Chi-dera and the Legend of the #10 - Solace Chukwu
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:06 pm
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Chi-dera and the Legend of the Ten
https://chaosdigestbysolace.substack.co ... of-the-ten
How one man's outrageous talent coloured our perception of a role forever
Solace B Chukwu
However, some of the more extreme reactions have called for Ejuke to, as a result of his Okocha-esque display, be installed as the Super Eagles number 10 to redress the team’s apparent lack of creativity.
Alright, whoa there, cowboy…
This is, of course, a double misconception3: first of Okocha’s own role over the course of his international career, and then of the requirements of the number 10 role in general. They bleed into one another, however – as the myth of Okocha has grown to fill the popular understanding of the role, the sense that his style was prescriptive has festered.