As an ardent Chelsea fan, your article reminds me of the mistakes made after the departure of Didier Drogba in 2012. By all accounts, Fernando Torres, his heir apparent, failed to deliver on his £50 million price tag. Some might argue he was already in decline before he joined us, but I suspect that is not the whole story. Perhaps, he could have done a better job, better than his 20 goals over the course of 3 seasons, if we, as fans, accepted him for who he was, and the Chelsea Hierarchy put the right pieces around him.
There is a lesson to be learnt about living in the present. Your article definitely drives that home.
In my opinion, the last thing the Super Eagles need now is another head down dribbler. We already have that with Chukwueze and Kalu. I keep praying for a divine intervention in those two that they will one day lift up their heads while the ball is at their feet. Chukwueze at least has some chemistry with Osimhen from their age-grade competition days. Dude is actually surplus to requirements if you ask me.
It would have been a "failure" if I had mentioned other number 10s (aside Okocha, who was used to make a wider point) and left out Nwosu. As is, the piece only makes two direct claims about Nigeria's historic number 10s: that the average national team fan would struggle to name custodians of the shirt before Jay-Jay (which is a claim that can be proved quite easily), and that *most* who held the shirt before Okocha did so fleetingly (a claim that is not invalidated by Nwosu being the exception to the general rule).
As an ardent Chelsea fan, your article reminds me of the mistakes made after the departure of Didier Drogba in 2012. By all accounts, Fernando Torres, his heir apparent, failed to deliver on his £50 million price tag. Some might argue he was already in decline before he joined us, but I suspect that is not the whole story. Perhaps, he could have done a better job, better than his 20 goals over the course of 3 seasons, if we, as fans, accepted him for who he was, and the Chelsea Hierarchy put the right pieces around him.
There is a lesson to be learnt about living in the present. Your article definitely drives that home.
In my opinion, the last thing the Super Eagles need now is another head down dribbler. We already have that with Chukwueze and Kalu. I keep praying for a divine intervention in those two that they will one day lift up their heads while the ball is at their feet. Chukwueze at least has some chemistry with Osimhen from their age-grade competition days. Dude is actually surplus to requirements if you ask me.
It would have been a "failure" if I had mentioned other number 10s (aside Okocha, who was used to make a wider point) and left out Nwosu. As is, the piece only makes two direct claims about Nigeria's historic number 10s: that the average national team fan would struggle to name custodians of the shirt before Jay-Jay (which is a claim that can be proved quite easily), and that *most* who held the shirt before Okocha did so fleetingly (a claim that is not invalidated by Nwosu being the exception to the general rule).
Thank you for the sub!