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..imho could have been Nigeria's best ever central midfielder had he kept with football..no?BRos Oloye..your thoughts?
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paj wrote:..imho could have been Nigeria's best ever central midfielder had he kept with football..no?BRos Oloye..your thoughts?
Why do you think so?

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All I know is that he was a very very good player back in the day.
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Chibuzor was one player after Usiyen that left the shores of Nigeria that made me go into mourning. Chibuzor was good,how good he could become we would never know,but the bobo scored some crucial goals for Nigeria ..the sweetest were the two he banged against Ghana in Accra.
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watched him live
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skillful wrote:watched him live
Watched him too. Played for Govt College Umuahia alongside late Benji Okorogu
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Catalyst wrote:
paj wrote:..imho could have been Nigeria's best ever central midfielder had he kept with football..no?BRos Oloye..your thoughts?
Why do you think so?

How did you come to this conclusion?
I said "could have"...based on ability and age he had the potential..made football look easy..
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paj wrote:..imho could have been Nigeria's best ever central midfielder had he kept with football..no?BRos Oloye..your thoughts?
He wasn't a central midfielder...
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That guy was something else!!
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paj wrote:..imho could have been Nigeria's best ever central midfielder had he kept with football..no?BRos Oloye..your thoughts?
Paj, you betray your age. As do I. Chibuzor was certainly one heck of a player, and I think about him. About Godwin Ogbueze. About Thompson Usiyan. And I salivate about our many missed opportunities as a people.
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Great player. He is one of the reasons why I fell in love with Nigerian football. I saw him back in 84 at the ANC in CIV

The guy was cut above all the midfielders on that side IMO
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paj wrote:..imho could have been Nigeria's best ever central midfielder had he kept with football..no?BRos Oloye..your thoughts?
Did you watch him? How old you be self? :sneaky:
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Na wa dis na real seniors thread. My Elders I greet una! This guy dey YouTube? :taunt:
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He just came out of nowhere, mesmerized us for a year or so and then disappeared back into thin air :(

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Catalyst wrote:
paj wrote:..imho could have been Nigeria's best ever central midfielder had he kept with football..no?BRos Oloye..your thoughts?
Why do you think so?

How did you come to this conclusion?
seriously them suppose stripe u of ur moderatorship .. Anyway Na ur donation give us statues , u dey ask stupid question , it shows u no really sabi Naija football,, no wonder u dey support mediocre coach.. Chibuzor Ehilegbu was a delight to watch , if u watched Okwaraji .. Than u will understand.ode buruku
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Was he better than Louis Igwillo I wonder?
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Aswani wrote:Was he better than Louis Igwillo I wonder?
TBH, I don't think Louis and Chibuzor belong in the same sentence. Wish I had a video of one of those goals he scored in Ghana!
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skillful wrote:watched him live
Evidence pls eg scan and post-match day ticket or personal pictures images taken at the game, a pose of you and Chibuzor etc. :thumbs:
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Polly wrote:
Aswani wrote:Was he better than Louis Igwillo I wonder?
TBH, I don't think Louis and Chibuzor belong in the same sentence. Wish I had a video of one of those goals he scored in Ghana!
He was much better than Igwillo, way better. Igwillo was a Rangers legend,while Chibuzor did business both for club and country.
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txj wrote:
paj wrote:..imho could have been Nigeria's best ever central midfielder had he kept with football..no?BRos Oloye..your thoughts?
He wasn't a central midfielder...
And shouldn't you have added the position he played?
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It is always the players that suffered truncated careers that we always believe 'coulda, woulda' been the greatest.
Usiyen
Etim Esin
Igbinoba
Okwaraji
Amunike
and now Ehilegbu

TBH, I doubt any of them would have surpassed Kanu, Okocha, Yekini or Mikel in achievements
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txj wrote:
paj wrote:..imho could have been Nigeria's best ever central midfielder had he kept with football..no?BRos Oloye..your thoughts?
He wasn't a central midfielder...
so what was he then?
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oloye wrote:
Polly wrote:
Aswani wrote:Was he better than Louis Igwillo I wonder?
TBH, I don't think Louis and Chibuzor belong in the same sentence. Wish I had a video of one of those goals he scored in Ghana!
He was much better than Igwillo, way better. Igwillo was a Rangers legend,while Chibuzor did business both for club and country.
Can never forget how one die hard fan at the National Stadium asked me when I made the mistake of calling him Ehilegbu at the popular side, "Ire sese de ni? Eyileju lawa npe!!" (translation: Are you a JJC? we refer to him as Eyileju - this is too much)
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