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Kog45:
Kanu performance in 6 Afcons and 3 WC will always make it debatable to rate him as Nigeria best.

If going by APOTY then Ikpeba is greater than Okocha.

nothing debatable, I'll say it again, you can't rate a player base on at most 4WC games in four yrs or 6AFCON games in 2yrs. Jayjay we all know should won at least 1998 APOTY. Kanu played several games for SE outside Afcon and wc.

I hope yrs later we no get hear say Osimhen was poor because he couldn't qualify Nigeria for WC

Kog45:
Meaning Mikel is greater than Okocha

if you say so. For me I rate Mikel very highly but Jayjay was already a household name, a brand. The position Mikel played affected his rating and it's unrelated because Kanu we are talking about is a 2 times APOTY which no other Nigerian won in 2 decades until Osimhen.

Kog45:
Oga Zicky,Kanu is intelligent and won laurels that only Mikel can compete with but Kanu cannot be the best Nigeria player ever,only way to rate Nigeria best player is Super eagles,I repeat it Super eagles.......how could Nigeria best ever player went to 6 Afcons and 3 WCs with no goal and his assists is debatable..... Argentines accepted Messi after winning WC,and they valued his goals and assists.

I respect Kanu cuz I watched his debut match live for Nationale against Ranchers bees of Kaduna in FA cup played in Ilorin,he came in from the bench and scored,zeal it for Iwanyanwu in a dramatic way,after the match me and my friends went to Circular hotel in Ilorin where Nationale lodged to see tall and skinny boy Kanu,then baba I be real local football fan and tagged stadium boy.

Pls how would you rate Boniface as at today in Nigeria football history compare to Osimhen and Lookman

i totally disagree with you, players are rated base on club and national team all over the world unless you have an a bias mindset. You can't throwaway 100s of games to rate a player base on a few national team games. Argentina and the world already know Messi is the GOAT, he only needs the world cup to cement that status. Watch players with open mind, Osimhen playing for Gala, he's not just representing Gala but also putting Nigeria on the map. Yes national team football is important just as club football. Kanu represented SE playing 86games and you want to tell me he was just a squad member or a pushover even in the SEs. It's an insult to even use Boniface who's not even an established SE player to compare Legendary kanu because he has zero Afcon goals

Goke7:
As they perform for their club we need them to perform for the national team cos that’s what will grow our football. Boniface is doing well at club level but how many people here still want him in the national team in fact some don’t want to see him again at all. Is that deception?

It definitely no deception but if we want to pick a new face to replace him, we still go look at his club performance. Iheanacho was one of our top performer for country with a good goal per game ratio, but we still call for him to be dropped base mainly on his club performance. So what we need is to a balance not saying we don't care how they perform for club.

Goke7:
Thank you o they make it look as if club football is our priority here, wetin concern me with uefa champions league if a super eagles player can’t score against Comoros or Guinea Bissau. Let’s be guided o!

You can't talk about SE players with talking about their club performance week in week out. You did not notice this players until they begin to perform for their various clubs. Let's not deceive ourselves, I don't care about champions league blah blah blah, but Lookman hattrick almost shot down the page. If Osimhen score hattrick for his club this place go shut down.

yinkeys:
Na me start this debate since yesterday
Una never end an since
Kanu would’ve won 96 or 98 Afcon guys
Die it

Osimhen helped us get the 1st goal against Cameroun in Afcon 2023 - legendary player

no vex but I no fit Stand when dem dy talk down on a Nigeria player just to praise another, much more a player like Kanu

yinkeys:
What is apoty ?
Is it stool or chair ?

Only players at the very best of their craft knows, which I don't think you are 😉

minfelix:
thank you very much…the debate started with being the super eagles player and some people wanna dethrone Yekini for Kanu….Yekini is the best super eagles player so far…anyone wey no gree make ge go dey watch olympic and uefa champions league….This page is even primarily dedicated to super eagles before secondarily looking at other Nigerian team and club level

so what brought Kanu into the conversation, if not same person that mentioned Yekini as SE best player was at the same time talking down on Kanus achievements to make his point appear legit.

minfelix:
distinguish being a Nigerian player and being a Nigerian striker…A striker cannot pass for a player abi…Yekini being a striker makes him the team bus driver abi and not a player in the super eagles?


Nigerian striker and Nigerian player🤣🤣

oga distinguish between a Nigeria player and a Nigeria midfielder make we dy ask yeye questions, go ask fifa why Osimhen won golden Booth and Nwakali won golden ball at 2019 u17

minfelix:
oga you dey cap, Yekini is the greatest super eagles player of all time, if you like go and drag Emenike and ideye into the equation, na that one concern you….

best Nigerian player/ best Nigerian striker🤣🤣🤣…
.CEO of Caprisonne

Elon musk of handicap, Kanu is Nigeria best and most decorated player 😉 😉 if you like say he no score for Afcon, you no be Caf wey award him 2 APOTY

9JAMac10:
Kanu is most intelligent and high soccer IQ Nigerian player ever. Okocha is most technically gifted Nigerian player of all time. My favorite super eagles player of all time I witnessed play could be Osaze odemwingie

pls watch an intelligent player.

🔴⚪️ Kanu scored some shithousary goals for The Arsenal 💯⚪️🔴 pic.twitter.com/96eVhAYasY

— GoonerNick (@nickvann1987__) April 1, 2025

Napoleon55:
It's better you always separate between the greatest super eagles player and the greatest Nigerian player,it will make it easier for people to understand and cause less arguments.
Even between the best and the greatest.

Like in my own book,
Kanu is the greatest Nigerian player of all time,and probably the best Nigerian player,but he may not necessarily be the greatest or best super eagles player of all time.
The title for greatest super eagles player should go to Rashidi.

In this way.

Greatest Nigerian player of all time: Kanu

Greatest super eagles player of all time: Rashidi.

Best Nigerian player of all time: Okocha/Kanu

Best super eagles player of all time: ??

Baba na God go bless you for this talk, the way some people talk down on our players that are celebrated all over the world, I can't just stand it

minfelix:
thank God say you even laugh your comment

i laugh because I say for now, knowing fully well Osimhen will soon take that position.

minfelix:
Yekini in super eagles shirt is a better achieved player and has more successful numbers than Kanu

Yekini is Nigeria best striker for now no debate, kanu is Nigeria best player no debate.

minfelix:
what is this one even saying sef🤣🤣….does Ahmed musa have things Kanu and Yekini have…una go just dey argue like beer parlor analyst 🤣….oga we are talking of APOTY that has intimidating record for is alrounder…not one sided APOTY but all rounder senior National team football….Does Musa have it? Does Kanu have it?

Listen to yourself all rounded abi local champion. Since you were using scoring at Afcon to talk down on kanu achievements, lemme use it to upgrade Musa achievements since we all want to reason with our left brain

minfelix:
Yekini has Afcon gold medal
Yekini scored at the afcon
Yekini scored at the world cup
Yekini won APOTY
we are talking of super eagles best player ever, not club football best player ever

Kanu only has an egde in Olympic(Age grade tournament) over Yekini in Nigeria’s color

Best Nigeria striker, yekini for now 😂 Best player kanu

minfelix:
Kanu is one of Nigeria’s most decorated player, but dey should please not tag him as Nigeria’s best player ever abeg abeg abeg make una no vex biko i no gree😅

Kanu is Nigeria best player, name a better player

Kog45:
Some of us do rate our players performances relating it to super eagles,not even under 17 or Olympics but Super eagles.

We are not saying Kanu is not good,talking club career he is our best till date.

Kanu is far better even with the super eagles, this lies has gone on for too long, go watch 2002 world cup qualifiers abi qualifier is not part of super eagles games

minfelix:
best player wey no win afcon trophy or even score 1 Afcon goal…Abeg oo

Ahmed Musa is better than kanu na, since he won Afcon and had Afcon goal, ena no get talk. Make ena go remove his 2 APOTY from his cabinet.

yinkeys:
Nigeria would’ve won 96 or 98 Afcon if not for our useless politicians
That’ 90’s generation could’ve won 3 Afcons

definitely, our players were at their peak

yinkeys:
Leave them
Let them keep arguing
We saw him at Arsenal for 5 years & how he made most West Africans love Arsenal
He won everything in club football
He won u17 World Cup & Olympics with Nigeria
Portsmouth haven’t won another FA cup till date
Henry even stated he’s one of the most technically gifted African players he’s played with
Nigeria can’t even qualify for Olympics these days
Kanu’s 1999 hat trick against Chelsea is unmatched in his set
Lookman comes close against Leverkusen

i was even trying to post a short clip I saw on twitter of kanu, the guy is a beauty. Many forget even some OGs how instrumental kanu was in our qualifying for 2002 world cup.

Kog45:
Some just don't want to accept it Kanu was very average for eagles(6 Afcons 3 WCs with no goal,even talking assists,Odegbami and Siasia are better than him,though talking Europe football career he is the best but Osimhen is breaking that record soon.I just hope players like Osimhen, Lookman made it to WC so that old records can be broken....

kanu was ridiculously good, a beauty to watch. Best Nigeria player in my book with 2 APOTY, hoping Osimhen equal that record.

Kog45:
It was the team collectivity cuz a well laid free kick from Lookman and also Chuckwueze little effort for the second goal.... against Zimbabwe it was yeoman assist from Aina....let us not put Osimhen in Rashidi Yekini situation.

Remember Ekong said eagles is not only about Osimhen,very heavy statement.

We need to appreciate them together,though Osimhen is the main man

Yea, I get you, I'm not putting Osimhen in that situation but speaking fact, we can choose to give the assist to Samuel for the 2nd goal but we know deep down Samuel intention was not a pass to Osimhen but just a clearance. What Ekong say and the reality is two different things.

caprikon:
As fans I think we get too emotional following a loss. This same team won in Rwanda (a very difficult place to get a result), but drew (lost) at home in the dying minutes of added time.

Let us see what Chelle can cook. If we miss our of the world cup, it isn't his fault but the clowns in the NFF.

Rohr's scouting team did a great job. Chelle needs his own guys to do same. After AFCON, we can the assess Chelle's performance.

Yea the team held their own in Rwanda but looking at it critically, it was Osimhen individual brilliance that gave us the win.

jihday:
yes, you people are always crying for home based players and they gave you those guys

we cried for homebase (which I'm not part of) we were given Europe rejects. Ever since fans started crying for nwakali to be tried in our midfield, they should also give us nwakali

Goke7:
If we won the game nobody will bother much about change of positions or substitutes. We are all just suffering from the pain of the match result. We will rather be celebrating Chelle and be abusing previous coaches if we had all the maximum points, I know us very well

If but the reality is that we did not win. BTW even in the game against Rwanda, fans still complained about playing Aina at LB in of his natural position.

kingphilip:
You're still leaving out Peseiro who started on a bad note before it was compounded by others.

Give Peseiro his flowers too please.

not others but Finidi

solonnachi:
Are we back to this Kelechi Nwakali matter again?

yes oh, as long as we keep allowing smaller countries dominate our midfield, the name Nwakali won't stop coming up. You guys can call it agenda if you like, but to me I still get angry whenever I see smaller countries run riot around our midfield, especially in our home games.

Napoleon55:
To be honest oga Meli,NFF is not the reason why Nwakali is not getting invites, it's his club football.
He displayed glimpses of potential for an elite football in his youth career but have not been able to live up to to that like his friends Chukwueze and Osimhen, not even close.

What would u do if you are the coach and as one of those who placed that so much expectation on him and got disappointed?

Unless u have a godfather, ur club football is the only way to get into national team,or a coach who really believes in ur abilities is hired.

like Papa and Tanimus club football got them into the national team ☺️

BankyGee:
I remember writing it here that in our first four World Cup qualifying games without Osimhen, it was only in ONE game a forward scored, which was Kelechi Iheanacho 🆚 Lesotho.

The remaining three goals were one from a defender and two from midfielders, Osimhen played just two games and is just three goals from the highest goal scorer on the chart... No be juju be that? 😡

i was seriously thinking about it, so without Osimhen the SE cannot score. Kc was another reliable goalscorer for us before he started going down.

codemaniacs:
You've brought Nwakali....

they will come for you soon..

But we seriously need a player with such skills, that's why I rate Mikel so high, against Zimbabwe we shouldn't be talking of defending a one goal lead at home. We should talking of controlling the game, keep possession let the opponent chase the ball.

elyte89:
As in …very disappointing…Ekong mess up big time ..he shld cover his head in shame …even if he fouled d guy at dt minute,Deres high possibility d ref might not give d penalty at dt time considering home team advantage and all

Na you go still call for his if he had cause a penalty that result to the equaliser. Make ena chill