Kelechi Nwakali…

[danfo driver]

I am sorry, this is not how life works. We have to adhere to sub-section 4.4.2 of the Nigerian Constitution (1999), which provides, in relevant part "Thunder will faya any body who invites more than 4 midfielders to the Super Eagles."

The way some ppl are so fascinated with this Nwakali. I think his peak was youth days. There are players like dat . they were ballers in youth and U20 but real mens football they are behind. If he was that good he would have been in a La Liga team . See Chukwueze,Umar etc

The very few times Nwakali has played for the NT he has always delivered (his AFCON performance was particularly impressive),.not every player has the luck of having a great club career as we've seen with several players in the NT that didn't have the most glamorous club careers but always delivered for the GWG.

We dont like to do the right thing in Nigeria. Invite Nwakali, Fisayo and Ifeanyi and we will cook. Piss-ero needs to beef up the midfield if he wants to win the AFCON.

[Enugu II]

There is way too much conversation around this player. We have watched him since youth days and what should be clear is that any serious team will not use him. That is just my opinion. Last year or so after he joined a new team he played like things will change in his first few games but promptly resumed his usual. What do I mean? I believe he considers himself a luxury player who helps the team maintain possession and he does that better than most. However, football is beyond that. What exactly does he contribute when his team does not have the ball? How many tackles does he win? How much ground does he cover? The answer to those two questions will comeback well below average. That is the bottomline.

[maceo4]

There is way too much conversation around this player. We have watched him since youth days and what should be clear is that any serious team will not use him. That is just my opinion. Last year or so after he joined a new team he played like things will change in his first few games but promptly resumed his usual. What do I mean? I believe he considers himself a luxury player who helps the team maintain possession and he does that better than most. However, football is beyond that. What exactly does he contribute when his team does not have the ball? How many tackles does he win? How much ground does he cover? The answer to those two questions will comeback well below average. That is the bottomline.

At least he’s getting consistent PT at club level, that’s a positive…

[Enugu II]

There is way too much conversation around this player. We have watched him since youth days and what should be clear is that any serious team will not use him. That is just my opinion. Last year or so after he joined a new team he played like things will change in his first few games but promptly resumed his usual. What do I mean? I believe he considers himself a luxury player who helps the team maintain possession and he does that better than most. However, football is beyond that. What exactly does he contribute when his team does not have the ball? How many tackles does he win? How much ground does he cover? The answer to those two questions will comeback well below average. That is the bottomline.

At least he’s getting consistent PT at club level, that’s a positive…

TRUE WORD but I believe at NT level we can get better 2-way players who work their bodies hard for the collective.

[Sunset]

There is way too much conversation around this player. We have watched him since youth days and what should be clear is that any serious team will not use him. That is just my opinion. Last year or so after he joined a new team he played like things will change in his first few games but promptly resumed his usual. What do I mean? I believe he considers himself a luxury player who helps the team maintain possession and he does that better than most. However, football is beyond that. What exactly does he contribute when his team does not have the ball? How many tackles does he win? How much ground does he cover? The answer to those two questions will comeback well below average. That is the bottomline.

Seems you missed it but here you go:

[Damunk]

The way some ppl are so fascinated with this Nwakali. I think his peak was youth days. There are players like dat . they were ballers in youth and U20 but real mens football they are behind. If he was that good he would have been in a La Liga team . See Chukwueze,Umar etc

So true.
I remember a certain Chuks Aneke.
Absolute youth phenomenon that basically ended up playing for 3rd tier teams.
Around the world, many Golden Balls/Golden boots at U17 level faded into oblivion.

Our exciting U17 World Cup winners of 2013 are nowhere to be found apart from Nacho and Awoniyi and then Isaac Success who is also a mystery, not haven reached anywhere near what we thought would be his heights.
But what about Nwakali Snr, Musa Yahaya, Dele Alampasu, Chidera Ezeh, Akinjide Idowu, Musa Mohammed? All gone.

Nothing is guaranteed at that level. They’re just boys. Many called, few chosen.

[ANC]

The way some ppl are so fascinated with this Nwakali. I think his peak was youth days. There are players like dat . they were ballers in youth and U20 but real mens football they are behind. If he was that good he would have been in a La Liga team . See Chukwueze,Umar etc

So true.
I remember a certain Chuks Aneke.
Absolute youth phenomenon that basically ended up playing for 3rd tier teams.
Around the world, many Golden Balls/Golden boots at U17 level faded into oblivion.

Our exciting U17 World Cup winners of 2013 are nowhere to be found apart from Nacho and Awoniyi and then Isaac Success who is also a mystery, not haven reached anywhere near what we thought would be his heights.
But what about Nwakali Snr, Musa Yahaya, Dele Alampasu, Chidera Ezeh, Akinjide Idowu, Musa Mohammed? All gone.

Nothing is guaranteed at that level. They’re just boys. Many called, few chosen.

Kai

[Gotti]

The way some ppl are so fascinated with this Nwakali. I think his peak was youth days. There are players like dat . they were ballers in youth and U20 but real mens football they are behind. If he was that good he would have been in a La Liga team . See Chukwueze,Umar etc

So true.
I remember a certain Chuks Aneke.
Absolute youth phenomenon that basically ended up playing for 3rd tier teams.
Around the world, many Golden Balls/Golden boots at U17 level faded into oblivion.

Our exciting U17 World Cup winners of 2013 are nowhere to be found apart from Nacho and Awoniyi and then Isaac Success who is also a mystery, not haven reached anywhere near what we thought would be his heights.
But what about Nwakali Snr, Musa Yahaya, Dele Alampasu, Chidera Ezeh, Akinjide Idowu, Musa Mohammed? All gone.

Nothing is guaranteed at that level. They’re just boys. Many called, few chosen.

Kai

Francis Uzoho was Alampasu’s backup GK on that 2013 U17 squad…

[Damunk]

The way some ppl are so fascinated with this Nwakali. I think his peak was youth days. There are players like dat . they were ballers in youth and U20 but real mens football they are behind. If he was that good he would have been in a La Liga team . See Chukwueze,Umar etc

So true.
I remember a certain Chuks Aneke.
Absolute youth phenomenon that basically ended up playing for 3rd tier teams.
Around the world, many Golden Balls/Golden boots at U17 level faded into oblivion.

Our exciting U17 World Cup winners of 2013 are nowhere to be found apart from Nacho and Awoniyi and then Isaac Success who is also a mystery, not haven reached anywhere near what we thought would be his heights.
But what about Nwakali Snr, Musa Yahaya, Dele Alampasu, Chidera Ezeh, Akinjide Idowu, Musa Mohammed? All gone.

Nothing is guaranteed at that level. They’re just boys. Many called, few chosen.

Kai

Francis Uzoho was Alampasu’s backup GK on that 2013 U17 squad…

True.
Just goes to show how trajectories and fortunes have such a wide variation.
In fact, I recall reading somewhere back then that even Alampasu was a late replacement for another 'keeper who was the real no 1 for that set. For whatever reason he was dropped, never to be heard of again.

Then Wilfred Ndidi who had to be dropped because ofchanges in his MRI findings never made the U17 World Cup with Nacho and Awoniyi.
He must have been devastated at the time, I'm sure.

[Enugu II]

There is way too much conversation around this player. We have watched him since youth days and what should be clear is that any serious team will not use him. That is just my opinion. Last year or so after he joined a new team he played like things will change in his first few games but promptly resumed his usual. What do I mean? I believe he considers himself a luxury player who helps the team maintain possession and he does that better than most. However, football is beyond that. What exactly does he contribute when his team does not have the ball? How many tackles does he win? How much ground does he cover? The answer to those two questions will comeback well below average. That is the bottomline.

Seems you missed it but here you go:

Sunset

Thanks for posting this. Is there a way you can post a heat map for him? I must state that the times, I have watched him he does not do much winning possession but the stats show otherwise. Let's see how much ground he covers with a heat map. Those are negatives when I think of his game because with the ball he is very good.

[txj]

There is way too much conversation around this player. We have watched him since youth days and what should be clear is that any serious team will not use him. That is just my opinion. Last year or so after he joined a new team he played like things will change in his first few games but promptly resumed his usual. What do I mean? I believe he considers himself a luxury player who helps the team maintain possession and he does that better than most. However, football is beyond that. What exactly does he contribute when his team does not have the ball? How many tackles does he win? How much ground does he cover? The answer to those two questions will comeback well below average. That is the bottomline.

Seems you missed it but here you go:

Sunset

Thanks for posting this. Is there a way you can post a heat map for him? I must state that the times, I have watched him he does not do much winning possession but the stats show otherwise. Let's see how much ground he covers with a heat map. Those are negatives when I think of his game because with the ball he is very good.

This really does not mean much..
His reverence on CE has to be the most hilarious thing ever...

[Gotti]

Just goes to show how trajectories and fortunes have such a wide variation.
In fact, I recall reading somewhere back then that even Alampasu was a late replacement for another 'keeper who was the real no 1 for that set. For whatever reason he was dropped, never to be heard of again.

Then Wilfred Ndidi who had to be dropped because ofchanges in his MRI findings never made the U17 World Cup with Nacho and Awoniyi.
He must have been devastated at the time, I'm sure.

Adeyinka Adewale, who was injured between the U17 AFCON and the U17 WC…
He was called up by Peseiro for the Super Eagles’ friendlies against Mexico and Ecuador last year.

PS: Savior Godwin, another Peseiro cap, was also part of the 2013 U17 squad.

[Damunk]

Just goes to show how trajectories and fortunes have such a wide variation.
In fact, I recall reading somewhere back then that even Alampasu was a late replacement for another 'keeper who was the real no 1 for that set. For whatever reason he was dropped, never to be heard of again.

Then Wilfred Ndidi who had to be dropped because ofchanges in his MRI findings never made the U17 World Cup with Nacho and Awoniyi.
He must have been devastated at the time, I'm sure.

Adeyinka Adewale, who was injured between the U17 AFCON and the U17 WC…
He was called up by Peseiro for the Super Eagles’ friendlies against Mexico and Ecuador last year.

PS: Savior Godwin, another Peseiro cap, was also part of the 2013 U17 squad.

Thanks Gotti.
You are the true undisputed Encyclopedia Supereaglica.

[mystic]

Just goes to show how trajectories and fortunes have such a wide variation.
In fact, I recall reading somewhere back then that even Alampasu was a late replacement for another 'keeper who was the real no 1 for that set. For whatever reason he was dropped, never to be heard of again.

Then Wilfred Ndidi who had to be dropped because ofchanges in his MRI findings never made the U17 World Cup with Nacho and Awoniyi.
He must have been devastated at the time, I'm sure.

Adeyinka Adewale, who was injured between the U17 AFCON and the U17 WC…
He was called up by Peseiro for the Super Eagles’ friendlies against Mexico and Ecuador last year.

PS: Savior Godwin, another Peseiro cap, was also part of the 2013 U17 squad.

Thanks Gotti.
You are the true undisputed Encyclopedia Supereaglica.

Abeg,

This Encyclopedia Super Eaglesalica is it volume 1 or volume 2?

[kawawa]

Hmm. Off the bench for the second week in a row for bottom dwelling Chaves in great Portuguese league. Didn’t folks say he is the best player on the team?

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

Hmm. Off the bench for the second week in a row for bottom dwelling Chaves in great Portuguese league. Didn’t folks say he is the best player on the team?

Yes he is. What's your point?

[kawawa]

Hmm. Off the bench for the second week in a row for bottom dwelling Chaves in great Portuguese league. Didn’t folks say he is the best player on the team?

Yes he is. What's your point?

Just keeping track so you can keep addressing why he is in all your line ups.

[Sunset]

Came off the bench while his team were down by 2 goals to push them to an inspiring comeback to register their first point of the season

[danfo driver]

Came off the bench while his team were down by 2 goals to push them to an inspiring comeback to register their first point of the season

Please can you give us more infor? When he pushed them, are you saying he scored the goals? one goal? 2 assists? 1 assist? or he actually started pushing them physically? More info please. Thanks!

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

Came off the bench while his team were down by 2 goals to push them to an inspiring comeback to register their first point of the season

That’s what he does.

[Sunset]

Came off the bench while his team were down by 2 goals to push them to an inspiring comeback to register their first point of the season

Please can you give us more infor? When he pushed them, are you saying he scored the goals? one goal? 2 assists? 1 assist? or he actually started pushing them physically? More info please. Thanks!

Watch the match and you’ll find out for yourself.

[danfo driver]

Came off the bench while his team were down by 2 goals to push them to an inspiring comeback to register their first point of the season

Please can you give us more infor? When he pushed them, are you saying he scored the goals? one goal? 2 assists? 1 assist? or he actually started pushing them physically? More info please. Thanks!

Watch the match and you’ll find out for yourself.

Bro, this is CE. We all help each other out. I am watching Napoli and giving you guys update; same way a bunch of us did with Boniface earlier today.

Please can you give us update on how he pushed them? Thanks! if you dont want to, say you dont want to give us update and its fine, we will look for someone else to help provide those updates from the leagues most of us do not/cannot watch.

[kawawa]

Came off the bench while his team were down by 2 goals to push them to an inspiring comeback to register their first point of the season

That’s what he does.

When has he? Examples will help. I am just pointing out selective non-data driven hype. He started the first 4 games and is now on the bench for a team that is not scoring or winning. Why would they not want this great dead ball, ball winning, assist making midfield general.