andrew444:


Yes he is one of the strikers but he is the one to start

Joebie:
As long as Ighalo is scoring for us in the SE I have no complains.

Icon4s:


The only other player that did it was in 1978.

ChrisKels:


Is he really scoring? Abi na bkus of those off days he had against Lybia make u come dey think him a scoring striker? U guys are funny.

ChrisKels:



As he did in Russia abi?

Dude was so poor the coach had to improvise a format to try turn our fortune around, hence relegating his missing ass to the bench.

Curtisaxel7:


Oga Ighalo's goals against Libya were no fluke. Go and rewatch his last goal in the 2nd leg then come back and tell me he's not a talented striker. Same goes for his goal against Cameroon in WC qualifying.

Ighalo had to virtually create those beautiful goals from nothing. A Kelechi Iheanacho will never give you that in a thousand years.

Curtisaxel7:


Sorry to say this but only a darned fool will blame Ighalo for our loss to Croatia. A match in which Mikel Obi abandoned his position to play CM with Ndidi and Etebo thereby destroying the balance of our midfield. A match in which Moses was falling at the touch of every passing breeze and Iwobi was invisible. A match in which Uzoho's long passes were as useful as the "ueue" in "queue". How can you blame the top 9 for failing to score in such a situation?. When there is zero creativity, what can the striker do?

Unless if you were expecting Ighalo to pick the ball from the SE goal post, dribble the entire 10 Croatian players and score.

ChrisKels:



As he did in Russia abi?

Dude was so poor the coach had to improvise a format to try turn our fortune around, hence relegating his missing ass to the bench.

Icon4s:


Don't rate them with that WC outing only. They have an excellent pedigree at the AFCON especially as they are playing on home soil.

To me they are number 1 favorite

Curtisaxel7:


Sorry to say this but only a darned fool will blame Ighalo for our loss to Croatia. A match in which Mikel Obi abandoned his position to play CM with Ndidi and Etebo thereby destroying the balance of our midfield. A match in which Moses was falling at the touch of every passing breeze and Iwobi was invisible. A match in which Uzoho's long passes were as useful as the "ueue" in "queue". How can you blame the top 9 for failing to score in such a situation?. When there is zero creativity, what can the striker do?

Unless if you were expecting Ighalo to pick the ball from the SE goal post, dribble the entire 10 Croatian players and score.

ChrisKels:


Is he really scoring? Abi na bkus of those off days he had against Lybia make u come dey think him a scoring striker? U guys are funny.

ChrisKels:


All these excuses still played out against Iceland yet Musa was able to conjure something outta it. How about that for a food for thought? Thats the stuff strikers are made off. Only lazy strikers give more excuses than goals. No matter how poor our team played then, an Aghawonder or Garri Master( Ike Uche) would surely give u a goal or two. Wait oo, did u even watch Emmanuel Emenike in Eagles' shirt?

Chai na vex u dey vex so, pele oo no cry I nugo?

ChrisKels:


Is he really scoring? Abi na bkus of those off days he had against Lybia make u come dey think him a scoring striker? U guys are funny.

andrew444:


If musa no score that 2 goals una go don use mouth finish am

Emenike is a better player than ighalo we all know that

But was he that special ? Say because we win afcon?

Emenike 37 appearance 9 goals .

Same emenike failed to scored an Epl goal for west ham in 13 games during his Loan stint

ChrisKels:


In summary, what I can make off this post is a that Emenike wasnt special, buh, as poor as Emenike was, he still is better than Ighalo is and will ever be. Choi boy u wicked oo

Oh so for ur mind, to win Afcon easy abi? The strikers u all shrine here, from Kanu, Utaka, Martins, Yakubu, Osaze et al, none of them smelled AFCON silver medal, let alone gold. None of dem ever came tops in the scoring chart of an Afcon throughout their playing careers, respectively, unlike Emenike.

Emenike scored his goals with crap players like Ogude, Igiebor, Mba, Onazi playing as his midfielders, yet u are here making excuses for Ighalo that has the likes of Iwuobi, Mikel, Ndidi, Moses, in form Musa et al?

Earthquake2:


He has 5 goals in his last two matches

What were you saying??

Clementoke:



Yeah, that was under Austin Eguavoen. We were 9th because we played no matches for many months during that period. The next time we took our 9th position to the pitch, Ghana disgrace us 4-1for the 1st time in 15years. Junior Agogo(of all players), Frimpong and co dealt with our eagles that day. Will never forget that match. So sad.
They even beat us with 10 men in 2008 AFCON and Agogo scored again

I'll rather remain in these "bad new days" than those "good old days"

ChrisKels:


Musa has none buh, we still know who is the boss. When all chips are down, legends emerge, Ighalo doesnt belong there, Musa does

Remember the saying, the rougher the waves... In such cases, the likes of Ighalo get overwhelmed, while the less heralded Musas ensure the ship anchors unscathed. On this ground, I reiterate, Ighalo is a rope of sand. He is a big joke and is not worth that Eagles' top striker tag.

andrew444:


See just take it that ighalo will lead the line as a striker during this afcon

Better go do fasting and prayer make e break leg

Enjoy ighalo till rohr leaves

You can talk from now till next year ,all those one wey you dey call your boys dem no go dey there .

Emenike time don come and pass ,I will always tell you he is a good player ,I won't be bias like you .

ChrisKels:


Hey you boy, u making the same mistake again. It is not cast in stone that Ighalo would be leading the lines. Remember, before the world cup, u said he owned the number 9, buh at the World Cup proper he turn out a bench warmer instead, hence making u a liar.

andrew444:


Lol

Seems ighalo didn't lead the line during the World Cup why ranting against him ?

You didn't see nacho to rant against

Seems ighalo was a bench warmer ,then start ranting against the starters

You are confused bro

ChrisKels:


In summary, what I can make off this post is a that Emenike wasnt special, buh, as poor as Emenike was, he still is better than Ighalo is and will ever be. Choi boy u wicked oo

Oh so for ur mind, to win Afcon easy abi? The strikers u all shrine here, from Kanu, Utaka, Martins, Yakubu, Osaze et al, none of them smelled AFCON silver medal, let alone gold. None of dem ever came tops in the scoring chart of an Afcon throughout their playing careers, respectively, unlike Emenike.

Emenike scored his goals with crap players like Ogude, Igiebor, Mba, Onazi playing as his midfielders, yet u are here making excuses for Ighalo that has the likes of Iwuobi, Mikel, Ndidi, Moses, in form Musa et al?

ChrisKels:


Lol e pain am

The truth they say, hurts.

So, why him no start nah, upon everything u said about him being the top striker before the world cup? Abi him na the striker of the Bench Warmers Association? Na for bench top strikers dey stay?
Maybe he was top-striking on the bench

andrew444:


Crappy MBA was important and won naija the afcon

Once you don't like a player you don't speak the truth that's one thing about you ,it's clearly written all over you .

andrew444:


As him no start oya criticize people wey start ?

you just dey force your self to win case anything you wan talk talk me don tell you my own .

Him no start and na bench warmer yet you no allow am rest ,people wey start to talk about them dey fear you ?

No need to dey express your self by saying e pain am ,you don already talk am before

ChrisKels:


Me hate my own brother? Bros Mbah is a guy I know and celebrate, we all dey play December league then. We(umunnekwu) dey always knack his community(Umuobiala) akpako whenever we jam dem for isuikwuato December league. I cant hate my own buh then I cant mince words to favour my own. Mbah was just a lucky boy with the Eagles, nothing special. That said, I still hate Pinnick till tomorrow for truncating Mba's European dreams.

ChrisKels:


Answer the simple question, why ur top striker no start at the mundial? Was he top-striking for the Bench Warmers Association?

timay:
All of you comparing the eagles of old to this present eagles are not serious. I'll prefer this present eagles to the old eagles because , the old ones are more of big players without good team play.

what we have today is more of average players but can do wonder as a team, which is better as far as football is still a team sport.

Look at the eagles of 2013 that won the AFCON, they won because they played as a team instead of individually that we usually have before.
That is why we could afford not to have a Mikel and a Victor Moses in the qualifiers and still get superb result because they play as a team and don't rely on the big names. Have you ever wondered why Nigeria did not win anything serious after the AFCON 1994 and wonderful performance on the world cup the same year? it was because after the tournament , most of those guys became popular, went to big clubs and became bigger than the team, hence the ego clashes that happens all the time among the players. They started playing individually and not as a team.

Have you ever wonder why the Las England squad at the world cup surpassed expectations and beat the performance of the Rooney, Lampard et al eras? it was because their game was more of a team play, rather than individual brilliance.

You can bookmark this comment today. This present crop of guys will go far if they keep playing with the same team work mentality.

andrew444:


Yes MBA was a lucky boy with the eagles .

Now tell me how did pinnick spoiled MBA European dreams ?

Is pinnick MBA agent ?

andrew444:


because he is not good and because kelechi kylian iheanacho mbappe was the better player and starred at the World Cup