Striker vs midfielder.

peek:
You got my mind...they should go online, how many times did Mikel rep Nigeria? Talk of humanitarian attributes, Kanu is 1.

[/b]Okocha didn't have luck[b] for some big recognition, he rather entertained as a player less as a team.

[/b]Rashid did not do much outside Africa[b], [/b]Keshi reigned as a good leader[b]
but never as much as Kanu on club side...

For winning Kanu, for laugh, Jay jay

Jay jay had luck , just that dude made the wrong move by joining irrelevant european clubs in his prime. Maybe he went there for the money.


You're right on rashidi.


I winning as captain of the team , winning as a coach. He's the true definition of leadership.

Jokerman:


Okocha overrated??
Maradona overrated??

You see why people always attack you Messi indomie fans...

You think if Messi and Ronaldo played football in the time of such players, they'd have up to 5 ballondors??

For you to call maradona overrated shows the kind of person you Messi fans are, only Messi isn't overrated... A maradona that lifted a Napoli to league titles winning best player and golden boot along the way... A maradona that put Argentina on the football map?

Alright Messi is the only non overrated player in the world

Okocha overrated? Really??
A master of midfield that carried a dead Bolton team playing with unskilled players like Davies and Jameel etc??
A midfield maestro that combined skills with dribbles even inventing his own step overs.. A great passer of the ball, freekicks, shoot technique... Really?

Invented which stopovers? The reverse stopover that Ronaldo delima used in barca and inter?

SIRTee15:


World cup fanaticism is dead...
It's now just an avenue for FIFA to make money...
Good thing an African country will soon win it....

Messi n cr7 would definitely win ballondior if they played in the 90s or 00s...
But not this one they just rotating it btw cr7 or messi

Bro , those times defenders are very tough, advancement in medicine then not like now, fatal injury you okay in no time, part of the things that slows down R9

I think Kanu is the best judging by his contribution to the society .. Popularity without impact is nothing in this life. Kanu has made many family rejoice and glad through his foundation. I love the guy's simplicity and contribution to humanity .

Without sentiment I will give the crown to Kanu. He is my number 1. Other notable players to mention in no particular order include Okocha, Yekini, Finidi, Amuneke, etc.

gibzzhd:


Na Dem.
indomine people

Thank you ancient of days! For your information i'm in my late 30s, it's all about choice, I'm not imposing my choice on anyone. Even Daniel Amokachi picked Mikel.

Goke7:
Rashidi Yekini remains Nigerian greatest player. Till today he is irreplaceable in our National team

I disagree. Yekini was a good striker but he has been replaced time and over again by equally talented strikers like Odemwinge, KANU, odion ighalo, obafemi martins, kalu brothers; victor ikpeba, Julius agahowa, victor aghali etc. The list is endless however nobody has been able to fill in the gap left by JJ till this day. Now that's a great player.

Kanu nwankwo

deltateam:


How many of his shots at goal entered the net?

Scoring from Penalty spot is not part of it.
Who dribbling epp?

Go and review Ronaldinho's clips. You will understand that dribbling without scoring is nonsense.

Dinho will go you overhead 1, go you another 2, infact na you go advise yourself to avoid him.

He will dribble all the players and even goal keeper before scoring while Okocha will dribble everyone but shoot the ball over the bar.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dBz4dTZocg&t=323s

SPORT Jay Jay Okocha is the only ‘No. 10’ I ever admired – Ronaldinho


If ronaldinho can say this then ur opinion belongs to the...

Who is posting Mikel na... It's not abt winning laurels alone..
In terms of raw Talent - Jay Jay Okocha

Talent n Success - Nwankwo Kanu

Flair - Osaze Odemwingie

Jokerman:


Okocha overrated??
Maradona overrated??

You see why people always attack you Messi indomie fans...

You think if Messi and Ronaldo played football in the time of such players, they'd have up to 5 ballondors??

For you to call maradona overrated shows the kind of person you Messi fans are, only Messi isn't overrated... A maradona that lifted a Napoli to league titles winning best player and golden boot along the way... A maradona that put Argentina on the football map?

Alright Messi is the only non overrated player in the world

Okocha overrated? Really??
A master of midfield that carried a dead Bolton team playing with unskilled players like Davies and Jameel etc??
A midfield maestro that combined skills with dribbles even inventing his own step overs.. A great passer of the ball, freekicks, shoot technique... Really?

That kid was obviously born yesterday. Why u dey waste time to reply am?

Astark:
overrated doesn't mean they aren't good but their fans constantly comparing them to someone greater is what I mean by overrated.

If you ask an average Nigerian who is better between kanu and okocha most of them will mention okocho even though he never won anything personally significant and he is only known for his dribbles.

You didn't have to bring Messi to this, the reason I called maradona overrated is because his fans think of him as s God while in fact he's a fraud.

He played 490 official club games during his 21-year professional career, scoring 259 goals; for Argentina he played 91 games and scored 34 goals.

He won a world cup by cheating and if they were var during his era he would have been called a fraud and laughed out

OKOCHA won 1994 Nations cup and 1996 Olympics,2 time Bolton wanderer's player of the year, Voted Bolton wanderer's best ever player, was included in Fifa's 100 living football legends selected by Pele, 2 time BBC African footballer of the year. Was best player at Afcon and also highest goal scorer. The gulf between OKOCHA and Mikel was so much that I stopped watching Super Eagles after he retired due to Mikel's sluggishness, lack of creativity.

Talking about Super Eagles performance alone, Kanu was only superb in 1996 Olympics, other times he was just a game changing substitute, MIKEL never had an historic individual moment in super Eagles Jersey. Probably only Odegbami and Rasheed Yekini can claim to have the impact OKOCHA had on games, freekicks, screamers, Penalty kicks, assists, dribbles, Leadership.

Austineva:
that's ur own view, but for me, Mikel remains my greatest Nigerian player ahead of KANU and Jay Jay Okocha

nothing special about mikel's career.


have you heard about 1996 olympics?

kanu literally destroyed brazil in the semi final.
A brazil 1996 olympic squad that had the likes of , roberto carloz , rivaldo , ronaldinho , ronaldo de lima(el fenomeno) and juninho .



Or when a 32 year old kanu led portsmouth to the fa cup final against cardif city. scored the winning goal.


or a 17 year old kanu winning the fifa under 17 world cup in 1993 , scoring five goals plus five assist?


there's no way a sensible football fan will compare kanu to mikel.

goals?
assist?
chance created?
individual trophy?
team trophy?

Baselm:


OKOCHA won 1994 Nations cup and 1996 Olympics,2 time Bolton wanderer's player of the year, Voted Bolton wanderer's best ever player, was included in Fifa's 100 living football legends selected by Pele, 2 time BBC African footballer of the year. Was best player at Afcon and also highest goal scorer. The gulf between OKOCHA and Mikel was so much that I stopped watching Super Eagles after he retired due to Mikel's sluggishness, [/b]lack of creativity[b].

Talking about Super Eagles performance alone, Kanu was only superb in 1996 Olympics, other times he was just a game changing substitute, MIKEL never had an historic individual moment in super Eagles Jersey. Probably only Odegbami and Rasheed Yekini can claim to have the impact OKOCHA had on games, freekicks, screamers, Penalty kicks, assists, dribbles, Leadership.

creativity ended when he joined chelsea.


such a big shame for a player who's naturally a playmaker , a number 10.

Astark:
that guy is the most overrated player I've ever seen even more overrated than maradona.

The guy just did done flicks and showboating and Nigerians now considered him as the best even many Nigerians still believe he's better and greater than Messi and Ronalddinho.

His greatest achievement is the goal against Oliver Khan which is barely above average.

I Just feel like kicking your ass with a soldier's boot,ode.

Joshrob:


You're deluded Chelsea fans..you don't know anything.
You never watch kanu nwankwo play football.
The only trophy kanu nwankwo did not have is the Africa Nations cup and the world cup. Every other competition he played in,he has won them. From Netherlands to Italy and England.
Mikel is never close to kanu nwankwo,get your fact right.
Open the link to read more
https://www.transfermarkt.com/nwankwo-kanu/erfolge/spieler/3133

Are you Nigerians naturally born and bred in rudeness? Can't you just make your point without showing your ill brought up background? Who told you I'm a Chelsea fan of all clubs?!

For this type of threads. This would depend on the generation you grew up in.

To me, it's Yekini, Okocha is at a distant second

To Indomie generation, they would say it's Kanu

To Lacasera generation, they would say it's Mikel.

oluwaahmed:

SPORT Jay Jay Okocha is the only ‘No. 10’ I ever admired – Ronaldinho


If ronaldinho can say this then ur opinion belongs to the...

You still don't get it?

Didnt you see where I named JJ as the best Nigerian dribbler?

Anyway it seems you are daft.

Oya shift.

Jokerman:


Okocha overrated??
Maradona overrated??

You see why people always attack you Messi indomie fans...

You think if Messi and Ronaldo played football in the time of such players, they'd have up to 5 ballondors??

For you to call maradona overrated shows the kind of person you Messi fans are, only Messi isn't overrated... A maradona that lifted a Napoli to league titles winning best player and golden boot along the way... A maradona that put Argentina on the football map?

Alright Messi is the only non overrated player in the world

Okocha overrated? Really??
A master of midfield that carried a dead Bolton team playing with unskilled players like Davies and Jameel etc??
A midfield maestro that combined skills with dribbles even inventing his own step overs.. A great passer of the ball, freekicks, shoot technique... Really?

Don't mind the so called overrated human being, a whole Rivaldo said openly that if Jay Jay Okocha was from any of d European countries, nothing stops him from winning world best player then. Talk of inventions (dribbling, scoring wow goals, free kicks and entertaining the audience) no player comes close to Jay Jay, its just so unfortunately he did not play for big clubs yet the whole world knows him. A player that will make u enjoy watching football

Astark:
overrated doesn't mean they aren't good but their fans constantly comparing them to someone greater is what I mean by overrated.

If you ask an average Nigerian who is better between kanu and okocha most of them will mention okocho even though he never won anything personally significant and he is only known for his dribbles.

You didn't have to bring Messi to this, the reason I called maradona overrated is because his fans think of him as s God while in fact he's a fraud.

He played 490 official club games during his 21-year professional career, scoring 259 goals; for Argentina he played 91 games and scored 34 goals.

He won a world cup by cheating and if they were var during his era he would have been called a fraud and laughed out

Shut up, you talk like a fool. It's stupid talk like this that give you away as an indomie generation ignoramus and sadly you won't be the last ignoramus to open your mouth to vomit rubbish, In 20 years from now, another childish ignoramus will open his foolish mouth to say Messi and Ronaldo were frauds. Just shut the hell up!!! Even a fool is respected when he learns to keep his mouth shut and not expose his foolishness all over the place

It was, it is and it will always be Jay Jay!!! No more no less! Case closed

deltateam:


You still don't get it?

Didnt you see where I named JJ as the best Nigerian dribbler?

Anyway it seems you are daft.

Oya shift.

Eh yaa. Sorry o, I know no say...

Astark:
that guy is the most overrated player I've ever seen even more overrated than maradona.

The guy just did done flicks and showboating and Nigerians now considered him as the best even many Nigerians still believe he's better and greater than Messi and Ronalddinho.

His greatest achievement is the goal against Oliver Khan which is barely above average.

You must be a kid, you will do well to stop making childish comments, talk about the footballers you watched in your generation and allow those that saw Maradona and Jay Jay talk about them. I watched both players play in their time and I can tell you, that you have no idea what you are talking about.

Rashidi Yekini. That's because old whites people even remember him abroad, and they will call Nigerians in Mecca, by doing the thumb up, Rashidi yekini. I want that Nigerian again, if u think we can still have that type of country again, kindly quoute me. Let's build our people together

de Lima Ronaldo

deltateam:


Okocha unarguably is the best Nigerian dribbler of all times. He's an entertainer.

The essence of football is to score goals which he usually falls SHORT of.

Okocha was a midfielder not a striker and he didn't fall short in scoring goals, he scored a lot of crucial goals for Nigeria and whole lot of assists

Astark:
that guy is the most overrated player I've ever seen even more overrated than maradona.

The guy just did done flicks and showboating and Nigerians now considered him as the best even many Nigerians still believe he's better and greater than Messi and Ronalddinho.

His greatest achievement is the goal against Oliver Khan which is barely above average.

Maradona overrated? It's either you are a kid or you know nothing about football

The fellow mentioning Jay-Jay Okocha obviously does not understand what football is all about...Okocha did all those things in small teams which are not capable of competing for the greatest prizes.

Infact Okocha will have no spot in the modern game because his contributions to the team is very little.

Okocha can dribble but it takes more than dribbling to attain a reputable height in football...

Muller does not dribble but who won't remember Muller.
Xavi does not dribble but he is almost the father of forward pass..

I repeat Jay-Jay has no role in the modern game

For fellas rating Mikel and Kanu...I analyse based on impact in the role,team and what happens after you leave or retire.

[s]

Astark:
that guy is the most overrated player I've ever seen even more overrated than maradona.

The guy just did done flicks and showboating and Nigerians now considered him as the best even many Nigerians still believe he's better and greater than Messi and Ronalddinho.

His greatest achievement is the goal against Oliver Khan which is barely above average.

[/s]




Small boy.

Baselm:


OKOCHA won 1994 Nations cup and 1996 Olympics,2 time Bolton wanderer's player of the year, Voted Bolton wanderer's best ever player, was included in Fifa's 100 living football legends selected by Pele, 2 time BBC African footballer of the year. Was best player at Afcon and also highest goal scorer. The gulf between OKOCHA and Mikel was so much that I stopped watching Super Eagles after he retired due to Mikel's sluggishness, lack of creativity.

Talking about Super Eagles performance alone, Kanu was only superb in 1996 Olympics, other times he was just a game changing substitute, MIKEL never had an historic individual moment in super Eagles Jersey. Probably only Odegbami and Rasheed Yekini can claim to have the impact OKOCHA had on games, freekicks, screamers, Penalty kicks, assists, dribbles, Leadership.

Kudos sir

This is the best analysis i have read so far.

In a team sport like football, It scares me how a player can be so poorly judged because of absense of trophies to his name.

Let's forget about Mikel (he is no comparison with kanu and okocha) but okocha was one of the only good thing we had in our national team. Even when the team didn't do well okocha still stood out.

He is the Nigerian player ranked most high by world football. Most of kanu's matches for both arsenal and Nigeria, he was a late substitute and you want to compare him to an Okocha that is always the main man around which the whole team is built?? Greats like ronaldinho, Oliver khan, Thierry Henry, Etoo have appraised him highly as one of the greatest.

Remember he was obviously robbed severally at the African footballer of the year awards (that's a story for another day). How many times was he nominated again?? Kanu may have got only 2 nominations. (Which he won)

Okocha at the world cups was outstanding when kanu was merely average, even the Olympic we all praise kanu for, there were equally dominant performers like amokachi, amunike, oliseh okocha, Celestine. That team was practically unbeatable considering the individuals it was made of.

Please do not compare this two guys just by merely looking at thier trophies.

Also consider each of them in term head to head in terms of

Assists, freekicks, goals, man of the match winners, ratings by CAF, FiFA, has Kanu ever been player of the year/month in any of the club's he belonged? Okocha was among the legends in the club's he played.

In the national team, kanu never scored any goal at the afcon, as a striker, is not the highest goal scorer in Nigeria (even okocha has more national team goals), he was a constant substitute all through his career. But okocha was the superstar in the same team Kanu was, he won Nations cup most valuable player, golden boot, many man of the match performances. Even when he moved to the premier League, he deviated the media from the chelseas, man utds and arsenals and suddenly the whole world started watching Bolton. Okocha is the only Nigerian player whom you can boast with an impressive "best of ***" compilation on youtube like ronaldinho, Messi, Ronaldo, Zidane, maradona, Pele etc.

A player whom the Nigerian supporters club composed a special song for (okocha I gbu o mo, okocha I gbu o ko, okocha)

He was so valuable that he maintained "the highest paid african footballer in africa" status for so long.

During his whole career you can never see a 1st 11 team list in both club and country without seeing the name "OKOCHA NO 10" but how many times have kanu been in the 1st team both at ajas, arsenal, Nigeria or Portsmouth?

Okocha is the only player whom the no 10 jersie in Nigeria should have been patented for. Because No one, I repeat no one has ever matched or deserved that shirt.

A player whose every touch on the field gets replayed on slow motion more than 3 times. Even Etoo called the the most talented out of Africa.

His only downside is that he didn't play in clubs that were better placed to win trophies else he is the only Nigerian player with a true chance to win ballon d'Or.

Even after retirement, he still overplays other footballers like he is practicing with children so tey Etoo beg coach to remove him. Go and watch any of the charity matches okocha is involved (most recently the one with Puyol and heneken last year or last 2 years.).

Now If we are all given the option to choose to have one of these players come back as a young chap KANU or OKOCHA, we all know who everyone in the country will vote for. JAY JAY


Anyone WHO wants to rewatch a Nigerian match to remenisce the good times would definitely pick one in which okocha is playing.

We as a country lost a great ingredient on our national teaam. I only wish God sends us another AUSTINE JAY JAY OKOCHA. (With more ambition and winning mentality) then the sky would be our starting point.


Shalom. To KANU and Okocha for what they brought to our football