terzurum5:

Thanks. I congratulate the NFF VP for this timely clarification. If he had not come out this early. The face the half truth and attention the media gave this whole matter would have caused a lot of damages to all the parties involved.
Am also waiting for orkpekyandega, who was almost taking it so personal with Icon4s, as far as this matter is concerned to lay it to rest

safarigirl:
Abeg, when last did Success get a goal for Granada? I know he's been blank the past 3 games. Meanwhile, anyone who rates Bulbwa ahead of Iheanacho does not merit the title of 'experienced football expert', just had to get that out

terzurum5:
Nacho's Absence Kaiiiiiiiiiiii
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K. De Bruyne 25'

safarigirl:
cc BascoVanVeli, hope this makes you feel better

linked:
For how long is nacho out

joseph1013:
Take a look at the strikers Oliseh invited for the Tanzanian game.

Forwards: Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Emem Eduok (Esperance ST, Tunisia); Emmanuel Emenike (Al Ain, UAE); Anthony Ujah (Werder Bremen, Germany); Sylvester Igboun (FC UFA, Russia); Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium).

Musa has 5goals in Russia
Igboun has 2goals in Russia
Emem has 7goals in lowly Tunisia
Emenike has 1 goal in woeful UAE
Moses has 0 goals in Belgium
Ujah has 2 goals in Germany

These are the forwards according to official list released by Oliseh.

So based on this, does anyone believe that Success who has one goal in Spain does not deserve a call? Note that according to UEFA, a goal in Spain equals 2 goals in Russia and Belgium, maybe 5 in Tunisia, maybe 10 in UAE.

Success is being treated unfairly.

terzurum5:
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By Augustine Akhilomen
Former Flying Eagles coach, Manu Garba, has asked Manchester City's Kelechi Iheanacho and Granada's Isaac Success not to lose hope of playing for the Super Eagles on the premise they will be invited by Coach Sunday Oliseh when the time is right.
Iheanacho
Despite their impressive performance for their respective clubs this season, they were not invited for the team's upcoming double international friendly matches against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon and the Leopards of Demcratic Republic of Congo.
Even though invitation has been forward to Arsenal's Alex Iwobi, Garba believes that every player would be giving a chance to prove his worth and that Iheanacho and Success won't be an exemption.
"We have to support Oliseh and be calm with him if we want the best for the Super Eagles, Iheanacho and Success will get their chances when the coach feels he needs them but for now we have to support those he has invited," he said.
"They have the quality to be in the team but not all players can play at the same time, they will get their chances all they need to do is to keep on doing well for their respective clubs and the rest will follow suit."
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allafrica.com/stories/201509280668.html

AIG07:
if u had handed us d u-20 World cup trophy-u could have just save yourself from this explanations- no prob we've all heard u.

terzurum5:

Guilty conscience is disturbing Manu Garba, if you notice, Coach Manu Garba and Nduka Ugbade have not given us any reasonable excuse as to why he failed in Newzealand.
All these sudden recognition of Nacho and the clamour for his chances with the national team can not vindicate and erase you from the record book of failure.
Manu Garba leave us alone.

TheSuperNerd:
Na wa o! Una still dey trash out this matter? Ok suit una selves........... Anyway I just wanna make a small correction.

Ighalo, like Success, was snapped up by Udinese of italy, not malaga, and loaned to Granada before being sold to Watford. Coincidentally, these three clubs(Udinese, Granada and Watford) are owned by one family *cant recall their name now but I think it's an Italian family dynasty*

That's the main reason for the interchange of players among the 3 sides. *smiles*

Ok....... U guys can carry on now........ *smiles*

But seriously, pls let's move on........... *smiles*

I believe I've done enough justice to the matter but hey the choice lies with you guys aiiit...... Anytime you're ready........ *smiles*

enomakos:
the pozzo mafia family owns the 3 clubs

terzurum5:

Guilty conscience is disturbing Manu Garba, if you notice, Coach Manu Garba and Nduka Ugbade have not given us any reasonable excuse as to why he failed in Newzealand.
All these sudden recognition of Nacho and the clamour for his chances with the national team can not vindicate and erase you from the record book of failure.
Manu Garba leave us alone.

BascoVanVeli:


look u can say what you want about Ugbade but Manu Garba has never made a negative comment about Success or Iheanacho. He was the first to say they could play with the national team, he even said Nacho could play at any club in the world. Manu is a coach who likes to have time with his players he even let the world know Iheanacho could be on the bench on his team and nobody saw it fit to meet Manu in a corner and say "oga take time o" so when he goes to New Zealand and does exactly what he already predicted could happen why blame him? Your blame should be forwarded to the NFF. How hard did they try to release a youth player without a work permit? how hard can that be? A simple promise of a National team call up and Iheanacho could have been in Nigeria all last season.

Orkpekyandega:
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Nigeria: Okpala to Oliseh - Don't Beg Any Player to Play for Eagles
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1980 AFCON winner,Sylvanus Okpala, in this interview with SOLOMON NWOKE. charts the path through which the Eagles can be super again.
Generally, which are the other things you want to tell Nigerians regarding the country's football?
The only thing I want to say is that we have to keep supporting the team coach, Sunday Oliseh and the boys. It is too early to start criticizing him now after playing just one match. Another thing I would like our coaches and football officials to be careful in making statements that could affect the team. When something transpires between a coach and a player it should not necessarily be made public.
On the side of officials I would like to cite the case of Ogenyi Onazi during our match against Chad in Kaduna. A Chadian player was angry when a penalty was awarded to Eagles and he charged on Onazi. Onazi retaliated but was caught by the referee who didn't see the first offender. Onazi was shown a red card but before the disciplinary committee of CAF could take a decision on that, the officials of the Nigeria Football Federation had already condemned him and it was in the news everywhere and they ( CAF) read it.
That would aid them in taking disciplinary action. Action of our people could make announce a two match ban if originally they thought of a one match ban. You know that it all depends on the gravity of the offence. Let's keep quiet when we are supposed to and work hard always.
Another thing is that I would not go on my knees as a coach to beg a player to play for Nigeria. I can always educate the player and tell him that he would have a good future with Nigeria but I will not beg. You can ask a player to come and join you and you give reasons why it will be good for the player but not to beg. The person must show interest. If you beg or compel somebody to play for you he may not give 100 per cent.
And if anything arises the player may be grumbling, saying if he had known he would not have agreed. Any player that makes up his mind on his own would not have such mind. There's psychological aspect of the game too.
Begging a player to come and play would that have any effect on the team or the pattern of play of the team?
No, when you start begging a player to come and play for his national team it is not good. The person must make up his mind, the important thing is that I, as a coach, will ask him if he would like to play for Nigeria and that I would like him to play for Nigeria and that his future lies in Nigeria as far as the national team is concerned.
But I will not go on my knees begging him and making him so much important because a player must make up his mind first to come and play. If you ask him to come and play and he says he's interested then he will give you 100%. But if you mount pressure on a player to come and play where he does not want to play he will not want to give his best. In fact, he will not give anything and if any slightest thing happens in the team he will quickly remember that he never wanted to be part of the team in the first place.
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TheGoodJoe:
You guys can see why I get pissed with the NFF and the way they run our football. There was a clear case of sabotage to stop Nigeria from winning AFCON 2013. Just as we noticed a clear sabotage of our Super Flying Eagles.

TheGoodJoe:
[b]The reason why Coach Sylvanus Okpala lost his job after a tremendous work in rejuvenating the Super Eagles to help Coach Keshi lift the AFCON 2013. One of the reason why Coach Keshi's job became difficult.



What was the relationship between you and the Nigeria Football Federation before the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations?

Before the 2013 AFCON, NFF had been paying my full entitlements­— match bonuses and salaries—as at when due and in accordance with my contract. They didn’t default. I have a contract with NFF where it is written that I will take 150 per cent of whatever the players get as my bonus. And they had paid me this for a year before the AFCON. But suddenly when we got to South Africa for the AFCON, they slashed my match bonuses by 50 per cent. They paid Stephen Keshi and the other assistant coaches, Ike Shorunmu and Daniel Amokachi in full but slashed mine by 50 per cent without any formal or prior information as regards to that. They didn’t contact me or the head coach, Keshi.

 Did you take your case to the NFF to find out why your bonuses were slashed by 50 per cent?

I called Mike Umeh, Emeka Inyama, Aminu Maigari and other members of the NFF board to know why. Maigari said he was told that my bonuses were slashed because the money was not enough. I said  if the money was not enough, then they should have slashed the bonuses across board. Why was mine alone slashed? So, I called (Patrick) Ekeji and told him what was going on. I asked him to help me beg Maigari. I never knew  Ekeji later called Maigari. When I called him (Maigari), he said I reported him to Ekeji and the government. He said he told Ekeji that he was not going to pay me and he didn’t.  And he said, “If you like, you can report me to the President of Nigeria. If he tells me to pay, I will not pay, after all, I am not under Nigeria, I am under FIFA.” He told me never to call his line again before he cut the conversation abruptly. Since then, I have not called him.

Which other means did you employ for your slashed bonuses to be remitted to you?

My complaint was laid before the sports minister but he didn’t do anything. They still continued to slash my match bonuses. What I did was to ask somebody to plead on my behalf so that my remaining 50 per cent bonus would be paid. So I approached Ekeji to help me out. After we defeated Cote d’Ivoire, we [/were to play Mali in the semi-final and suddenly, two days before the match, they came to my door at 6am and gave me a query. I showed my boss, Keshi, the query. I answered the query under 24 hours as was stipulated and I gave Keshi a copy. They said in the query that what I did was an act of insubordination; that Ekeji is an outsider. How can you say Ekeji, a former national team player, is an outsider? He was even assistant captain of the national team at a time. As NSC DG, he was in a position to liaise with several sports federations including football. Ekeji once held a meeting with the minister, Maigari, Chris Green, Musa Amadu and all the coaches before the AFCON. So, if Ekeji was an outsider, why did we hold a meeting with him discussing how to move the national team forward? Ekeji was detailed to monitor our training and he came thrice to watch us in South Africa. Maigari or the NFF officials didn’t complain that Ekeji was an outsider all these while but when it got to my bonus, they labeled him an outsider. The point is that they never wanted me.

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AIG07:

abaaajoooo!!! I now see the reason why we've been retrogressing in our sports(most especially football). Imagine d Nff president saying he is above d country's president-if I get d report right. Who is funding d nff? ...Blatter and his cohorts(other FA CHAIRMANS) have made laws so that their corrupt practice we never be brought to justice. This kinda law needs to be revisited n necessary changes should be make.
NFF officials putting their selfish interest ahead of d nation's since time immemorial. God help us!