As the issue of whether the current chief coach of the Super Eagles, Shaibu Amodu should lead the team to the World Cup Finals of South Africa or not, the chief coach of the Namibia national team, Belgian Tom Saintfiet recently threw his hat into the ring, stating the reasons he thinks he should be considered as the man to do the job of taking Nigeria to the Nirvana everyone in the country has been dreaming about and salivating on.

1. In just a short while at the helms of Namibia affairs, I have made a meaningful impart into the team.

2. Now a less-fancied Namibia side that possess far less top players than the Nigerian team, are now flexing muscles in the continent.

3. All of a sudden, as a result of the good works that I have done with Namibia, the Brave Warriors are no longer seen as one of the African minnows of the game.

4. I am one of the few who can look Nigerians in the face and promise a medal at South Africa 2010. This means I am assuring of a semifinal ticket or more.

5. Before I came to Namibia, Brave Warriors were averaging 10 losses in 12 matches. But since my arrival at the helm, they have been cruising at just two losses in the same number of matches. This is a testimony to my ability to work miracles.

6. I have the capability of instilling so much confidence; both in players and fans, so much that just after a year in charge and the aura now surrounding the team and the results they are posting, Namibians are now confident enough to give their national team a new pseudonym that had been taken out of one of my names. They now call their team ‘The Saints’; as taken out of my surname of Saintfiet.

I have no other than one of the most successful coaches in Nigeria’s history backing my claims up and guaranteeing that I am right for the Nigeria job – Clemens Westerhof.
•Westerhof’s recommendation of Saintfiet was included in the letter of application, which the Belgian submitted to the Glass House, the football federation’s headquarters.

In the words of Westerhof for Saintfiet, the applicant is a good candidate for the Super Eagles job and he added: "He has shown and proved that he can work in Africa. With the minimal resources he had in Namibia, he has wrought something akin to a miracle with the Brave Warriors. This is a proof that given a better situation, like that of Nigeria, he would achieve plenty of results.”
It is notable that former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, has also thrown his weight behind the Saintfiet. In Oliseh’s words, Saintfiet is capable of doing a very good job with the Super Eagles at the World Cup. Oliseh says he is vouching for him because he has worked with him in the past.

dyabman:

Hiddink wont come accept you give hime 7million euros. . .becos i love my Dutch guys. . .

dyabman:

Then hes all yours if truly there is a contact and Glo can pay him whatever he needs. . .

let me call him now.

tunku:

fuock it. No more white mercenaries, do you believe this Belgian will do a better job that Amodu? Hell, Amodu is a hell of a lot better than Berti. This Nigerian team is structurally weak, it has no good defensive players, only one creative player in Osaze and our Strikers seems absolutely petrified of the goal. How many chances did Martins miss by not shooting at all yesterday? Nigeria isn't going to win the world cup, Amodu has already gotten us to the World Cup and the Semi-final of the ACON, if this was a white coach he'd be crowing that he was taking Nigeria forward. If they must fire Amodu, which would be the wrong move at this point, then give it to another Nigerian. The window to fire him has passed.

dyabman:

9jafreak

u've spoken well. . . but Siasia is full of Poo.T.I.E.S also.

SPOT ON MAN! I just don't see what makes the white coaches spectacular -- save for the few , proven ones.

We don't care about reaching the semis, we just want to slowly redeem our shattered image. I would keep Amodu till the World Cup but appoint Siasia as the technical adviser and make him the full overseer to rebuild the next team after the mundial. It's cheap,  and makes so much sense!

I think we should at least approach Hiddink.
We're tired of these P.E teachers thinking they're coaching Qatar when we appoint them.
This is not the colonial mentality, it's the 'gimme a good manager' mentality.

Why Hiddink??

kobikwelu:


1-cos they know that in nigeria, nothing works, the order of the day is tribalism and pessimissm.

so why deal with all that drama.

2-the players. here in nigeria, our players dont tink anything of it to play for their father land (except odemwinge-who incidentaly is half white)

solutions

1. It's not their job to rule the country. All they want is money and another team on their CV. Hiddink is coaching Russia right now, any willing World Cup bound team will be attractive. . . He went to South Korea and Australia didn't he??

2. Believe me, a good coach will correct that. Players want to win, playing well in the World Cup automatically means offers from top clubs in Europe.
That's a minor problem.