Rockyrascal:
that mask the Atletico madrid young lad wore rather did more harm than good to his vision the last time I saw a dribble as superb as that was messi taking on J.boateng....Usman made him lie down in green pastures

Ahhhh.... Superb punchline... Mister you are wicked! So wicked in fact....

That Atletico defender right now...

Humility017:

but he plays there for Hull city this past season....?

bro... watch this guys play a reasonable opponet who really wanna win games before you start hype them...
me impressed but not to the point of hyping them...still remember the foolish games they played in CHAN especially in the final most of the goals today were individual brilliance from.the foreign legions... just take a look at how wasteful the NPFL strikers were.....

please sayn aina should be benched for an NPFL player whose club barely gets to the CAF league knock out stages.... is taking these excitement too far.

oga calm down, you think if Aina was born and breed in Nigeria he will were he is now, Our NPL players ain't bad, there is just too many factors that's not helping them grow

Martz101:


The fact that we want Echiejile out does not change the fact that Aina has not impress in the super eagles.

The home based eagle played with a better Morocco team and were beating, they were home and most of there players are national team players

are you sure you know that Morocco team well?
please stop sayn things you have little idea of ...

none of those Morocco Chan team were in their main.national team...virtually all their national team players are Europe based.
with many from Spanish and Dutch academics......
please try rewatch Nigeria vs Cameroon match in uyo again please.... that flip pass from Aina to moses is one thing elderson never did all through the match he played...
aina is way beyond the traditional kind of left back who sits back and don't join the attack.... the match against Algeria and Cameroon shows he can be very useful in nigeria counter attacking play than elderson.

rabzy:

And you don't know the matter at hand. Someone is saying he is not a legend and is just unnecessarily being hyped because he didn't have a medal. It's not a case of comparing one player against the other. There are multiple medal winning players all over the world that no one remembers 5 yrs after they retired but Jay Jay has left a lasting legacy for the same flicks and tricks he is criticised for. You can count the number of people that were able to do the things he did on your hands but medal winners are everywhere. This guy created dribbles for Pete's sake. He created them, successfully used and people will keep talking about it. Let the medal holders keep kissing their medals, they will only get a handshake from me, but Jay Jay will get a hug and be invited to dinner.

I never said he isn't a legend. Stop twisting words because of cheap likes and shares.

Humility017:

are you sure you know that Morocco team well?
please stop sayn things you have little idea of ...

none of those Morocco Chan team were in their main.national team...virtually all their national team players are Europe based.
with many from Spanish and Dutch academics......
please try rewatch Nigeria vs Cameroon match in uyo again please.... that flip pass from Aina to moses is one thing elderson never did all through the match he played...
aina is way beyond the traditional kind of left back who sits back and don't join the attack.... the match against Algeria and Cameroon shows he can be very useful in nigeria counter attacking play than elderson.

Did you just say none of their home based players are In their national team? As In none? None?
Na WA for una

TheSuperNerd:
Hahahahahahahahaha.... Baba Icon4s don go review our keeper's performance. He tried shaa but he flapped at most shots that came at him. Even that header by Torres, I expected him to do more. Femi Thomas' goalkeeping was a few times brave and beautiful but most times, it was shambolic...

At least we have seen Ajiboye, Thomas, which one remain? Afelokhai.

Unlimited22:

Did you just say none of their home based players are In their national team? As In none? None?
Na WA for una

Yes, he's correct. or can you do us a favour and name one home based player(Chan) in Morocco National team?

Looolll.... Add Okemuite Odah too. Him sef remain.

Icon4s:


At least we have seen Ajiboye, Thomas, which one remain? Afelokhai.

DrKlever:
Yes, he's correct. or can you do us a favour and name one home based player(Chan) in Morocco National team?

Ayoub El Kaabi.
Are you okay now?

Icon4s:


How can one be calling a 19 years old that is just coming up a flop already?


Do you know these two men pictured below?


They are Bright 10-10 Omokaro and Sunday Eboigbe.

Green Eagles Warlords of the 80s. If you miss the ball don't miss the leg

Leg breaking and bullying of opposition players were their trade marks

Lol funny you,leg breaking their trade mark.

Like seriously calling a 19 year old a flop i tire for the guy,someone who didnt get playing time at vvv venlo.

Even aaron ramsey of arsenal his loan at Nottingham Forest was not successful and he was 20 then,now aaron ramsey is a better player.

With all due respect the guy no get love for any player wey no b yoruba,he will not call a seyi ojo a flop but he is quick to call nwakali a flop

Unlimited22:

Ayoub El Kaabi.
Are you okay now?

He is not a first team player. if my memory serves me right, he never featured at the WCQ. No first team Morroco player featured in chan.

Martz101:


oga calm down, you think if Aina was born and breed in Nigeria he will were he is now, Our NPL players ain't bad, there is just too many factors that's not helping them grow

Lol....do you know the rudiments and knowledge of football he has been exposed to?
the truth is aina not being born in nigeria says a lot about his development that we should maximize
the npfl lads still has more to learn just take a look at how well usman Mohamed has come of age...likewise nwakali...
the European clubs have developed and schooled them....

DrKlever:
He is not a first team player. if my memory serves me right, he never featured at the WCQ. No first team Morroco player featured in chan.

Was that the question?

Unlimited22:

Did you just say none of their home based players are In their national team? As In none? None?
Na WA for una

please go find out.... none of those guys were in the main team as at that time they played....us.
if the npfl players were that good...you it show in the CAF championships they have Been playing....
one can't give what he don't have.

Unlimited22:

Was that the question?

No, but you can use your instinct to decode what he meant.. what impart would a player have from the bench without playing? it's as good as not being selected.

Do you know Morocco qualified for Russia with maximum points taken and no goals conceded in a group that had Ivory Coast?
You people should take it easy abeg. We all support the Eagles.

Humility017:

please go find out.... none of those guys were in the main team as at that time they played....us.
if the npfl players were that good...you it show in the CAF championships they have Been playing....
one can't give what he don't have.

I know Khalid Boutaib is their usual first choice striker, but right now, be honest, who would you pick?

TheSuperNerd:


Ahhhh.... Superb punchline... Mister you are wicked! So wicked in fact....
That Atletico defender right now...

1st thing I saw when I turned on my phone.. that dribble sha finish work, I tell you.

DrKlever:
No, but you can use your instinct to decode what he meant.. what impart would a player have from the bench without playing? it's as good as not being selected.

Okay.
I agree majority of their squad is based abroad, with other North African countries counting as abroad, but that El Kaabi is in the squad voids his statement. And I'm not so sure he's going to be on the bench.

Unlimited22:

Okay.
I agree majority of their squad is based abroad, with other North African countries counting as abroad, but that El Kaabi is in the squad voids his statement. And I'm not so sure he's going to be on the bench.

No home based player was in the Moroccan team during the qualifiers.

neezar:

cc skimpledawg

Such blasphemy...

K.Nwakali didn't flop. He did good for a midfielder who came in as a LW in his first eredivisie game and scored with a fine header. He went on to feature in nine games where he got gamt time here and there mostly from the bench. His highest minutes tally in a single game was 67 mins. How is he a flop then?

He had one goal in 9 games in the league in which he featured for 15mins, 15 Mins, 14mins, 61mins, 16mins, 4mins, 45mins, 59mins and 67 mins all respectively in which he played AM, CM, LW, RW. So how in the world did he flop? Abeg Egbon... Be honest naa... Haba naa.


In the Cup games, he played 90mins once as AM and shone in a 3-0 win. His next cup game he played 88mins bagging am assist. His next and last was just for 7mins as RW.


When he was loaned again to MVV, after the first half of the season, it was for more playing time opportunities as he was not getting enough with VVV Venlo. And guess what? He showed his class by coming up with 4 goals and 1 assist in 16 appearances as AM majorly. He was involved in lots of second assists (passes that lead to assists or what we call the assist before the assist). I took myvtime to watch his game on couple of occasions Egbon.

Kelechi is class. He will still grow and in him, I feel we have another true heir to Mikel's throne.

In all, he is not WC bound... He will keep growing. But it is certain that his quality has justified why Rohr had him and Osimhen in the picture of things for a while when he was asked last year about blooding in of youngsters for the future.

Rohr saw that game between Nigeria B and Atletico. Immediately after K.Nwakali scored, the camera showed Rohr's immediate reaction.. It was that of approval and a knowing that indeed the lad is class and one for the future of the team.

Kelechi's time is coming... His rise has been steady and he has not flopped. Let us please have perspective here.

For Russia 2018, I'm afraid the door is already closed. I should be first to clamour for his invite now but I won't. I believe in the right time. Sometimes the right time is not always now.

We have our WC midfield already but it is nice to see a small beautiful part of what lies ahead for the Super Eagles Post-Russia.

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.

Icon4s:


Oga, I say the Super Eagles will beat this Athletico team.

Na our small U23 boys play them like this e come be our Super Eagles.

Wow. People who scored at will. Who we couldn't stand when they felt like raising their game. Wow. Much wow.

tbaba1234:


Bros, you are reaching and clutching at straws.

How many people today know about the Van Basten, Zico, Gerd Muller, etc? If you are not Pele or Maradona, only football people will know you. Anyone with a knowledge of football knows Jay-Jay.

You don't need football knowledge to know okocha, even women know him, gyration songs about him still trend.

People drag traffic to there YouTube channel with his clips

Humility017:

Lol....do you know the rudiments and knowledge of football he has been exposed to?
the truth is aina not being born in nigeria says a lot about his development that we should maximize
the npfl lads still has more to learn just take a look at how well usman Mohamed has come of age...likewise nwakali...
the European clubs have developed and schooled them....

football is more of 50% raw talent and 20% knowledge aquired and 30%hardwork to improve, some of our players move directly from the NPL team straight to European first team.

So many youth players in England never made it to the first team, why? less talent

@First point.... I laugh. An Ivory Coast that no longer boasts the kind of attack that make one shivers?? The only thing going for Cote D Ivoire now is their midfield collection of Franck Kessie, Jean Michael Seri, Serey Die, Fofana, and more.Then up top they have menacing Zaha on the wings. Abi na Jonathan Kodjia wan put fear for pesin body? Man... Cote d' ivoire's attack is weak. #Fact There is no way they could have gotten a goal against that Moroccan defence (Benatia, Hakimi and co). They have no goals banger.

Also, A group having cote d ivoire still does not compare to A group of Algeria, Cameroun and Zambia and then you add Nigeria to top it up.... Man! I was telling you hours ago that this was the toughest WC Qualifying group in African WC qualifying history and you are here talking Côte d ivoire.... Na wa for u ooo.

Abeg give credits to whom it is due biko. You cannot tell me you wamt the best for the team yet still talk down on the team's achievements and quality. It is not in line with your show of support. Keep things balanced.



@Second point... I will pick Boutaib everyday of the week over El Kaabi. I know that Moroccan team so well. I even reckon their midfield to be arguably the best in Africa (Ziyech, El Ahmadi, Boussoufa). What Boutaib brings and has in terms of clinicality, European experience and exposure and box movements, my brother, El Kaabi is still a learner for him. And yes I have watched El Kaabi play.

Unlimited22:
Do you know Morocco qualified for Russia with maximum points taken and no goals conceded in a group that had Ivory Coast?
You people should take it easy abeg. We all support the Eagles.

I know Khalid Boutaib is their usual first choice striker, but right now, be honest, who would you pick?

Humility017:

are you sure you know that Morocco team well?
please stop sayn things you have little idea of ...

none of those Morocco Chan team were in their main.national team...virtually all their national team players are Europe based.
with many from Spanish and Dutch academics......
please try rewatch Nigeria vs Cameroon match in uyo again please.... that flip pass from Aina to moses is one thing elderson never did all through the match he played...
aina is way beyond the traditional kind of left back who sits back and don't join the attack.... the match against Algeria and Cameroon shows he can be very useful in nigeria counter attacking play than elderson.

don't confuse your self, i prefer aina to the worldcup than Echiejile, but the truth remain that his still yet to impress, we all know about sure 20 players going to the world cup, his place is not a sure bet.

Aina got his opportunity first before Ebuehi, but the few opportunity ebuehi got he made good use of it, Aina is still not there for me.

i hope he makes the worldcup team

Unlimited22:

Wow. People who scored at will. Who we couldn't stand when they felt like raising their game. Wow. Much wow.

If Athletico played like that against a full strength Nigerian squad, They will lose. It is easy to score when you want against the players that they played against. It will be harder against more seasoned pros.

Humility017:

Lol.... with these yard stick of yours.... someone like shehu would not have got a look in.likewise Sunday mba of afcon 2013

some times there exist exceptions to these rules...
for now nwakali deserve train with the main super eagles.... play same way against Congo...he should be drafted into the 23 man list....

all I want is the good of the super eagles and nothing else...

Shehu Abdullahi is a mediocre player. He's is never the best RB we have.

Where is Sunday Mba today? Late Stephen Keshi played oligarchy system to the extreme to the extent the best players in Europe where left to fade away.

He thought he could raise most of those players to world standard. Can you please show me one player Keshi turned to world class not to talk of average players?

Kelechi Nwakali flopped in the Eredivise and did not blow away minds with MOTM, TOTW or player of the month even after he was demoted to the lower division, did he?

How are sure the ones that MOTM, TOTW etc in a better league could have done better than Kelechi Nwakali yesterday if given the chance?

Did Kelechi Nwakali did something exceptional to had deserved an invitation in the first place?

Where you among those who justified the invitation of Simy siting performance in a better league?

So, exceptional rules is used for certain types of players while performance in a top league is the bascis standard measurement used for certain types of players in a country like ours!?

If you are for the good of the Super Eagles then you should have realised that many clubs will no longer be interested in Nigerian players once they discovered that they can't get into the National team no matter how good they are because they want players that good enough and marketable for profit.

You don't expect dem to buy mediocre players.

This Oligarchy structure of inviting certain players from a lowly leagues and bench warmers association has been trending for many years now

Like I said, with this two faced double standard measurement used, I don't think there shall be peace in this country.

tbaba1234:


If Athletico played like that against a full strength Nigerian squad, They will lose. It is easy to score when you want against the players that they played against. It will be harder against more seasoned pros.

A make shift Eagles team that was just put together in 3days. It was very obvious in the defense.

They were only just tactically superior to our boys last night. Apart from that our boys really played them.

Our main Super Eagles team will beat that Athletico team hands down.

Some people just like to talk down on their country men. That is it.

Nihilstjnr:


I'm not being dishonest here.

How can you be top of the game as a runner up? That's an oxymoron.

Xavi wasnt the best player in the world...he was however the top midfielder in Europe.

If you told me Xavi was at the top of the European game in his peak, I would also reject that. If you said he was the top midfielder however...

JayJay wasnt even that. Never the top player generally or top guy in his niche. He wasnt even the top guy in super eagles.


I remember the very first time I heard the phrase 'play to the gallery', it was used to describe JayJay.#

I dont want to muddle this discussion up cos I feel like ive strayed a bit.

My point remains that if you compare Okocha's career to his team mate like Kanu for example, it becomes immediately apparent that JayJay was a massive underachiever...and this was due to his indiscipline on(and reportedly off) the pitch.

if there is an underachiever then is kanu, bar Olympic which is not a national team competition, kanu never scored in any tournerment, played 3 worldcup and 6 nations cup.

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

thanks jare, one of our best player in 1994 worldcup was amunike he was in zamalek

forgiveness:


Shehu Abdullahi is a mediocre player. He's is never the best RB we have.

Where is Sunday Mba today? Late Stephen Keshi played oligarchy system to the extreme to the extent the best players in Europe where left to fade away.

He thought he could raise most of those players to world standard. Can you please show me one player Keshi turned to world class not to talk of average players?

Kelechi Nwakali flopped in the Eredivise and did not blow away minds with MOTM, TOTW or player of the month even after he was demoted to the lower division, did he?

How are sure the ones that MOTM, TOTW etc in a better league could have done better than Kelechi Nwakali yesterday if given the chance?

Did Kelechi Nwakali did something exceptional to had deserved an invitation in the first place?

Where you among those who justified the invitation of Simy siting performance in a better league?

So, exceptional rules is used for certain types of players while performance in a top league is the bascis standard measurement used for certain types of players in a country like ours!?

If you are for the good of the Super Eagles then you should have realised that many clubs will no longer be interested in Nigerian players once they discovered that they can't get into the National team no matter how good they are because they want players that good enough and marketable for profit.

You don't expect dem to buy mediocre players.

This Oligarchy structure of inviting certain players from a lowly leagues and bench warmers association has been trending for many years now

Like I said, with this two faced double standard measurement used, I don't think there shall be peace in this country.

"Certain players". Just come out open and say players from certain ethic group.

You don't think there shall be peace in this country then start a riot because your kinsmen were not picked for selection.