Marjoribanks:
No coach will give you a good team with 2 days of training! International football is more about understanding one another not neccessarily calibre of players!
Boniface and Onuachu couldn't understand each other cos they had less than a day training. Who do we have on the bench? nobody!

mekabuachi:

Give the man his flowers Biko... the fact he lost only twice out of 24 games, winning 14 and drawing 8 is a decent CV to me
Abi the local coach Dem employ where e carry Dem go?

Joebie:
See it above. Certainly not good enough.

I’m not against a foreign coach. But if u gonna get one get a proven one.

Joebie:
I will like to check his profile as a coach. Has anyone? Or no one cares to be cause he is white?

Franktom247:
@Monsignor22 am very sure he will make changes cos i heard he has been talking to some foreign born players already but it may not be the guys you listed there

Franktom247:
Seems antonio conceiao is a done deal for technical adviser and his appointment is imminent

DrYa:


My brother, it matters o.

Even in our different professions, a talented undisciplined staff will not last long while a hard-working disciplined though untalented staff will go a long way in the industry.

Honestly, most of these players are not disciplined at all, they behave as if there is nothing at stake. If they don't qualify for world Cup, na them sabi, it's their CV that's is affected, not mine.

Nomyth:
Coaching is not really the problem of the Eagles. The team has been on a downward spiral from the last days of Rohr and no coach has seemed to get it right.

The previous coach had a score of 2/6 in WCQ while Finidi finished with 1/6.

I don't expect any miracles from the next coach as the team is very low in confidence.

Meanwhile...

ChrisKels:
✋🏼 Italy manager Luciano Spalletti has decided five very strict rules to his squad 🤯🇮🇹

❌⏰ NO chance to be late at meetings.
❌📱 NO phones allowed during lunch or dinner.
❌🎧 NO headphones allowed, so no to isolation.
❌🤹🏼‍♂️ NO to excessive jokes between teammates.
❌🕹️ NO PlayStation in each room, only all together.

Mujtahida:

The job is bigger than him jare. He thought he could do it. We also thought he could do it but it's obvious that he can't.

Katcall:
We can only hope for best losers spot. Thank goodness, our group is made up of six teams. We stand a chance if we manage to garner at least 15 points

TheGoodJoe:


I am not pained.

Conceicao it is. Let us go.

TheGoodJoe:


The NFF never wanted Amunike. They know Amunike's capacity and know he will domwell if given the opportunity. They don't want it. They are more interested in the business that comes with a foreign coach.

caprikon:
I hope these "technocrats" at NFF understand that not every assistant coach morphs into a sound head coach. Any local coach hoping to coach the eagles should cut his teeth first as a head coach.

Frankly, sentiments aside, Amuneke was a better pick cos of his experience as a head coach. Sad seeing Finidi learn on the job to the detriment of the int'l careers of these players.

Joebie:
It’s pathetic when majority think by just employing a white TA, we will qualify. Na colonial mentality be that. Most times you will get what you pay for.

Napoleon55:

This link no gree open.

Why u dey call am Finishi,
George Finidi no dey finish wetin m start na.

Mujtahida:

😂😂😂

komekn:


Dude 😎 are you being serious.

In Naija egunje is intrinsically linked to everything we do particularly more so with public funds.

Every area of endeavour in Nigeria has been affected by egunje even church is not free 🆓

And you think THE NFF will be an exception.

Rockyrascal:
I am hoping the coach invites Tosin Adarabioyo for our next international game. After all he his still eligible to play for Nigeria.

Truidstarr:
Na oyibo dem wan give am to. My problem is if Finidi will agree to be number 2 again. The proposed techical adviser will want to bring his own team.

Truidstarr:
Rumours are they want to appoint a technical adviser to boss Finidi.

Mujtahida:

Is like you did not read with comprehension. I prefer none above the other. I'm fine with Finidi, I'm fine with Amunike. To me they are the same. Upon Finidi's appointment, I supported him against those of you who felt Amunike was a better choice. If Amunike had been appointed, I'd have supported him against anyone who would have argued that Finidi was a better choice.

My philosophy is just do it. I no dey for theory.

Amedino99:
the dates for the first round of games will be in the September international break but for now the draws are not out yet.

TheGoodJoe:


Give reasons why you preferred Finidi George over Amunike.

Nomyth:


Well, the upcoming Afcon qualifiers might be what we need to get our world cup qualifiers up the scratch.

Let's forget about the world cup qualifiers for now and focus on the coming afcon qualifiers.

Winning our Afcon qualifiers will serve as a much needed shot in the arm for the team as it will boost their confidence and give them the belief that they can win again, something I feel is lacking at present.

Also, the Afcon qualifiers can be used to tweak the team to see what formulas and players work before the next WCQ in March next year.

mostob:


On serious note, those players didn't play as if they want to go to world cup sha.

komekn:


Do you know what the phrase "miles ahead" means 😲

Then your dig yourself into a even deeper ditch with notion it's "been proven"

This being the case taking hold of your two notions mentioned above verbatim. Can you share , what unit of measurement you used to substantiate this notion please ❓

Okoye plays in Seria A for Udinese , using your description I could say is ," miles ahead" of the South African 🇿🇦 league, anybody disagree ❓

That's not still conclusive, who is better. The depth of difficulty in maintaining a clean sheet in Seria A is not the same in the South Africa league.

It's quite apparent that it's much more difficult in Seria A than SA league. Nwabili had 11 clean sheets and Okoye had 5. Who is better still not very conclusive.

Let's look at the public gallery or market place , clubs do a lot of analytics before buying a player sometimes over several years. Club transfer interest is an indicator of quality.

Who wants Nwabili several clubs in SA as well as in the Eredivisie and Championship specifically QPR and of course there is Saudi.

Okoye wanted by Roma and Inter Milan.

I think you show your lack of knowledge and youthful exuberance more sentiment than objectivity. Below Okoye YouTube clip's again not conclusive just indicative.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoWNtc4-Q1g?si=8D8IIua3PntZfBQq


Also below clips of Nwabili


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NdngI9KNuE?si=FVa6yYuRke48qWat

No sentiment, I am going to look difficulty of execution of league and my view would be that Okoye for now has the edge, it's not a huge margin.

On the other hand I believe Nwabili in a better league, better training facilities and coaches will improve and could find himself in the EPL in the near future.

Either way win win for Nigeria two quality goal keeper is a plus for the SE.

ChrisKels:
Turned out the NFF never really meant to hire Finidi but was rather done to spite the more qualified local coach Amunike hence, Finidi got the job without even sitting for any interview.


Omo if you have seen the level of cluelessness when this Finidi analyzes football before the camera ehn. Shame go catch you. Dem just set this man up to rubbish him before Nigerians. Finidi isn't even qualified to lead our U17 squad.

His major policies in 2024:

- Captain arms band must be worn by the most senior player because I worn it when I was the most senior player. That is the criteria and it doesn't matter if you have the qualities or not.

- Formation doesn't matter in football. Your players just have to know when to attack and when to defend, and that is all.

- There is no formula for winning, your players just have to know if it is time to attack or time to defend.

See a coache's mentality in 2024. God! Who do us this thing?