Icon4s:


That was a harsh decision from Siasia. I was surprised to see Kingsley Sokari on Enyimba's substitute list today. After all it is nt as if they are goin for d tournament proper yet. It is a 10days training programme. Daniel Etor and Kingsley Sokari are strong members of that U23 team, Siasia should have given d trio till Tuesday to join d team.I hope he will nt regret this decision. Nigeria really needs to b in Rio.

safarigirl:
na so......he begs foreign based players and clubs, but makes demands when the local league is involved

klarrychenko94:
Nigerian coaches and their stupid plus immature decisions. What is the big deal in releasing these guys for just 2 to 3 days, to play their last league match and celebrate the league victory with their teammates. For God sake they just won the league is it not right to realease them and let the recieve the league victory medal. It is even a morale booster for the players.



And where is the indiscipline in this? They came to you for permission which you granted them then went behind them to make the stupid announcement of their eviction.


Please someone should tell me why he didn't turn down their request to be with their club?

terzurum5:
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Siasia begs kidnappers to free his mother
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Siasia - Confused after his mother is kidnapped

Nigeria U23 coach Samson Siasia has begged those who kidnapped his mother to free her to allow him focus on winning a ticket to next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Madam Ogere Siasia, 72, was, according to coach Siasia, abducted in the village of Odoni, Bayelsa State, by three men on motorbike.

She was the only one at home in his village taking care of his father, who is visually impaired.

Former Nigeria coach Siasia said: "Right now I am confused, from the story I got, three men on motorbike stormed my parents’ house in my village Odoni in Bayelsa State, shot sporadically into the air before taking my old mother away on a bike.

“What do they expect from me? I don't have money, I am right now on national duty, and need all the time to concentrate on this very important national task, so I beg them to please release my mother so that I can concentrate on this task of qualifying the U23 national team for the men’s football event of the Rio Olympics."

Siasia confirmed that the incident has been reported to the police in Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta, where kidnapping for a ransom is common place.

The Nigeria Football Federation has also appealed passionately to kidnappers to release the old woman.

On learning of the unfortunate incident on Tuesday morning, NFF President Amaju Pinnick was downcast.

“This is quite disturbing. We are just preparing for a crucial 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match, and the U23 boys are already in The Gambia for a pre-Cup of Nations training camp. Why this?,” Pinnick asked.

“All we can do is to appeal to the kidnappers to free Samson Siasia’s aged mother. Samson is on a critical national assignment presently and the last he needs is this kind of distraction.”
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TheGoodJoe:


You can imagine the stupidity. This man has not received salary for about four months. He is managing and trying to make something for the country. Yet, Haters are still trying to pull him down.

Do not go and learn hand work, continue the Pull Him Down attitude. Release the hero's mother now and go and look for you own. Wicked and lazy kidnappers.

TheGoodJoe:



You can imagine the stupidity. This man has not received salary for about four months. He is managing and trying to make something for the country. Yet, Haters are still trying to pull him down.

Do not go and learn hand work, continue the Pull Him Down attitude. Release the hero's mother now and go and look for you own. Wicked and lazy kidnappers.

TheGoodJoe:


You can imagine the stupidity. This man has not received salary for about four months. He is managing and trying to make something for the country. Yet, Haters are still trying to pull him down.

Do not go and learn hand work, continue the Pull Him Down attitude. Release the hero's mother now and go and look for you own. Wicked and lazy kidnappers.

safarigirl:
lol. Una sure say no be Enyimba fans kidnap the guy mumsy as e comot their players from U23 squad?

BascoVanVeli:


They should have sacked this guy a minute ago he makes no sense. Obviously if they are asking to go their club must be expecting them. Siasia has no respect for the Nigerian league, always complaining that they don't drop everything they are doing and send him their players even when they have tough matches. If I'm not mistaking this was Sokari's first ever trophy a big moment for the young lad and for Siasia to sour it like this makes me sick.
Anyhoo congrats to Enyimba.

enomakos:
Chai some nigerians are wicked

kindly release the poor man mother

were did you people want him to get the money from?someone who hads not been paid for months?

Orkpekyandega:
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Awoniyi, Success lead foreign pros for Rio Olympics qualifiers
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Taiwo Awoniyi to join Nigeria for Rio qualifiers in Senegal

Nigeria have named Germany-based striker Taiwo Awoniyi and Isaac Success from La Liga side Granada in a final squad for the 2015 African U23 Nations Cup in Senegal, which will serve as qualifiers for next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Awoniyi is one of several foreign-based professionals picked for the tournament, which kicks off on November 28 in Dakar.

The 18-year-old striker is on loan to FSV Frankfurt in the German second division from EPL club Liverpool.

The other overseas-based strikers are Isaac Success of La Liga side Granada and Junior Ajayi, who has been flying high at new Tunisian side CS Sfaxien.

Nigeria begin their campaign on November 29 against Mali in Mbour.

Egypt and Algeria are the other teams in their first round group.
The top three teams in this tournament will qualify automatically for next year’s Olympics in Rio.
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Orkpekyandega:
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AF Nigeria 2015 U23 Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria U23
Awoniyi, Success lead foreign pros for Rio Olympics qualifiers
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Taiwo Awoniyi to join Nigeria for Rio qualifiers in Senegal

Nigeria have named Germany-based striker Taiwo Awoniyi and Isaac Success from La Liga side Granada in a final squad for the 2015 African U23 Nations Cup in Senegal, which will serve as qualifiers for next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Awoniyi is one of several foreign-based professionals picked for the tournament, which kicks off on November 28 in Dakar.

The 18-year-old striker is on loan to FSV Frankfurt in the German second division from EPL club Liverpool.

The other overseas-based strikers are Isaac Success of La Liga side Granada and Junior Ajayi, who has been flying high at new Tunisian side CS Sfaxien.

Nigeria begin their campaign on November 29 against Mali in Mbour.

Egypt and Algeria are the other teams in their first round group.
The top three teams in this tournament will qualify automatically for next year’s Olympics in Rio.
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africanfootball.com//news/586403/Awoniyi-Success-lead-foreign-pros-for-Rio-Olympics-qualifiers

BascoVanVeli:

You are so correct, the NFF shouldn't beg him they should force him to bring those boys back, what he did was an insult to Nigeria as a whole, he basically said our league trophy ain't sheet. For an Enyimba player to be treated like this is embarrassing, this is the biggest and most successful club in our history. Their fans drove all the way to Lagos, why not let them see and thank their favorite players one last time.

BascoVanVeli:


If they can get Isaac Success it would be a miracle.

Icon4s:


Well, a good well one. We expect to see more foreign pros. Plus Siasia should call back Kingsley Sokari and Daniel Etor as d NPFL is over now . We cant bank on d foreign players cos their clubs may nt release them, espacially Isaac Success.

BlackAlbino6:


I thinks its high time players learn to respect their national team Coaches. If your Club is on your neck, there is a better and diplomatic was of handling it, than what Kingsley Sokari and co did.

The players have been asked to go. Their colleagues who are in camp preparing can as well do the job. No single player is bigger than the team. If those who are in camp took their Coaches warning with all seriousness, fail to do the job, let it be on record that we failed to qualify for Olympics because we held onto discipline.

BlackAlbino6:


I just pray the miracle happens. It will be a plus to our attacking options.
Why is Aminu Umar (Osmanispor FC, Turkey) and Amuzie Stanley (Sampdoria FC, Italy) not on the list of the U-23 foreign pros for the U-23 AFCON which doubles as 2016 Olympics qualifiers, have they not recovered from their injuries?

BlackAlbino6:

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Every body is now condeming Coach Samson Siasia as if he never warned the players. Truth must always be told without recourse to sentiments.
Siasia had told them earlier that no one was to leave camp.
Is this kind of instruction too much for them to obey?

Why didn't their Club Coaches complain to Coach Siasia that they needed their players for league games? Many of you are ignoring the fact that, these Coaches had already held the U-23 technical crew hostage over the early release of players who were invited to camp. Them Coach Samson Siasia had to cry out loud, which resulted to some hitches between him and his employers.

When these Clubsides held to most of the invited players, NFF and all the other football stakeholders including those on sports section of NL never saw anything harmful about it. But when the Coach voiced out through the media, the NFF fought back by threatening his job. Some Media Houses even reported the names of some local Coaches who where already lined out by the NFF to replace Coach Siasia. Therefore, for these players to even have had the courage and boldness to look into their Coaches' eyes to make such request was a slap on the faces of the technical crew led by Coach Samson Siasia. If these Clubsides wanted these players' release for their league games, they should have pleaded with the Siasia and not pass through their players.

If I may ask, can these players do same to Coach Sunday Oliseh? For I see nothing completely wrong with Siasia's decision. Hence, the players decided to leave for their leagues games, after a warning was already given to them, it means they never accorded the same respect and seriousness with which the technical crew had, so they are free to go.

If the team fail to achieve the set targets before them because of this singular decision, so be it.
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