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:
I see a lot short gigs. Several backwater league titles. And an AFCON bronze several of our indigenous coaches have matched or even bettered.
Just a journey man experienced but lacking the profile good enough for a country like Nigeria. We can do far better.

jihday:
won Spanish division 2 twice won Romanian league Afcon bronze, not a huge profile but if you can appoint Finidi and also have Amunike name whispered around the job then this is several steps an upgrade

Joebie:
You will get what u pay for.

jihday:
true, at least most of these grade C European coaches have proved they can get us playing decently against African opponents, at least I’ll take that over what we got with Eguavoen Siasia and Oliseh

TheSuperNerd:
One of the top reasons I wanted both gone. Both had their positives and gave us joy in moments but both are poor in player profiling and a coach who is poor in that aspect cannot get the very best out of the Super Eagles.

But the fact that both went and Finidi came now make both look like Max Allegri and Sir Alex Ferguson. Rohr to Jpes and then to Finidi was an annoying art in coaching appointment downgrade.

elyte89:



Has he been employed ?

Monsignor22:
If Antonio Conceicao is the man then fine, but he will only earn my respect by first coming in to stamp his authority on this bunch of overpampered players, no look person face or what club he plays for, if any player isn't up to it then DROP his azz. Infact he should start by weeding out deadweights like Ndidi, Iheanacho, Awaziem etc and others in that order who just come to camp to make up numbers. There's no basis for seniority anymore, you've got to earn your place. Now that NFF are serious about embarking on a concerted scouting programme for players across Europe etc who are eligible to represent the team, then they should also plan serious friendlies against top countries during the next available windows before the AFCON qualifiers start in September. We can use those friendlies to invite 90% of those new players. Time to see new faces like Elijah Adebayo, Chuba Akpom, Dominic Solanke (surely he should be considering Nigeria at this point in his career), Nathan Tella (needs to be fully accessed), Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (we need to see more of him in a midfield of new players), Felix Agu,Kingsley Ehibizue, Njinmah, Osho, Jordan Torunarigha, Akpoguma, Ndah, Gift Orban and any other Naija eligible player out there in those friendly games. Not forgetting others like Lesley Ugochukwu, Carney Chukwuemeka and Madueke if they want to take a shot at real international football and a world cup chance.

Antonio Conceicao can them have an idea of which players he can integrate into his full roster for depth when the AFCON qualifiers start, those AFCON games will show what depth and quality we can build ahead of the tense WCQ games next year. There's still enough time to fix the current mess Finidi has left us in, but NFF have to show they mean business by being proactive: announce the new technical adviser/coach, start an expansive scouting programme for players across Europe as soon as possible, and then schedule friendly games ahead of time.

Abi how you take see am?
Cc: TheSuperNerd

jihday:
true, at least most of these grade C European coaches have proved they can get us playing decently against African opponents, at least I’ll take that over what we got with Eguavoen Siasia and Oliseh

Napoleon55:

His invitations are questionable,making series of mistakes, playing players out of position,and he is not interested in correcting his mistakes.
How do we support someone who will lead us to nowhere?

mank1234:


Are you saying the opponents had better player than Nigeria? How many times did our two point men struggle for the same ball instead of one running behind in anticipation of a drop ball? That is a pointer that there was no pattern. They just assembled the team and let them play as they like.

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?

TheGoodJoe:


😂

Finidi did not leave us in any mess. It is the way the NFF ran the Super Eagles for years that caused this mess. You are literally suggesting a program that will take time to implement and want Finidi to have turned things around with little time with players and very tight appointment time.

There are things we can criticize Finidi for but definitely, he did not create the current mess.

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!

TheGoodJoe:


Throwback.

My post immediately after the AFCON loss.

AIG07:
God bless you. There you have it.
The summary of it all. The one and only reason a local coach will always struggle as a Super Eagles Gaffer unless he has godlike presence.

Napoleon55:

So u admit that those teams in the past that comprises of only players born in Nigeria are better than this current team that is mixed right?

That everything else in Nigeria have regressed is not an excuse, and it's not true.

We have artistes born locally here in Nigeria making waves globally,hitting more success,some of them winning Grammy awards, the topmost award in the global music industry,unlike in the past.
whether the music our artistes play today is of better quality than before is a topic for another day,
but in this state of affairs in Nigerian, they were able to achieve so much.

The same with our athletes,
Tobi Amusan is,or probably the best female hurdle athlete in the world.
Favour Ofili is coming up and proving herself to be among the best female athlete in the world.
our female athletic team is a potential Olympic medal winning team.

I believe our football team can achieve success also even in this present Nigerian condition when the right people will find themselves in charge.

villagereporter:
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But he stamped the current mess with his authority through clueless players invitation and inept tactical dunce.

villagereporter:
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Yet we can statemanly go for the best, c ehn broda, dis country is not broke but unfortunately we have silly, daft, nit-wit and dimwits in the glass house who think about their pockets only.

joelsteron:



Onyedika and Nwakali, everybody have seen what both are capable when you talk of passes and shooting with precision.

jihday:
for a start the next coach need to throw Awaziem away, since 2017 or so he has never been a starter despite playing under 4 different coaches. His spot should be given to a younger and more productive defender

yinkeys:

I’d like to believe Keshi wasn’t taken serious as a coach in Nigeria until he took Togo to the World Cup
Amunike helped qualify Tanzania that’s probably not a serious football nation to the Afcon in a long time they hadn’t done that
Amunike helped conquer the u17 tournament
I’m assuming he’s probably doing something on the side with regards to coaching in Spain
I think he can do something amazing with the eagles, some of them are products of the u17 process he managed or assisted in

EEGA:
Finidi made the mistake of playing both Ndidi and Onyedika in the same mid-field.The both failed to click as a double pivot.

Whenever they start together there is no clear definition of roles.

The pair did not click against Mali.

Against Mozambique a mid-field pivot of Onyeka and Onyedika clicked.

Our mid-field should have been Onyedika,Iwobi and Dele Bashiru.

or

Ndidi,Iwobi and Bashiru/Olawoyin.

komekn:


You play two defensive minded players with very limited innovation creative ability it's a recipe for disaster.

joelsteron:


I'm sorry Raphael Oyedika is not so defensive minded as you put it. Man has goals in his feet. And has proven himself.

komekn:


You play two defensive minded players with very limited innovation creative ability it's a recipe for disaster.

Monsignor22:
If Antonio Conceicao is the man then fine, but he will only earn my respect by first coming in to stamp his authority on this bunch of overpampered players, no look person face or what club he plays for, if any player isn't up to it then DROP his azz. Infact he should start by weeding out deadweights like Ndidi, Iheanacho, Awaziem etc and others in that order who just come to camp to make up numbers. There's no basis for seniority anymore, you've got to earn your place. Now that NFF are serious about embarking on a concerted scouting programme for players across Europe etc who are eligible to represent the team, then they should also plan serious friendlies against top countries during the next available windows before the AFCON qualifiers start in September. We can use those friendlies to invite 90% of those new players. Time to see new faces like Elijah Adebayo, Chuba Akpom, Dominic Solanke (surely he should be considering Nigeria at this point in his career), Nathan Tella (needs to be fully accessed), Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (we need to see more of him in a midfield of new players), Felix Agu,Kingsley Ehibizue, Njinmah, Osho, Jordan Torunarigha, Akpoguma, Ndah, Gift Orban and any other Naija eligible player out there in those friendly games. Not forgetting others like Lesley Ugochukwu, Carney Chukwuemeka and Madueke if they want to take a shot at real international football and a world cup chance.

Antonio Conceicao can them have an idea of which players he can integrate into his full roster for depth when the AFCON qualifiers start, those AFCON games will show what depth and quality we can build ahead of the tense WCQ games next year. There's still enough time to fix the current mess Finidi has left us in, but NFF have to show they mean business by being proactive: announce the new technical adviser/coach, start an expansive scouting programme for players across Europe as soon as possible, and then schedule friendly games ahead of time.

Abi how you take see am?
Cc: TheSuperNerd

Amedino99:
Shame on osimhen if this is true. Really disappointed in him.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/finidi-i-cant-beg-osimhen-to-play-for-super-eagles/amp/