HEAD coach of the Nigeria national team,
Stephen Keshi has astonishingly revealed that
he does not have a team yet as he continues his
“rebuilding project “ with the Super Eagles.
Keshi replaced Samson Siasia as Super Eagles
trainer in 2011 following the latter’s failure to
lead Nigeria to the finals of the 2012 Africa Cup
of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
He gained legendary status when he became the
first man to win the Africa Nations Cup as a
captain and coach after masterminding success
with the Super Eagles at the 2013 Afcon in
South Africa.
The 51-year-old gaffer however believes his
current squad is “not the finished article” and is
keen to make further additions in the coming
days despite naming an unchanged side for
Nigeria’s last two international fixtures and for
the upcoming 2014 World Cupplayoff game
against Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.
“No matter how long you have a team, there are
still one or two players you will see that you will
like to bring into the team. There is no way you
are going to have 11 or 18 players for two years
and you don’t see the need to make one or two
changes,” Keshi told Supersport.
“If I have one or two good players better than
what I have here, I may have to change.
“It’s part of building (a strong team) too because
when they come in, they will have to learn our
style of play,” he added.
The “Big Boss” then went down memory lane to
highlight the importance of freshening up the
squad with new additions as he recalled the
earliest days of former captain, Sunday Oliseh in
the Nigeria national team.
“When I was captain of the national team, I still
recall vividly when in 1993, (coach Clemens)
Westerhof introduced a young player called
Oliseh into the team.
“A lot of eyebrows were raised because at that
time, the late Thompson Oliha had made that
position in midfield his own with strong
performances over the previous four years.
“Oliseh (who went on to amass 63 caps for the
Super Eagles) played marvelously in his first two
games for Nigeria and Oliha was never first
choice again.
“My decision to look at new players is not based
on sentiments. I do this in the interest of the
country.
“We need players that will get us results and
that is the most important thing because the
present team is not the finished article,” he said.
Keshi has only lost 4 games in 31 as coach of the
Super Eagles since taking the reins in 2011.
His first defeat was in an international friendly
against Egypt on April 12, 2012. He also tasted
the bitter pill of defeat when Nigeria lost 0-1 to
Peru in another friendly on May 23, 2012.
Nigeria’s two other losses under Keshi were
recorded at the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup
against Uruguay on June 20 and Spain on June
23.

Source - www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/s-h-o-c-k-e-r-dont-team-yet-keshi/

we don hear

He"s been factual , I know the rebuilding process is still on , but we will not take it as an excuse from ... Come what may ,we have a team that can face any African team .





Keep rebuilding I know u will give us a team that can face the world ...we are patiently waiting .

The headline is misleading. I'm sure it's by a Keshi-hater.