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Even Herve for example is not a Grade A coach. There are proven coaches that are not in the elite grade.

Odunayaw:
As far as NFF is not hiring Grade A coaches, the criteria will keep being subjective regardless of the name or country of the coach. Gaskiya

When England comes calling forget it. Why we didn't get Eze etc

M7even:
Even if it is EPL. I, as a Super Eagles fan wholeheartedly wishes him the best of his club career and hopeful desire to play for three lions

Adarabioyo with a brace in the FA Cup. Glad no be premier league.

My rationale for Saintfeit is simply his love for handling the Super Eagles which he has applied fir severally, and very likely his knowledge of our team that he must have heen following. I see there is a new PR attempt for Chelle that the Super Eagles has been deer to him since he was 12. May be true....

Back to Seinfeit, yes he is a blank slate as well, and he has not even managed teams at the level of the Mali national team but he has some experience with African national teams.

And if Chelle doesn't give us glory in the next AFCON, would we see it as a failure? I can see there is more expectation from him based on past AFCON. Let's not forget he is a young coach with limited experience. So we should keep our expectations realistic and be patient as he tracks his CV and hopefully achieves something new with us in the process.

On quality of play, we have seen that from some of our indigenous coaches. At the end of the day, it's the results that will matter

Odunayaw:
1. I don't condone rescue missions. So I cannot look at Chelle from that lens i.e WC qualification.
2. Since I'm not looking from that lens, then I am thinking of an improvement in the team.
3. Chelle belongs to the class of young coaches in Africa that I admire. Especially from the last AFCON. No one will can put him down either on experience or quality of play.

I am quite sure this is something close to your rationale for Saintfiet. No?

O pari

TheGoodJoe:
Rohr admitted openly that he was splitting his salary.

Wetin be your own why? Bcause several ive seen here get maggi

Odunayaw:
And we've not been saying why? The issue remains that some don't like our why.

Again, as far we are not getting Grade A proven winners opinions will remain subjective. Let no one gaslight anybody.

At HT, two attempts both blocked

Samueltemi337:
He will score today

Thats saying things as it trully is. Most of what i see is PR stunts. If you support a specific candidate, say why but dont and sugar salt and all kind of spices.

I'm actually okay with Chelle if we are going to be patient with him.

Odunayaw:
Tom Saintfiet that Joebie for example, wants. Is it not a blank record?

Pedro Goncalves? Whom I like. Is it not a blank record? Is it not the same QF at Afcon?

Better Read:
What will 'ambitious' Chelle bring to Nigeria job?

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2050q6393go

Una don start. lol

elyte89:
I av a feeling dis man might even be well prepared of d job ahead , knows. Our weaknesses and I won’t be surprise even if chelle don get him first 11 line up against Rwanda 🇷🇼 😊

But the Malian na black man na. I call it self hate. Anyway, as far as this thread is concerned the issue has been more about his records. Na this same thread we dey when people criticized Peseiro-s appointment. Na the sane energy I dey use for Chelle. Check my record here

Kog45:
Yes many see it as insult employing a Malian forgetting that football is beyond racial discrimination.

JP's approach took us all the way to the finals, but i think the general outlook questioned his style considering the quality of players. No surprise he still hasnt landed a job. However, one thing common with both guys is that they fared poorly in WC qualification games

Bannedlargejr:
So, we refused to renew a coach contract that helped us to reach our first finals in 11 years while signing the one that got eliminated at the quarterfinals and starting afresh. Omo who do us. (Fans, FA, sports ministers)

No Ginger No Garlic

Goke7:
Chelle no seasoned? Abi maggi no reach 😜

Maybe if we get a truly seasoned coach and we are patient we will be world beaters at some point.

Not eligible

elyte89:
Nobody fit reason dis transfer at all..meanwhile is he still eligible for us

Yes but what really separates the two classes is one class was given ample time.

Mod
I hope we will be patient with Chelle if he fails at the next AFCON

Nomyth:
I'm indifferent about the Chelle guy but our fate is tied together so we hv no choice than to support him.

We've had unknown quantities deliver for the Super Eagles in time past.

Westerhof was an assistant coach with feyernord before been appointed the Eagles coach and he led Nigeria to her first world cup appearance and the first AFCON glory outside Nigeria. He is often touted as Nigeria's most successful coach.

Also, Jo Bonfrere was just a physical trainer to the Super Eagles but was appointed as the successor to Westerhof and he won us our only Olympic gold till date and a second place finish at AFCON.

Conversely, we've hired top coaches who flopped with the Eagles.

Thijs libreght qualified Holland for the 1990 world cup but was poor for Nigeria.

Bertis Voght won the Euros with Germany but was a disaster for Nigeria.

Lars Lagerback took Sweden to the world cup but was poor with Nigeria.

Nothing is cast in stones in football.

Welcome Mr Chelle.

right

Napoleon55:
I think he was trying to say they are some times not all the times,for instance when you are leading a stronger opposition by one goal.
in that case,It would be wiser to play more cautious than going all out

Lol like we have not seen our defenders fumble

Mind you, our defence is still suspect. What Peseiro did was having other other players help out defensively.

forgiveness:
This has to do with the quality of player and not tactical play.

Are you expecting Nigerian players to make this same error the Malin defenders did?

If weak teams can frustrate you defensively, then you should also have that defensive style in your toolkit when you meet bigger opponents. Na that versatility we need for the long term.

minfelix:
Amen ooo, i feel he loses those die minutes matches against bigger opponents with greater football pedigree than mali…you cant be leading CIV,Gha,Cam,Egy with a 1-0 and expect them not to fight back and win you even if you are outplaying them…but trust me teams like Rwanda,zimbabwe…im sure he will dominate them from start to finish

Or make e no come bite us WC proper. The guy dey similar to Siasia somewhat.

Lol.. naija na naija

Odunayaw:
This end time losses. Make e no come SE ooo

Meanwhile look at Mali having electronic adverts board while it's pako we put all around Uyo. NFF sha

I can't wait for March already. For me I think Chelle should be preocupied with scouting than being busy with CHAN. Of course unless he IS looking to infuse some home based players from CHAN

minfelix:
true tok sha i feel Chelle should work on that area of his game….locking things up at the back…
the man so believe in scoring more goals to kill you off thats why those games come back to hunt him…
Against SA at the afcon after that 1-0 baba no rest he was still pumping and forgetting his defense.
Against Saudi Arabia we played 2-2 with, when his boys scored the second goal it was canceled they still went ahead and finish off saudi with 2more goals emding in a 3-1…
days before afcon started they faced Gui bissau in a friendly thumping them a 6-2, while we struggled to beat them 1-0 at the afcon

the truth is we've had games we outplayed our opponents or even had decent goals ruled out and we did not get the maximum points.. I think in football there is time to play conservative and play all attack especially when you know your opponents are better as in these two cases (according to you)

modified
I'm saying this coach needs to learn when to switch up play and be conservative. I think that's pretty a basic thing though i'm not a coach.
if you are going to be all out attack all the time, you will be met with situations like these.

minfelix:
this is just a replica of what happened at the afcon vs CIV, Mali played direct and full attacking football…same last minute defensive error cost them again in this game…mali played Ghana hands down…as expected you don’t expect Ghana to be having all round bad games back to back na…this was after their poor afcon outing i gues…Ghana and CIV is bigger than mali in football, but mali played them clean clean

Mali 1-2 Ghana

Mali in white

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWNTHBwQ4W8

Yes they are beatable.. I hope our custom will change with this new coach. The SE I know may beat Rwanda away and draw to Zimbabwe at home, or vice versa. Or maybe 2 draws

minfelix:
we played well away to Rwanda compared to the nonsense we played against them in uyo…in kigali, lookman was denied a clean goal to nail them to their cross and that was when qualifiers was still very hot..that rubbish we played in uyo no b am….they are beatable at home, Benin did it there, as for Zimbabwe those one can drag you to a scoreless draw match eehn..them and uganda are one of the mumulized teams i hate watching against super eagles…but we just need to do them small thing in uyo…even if na 1-0🤣

Far above average with our poor tacticians as a yardstick

zicky:
Bro his stats for Mali is far above average, can't think of when last our team had such stat even with the opposition (minions) we face.

Over our next two games, I am expecting nothing more than 4 points.

minfelix:
shey make i predict march games?🤣🤣
Okay leggo
Rwa vs Nig (9ja to win)
Zim vs Ben (draw match)
SA vs Les (SA to win)

next match
Nig v Zim(9ja to win)
Ben v SA (Ben to draw)
Rwa v Les (draw match)

After March the group will look like this
SA 11pts
Nig 9pts
Ben 9pts
Rwa 8pts
Les 6pts
Zim 3pts
then we look up to september fixture next🤣🤣🤣
thats my simulation of prediction oo🙌🏻✍️✍️

I believe he will. We are basing his performance purely on AFCON qualifiers and AFCON performance. We love AFCON bragging rights..

elyte89:
He might not coach us at Acton if he fails to nick dt World Cup spot

@the bolded is the general mentality.

Napoleon55:
I think the majority of us will eventually come to support Chelle especially if he gets positive results from his first two WCQ matches.

I'm even more interested in him winning next AFCON even if he fails to secure WC ticket,
it was the previous coaches who put us in this precious situation.

His stats for Mali specifically is average considering the opposition if we are to look at the results.

Outside Mali, his stars are poor

Mujtahida:
Hahaha hahaha hahaha Joebie see coach wey you don condemn, na im forgiveness dey salivate with thanksgiving say Mali sack am for us.

But then his stats are impressive. Make we no lie

One thing i noticed is that if NFF does not give him a free hand to pick his players and instill discipline the marriage wont end well.

Setaleonoz:
One thing I noticed about this our new coach in the last Afcon is that he is a no nonsense coach …I remember him removing Yves Bissouma from the starting eleven and still played well without him

Use of AI gone wrong lol
https://owngoalnigeria.com/2025/01/08/top-5-nigerian-players-in-the-premier-league/

well his contract has ended. Let's see if they eventually sort things out.

elyte89:
Rwanda hasn’t changed deir coach bro