Daninya33:
A substantive coach will be announced soon.

Cerezo will act as interim coach before a final decision is reached.
The Technical Director steps in as interim coach if the position of Head Coach is vacant.

Personally I prefer Michael Emanalo to be the Technical Director of NFF.

Hopefully Amuneke becomes coach soonest.

Curtisaxel17:


So Insigne and Mertens no score 10 goals at least per season for Napoli?

Mujtahida:

Spain tiki taka dazzled the world for just four years. After that dem kpo kpo dem 5-1.
Now they are just as pedestrian as they used to be before their tiki taka juju took the world by surprise.

ChrisKels:

Jibola Adebola!!!

lbrichman2:


On what grounds pls?
Kindly note I'm not trying to start a fight, I just want to know why you think he should be coach
What are you basing that thought on?

daveP:
African Pep is back! Heeiiiiiiiii

So Jibola, welcome o. Uhmmm.

Who was that suggesting Salisu? Make we kukuma call Ladan Bosso now

My fears about continuity are coming true.

Many may not fancy JPes but NfF(It's a Nigerian thing) has a perchance for making predecessors look better than the new ones. Echelon Ineptitude.

charlesemeka85:
to them e dey easy. If they can’t respect Osimhen who hv scored more than African legends like Weah and Eto’o in the history of Serie A, single handedly won the scudetto for Napoli after over 3 decades as well as winning the APOTY that a Nigerian player last won 1999 I wonder what else the guy hv to do to earn their respect

lbrichman2:


Atleast Egu na Technical Director, Abi head of technical committee, abi wetin them dey call them again...

Let our Amuneke sef go be director of something or coach of one Npfl club or something
His results in that office will speak for him
That's all I'm saying..

All of us shouting Amuneke na with evidence of over 5+ years when he showed promise..
His recent results have not been too complimentary
And the recent sef na years something no be months o

AndSunGorilla:

Amuneke na fireman superhero infact. Was fired in Egypt, Sudan, Zambia and Tanzania, e remain to add Nigeria to the increasing fire portfolio.

mostob:
Guy, try dey speak English wey we go quick understand. You just blow one grammar few scrolls up... abi Komekn don dey give you bitter leaf soup chop?

daveP:
Taaah. Ko-who? You dey fall my hand o. Chai. Abi una see prejudice and sentimental bias for my vocab? Abeg na

Simply put, nff sabi mess things up.

Bol-ivia Bolekaja is back

AndSunGorilla:

Amuneke na fireman superhero infact. Was fired in Egypt, Sudan, Zambia and Tanzania, e remain to add Nigeria to the increasing fire portfolio.

mostob:
Spot on!
He can even do volunteer job. Make he gather the like of Basil Mbata, Light Eke, Ogboji, Jeremiah Olaleke and Udoh for tikitaka lecture.

Marjoribanks:
I have said it numerous times here, that we played our best football under Equaveon.

I said we could have easily walked over 2021 AFCON if Iwobi was not red carded against Tunisia though we were a goal down.

Equaveon was the most unlucky Nigerian coach in recent history.

He drew Ghana home and away without a single midfilder completing 180 minutes! In fact he had no single DM/AM in the 2nd half at Abuja. (All injured)!
(No Iwobi, Ndidi, Onyeka first half in Abuja, Bonke-first half Accra).

Equa and Finidi should be given time no matter what happens! Time and support!

Welcome back Nwakali!

God bless Nigeria!

jihday:
Hafiz Umar Ibrahim arrived in Bodo today and was surprised at the crowd and cameras that showed up. Bodo/Glimt are desperate to sign him but Chelsea are circling. Raheem Sterling joined a call with the Blues’ Sporting Director today as they tried to woo him

Stillwater10:


I believe the most important aspect of football are the players then followed by tactics. Without top talented players, you will not win much regardless of your tactics. Spain dominated because of the talent at their disposal and when those set became old they suffered terrible defeats despite the same tactics, coach and administration. Pep is successful because of the constant supply of talents beyond every other team in the league.
There is a reason why top players are sold for crazy amounts.

The most important job of the football federation is to find a way to scout the best players in the country.

mostob:
Morocco went to the last world cup and made impact. I guess they have been preparing for 15 years right.

mostob:
You are not taking the time factor into consideration here. Take for instance, it took Arteta 3 seasons before Arsenal could get up and running. That is like 3 years of constant training and practising. There were also transfer windows during which he could acquire the players he wanted. Do you think these luxuries are made available to international coaches?

No transfer, no adequate training time yet you want us to keep building for 15 years. That's unrealistic. International football is short term so philosophies and whatever should be for short term. By the time a team master a particular philosophy, they would have sink into the bottom..far below the poorest teams.

Mujtahida:

Igbo people have a proverb, if you know this one, you don't know that one. So you master your technique and that alone will keep you dominating other teams? Omo this is some impractical idealistic tripe

Mujtahida:

Dominance is good but take what you can and fill your trophy cabinet whenever the opportunity comes because, in modern day national football, the kind of unbroken tiki taka dominance (I say this tongue in cheek) you are looking for like Spain had from 2008-2012 is hard oo. So grab what you can and get moving cos in international football you are up today, tomorrow you are in the trenches.

Remember, history matters and our football cannot answer to your appetite. I like good football but I will never let that override historical victories cos I will not be here forever but if we win, even our posterity will glory in it.

Many of us were not born in 1980 and even 94 when Nigeria won first and second Afcon but we rejoice in those historical achievements and we equally feel the pain of historical losses like CIV 84, Maroc 88, missing out in the late 90's when we peaked and the final in 2000.

Do you know what a victory in this Afcon would have meant for young boys of 8-14 years old.

It was Afcon 94 that made me a football fan oo. Prior to that time wetin concern me with football even though I still remember watching Okwaraji slump in 89. But Japan 93 and Afcon 94 blew fire into my belly.

So your appetite is good but victory for the sake of history and posterity trumps everything.

Joebie:
And guess who’s back!!

lbrichman2:



I often wonder why Amunike's name is mentioned anytime there's a vacancy for the SE coaching seat
As much as I love his philosophy and scouting ability, this guy has been out of job for months!

Why doesn't he get something doing, instead of waiting for the SE call that might never come?

Everytime he keeps being overlooked and him still dey there dey wait..
Is that blind faith or outright foolishness?

Finidi abeg for me
Let Amunike go get something doing, build some momentum and then apply later

Meliforme:
I prefer Salisu to Peseiro. Salisu selected the squad that thrashed Sao tome and Principe 10 unreplied goals. That squad had more balance than the squad Peseiro selected.

jihday:
Hafiz Umar Ibrahim arrived in Bodo today and was surprised at the crowd and cameras that showed up. Bodo/Glimt are desperate to sign him but Chelsea are circling. Raheem Sterling joined a call with the Blues’ Sporting Director today as they tried to woo him

TheGoodJoe:


What is actually unrealistic is believing our constant cut and join approach will help us build into a great side.

The zigzag nature of international football even emphasizea why we need a more structured and long term approach, to improve team coherence and building.

Finally, yes we don't have the luxury of club transfer windows. However, this is where ruthless and thorough scouting comes into play. The team needs to stay fluid and we keep searching for the very best to fit their roles and philosophy.

Our rigid approach actually harms our growth.

elyte89:



No b those ones shock me…na Cavani and higuain surprise me most…upon all deir goals for Napoli

Marjoribanks:
I have said it numerous times here, that we played our best football under Equaveon.

I said we could have easily walked over 2021 AFCON if Iwobi was not red carded against Tunisia though we were a goal down.

Equaveon was the most unlucky Nigerian coach in recent history.

He drew Ghana home and away without a single midfilder completing 180 minutes! In fact he had no single DM/AM in the 2nd half at Abuja. (All injured)!
(No Iwobi, Ndidi, Onyeka first half in Abuja, Bonke-first half Accra).

Equa and Finidi should be given time no matter what happens! Time and support!

Welcome back Nwakali!

God bless Nigeria!