komekn:


Oniovo Dude is in the worst team in the Portuguese league. The league is rated number 7 in Europe.

Do you think Chaves is better than a League one team because I don't think so , without prejudice.

Nwakali is very poor quality player, long ball ability is not a particular oustanding skill set.

I know 13/14 year old boys that can do 35 yard pinpoint accurate passes and crosses. So stop acting like Nwakali is the only player who can do long ball it's a basic skill not an exceptional one.

Papi85:
the guy don dey over do

BankyGee:
Victor Boniface too like problem 🤣🤣

Nomyth:
Could the dearth of quality AMs in the National team be a direct consequence of our poor performance in youth football in recent years?

Our various youth teams have been the production line thru which we get quality Midfielders in the past.

Etim Esin, Mutiu Adepoju, Jay Jay okocha, Thompson Oliha,Wilson Oruma,pius Ikedia,Mikel obi, Haruna lookman all came thru the youth ranks.

Our local league hasn't really come thru for us in this regard with only Friday Ekpo the only quality Midfielder I can identify that the league has given us and it is not every time quality Midfielders pop up randomly in Europe. Only Sunday Oliseh, Joel obi and Obodo have popped up for some time.

We might need to pay more attention to the youth teams u17 to u23 if we need to discover more AMs for the NT

Joebie:
Mavo

For the last 12 months, stats tells the story.
Always a big player for his team.

komekn:


Stats not taken in context become a deceptive component to misinform.

Statistics are indicative not conclusive without being taken into context.

What use are his statistics if his team is the bottom of the league 😭 has conceded more goals than any other team😞 the value of the team is lower than most teams in league two.

Player value has an unquestionable link to player quality,that cannot be denied.

I decided to take a perfunctory look at a bottom club in English League two , Tranmere Rovers and I was shocked 😳😳 the weekly average wage is almost double of Chavez FC.

Many of you like to argue that money has nothing to do with player quality. But that's not true, quality players get better paid. And poor quality players get paid peanut's 🥜 you cant hide away from these facts.

You cannot attract good players with poor pay, Nwakali is effectively earning less than what he got at Ponferradina.😭😭

Nomyth:
Could the dearth of quality AMs in the National team be a direct consequence of our poor performance in youth football in recent years?

Our various youth teams have been the production line thru which we get quality Midfielders in the past.

Etim Esin, Mutiu Adepoju, Jay Jay okocha, Thompson Oliha,Wilson Oruma,pius Ikedia,Mikel obi, Haruna lookman all came thru the youth ranks.

Our local league hasn't really come thru for us in this regard with only Friday Ekpo the only quality Midfielder I can identify that the league has given us and it is not every time quality Midfielders pop up randomly in Europe. Only Sunday Oliseh, Joel obi and Obodo have popped up for some time.

We might need to pay more attention to the youth teams u17 to u23 if we need to discover more AMs for the NT.

Nomyth:
Could the dearth of quality AMs in the National team be a direct consequence of our poor performance in youth football in recent years?

Our various youth teams have been the production line thru which we get quality Midfielders in the past.

Etim Esin, Mutiu Adepoju, Jay Jay okocha, Thompson Oliha,Wilson Oruma,pius Ikedia,Mikel obi, Haruna lookman all came thru the youth ranks.

Our local league hasn't really come thru for us in this regard with only Friday Ekpo the only quality Midfielder I can identify that the league has given us and it is not every time quality Midfielders pop up randomly in Europe. Only Sunday Oliseh, Joel obi and Obodo have popped up for some time.

We might need to pay more attention to the youth teams u17 to u23 if we need to discover more AMs for the NT.

BankyGee:
Victor Boniface too like problem 🤣🤣

Papi85:
the guy don dey over do

komekn:


The basis for SE national team selection is outstanding, consistent, quality performance in your team and league.

Youth football is just potential yet to be realised with a many variables that will determine the ability to make it in professional football.

This is why we have been having a never irrational, emotive preference based even obsessive quest by many to have NWAKALI in the SE . Not based on merit but sentimental favouritism.

Nwakali was great at youth level, that's where it began and where it ended 8 years ago.

do4luv14:




🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This Guy and cruise ehn 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Icon4s:


Globally, there is currently a dearth in quality of AMs. Football has gradually evolved over time with more emphasis being placed on tactics than on technical abilities. This has led to fewer creative midfielders.

Also, back in the days, wing players were highly valued and priced. They were known to run down the flanks and pull-out balls for the attacking players to strike into the net....but later on teams started playing attackers/strikers in wing positions and wingers became endangered species. Later on again, coaches are beginning to go back to wings play but in a modernized form where they play in a triangle with the Attacking Midfielder and striker.

Coming down to Nigerian National Teams, I quite agree that our inability to produce highly gifted youth players in that position is affecting the availability of quality AMs but like I earlier mentioned, it is also a global thing.

Mujtahida:

Too much of it and he starts coming across as crass.

Icon4s:


Globally, there is currently a dearth in quality of AMs. Football has gradually evolved over time with more emphasis being placed on tactics than on technical abilities. This has led to fewer creative midfielders.

Also, back in the days, wing players were highly valued and priced. They were known to run down the flanks and pull-out balls for the attacking players to strike into the net....but later on teams started playing attackers/strikers in wing positions and wingers became endangered species. Later on again, coaches are beginning to go back to wings play but in a modernized form where they play in a triangle with the Attacking Midfielder and striker.

Coming down to Nigerian National Teams, I quite agree that our inability to produce highly gifted youth players in that position is affecting the availability of quality AMs but like I earlier mentioned, it is also a global thing.

AndSunGorilla:

I thought Friday Ekpo was the king of free kicks.

Kog45:
Ayo Ogunlana was the real free kicks specialist.Imagine scoring 12 free kick goals in a season…Friday Ekpo was a good midfielder who does his things with ease but lost out to young Sunday Oliseh in eagles.

He played for Abiola Babes,Leventis United but remembered his performance for Iwanyawu Nationale against El serif of Algeria in 1988 cup winners cup.He later joined Shell fc of Gabon and returned home to play for Mobil Pegasus.
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We have some individuals records that NFF failed to appreciate in local league like the highest number of clean slates recorded by any keeper in Nigeria league which belonged to Lateef Yusuf of old 3sc,played 11 straight league matches.

ChrisKels:
Omo I'm so impressed with that academy in Ghana that is running a collabo with Nordsjaeland of Denmark to unearth quality Ghanaian youngsters.

Omo these guys have another quality player in Osman. Saw his game in the Europa league and I was wowed.

AndSunGorilla:

Top notch recollections as usual!!!! Do you know where Ayo Ogunlana is up to now?

Nomyth:



The bolded is exactly my point.

The Nigerian league is just too agricultural to find a technically gifted footballer, if I'm not mistaken, Finidu George is the last technically gifted player to move directly from the local league to the National team.

What has worked for us in the past is grooming from the youth team to the National team. That was how we got the likes of Mikel and Okocha.

Of course, there might the wasted talents along the line but it doesn't mean we can't get quality players from the youth team.

Papi85:
spot on sir, have said this before that we shouldn’t be crying about not having a natural number 10 in the super eagles because that role is gradually fading off

Modern football requires more of a CAM ( a hybrid of An Attacking midfielder and a Central midfielder) who primarily functions more as a CM but more unique n versatile due to passing ability and creative spark he produces but not as adventurous and flamboyant like what we had in the 80s,90s and 2000s. Even some tacticians of late deploy them as B/B midfielders. Good examples are De Bruyne, Fernandez, Valverde, Muller, Mount, Bellingham etc While the less physical and pacy ones are dropped deeper as DLP the way Ancelotti used Pirlo who was a natural number 10 but had to be dropped deeper by the Italian tactician to detect play as well as control the tempo of how his team want to play

Football hv evolved so much and lost its spark compared to years back due to the lack of mercurial attacking midfielders who brings entertainment, artistry and creativity that feed fans with much excitement.

Players like jay jay, laudrup, zizou,Totti, baggio , Platini just to mention few I can remember now would hv struggled in this era if they were still playing active football

Players of their talent and skills are mostly pushed to the flanks and also instructed to drop back to help fullbacks when the team is chasing possession unlike what was obtainable many years ago

Football is too mechanical now and mostly based on team work, speed and work rate

charlesemeka85:
which club the boy Dey play with?

Papi85:
Igoh Ogbu makes UEL team of the week 🔥

ChrisKels:


Still with Nordsjaeland. He is next to make a big move after Ernest Nuamah joined Lyon last summer.

Papi85:
spot on sir, have said this before that we shouldn’t be crying about not having a natural number 10 in the super eagles because that role is gradually fading off

Modern football requires more of a CAM ( a hybrid of An Attacking midfielder and a Central midfielder) who primarily functions more as a CM but more unique n versatile due to passing ability and creative spark he produces but not as adventurous and flamboyant like what we had in the 80s,90s and 2000s. Even some tacticians of late deploy them as B/B midfielders. Good examples are De Bruyne, Fernandez, Valverde, Muller, Mount, Bellingham etc While the less physical and pacy ones are dropped deeper as DLP the way Ancelotti used Pirlo who was a natural number 10 but had to be dropped deeper by the Italian tactician to detect play as well as control the tempo of how his team want to play

Football hv evolved so much and lost its spark compared to years back due to the lack of mercurial attacking midfielders who brings entertainment, artistry and creativity that feeds fans with much excitement.

Players like jay jay, laudrup, zizou,Totti, baggio , Platini just to mention few I can remember now would hv struggled in this era if they were still playing active football

Players of their talent and skills are mostly pushed to the flanks and also instructed to drop back to help fullbacks when the team is chasing possession unlike what was obtainable many years ago

Football is too mechanical now and mostly based on team work, speed and work rate

Joebie:
Mavo

For the last 12 months, stats tells the story.
Always a big player for his team.

Mujtahida:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFW1ecPEjGk?si=wYEgOksza-krnFB6

Kog45:
Ayo Ogunlana spent most of his life in Kaduna State and possibly still living in the north.

He made Nigeria team to Algier 90 as the oldest.In fact he made his eagles debut in 1981 but have Muda Lawal,Henry Nwosu and Ademola Adeshina to compete with.

Henry Nwosu and Ademola Adeshina made eagles at 17 years of age.Nwosu was barely 17 at Afcon 1980 and Adeshina 17 at Afcon 1982.

Kog45:
Oga Charles, the issue is not about natural 10 but our midfielders who have not been forthcoming with good performances in recent times

Let’s see what Fisayo will brings to the tables.