Joezinho:


Loud it please. It sucks when some peeps here thinks a player that plays primarily as a no 8 for is club is a DM. The fact that he sometimes plays as a DM doesn't make him a pure DM.
Some do it to push the Nwakali's agenda.

Just like i asked mostob and he never answered, "Who was Nwakali called to back up" since he said Onyeka is a back up to Ndidi..

Nwakali may start against Guinea Bissau cos we've already qualified, but no right thinking coach anywhere in the world will pick him over Onyeka..

DarkJeddi:


By implying a goal bound ball he stuck out a leg to save..

Was A TAME SHOT THAT HIT HIS LEG..

That is you implying the ball was not heading to goal..

That is you implying he knows nothing about stopping the ball from going in..

That is you discrediting his effort in saving a goal..

Like I said..

Give the devil his due..

Joezinho:


So our midfield was chaotic before he came in?

Are you trying to downplay Aribo or am i missing something.. Even though mikel was the president of backward passes, he protected the ball, dictated the pace of games, tackled like a monster, cherished wars and was smooth as silk.. Can you say the same about Nwakali?

TheGoodJoe:


No right thinking coach will bring in Onyeka who has a passing weakness to stabilize a chaotic midfield.

Finito.

Mujtahida:

Bye bye to the Oyinbo wall but then again one has to be careful in dismissing players. Who would have believed that Ekong would post consistent commanding performances in the wake of his last two Pre-afcon games for us?
Rohr did something to the mind of our players. He was an excellent scout but not - so great as a coach.

Joezinho:


Someone seeing this might feel Nwakali is the next maradona or mikel. Oga, your highly rated Nwakali also cannot pass. Reason he resorted to making back passes.

Joezinho:


Someone seeing this might feel Nwakali is the next maradona or mikel. Oga, your highly rated Nwakali also cannot pass. Reason he resorted to making back passes.

TheGoodJoe:
We have been crying for years that since Mikel left, the team lacked a midfield conductor. Kelechi Nwakali came in yesterday and nailed a 92% passing accuracy. Is that not what is needed?

Yet people want to crucify the boy. We had a chaotic midfield yesterday. He came in and did his bit. Yet people want to rain fire.

Haba.

TheSuperNerd:
Nope. I disagree. It's komekn, Odenigbo and some others trying to make it look that way.


Truth is Both can play together. I have always said this.

TheGoodJoe:


He nailed a 92% passing accuracy yesterday. He did the job.

IDENNAA:



Oga , stand your ground and make your arguments without throwing other people under the bus. I never compared them but due to the fact they both play in the midfield and this midfield has continued to struggle it requires thorough assessment , and possibly solutions. The questions should be ; Who plays there ? What do they bring and why is the midfield unable to hold possession and connect with attack. When we dissect thess issues bedevilling the team names of players come up.

I dont have anything against Aribo , all I ask of him is to bring stability to the team since its his responsibility....Aribo's duty is not to score but to instill a level of creativity and cohesion in the opponents area. Sadly , Aribo struggled to bring order in the first 25 minutes and it was during this time the midfield was in tatters. Yes , we scored an early goal which sort of concealed our apparent faults and lack of team play in the midfield.

TheGoodJoe:


This is Chidebere Nwakali, his elder brother.

Samueltemi337:
Onyekuru replace iwobi


iwobi replace Nwakali


Nwakali comes in as a sub Olayinka too

andrewbaba44:
Moses Simon was man of the Match

I said I should remind some of you guys

Oga meliforme what do you have to say about Moses Simon and how many possession did he lost yesterday

TheSuperNerd:
Focus on Aribo's strengths rather than his weakness.

He is no MF conductor but a hardworking and highly technical box-to-box midfielder who especially loves to attack the box.
So don't expect him to conduct plays. His style is different and he is bringing it to the table effectively.

Nwakali on the other hand is a MF conductor. So dictation/conduction will come easily to him. Finito.

Joezinho:


Then you shouldn't have brought whoscored.com stats just to make onyeka seem like the worse passer of the ball when in reality Nwakali can't do it better than other midfielders.

How many decisive or key passes did he make yesterday?

TheGoodJoe:
We have been crying for years that since Mikel left, the team lacked a midfield conductor. Kelechi Nwakali came in yesterday and nailed a 92% passing accuracy. Is that not what is needed?

Yet people want to crucify the boy. We had a chaotic midfield yesterday. He came in and did his bit. Yet people want to rain fire.

Haba.

IDENNAA:
By the way Cc.TheSuperNerd .... You haven't dropped Aribo's match day stats.

Joezinho:

Oh my bad. There's virtually no stats about this kid.

What exactly has he done to warrant a call up? There's next to nothing on Nwakali except fantasies ..

He is a flash in the pan player and importantly, his overall workrate is not at the level of any of the midfielders we currently have...

TheSuperNerd:
Focus on Aribo's strengths rather than his weakness.

He is no MF conductor but a hardworking and highly technical box-to-box midfielder who especially loves to attack the box.
So don't expect him to conduct plays. His style is different and he is bringing it to the table effectively.

Nwakali on the other hand is a MF conductor. So dictation/conduction will come easily to him. Finito.

elyte89:


Lol...wc conductor...shey na mushin olosha bus conductor aribo b

TheSuperNerd:


Are you ready to be stunned?

Spoiler: He worked harder than Ndidi on the day. Ndidi only got better later on in the presence of Nwakali.

sophtcopy:
Quick question pls,
Has Nigeria topped the group to qualified for the quater final with 6 points in hand? Even if Nigeria lose to E. Guinea(not possible tho) and Egypt beat Sudan with a wide goal margin

Simply put, is the head to head rule still applicable in AFCON?

Joezinho:


Someone seeing this might feel Nwakali is the next maradona or mikel. Oga, your highly rated Nwakali also cannot pass. Reason he resorted to making back passes.

TheGoodJoe:


That stat you showed was Chidebere Nwakali, not Kelechi Nwakali.

Secondly, I am not trying to downplay Frank Onyeka. No one is attacking your faves, so chill pill.

Players have strengths in their attributes. Midfield conducting and dictating is likely not Frank Onyeka's game. So do not use no coach will play this ahead of this. I have said repeatedly that football is not choosing game.

There are things Aribo brings that Nwakali can not bring. There are things Ndidi can bring, that Nwakali can't bring. Same with Onyeka etc. There are things Nwakali brings that they all can't bring. That is football.

As Okocha put it when talking about Iheanacho. "We all have our strengths and weaknesses."

safarigirl:


Not the same Nwakali bro

This is the elder Nwakali, the Nwakali in AFCON is Kelechi, not Chidiebere

TheGoodJoe:
We have been crying for years that since Mikel left, the team lacked a midfield conductor. Kelechi Nwakali came in yesterday and nailed a 92% passing accuracy. Is that not what is needed?

Yet people want to crucify the boy. We had a chaotic midfield yesterday. He came in and did his bit. Yet people want to rain fire.

Haba.

Joezinho:


Someone seeing this might feel Nwakali is the next maradona or mikel. Oga, your highly rated Nwakali also cannot pass. Reason he resorted to making back passes.

safarigirl:



Good Joe, please, hype Nwakali all you want, but comot Mikel name in the hype. Thank you.