Paul Onuachu, who scored a fabulous hattrick for his Turkish club Trabzonspor this weekend in their 4-2 comeback win, is an exceptional quality finisher.
For the Super Eagles, coaches Rohr, Eguavoen and particularly Peseiro require more of a marauder or better still, a marauding-finisher than just a finisher which is why Onuachu has struggled to nail down a slot in Nigeria colours.
It will always be tough for him in the Super Eagles to be honest. Unless the coach and players are willing to coalesce around putting it on a plate for Onuachu, Hasslers like Osihmen, Awoniyi and even Dessers will always be preferred.
Funny thing is that Onuachu too is a hassler. He was used predominantly as a later-stages nuisance by Peseiro in the the last afcon to come in in dying minutes to win fouls, hold up play and help wind down the clock, to the annoyance of our oppositions – and he performed this role with aplomb.
But the general consensus is that players like Iheanacho and Dessers would have performed this nuisance role with class, eloquence and even with credible goal threat which Onuachu failed to conjure.
However, at the end of the day, the role of a centre forward is to score goals and this is something Onuachu is more than capable of doing in Super Eagles colours if the set-up is one that allows him to