KevinDein:
This is a post, about Iwobi, I found in an Arsenal forum. Thought it's funny so I reckon I should share it with you guys:


"The fact that he chose Nigeria is proof that he’s got a good head on his shoulders. As someone rightly said in another thread recently, imagine the hype if he was English. He would be the next Pele already. Plus he would have to associate with slime like Rooney and sterling to name but a couple. And Nigeria are more likely to win the world cup than England anyway. Hell, Nigeria are probably more likely to win a European championship than England. Best off away from that nonsense. England’s loss will be Arsenal’s gain, I’m sure".

KevinDein:
This is a post, about Iwobi, I found in an Arsenal forum. Thought it's funny so I reckon I should share it with you guys:


"The fact that he chose Nigeria is proof that he’s got a good head on his shoulders. As someone rightly said in another thread recently, imagine the hype if he was English. He would be the next Pele already. Plus he would have to associate with slime like Rooney and sterling to name but a couple. And Nigeria are more likely to win the world cup than England anyway. Hell, Nigeria are probably more likely to win a European championship than England. Best off away from that nonsense. England’s loss will be Arsenal’s gain, I’m sure".

jotey:

what's the name of the forum

TheSuperNerd:
The "bolded" got me rolling with laughter... Looolllllll

The comments of a super blunt Fan.... Hahahahahahaa

terzurum5:

I agree with you on this one Sir. Now aside Brown Ideye and Ighalo, which other Nigerian Internationals should be considered for the Striking roles.

Note. Wobi and Nacho are out of this.

Icon4s:
When the Ref blew the final whistle last night as Algeria and Cameroun played 1-1.

tbaba1234:


Chai!! Ndidi was better than anyone on that pitch... You are not being honest.

lakesidepapa:


You are totally right, Ndidi was better at that RB than Echiejile at the LB. Most of the zambians attacking threats came from that side, that no10 skinned him several times and successfully stripped him nakedly with that shot pass he deliver to that no9 that leaded to their goal.

Ndidi kept kalaba in the right position, the dube had wrong crosses and shot.

joseph1013:


I no even talk anything again. He said Ndidi was not the worst on the field yesterday. LOL

terzurum5:

Sure I used to think about Adi too but, from all indications, it seems the League he plays in is not that competitive hence his easy scoring performance.

Don't forget, Coach Samson Siasia after monitoring him in training, said he is slow.

I don't know if Fred Sunday can up his game to fill the Shoes. Let's just hope any of the homebased Strikers take us by storm.

For me I can't wait for Osimhen to mature in his game.

It seems hard to spot a striker between ages 20-23 at the moment doing us proud.

Ideye is not different from or better than Ighalo. In the event of Injury to one or both of them, who do we call on as a capable replacement. (don't pray for it though)

TheSuperNerd:
No mind Sir TheGoodJoe.... Looolllllll

Ndidi did his best in an unfamiliar role. He showed lionheart in his adaptive role BUT... It's a no-brainer, he scored the lowest marks among All Of Nigeria's players yesterday. We had about seven to eight solid top top performers yesterday....

The others just did their best.... Ndidi belongs to this "others". And he obviously scored the lowest ratings overall....


Even in a class of brainiacs where every one scores an A in a course, abeg, person no go still carry last for "A"??

zuchyblink:
Rohr should Unleash these XI against Algeria
/
...................----------IKEME-------------------------
/
BALOGUN---OMERUO----EKONG------ONAZI
/
----------------------ESITI--------------------------
/
-------------MIKEL----------------------------------
/
NWOBODO-------IHEANACHO----------IWOBI
/
--------------------ETEBOR------------------------
/
I go for Etebor(the beast) over Ighalo and Ideye

TheSuperNerd:
No mind Sir TheGoodJoe.... Looolllllll

Ndidi did his best in an unfamiliar role. He showed lionheart in his adaptive role BUT... It's a no-brainer, he scored the lowest marks among All Of Nigeria's players yesterday. We had about seven to eight solid top top performers yesterday....

The others just did their best.... Ndidi belongs to this "others". And he obviously scored the lowest ratings overall....


Even in a class of brainiacs where every one scores an A in a course, abeg, person no go still carry last for "A"??

Mickael2:


I started disliking your formation when I saw Onazi, who is a right footed player anyways, at LB and I'd also fancy Leon at RB instead of Omeruo but okay.

Nwobodo ahead of Victor Moses, Isaac Success, Simon Moses, Ahmed Musa, Imoh Ezekiel even Umar Aminu?! Brother, we have a truckload of quality wingers and Nwobodo is not even close to their quality AT ALL. And Esiti is more like our Chelsea Mikel, we sub him in to balance out the play. Then Etebo as a striker? A lone striker in fact, when has he ever played that formation?

TheSuperNerd:
No mind Sir TheGoodJoe.... Looolllllll

Ndidi did his best in an unfamiliar role. He showed lionheart in his adaptive role BUT... It's a no-brainer, he scored the lowest marks among All Of Nigeria's players yesterday. We had about seven to eight solid top top performers yesterday....

The others just did their best.... Ndidi belongs to this "others". And he obviously scored the lowest ratings overall....


Even in a class of brainiacs where every one scores an A in a course, abeg, person no go still carry last for "A"??

zuchyblink:
Rohr should Unleash these XI against Algeria
/
...................----------IKEME-------------------------
/
BALOGUN---OMERUO----EKONG------ONAZI
/
----------------------ESITI--------------------------
/
-------------MIKEL----------------------------------
/
NWOBODO-------IHEANACHO----------IWOBI
/
--------------------ETEBOR------------------------
/
I go for Etebor(the beast) over Ighalo and Ideye

TheGoodJoe:


Depends on the coach and style of play. Yesterday, wing play let us down. We were dangerous keeping possession and passing the ball. With Nwobodo, we can stay organised in the middle and break the opposition with quick passing combinations.

TheGoodJoe:


If you remember Kalaba's dive, that was Ndidi deep in the box. As I said, I do not look at one side of the game. Yes, on one on one duels, he was terrible. So was Echiejile. In other aspects, he did better. Echiejile wasted more balls than Ndidi. I remember a pass on the wing that Echiejile passed to the throwing.

zuchyblink:
Rohr should Unleash these XI against Algeria
/
...................----------IKEME-------------------------
/
BALOGUN---OMERUO----EKONG------ONAZI
/
----------------------ESITI--------------------------
/
-------------MIKEL----------------------------------
/
NWOBODO-------IHEANACHO----------IWOBI
/
--------------------ETEBOR------------------------
/
I go for Etebor(the beast) over Ighalo and Ideye

zuchyblink:
Rohr should Unleash these XI against Algeria
/
...................----------IKEME-------------------------
/
BALOGUN---OMERUO----EKONG------ONAZI
/
----------------------ESITI--------------------------
/
-------------MIKEL----------------------------------
/
NWOBODO-------IHEANACHO----------IWOBI
/
--------------------ETEBOR------------------------
/
I go for Etebor(the beast) over Ighalo and Ideye

Mickael2:


Even when we were keeping possession, Moses Simon's wing position was immensely beneficial, as a true winger he kept the width of the team intact thereby: 1) Reducing the attacking impetus of their LB if not Ndidi would have died in a shorter time
2) He also totally removed their LB from combined defensive duty thereby providing space for the sleek 1-2 touches that we witnessed, without a true winger that formation would not work at all and I am not excited about Nwobodo AT ALL, can someone please show me a youtube link atleast?

TheGoodJoe:


Sometimes I get tired of repeating the same thing.

Ndidi looked poor because he was in his position. That gave the Zambians to have one one duels with him. Most times the Zambians excelled.

Apart from that, Ndidi was not poor in the first half. Made some good passes, got into central defence and made some good interceptions.

Echiejile was not in position a lot of times and gave gaps for the Zambians to exploit. If not for a brilliant game of Omeruo, we would have conceded a lot. Ekong pulled out some aerial balls that came from the left.

The crosses from the right were not accurate because of the presence and battle of Ndidi.

Ndidi had a poor game but he was in position most times. Echiejile was not in position a lot. Not being in position can not receive a tag of playing better.

joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]HOW NIGERIA'S SUPER EAGLES RATE VS ZAMBIA[/size]



Individual ratings of Nigeria against Zambia in Ndola today.

8 – Carl Ikeme Man of the Match

Man of the match for Nigeria who made at least four big saves to ensure the Super Eagles record their first-ever win in Zambia. He can be counted on.

6 – Wilfred Ndidi

Played in an unfamiliar right-back and he acquitted himself bar a second-half mistake, which almost allowed Zambia to come back into the game. His long throw-in was poorly headed out for Iwobi to smash home for the first goal.

6 – Elderson Echiejile

Solid showing by the leftback who kept his nerves and let his experience tell in this physical contest.

6 – Kenneth Omeruo

The Chelsea loanee’s mistake led to Zambia’s goal otherwise he was uncompromising in the heart of the Nigeria back four.

7 – William Troost-Ekong

Yet another solid display in the middle of the defence. He has continued to grow in confidence in a Nigeria shirt after making his Eagles debut only last year.

6 - Ogenyi Onazi

He worked hard again to ensure the Eagles defence kept their shape for most of this encounter, particularly late in the game as Zambia went for broke.

6 – Mikel Obi

The skipper did not look match rusty even though he has yet to play for Chelsea in a competitive game this season. He was denied a goal by the Zambia goalkeeper in the second goal. His timely tackle right inside the box in the first half caught the eye.

6 – Alex Iwobi

The Arsenal forward took his goal well to set the tone for a famous victory on the road. He had good understanding with Iheanacho upfront. But his overall contribution in the game was not as remarkable. Probably the tough conditions in Zambia – heat and a poor pitch – affected him more than most of the other players.

6 – Kelechi Iheanacho

He has now scored in Nigeria’s last four games – versus Mali, Luxembourg in friendlies in May as well as last month’s AFCON qualifier against Tanzania and today’s game. He is gradually becoming the leading scorer of the Super Eagles

6 – Moses Simon

His sharpness and endeavour must be the reason he benched Leicester City star Ahmed Musa in this game. He had a chance to get on the scoresheet in the first half after dashed into the box following another defensive slip by the Zambians.

7 – Brown Ideye

The Olympiacos striker may not have scored, but he was full of running and assisted for the second goal when hos clever flick put Iheanacho through on goal. He worked hard for the team

4 - Anderson Esiti

The defensive midfielder struggled to get into the game when he was brought in to add more bodies in the midfield as coach Gernot Rohr tried to defend his team’s 2-1 lead. He certainly had not recovered from a fever, which had initially ruled him out of this match.

Ahmed Musa and Shehu Abdullahi were late subs and did not clock enough time to be rated.

http://africanfootball.com/news/653220/How-Nigerias-Super-Eagles-rate-vs-Zambia[/b]

TheSuperNerd:
That's why I said Ndidi did his best.... He was skinned by Kalaba for most parts of the second half but kept his cool nonetheless.

In the first half, he actually frustrated Kalaba and Kalaba had to switch sometimes to the Echiejile's wing.

Ndidi's composure when challenging Kalaba deep in the box which got Kalaba booked was masterclass...

But overall, on a day Nigeria was the predominantly better side and convincing in this away win, Ndidi just has to settle for the lowest marks. Takes NOTHING away from His potentials. He's a natural Centreback/DMF anyway....

TheGoodJoe:


Sometimes, a team of creative players on the wings are more dangerous than outright wingers. Last season, in some games with Nasri and Silva on the wings. With their positional expansive play, they can stretch the opposition but still keep possession.

Iwobi does not play as an outright winger, running down the flanks. He is part of the passing build-up plays.

Although sometimes, you need a pacy winger when you have gaps created by bombarding full backs.

TheSuperNerd:
I saw these ratings and that of Complete Sports and OwngoalNigeria.

The best and the most fair was Goal.com's... In theirs... Ekong was even MOTM. Ikeme was second.

joseph1013:


I know some people will talk about experience but if you play Ndidi as a defensive midfielder, he will perform very well. I have watched some of his games at Genk and he even looks a better player than Onazi.

lakesidepapa:


What's the this? Etebor can not top strike, he's only good as 10 or SS. Nwobodo should vacate that place for V. Moses, we need experience against the algerian. Esiti will come in later,Onaz owns that place. Then we are good to go..

TheGoodJoe:


Shows without the error, Omeruo stood a chance if we go by the rating.