Reports have emerged that
the Nigeria Football
Federation(NFF) may have
concluded plans to sack
the embattled Super Eagles
coach, Stephen Keshi and
replace him former coach of
the national team, Samson
Siasia.
The NFF hierarchy are
believed not to have
forgotten how Keshi's
threatened to dump
Nigeria, shortly after the
Eagles won the 2013
Nations Cup in South
Africa.
Which possibly explains
why Keshi is yet to be
offered a renewal to his
contract,although it has
been likened to the
leadership tussle that
engulfed the football
federation
Another reason why Keshi
is believed to have still
been around is because of
the Minister of Sports,
Tammy Danagogo, who has
shown preference for Keshi.
"There are many factors
standing in the way of
Stephen Keshi to be re-
appointed as the Eagles
chief coach and I will give
you a break-down but
before that I must say that
Keshi must be most
grateful to the Honourable
Sports Minister (Tammy
Danagogo) for fighting for
his retention as the chief
coach," an official of the
Federation was quoted to
have said by Goal.com
“The minister has never
hidden his love and
preference for him and he
based it on Keshi’s past
achievement which he said
was more than necessary
for him to continue his job.
The minister still believes
that the Eagles under
Keshi could still bounce
back and qualify for the
2015 Afcon in Morocco.
“But we at the NFF here
know that the problem
with the team is more than
what we are seeing from
the surface. Firstly, there is
no commitment on the part
of the players Keshi is
parading for the 2015
Africa Cup of Nations
qualifiers and if something
drastic is not done, Nigeria
may not be among those
nations that would
campaign in Morocco 2015,”
the source who begged for
his identity not to be
revealed told Goal.
“We all know how Keshi
threatened to dump the
team in South Africa
shortly after the Eagles
won the 2013 Afcon. The
controversies generated by
this singular action of his
put the NFF then in a bad
light and so many other
crises including the Eagles
threatening not to play one
of the qualifying matches
for the last World Cup as
well as during the World
Cup proper when the
players demanded for their
bonuses are all crises that
have put negative mark on
the NFF.
“So unless the National
Sports Commission decides
to use its veto powers, I
don’t think Keshi would be
retained as the Eagles
coach. Even the N6 million
that the minister said he is
requesting for cannot be
met by the NFF as a matter
of fact. The NFF is broke for
now and the crisis has not
helped matters.
He now went further to
hint that Siasia could be
back on his second spell to
coach the national team.
“It seems everybody is
speaking favourably about
Samson Siasia to come back
to the post he left in 2011.
Some of us believed that
Siasia has learned his
lessons and he would
adjust where he has failed
to bounce back with the
Eagles. Another thing is
that it will be very difficult
for us to pick the 2015
Nations Cup ticket if we
continue to parade the
same players Keshi is using
to prosecute the 2015
Afcon qualifiers so it is
preferable Siasia comes to
the rescue and bring new
ideas and players that are
fighters to salvage the
situation.
“The reason for the choice
of Siasia is that the NFF
cannot afford the salary
and emoluments of a
foreign coach now, so
employing a foreign coach
to replace Keshi now is out
of the issue. But we will
know precisely how it goes
after Tuesday when NFF
elections will take place,”
he added.
www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/nff-set-to-dump-keshi-for-siasia-as-eagles-new-coach.93910/

perfect...the exact thought that has been on my mind for some days now. Siasa would have learnt how to better manage senor players from his last experience. He is a far more tactical coach than Keshi is.