Azubuike Okechukwu (U23 Captain) Highlights
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Re: Azubuike Okechukwu (U23 Captain) Highlights
Wow.chief nfachairman wrote:Yes. Especially Usman. I could hardly notice or figure him out in any game. Maybe our players are too black.Damunk wrote:I'd like to see his highlights from Rio.
Tbh, I wasn't watching close enough to notice him. Apart from a few with peculiar physical xteristics (Lanky Sadiq, short Popoola, yellow Ekong, Shehu with his haircut and of course Mikel), those dark green jerseys just made most of them anonymous for my eye.
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Smh, and you are what again. Kai internet nah real firewall. .just run your mouth any how. Show us your picturechief nfachairman wrote:Yes. Especially Usman. I could hardly notice or figure him out in any game. Maybe our players are too black.Damunk wrote:I'd like to see his highlights from Rio.
Tbh, I wasn't watching close enough to notice him. Apart from a few with peculiar physical xteristics (Lanky Sadiq, short Popoola, yellow Ekong, Shehu with his haircut and of course Mikel), those dark green jerseys just made most of them anonymous for my eye.
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Re: Azubuike Okechukwu (U23 Captain) Highlights
Chair! Abegi, it's time to upgrade from that B&W RCA TV to any HD model...chief nfachairman wrote:Yes. Especially Usman. I could hardly notice or figure him out in any game. Maybe our players are too black.Damunk wrote:I'd like to see his highlights from Rio.
Tbh, I wasn't watching close enough to notice him. Apart from a few with peculiar physical xteristics (Lanky Sadiq, short Popoola, yellow Ekong, Shehu with his haircut and of course Mikel), those dark green jerseys just made most of them anonymous for my eye.
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Re: Azubuike Okechukwu (U23 Captain) Highlights
Damunk upgrade your eyeglass prescription.Gotti wrote:Chair! Abegi, it's time to upgrade from that B&W RCA TV to any HD model...chief nfachairman wrote:Yes. Especially Usman. I could hardly notice or figure him out in any game. Maybe our players are too black.Damunk wrote:I'd like to see his highlights from Rio.
Tbh, I wasn't watching close enough to notice him. Apart from a few with peculiar physical xteristics (Lanky Sadiq, short Popoola, yellow Ekong, Shehu with his haircut and of course Mikel), those dark green jerseys just made most of them anonymous for my eye.
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Re: Azubuike Okechukwu (U23 Captain) Highlights
Hmmmm. If I were to guess who made this statement, I'd say an Oyinbo man since some of them have issues distinguishing us.chief nfachairman wrote:Yes. Especially Usman. I could hardly notice or figure him out in any game. Maybe our players are too black.Damunk wrote:I'd like to see his highlights from Rio.
Tbh, I wasn't watching close enough to notice him. Apart from a few with peculiar physical xteristics (Lanky Sadiq, short Popoola, yellow Ekong, Shehu with his haircut and of course Mikel), those dark green jerseys just made most of them anonymous for my eye.
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Re: Azubuike Okechukwu (U23 Captain) Highlights
The boy undeservingly fell off the radar in recent months even though he was promoted to the Turkish Super League with his team and plays regulary.
I think he is one of our best central midfielders.
Rohr should give him a look in and see if he can compete with Agu and Ogu what I'm convinced he can.
I think he is one of our best central midfielders.
Rohr should give him a look in and see if he can compete with Agu and Ogu what I'm convinced he can.
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Re: Azubuike Okechukwu (U23 Captain) Highlights
Apparently he is just recovering from injury.DAgrin wrote:The boy undeservingly fell off the radar in recent months even though he was promoted to the Turkish Super League with his team and plays regulary.
I think he is one of our best central midfielders.
Rohr should give him a look in and see if he can compete with Agu and Ogu what I'm convinced he can.
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Re: Azubuike Okechukwu (U23 Captain) Highlights
You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
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it is frustrating that he hasn't even been given a chance.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
Cheers.
In my opinion our olympic midfield of Usman, Azubuike and Mikel was better balanced than any of the midfield combinations played by Rohr thus far.
Azubuike was key to the success of that Rio midfield.
Simply put we need a holding midfielder in midfield. Unless Rohr intends to play the counterattacking strategy against every teams we face
Without one we will never be comfortable keeping possession, never comfortable playing the ball out of defence and unable to sustain pressure on the opposition when we are in search of a goal.
I hope Rohr recognizes this by playing mikel deeper or inviting Azubuike to be part of the team
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smartbrother wrote:it is frustrating that he hasn't even been given a chance.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
Cheers.
In my opinion our olympic midfield of Usman, Azubuike and Mikel was better balanced than any of the midfield combinations played by Rohr thus far.
Azubuike was key to the success of that Rio midfield.
Simply put we need a holding midfielder in midfield. Unless Rohr intends to play the counterattacking strategy against every teams we face
Without one we will never be comfortable keeping possession, never comfortable playing the ball out of defence and unable to sustain pressure on the opposition when we are in search of a goal.
I hope Rohr recognizes this by playing mikel deeper or inviting Azubuike to be part of the team
Wilfred Ndidi is our holding midfielder and one of the best players to ever fill the role. other than Muda Lawal and Sunday Oliseh, can you think of two better holding midfielders Nigeria has ever had?
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smartbrother wrote:it is frustrating that he hasn't even been given a chance.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
Cheers.
In my opinion our olympic midfield of Usman, Azubuike and Mikel was better balanced than any of the midfield combinations played by Rohr thus far.
Azubuike was key to the success of that Rio midfield.
Simply put we need a holding midfielder in midfield. Unless Rohr intends to play the counterattacking strategy against every teams we face
Without one we will never be comfortable keeping possession, never comfortable playing the ball out of defence and unable to sustain pressure on the opposition when we are in search of a goal.
I hope Rohr recognizes this by playing mikel deeper or inviting Azubuike to be part of the team
I will ask this question again. Is there an ironic name thing on Cybereagles? You have a dumbfook answering smartbrother and a f00lish one answering wiseone.
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ndidi is not a great holding midfielderAyo Akinfe wrote:smartbrother wrote:it is frustrating that he hasn't even been given a chance.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
Cheers.
In my opinion our olympic midfield of Usman, Azubuike and Mikel was better balanced than any of the midfield combinations played by Rohr thus far.
Azubuike was key to the success of that Rio midfield.
Simply put we need a holding midfielder in midfield. Unless Rohr intends to play the counterattacking strategy against every teams we face
Without one we will never be comfortable keeping possession, never comfortable playing the ball out of defence and unable to sustain pressure on the opposition when we are in search of a goal.
I hope Rohr recognizes this by playing mikel deeper or inviting Azubuike to be part of the team
Wilfred Ndidi is our holding midfielder and one of the best players to ever fill the role. other than Muda Lawal and Sunday Oliseh, can you think of two better holding midfielders Nigeria has ever had?
I can think of two better holding midfielders that are currently active
Mikel and Azuibuike
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smartbrother wrote:ndidi is not a great holding midfielderAyo Akinfe wrote:smartbrother wrote:it is frustrating that he hasn't even been given a chance.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
Cheers.
In my opinion our olympic midfield of Usman, Azubuike and Mikel was better balanced than any of the midfield combinations played by Rohr thus far.
Azubuike was key to the success of that Rio midfield.
Simply put we need a holding midfielder in midfield. Unless Rohr intends to play the counterattacking strategy against every teams we face
Without one we will never be comfortable keeping possession, never comfortable playing the ball out of defence and unable to sustain pressure on the opposition when we are in search of a goal.
I hope Rohr recognizes this by playing mikel deeper or inviting Azubuike to be part of the team
Wilfred Ndidi is our holding midfielder and one of the best players to ever fill the role. other than Muda Lawal and Sunday Oliseh, can you think of two better holding midfielders Nigeria has ever had?
I can think of two better holding midfielders that are currently active
Mikel and Azuibuike
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By the way, what does "holding" midfielder mean?
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Azubuike is way down the list:smartbrother wrote:ndidi is not a great holding midfielderAyo Akinfe wrote:smartbrother wrote:it is frustrating that he hasn't even been given a chance.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
Cheers.
In my opinion our olympic midfield of Usman, Azubuike and Mikel was better balanced than any of the midfield combinations played by Rohr thus far.
Azubuike was key to the success of that Rio midfield.
Simply put we need a holding midfielder in midfield. Unless Rohr intends to play the counterattacking strategy against every teams we face
Without one we will never be comfortable keeping possession, never comfortable playing the ball out of defence and unable to sustain pressure on the opposition when we are in search of a goal.
I hope Rohr recognizes this by playing mikel deeper or inviting Azubuike to be part of the team
Wilfred Ndidi is our holding midfielder and one of the best players to ever fill the role. other than Muda Lawal and Sunday Oliseh, can you think of two better holding midfielders Nigeria has ever had?
I can think of two better holding midfielders that are currently active
Mikel and Azuibuike
[1] Wilfred Ndidi
[2] Ogenyi Onazi
[3] Joel Obi
[4] John Ogu
[5] Mikel Agu
[6] Oghene Etebo
[7] Anderson Esiti
[8] Raheem Lawal
[9] Abdul Ajagun
[10] Ibrahim Alhassan
In my opinion, he not even among our top 10 holding midfielders.
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you consider etebo and ajagun holding midfielders? lolAyo Akinfe wrote:Azubuike is way down the list:smartbrother wrote:ndidi is not a great holding midfielderAyo Akinfe wrote:smartbrother wrote:it is frustrating that he hasn't even been given a chance.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
Cheers.
In my opinion our olympic midfield of Usman, Azubuike and Mikel was better balanced than any of the midfield combinations played by Rohr thus far.
Azubuike was key to the success of that Rio midfield.
Simply put we need a holding midfielder in midfield. Unless Rohr intends to play the counterattacking strategy against every teams we face
Without one we will never be comfortable keeping possession, never comfortable playing the ball out of defence and unable to sustain pressure on the opposition when we are in search of a goal.
I hope Rohr recognizes this by playing mikel deeper or inviting Azubuike to be part of the team
Wilfred Ndidi is our holding midfielder and one of the best players to ever fill the role. other than Muda Lawal and Sunday Oliseh, can you think of two better holding midfielders Nigeria has ever had?
I can think of two better holding midfielders that are currently active
Mikel and Azuibuike
[1] Wilfred Ndidi
[2] Ogenyi Onazi
[3] Joel Obi
[4] John Ogu
[5] Mikel Agu
[6] Oghene Etebo
[7] Anderson Esiti
[8] Raheem Lawal
[9] Abdul Ajagun
[10] Ibrahim Alhassan
In my opinion, he not even among our top 10 holding midfielders.
ok. i guess this discussion is going nowhere
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Did you not see Etebo play that role against Algeria in Uyo?smartbrother wrote:you consider etebo and ajagun holding midfielders? lolAyo Akinfe wrote:Azubuike is way down the list:smartbrother wrote:ndidi is not a great holding midfielderAyo Akinfe wrote:smartbrother wrote:it is frustrating that he hasn't even been given a chance.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
Cheers.
In my opinion our olympic midfield of Usman, Azubuike and Mikel was better balanced than any of the midfield combinations played by Rohr thus far.
Azubuike was key to the success of that Rio midfield.
Simply put we need a holding midfielder in midfield. Unless Rohr intends to play the counterattacking strategy against every teams we face
Without one we will never be comfortable keeping possession, never comfortable playing the ball out of defence and unable to sustain pressure on the opposition when we are in search of a goal.
I hope Rohr recognizes this by playing mikel deeper or inviting Azubuike to be part of the team
Wilfred Ndidi is our holding midfielder and one of the best players to ever fill the role. other than Muda Lawal and Sunday Oliseh, can you think of two better holding midfielders Nigeria has ever had?
I can think of two better holding midfielders that are currently active
Mikel and Azuibuike
[1] Wilfred Ndidi
[2] Ogenyi Onazi
[3] Joel Obi
[4] John Ogu
[5] Mikel Agu
[6] Oghene Etebo
[7] Anderson Esiti
[8] Raheem Lawal
[9] Abdul Ajagun
[10] Ibrahim Alhassan
In my opinion, he not even among our top 10 holding midfielders.
ok. i guess this discussion is going nowhere
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i do not consider him a holding midfielderAyo Akinfe wrote:Did you not see Etebo play that role against Algeria in Uyo?smartbrother wrote:you consider etebo and ajagun holding midfielders? lolAyo Akinfe wrote:Azubuike is way down the list:smartbrother wrote:ndidi is not a great holding midfielderAyo Akinfe wrote:smartbrother wrote:it is frustrating that he hasn't even been given a chance.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
Cheers.
In my opinion our olympic midfield of Usman, Azubuike and Mikel was better balanced than any of the midfield combinations played by Rohr thus far.
Azubuike was key to the success of that Rio midfield.
Simply put we need a holding midfielder in midfield. Unless Rohr intends to play the counterattacking strategy against every teams we face
Without one we will never be comfortable keeping possession, never comfortable playing the ball out of defence and unable to sustain pressure on the opposition when we are in search of a goal.
I hope Rohr recognizes this by playing mikel deeper or inviting Azubuike to be part of the team
Wilfred Ndidi is our holding midfielder and one of the best players to ever fill the role. other than Muda Lawal and Sunday Oliseh, can you think of two better holding midfielders Nigeria has ever had?
I can think of two better holding midfielders that are currently active
Mikel and Azuibuike
[1] Wilfred Ndidi
[2] Ogenyi Onazi
[3] Joel Obi
[4] John Ogu
[5] Mikel Agu
[6] Oghene Etebo
[7] Anderson Esiti
[8] Raheem Lawal
[9] Abdul Ajagun
[10] Ibrahim Alhassan
In my opinion, he not even among our top 10 holding midfielders.
ok. i guess this discussion is going nowhere
precisely because I saw him attempt to play that role v algeria
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I no tell una?? Wow! Actually interesting that the SOB made this comment last year!The YeyeMan wrote:Wow.chief nfachairman wrote:Yes. Especially Usman. I could hardly notice or figure him out in any game. Maybe our players are too black.Damunk wrote:I'd like to see his highlights from Rio.
Tbh, I wasn't watching close enough to notice him. Apart from a few with peculiar physical xteristics (Lanky Sadiq, short Popoola, yellow Ekong, Shehu with his haircut and of course Mikel), those dark green jerseys just made most of them anonymous for my eye.
Chief nfachairman is a sick demented bigot! Lack of home training and any etiquette. Unfortunately, the mods have made it clear that bigotry is important on Cybereagles. In a sane world, this imbecile will be send behind the house and locked up in a cage like the rodent he is.
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danfo driver wrote:I no tell una?? Wow! Actually interesting that the SOB made this comment last year!The YeyeMan wrote:Wow.chief nfachairman wrote:Yes. Especially Usman. I could hardly notice or figure him out in any game. Maybe our players are too black.Damunk wrote:I'd like to see his highlights from Rio.
Tbh, I wasn't watching close enough to notice him. Apart from a few with peculiar physical xteristics (Lanky Sadiq, short Popoola, yellow Ekong, Shehu with his haircut and of course Mikel), those dark green jerseys just made most of them anonymous for my eye.
Chief nfachairman is a sick demented bigot! Lack of home training and any etiquette. Unfortunately, the mods have made it clear that bigotry is important on Cybereagles. In a sane world, this imbecile will be send behind the house and locked up in a cage like the rodent he is.
There is absolutely no need for this kind of language. You can tell someone off firmly without resorting to abuse.
I will not buy the argument: "See what he wrote." We have to learn to moderate our language whatever the provocation.
Can you imagine the kind of language I would use if I lashed out every time I was abused or called names here? Restraint is a form of discipline I impose upon myself.
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Dude! dont talk to me! I am not interested in your comment! You can hop on other threads and see the comments your bigot and untrained friend, Chief nfachairman, uses against me, unprovoked!Ayo Akinfe wrote:danfo driver wrote:I no tell una?? Wow! Actually interesting that the SOB made this comment last year!The YeyeMan wrote:Wow.chief nfachairman wrote:Yes. Especially Usman. I could hardly notice or figure him out in any game. Maybe our players are too black.Damunk wrote:I'd like to see his highlights from Rio.
Tbh, I wasn't watching close enough to notice him. Apart from a few with peculiar physical xteristics (Lanky Sadiq, short Popoola, yellow Ekong, Shehu with his haircut and of course Mikel), those dark green jerseys just made most of them anonymous for my eye.
Chief nfachairman is a sick demented bigot! Lack of home training and any etiquette. Unfortunately, the mods have made it clear that bigotry is important on Cybereagles. In a sane world, this imbecile will be send behind the house and locked up in a cage like the rodent he is.
There is absolutely no need for this kind of language. You can tell someone off firmly without resorting to abuse.
I will not buy the argument: "See what he wrote." We have to learn to moderate our language whatever the provocation.
Can you imagine the kind of language I would use if I lashed out every time I was abused or called names here? Restraint is a form of discipline I impose upon myself.
Please, let this be the last time you talk to me here. nonsense!
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First of all Alhassan, Etebo and Ajagun are no natural holding midfielders.Ayo Akinfe wrote:Azubuike is way down the list:smartbrother wrote:ndidi is not a great holding midfielderAyo Akinfe wrote:smartbrother wrote:it is frustrating that he hasn't even been given a chance.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
Cheers.
In my opinion our olympic midfield of Usman, Azubuike and Mikel was better balanced than any of the midfield combinations played by Rohr thus far.
Azubuike was key to the success of that Rio midfield.
Simply put we need a holding midfielder in midfield. Unless Rohr intends to play the counterattacking strategy against every teams we face
Without one we will never be comfortable keeping possession, never comfortable playing the ball out of defence and unable to sustain pressure on the opposition when we are in search of a goal.
I hope Rohr recognizes this by playing mikel deeper or inviting Azubuike to be part of the team
Wilfred Ndidi is our holding midfielder and one of the best players to ever fill the role. other than Muda Lawal and Sunday Oliseh, can you think of two better holding midfielders Nigeria has ever had?
I can think of two better holding midfielders that are currently active
Mikel and Azuibuike
[1] Wilfred Ndidi
[2] Ogenyi Onazi
[3] Joel Obi
[4] John Ogu
[5] Mikel Agu
[6] Oghene Etebo
[7] Anderson Esiti
[8] Raheem Lawal
[9] Abdul Ajagun
[10] Ibrahim Alhassan
In my opinion, he not even among our top 10 holding midfielders.
Etebo has his deserved place in the squad as attacking midfielder or right winger.
Ogenyi and Ndidi are definitely ahead of Azubuike in the pecking order.
Joel Obi struggles with injuries a lot.
The rest is definitely not better individually than Azubuike.
Though I believe Rohr likes strong, athletic holding midfielders with a good passing rate.
Esiti was droped because his passing accuracy and his decision making was not good enough.
Azubiuke has a sensational passing rate and quick decision making but might not be physical enough for Rohr's liking as he already has a rather lightweight holding midfielder in Onazi.
It all depends on what Rohr expects from his holding midfielders but Azubuike definitely has overall quality.
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Re: Azubuike Okechukwu (U23 Captain) Highlights
Now i am convinced you rarely watch our players. Al Hassan is not a holding MF he is a supporting striker/AM. That is the role he has played since U17 level in fact he was our highest goalscorer during his U17 days. Ajagun is an Attacking Midfielder, Etebo also is an attackerAyo Akinfe wrote:Azubuike is way down the list:smartbrother wrote:ndidi is not a great holding midfielderAyo Akinfe wrote:smartbrother wrote:it is frustrating that he hasn't even been given a chance.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:You guys are forgetting that Ogu is 29, Onazi 24 while Azubuike is only 20. The law of averages dictates that sooner rather than later, Ogu and Onazi will give way to the likes of Azubuike
Cheers.
In my opinion our olympic midfield of Usman, Azubuike and Mikel was better balanced than any of the midfield combinations played by Rohr thus far.
Azubuike was key to the success of that Rio midfield.
Simply put we need a holding midfielder in midfield. Unless Rohr intends to play the counterattacking strategy against every teams we face
Without one we will never be comfortable keeping possession, never comfortable playing the ball out of defence and unable to sustain pressure on the opposition when we are in search of a goal.
I hope Rohr recognizes this by playing mikel deeper or inviting Azubuike to be part of the team
Wilfred Ndidi is our holding midfielder and one of the best players to ever fill the role. other than Muda Lawal and Sunday Oliseh, can you think of two better holding midfielders Nigeria has ever had?
I can think of two better holding midfielders that are currently active
Mikel and Azuibuike
[1] Wilfred Ndidi
[2] Ogenyi Onazi
[3] Joel Obi
[4] John Ogu
[5] Mikel Agu
[6] Oghene Etebo
[7] Anderson Esiti
[8] Raheem Lawal
[9] Abdul Ajagun
[10] Ibrahim Alhassan
In my opinion, he not even among our top 10 holding midfielders.
IN SUPER EAGLES WE TRUST