Orkpekyandega:

I prefer Coach Emmanuel Amuneke to continue with his boys (the flying eagles) rather than take job. Because NFF have not repented from maltreating local Coaches. What is the assurance that he will endure their treatment?

baum1:


In fact, it would be great if they could invite Keshi to take the chief coach job while Le Guen becomes the technical adviser..Amunike should continue nurturing the talents from U-17.

justiz5:

The only factor which might work against Coach Emma is the inadequate experience with any serious senior national setup just like in the case of Oliseh, if not every other thing goes in his favour.

TheGoodJoe:


I doubt people would have complained about Coach Oliseh if he had the kind of CV Coach Amunike has.

justiz5:

The only factor which might work against Coach Emma is the inadequate experience with any serious senior national setup just like in the case of Oliseh, if not every other thing goes in his favour.

justiz5:

Then we should go with Coach Samson Siasia, if its all about CV. For Siasia has the experience that will take Emmanuel more years to have. How rich is Emma's CV sef as compared to Siasia

lakesidepapa:


Experience is the best teacher and that's what has been working for top managers today, we don't need coach Emma to handle the SE we need a highly experience coach that can switch to different tactics when the need is arise

TheGoodJoe:


I do not get your point. I never heard anyone complain about Coach Siasia's qualifications for the Super Eagles job.

I do not think there will be much criticism if Coach Amunike gets the job. Coach Amunike was an assistant coach when we won the U17 in UAE. He coached and won the U17 World Cup.

Coach Oliseh did not have that kind of qualification.

Coach Siasia coached the U20 team and the U23 teams to the finals of top tourneys.

So I repeat. If Coach Oliseh had the kind of CV Coach Amunike had, there would not be much complaints on Coach Oliseh's qualification for the Super Eagles job.

justiz5:

I just have this belief that Coaching age grade team doesn't guarantee success with the a national teams. If not Coach Samson Siasia would have been one of our best or most successful Coach Nigeria ever hired to manage the Super Eagles. Keshi failed at age grade level but won us AFCON. We need a seasoned Coach for the Eagles not some one with just age grade CV. Thats all am saying Sir.

TheGoodJoe:


If we hinge too much on experience but style of play that suits us. If not we might go for highly experienced coaches that does not suit our play. We used Bora Milutinovic in 1998. A highly experienced Coach but we got whipped 4-1 by Denmark in the second round and we got whipped 5-1 in the Friendly game against Holland. In one of the Friendly games, Yugoslavia whipped us 3-0.

We have some brilliant players coming up and we need a coach who is not scared of giving Youths a chance. He should have a track record of bringing out the best in young talents.

Our upcoming players are creative with the ball. We need a coach who plays attractive open attacking football and knows how to teach the players to defend collectively.

lakesidepapa:
Agreed and I understand what u said but I didn't expect u to be in support of coach Emma to manage the SE, in what way?

TheGoodJoe:
Another Coach the NFF should give a shot is Marcelo Bielsa. The Coach who led Athletico Bilbao to the Europa League final, beating Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United along the way.

His style of football fits us and he likes creative brilliant player.

Report on Marcelo Bielsa's coaching style.
[b]
Bielsa's signature formation in his squads, which he made famous and brought to the front of the world's mainstream football scene during his coaching tenures in the Argentina national football team, Chile national football team, Athletic Bilbao and Olympique de Marseille, is the 3-3-3-1 formation.

For this formation, the players are: 3 defenders (1 líbero with 2 stoppers at each side), 3 midfielders (1 central midfielder with 2 lateral-volantes at each side), 3 attacking midfielders (1 enganche and 2 wingers at each side), and 1 centerforward. 3-3-3-1 allows great transitions from defending to attacking, as many of the players used in the formation can perform both defensive and attacking tasks. Moreover, it establishes superiority in numbers in every part of the field, since with this formation his teams could defend with 7 players, attack with 6-7 players, or protect a scoreline by overwhelming the midfield with 6 players. To use 3-3-3-1, all players have to quickly set to attacking positions when the ball is in the team's possession, and all players have to aggressively press and recover the ball when it isn't in possession, so it requires great teamwork and understanding between teammates.

This signature style of Bielsa's has had so much influence in the football scene that many present coaches, former players under Bielsa's command, are heavily influenced by the style, such as Gerardo Martino, Mauricio Pochettino, Matías Almeyda and Marcelo Gallardo. Former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola credited Bielsa as his tactical inspiration. Jorge Sampaoli has been described as a 'disciple' of Bielsa.

Bayern Munich and former Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola called him the "best manager in the world" in 2012.[/b]

Taking from Bielsa's Wikipedia page.

TheGoodJoe:


I never supported Coach Amunike for the job. I was actually talking of Coach Oliseh that I feel he would not have gotten such negative feedback about his experience if he had Amunike's qualification.

I think Coach Amunike can do the job. I believe he can but I think he should grow into the role than just taking it. After the U20 World Cup, Coach Amunike should build the next Olympics team before taking over the Super Eagles.

As for Coach Siasia, he never had a fair chance. I do not see Coach Siasia not qualifying if he started this qualifiers with two chances for the top two teams of the group.

TheGoodJoe:


I am not saying Coach Amunike is guaranteed success. I am talking with respect to the heavy criticism that fell on the NFF for hiring Coach Sunday Oliseh.

There was almost a total lack of coaching experience when we talk of Coach Oliseh's qualification for the job.