TheSuperNerd:
The Man City Youth coaches said something when Nacho arrived the EDS and began his further development.... I am sure you remember.

The words remain with me always......

They said, ".......... By the time we are done with Nacho (Iheanacho), we would make "a messi" outta him".


In Nacho, I see traits of many of the greats of the beautiful game from Pele to Eusebio, from Mario Kempes to Zico, from Marco Van Basten to even Romario, from George Weah to Jari Litmanen, from KANU Nwankwo to Samuel Eto'o fils, from C.Ronaldo the goals machine to Lionel Messi the alien himself....


To be honest, I have super analysed Nacho's style, game, attitude to the sport, and more..... and I tell you confidently that Nacho is a super amalgam of all the names I mentioned above based on one or two traits related to each name and even some more not mentioned..... IHEANACHO HAS TRAITS OF SEVERAL Greats In HIS GAME and Overall attitude added upon his very own unique features.


This is why I strongly assert that in NACHO we have a player who won't go on to be the next Lionel Messi or next CR9 or CR7 (he was CR9 at Real before he became CR7 ).... noooooo..... We have an Original like Jay Jay Okocha was an original. KANU, Finidi, Amuneke, Yekini, and other key members of Nigeria's First Golden Generation were Originals.


"Iheanacho won't go on to be the next 'Anything' (be it next messi, next C.Ronaldo, or next Pele.... nope). He has traits from all of them.... This kid is gonna become the VERY FIRST KELECHI IHEANACHO"....-- SuperNerd's Super Computers/Super Analytics intelligence Advanced Research's final conclusion after 10th Super players potentials super diagnosis re-run of tests in His Special Super Labs.



Iheanacho will go on to become the First Iheanacho and soon people will come to associate the name "Iheanacho" with the terms, "World's best Footballer", " World Class Star", etc just like Einstein became associated with the word "Genius"..... you will think The names Einstein and Genius are super synonyms. Just like the way David is associated with the name Giant Slayer.... and more

Even when you hear Messi today, tell me what comes to your mind?

Or when you hear Edison? Bill Gates? **think about it**




IHEANACHO HEADLINES A NEW SUPER GOLDEN ERA IN OUR FOOTBALL...... IT ALL BEGAN IN 2013. I will always keep citing the birth year as 2013 that began the rise of these Super talents home and abroad....

Even Ed Dove couldn't help but write a beautiful piece about Nigeria's New Golden Era on the rise

Read it here:


THANK GOD THIS THREAD CARRIES A NAME THAT MATCHES WHAT WE ARE GRADUALLY WITNESSING....... "The Dawn of a new Era"



[img]http://hookedoninspiration.files./2013/06/dawn-of-a-new-era_1.jpg?w=1212&h=612[/img]

TheGoodJoe:


So far so good. As long as Nacho keeps it in mind that he has to keep working hard. Keep listening to his coaches and senior brothers of both club and country.

CR7 keeps pushing himself. That is what I expect from not just Nacho but these future Stars of Nigerian and World Football.

TheGoodJoe:


In short, "he is someone you can control."

When are we going to play top friendlies to grade our team. The Copa America is close and we can not play one of the top South American teams like Chile or Brazil. That is how we can grade our coaches, not Mali and Luxembourg.

enomakos:
i agreed but it is not a bad friendly either

TheGoodJoe:


No it is not bad a bar friendly. I am looking at it as we are starting from scratch and slowly building up. However, the World Cup qualifiers is fast approaching and we should pick up the pace. Not qualifying is not an option.

TheSuperNerd:
Nice Write-up Sir Chrisooblog... Well done...

We shall update as usual but those are the central actors that we expect to secure that Russia 2018 WC ticket by fire or by thunder.... by earthquake or by raining brimstones...

It's Crunch time!

BascoVanVeli:


Not when those jerks are having a brawl in the glasshouse as reported by espnfc. I am seriously getting tired of the non football wahala in Nigeria smh.

[size=14pt]I AM READY TO LEAD SUPER EAGLES - SALISU YUSUF[/size]



Super Eagles caretaker Salisu Yusuf has declared his willingness to take the country’s top coaching post on a fulltime basis.

READ: Yusuf backs Eagles young guns

The former Enyimba and Kano Pillars coach was in temporary charge of the Eagles for the recent friendlies against Mali and Luxembourg.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are due to announce a substantive coach ahead of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, which begin in October.

Yusuf will now be one of the top contenders after he acquitted himself in the wins over Mali and Luxembourg which has helped Nigeria climb six spots up the FIFA rankings.

And he said he is equal to the task especially after he assisted the country’s last three coaches – Stephen Keshi, Sunday Oliseh and Samson Siasia.

“I can take responsibility at this level,” said the former El Kanemi and Ranchers Bees midfielder, who said he was grateful to the NFF for giving him the opportunity to lead the country’s team for the first time.

“I have been working as a coach for the past 15 years. I will work a lot harder because the responsibility is higher. It will not change my philosophy as a coach.

“I will not be surprised if I’m given the job because I have assisted three coaches (Keshi, Oliseh and Siasia). I know the job and I can do the job.”

Yusuf further said one of his priorities as head coach is to work with players who are playing regularly at their clubs whether locally or overseas.

“I will use active players, playing for their clubs regularly, conditioning and match fitness will come from their clubsides. We will only discus tactics and strategy for the four days we are together before a game,” he said.

“The quality of the player cannot be compromised and if he is active, he can take responsibility

“If you are playing for your club, it will be easier for you to play for the national team.”

http://africanfootball.com/news/630305/I-am-ready-to-lead-Super-Eagles-Salisu-Yusuf

Mickael2:
Absolutely fascinating write-up@ chrisooblog, but I do have a few suggestions.

Carl Ikeme is not Enyeama or even close, no offence. Being a GK isn't only about your shot stopping ability but also your ability to organise your defence. Supersport9 was showing highlights of our Afcon2013 and you could see how Enyeama was tirelessly organizing his defence,that trait is not found in Ikeme but he is a good GK still.My suggestion would be to blood in Alampasu,he is 18 now or so,if he can become our first choice in 2 years time, then not only will he continue to improve,but even before he gets to 25, he would have been a constant figure and our defenders would respect him and obey him. I also think that the Enyimba goalie is better than Ezenwa, not Femi Thomas, the other guy. Does anyone know where Dani Paul is?!

Your right back and left back choices are spot on. Odubajo and Madu are the best we can think of now so no arguments there. Then in the CB dept, you made mention of Ambrose and Obaobona, no no no please, not those two. Oboabona i can manage but Ambrose?He looks more like TB Joshua than an actual footballer, scrap him please? We have Gbenga Arokoyo and one young blood who plays for Barca's team B. I watched most of the BarcaB games in the segunda division and he was decent, clearly not a starter because let's face it, Omeruo and Ekong are our future right about now so he will just be a bench piece. Also i would not include Leon Balogun in the 'CB list'. He is a right back,we should stop playing people out of position, and he would provide decent competition for Odubajo, Musa is still too young and inexperienced and he is not better than them either.

The midfield gets tricky,I think we only have enough room for either Mikel OR Onazi not the two. No matter the formation that the coach chooses to implement, we can't have them both in a 23-man squad. If we play a double pivot like we normally do(which I do not like), it has to be Ndidi and Mikel, if we play a single pivot then none of them should be in the team or maybe Mikel can get the nod ahead of Ndidi now while Ndidi gains the experience he needs for the future, but Mikel and Onazi won't work in a limited list. Then Etebo,he should try to move into the striking position,your list was quite short of AMFs which we badly need now.Only Iwobi is decent there as an Amf(please don't say Michael Babatunde,I'm still not a fan). And that's where we need the scouts to work because we can't go about with only one Amf. In my dream midfield, we would replicate Barca's midfield, Mikel as the true DMF(Busquets), Ogu as the work horse(I don't know if Ndidi can play as the box to box CMF) and Iwobi as the flair and attacking player(Iniesta's role). You can flip it to Madrid too,their midfield works thesame way, all good teams implement thesame style these days,so playing two DMFs does not work anymore.So if our team has to contain 6 mids, I would go for Ogu, Ndidi,Mikel,Iwobi,Babatunde and Yahaya(the last two are bench pieces and Yahaya can cover for almost any of the midfield positions)

The striking dept is extremely tricky. But i would include Kayode over Ighalo for example(you remember Kayode right?). And also Musa is not clinical for Nigeria, I remember the one he did in that Afcon2013 final, he was sent through on goal and he fell down with no one close to him,lol! All in all we are blessed with enough talent, I didn't even mention Azubuike, Rabiu Ibrahim and so many others, we just need the right formation to click!

chrisooblog:
thanks mickael2 for your nice contributions

on carl i would never suggest he's up to enyeama level but you have to admit carl has been decent considering the dodgy defenders he's had to work with as for ezenwa i am cool with any talented home based keeper replacing him.

bros believe me i very grudgely added ambrose. he's just a short term option who i would gladly drop like hot asaro.

i personally think mikel and onazi can still function in the same team. bruv you are seriously underating babatunde o. about attacking midfielders that's why i included yayaha, nwobodo as honourable mentions.

i still insist ahmed musa can be useful in attack if the coaches use him better tactically. yes i know kayode he is a good addition

TheGoodJoe:
From one of my Old Post after Coach Keshi lost his Super Eagles coaching job.

[b]
Thank you Coach Keshi for your hard work. The new stars you discovered for the country and the home based lads you exposed and gave them hope for a better life.

Coach Keshi and his crew are heroes. I will never forget them.

*******************************************************************


My Best Moments Under Coach Keshi and his crew.

The Super Eagles draw against Catalonia. Nice goal by Bright Dike.
The Super Eagles success in defeating Cote d'Ivoire at AFCON.
The demolition of Mali at the AFCON.
The Triumph over Burkina Faso and the win of the AFCON.
Mikel's lovely goal against Uruguay at the Confederations cup.
Mikel's dominating performance against Spain.
Mikel's nomination for the African Player Of The Year.

The turn around performance of the Super Eagles in the CHAN game against Morocco.
The equalising goal by Uzoenyi against Morroco at the CHAN. A lovely curling goal.
The winning goal by Ibrahim Abubakar. The dance after the goal was funny and memorable.

Nigeria's World Cup Qualification winning game. The way people of Calabar ran to the section of the VIP crew to Celebrate with the Governor of the Cross River state - Gov. Liyel Imoke.

The draw against Italy. The man of the match performance of Shola Ameobi. One assist and A Lovely goal by Shola Ameobi after receiving an amazing cross from Benjamin Francis.

The defeat of Bosnia at the World Cup. A Nice slot in by Osaze and a last minute foot save by Enyeama, stopping Dzeko's chance of a last minute equaliser.
The brace of Ahmed Musa against Argentina.

Finally the brace and goals from Ahmed Musa against Sudan. The lovely goal from Aaron Samuel. Despite all the criticism of bringing a player from the Chinese league, showed Aaron Samuel had quality.

Miss you Da Big Boss and his crew.[/b]

Mickael2:
Absolutely fascinating write-up@ chrisooblog, but I do have a few suggestions.

Carl Ikeme is not Enyeama or even close, no offence. Being a GK isn't only about your shot stopping ability but also your ability to organise your defence. Supersport9 was showing highlights of our Afcon2013 and you could see how Enyeama was tirelessly organizing his defence,that trait is not found in Ikeme but he is a good GK still.My suggestion would be to blood in Alampasu,he is 18 now or so,if he can become our first choice in 2 years time, then not only will he continue to improve,but even before he gets to 25, he would have been a constant figure and our defenders would respect him and obey him. I also think that the Enyimba goalie is better than Ezenwa, not Femi Thomas, the other guy. Does anyone know where Dani Paul is?!

Your right back and left back choices are spot on. Odubajo and Madu are the best we can think of now so no arguments there. Then in the CB dept, you made mention of Ambrose and Obaobona, no no no please, not those two. Oboabona i can manage but Ambrose?He looks more like TB Joshua than an actual footballer, scrap him please? We have Gbenga Arokoyo and one young blood who plays for Barca's team B. I watched most of the BarcaB games in the segunda division and he was decent, clearly not a starter because let's face it, Omeruo and Ekong are our future right about now so he will just be a bench piece. Also i would not include Leon Balogun in the 'CB list'. He is a right back,we should stop playing people out of position, and he would provide decent competition for Odubajo, Musa is still too young and inexperienced and he is not better than them either.

The midfield gets tricky,I think we only have enough room for either Mikel OR Onazi not the two. No matter the formation that the coach chooses to implement, we can't have them both in a 23-man squad. If we play a double pivot like we normally do(which I do not like), it has to be Ndidi and Mikel, if we play a single pivot then none of them should be in the team or maybe Mikel can get the nod ahead of Ndidi now while Ndidi gains the experience he needs for the future, but Mikel and Onazi won't work in a limited list. Then Etebo,he should try to move into the striking position,your list was quite short of AMFs which we badly need now.Only Iwobi is decent there as an Amf(please don't say Michael Babatunde,I'm still not a fan). And that's where we need the scouts to work because we can't go about with only one Amf. In my dream midfield, we would replicate Barca's midfield, Mikel as the true DMF(Busquets), Ogu as the work horse(I don't know if Ndidi can play as the box to box CMF) and Iwobi as the flair and attacking player(Iniesta's role). You can flip it to Madrid too,their midfield works thesame way, all good teams implement thesame style these days,so playing two DMFs does not work anymore.So if our team has to contain 6 mids, I would go for Ogu, Ndidi,Mikel,Iwobi,Babatunde and Yahaya(the last two are bench pieces and Yahaya can cover for almost any of the midfield positions)

The striking dept is extremely tricky. But i would include Kayode over Ighalo for example(you remember Kayode right?). And also Musa is not clinical for Nigeria, I remember the one he did in that Afcon2013 final, he was sent through on goal and he fell down with no one close to him,lol! All in all we are blessed with enough talent, I didn't even mention Azubuike, Rabiu Ibrahim and so many others, we just need the right formation to click!