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TheLoneCitizen:
These are not what makes you a good player, this make you an effective player, because you play with heart and according to your teams system.

Daniel James is an example of a player who runs and puts his body on the line for his team. Is he a quality player?

Almiron is another.

All this put your body on the line and run is something Pogba has never done for Manchester United, yet he remains their best player.

Mbappe doesn't press or sacrifice his body, but is PSG's best player.

Benzema against Chelsea did not have time for running or pressing or rolling in the dirt, but came out with 4 goals and a MOTM.

When did heart and determination become SI Unit of quality, brother?

Jeez

TheLoneCitizen:
Sir, it's not about goals but overall quality.

If I had said Awaziem was our best player, you definitely wouldn't use goal to drive home your point.

It's also not about market value or else Grealish would be the best baller in Britain. An expert like you should also know that the higher up the pitch you play, the higher your market valuation or the bigger the club or your price of purchase.

I'm talking pound for pound. Tell me where Osimhen is better than Iheanacho and I will equally show you attributes where he can't stand up to him.

And mind you, Kelechi's 16 GA this season is not far from Osimhen's 21 in lesser minutes.

Refer back to my previous statement

Subzero47:
Osimhen is our best player at the moment, being a good player is not about threading passes, how willing is he in running for the team, how much is he willing to press the opposition, how willing is he to sacrifice his body to ensure that a goal is scored this is what makes a player in its entirety. Osimhen maybe be lacking in technical skills but his drive and determination sets him above every SE player

TheLoneCitizen:
Osimhen can compete in the strike department as our best, but he is not our best player at all.

His goal against Fiorentina has to be one of the most underrated of the weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugY7egHRV0w

But even when he is at his best, Osimehn is still considered a player of potential, not a complete option.

The most common theme whenever any pundit praise Osimhen ends with: he needs to improve in this or get better in that even when he is at his best.
He is 23 and that tells you a lot about his qualities.

Pound for pound, Osimehn is not up to Iheanacho.

Not to take anything from him.

Iheanacho needs to improve more than Osimhen lol, comparing them Osimhen already offers more output than Iheanacho and is already our most valuable player

TheLoneCitizen:
I watched the second half only so I'm talking only from this perspective.

When you mean fluid, I believe you mean he is not lively.
Well that is down to characteristic, not quality.

Daka is an explosive forward, Iheanacho is not.
Osimhen is an explosive forward, Harry Kane is not.

Then comes movement. You can't compare both Daka and Kelechi in this because the Zambian is a poacher and will hang around the shoulder of the last defender waiting for a pass, while Iheanacho is an Advanced Forward/ Shadow striker, he is the one who drops deep to make these very passes.

This is why I didn't call Iheanacho Nigeria's best striker, because he is not. However, overall, there is no better player.

Lazy. This I can't say, but I don't think a coach will play any player who is lazy while the others work their socks off except it is a tactic.

Look at the Osimhen of last season and Osimhen of this year. Completely two different players when it comes to closing down opponents.

So it might be Rodgers' instruction for Iheanacho to maintain position either for counters or to prevent the opposition defence from pushing too high into their territory.

As for stamina I agree, he might not be a 90 minutes player.

Using Salah as a comparison is not fitting, sir.

Because Salah has way different characteristics from a player like Bernando Silva or Kulusevski, but they are just as effective.

If Iheanacho is not our best player, based on quality, who is?

Osimhen is our best player at the moment, being a good player is not about threading passes, how willing is he in running for the team, how much is he willing to press the opposition, how willing is he to sacrifice his body to ensure that a goal is scored this is what makes a player in its entirety. Osimhen maybe be lacking in technical skills but his drive and determination sets him above every SE player

Samueltemi337:
Aribo an Bassey nominated for rangers best player of the year award

Aribo would have won it if not for his poor form since returning from Afcon

Somebody said something about Joe Aribo being bad in poor pitches and I think that is right

Joe Aribo is back

jihday:
yup, his style fit a team that want to punch above its weight

Yes and teams that have personnel and lack the organization

Mali, Guinea Bissau, DR Congo, these are the teams tailor made for Rohr

Samueltemi337:
Rohr linked with Mali coaching job

Rohr with Mali is going to be epic

Man city vs Atletico this night

Our forwards are scoring this week and people are asking why they could not score against Ghana, did you see the midfield they were playing with

It's hightime we incorporate Tijani into the team, if he were already in the team when Ndidi got injured he would have been more useful than Shehu Abdullahi

Joezinho:
So we should invite a clubless nwakali that hasn't had up to 180 minutes of first team football, a 31 year old Rabiu Ibrahim, relatively unknown Ipabilo, iyayi and whatever to the Super Eagles as what?

To waste another 4 years trying to build a team? Una really deserve Eguavoen. Smh

What are your other options, I want to know them

jihday:
I think the reason why a lot of football stake holders always want home base players in the SE is because they know when their favorite players play they’ll always have a cut in their transfer to clubs outside the country, because the female team have more foreign born players and nobody is even saying anything about that.

Wisdom

No ballon d'or for Lewandisney

komekn:
How old is Ronaldo, Ibrahimavich, Dzeko, Benzema, Modric etc, etc.

Youth is not the sole component for quality.

Na Musa be your project now, guy go and rest!

Mario Rui has provided 3 assists for Osimhen this season

Subzero47:
Mario Rui has provided 2 assists for Osimhen this season

Di Lorenzo - 2 assists

TFLASHOGEE:
baba the man know stingy he can't spend what he doesn't have he go broke if he do anyhow spend a Fulham will outspend Napoli in the transfer market, the only thing clubs like Napoli will do is to inflate the price of player's and go balance the books behind to chill with the big boys as par their name and small pedigree in real sense they don't actually have the financial power we think they do

Nna the guy dey stingy, he is just lucky that what he has is working for him

Lobotka, Rhamani, Elmas this man just goes to underprivileged countries and gets above average players for pennies

Well shows the level of the Serie A that they are even competing for the league

andrewbaba44:
Napoli self too poor ,he still tried by getting a goal and assist

Yea he got better in the second half

andrewbaba44:
Osimhen lost the ball many times though and misplaced many passes

Yes he was poor in the first half he lost like his first three touches

Inter Milan and Juventus are pricing Rudiger, AC Milan are buying Botman while Napoli are going to the wastelands of Georgia to buy Khvicha Kvaratshelia later he will be expecting this side to challenge the league with them, stingy man

charlesemeka85:
Osimhen needs to leave Napoli ASAP

The teams style of play sucks big time. They are too individualistic to my liking and don’t know how to the play to the strength for their team mates

Osimhen was poor today tho despite the goal and assist, Napoli have tissue paper in midfield and Mario Rui was at fault for 2 of the goals

andrewbaba44:
Aribo have had many good games for the super eagles including qualifiers where he was regular

Who is talking about the Brazil game ? Practice what you preach ,the Ebuehi you rate is because of his performance against Argentina ,but you are talking of Brazil game against Aribo

Try to practice what you preach

Naija failed to qualified for the World Cup then suddenly all Aribo games for the eagles beans bad

Who rates Ebuehi because of Argentina game, e be like you never watch his other games before

fabyom:
How is Ghana average? You need to check your dictionary to know the meaning of lost? The SE didn't lose to Ghana!

We didn't lose then, we won

Odunayaw:
You missed what he was trying to do. It's like the opposite of what those trying to say our players are total crap are doing

I totally missed it then

elyte89:
Not even average..cos dis is one of d least talented Ghanaian side I av seen in a long while..you can't compare dis team with 2010 set...it shows aw poor we re and less talented,very annoying set of players

They were so much in shambles that they were hiding team list because of backlash

fabyom:
Which team in Africa has the quality of our midfielders man to man? Bonke, Ndidi, and Onyeka got injured. Iwobi suspended! Etebo haven't played 90 minutes in a year.
Yet we only lost on away goal rule.
Tell me a country that can survive that number of injured midfielders.
We have quality players playing in some of the best league in the world. If you say our players are average then no country in Africa has good players!

We lost to an average Ghana, stop the chestbeating

BascoVanVeli:
So basically u are been ranting as get back for Sadiq First of all name the 3 overhead kicks u saw. Cos I only saw 2 and even the first was a volley with a defender on his back. Now tell me wat u would do with this ball?

They want him to trap the ball and shoot inside the 18 yard box like it was not two defenders on him for 90 minutes, people wey no know that when you try and overhead kick it is a ball that you can't afford to control

caprikon:
Though from a distance, Nwakali's allegations appear to have some substance.

Spanish clubs especially in lower tiers typical have financial issues so it isn't surprising to hear about such underhand tactics. I doubt if Huesca will go to court.

Yeah most of the things he said is true but I have my reservations about some of them

caprikon:
Huesca has debunked the allegations in Nwakali's statement questioning the "veracity" of his claims . The club is also hinting on pursuing litigation.

Would have preferred to hear their side of the story.

They dare not go to court, if one third of what Nwakali said is true then they are done for