goldfish80:


Honestly speaking, PLG hasn't had much success since leaving Lyon. Naturally, he's quite an authoritarian and loves establishing control, this hasn't won him much friends that's why he hasn't had any gig in Europe since 2008. Even when the Australians wanted to hire him when they binned Pim Veerbek, at the last minute the deal fell through.

The major reason why I was taken by the idea of him as Super eagles coach was because, I believed he would go an extra mile to make an impact to restore his fledgling reputation. He's at an age where it's make or mar for him, I believe it would have worked in our favour.

Salisu Yusuf is just not the answer, I don't know how the press has managed to build him up that majority of Nigerians feel he is the messiah.

Personally, I would want the NFF to get someone like Tata Martino or Allejandro Sabbella (the Argentine coach to the last World Cup). People like these guys could do a good job for us. Their clime and ours aren't much different with the way they do things. It could be a perfect fit

Mickael2:


If you ask me,then Siasia has done nothing wrong. Absolutely nothing, he has just been a victim of bad circumstances. The first time, our qualification had already been messed up, he came and if not for some school boy errors and misses we would have qualified(you really need to watch that Guinea game again). Under Siasia we outplayed our opponents hands down, we beat Argentina, and even when they got their starts together, it was a howler by Mikel that and Aiyenugba that cost us the game. For me right now, Siasia is the best local coach we have, maybe soon Amunike will join, but we saw what happened to Manu, so I maintain that Siasia will be the best local coach on a long term plan.

safarigirl:
stop living in 2005 and come down to 2016 where U20 boys and nobodies from Denmark are disgracing Siasia's U23

If you people can stop celebrating past glory and look at the last 4 years, you'll want to plank him as well. Stop making excuses for the nigga, Amodu was qualifying for tournaments with far worse odds than Siasia ever got, so what are we talking about?

chrisooblog:
4 months ago i would have agreed with you but the way he botched the egypt match especially the away one plus his current mis-handling of the olympic team has seriously eroded my faith and trust in him

Mickael2 post=4772659 :


If you ask me,then Siasia has done nothing wrong. Absolutely nothing, he has just been a victim of bd circumstances. The first time, our qualification had already been messed up, he came and if not for some school boy errors and misses we would have qualified(you really need to watch that Guinea game again). Under Siasia we outplayed our opponents hands down, we beat Argentina, and even when they got their starts together, it was a howler by Mikel that and Aiyenugba that cost us the game. For me right now, Siasia is the best local coach we have, maybe soon Amunike will join, but we saw what happened to Manu, so I maintain that Siasia will be the best local coach on a long term plan.

Mickael2:


Ok tell me what he has done these past 4 years? His U23 qualified didn't they? Sure they did, what has he failed to do? You are basing your arguments on a few recent FRIENDLY GAMES. He did what he did in 2005, in 2012 we won against Argentina with him there and we didn't lose a game with him in charge. So which past glory? Please

tbaba1234:


Siasia is not our best local coach. He has just had the most opportunities. Plus he has had many failures..

Keshi and Amodu were much better.

Siasia weaknesses was what made us fail to qualify. He has never had a good defence..

Mickael2:


he didn't really botch the match. I understand that his selections were funny but he was not under any contract, and we all know what the NFF is all about, they may have hand-picked them for him and since he does not have a contract,he does not have a say. This is simple. Until he messes up at the Olympics proper, I will still believe he is good, he did win the U23 with local lads from academies not even NPFL teams

Mickael2:


Tata??! Lolz. Please, don't ever say that again. The guy is mediocrity personified, the guy won't be able to win the FA cup with the FIFA best Eleven. Sabella I can understand but he can't speak English so it may hinder the deal and lead to extra expenses but Tata?! No!

Mickael2:


correction, Amodu wasn't better, he just got better results. But if you have to pick either Amodu or Siasia for a beautiful football playing team, there is no argument there, except if you are a chelsea fan. Keshi is arguably but not totally so, I still rate Siasia better.

He has never had the oppurtunity to assemble a good defence. His U20 at the 2005 games had the best defence in the tournament, same as the U23 in 2008, our defence messed up real bad at the olympics qualifiers but let's be honest, those are local lads.

goldfish80:

What's wrong with Tata martino? His brand of high tempo, ticki taka, youthful, high pressing and possession based game is reminiscent of Marcelo Bielsa's. To think he took Paraguay to unprecedented levels by reaching the Copa America final and getting to the world cup 1/4 finals. His Argentina side crushed all opponents enroute the infamous loss to Chile. Frankly, he pisses over whatever Salisu or PLG can offer. You dint coach Barca if ure not one of the best around.

Allejandro Sabbella won't have much language barrier I suppose. He spent more than 4yrs with Leeds and one other team in England.

Personally, I am an advocate for getting the best coach from South America or Eastern Europe since it appears our best heads have kicked the bucket. The system we operate with our burocracy is almost the same with the south Americans and Eastern Europeans,especially the Serbs. I wish the FA are thinking along these lines.

Mickael2:


If you ask me,then Siasia has done nothing wrong. Absolutely nothing, he has just been a victim of bad circumstances. The first time, our qualification had already been messed up, he came and if not for some school boy errors and misses we would have qualified(you really need to watch that Guinea game again). Under Siasia we outplayed our opponents hands down, we beat Argentina, and even when they got their starts together, it was a howler by Mikel that and Aiyenugba that cost us the game. For me right now, Siasia is the best local coach we have, maybe soon Amunike will join, but we saw what happened to Manu, so I maintain that Siasia will be the best local coach on a long term plan.

adrainuche:
Here's the list ...

Goalkeepers: Daniel Akpeyi, Emmanuel Daniel

Defenders: Muenfah Sincere, Kingsley Madu, Abdullahi Shehu, Saturday Erimuya, William Ekong, Ndifreke Udo, Stanley Amuzie

Midfielders: Oghenekaro Etebo, John Obi Mikel, Popoola Saliu, Okechukwu Azubuike, Usman Muhammed

Forwards: Aminu Umar, Imoh Ezekiel, Oluwafemi Ajayi, Sadiq Umar....

Awoniyi dint make the list and also Godwin Saviour .. Am surprised mikel obi made the list .... seems Umeruo would be heading to beskistas he won't be able to make the team ...obanor wasn't also picked he might be on stand by !!! I think this list is better !!!

I dunno about Saturday Erimuya and udo I hope they are justified !!! Seems we would be playing a 4-3-3 !!!


Attack looks exciting


E. Daniel

Shehu .... Ekong ..... Saturday ..... Madu


Azubuike Etebo Papoolo


Aminu Sadiq Imoh


We can also play 4-2-3-1


Daniel

Seth Ekong Saturday Amuzie


Shehu Azubuike

Aminu Etebo imoh

Ajayi/ Sadiq

It seems sia one head is getting there .... now it's a bit promising !!!

Mickael2:


Correction, Tata does not play a possession based game. He does not play tiki take, he plays a direct style of football. Under him, Barca recorded their worst ever possession ratio, imagine even Rayo won the possession battle against Barca. He is an average coach, simple as that. When Argentina could not score against Chile, what did he do? Nothing, he has no plan B, either Messi scores or Messi sets up someone to score, he was the creator of the Messidependencia era of Barcelona, look it up.

Mickael2:


Ok tell me what he has done these past 4 years? His U23 qualified didn't they? Sure they did, what has he failed to do? You are basing your arguments on a few recent FRIENDLY GAMES. He did what he did in 2005, in 2012 we won against Argentina with him there and we didn't lose a game with him in charge. So which past glory? Please

goldfish80:


I think with the amount being touted for PLG, a Sabella can sign the dotted lines at the said amount (a contract of $1.5m). Am not sure he was paid more than that at Estudiantes.

The Rangers team were full of bullies like Barry ferguson etall who were angry because PLG took away their burgers, ketchups and muster munch and placed them on diet. They couldn't keep up with his training regimen of doing endurance race. The Rangers players were simply not ready to be taken to the next level not the managers fault.

goldfish80:


Even last season, La palmas, Real Sociedad, Deportivo had considerable high amount of possession. Truth was that barca were evolving or in transition when he came in,especially when the major component of that ticki taka game was on the wane (Xavi). Its a bit mindless kicking Tata for the short spell he enjoyed at Barcelona. Abi you think Barca will go for someone who has different philosophy to their game? He went 23games unbeaten at some point with Barca.

Which coach in the world wouldn't depend on a fit Messi? Name one.

Did you watch his Paraguay team at the world cup in SA?

If you believe he plays direct football ala Tony Pulis or Sam Alardyce, then you obviously don't know the man or what he is all about.

goldfish80:

The Argentine game was subject to match fixing investigation, so.....

chrisooblog:
bros NFF are many things but i seriously doubt they will force coaches to field certain players. was it NFF that said he should not start iheanacho, iwobi or onazi? siasia is too involved in marketing some of his players so his objectivity in selecting our best legs is suspect

adrainuche:
Here's the list ...

Goalkeepers: Daniel Akpeyi, Emmanuel Daniel

Defenders: Muenfah Sincere, Kingsley Madu, Abdullahi Shehu, Saturday Erimuya, William Ekong, Ndifreke Udo, Stanley Amuzie

Midfielders: Oghenekaro Etebo, John Obi Mikel, Popoola Saliu, Okechukwu Azubuike, Usman Muhammed

Forwards: Aminu Umar, Imoh Ezekiel, Oluwafemi Ajayi, Sadiq Umar....

Awoniyi dint make the list and also Godwin Saviour .. Am surprised mikel obi made the list .... seems Umeruo would be heading to beskistas he won't be able to make the team ...obanor wasn't also picked he might be on stand by !!! I think this list is better !!!

I dunno about Saturday Erimuya and udo I hope they are justified !!! Seems we would be playing a 4-3-3 !!!


Attack looks exciting


E. Daniel

Shehu .... Ekong ..... Saturday ..... Madu


......... Azubuike...... Etebo......Papoolo


......... Aminu ..... Sadiq ....... Imoh


We can also play 4-2-3-1


Daniel

....... Seth Ekong Saturday Amuzie


... ....Shehu .. ....Azubuike

........ Aminu .. Etebo........ imoh

..... Ajayi/ Sadiq

It seems sia one head is getting there .... now it's a bit promising !!!

goldfish80:


I disagree with you. I don't know why people keep digging up Claudio Ranieri when making an argument like he's a nobody in Europe. For goodness sake, this man has handled almost all the major clubs in Europe bar Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich... He's managed big European teams back to back like Valentia, Inter, Athletico Madrid, Juve just name it. He's a renowned professional. His case is miles different from Salisu Yusuf.

Infact, Salisu was never the main assistant to Siasia, Kalika was. He was never the main assistant to Keshi, the Togolese guy Valerie and Okpara was. No disrespect, Salisu was just a support staff so to speak. He simply doesn't have the pedigree. Especially with the quality of the teams in our group. You don't go to a gun battle armed with a club.

tbaba1234:
Ranieri resume

Cagliari
Serie C1: 1988–89
Coppa Italia Serie C: 1988–89
Serie B promotion: 1989–90

Fiorentina
Serie B: 1993–94
Coppa Italia: 1995–96
Supercoppa Italiana: 1996

Valencia
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998
Copa del Rey: 1998–99
UEFA Super Cup: 2004

Monaco
Ligue 2: 2012–13

Leicester City
Premier League: 2015–16

Mickael2:


he did start them in the first leg didn't he? And Iheanacho wasn't so good. His own is not even part, he deserved to be benched. It was Iwobi that I was suprised about though. But I think something must have happened.

TheGoodJoe:


As much as the burgers infuriated the Rangers players, I think the last straw was reducing their drinking. British boys drink too much and coaches from outside can not stand it.

Paul Le Guen wanted them to cut down on their drinking and they blew off their hats. That was what was the underlying issue of the Revolt against Mancini by the City players.

chrisooblog:
honestly i'm in a quandary as to this annoying super eagles coach issue. in an ideal situation i would prefer a young ambitious foreign coach in the mold of bruno metsu, rene hevard, etc but unfortunately we are far from an ideal situation so local coach it is. but can we entrust salisu with such a sensitive assignment? hmm i no know ooo when we went for keshi and amodu of blessed memory atleast they had experience but salisu just has assistant to his belt. maybe like someone suggested we should go for one serbian they have thick skin (to put up with the nff and their bs) and they are quite tactical

BascoVanVeli:


Iheanacho didn't deserve to be benched, he deserved faith. Yes he had a nervous start but he was coming into the game, he created that goal out of nothing. No doubt in my mind if he was left in he could have done even more.

Mickael2:

I specifically mentioned Rayo. Rayo are a counter attacking team yet they won the possession game. He has no Plan B, ofcourse you can depend on Messi but you need a plan B.

If you have a team with Messi, Neymar and Iniesta and a 22 game unbeaten streak with 9 or 10 draws isn't something to shout about.

There are various ways of playing direct football. You have the long ball technique and the direct passing technique. He uses the direct pass technique, where you always want to move forward and that forces you to fall into a more counter-attack based system, it's simple to understand. What Pulis and Allardyce play is called 'route one' football, long balls.

Managerial style

Gerardo Martino prefers to play a very high pressing and an attacking style of football. At Barcelona, Martino continued the club's preferred style of play tiki-taka along with his own tactics. All of Martino's teams have the same distinguishable traits: they play attack-minded football, they are creative and the style is based on quick passing. In addition, Martino's teams also pressure high up the pitch, play out from the back and depend on their youth systems.

TheGoodJoe:


Not a W w. CV.