Icon4s:


You sure know the boy.

His build up play is excellent. He will always need to play 1-2 touches with a team mate to get over his opponents.
But when it comes to facing a defender 1 on 1 he usually falls short.

He is an excellent team player and also good in finishing. But the dribbling skills is not just there.

Mickael2:



you summed it up brilliantly. His two strong points are 1-2 touches and his finishing abilities. I do not really know about his aerial abilities but I remember it was just mildly okay

joseph1013:


He used to have a fairly good dribbling ability during his U17 days, and he showed glimpses of that during the Pellegrini era, though regressed. From what I have seen this season, the little dribbling ability he has has been drilled out of him. He now lacks that confidence of taking out outfield players. Another indictment of the Pep era on the young man.

forgiveness:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byWdLcz2XyE

Chai! See Iheanacho before he went to the drilling master school. They have killed the best part of his game at Manchester City.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rUrPUgzp4E


Please, open your eyes and count how many times Awoniyi dribbled in that match.

He is a better player on the air than all his contemporaries at the U17 stage.

Someone even said he doesn't have the ability in him. Hahahaha! Very funny.

Awoniyi was the best player in a competition that featured Kelechi Iheanacho and the rest.

Football na luck.

The same Awoniyi out performance his contemporaries at the U20 WC.

Without Awoniyi who singlehandedly won matches for us at the U17, we for no carry cup.

Awoniyi singlehandedly won a match that qualified us to the U23 Africa Nations Cup.

Since, people wanted their boys to go to the Olympics, pressure was mounted on the poor lad and to add salt to injury, Siasia damaged his confidence when he dropped him at the last minute.

Psychologically, he was downcasted and unfortunately, he went to Germany with this mind set. Poor boy.

forgiveness:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byWdLcz2XyE

Chai! See Iheanacho before he went to the drilling master school. They have killed the best part of his game at Manchester City.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rUrPUgzp4E


Please, open your eyes and count how many times Awoniyi dribbled in that match.

He is a better player on the air than all his contemporaries at the U17 stage.

Someone even said he doesn't have the ability in him. Hahahaha! Very funny.

Awoniyi was the best player in a competition that featured Kelechi Iheanacho and the rest.

Football na luck.

The same Awoniyi out performance his contemporaries at the U20 WC.

Without Awoniyi who singlehandedly won matches for us at the U17, we for no carry cup.

Awoniyi singlehandedly won a match that qualified us to the U23 Africa Nations Cup.

Since, people wanted their boys to go to the Olympics, pressure was mounted on the poor lad and to add salt to injury, Siasia damaged his confidence when he dropped him at the last minute.

Psychologically, he was downcasted and unfortunately, he went to Germany with this mind set. Poor boy.

Icon4s:


You sure know the boy.

His build up play is excellent. He will always need to play 1-2 touches with a team mate to get over his opponents.
But when it comes to facing a defender 1 on 1 he usually falls short.

He is an excellent team player and also good in finishing. But the dribbling skills is not just there.

forgiveness:


Since, people wanted their boys to go to the Olympics, pressure was mounted on the poor lad and to add salt to injury, Siasia damaged his confidence when he dropped him at the last minute.

Psychologically, he was downcasted and unfortunately, he went to Germany with this mind set. Poor boy.

Mickael2:


I am pretty sure you are just being biased because if you watched the U17 you would see that Awoniyi was merely a finisher. When did he win the best player at the U17? Last I checked Iheanacho did

Joebie:
I for join this argument. I think "who is a better striker?" will bring more quality debate. then we can look at all their attributes. Dribbling alone is not enough for a striker. Some strikers dribble without any good end product, like good passes or scoring -- that does not help the team in any way.

Humility017:


of course he is being biased....
there is point in his argument...
taiwo was one player I so admire during his stints with Nigeria age grade team...a great finisher
remember his goals against Uruguay..

just pray he lives up to our expectations

Mickael2:


I am not saying he is a bad player, I am just saying that forgiveness is overhyping the lad. Against Uruguay or was it Mexico, I can remember that Yahaya did everything in the middle, gave it to Iheanacho who produced a brilliant over the top ball for Awoniyi and his only contribution was that he put it away, but Forgiveness is now saying that he saved us countless times which was false. He was merely the finisher there, he didn't really score any brilliant individual strike that won us games

Icon4s:


Yeah, very correct.

But a striker being able to dribble adds more to his abilities.

Olivier Giroud comes to mind. In the whole of the EPL I don't think there is any striker that is as good as Giroud in terms of tap-ins and aerial headers in front of goal (maybe except Andy Carrol). But have u ever seen a goal where he takes on a defender one on one to create chance for himself to score. If Giroud had such dribbling abilities like Aguero added to his excellent positioning for tap-ins and headers, no striker for near him in the EPL o.

Immediately I saw Awoniyi's poor dribbling abilities at the U17, I was not sure he would emerge as a lethal striker, sincerely.
A player like that maybe suitable for the English game. Could be why Liverpool went after him and sent him on loan to Germany where they don't do much of dribbling but are still very lethal in front of goal.

I wish the young lad all the best anyways.

Orkpekyandega:

Thank you Sir Forgiveness, watching these guys displays reminds me of the old memories of their excellent display. Who will watch these clips and still doubt their ages Oh my God Kelechi looked really young.

tbaba1234:
Chidera Ezeh's goal
He played as a right winger.. icon4s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AecyNqBam68&sns=tw

Icon4s:


OK. Better. More like it.

I was wondering when you initially mentioned he played as a DM.

joseph1013:


He used to have a fairly good dribbling ability during his U17 days, and he showed glimpses of that during the Pellegrini era, though regressed. From what I have seen this season, the little dribbling ability he has has been drilled out of him. He now lacks that confidence of taking out outfield players. Another indictment of the Pep era on the young man.

maidaboi:
thanks i have not seen him make an understanding dribbling

maidaboi:
ok sir, please rate these players dribbling skills on the scale of 1 - 100%
kelechi iheanacho
victor osimhen
kelechi nwakali
samuel kalu
simon moses
henry oyekuru
alex iwobi
isaac success
taiwo awoniyi
obazee
chuba akpom
stephen odey
wilfred indidi
musa yahaya
ajagun

cc thegoodjoe, forgiveness, thesupernerd, joseph1013,komehn, goldfish, bascovenveli, tezurum5 and all the thread members please give your ratings

Mickael2:


I am pretty sure you are just being biased because if you watched the U17 you would see that Awoniyi was merely a finisher. When did he win the best player at the U17? Last I checked Iheanacho did

maidaboi:
ok sir, please rate these players dribbling skills on the scale of 1 - 100%
kelechi iheanacho
victor osimhen
kelechi nwakali
samuel kalu
simon moses
henry oyekuru
alex iwobi
isaac success
taiwo awoniyi
obazee
chuba akpom
stephen odey
wilfred indidi
musa yahaya
ajagun

cc thegoodjoe, forgiveness, thesupernerd, joseph1013,komehn, goldfish, bascovenveli, tezurum5 and all the thread members please give your ratings

tbaba1234:


Siasia gave Awoniyi plenty of opportunities.. He was dropped based on poor performances.

TheGoodJoe:


I can understand forgiveness displaying his massive bias in his analysis but I find it difficult when another absorbs it. Is it not Iheanacho in our last friendly against Senegal that comments came of Iheanacho making some nice moves? During the game, someone even asked who was the player making such moves and another replied Iheanacho.

Now someone can absorb Awoniyi is a better dribbler. Remarkable. Please stop this campaign. It is sickening. Is it not Iheanacho we watched dribble the goalkeeper and score that earned him CNN goal of the week.

People should fear God.

forgiveness:



Hehehehe!

See as Awoniyi take dribble defender and keeper join before he come score.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rUrPUgzp4E

Humility017:


God bless you...I still remember all I saw of him during the under17 and part of his games for under 20.

the truth is this players are unique in their abilities...

TheGoodJoe:



Dribble King should go to Aluko. Definitely ahead of Most Super Eagles player. Another notable mention is Isaac Success. Even though without much games, his performance against Manchester United where he skinned Bailly and completed the most dribbles in the game with few minutes on the pitch.

Victor Moses comes third to me. Exceptional at going past players. Deserved a rating higher than Success, but what Success did in that game blew my mind.

Onyekuru is another beast but I think he needs to work with a quality coach to refine his game before we can judge him.

Not really watched much of them to give a thorough rating. Simon Moses looks good also but misses tricks a bit too much for my liking.

Iheanacho has played too directly under Pellegrini that it will take a bit long to get him appreciating the deep style of build-up plays. He also does not hold on to the ball for long to have a chance to judge his dribbling skills.