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Oliseh Could Be Based In Europe by Naijiant: 6:34pm On Jul 22, 2015
Re: Oliseh Could Be Based In Europe by DeNoble1(m): 6:35pm On Jul 22, 2015
Sunday Oliseh, the new coach of Nigeria has
returned to his base in Belgium. A Nigerian
Football Federation (NFF) spokesman said Oliseh
“has gone back but temporarily. He hasn’t gone
finally because you know we have a game against
Tanzania very soon and most of our players are in
Europe.”
This has kicked off a debate among Nigerian fans
around why the coach should not be based in
Nigeria, especially as his remit includes
overseeing the development of the game and
coaching in the country.
The first thing is that Oliseh will be judged on how
well the national team performs. So that should
be his first piority. The overwhelming majority of
the squad is based in Europe. It takes an
incredible suspension of rational thinking to want
the coach to be based in Nigeria, while practically
all his players are based in Europe.
Some have argued that he needs to live in Nigeria
to be able to find good players in the domestic
league. But most half decent domestic league
players sign for foreign clubs before they are good
enough for international duty. Oliseh should not
be in Nigeria just to find the odd player in the
local league that may be good enough for the
national team. That’s what his assistants should
be doing.
A national team coach is meant to watch his
players performing in their league matches as
many times as possible. If most of your players
are in Europe, it is a logistical nightmare
operating out of Nigeria. Previous coaches have
tended to invite players to the national team
training camp “to see what they can do”. This is
wrong. The coach should watch them performing
for their clubs, monitor their form, and then
decide whether they are worthy of a call up.
The national team would benefit from regular
training camps and get-together sessions during
international breaks when Nigeria does not have a
match. This should help the team gel and
contribute towards building team chemistry. It is
a lot easier to have these in Europe, considering
where most of our players are based. Oliseh
should use his European contacts to secure a
training base for the team in, perhaps, Belgium.
This would go a long way in achieving the
objective of getting the “Super Eagles” to play as
a team and not as individuals, which he set out
when he was appointed.
Re: Oliseh Could Be Based In Europe by Nobody: 6:40pm On Jul 22, 2015
This sure is a welcome development to the national team

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