forgiveness:


Hmmmmm! The bolded is almost true looking at the midfield.

tbaba1234:


This is false..

Okocha is well known globally. I have asked by strangers in the US about Okocha, Kanu and even Amokachi.

TheSuperNerd:


I think they have to worry about Conte first... Is he in or out? Lol... I hear Sarri rumors... Ahhhh.. Chelsea... Na just because Our Victor Moses dey dia shaa...

Chelsea fans before the FA Cup final as seen below....

Joebie:
I meant to say 2nd goal.

elyte89:



Baba u just wan tackle dis our gk


Except if a gk is lucky by standing where d ball is coming to,its very difficult to stop a close range heading (shot),d head can turn any where, d likes of de gea and co wouldn't av stopped Torres header yday

forgiveness:


How can Kelechi Nwakali merit going to the world Cup?

I thought we have agreed that the best have been selected from the top leagues in Europe?

Did Nwakali play in one of the top leagues in Europe?

Didn't he flopped in the Eredivise in the first half of last season before he was demoted to second division?

Was he even spectacular in the second division of Eredivise where he played in the second half of the season?

Was he the best Nigerian player in his role in a top league in Europe last season?

How can you set a standard in the morning and break it at will in the evening?

Or is the standard applicable to some players and not to some players hence the bending of rules for some particular players?

How can we tell if our best player in Europe would have performed better than Nwakali tonight if invited?

Hahahahahaha! People can deceive themselves ooooooo.

goldfish80:


First of all, they have the desire and passion to play for the team much more than a guy you go cap in hand and roll the red carpet for. And for reference purposes, I will like that Enyimba left back given a chance to fight for the left back position while Aina moves over to the rich back to slug it out with Ebuehi, then Shehu takes over from Ogu. Aina has hoofed and puffed in the left back position so far in his super eagles career. While Idowu's body language smarks the ambiance of a guy who is not in this for the long run. I say this because he often looks isolated and cold socially among the group. Maybe, I'm thinking too much but this is just my observation so far.

Unlimited22:

You are dodging my question.

Nihilstjnr:


There are certain things that guarantee immortality in the game - Trophies, and individual honours.

You're right that as we grow older, the memories fade. The records however dont.

100 years from now, a kid using the google equivalent of that era could be looking through a list of EPL winners and find Yaya Toure. Or perhaps via a list of past APOTY winners. Maybe UCL past winners.

To find jayjay, the same kid will need to have either arcane knowlegde, or may have to rely on blind luck to stumble accross his clips on that era's equivalent of youtube. Career wise, there are simply no trophies or awards alluding to the great talent he posessed.

This is a man who could have had it all...but didn't due to a nonchalant attitude to tactical football.

I'm not mad at that...just calling it as i see it

Humility017:

Abeg go sleep.....
all you wrote there carries no sense...
thank rohr watched the young man play... and he knows what he wants....

who agreed with you that only the best players playing in big leagues should go to the world cup?

world cup are not for players in big leagues.....but players with the heart of a lion

Nihilstjnr:


If you weren't Nigerian or aren't of a certain age bracket (25 and above) you probably wouldn't even have heard of him.

The club's he played for were entrant Frankfurt, fernabache, psg, Bolton and hull.

you'd need to have pretty niche football knowledge to know a player who played at these middling clubs in the 90s and mid naughties.

Neimar:
Argentina to spank Nigeria silly nd Messi wins d World Cup...amen

forgiveness:


Do you mean players with the heart of a Lion are found in lowly second division leagues?

If Kelechi Nwakali is a player with a Lion's heart, how come he flopped in the Eredivise and got demoted to the lower division where he didn't show sign of one with Lion's heart?

Is there any sense in what you are saying?

Well, it is the normal Nigerian two faced double standard mentality that brought us here.

It began the first time we experienced coup in this country and it's still d same till date.

There shall be no peace with this kind of sense you are playing.

forgiveness:


Do you mean players with the heart of a Lion are found in lowly second division leagues?

If Kelechi Nwakali is a player with a Lion's heart, how come he flopped in the Eredivise and got demoted to the lower division where he didn't show sign of one with Lion's heart?

Is there any sense in what you are saying?

Well, it is the normal Nigerian two faced double standard mentality that brought us here.

It began the first time we experienced coup in this country and it's still d same till date.

There shall be no peace with this kind of sense you are playing.

neezar:
If u like say shyte about me

I will always say the truth

we don't av the squad to compete in the world cup...stop hyping all these guys

only moses, ihenacho and ighalo will try to initiate something for us

look at most top flight clubs in England or Spain....Most of their youth teams are filled with nigerians.....Instead of us to develop these players and make them ready for any big event, No we end up fielding these below average players at every competition

neezar:
If u like say shyte about me

I will always say the truth

we don't av the squad to compete in the world cup...stop hyping all these guys

only moses, ihenacho and ighalo will try to initiate something for us

look at most top flight clubs in England or Spain....Most of their youth teams are filled with nigerians.....Instead of us to develop these players and make them ready for any big event, No we end up fielding these below average players at every competition

andrew444:


Nwakali started well at vvv venlo,with only 9 games and 1 goal for a MD then the coach stopped playing now you are calling him flop.


He is still a young guy growing,i am not surprised you are quick to call him flop because he is not yoruba,everybody know you in this thread and most people are tired of your antics.

Are you not still the same person that once called for a seyi ojo to be invited just because he is from liverpool academy and he is yoruba,i am glad you are not the coach,your analysis are FAILURES,If you are a football coach you will not even make it in the Nigeria premier league,because of your antics,I know you are still crying like a sheep that kayode is not invited to the national team,what about your ajagun,OGA FORGIVENESS ABEG REST.

forgiveness:



Really!?

There was never a time Argentina spank Nigeria silly in the world cup.

Even the first defeat was ojoro and lack experience.

I think our team is a little bit better than 2014 set in terms of team play.

TheSuperNerd:
I'm rewatching the clips of the Nigeria B vs Atletico Madrid game and mehn that Kelechi Nwakali goal.... I never even talk of Usman magic.



I guess this is the look Oblak gave Kelechi N. for sending him to market with that screamer.....

Oblak: Just imagine ehn.... Such a rude and disrespectful young man!

soetanoreoluwa:


Name 6 more players in England and Spain that are not below average and not in this current team.

neezar:
If u like say shyte about me

I will always say the truth

we don't av the squad to compete in the world cup...stop hyping all these guys

only moses, ihenacho and ighalo will try to initiate something for us

look at most top flight clubs in England or Spain....Most of their youth teams are filled with nigerians.....Instead of us to develop these players and make them ready for any big event, No we end up fielding these below average players at every competition

rabzy:


People who have medals are a dime a dozen, every year hundreds of players win a medal all over Europe, majority of these medal winners will fade into obscurity after their career, nobody would create YouTube videos for them and nobody would be telling their kids about them after they are gone. I will tell my kids about JJ, in frankfurt kids still hear about Jj, in Bolton he is regarded as a legend and the best player in the last 20 yrs, in academies all over the world kids download his videos just to master one of his tricks. He has hung an indelible medal in our hearts, which surpasses any thing a lacklustre kick and follow medal-hanging player will ever earn.

Nihilstjnr:


Yekini was a local champion

Yekini only won that award due to a format change that allowed there to be two awards that year

The AFOTY award he won wasnt the one awarded by France Football( The magazine which originally invented the award in the 70s, and also invented the Balon D'or)

Yekini won another AFOTY awarded by a magazine that doesnt even exist today.

I'm not trying to trivialise his achievements, i'm only setting some context.

Football as you know is a game of demand - if you are that good, the big clubs will come in for you. And Yekini never played at a big club...not even a mid level club.

I see no real difference between Yekini's career and someone like Emenalo's to be perfectly honest.

Martz101:


Emenalo compared to yekini wetin i no go see for this thread

Icon4s:
At least we now know why Salisu has kept faith Ikechukwu Ezenwa.

Humility017:

you should stop hyping this guys just because of one game wonder....
please let them play more games...then you can tell how good they're...

I still remember how they got embarrassed during the Chan final.... the home lads of Morocco ran riot on them...
please don't pull down aina to promote a player who can't stand the heat