Nigeria and West Brom striker Peter
Odemwingie has been labelled a “loose
cannon” and urged to “calm down” by
ex-Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia.
The 31-year-old missed Super Eagles
Africa Cup of Nations success after
falling out with coach Stephen Keshi.
Siasia, who worked with Odemwingie at
international level, said it was the right
decision.
“He’s a loose cannon,” said Siasia. “I
wouldn’t invite Odemwingie to the
national team if I was the head coach.”
Siasia, who was in charge of the senior
Nigeria team from 2010 to 2011,
added: “We need players that will steer
the upcoming ones in the right path
and act as role models.
If he does not do that, he will only end
up destroying the team.”
At his club, Odemwingie has slowly
worked his way back into the plans of
manager Steve Clarke after failing with
a bid to engineer himself a move to
QPR on transfer deadline day.
But Siasia, coached the Nigeria
Under-23s to a silver medal in the 2008
Olympics where Odemwingie was the
overage player, still has his doubts
about the striker.
“He needs to calm down and
understand he now has a wife and a kid
who look up to him as an example,” he
said.
“I pray he matures quickly because
Nigerians will want to see him back in
the national team.”
LINK:
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/odemwingies-a-loose-cannon-siasia/

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