Nigeria Vs Ghana [0 - 1]

We tried just that we were so unlucky and the strikers were not also sharp in front of goal, believe me Egypt is claiming this cup again!!!

 They played the same pattern all through the match and got the same result all through . Plz someone should help  me Call Amodu to his backyard, Poke his chest and ask him if he is the best 4 the super Eagles. Plz send me his response. Nonsense

Mint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we need a world class coach who will bring back the winning mentality in these boiz
these boiz are good enuff to play good footie but as it is, all our local coaches cant do jack
keshi just got fired in small Mali so what are we saying?

i swear, if a coach wouldnt win the nations cup with the array of stars in the malian camp, then such an individual would make a mess of the average guys in our camp
keshi should concentrate on learning the trade first before coachin us

eldee,tk,
Permit me to contribute my two cents.
Truth is,until we start taking footie serious to the point where it's a professional approach that we adopt,we will never get anywhere.
eldee mentioned the way Capello has turned the English mentality around.It's amazing that Capello is using the same talents basically to achieve the results that Eriksson and McLaren couldn't even dream of.And it starts with the mental approach.Capello by nature is cerbral:i.e. he reads on other issues like psychology,mental states of mind and stuff like that.He is disciplined,tactically and off the field.He knows how to get the best out of his players.Typical example:England were having the problem of accomodating Gerrard and Lampard together till capello came and solved it.
My point is:the goons in NFF will never be willing to assume a thotough search for a manager/coach in the mould of Capello.The closest thing we have to a coach that is up to par technically is Siasia,as he updates his knowledge on a regular basis.But footie is more than what goes on on the pitch.Psychology and mental state of mind of the players also matter,and you find out that most successful coaches devote time to work on the psyche of the players they have at hand.Westerhof to an extent got the players he had believing they could beat anybody.He used to say in his interviews that he had to study each player because they came from various tribes and therefore their mentalities were different.I read an interview of such in complete football in 1992.
We have clowns on this Sports forum vouching that Amodu can lead us to the promised land.The guy hardly knows his players'strengths and weaknesses on the pitch,not to talk of getting to them mentally.Can we say that with the fools in the glass house,that we can actually get a coach who will transform the players and get them into believing they are world beaters?My answer is NO:because mediocrity sleeps and wakes up wit h people like Ogunjobi,Lulu,Amanze Uchegbulam and co.
Steven Keshi may have qualified Tog o to the world cup,but he had a problem in handling his star player Adebayor.That he couldn't manage to bring out the best from a Mali side brimming with talents is an indictment on his CV to me,and like you rightly pointed out,he will not be able to do jack with the average/slightly above average players we have at hand.And until we get that kind of coach who will inspire the boys outside the pitch,we might as well be constantly content with playing for the bronze medal every two years at the CAN.Because it's amazing how many bronze medals Nigeria has.It used to be silver in the late 80s & early 90s.

By now all naija 4 semi final hopefuls understand the hard way that Super chicken has become toast,  where are the paper footballers and analysts? I have often said that we need a complete OVERHAUL and we need a TA with two very hard balls to do that,  the glass house where we have some bunch of paper pushers who only play with their mouths to the unserious bunch running around the beautiful round leather ( and also chasing the small small Ghananians around.)

We need an oVERHAUUUUUUUUULLLL

Oh, where are the 94 Eagles

Oh, well, the nigerian coach has said A BRONZE IS AS GOOD AS GOLD? Can anyone imagine that?

Na real suffer ooh. The best option is a superstar dutch coach. A winner. Not an almost won, or nearly miss. But those NFF guys would surely go for the one that fits their coffers, if you catch my drift.

Rijkaard if e go gree come. or Hiddink

Last result?? You mean the same Russia he took to the semi-finals on the toughest tournament in the world??
Hmmn . . . that's quite interesting.

You mean the same Russia he made from scratch like he did with South Korea??

Your line of reasoning is so weird, I think you should join the NFF.

@honeric
A coach is as good as his CV not his last result.
Why do you think Arsene Wenger is still one of the most sought after managers in Europe??


Do you watch football at all??
Russia before Hiddink had not gone past the group stages of a major tournament . . . same with South Korea.
And you're here spewing fcukery?? Sometimes you football analysts amaze me.


Football has nothing to do with sentiment/emotions.
Stop being a girl . . . emotions cloud your judgement and lead to irrational decisions.

In football . . . we don't care if it sounds bad, the best people should take the best roles.
That's why players get the bench when they get old. . .

You're taling like this and one day, you'll say you want to coach the Super Eagles, and the cycle continues.

Mr man, stop twisting words, A COACH IS AS GOOD AS HIS LAST RESULT, I AIN'T SAYING GUUS IS NOT A GOOD COACH, BUT HE FAILED TO TAKE RUSSIA TO THE WORLDCUP AND AMODU PASSED THAT TEST, SO EOD.
 
wetin concern club football with world football?

So does that mean he built these teams from the scratch as you mentioned?  a coach is as good as his last result mr man, past glories don't count when you are faced with the present.

Mr man, if you wanted the best coach, why didn't you take SAF AND ANCELOTTI PLUS GUUS before the qualifiers?

The man did all what he was told to achieve no matter how he did it. what i am saying is that, he has accomplished his task, he should be given his rewards, his contract is expiring come August, till then, he should be in any plans the NFF is making. after the worldcup, you can employ the 10best coaches for 2014 worldcup okay?

Even with my mood, i've tried to ignore your insults, but i think you need to know that you ain't the only one with a foul mouth, ANIMALS like you need to be taught some simple words like "respecting other people's opinions and not disrespecting them" was i the one that made up the word or are you trying to say this is your first time of seeing that word (a coach's as good as his last result?)
  Even coaches themselves know that so who the heck are you? you should shut your pile-hole if you can't counter an argument in a civil way.

Tortoise head like you would do anything in his possession just to twist words in their favor, i said Amodu got the ticket to the worldcup, so he should be allowed to be at the worldcup, Guus didn't, so how did that translate to Amodu being better than Guus?

Since you are the one with the sharpest brain, why aint you out there employing and deploying coaches? chickenfeed like you love to sit on their fat asses, typing rubbish about other people's fathers/hubby/son/uncles just because internet is cheap and does accept people without manners and brains.

  Yes, coaches have records that speak for them, Amodu played 22 competitive matches, won 16, lost 3, drew 3, isn't that a good record? what kinda football did the German guy that coached Greece play before winning euro 2004? cute and sweet football right? every coach can't play like pep or wenger, but it's the end result that matters, (amodu admitted he and his boys didn't perform well and that he's willing to make changes if given the chance), so why are you fuming in the mouth as if amodu r.ap.p, ed your sister and backside-bleeped you? you can rake from now till 2099, but you don't have a say when it comes to the nff and amodu.

By the way, before you die of anti-amodu syndrome, you should be aware that Guus is not even vacant (he's tied to the Russian national team for 2 more years), so stop fuming, go get some cold shower, sleep and never watch the SE again. better-still, if you see Amodu at the world-cup as the coach of the SE, you can as well do us and yourself a favor by plucking out your eyes so you don't see him again okay?


I tried not to stoop so low to your level, but then i couldn't resist it, i just needed to give you 10 doses of your medicine, for your information, this is not the time to build any new team, that should be done after 2010 world-cup, what's needed now is a re-reinforcement of the team-list and also the technical crew, whatever needs to be done should be done, but those that worked for the ticket shouldn't be 100% locked out of the worldcup.

finally, after the worldcup, a coach that believes in young talents should be employed and should use 4 years to build the 2014 world-cup team from the pool of players we have. Hiddink spent more than 3 years to raise the S.Korean team at the 2002 worldcup, spending 4 years with Russia, yet couldn't achieve his aim with them. i should forget about that man since he's not even available so why die because of hiddink that's earning $2.1 with the Russian national team?

I should have not even stoop so low in discussing with you, thought your brain was matured enough to see that 5 months is not a nice time to employ a new coach for the worldcup purpose, doing that might spell bigger doom for the SE and Nigeria.

Good night Afarikorodo (Gorimapa)

disappointed to know you are even a mod on NL. , go learn some manners.

@Eldee, honeric01 - Abeg can you guys stop the name calling/insults etc? Thanks. 

@Eldee, I've battled honeric01 on the subject of Guus Hiddink and I think I made him to realise that Guus Ivanovic did wonders with the russian team and still contracted to them till this summer. He took them to the 3rd place match of the Euros and that is their best result in modern times. (spanning more than 20 years). To say Amodu is better than Guus is a CRIME!

A coach is as good as his last result - by this I mean - a coach is deemed a "failure" if he fails to meet his target but again, we all know that there are many other factors that contributes to this aside the ability of the coach himself. What is paramount here is not just the result but his performance/career - i.e his CV.

If going by Hiddink's CV, then sorry who is Amodu?

In the words of JM - A lucky coach is better than a good coach but how far can the SE ride their luck?

The time to get a new coach for the WC is pretty short but does that mean that we should support a tactically redundant coach? Are we going to the WC to make up numbers?

My hope is  that if Sia1 takes over, at least maybe he will select not only the younger and more energetic players but also home based since Sir Amodu feels nothing good can come out of our league.

Nice post. Except that sia1 part. I rate Eguaveon higher. He practically used Eguaveon 03 boys to the 05 tournament, and has been using mecenaries to do the dirty work (kalika), and seems to be too partisan in selection.
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