Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has fired back
at those criticising him following Nigeria’s first
round exit at the Rwanda 2016 African Nations
Championship.

The former Nigeria captain has come under heavy
criticism from fans and the media, with some
calling for the Nigeria Football Federation to
replace him with “an experienced coach”.

In a video update on his website on Sunday, the
former Ajax midfielder says he does not deserve
the brickbats being hurled at him ever since the
Eagles exited Rwanda 2016.

Oliseh says the Nigeria Football Federation
reserves the right to terminate his contract if they
are not satisfied with his performance.

He said, “I didn’t beg for this job, I didn’t even
want this job. I refused it twice and it took the
intervention of a highly respected friend of mine,
who was in government, for me to concede and
take this job. I took it not to serve special
interests. I took it to serve Nigerians, and if there’s
one thing I know that my people know, forget the
critics, is that I am patriotic and I do it because I
love my nation because the nation in so many
ways has made me what I am and at the same
time, this is where I belong.”

The Tunisia ’94 Africa Cup of Nations winner
added, “I want to speak on the insanity that has
befallen some of our national team critics.

“I call it insanity because you must be insane to
start seeking a plebiscite on the future of the
national team coach of Nigeria because we lost
CHAN. With all due respect, CHAN is the least of
important tournament in the calendar of CAF and it
is a tournament that measures the strengths of
leagues against one another. This is because you
can see how far Congo have gone and one of their
clubs, TP Mazembe, you see how far they go in the
CAF competitions.


“What then should be done to the coaches of
Ghana, South Africa and Egypt, who did not qualify
for this tournament? I understand that we are sad
that we lost. But this insanity, this constant
insanity that each time the Super Eagles lose,
some usual critics go on air and start airing a
plebiscite on the future of the team’s coach. That
is madness.


“The contract is made out. We signed a contract,
me and the NFF. If they aren’t happy with the
performance, it is okay, we go over it and we shake hands. But I will like to remind you that this is the 14th game I have been in charge of the Super Eagles and we’ve lost only two; and only one
official game.

“We’re still on track to qualify for the Africa Cup of
Nations. We have qualified for the group stages of
the World Cup, so where is this failure that some
of our critics are trying to sell to Nigerians coming
from. Unless you mean that for coach Sunday
Oliseh and his crew to be successful they must
win every match, Jesus Christ! Even the world
champions Germany are not doing that – not to
speak of of us that are a brand new team that
we’ve just started building just for some months
now.”


“This team we took to CHAN now has seven
players that are almost certainly going to leave the
shores of our country to play in Europe because as I am made aware, clubs are interested in signing
them already. In so many ways we are sad, but in
so many ways I am proud of what we have been
able to achieve with the Eagles.”


Nigeria take on Egypt in next month’s Gabon 2017
double header hoping to overhaul record seventh-
time champions Pharaohs, who lead Group G on
six points. The Eagles are second on four points.

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Hmmm...continue! Ur the one who is running up and down for all I care! There will always be criticism, it is left for u to shut the critics up by showing result