Orkpekyandega:



I agree with you that Oliseh erred but at the same time why do the NFF see the media as a fertile ground to attack their Coaches and players.

They did same treatment to Keshi. What about the Enyeama issue, when he complained about the Kaduna venue, siting security chanllenges. Why don't they also learn how to address some critical and delicate issues inhouse? Must they always wash their dirty linen in the public? Why are they fond of using the media to send threats to the Coaches and players when they go wrong?

That's very unprofessional as well.

Orkpekyandega:



And the Money earmarked for such projects from the budget goes back into thr national treasury or goes to the NFF Members right.

If its about thinking what you can do for Nigeria then, our Senator, House of Reps., Ministers, NFF Members and the rest should also work for free and let the monies be used for the generality of the poor Nigerians.

Abi na only players go sacrifice?

TheGoodJoe:


The ten thousand dollars bonuses will make them rich. I am sure all other countries that pay bonuses do not think of what the players can do for their country.

Let Busquets and Iniesta pay for their own hotel bills when they are playing for Spain.

BascoVanVeli:


George Weah paid all expenses for Lib to play qualification matches.
The Greek national team gave back all their bonus after the world cup and no greek players is that rich.

BascoVanVeli:

The nff says there is no money and there is no proof they are taking any salaries either. These men are not bums off of the streets they were well to do men even before taking their posts. At this rate children will start using "the nff ate my homework as an excuse".
Winning with Nigeria does alot for a cv. I can guarrantee u there are coaches who would do this job for free.

TheGoodJoe:


Have you not heard of Coach Oliseh feeding his team during the Chan. Did Mikel, Osaze and co. not support their team mates when Bonuses were owed.

Does that mean that is the standard way of doing things? Are you saying the Brazilian team do not collect bonuses ever. What is your point?

BascoVanVeli:


I don't know about Brasil but the English team gives all their money to charity. What u don't want to understand is we are broke do u want them to go steal? Football is won on the field not banks. If they had won chan the story would have been all the more better, a team beating all odds to win.

TheGoodJoe:


English team gives to charity but they collect bonuses. Many of our players are bread winners and they support their families. Charity begins at home.

I did not say we are not broke. The NFF should stop all their bullying of Coaches when they complain about the harsh conditions they are in. How broke are they that they could not provide kits for Coach Siasia's players.

They should acknowledge that they left Coach Oliseh in an awful condition and promise to work hard to make sure it would not repeat itself.

Instead they are threatening sack. Querying Siasia. They sacked Coach Sylvanus Okpala.

Even when they had money, this attitude went on with Siasia, Bonfere Jo, Obuh and others.

See the so called NFF people. They can not do one thing without government money. Even to buy kits for players on National duty but they are the first to run to FIFA and Cry interference on an independent body.

BascoVanVeli:

U already know my take on the Siasia situation and i can bet he is so happy that he didn't get fired or quit. Now he has a story to tell.
U are talking about the past NFF, these guys are trying, they inherited an awefull situation and we can see progress. Pinnicks plan is for Nigerian football to generate money and not have to wait on the government. This is only his second year in office how can u really judge him? We never hear this man bash anyone yet some idiot insider comes out with a rumour and everybody jumps on the nff saying how unprofessional they are. This is the same Nff that surported Oliseh when all Nigrians were against him. Remember this same nff just lost a member to violence instead of wishing them well Oliseh makes it hot on them. Nigerians look in the mirror not out the window.

TheGoodJoe:


Coach Oliseh is not making it hot on them. He is telling them and Nigerians the situation of things. Things at Rwanda was terrible. Threatening sack is not the way. The NFF should call Coach Oliseh, explain to him the situation of things and how to work things out to prevent a reoccurrence.

The bullying tactics should stop. It is just a means to cover their incompetence.

Amaju Pinnick is just the head. The corrupt elements from the past leaders are still walking on the corridors of powers of the NFF.

BascoVanVeli:


Conditions in Rwanda? Nff? Isn't it a caf event. Oliseh picked SA and he was first to reach there.

TheGoodJoe:


What does Coach Oliseh picking South Africa have to do with the poor conditions our players faced in Rwanda? The conditions were poor and the food was bad simple.

Coach Oliseh had to support the team to cope with the conditions.

Was the U20 World Cup in New Zealand not a FIFA organized tournament. A Nigerian family there supported the team's feeding.

BascoVanVeli:


CHAN is a caf event and thwy are to pay for everything rooming and feeding. That family brought them home cooking they had food just not what they wanted. Moral of the story eat wat is in ur plate.

TheGoodJoe:


Moral of the story is that the NFF should do more to support a team to win titles. It is ridiculous to believe the English players will come to Nigeria to eat Akpu to win a tournament.

If NFF members do not know something as simple as that, then they are the wrong people to run Nigerian football.


Just like how these men in NFF camped our U20 boys in Summer weather to go and win the title in a tournament played in winter.

BascoVanVeli:


All these are escuses and i will never surport such. My football idol Yekini died poor yet his family is still giving money away to help Nigerians. Look at Kanu didn't the nff also owe him too but yet he still helps with funds and surport he knows the value of representing naija. Nigeria means more to me than any amount of money and for someone to go down in history and turn around and cry money is petty(sorry i guess it's my word of the day)

TheGoodJoe:
[b]This was a report on John Mikel Obi before the Man United game today.

[size=14pt]John Obi Mikel: Chelsea midfielder still unbeaten under Guus Hiddink[/size]

With Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel having extended his unbeaten record under Guus Hiddink to 25 games, Adam Bate examines his impressive record and the reasons for his success…

John Terry is Chelsea's captain, leader and legend and one of the definitions of leadership is making others better as a result of your presence. It's a hard one to identify in sport as it is in business but it's customary to examine results. It's here that John Obi Mikel might feel entitled to a claim.

The Nigerian midfielder's unbeaten record under Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink has become well documented in recent weeks and that sequence continued at Watford on Wednesday. Over two spells under the Dutchman, Mikel has gone unbeaten in 25 appearances for the Blues.

It's not been straightforward. The run has included shut outs away to Barcelona and Manchester United, while there have been wins at Arsenal seven years apart. The only game that Hiddink has lost so far as Chelsea boss came against Tottenham at White Hart Lane in 2009. Mikel was injured.

There was another game that ended badly for Hiddink's Blues - Andres Iniesta's stoppage-time equaliser winning that year's Champions League semi-final for Barcelona. It wouldn't be a shock if the boss regrets leaving Mikel on the bench that day rather than having him shutting the Spaniard down.

So what is it about Mikel? At Vicarage Road, there were four tackles, two clearances and three interceptions to emphasise his influence. The 28-year-old was the only midfielder on the pitch to win possession of the ball more times than he surrendered it. It was classic Mikel.

The Premier League tracking data that records distance covered and sprints is not so remarkable, but perhaps there's some sense in that too. Protection for the back four is provided by his presence. As a result, mobility in midfield isn't always a virtue when it's vacating the position that's the problem.

Ostensibly, Nemanja Matic is the more capable player in many ways but Mikel's appreciation of the holding aspect of the holding-midfield role might make him, rather that the talented Serb, the man that Chelsea needed during their period of poor form earlier in the campaign.

Mikel's domination of this key central zone was particularly apparent in the recent 3-0 win at Crystal Palace, a game in which his name was chanted vociferously by the visiting supporters. "I don't think I've ever seen John Obi Mikel play so well," Graeme Souness told Sky Sports. "He bossed that area."

Hiddink, on the other hand, has seen it all before. "He's the ideal player to bring balance to the team," he said. "If the team is not willing to defend well, or hasn't got the right balance, then you'll concede a lot of goals. I think John Obi can be one of the key figures in bringing back that balance.

"He reads the game very well, he knows where the strength of the opponent is and knows how to combat that. He has very good sense, he doesn't do it in a brutal way, he's very elegant. Someone who can defend so smoothly is very beautiful."

It's also effective. Since being restored to the starting line-up, Chelsea have kept four clean sheets in six games. That's as many as they managed in the previous 18 matches. Getting the basics right has been a feature of Hiddink's approach. He's kept things simple, and that's just how Mikel likes it.

"It's the way he communicates with the players and maybe that's what the players felt they didn't get from the previous manager," said Mikel in a surprise dig at former boss Jose Mourinho. "You need to speak to them and don't just ignore them because players like to be communicated to."

For the midfielder, the instructions are crystal clear now. "He's good in short passing," explained Hiddink. "I don't expect and I don't ask him to make the decisive final pass. He can but no, we let the other players do that. The talented players can then explore their qualities."

Mikel has the best passing accuracy of any Chelsea midfielder, finding a team-mate 89.4 per cent of the time. It's almost a throwback to the pure holding midfielders of the past, such as one-time Chelsea team-mate Claude Makelele. Mikel doesn't fashion the chances. But that's not his job.

Of course, this lack of creativity might lead some to conclude that this is no long-term solution. Not everyone is comfortable with the man they call 'the final whistle' due to the regularity with which he has been introduced from the bench in order to defend leads, blowing right from the kick-off.

But whatever the future holds, his presence isn't doing Chelsea too much harm right now. The simple approach is helping. This was about steadying this ship. And even now, six-and-a-half years on from Hiddink's last spell, they don't come much steadier than John Obi Mikel.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/10155420/john-obi-mikel-chelsea-midfielder-still-unbeaten-under-guus-hiddink
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[size=14pt]Oliseh flees Nigeria, accuses staff of witchcraft[/size]



As the zero hour approaches for the must win double header AFCON qualifier against the Pharaohs of Egypt on March 23, Sports Vanguard can reveal the real reasons why coach Sunday Oliseh may continue to tinker the Eagles from his base in Belgium.

After contracting a virus in one of his official assignments, camp sources informed that the former Juventus player has alleged occultic manipulations by his enemies on his life and has vowed to flee far from the country to where they could not fly to attack him.

Oliseh
Oliseh
“He is always scared in camp and suspicious of even members of his back room staff”, a close source to the team informed.

The source said that the outspoken coach allegedly confronted his staff and warned them that there were many witches and wizards who were trying to undermine the success of the Eagles.

“He warned those fond of putting their hands in their pockets before shaking him to desist or keep their handshakes as he feared they touch objects concealed in their pockets before offering to shake him”, the source said. Also, the coach alleged that many of the people surrounding him do not believe in the success of the team as he claimed that they don’t rejoice when the Eagles score goals.

Beyond the trivial accusations of witches and wizards, Sports Vanguard also gathered that the coach had written to the federation to pay his outstanding N10 million accommodation fee as agreed in his contract(N5 million for 2015 and another N5 million for 2016) if they want him to reside in Nigeria as he said he would not stay in the hotels when the Super Eagles are not in camp.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/oliseh-flees-nigeria-accuses-staff-of-witchcraft/

This is a very hilarious news. I could not stop laughing throughout.

Orkpekyandega:
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I’ll reclaim my Super Eagles shirt —Moses
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SuperEagles striker Victor Moses has revealed that it was injury that forced him out of the national team. Moses on loan at West Ham from Chelsea, was key to the Super Eagles winning the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa with Coach Srephen Keshi in charge. But under coach Sunday Oliseh, Moses have yet to lace his boots for Nigeria.


His last Super Eagles appearance was in the 2-0 loss to France at the 2014 World Cup but he has reaffirmed his commitment to Nigeria.


“I’m proud of being a Nigerian international and am always committed to playing for my country,” Moses told BBC Sport.


“It’s the best feeling representing your country and I always want to perform and give 100% for the team.


“Unfortunately, I have not been able to play due to injuries but I have an unwavering commitment to Nigeria.”


“There is a new manager and the team has been doing well but without me,” said Moses, who misses his involvement.


“I’m prepared to give it my all and fight for a place on a regular basis, that’s my aim.


“This is football, a competitive stage and I have to fight hard to get in but I don’t mind doing that.”
www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/ill-reclaim-my-super-eagles-shirt-moses/

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joseph1013:


This is a very hilarious news. I could not stop laughing throughout.

joseph1013:


This is a very hilarious news. I could not stop laughing throughout.