue sipping my Gulder/

Be like I go write your name give Trump, na drone go tidy you and the gulder

kentebemoney:
Be like I go write your name give Trump, na drone go tidy you and the gulder

Abeg o😁

FIFA U17 WC kicks off today.

SA U17 beat Bolivia 3-1

Senegal U17 played 0-0 vs Croatia

Morocco U17s losing 0-2 to Japan U17 with 79mins played.
Looks like the Moroccan sit-back and hit on counter pattern isnt working or hasnt been well mastered by the Atlas Cubs.

Kog45:
Nigeria qualifications to WC in tight situation not cuz of any player but NFF,my point is simple,do not blame any player for our situation but the system,yes a I said agenda cuz how could someone said Lookman don't deserve to be in eagles starting XI...yes different opinions but some opinions doesn't suit football analysis, imagine singled out a player as if he is the major problem of the team....oya tell me how Lookman fared during Afcon qualifications,if not for unavailability of VAR he scored two good goals but the same player is nonsense and funny his protracted transfer was not put into consideration.....mind you I will start XI that played Benin against Gabon and Lookman on the bench,starting Akor.

As far as I know, I have not blamed Lookman for our qualification wahala. I've not even blamed the main architects - Peseiro and Finidi.

And I've not read kennysville nor any other critic blame Lookman for our qualification travails.

We are talking about qualities he should embrace and the ones he should ditch so that our team can play to its full potential. Simple.

In any case, I don't think it's right to label opinions here as agenda.

QueenJazz:
The way some people reason matters in this thread ehn. Sometimes I don't even bother to chime in because it's not worth it. The amount of strawmen and misinterpretations one encounters here sometimes is weakening. I go just siddon dey look.

Hate and criticism are not the same thing, but on Nairaland Super Eagles thread, they're interchangeable.

We used to engage each other on the basis of the strength or weakness of our opinions even if not perfectly. I think we should uphold that tradition.

CapitalCee:
Osihmen came from the bench in that match. However, lookman was very important that period for people to come and be shi.tting on him now due to club issues is unfair

me im not rubbishing lookman ooo, just my own point is he was not delivering much when Osimhen was away injured…he scored first goal against Benin in the first half, Osimhen came and double the lead, that alone self will discourage Benin to even think of a come back…that game was heading to 1-0 FT result or make Benin even fight back to equalize…but that Osimhen impact sub at 78th mins change the whole vibe of that game and goals started flowing…Lookman is good sha…but we need more of him to deliver us in tight games without Osimhen

TheSuperNerd:
FIFA U17 WC kicks off today.

SA U17 beat Bolivia 3-1

Senegal U17 played 0-0 vs Croatia

Morocco U17s losing 0-2 to Japan U17 with 79mins played.
Looks like the Moroccan sit-back and hit on counter pattern isnt working or hasnt been well mastered by the Atlas Cubs.

Can't just believe that Nigeria u17s will miss two editions of this tournament? Chai.... NFF don do us strong thing ooo

solonnachi:
Can't just believe that Nigeria u17s will miss two editions of this tournament? Chai.... NFF don do us strong thing ooo

U17 WC wey be like our birthright in the 2000s to early 2010s.

It is sadly what it is.

So #Vision2027 it is starting with screening talents and conducting MRI tests for talents now that will be no older than grade IV 17y/o by 2027 WC. Preparing early ahead of the 2026 WafuB is key. E no hard! Prep should start now.

solonnachi:
Can't just believe that Nigeria u17s will miss two editions of this tournament? Chai.... NFF don do us strong thing ooo

Achraf Hakimi makes the 2025 FIFPRO World XI. Only African player that made it.

Rivers Utd would compete in Group A of the CAF Champions League Group Stage.

Reigning African Champs, Pyramids FC are also in the group.
Maroc Giant and League Champs, RS Berkane also in the group.

Zambia's Champs, Power Dynamos complete the group.

Mighty tough battles ahead for Finidi and co.

Bossoflife25:
The same Lookman that gave Osimhen is only AFCON assist goal. The same Lookman that passed to Osimhen to hit the post against Lesotho. The same Lookman that assisted Osimhen against Rwanda? The same Lookman that single handedly gave us the AFON ticket? Wow! lol!

It's not the same Lookman oga

TheSuperNerd:
It is sadly what it is.

So #Vision2027 it is starting with screening talents and conducting MRI tests for talents now that will be no older than grade IV 17y/o by 2027 WC. Preparing early ahead of the 2026 WafuB is key. E no hard! Prep should start now.

Mbanu! Na to assemble boys 1 month to go and then start huffing and puffing on the strength of what we used to call Faka. We say make una ask NFF where the money dey. They dont want to prepare or groom players so they dont spend too much money. Abi dem dey use the money for FX trading ni?

good evening house

Bossoflife25:
The same Lookman that gave Osimhen is only AFCON assist goal. The same Lookman that passed to Osimhen to hit the post against Lesotho. The same Lookman that assisted Osimhen against Rwanda? The same Lookman that single handedly gave us the AFON ticket? Wow! lol!

LOOKMAN is a very good player as you stated.

but i just feel that we should keep the phrase 'single handedly' far away, when it comes to team sports,
it kind of demeans everyother players effort in my opinion


cheers!!!

ChrisKels:
Lookman plays hero football. This is same reason I didn't fancy Victor Moses, but unlike Lookman, Moses could single-handedly carry the team on his day. If Lookman doesn't want to learn to play team football, he should be kept on the bench. I want my forwards as selfless as Victor Osimhen.

comparing lookman to Moses? ok o

How can you be comparing Lookman and Victor moses. Lookman that won the Caf player of the year. What did Victor moses win in his playing years.
Lookman is far better than Victor moses.

Simple reference, another person don go manufacture unfounded argument.

*sips Zobo*

minfelix:
anytime you watch super eagles highlights matches, you will know we have quality players and we play good football…wether under Jpes, under finidi under Eguavoen and Eric Chelle, i really dont know how we usually not come out of games as super beast…why we are not dispatching teams like how the north african guys do is still baffling me.
Our loss to Benin under finidi, we played good game but we lost, our loss to Rwanda in uyo same thing….maybe the Osimhen factor in match days ensures we win games even though its not a dominant scoreline…just watch those highlights and see how Simon,Chukwueze,Iwobi etc are all dazzling from left, right and centre…hardly will you see opponents threatening us that much

We need a leader in the middle to find exactly who’s always in the best position in the attack to link up play then like someone said earlier our boys need to be more clinical sometimes they look scared to shoot maybe they are avoiding injuries I don’t know, only osihmen is always too willing to put his body on the line for goals.

TheSuperNerd:
It is sadly what it is.

So #Vision2027 it is starting with screening talents and conducting MRI tests for talents now that will be no older than grade IV 17y/o by 2027 WC. Preparing early ahead of the 2026 WafuB is key. E no hard! Prep should start now.

But Nerdie, I think this WAFU B U17 regional or zonal qualifiers format should really be revisited ooo. Since there are seven teams that make up this zone, why not play it like a league system like the way it is done in South America. The top two teams qualify instead of splitting them into 2 groups. This system tire me abeg. NFF should do something. So that is how players like Ugochukwu Edeh and co will just go unnoticed. Na wa oo

Typicalgamer, Mujtahida.

We've always known Lookman to being who he's always been, I'm really not surprised.

It's left for the gaffer to know exactly what he wants to do and he wants to achieve it and go for it.

lol! See this guy ooo. Na the "water" dey pain you or you no get job? Left all the good stuffs I said in the same tense and started crying over water. Omo!

Odunayaw:
You're just uncultured and childish, too bad you think it's a virtue.

😆Is it not amazing such a big miss would not be in a "summary"

Do well to also bring the other highlights with your claimed 2v1. While at it, I'd like you to either screenshot the 3rd chance from the highlights I dropped or drop the timestamp for all of us.

😆 I also noticed you have dodged the CIV game and not shown us the other "water"

We already have Uche. He fits that profile

modified:
as regards the a ball holder and carrier

Mujtahida:
This Akinsanmiro. Is he really that creative midfielder we've been clamoring for?

junnyjake:
Typicalgamer, Mujtahida.

We've always known Lookman to being who he's always been, I'm really not surprised.

It's left for the gaffer to know exactly what he wants to do and he wants to achieve it and go for it.

So everyone can see that it's not today we started pointing this out about Lookman.

He is a Mezzala-type Midfield Profile capable in vertical creative transitions and as a ball holder/carrier. Also can act as a metronome through whom all plays connect from midfield to the final third.

Tobywrites absolutely bottled Akinsanmiro's playing profile. Saying he is similar to Ndidi is "over the bar" and a really funny case of player misprofiling especially for "one who has watched the kid".

Mujtahida:
This Akinsanmiro. Is he really that creative midfielder we've been clamoring for?

charlesemeka85:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLosRIec5Uw?si=YFQVmCDjmTgLNAGJ

Engine! Everything needed in that midfield!

Uche fits it yes, but in a differemt way. He is a Power playing, Technically adept, ball carrying hunk of a player. When I see Uche play, I see another Yaya (Mancity's version). Funnily like Uche, Yaya could also play all midfield roles from DM, CM to CAM. The all round Box to Box Monster. Showed it across the clubs he featured for before City. At City, we saw Yaya used in the best way, Box to Box with freedom to get forward and link up with the final third.


So like Yaya, Uche will be most effective when given the freedom to operate as our own complete, barnstorming box-to-box midfielder. He operates either centrally as the CAM (in some cases) or He plays (more often) as part of a double pivot in a midfield trio but with licence/freedom to get forward and make those strong powerful ball carrying runs as we saw him do time and again at Getafe in La Liga.


In Akinsanmiro, we have something slightly different in a creative sense. A Mezzala Creative profile. A midfielder with the ability to drift into the half spaces and try make things happen. While he is also expected to be comfortable centrally, he also moves into the channels between the opposition's central defenders and fullbacks (i.e. the halfspaces).
Examples of such profiles are Barella and Pogba. Akinsanmiro is in this light per his talent profile.

Joebie:
We already have Uche. He fits that profile

modified:
as regards the a ball holder and carrier