Icon4s:


And u think the bumpy Kaduna pitch will nt affect our players hu play on smooth European turfs? It should nt be abt capitalizing on the bumpy nature of the pitch but playing good football to beat your opponent.

I dnt like that Kaduna stadium. It is sub-standard and diminishes Nigeria's image in the eyes of the international community.

Orkpekyandega:
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Ighalo Thanks ‘Legend’ Kanu, Nwakali For Watford Support
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By Johnny Edward:
Watford striker Odion Ighalo has thanked former Arsenal and Super Eagles superstar Nwankwo Kanu and Nigeria youngster Kelechi Nwakali for coming out to support him during Watford's goalless draw against Chelsea at Vicarage Road on Wednesday.


Kanu, who is in London to help Nwakali and Ebere Chukwueze finalise their move to Arsenal, was in the stands to watch the encounter.


"Thanks to the legend Kanu for your support last night," Ighalo wrote on his Instagram handle on Thursday, along with a picture of himself, Kanu and Nwakali, who is in an Arsenal jacket.


Ighalo who failed to add to his goal tally of 14 on Wednesday took to Instagram to also express his delight at seeing Nwakali, the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup Most Valuable Player, after the game in London.


"Happy to have you here in UK Bro," Ighalo wrote on Nwakali.
www.completesportsnigeria.com/ighalo-thanks-legend-kanu-for-support/
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Orkpekyandega:
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We won’t allow Oliseh coach us into trouble -NFF
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.Insists on Kaduna for Nigeria vs Egypt

By George Aluo
WillSunday Oliseh go or stay on as Super Eagles manager? This is the million naira question, ahead of today’s technical committee meeting of the Nigeria Football Federation which holds in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state.


The NFF, Daily Sunsports can today reveal, is worried over the Eagles manager and is now in a dilemma whether to sack him or allow him prosecute the two legged tie against Egypt next month.


A competent NFF source however told Daily Sunsports yesterday that one thing that is clear is that the soccer federation will not allow Oliseh to coach her into trouble.


According to our source, the technical committee has been mandated to come up with a blue print on how Nigeria will beat Egypt to the AFCON 2017 ticket.


The Chris Green led body is to work closely with the Eagles gaffer, who has been told in very clear terms to cooperate or get fired.


“The NFF is ready to take any radical decision which it deems necessary to ensure our qualification for the Nations Cup.


Oliseh has been told to cooperate and work closely with the technical committee. If he fails to behave, he would be fired, there is no two ways about it. One thing that is clear is that the NFF is not going to fold its arms and allow the AFCON qualifier bungled by the coach before taking belated decisions,” our source disclosed.


Continuing he said: “We are not going to allow what happened before CHAN 2016 to repeat itself.


Before going to CHAN a few players from the squad that Siasia conquered Africa with were recommended to Oliseh by members of the technical committee and he (Oliseh) rejected them. He ran the CHAN show alone. He decided where to camp, players to use and all that.
We wont allow that to continue in the interest of the nation.”


Interestingly, Oliseh has declared that he has no business with the technical committee declaring that the contract he signed says he should report to the NFF secretary general and not the committee. Oliseh has also requested to play in Port Harcourt instead of Kaduna which the NFF had since settled for .


The soccer federation has made it clear that the match would go ahead in Kaduna. NFF’s image maker, Demola Olajire said yesterday that Oliseh can not dictate where to play to the soccer federation.


“Well, what I can tell you is that the coach cannot tell the football federation where the match would be played. It is the prerogative of the NFF to pick match venues,” Olajire said.
sunnewsonline.com/new/we-wont-allow-oliseh-coach-us-into-trouble-nff/
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Orkpekyandega:
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Egypt on my mind not NFF –Oliseh
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By Pius Ayinor

Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh has told The PUNCH that his major preoccupation is how to beat Egypt in their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match rather than worry about meetings and other things outside the field of play.


The Super Eagles coach said on Thursday that he was surprised to hear from some Nigerians that he was billed to meet with the Nigeria Football Federation’s technical committee in Uyo while he was never scheduled to be there.


The former Nigeria captain told our correspondent that he is keeping himself busy holding talks with his players concerning their next game.


He said, “I have the permission of my employers to hold talks with my players based in Europe and that’s what I am doing now. We are working towards the next game which is against Egypt. As a matter of fact the only thing on my mind is Egypt.


“All we are working on is how to get our maximum points from that fixture and so any other thing is meaningless to us for now. The players understand there’s huge work ahead and that’s all we know.”


Those familiar with the contract Oliseh signed with the NFF say that the coach is not obliged to appear before the technical committee as the paper clearly states that he is answerable to the NFF General Secretary. The technical committee is noted as an advisory body only.


There were reports that he was to meet with the committee in Uyo on Thursday to present his report on the 2016 African Nations Championship and give necessary explanations in person. The coach spoke from his Belgium home on Thursday.


Nigeria will play the Pharaohs of Egypt in a Gabon 2017 qualifier at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna on March 23 before playing the reverse fixture away in Egypt.


The NFF officials have stated that the game be played in Kaduna rather than in Port Harcourt, which the coach had suggested.
www.punchng.com/egypt-on-my-mind-not-nff-oliseh/

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TheGoodJoe:


TheSuperNerd. See me see trouble. Odion Ighalo have started again. Now, Legend Kanu can not leave my head.

TheGoodJoe:


Bull Sh11t.

If you guys no the job better than Coach Oliseh, sack him and his crew. Go and coach the team yourselves. Coach Oliseh is the coach of the team. It is his decision to accept the technical committee report or not.

TheGoodJoe:


#EgyptOnMyMind.

TheGoodJoe:


Hence Coach Oliseh wants to play in Port Harcourt, the Super Eagles have no reason to play in Kaduna. NFF should have contacted Oliseh before picking a stadium.

If the coach complains, NFF will scream unprofessional. Meanwhile, they are the most unprofessional sector in this country. Road transport Union can not behave like this.

BascoVanVeli:

In case u needed any more reasons to love this guy.

Chinese Super League club offered Odion Ighalo 'almost £300,000 a week'

Watford striker Odion Ighalo has said he was offered nearly £300,000 a week to move to the Chinese Super League.

A number of big-name players have signed for Chinese clubs, with Jiangsu Suning paying Chelsea £25 million for Ramires and Shakhtar Donetsk £38.5m for Alex Teixeira, while Guangzhou Evergrande landed Jackson Martinez for £32m.

The Daily Mail reports that Hebei China Fortune, who signed Gael Kakuta on Friday, attempted to secure the signature of Ighalo, who has scored 14 Premier League goals this season.

The Nigeria international said: "I was very close. They made a £10m bid and were offering me over £200,000 a week; a four-year contract. I couldn't sleep for three days.

"That kind of money is not easy to turn down. Some teammates in the dressing room were saying, 'You can't miss this chance.' But I don't jump into decisions like that.

"I prayed about it, and God said it was not for me, no matter how much money it was. I knew God would direct me. When I said I don't want to go, they offered me more money, almost £300,000 a week. I told them it's not about the money."

Ighalo, who signed a new five-year contract at Watford in September, added: "They have called again and I have turned them down again. Maybe if I keep scoring goals, that team will come with triple the money at the end of the season. When the time is right to go to China I will know. If it's for me it will come to pass.

"When I was in Ajegunle, I was watching the Premier League, dreaming one day I would be part of it. If I keep doing what I'm doing I can enjoy my football in England for four, five or six years.

"I helped this team to promotion. How can I leave because of money? I know money is good. With that sort of money I can secure my life. But you can't sell your dream."

krattoss:
300000euro a week?
mehn that's some billions of Naira in just a week.. I guess with that money in a year or two he can even buy watford..

well life choices and characters differs..

but on another note.. how much do these Chinese club that they would be such amount of money.. not that their league is popular?

BascoVanVeli:


The Chinese super league is on the rise. We should never underestimate the power of money. Unlike the mls and other smaller leagues they are getting player while in their prime. It is great for football that there could be more strong leagues outside Europe. I certainly hope our league teams can sell some players to them it would bring in much needed revenue.

krattoss:
who watches China leagues apart from Chinese themselves.. and how did they cover all their expenses...

I guess match fixing and manipulation..

BascoVanVeli:
My question is, are we saying the NFF is hiding money? To make allegations without concrete evidence is naive and wrong.
The NFF sent the chan team to SA and paid for everything also as we all recall Pinnik paid for the assistant coach's surgery out of his own pocket so the fact that they didn't like the food is nonsense, it is what a child would say. A grown man would clamp down and eat the food, not cry for home cooking.
None of this came out prior to them losing so....

TheGoodJoe:


Please, Coach Oliseh used to play Professional football and played a lot of international football. If he says the accommodation and hotel food was not good, the NFF should discuss with him to make sure the incident does not happen again.

Saying Professional players should eat terrible food in an international tournament does not work with me.

BascoVanVeli:



How was the food terrible? If the food was terrible the hotel had to be terrible ans that was never said by anyone. All that happened was the food was new to them and they didn't give it a chance. They are not gods any other professional would make do so what makes them any different. I find it funny that thwy clowned south africa and not Rwanda knowing most Nigeria would be more receptive to something bad coming from there. They were there to represent Nigeria not live the good life a good coach would remind them of the bigger picture not dwell on the subject, we all know Nigeria is broke shoot our oil is almost the same price as pure water but what good is crying to the world going to do about it?..

BascoVanVeli:



How was the food terrible? If the food was terrible the hotel had to be terrible ans that was never said by anyone. All that happened was the food was new to them and they didn't give it a chance. They are not gods any other professional would make do so what makes them any different. I find it funny that thwy clowned south africa and not Rwanda knowing most Nigeria would be more receptive to something bad coming from there. They were there to represent Nigeria not live the good life a good coach would remind them of the bigger picture not dwell on the subject, we all know Nigeria is broke shoot our oil is almost the same price as pure water but what good is crying to the world going to do about it?..

TheGoodJoe:


Hence Coach Oliseh wants to play in Port Harcourt, the Super Eagles have no reason to play in Kaduna. NFF should have contacted Oliseh before picking a stadium.

If the coach complains, NFF will scream unprofessional. Meanwhile, they are the most unprofessional sector in this country. Road transport Union can not behave like this.

TheGoodJoe:


The good of crying out is to stop the irresponsibility of the NFF. The reason why we do not have lots of companies sponsoring the Super Eagles is the mismanagement. If good lifestyle is not important, why do you think clubs spend so much to keep their players living well? Why do competitions come with top class accommodation for players?

Our Coaches kept quiet for too long that we feel it is right for the NFF to maltreat coaches. Look at how they left Coach Siasia's team with wash and wear jersey and they queried him for complaining.

If Amaju Pinnick can not rally for sponsorship for our international football teams, he should step down.

Orkpekyandega:



Spot on as well.

NFF is so unprofessional in handling our national teams. Take for instance, it is against the national teams' code of conducts for a Coach or a Player to speak against any treatment they don't like with the media, the same offence for which the NFF is into.

Why would you come on air to say 'you don't want Oliseh to coach us into trouble'

That sounds so bad. There is a more professional and diplomatic way of addressing issues like this.

That Cris Green of a guy has never impressed me at all.

BascoVanVeli:


This is not about a club it is about our country, ask not what ur country can do for u. People should stop expecting to get rich off of Nigeria, how about they make Nigeria rich again. I personally would pay to represent Nigeria so i don't see what all the fuss is about.

BascoVanVeli:


So can u publicly complain about ur employer at ur job? Oliseh failed and made excuses, finger pointing for no reason a real professional would have talked to them privately.

BascoVanVeli:


This is not about a club it is about our country, ask not what ur country can do for u. People should stop expecting to get rich off of Nigeria, how about they make Nigeria rich again. I personally would pay to represent Nigeria so i don't see what all the fuss is about.