BascoVanVeli:


Ola Aina's assist to ighalo against Rwanda. That's all there is to say

BascoVanVeli:


Ola Aina's assist to ighalo against Rwanda. That's all there is to say

Joebie:
Listen to Busayo Saka:

'But I’ve seen the process of how England are transforming and I think in the future they’re going to do great stuff. I feel like it was right for me to choose England.

Several months after he said this England got to the final of the Euros.

I no blame any foreign born when turn down Nigeria.

fabyom:
Why do you always compare country to clubs? Who selected Ghana's coach? The technical director is the current coach and Pinnick seeking advice from reputable coaches is never a bad idea!!

jihday:
I think the goodjoe isn’t entirely wrong, Austin should have a say in who will be appointed

TheGoodJoe:


Come on Seyi. It is your job to provide answers to those questions as the Technical Director. You should have accepted the job and designed a road map for the country.

Barryseal:

The technical department of the FA should be the strongest department in any organization. It should be the brain box but in Nigeria, it is the weakest department contributing nothing. I doubt they are even funded at all.
I haven't heard of the technical department organizing coaching clinics for grassroot coaches. Eguavoen was talking about SIT which is a mere academic thought, his department is not coordinating the local grassroot coaches to train them to coach these players in the vision of the FA.
They should be going to league venues, both NNL and NPFL to access matches and bring up policies to see the growth of the the game in the country.
For instance, you notice the goalkeepers in Nigeria league always start wasting time from the first minute. This act is killing the league, making our game play painfully slow and this is reflected even in the Super Eagles where they are slow to come out of the blocks.

And yes, the Technical department should be scouting for coaches for the various national teams. Not Amaju Pinic.

lovewins:


Amaju is a big problem no doubt, but so are those with the job who by their passiveness have enabled him. Most of the persons on the technical committee are ex footballers. Can't they refuse to be treated this way and release statements each time the FA president dies their job? They other day, respected journalist Paul Bassey who is also a member of the technical committee said they don't know the details of Rohrs contract. Why then are they there? Adepoju also recently said he wasn't privy to a recent decision. Can't they all mass resign in protest? Or at least do something.

Amaju has done a lot of harm, but those around him enabling him by their actions of inactions are also complicit

Joebie:
Listen to Busayo Saka:

'But I’ve seen the process of how England are transforming and I think in the future they’re going to do great stuff. I feel like it was right for me to choose England.

Several months after he said this England got to the final of the Euros.

I no blame any foreign born when turn down Nigeria.

yinkeys:
Ola Aina is better than Zaidu

humility33:


You guys should stop this place

Ola is better than Zaidu in which areas...better you say the aspect one trump the other instead of the vague word you put up there. There are areas Zaidu seems better than Aina and there are areas Aina proves better

humility33:


You guys should stop this place

Ola is better than Zaidu in which areas...better you say the aspect one trump the other instead of the vague word you put up there. There are areas Zaidu seems better than Aina and there are areas Aina proves better

charlesemeka85:
zaidu panics alot

humility33:


You guys should stop this place

Ola is better than Zaidu in which areas...better you say the aspect one trump the other instead of the vague word you put up there. There are areas Zaidu seems better than Aina and there are areas Aina proves better

lovewins:


I think the underlying answer Seyi was looking for is the big picture of Nigerian football. The Nigerian football federation has no vision, it has no long or short term plan. We for the most part only prepare for tournaments. Anyone who knows his onions avoids settings like that. The last few years has been terrible cause we got a lot of PR with little development. Save the super eagles every other aspect of our football has gone down the drain. From age grade competition and the entirety of women football.

No matter how technically sound Seyi his, a setting like th NFF will make him look incompetent. The vision of the association for football should ideally fork the day to day framework for the technical team. That's why the appointment of the new coach is laughable. He's coming to do what exactly? What are his KPIs? He was smart to refuse the offer

Oasis001:


.... and Eguavoen that accepts the job, what are impacts from him so far as Technical Director?!

fabyom:
Why do you always compare country to clubs? Who selected Ghana's coach? The technical director is the current coach and Pinnick seeking advice from reputable coaches is never a bad idea!!

TheGoodJoe:


That is the job of the Technical Director. He should come in and try to develop a blueprint. To some extent push it. That is how we can achieve our aim. If Maigari and his team did not have a vision, we would not be where we are.

We can criticize the system as much as we want or we try to do something about it. Turning down a chance to bring in Technical input to the NFF to me is wrong. If he laid down a structure and proposed it for Pinnick to abide by, there are things Pinnick might not miss.

I understand the challenges dealing with the Nigerian sphere but sometimes we make input to improve the system.

fabyom:
Why do you always compare country to clubs? Who selected Ghana's coach? The technical director is the current coach and Pinnick seeking advice from reputable coaches is never a bad idea!!

andrewbaba44:
Even at Chelsea thread people see something wrong in shehu abdulahi making the team at first ,but someone here was saying we don’t like the guy because he was playing at Cyprus ,ask yourself what does that guy offers that others RB can’t ?

It’s the way nobody is talking about omeruo like it’s his birth right to always make the super eagles squad

My afcon line up and formation below 4-2-3-1
GK: Maduka

RB-Ola Aina CB-Ekong CB-Balogun LB- Sanusi


Onyeka. Ndidi

RW: Chukwueze AM: Joe Aribo LW: Ejuke

CF: Taiwo Awoniyi

Awaziem or ajayi can come in for any of the CB as I have no problem with that

Iheanacho or iwobi can come in for Aribo ,iheanacho can also come in for the CF and even iwobi can come in for the wingers

Sadiq umar and ighalo are also good options from the bench ,not as starters for me

If sanusi and aina are failing with their job ,we still have Ebuehi and Collins ,Collins is not that bad as people here thinks

I don’t know what I will do with Ahmed musa Moses Simon or onyekuru ,any of them might just surprise me but as a coach none of these players will come into the field till the 80th minutes of the game

I don’t have much to say about nwakali ,maybe he can come in for onyeka later in the game

I am going with Maduka since he is playing in a better league and he is regular ,I don’t really trust him though and I don’t think uzoho has played much this season

This is my opinion and I believe this is 80 percent our best line up ,I know the coach will be different sha .

lovewins:


I disagree.

Technical Directors don't vie for election. They are for the most part appointed by the FA president who put in for the elected position. The one who vied for office should be the one with a plan, then he puts up a team that will help in the implementation of that plan.

If a team member is coming on board and says to you, what exactly do you want to achieve and you can't in a few words share with him your goal for football as head of the NFF then you're not worth working with. And those who do should at least do so with the hope that though the head of the FA is clueless, being technical director will give them some form of sway in shaping policies that will in turn lead to taking right decisions, but this is not the case here. The complaints of those currently on the technical committee is enough testament that he made the right decision. We need a revamp of the entire system, the FA president shouldn't have this much power. We need a system that works

lovewins:


I think the underlying answer Seyi was looking for is the big picture of Nigerian football. The Nigerian football federation has no vision, it has no long or short term plan. We for the most part only prepare for tournaments. Anyone who knows his onions avoids settings like that. The last few years has been terrible cause we got a lot of PR with little development. Save the super eagles every other aspect of our football has gone down the drain. From age grade competition and the entirety of women football.

No matter how technically sound Seyi his, a setting like th NFF will make him look incompetent. The vision of the association for football should ideally fork the day to day framework for the technical team. That's why the appointment of the new coach is laughable. He's coming to do what exactly? What are his KPIs? He was smart to refuse the offer

TFLASHOGEE:
nice submission bro just a quick reminder balogun isn't available anymore

komekn:


Agreed without question ❓

When you have worked in a professional football environment with the correct structures and process management in place. Convention and organisational culture is established with integrity, due process, honesty and probity.

In addition to established KPI's and a clear strategic vision underpinned with quantifiable outcome deliveries short and long term.

You will know very quickly ,when you are dealing with a bunch of inept, posturing, lacking in knowledge clowns and know to stay well clear.

Because there is NOTHING you can do and you are being set up to fail. Add to that your not hungry and desperate for money and have INTEGRITY.

Unfortunately many here will not understand that, including TheGoodJoe.

TheGoodJoe:


Why won't I understand, is it rocket science or Nuclear physics?

The point is simple. Seyi pointed about vision, where we are, and where we are going? He wanted a bunch of politicians to give him those answers.

My point is simple, come in and give the country direction. That is what the technical director should do. Provide those answers. Lay down the vision and goals for the Nation's football. They do not know, that is why they are reaching out to him.

If he is excusing himself because of corruption, to protect his integrity, etc, he should tell us that. Don't tell us vision, and goals, etc.

Sugarboyy:

Supposedly sound minds running away from taken charges in Nigeria leadership space is one of the many reasons the country is still where it's right now, or even moving backwards.
So I totally agree with you, Seyi should have come in with his own knowledge and plans and if along the line Pinnick and or other technical committee members refuses to support him and his great plans, then he can resign and tell the world his reasons for resigning.

TheGoodJoe:


Why won't I understand, is it rocket science or Nuclear physics?

The point is simple. Seyi pointed about vision, where we are, and where we are going? He wanted a bunch of politicians to give him those answers.

My point is simple, come in and give the country direction. That is what the technical director should do. Provide those answers. Lay down the vision and goals for the Nation's football. They do not know, that is why they are reaching out to him.

If he is excusing himself because of corruption, to protect his integrity, etc, he should tell us that. Don't tell us vision, and goals, etc.

Joebie:
The player that was "overhyped" in the championship last season

First Crystal Palace player in the EPL to come from the bench to score and also bag an assist