One thing that cannot be gainsaid is that Coach Amodu has delivered more laurels to Nigeria than any Coach.
1. 2002 and 2010 w/cup ticket.
2. 2006 world beach soccer ticket
3. The youngest coach (29yrs)to win Mandela Cup for BCC in 1990 and got to the final the following  year with the same team.
We may label him incompetent , but he has won the w/cup tickects for  us twice, but my fear for the man, he may be replaced by an Oyinbo Coach.

LOOK HE CANT LEAD SUPER EAGLES TO DA WORLD CUP, BUT KUDOS TO HIM, HE HAS DONE ENOUGH, LETS LOOK AT DA MATCH AGAINST KENYA , IMAGINE DA TEAM FINDING IT TOUGH AGAINST A TEAM DUMPED BY DERE COACH FEWS DAYS TO DA MATCH, YET HE COULDNT DECIPHER DA TACTICS OF A CRICKET COUNTRY COACH , SO HOW WILL HE COMPETE WITH THE LIKES OF CAPELLO OF ENGLAND AT THE WORLD STAGE??

In as much as i like Amodu, his performances as a coach during the qualifiers is not good enough. Maybe, the ANC should be his last chance but i want Naija to win the ANC. Its over due.

God forbid.

buffead:

LOOK HE CANT LEAD SUPER EAGLES TO DA WORLD CUP,  BUT KUDOS TO HIM,  HE HAS DONE ENOUGH, LETS LOOK AT DA MATCH AGAINST KENYA , IMAGINE DA TEAM FINDING IT TOUGH AGAINST A TEAM DUMPED BY DERE COACH FEWS DAYS TO DA MATCH,  YET HE COULDNT DECIPHER DA TACTICS OF A CRICKET COUNTRY COACH ,  SO HOW WILL HE COMPETE WITH THE LIKES OF CAPELLO OF ENGLAND AT THE WORLD STAGE??

Did Kenya play like a distraught team?

Your likes are the ones screaming he could not beat Mozambique, did Tunisia not lose to mozambique when it even mattered the most (and they had ONLY ONE shot on goal).

12 games, 9 wins, 9 clean sheets, 3 draws, No game lost, 20 goals scored, 5 goals conceded in 12 games and a WC ticket is not horrible by my standards.

FACT: No other team IN AFRICA has a better qualifying statistics bar goals scored/conceded statistics. NO OTHER TEAM.

Even Brazil has a worse qualifying record for WC 2010 to this.

The draw with Mozambique made us unnecessarily condemn Amodu and put pressure on his team despite having being magnificent in the first 6 games (although some fools were condemning him even then).

Second time he is qualifying us for a WC.

His only failure so far in my opinion is not instilling hunger in these passionless players.

I maintain he would have been a national hero if not for the slowpoke called Taye Taiwo, if the scores had read Nig 2 - Tun 1.

Take a look at the fool that let a player jog past him and could not be bothered to chase afterwards.

[flash=400,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/9uQzur0DsIg&feature/related[/flash]

yousouph:

In as much as i like Amodu, his performances as a coach during the qualifiers is not good enough. Maybe, the  ANC should be his last chance but i want Naija to win the ANC. Its over due.

I agree with this though.

He got them qualified so he should lead them to SA 2010. Period.

Giving him the boot may not be too fair considering that he was able to successfully beg the coach of mozambique to help him qualify.

Be that as it may, i think Amodu should be retained as the Chief Coach Administration (Begging & praying for other other teams to lose), while we get a technical assistant that will deliver the trophy,

He should be given a chance. End of.

How long do u think it will take for a foreign coach to familiarize himself with the fundamentals and complexities of the Nigerian system?  I think Berti voghts or whatever his name is, should serve as a prime example.

Sagamite:

Did Kenya play like a distraught team?

Your likes are the ones screaming he could not beat Mozambique, did Tunisia not lose to mozambique when it even mattered the most (and they had ONLY ONE shot on goal).

12 games, 9 wins, 9 clean sheets, 3 draws, No game lost, 20 goals scored, 5 goals conceded in 12 games and a WC ticket is not horrible by my standards.

FACT: No other team IN AFRICA has a better qualifying statistics bar goals scored/conceded statistics. NO OTHER TEAM.

Even Brazil has a worse qualifying record for WC 2010 to this.

The draw with Mozambique made us unnecessarily condemn Amodu and put pressure on his team despite having being magnificent in the first 6 games (although some fools were condemning him even then).

Second time he is qualifying us for a WC.

His only failure so far in my opinion is not instilling hunger in these passionless players.

I maintain he would have been a national hero if not for the slowpoke called Taye Taiwo, if the scores had read Nig 2 - Tun 1.

Take a look at the fool that let a player jog past him and could not be bothered to chase afterwards.

[flash=400,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/9uQzur0DsIg&feature/related[/flash]

I agree with this though.

bro if amodu can get dat kind of result wit his incompetence
iagine wat a better coach can do
heck we could beat chelsea
lemme tell u y i feel amodu isnt fit 2 b our coach
remeber d friendlies against ireland and france
coach amodu changed his backline
they were superb they isolaated anelka and benzema
this guy sodje was like a commander
he used his experience to command d defence and it clearly showed he was better the yobo
then against kenya he used them we won 3-0 plus the defence was solid
then against tunisia he panicked an brought back taiye taiwo and yobo
u can remember how tunisia scored dere first goal our center defenders yobo particularly was sleeping
the second goal was from taiye taiwo
after persistently leaving his wing open
he still left it open in d last 5 minutes
and we know wat happened too
my own is if he cant stand by his decisionns
and by performances of players we dont need him,
clearly u saw d defence was very bad against kenya
especially father yobo
who was no where to be fond during the build up to the first goal
then the midfield, he keeps playing olofinjana when there is etuhu
d attack he keeps playing aiyegbeni inspite of his lackluster performances
he nearly lost dat goal against kenya its God dat helped us
and dere is nsofor sitting down on d bench
amodu is looking at face
looking at face wont give you victoryyyy

abhosts:

He got them qualified so he should lead them to SA 2010. Period.

C'est fini !

Nigeria is one of the few countries that will hand a world cup ticket to a coach that didn't work for it (the only other team that comes to mind is useless Togo ,when they dumped Keshi).

The man is not good ,but he qualified for the WC,Tunisia had a french coach,but where are they now?

Lets stop all these rubbish talk,I recall how we handed a WC ticket to Bora in 1998 after someone else had qualified ,the outcome is well known to everyone.

ANYBODY CALLING FOR AMODU TO TAKE THE EAGLES TO 2010 W/CUP OR EVEN ANC IS AN ENEMY OF SOCCER IN NIGERIA.

AMODU DID NOT QUALIFY US FOR WORLD CUP. WE QUALIFIED BY SHEER LUCK. IF TUNISIA HAD WON OR DRAWN THEIR MATCH, THE STORY WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.

I VOTE WESTERHOF/SIASIA FOR ALL THE 2010 BATTLES

@youngbest
well said

ehen let him take us . , nd we cme bck hme after first round  , look at da way we played against kenya , kenya should hve beaten us , but na luck , do u lot think na weak team dey parade for world cup   we qualified for da world cup by LUCK !! period

If we allow him to lead the Eagles to the World cup, then we should expect our worst outing ever. He was only allowed to complete the qualifiers because he blackmailed the NFF. Remember his plea to Yar'adua that he was the one that qualified the Eagles in 2002 but the NFA sacked him and gave the job to another person who performed worse than he would have, refering to Onigbinde. However, if all the NFF can hire are the likes of Berti Vogts or Bora Millutinovic, then I would rather they continue with Amodu as these calliber of coaches never performs any better.

I heard NFF is already speaking with a couple of coaches, Fathi Terim of Turkey, Trapattoni of Italy and Avram Grant (former Chelsea coach). We need to get it right, otherwise there is no point sacking Mr. Twelve only to replace him with Mr. Dozen.

Dereformer:

AMODU DID NOT QUALIFY US FOR WORLD CUP. WE QUALIFIED BY SHEER LUCK. IF TUNISIA HAD WON OR DRAWN THEIR MATCH, THE STORY WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.

Very funny,so conceeding a late,late goal in Lagos was 'lucky'  . . . the how about the hapless Tunisians?? Mother luck deserted them?

Dereformer:

I VOTE WESTERHOF/SIASIA FOR ALL THE 2010 BATTLES

Westerhof's main achievement in football was with Nigeria,can you point to anyother thing he achieved as a coach??  And he's way too old for us now. Nostalgia can get one going at times, i understand   .

Siasia I agree with but only as assistant to Shuaibu !!!!  

I don't really believe that Amodu is sufficiently equipped to manage this team ,but we need to stop all these stop gap measures. . . . losing is part of learning in football. Can anyone tell me what developmental plan the NFF have put in place for the national team coaches?  

So our problem is fundamental & not restricted to firing & hiring coaches.

My opinion is that Amodu should lead Nigeria to the world cup. Reason: He qualified Nigeria to the world cup. How he did it is not the issue but the fact that he accomplished the task given to him.
My worrry however is with those that are waiting for some coaches to lose out in seeing the countries they coach lose out in their world cup bid and then hire those coaches. This is utter madness. If those coaches said to be placed on standby are good enough they should lead their countries to the world cup.
This man did it the first time against all hope and qualified us for the world cup but because he lost to senegal (The same senegal that got to the quarter-final of the world) "Nigerians" asked that he be sacked and replaced with an opprtunistic Onigbinde. That outing was Nigeria's worst ever.
Now he has led us to the world again and some people are saying he should be replaced. Those asking for his replacement should put themselves in his shoes.The Bora Militovic experience at France 2002 is still fresh in some minds.

What ever it takes let stop our second round specialist at the world cup,

my take on this is simple,

leave the dude for the nations cup at least,
the man has suffered enof(the guys lost half his body weight during the kenya match-his eyes were bulging out )

let us see him perform in a tournament, if we are impressed, then he continues, but if not , then we can bring our pitch forks,


BTW, all those clamouring for a foreign coach should know that foreign coach dey and foreign coach dey.

dont go and bring berti vogts or bora or some third world country coach and u expect me to say nirvana.

i like the fathi terrim guy-he knows his onions well

trappatoni wont touch nigeria with a 50 yard pole , cos nigeria is soooooooooooooo complex

Amodu can take the eagles to a very great stage if he is supportted

Amodu has won the ticket,how he won it matters,what is the pedigree of the countries he played in world football,what is is the level of of his technical input,does he really command respect from the players?is he easily manipulated by the NFA.This are questions we need to ask.Left for me we qualified through sheer luck,which is really needed in football.Do you think his tactical understanding can match the likes of Capelo,Hiddink,Lippi, etc.It is not about bringing a white skinned man and say we have a foreign coach, its about bringing very good foreign coaches, Sentiments aside Amodu cant and should never take us to the world cup,he does not have the guts,class,intelligence,tactics to do so.

Yes Amodu qualified us for the World Cup. That's a big feat no doubt, although it was fate that dropped the World Cup ticket in our lap. My concern is not just the result but the way our team has been playing since he took over this time around. It has never been the Super Eagles we used to know. They play with no pattern and coordination. (The U-17 Did not win the Cup but they played purposeful and exciting football. If they had left at the quarter- or semi-final, I would still have praised them).

Amodu just sits down and stares like someone who is dazed and drugged. He was not like this before; he used to look sure-footed and confident. Does he take drugs these days? (No insult meant)- just wondering what his problem is.

Westerhof was no good coach but he used gra-gra (showmanship) and people like Bonfrere Jo to achieve great results.

I think some tactical Nigerian coaches should be sent to help Amodu. My fear is that given the way Amodu is going, we may wobble and fumble at the Nations Cup and then disgraced at the World Cup. Then the same people rooting for Amodu will turn around and crucify the NFA/NFF.

see guys open your eye
read my first article
d guy continuosly snubs guy who are performing for ppl who are not
and i believe he does dat for mayb personal likeness or lik one of my guy says
dey are probably bribing him
for example d cae of sodje who performs better than yobo
bone d fact that sodje is playing 4 a division 2 side
his plays better than yobo with more agility and more experience
and more importantly more passion and commiment
den aiyegbeni i cry ehnever i see him in the startiin eleven
he doesnt work for d ball he is sooooo lazyyyyyyy
if it was aiyegbeni dat had martins chances we all know he cant score dem especiallly d 3rd goal
aiyegbeni cant do wat martins did but he keeps plaiying aiyegbeni
plus isnt it a shame dat we dont have a playing pattern
we just play anyhow
d reason i was impressed with john obuh (u-17 coach) was dat
the u-17 boys had a nice technical pattern of play
but sir amodu cant develop one
plus u want to tell me dat we cant get a midfielder to play 10 in d whole naija
d guys who play ten lake creativity
u cant compare any of our current playmakers with andrea pirlo
and we aregoona play against ppl like pirlo in d world cup
how then are we gonna succed
d main reason am asking for a foriegn coach is cos
i want somone who wont look at face
and somone who will chose pplp dat play well
and not somone dat is looking at past glory
no wonder its only in nigeira amodu has been performing
fthi Terim of Turkey, Trapattoni of Italy
are very good look dem up on d net especially trapatonni

jprospero,


i get ur point,
but the way i see it, how u qualify for a tournament does not matter, but how u play at the actual tournament.
the last time i checked, brazil stumbled into the world cup in germany and nobody gave then a glimmer of a chance but they won the cup.

allow the man perform in the nations cup, and lets grade him a tournament setting,

BTW the tunisian team had a french coach and they crashed out?

i know amodu is not the most technically indept coach, but he deserves the nations cup atleast.


on a different note, i feel that mikel obi was our player of the match against kenya

His the man reliable?

Amodu leadin the us to the world cup is just the beginning of failure on a mass scale. the man have no football strategy, no knowlegde and no tactics,  since Amodu first became the eagles manager in 1994,  i have become an Amodu analyst and believe me, his plan of football never changes since we played England in Wembley he sticks to the same stupid tactics. For argument sake, look at all our African nations cup matches, we never played good, just look at our world cup qualifying matches and see what a plonker our manager is.  I fear for nigeria if this man takes us to South Africa.

He qualified us, he can and should lead us to S/A, except may be we want to go for a foreign guy.we shouldnt treat him the same way we did in 2002 when he put us through and Onigbinde was ask to take over, what did we get from that?, no matter what you think about amodu he is one of the best guy we have.

supereagle:

One thing that cannot be gainsaid is that Coach Amodu has delivered more laurels to Nigeria than any Coach.
1. 2002 and 2010 w/cup ticket.
2. 2006 world beach soccer ticket
3. The youngest coach (29yrs)to win Mandela Cup for BCC in 1990 and got to the final the following year with the same team.
We may label him incompetent , but he has won the w/cup tickects for us twice, but my fear for the man, he may be replaced by an Oyinbo Coach.

Yes, Ahmodu did all these, but right now, he is a spent force, for God's sakes, we need a foreign coach!

youngbest:

see guys open your eye
read my first article
d guy continuosly snubs guy who are performing for ppl who are not
and i believe he does dat for mayb personal likeness or lik one of my guy says
dey are probably bribing him
for example d cae of sodje who performs better than yobo
bone d fact that sodje is playing 4 a division 2 side
his plays better than yobo with more agility and more experience
and more importantly more passion and commiment
den aiyegbeni i cry ehnever i see him in the startiin eleven
he doesnt work for d ball he is sooooo lazyyyyyyy
if it was aiyegbeni dat had martins chances we all know he cant score dem especiallly d 3rd goal
aiyegbeni cant do wat martins did but he keeps plaiying aiyegbeni
plus isnt it a shame dat we dont have a playing pattern
we just play anyhow
d reason i was impressed with john obuh (u-17 coach) was dat
the u-17 boys had a nice technical pattern of play
but sir amodu cant develop one
plus u want to tell me dat we cant get a midfielder to play 10 in d whole naija
d guys who play ten lake creativity
u cant compare any of our current playmakers with andrea pirlo
and we aregoona play against ppl like pirlo in d world cup
how then are we gonna succed
d main reason am asking for a foriegn coach is cos
i want somone who wont look at face
and somone who will chose pplp dat play well
and not somone dat is looking at past glory
no wonder its only in nigeira amodu has been performing
fthi Terim of Turkey, Trapattoni of Italy
are very good look dem up on d net especially trapatonni

I like your contribution but I don't know about sodje. I don't think we should use someone like him. Yobo does not appear to command the backline and he is supposed to be the most experienced defender we have. Plus he loses concentration at times. Maybe we should play shittu and adeleye together. Shittu was our best defender at the last nations cup. But I agree with you, yobo is messing up.

Although I am not comfortable with the man style of coaching but I still believe in continuity. I am afraid of the effect of changing him we likely change almost all the faces in the team. And is perhaps one of the problem faces also by Sia 1. I suggest we should criticize him, beg him till Nations Cup in Angola. Even send coaches on training and pray that they succeed.
To be honest, he has not performed terribly bad.

This Amodu of a coach has suffered, he has been the only coach Nigeria has ever had to have suffered from both people who doesn't even know Football and those who think they are the SAF and PEP of Nigeria.

A world cup comes around every four years and I don't think we should waste this opportunity. Amodu is not good enough period. If we go to the WC with Amodu, we are likely to be disgraced like Zaire in 1974. A good coach can come in do wonders. For instance, look at what Hiddink did with Chelsea after Scolari. And like some said, if the NFA are going to go with a foreign coach, they should select a successful coach and not the failed types such as Berti. Otherwise, leave Amodu to complete the task.

Gone are the days when the Super Eagles would be playing and you would be confident of a composed and technically sound team.[/b]Samuel Eto of Cameroun when commenting on threats to Cameroun's successful outing in Angola, mentioned only  Ghana and Ivory Coast [b]but no Nigeria, WHY? Simply because our reputation in soccer is badly down!

Yes, under Amodu we qualified for the World Cup but can we say with ALL conviction that Amodu gave us the ticket? Lets be sincere, we need greater competence for better performance in the Eagles squad.

We need someone who knows his onions and who would not be swayed by the politricking in the soccer house, someone who can put HIS TEAM together without bowing to external pressures ,WE DONT NEED AMODU!