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edi287:
This is beyond surprising if true. Looks like Pinnick has truly lost control of NFF or NFF are trying to save face.

Nigeria NOT renewing coach Gernot Rohr's contract

Nigeria are not renewing the contract of Gernot Rohr as top officials of the country's football authorities (NFF) refused to open preliminary talks with the German about a contract extension.

The 66-year-old's current deal will expire in June 2020, right in the middle of qualifiers for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations and 2022 World Cup.

But the resounding silence from his employers and a deteriorating working conditions has left him gobsmacked.

"I don't know what will happen and nothing has been discussed. It is a surprise because we are expected to qualify for two tournaments. That says a lot about it," he told German publication Mannheimer Morgen in early October.


Some of his biggest supporters say Rohr has "exceeded expectations" and truly deserves a new deal.

"Gernot Rohr's done extremely well as coach. He's exceeded expectations as coach of Super Eagles in my opinion and truly deserves a new deal to continue," top sports media and marketing entrepreneur Biola Kazeem said.

Back in August 2016, Rohr inherited a team in shambles, bereft of confidence and had failed to qualify for two AFCON tournaments under Stephen Keshi, Sunday Oliseh and emergency manager Samson Siasia.

He navigated the chaos created by his predecessors - beating former African champions Cameroon, Zambia and Algeria in tough qualifying group - to pick a ticket to the World Cup. Guiding the Super Eagles to the tournament in Russia where the three-time African champions failed to make it past the group stage.


On the continent his drama-free management style led Nigeria to a third place finish at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt back in July.

Despite a relative success at the helm, the NFF is happy to allow his contract to run out, a decision which has not come as a big surprise to some football journalists.

"If it's purely on emotion and selfish reason I'd say Nigeria should let Rohr leave," says Nigerian journalist Kelechi Nkoro.

"But on a professional level, I think he has delivered results and should continue. However, there is a complete lack of trust between Rohr and his employers the NFF.

"His comments to the media about broken promises and salary delays has created strong hostility.

"Both parties feel hurt about certain decisions or statements in the public domain, so a mutual separation at the end of his contract is better for all."

November's home fixture against Benin and the trip to Lesotho will be Rohr's final role in the race to reach the 2021 event in Cameroon.


He has managed 37 games in charge of the West Africans, with 20 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats.

There is a school of thought that, considering the state of the national team when he took over, his record is entirely above scrutiny, and he should be allowed to continue.

Kazeem reiterates his "unwavering support" for Rohr, adding: "His result hold up".

"We were always up against it at the World Cup as the lowest ranked side in the group. Beat Iceland and put up a decent performance against Croatia. We were minutes away from knocking Argentina out.

"Rohr qualified Nigeria for the AFCON after missing the last two editions and at the tournament we were few minutes away from an extra-time to reach the final. But managed to finish third.

"He has found a way to manage his problems. He didn't allow it overshadow his preparations and team focus. He is a simple man unlike Oliseh who allowed his personal problems derail his country's ambition.

"If they don’t want him to continue then that is for the NFF but what will be the minimum for the next man. Whatever we agree will definitely become the benchmark for whoever is coming in."

In fairness to Rohr, he earned that free pass up to this point by building a young squad as well as snapping up young players born in Europe to commit to Nigeria.

However, questions have justifiably begun to arise over whether he can truly take Nigeria to another level.

"For Rohr to continue? Absolutely not for me," publisher of ACLSport website Calvin Emeka said.

"I do not think he is capable of getting the very best of the bunch of players we have at the moment. Having said that, at the level the NFF are able to pay, maybe he is the best we can afford.

"If the Federation up the ante with regards to the kind of coaches they can afford, then Rohr should be released."

Critics of Rohr blame his LACK OF tactical intelligence and dinosaur approach to the modern game.

There have been concerns over the German's reluctance to seize the initiative in certain matches, to alter the direction of others, and also his insistence on dampening expectations at every turn.

In Russia, his unwillingness to be bold and take risks on the front foot had the youngest team at the tournament playing like the oldest.

The defeat to Argentina saw the first real outpouring of dissatisfaction, as a late Marcos Rojo goal broke a nation’s back and heart. Why, the question goes, was Rohr reluctant to send on reinforcements when his side was under the cosh and appeared to be flagging physically? Why, in the semi final defeat against Algeria, was he content to play for an extra time despite being fresher than the opponent?

Officials believe they have seen enough and it's time to look elsewhere. A romantic relationship that started in August 2016 will come to an end in June

Source : news-af.op-mobile.opera.com/news.

Sunday Dare on Golden Eaglets ouster

"Nigeria’s performance at the Under -17 World Cup calls for a review. Indeed, our football administration at all levels calls for a review. We must exact greater responsibility from those charged with our football administration. Timely payment of salaries and allowances vital."

NFF Relieve Manu Garba From His Role As Coach After Disastrous U17 World Cup Outing



The Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) says the head coach of the Nigeria U-17 team Manu Garba will no longer be in charge of the team after their exit in the round of 16 at the ongoing U17 World Cup.

Nigeria were yesterday beaten 3-1 by Netherlands in the round of 16 and according to the vice-chairman of the NFF Alhaji Shehu Dikko the team failed to reach the minimum target of reaching the quarter finals at least.

Dikko said even though the board of the NFF is not keen on winning cadets championship as their aim is to use such tournaments to develop players for the future, the board will however make a decision about the technical crew due to the shambolic display they put up at the tournament.

" Usually you go to tournaments with target and the one we gave the technical crew is to at least reach the quarter final of the tournament, which is fair enough considering the way they prepared for the tournament. In the history of Nigeria U17 no team has enjoyed this type of preparations ", Dikko said.

" For failing to reach the target given to them their position will be reviewed immediately and it starts from asking them to submit their technical report and step down from their role for us to review and get back to them".

Speaking further Dikko said the contract of the coaches will be up in few weeks time as it was for two years : " They signed a two year deal which terminates at the end of this tournament. So in few weeks time it will be up. It's imperative we start building early for the next assignment ".

On plans to restructure the Under-17 set up, Dikko revealed that the board will make a decision on the path that is best for the future of the team in the next few months so as to give ample time to the ideas of whoever is in charge to start early.

" No need to be in a hurry. We have come to the end of a cycle by the ouster of this team. So another phase will begin in earnest. Decisions will not be rushed but it will be made in due time to give whoever gets the nod enough time to plan and build something better than the team that crashed out of the 2019 Under-17 World Cup ".

" I also think it will be nice for our teams both in the Nigeria Professional Football League ( NPFL) and Nigeria National League (NNL) to have youth teams it helps for easy scouting of players instead of the case where we have over 80,000 players coming for trials. The clubs need to do better in that regards".

The chairman of the League Management Company ( LMC) also said the league body courtesy of it's partnership with the Laliga will play it's usual role of organising youth tournaments just like Zenith Bank who are the sponsors of the NFF U-15.

" Our partnership with the Laliga helped discovered players for this team just like the Zenith Bank U-15 tournament. We will look at how best to use it to help out in the rebuilding process of our U-17 which is the first step in having a good senior national team. The discovery starts from there "

Source :news-af.op-mobile.opera.com/news/

Icon4s:
Oga Clement have you done your nomination?

No Sir.
I've not.

I nominate Tbaba1234

cc Icon4s, Andrewbaba44

BascoVanVeli:
Tuesday/Wednesday it's at midnight.

Oh!. That's true. Thanks.

Sportilitica:
I would have thought we would be analysing our match tomorrow against holland. Who should start and who is to chop bench. What formation is needed etc...

Match is on Wednesday.

FT
So it endedTS Galaxy 1 - Enyimba 2

charlesemeka85:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXDD8VEbs74

If this highlight represents his best moments in the game, then I am not impressed. My Opinion.

Hungary is going home

Eaglets vs Australia

waffiboi:
We must blame rohr for not capping ebere eze a long time ago. When he came to train with super eagles in London in 2017

Capping him now too is not late. He blew hot and cold last season so I don't even support his invite then. The guy so loved England that he gave up the chance to team up with the Super Eagles

Golden Eaglet Lineup

Amoo on the bench still

Troost Ekong's Udinese had a bad day in office as they were bullied 7-1 by Atlanta. Imagine having to pick the ball 7 times from ur net

Okereke is back
He just equalized for his club
1-1 now against Standard liege

Good job by the boys
I didn't watch the match but with the commentary from Goal.com which shows that Nigeria had 61% and 15 shots (7 on target) to Hungary 39% and 2 shots (which got them the goals), I think they did well on their first match

I am still not convinced tho (owing to the scoreline in the preparatory matches they played) but maybe because I am using the 2013 set as standard.

Will try and watch them subsequently to see things for myself.

Congratulations to the team and everyone. I wish them "good success".

peterd53:
Who’s bichi❓

Bichi is the Son of DSS Chief.
He was a last minute controversial inclusion in the team
Rumours has it that the NFF forced the technical crew to include him in the team in order to curry favour from d DSS boss in view of the corruption charges they (the NFF top officials) are facing.

Confirmed

Bichi is not in the match day squad

Nigeria XI to face Hungary:

Jinadu, Etim, Ikenna, Ibrahim, Tijani, Ojediran, Opeyemi, Said, Adeniyi, Olusegun, Ubani.

ChrisKels:
U were the same Clement that made this post on completesports under the heading "Nigeria never pushed to have me - Tomori"?

Yeah

OMANBALA1:
Aribo didn't "danm" any consequences. The English F.A didnt consider him a big talent that's why he was overlooked. All these other stuff you wrote up there is irrelevant. If the English wanted Aribo he would not be playing for Nigeria,period.

Alright Sir. No more comments.

OMANBALA1:
Did you think if Aribo was playing for a high flying EPL team he would still want to play for Nigeria? I think no. To these little niggas ,Nigeria is an inferior when it comes to football. My anger is the deplorable state of our league if not I would prefer Kelechi Nwakali to stay in Nigeria and develop. Who is Eberechi Eze next to an inform Nwakali....by the, I dont like Eze style of play...he plays like a secondary school boy. Let him go to top league and dribble let's see.

That's not my point Sir

If u observe the pattern of my post, you will observe that the comparison is between Aribo on one hand and Iorfa, and Eze (if owngoal reports about him is true) on the other hand.

While Aribo wanted Nigeria and damned the consequences ("victimization by the English FA", forfeiting huge contracts and endorsement), the players on the other hand wanted the famous and monetary aspects of being an English International (which is not even sure).

This are the words of Joe Aribo while still at Charlton and guess what?. His contract was coming to an end and he probably doesn't know what the future holds but he still wanted international football more than anything else.

Arsenal-Linked Midfielder Aribo : I Am Definitely Open To Playing For Nigeria

Charlton Athletic young star, Joe Aribo has not excluded the possibility of representing the Super Eagles in the near future but has maintained that he has not been approached by the Nigeria Football Federation.

Born in Camberwell, London, Aribo has no representative caps for England teams and doesn't have to apply for a one-time change of association before playing for the Super Eagles.

The 22-year-old is widely regarded as the best modern day midfielder of Nigerian descent in the whole of England as he possesses defensive and offensive qualities and can play all the positions in midfield.

Aribo was contacted on Thursday afternoon to provide an update on his international future and everything is pointing to the fact that he has chosen Nigeria over England.

The Addicks number 17 told allnigeriasoccer.com : ''I am definitely open to playing for Nigeria, I'd be happy to play.

''There has been no contact with the Nigeria Football Federation. I'll honour the invitation if I get a call-up.''

Aribo comes off contract with Charlton Athletic at the end of next month and is on the radar of Premier League duo Arsenal and Manchester City.

Source : All Nigeria Soccer


Aribo for me, is an example of a serious player who knows what he wants, not all these other ones playing "hide and Seek" upandan.

What shall it profit a player if he shall gain the whole money (by making "big money" moves, signing huge endorsements, getting fat contracts) and not getting noticed in international football?

Dominic Iorfa

komekn:
Once Eze gets his long term contractual future signed sealed and delivered.

He will play for Nigeria IMO my final word on the matter.

It might be too late by then. You can ask Iorfa

komekn:
Can anybody actually blame him, If these reports are found to be true.

Nobody will know the things that went on in the background that have discouraged him, about playing for Nigeria.

Eze commuted very early on but we the NFF didn't show commitment to him.

Abeg shift
Even Teamnigeriauk can't believe their eyes and refuse to believe the story because almost everyone agrees that the call up is just at the right time

Aftermath of the Southampton- Leicester match, here is a post I read on twitter

"That's why I like Naija league. There's no way home team will lose 9-0 and any player from either of the teams will leave the pitch alive. No way."

So funny

Maduka Okoye's highlights


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miJRzPWLzXY

Tomori latest interview

“England called me up in September, and I didn’t get a call up from anyone and when they called me up, it was hard to say no to them,” he said.

“But I enjoy Nigerian music, I’m Nigerian, it’s my culture and I’m very proud of it.”


I just don't know what all these guys take us for.
Why can't they learn to take responsibility for their decisions?

Super Eagles Too Big To Be Treated As Plan B – Rohr Shut The Door On Tomori


The chances of Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori playing for Nigeria still remains valid after his bench role for the Three Lions of England in the last round of international games where they played against Czech Republic and Bulgaria respectively.

Tomori was an unused substitute in both games that would have tied him to the English team permanently as both games were competitive fixture. Playing in any of them would have ended his chances of switching allegiance to Nigeria.

His bench role means he is still available for selection for the senior national team of Nigeria if he is called up although the process will take at least a year to be approved by FIFA.

Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has however ruled out the chances of that happening insisting that his team have moved on from Tomori since he made public his decision to play for England.

” He pick where he is comfortable and we wish him all the best with England. No point thinking we can have him back as it will be dangerous if we allow players view our team as second option when all fails, I think we are bigger than that. I hope he succeeds with England “, Rohr said.

Source : Owngoal

10 days to the start of the NPFL 2019/2020 season

Abia warriors home jersey

Bolowolowo:
We need to flood NFF's social media accounts to force them to quit WAFU and CHAN. It's a huge waste of resources and it hasn't yielded any results for our main team. Instead, a B team should just be deployed to face lesser nations and serve as a feeder to our main team.

Well, quitting the WAFU and CHAN is just making the NFF shy away from their responsibility which is developing our league. I believe if our league are better funded and organised, we can be an unstoppable force in any competition.

Nigeria drop to 35th in the latest FIFA ranking despite the score draw with Brazil. Big thanks to Imama