As part of his disciplinary measures towards ensuring that players conform to laid down rules, Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi has banned the use of mobile phones during meal times.

An impeccable source revealed to SportingLife that the ban extends to officials of the team whom the "Big Boss" believes must lead by example at all times.

"We leave our handsets in our rooms anytime we go to eat, whether it is lunch, breakfast or dinner. It is a taboo to be found with your handset while eating and if caught you can be punished by the appropriate officers. It is that serious and no one is taking it for granted," said the official.

Keshi, an ex-international and longest serving captain of the national team believes, players must display etiquette at all times.

Furthermore no member of the team is allowed to converse while eating.

"You would recall that the coach had banned the wearing of earrings and sagging of trousers when in camp," added the official.

Eagles who have just returned from Malawi where they played a 1-1 draw face Rwanda this Saturday in a 2013 Nations Cup qualifier in Calabar.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/football-golf-boxing/49931-table-manners-keshi-bans-mobile-phones-at-meals.html

Didnt Siasia did something similar when everyone jumped down his throat

He's the coach, so he calls the shots.

Good results is what we need.

Dis one don come wit him own, siasia do pass am bt wia him dey 2dae. Pls tell keshi dat naija we dont need all dis bt results nt just result bt win in style

[color=#990000][/color] mobile fone or no mobile fone dat dose nt teach dm aw 2 play, We nid result nt excuses..

Classic case of losing one's way!
Wonder if he's training footballers or clergymen. No mobile phones indeed!

Bullshit! Is dis y dey havent been doing well?

Misplaced priorities,i guess they will rush their food sharp sharp to get out of the prison dinning or even skip meal or is eating compulsory too signed by his royal highness keshi,arrant nonsense

A recipe for disaster, Keshi is about heading same way Siasia did

If he had said no using of phone during training to prevent distraction it would be understandable, but not taking your phones while eating? Are they going to eat with the phone or snap the food,what if they have important calls.

Keshi,always looking for what to blame aside himself.What has answering mobil phone at mealtime got to do with playing the game of football well?

omar22: Didnt Siasia did something similar when everyone jumped down his throat

sia sia is history get over it.

Ekans: Keshi,always looking for what to blame aside himself.What has answering mobil phone at mealtime got to do with playing the game of football well?

Seriously, I tried figuring that out. . .too.

make no sense

Good one especially for the ban on wearing of earrings and sagging their trousers. They should be humble and stop showing pribe if they want God to lift them high. He should also ban the useless hair style & hair curls too.

We want more goals

What has cellphones @dinner got to do with pitch-performance brainless/clueless fellow, you treat players like inmates, how can they play in a quality state of mind ? you d' be better as a primary school head-master. Mchteeeew

coach's inspirational & cordial relationship with players bring out the best commitment in them, NOT authoritative rule.

gbadexy: If he had said no using of phone during training to prevent distraction it would be understandable, but not taking your phones while eating? Are they going to eat with the phone or snap the food,what if they have important calls.

learn ur table manners. Don't talk while eating. Those guys need to be disciplined. U know say their money dey enter their head well well so as a result of that, they fit dey make or answer irritating calls without respect in front of their coacheee like answering their girlfriends and talking some immoral thrash in his presence.

Sounds like 19th century emperor if you ask me. Phones while eating and wearing earrings are normal thing. All we need is results not morality.

Y'all should be reasonable, he has is reasons for banning the use of mobile phones, can't the use of it wait till after eating And for u complaining abt results, we have average crop of players ere so wat do u expect... Make una go sleep jare... Sagging, use of earrings, no be ball we call dem come play[color=#990000][/color]v

barring phone use is not the problem. the truth is that you lack the technical know-how to lead the eagles, just look how fat you are.how can you handle your players when you cannot even train yourself? happy you are seeing what others saw so you have been given a chance to proof your mantle with nothing to proof upon all the noise about playing the leather game to the highest level. the answer still remains that Nigeria needs a technical adviser that understands the modern game not an opportunist that talk talk talk.we need the era of westerhorf and we can only achieve that with a sound technical adviser and more preferably a DUTCH coach.

crackhouse: learn ur table manners. Don't talk while eating. Those guys need to be disciplined. U know say their money dey enter their head well well so as a result of that, they fit dey make or answer irritating calls without respect in front of their coacheee like answering their girlfriends and talking some immoral thrash in his presence.

we need good results from the super eagles and not morality. coach and train them to win trophies! we don't pay him to moralize them. next he will order all of them to barb skin cut(mala), stop drinking bottle water, stop eating with meat, nonsense!!

I see nothing wrong with what Keshi has done. . . its all part of the training, all part of learning to be disciplined and behaving properly - both off and on the field of play. Such measures should be encouraged because ultimately, it is for the good of the players as individuals; the image they will potray as role models and ambassadors of Nigeria and for the greater good of the game!

Nigerians are just hard to please pple. Keshi has the right to do everytn possibly to instill discipline and focus in his players to get him d results he desires. And am sure most of dem will even be pinging over dining periods.

clear sign of clueless

Na wa oh. So it is mobile phones at mealtime that is responsible for their terrible form? Clueless dude

LOL Next move is to ban the mohawk hair style

Na wa for Nigerians o. We too dey complain!

ogbeche77: A recipe for disaster, Keshi is about heading same way Siasia did

plss wish him well dis igbo man ogbenshi

Good 1, very soon he wil be floggin dem if dey loose.