ethnicity. watching the match in the northern part of Nigeria was an unforgettable experience. the northerners complained of mergnalisation.they said Siasia should be sacked for fielding only three Hausa players. they don't care about team performance. Siasia is Wise enough not to field a BIAFRAN TEAM

chrisooblog:
true the bottom line is our administrators have been the bane of our poor performances but the true root of the matter is if government is really ready to allow football run itself. a situation where government subvention is responsible for 90% of your running cost is not good for transparency and proper planning. that's why someone can wakeup and say go play in kaduna or pick this sponsor that sponsor. as poor as the nff leadership is removing them is not the ultimate solution. yes i agree pinnick must go but who replaces him? poliadministrators just like him who got to leadership positions not so much by expertise but whose a**e they happened to be kissing. one thing you must know is that the current system is rigged to keep out genuine people like segun odegbami, colin udoh, you, me etc who care about the game. look at the state FAs whose members will likely produce the next nff leadership how many are competent honest football people? who can barely run clubs properly owing players left and right. so people it's not that straight forward to solve. if i were buhari i would instruct the sports minister to liase with all football stakeholders to fashion out a way for gradual government (both federal and state) withdrawal from football administration. reduce funding while encouraging corporate involvement through transparency and little incentives here and there also withdraw sport ministry employees from the various FAs and allow them hire competent people based on performance not on man know man or ''federal character''. look at how well the LMC that is controlling the NPFL is being run because of the absence of government interference. so all these issues of foreign or local coach, salary no salary, bonuses, logistics you name it will continue to be problematic as long as government is deeply involved in football and sports in general.

going forward i also support hiring a foreign coach on the short term but one has to be pragmatic do we have the money? plus can the ''oyinbo'' work in our chaotic system? if the answer is no please they should leave siasia to do his work

Your thought is rich

safarigirl:
african Guardiola also played just two games. Maybe if he had stayed, he wouldn't have lost to Egypt.

I'm not being harsh. The SE lost under Siasia, not under the Guardiola of wherever, if I were to apportion blames, Siasia would take 70% to Oliseh's 30%...after all, Siasia had his pick, it was not Oliseh's team he used, was it?

His team, his captain, his line-up, his mess. It was NFF that chased African Guardiola, same way they'll still chase away Siasia even before the end of the year and we'll come back to make these same threads and trade blames.

Yes, I would not collect pay for a SE job. Who am I feeding? Just give me flight money for games and accommodation, I'm good. Not everything must involve pay.

It is not a full time job, is it?

You are just being emotional like most Nigerians, if siasia had won, this is not what we will be hearing. Our coaches keep getting the boot despite their bravery in circumstances. I will pick siasia anytime over a chicken livered oliseh.

TaiKuun:
please with due respect, don't call Siasia bold, and stop saying he was a victim of circumstance. Hope you seriously got my point.

Cheers.

Let the bashing of our coaches go on cos that's the way we move on in Nigeria. Kudos.

Waiting for the magical coach of Nigerian football

TheSuperNerd:
It's not matter of "anybody thinking he/she knows better or can do better" but common sense.

Siasia goofed and there was no way he was going to win that game by benching 3 of our lethal attacking options in Iheanacho, Iwobi and Simon Moses.

Any keen analyst knew that. One even said moments to the game that Nigeria can't win without an Iheanacho on that field. We had no shots on goal for the entire first 45 mins. Why? Our sharpest shooter was benched.

You don't have to be a tactical genius to figure out that Siasia actually goofed in players selection. Whatever reasons other than talent he had for selecting that First XI can never be justified. You don't teach Class to Super Talents... They have it inborn.

Yes, Talent is never enough but in this case, that was what we needed to overcome a non-spectacular Egyptian side.

In the name of tough decisions, he got blinded to his way to victory over Victory and took the bend to defeat. His best attacking options were right there behind him.

Tough decisions create stability for the long run.

Sadly most people like quick fixes.

Please google Edmundo of Brazil and report back to me.

I'm sorry Sir. I'm no errand boy. My points are well placed. If you're not satisfied then let it be.... Ciao.

jayriginal:


Tough decisions create stability for the long run.

Sadly most people like quick fixes.

Please google Edmundo of Brazil and report back to me.

I agree with almost everything here but please don't say Nigeria have more talent than England.
None of our keepers are up to Hart or butland
Our defence doesn't compare to clyne, smelling, stones, Shaw, jagielka, or Cahill
No one in our team will hold midfield like Dier, or are as creative as Barkley, alli, Wilshire,
None of our attackers are as good as sturridge, Kane, Sterling, or vardy.
So please be realistic.

There's talent in this team but guys like Iwobi and Ihenacho are not yet ready to carry the hopes of a nation. And our midfield and defense are wack.

Forget the EPL.... England's true worth will be seen at the Euros in France.

And yes, we have more and better talents than England. The gap Is too wide sef..... If not, why do they poach away our players? Why do they drag Nigerian players with Nigeria? England more talented?? Taaa!!!! That's a huge fallacy.

AikayDaWrapper:
I agree with almost everything here but please don't say Nigeria have more talent than England.
None of our keepers are up to Hart or butland
Our defence doesn't compare to clyne, smelling, stones, Shaw, jagielka, or Cahill
No one in our team will hold midfield like Dier, or are as creative as Barkley, alli, Wilshire,
None of our attackers are as good as sturridge, Kane, Sterling, or vardy.
So please be realistic.

There's talent in this team but guys like Iwobi and Ihenacho are not yet ready to carry the hopes of a nation. And our midfield and defense are wack.

TheSuperNerd:
I'm sorry Sir. I'm no errand boy. My points are well placed. If you're not satisfied then let it be.... Ciao.

As you wish.

Far be it from me to pull you out from where you wallow.

safarigirl:
no, managers can be wrong too..... sometimes, they know nothing.

Did Moyes know best when Man U was sinking? What of Mourinho with Chelsea? The manager is not God, he is prone to mistakes and wrong calls

And you sitting at home know better?

Captain Hindsight.

With the players we have now and those coming up... We should be entering into a new golden generation in football like Belgium are in right now, like spain did some years back. My worry is, do we have the right coaches and administrators to make that happen Your guess is as good as mine!

@Bolded... Now this, I endorse.... #smiles

Gosh!! I'm really tired of talking.

chrisooblog:
true the bottom line is our administrators have been the bane of our poor performances but the true root of the matter is if government is really ready to allow football run itself. a situation where government subvention is responsible for 90% of your running cost is not good for transparency and proper planning. that's why someone can wakeup and say go play in kaduna or pick this sponsor that sponsor. as poor as the nff leadership is removing them is not the ultimate solution. [b]yes i agree pinnick must go but who replaces him? poliadministrators just like him who got to leadership positions not so much by expertise but whose a**e they happened to be kissing. one thing you must know is that the current system is rigged to keep out genuine people like segun odegbami, colin udoh, you, me etc who care about the game. look at the state FAs whose members will likely produce the next nff leadership how many are competent honest football people? who can barely run clubs properly owing players left and right. so people it's not that straight forward to solve. if i were buhari i would instruct the sports minister to liase with all football stakeholders to fashion out a way for gradual government (both federal and state) withdrawal from football administration. reduce funding while encouraging corporate involvement through transparency and little incentives here and there also withdraw sport ministry employees from the various FAs and allow them hire competent people based on performance not on man know man or ''federal character''. look at how well the LMC that is controlling the NPFL is being run because of the absence of government interference. so all these issues of foreign or local coach, salary no salary, bonuses, logistics you name it will continue to be problematic as long as government is deeply involved in football and sports in general.[/b]

going forward i also support hiring a foreign coach on the short term but one has to be pragmatic do we have the money? plus can the ''oyinbo'' work in our chaotic system? if the answer is no please they should leave siasia to do his work

Safarigirl, it is crystal clear that Nigeria lacks top quality players, sorry, even moderately decent players at least apart from the attack. We have midfielders who cannot drive a decent ball over 60 yards, who seem only adept at trapping the ball and moving it to the nearest man. Accurate long range shooting is like a foreign language to these guys.

We have defenders who cannot play an offside trap and look frighteningly bad each time our opponents have a corner or free kick. I shudder at times when i watch the national team play. Yes it is not easy but please it is also not that hard.

A british pundit once said that working with international players is very easy because whereas with domestic players (worldwide) you will need to tell them what to do and them show them how to do it, with international players all you have to do is tell them what to do and they know how to execute it. In the Super Eagles of today what i see is a team chock full of footballers who do not really know their right from their left.

It was quite shameful during the 2014 world cup (at the confederations cup maybe) when some tv channel conducted an interview and their journalist was asking our payers if they were going to work on their ball control as one of the areas needed for improvement. Let's face the facts... even the player that most Nigerians would readily point to as the star man of the midfield, Ogenyi Onazi, is in real terms a mere hardman-type player on the european stage, with no real technical skills at all.

Just look at a player like Ogenekaro Etebo as a case study:

Physicality: Grade A
Long passing: Zero
Short Passing: average
Shooting: abbysmal
Dribbling: little to non existent

How can such a player with only physicality as his exceptional trait, even be in the Nigerian national team??

Sorry for those this rant will offend, i don't mean to rubbish our boys but hey truth be told these guys are not very good. At all.

safarigirl:
I've read many times from different people that the Nigerian national team, the Super Eagles suffer from a lack of 'quality' players. The team have been accused of having sub-standard players who never play their best in the Nigerian colours and I used to believe that.

I believed it so much, I advocated a total overhauling of the team- get in new guys, young blood with heart and mettle. People who are ready to lay it down for the green white green. That should work, right?

Fast forward today, and after watching our dismal outing in Egypt as well as prvious failures in the last U20 world Cup, I've come to the realistic conclusion that the problem with the team is the managers and administrators.

Yes, the National team coaches and their egos/sentiments have ruined us more times than I can remember. Was it Manu Garba in U20, dropping lethal Iheanacho, Simon Moses and Nwakali against Germany, for non-lethal guys? What of Keshi who kept on throwing in Yobo even when he was past his prime? Or Samson Siasia fielding the likes of Aminu Umar and directionless Musa against Egypt in a must-win game, while our best players in KD; Iheanacho, Iwobi and Simon Moses were on the bench? The same Siasia playing Ighalo- someone who can only function with a strike partner as a lone striker? What happened to Fernando Adi? A smart coach builds his team according to the strength(s) of his forward(s), you don't just throw a man into a line-up and hope he can pull a rabbit out his arse in 90 minutes

Some might say, don't blame the coach, but someone is responsible for Leicester topping the EPL with the SAME players they had when they were fighting relegation, and who is that? Did Egypt have better players than us as far as pedigree? Would the right coach have made a difference with the right team selection? By all means yes.

Those advocating for the foreign players, the Jordon Ibes, Delle Allis and Ross Barkley, what are the guarantees they still won't be overlooked by a local coach for some Festus Kingsley from NPFL or U23 when it matters? After all, Iwobi had to wait till 15 minutes to the end of the game to show his mettle despite his strong display in Kaduna. So, I can imagine your coaches would even bench CR7 if he could play for Nigeria. Why?

This is not to absolve the incompetent NFF of course, because they are majorly to blame for our instability. With their gross disregard and disrespect for local coaches and their constant failure to keep to contractual terms, NFF have continually chased away decent local coaches with disastrous results. Even those advocating to retain Siasia, do you think the same fate that met Oliseh and Keshi won't meet him? You think NFF will pay his salary? You think they won't override his decisions to slot in their favourites?

Unfortunately, until we rid the football body of those cancerous elements that have eaten deep into the system, we cannot expect any form of miracle on the pitch or from the same set of rotten coaches. The popular saying comes to play that even if you put make-up on a pig, a pig is still a pig.

As I type this, I have lost any form of hope of us qualifying for any tournament, even if we do, there are no long term solutions to our football woes, because even when it seems like we're making headway, something or someone always combusts. Even the foreign coaches will leave because of NFF and their shady ways.

We have all the talent we need, more talent than the likes of Netherlands, England, Algeria, CIV....we have a golden generation in our hands, boys who have it in them to break the records of Yekini, JJ Okocha, Kanu and Finidi George, but poor management and a corrupt administration will kill those talents every generation we get to.


Article Written By: Safarigirl

CC: Thegoodjoe, TheSupernerd, Icon4s, Daninya11, blueto, confun, bascovanveli, jarus

OMG! .... Babe u just post EXACTLY what's in my mind I swear!



I wish ur here with me... Could've given u kiss of life... As in we'll break d world record of " The most Longest kiss"



Lol

No the problem is that we had 3 moses

Victor moses
Simon moses
ahmed (musa) moses

Egypt only know but one moses. I think is high time we need to scout for players like judas who's less busy!

jayriginal:


And you sitting at home know better?

Captain Hindsight.

it is foolhardy to assume that people at home do not know better because they are at home.

Call me whenever NFF are willing to hire a 21-year old, female undergraduate to coach the National team.

I already expressed intention to get a Coaching certificate, in a matter of years, I may not be sitting at home like you have so ignorantly stated like the shallow person you must be.

Never despise the days of little beginning, even the Siasia you glorify and applaud was once sitting at home.

AikayDaWrapper:
I agree with almost everything here but please don't say Nigeria have more talent than England.
None of our keepers are up to Hart or butland
Our defence doesn't compare to clyne, smelling, stones, Shaw, jagielka, or Cahill
No one in our team will hold midfield like Dier, or are as creative as Barkley, alli, Wilshire,
None of our attackers are as good as sturridge, Kane, Sterling, or vardy.
So please be realistic.

There's talent in this team but guys like Iwobi and Ihenacho are not yet ready to carry the hopes of a nation. And our midfield and defense are wack.

we have better upcoming talent. I'm talking of guys that will be playing when Butland and Hart have retired. Cahill and co don't even fall under that list.

I maintain, we have better talent than England, quote me wherever

Goke7:

You are just being emotional like most Nigerians, if siasia had won, this is not what we will be hearing. Our coaches keep getting the boot despite their bravery in circumstances. I will pick siasia anytime over a chicken livered oliseh.

when has Siasia ever won? Failed twice and you still rate him. So that he'll fully be instated and fail fully, then you'll come here and forget your allegiance in a long epistle.

Been there done that, refuse to go down that lane with naija coaches again. Ain't rooting for none of em

Am highly impress with this discus, but I think the local coaches have lost the plot...They are good I must confess because I saw new super eagle in the last two matches handled by Sia1 and his colleagues, but can local coaches relieve themselves from nepotism and favouritism?

Sia1 and his colleagues team selection was a disaster... can't believe a coach would sit down for a whole 45 mins and be blind to what non coaches sees in his team ( no creativity in the final third half of the Egyptians) no shot at goal for a team looking for a win and not do the needful.

The bottom line is Amaju and his executive members should resign and Nigeria employ a very intelligent and experience foreign coach who will be devoid of sentiment in team selection, tactically sound and above parochial sentiment that is part of the norm of our local coaches.

safarigirl:
it is foolhardy to assume that people at home do not know better because they are at home.
.

It's even more foolhardy to assume that that is my position. The question was and is, you at home, do you know better?

Call me whenever NFF are willing to hire a 21-year old, female undergraduate to coach the National team.

I'd actually hire you if you demonstrated competence, your gender or age notwithstanding. Don't assume.

I already expressed intention to get a Coaching certificate, in a matter of years, .

I'm glad to hear that and I encourage you to go for it. I hope you will save or bookmark this thread for posterity. Perhaps we can talk about this in the future when you would have done some actual coaching.

I may not be sitting at home like you have so ignorantly stated like the shallow person you must be.

The shallow person here is you. You can't even control your emotions but you want to manage people. You were one of those to cuss Oliseh out for the way he treated Enyeama. You must first get a hold of yourself before you can command respect from others. That's what leadership is about.

I did not ignorantly state that you are sitting at home, even your response bears me witness. You're calling me shallow like that means anything to me. Leadership is not easy. Whether political, religious, sports etc. Managing real human beings with egos isn't beans. It's not the FIFA / Championship manager that you're playing (let me assume like you too ).

Never despise the days of little beginning, even the Siasia you glorify and applaud was once sitting at home.

Siasia is a gold medalist, same as Keshi, and Oliseh.

What have you won?

Leadership involves tough decisions. Why did Fergie sell Jaap Stam. Why did he sell Beckham? Ruud? For each of those decisions, ManU were affected adversely but they bounced back each time. Sometimes it took more than a season to recover.

I was explaining to one young un on this thread that players are played or benched for a variety of reasons. I even asked him to look up Edmundo of Brazil but he refused.
If you don't understand the human factor, it's probably because you've never been in a position of leadership before.

Anyone who has been there can translate his/her experience to other field.

jayriginal:

It's even more foolhardy to assume that that is my position. The question was and is, you at home, do you know better?


I'd actually hire you if you demonstrated competence, your gender or age notwithstanding. Don't assume.

I'm glad to hear that and I encourage you to go for it. I hope you will save or bookmark this thread for posterity. Perhaps we can talk about this in the future when you would have done some actual coaching.



The shallow person here is you. You can't even control your emotions but you want to manage people. You were one of those to cuss Oliseh out for the way he treated Enyeama. You must first get a hold of yourself before you can command respect from others. That's what leadership is about.

I did not ignorantly state that you are sitting at home, even your response bears me witness. You're calling me shallow like that means anything to me. Leadership is not easy. Whether political, religious, sports etc. Managing real human beings with egos isn't beans. It's not the FIFA / Championship manager that you're playing (let me assume like you too ).




Siasia is a gold medalist, same as Keshi, and Oliseh.

What have you won?

Leadership involves tough decisions. Why did Fergie sell Jaap Stam. Why did he sell Beckham? Ruud? For each of those decisions, ManU were affected adversely but they bounced back each time. Sometimes it took more than a season to recover.

I was explaining to one young un on this thread that players are played or benched for a variety of reasons. I even asked him to look up Edmundo of Brazil but he refused.
If you don't understand the human factor, it's probably because you've never been in a position of leadership before.

Anyone who has been there can translate his/her experience to other field.

you who said we have no talent?

I may not know much, but I surely know more than you.

Just noticed the moniker, have a good night

A player like Mikel Obi should no longer be in the starting 11... As a footballer and as a no 10 He is too limited. A player who can dictate play and can transit the ball from deep to d attackers with a faster tempo should be intrgrated (e.g Kelechi Nwakali). This team lacks a creative mind in the midfield. We also need a combative and energetic box--box player that can join the attack when necessary, help out in defence and also capable of chiping in some few goals( Where Is Sunday Mba?).

safarigirl:
you who said we have no talent?

I may not know much, but I surely know more than you.

Just noticed the moniker, have a good night

Depends on what you define as talent. It's a relative thing and if you don't know that, then you definitely know less than you think you do.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.


Good night too.

Children who know nothing about football will be talking of talent .

LMAO!

The old guard that opened the doors to Europe are the ones they want to pour scorn on.

Nigerian players were playing in the best leagues in the world and getting first shirt. Many of these kids can't tell which country Aisec Mimosa is based in without recourse to google. They probably don't even know Ahl Ahly. If you ask them to tell you the meaning of 3SC they will be moping. Ask them of BCC lions of Gboko, they don't know.

But they are here doing arm chair coach and criticizing their superiors when they have never even been class monitors before. Think it's easy to lead human beings?

How many Nigerian professionals are playing in top leagues, for top teams and getting regular first team opportunities?

When you can answer that, we can talk about talent.

#smiles

Sir, I'm afraid you assume way too much.

But you're right about this.... I'm a youngster. #smiles

I didn't want to go down the "Edmundo line" because I saw no direct correlation of "that" to what we were discussing.

Then you "assumed" I don't know who Edmundo is. Hahahaha.... #smiles

I started following soccer as a 7 year old in 1999 but you'll be surprised at how much a younsgter born in the 90s can know about soccer from as far back as 1954. #smiles

Tell you what, you sound like a "legend" of the game, you could register your presence on trending national team threads in the Sports section.

Will be kinda fun. #smiles

And uhmm... All those Clubsides in "bold", I know them all (from Asec Mimosas of Cote d'ivoire to Al-Ahly of Egypt all the way to BCC Lions, Leventis Utd led by John Mastouroudes, Stationery Stores and the likes....... Not forgetting Zamalek of Egypt-Al-Ahly's eternal rivals, and even TP Mazembe and all). #smiles

The first question in bold is a rhetoric..... Of course it's not easy.

I'm many things right now going by my rising profile (unknown to many here and for good reasons) and I've been privileged and I'm still privileged to lead individuals even older than I am. I'm currently in my 20s (did my 24th birthday couple of days back).

Most times, I try to hide away from leadership but it keeps coming my way and I know I have to do things right and seek advice where I'm limited.

For the fact that leadership isn't easy or that I'm a youngster (as with other youngsters here) trying to make a point about our "Heroes of Nigerian football" or because I'm no ex-international is no excuse for anyone to go on and fail and then turn around and stop me from saying, "but you could have done better".

Look Sir, it's true a lot of people on NL and other platforms don't know "jack" about soccer and it's history in Nigeria, Africa and the world and it's true some of us dropping comments are "young' uns"...... #smiles

.........But you do not do well to place us all into "one box"

Some of us are very very knowledgeable and super passionate (not hooligans) about the game of football despite our different backgrounds and central fields of interests on planet earth.

I personally have done a lot of history digging, studies and researches on soccer and some other sports. So please, don't see our young age as reasons to shut us up or look down on us.

It's not fair.

It's dangerous to use the general stereotype of many to also judge a few.

It's so not cool classifying all youngsters as clueless.

@last bolded question: I did that to show that I saw the question. But I think I've said enough for one night. Maybe some other time.... #smiles

Goodnight Sir.

jayriginal:
Children who know nothing about football will be talking of talent .

LMAO!

The old guard that opened the doors to Europe are the ones they want to pour scorn on.

Nigerian players were playing in the best leagues in the world and getting first shirt. Many of these kids can't tell which country Aisec Mimosa is based in without recourse to google. They probably don't even know Ahl Ahly. If you ask them to tell you the meaning of 3SC they will be moping. Ask them of BCC lions of Gboko, they don't know.

But they are here doing arm chair coach and criticizing their superiors when they have never even been class monitors before. Think it's easy to lead human beings?

How many Nigerian professionals are playing in top leagues, for top teams and getting regular first team opportunities?

When you can answer that, we can talk about talent.

jayriginal:
Children who know nothing about football will be talking of talent .

LMAO!

The old guard that opened the doors to Europe are the ones they want to pour scorn on.

Nigerian players were playing in the best leagues in the world and getting first shirt. Many of these kids can't tell which country Aisec Mimosa is based in without recourse to google. They probably don't even know Ahl Ahly. If you ask them to tell you the meaning of 3SC they will be moping. Ask them of BCC lions of Gboko, they don't know.

But they are here doing arm chair coach and criticizing their superiors when they have never even been class monitors before. Think it's easy to lead human beings?

How many Nigerian professionals are playing in top leagues, for top teams and getting regular first team opportunities?

When you can answer that, we can talk about talent.

So, what are you saying? Stick with local coaches or get a foreign coach?

Dunno where to even begin, but lemme start with tactics...

These players need more lessons on ball control, Swift turning, blind passing, positional availability by running into pocket of spaces(iwobi is very good at this), one-two passing, SET PIECES!!!



The last is one of our weaknesses in two decades. Fear of disappointing is evident in their play that night in Alexandria. nobody wants to be a scapegoat to 170million fans.


Pirlo, Ronaldo, Sanchez, (direct free kick takers)

Ozil, Iniesta, Gotze(indirect)


all these guys practiced an average of 3hours just to have something to make their teams have an edge anyday. Sacrifice
I would pick a good free kick taker who barely offers much during play over one who can pass and run but can't frighten defenses, goalies with free kicks!

forgiveness:



So, what are you saying? Stick with local coaches or get a foreign coach?

Either. I want the best for the team but if we are getting a foreign coach then at least get a good one. We keep getting unknowns and paying them much bigger salaries than we pay our own coaches only for them to fumble in the end.

We need a long term plan of development.

AikayDaWrapper:
I agree with almost everything here but please don't say Nigeria have more talent than England.
None of our keepers are up to Hart or butland
Our defence doesn't compare to clyne, smelling, stones, Shaw, jagielka, or Cahill
No one in our team will hold midfield like Dier, or are as creative as Barkley, alli, Wilshire,
None of our attackers are as good as sturridge, Kane, Sterling, or vardy.
So please be realistic.

There's talent in this team but guys like Iwobi and Ihenacho are not yet ready to carry the hopes of a nation. And our midfield and defense are wack.

alli and Barkley are they not Nigerians?

TheSuperNerd:
#smiles

Sir, I'm afraid you assume way too much.

But you're right about this.... I'm a youngster. #smiles

I didn't want to go down the "Edmundo line" because I saw no direct correlation of "that" to what we were discussing.

Then you "assumed" I don't know who Edmundo is. Hahahaha.... #smiles

I started following soccer as a 7 year old in 1999 but you'll be surprised at how much a younsgter born in the 90s can know about soccer from as far back as 1954. #smiles

Tell you what, you sound like a "legend" of the game, you could register your presence on trending national team threads in the Sports section.

Will be kinda fun. #smiles

And uhmm... All those Clubsides in "bold", I know them all (from Asec Mimosas of Cote d'ivoire to Al-Ahly of Egypt all the way to BCC Lions, Leventis Utd led by John Mastouroudes, Stationery Stores and the likes....... Not forgetting Zamalek of Egypt-Al-Ahly's eternal rivals, and even TP Mazembe and all). #smiles

The first question in bold is a rhetoric..... Of course it's not easy.

I'm many things right now going by my rising profile (unknown to many here and for good reasons) and I've been privileged and I'm still privileged to lead individuals even older than I am. I'm currently in my 20s (did my 24th birthday couple of days back).

Most times, I try to hide away from leadership but it keeps coming my way and I know I have to do things right and seek advice where I'm limited.

For the fact that leadership isn't easy or that I'm a youngster (as with other youngsters here) trying to make a point about our "Heroes of Nigerian football" or because I'm no ex-international is no excuse for anyone to go on and fail and then turn around and stop me from saying, "but you could have done better".

Look Sir, it's true a lot of people on NL and other platforms don't know "jack" about soccer and it's history in Nigeria, Africa and the world and it's true some of us dropping comments are "young' uns"...... #smiles

.........But you do not do well to place us all into "one box"

Some of us are very very knowledgeable and super passionate (not hooligans) about the game of football despite our different backgrounds and central fields of interests on planet earth.

I personally have done a lot of history digging, studies and researches on soccer and some other sports. So please, don't see our young age as reasons to shut us up or look down on us.

It's not fair.

It's dangerous to use the general stereotype of many to also judge a few.

It's so not cool classifying all youngsters as clueless.

@last bolded question: I did that to show that I saw the question. But I think I've said enough for one night. Maybe some other time.... #smiles

Goodnight Sir.

Congratulations on your birthday.

Yes, criticism is allowed as long as its fair and constructive. Even World Cup winning teams are criticised. After a while of tiki taka some people started calling Barcas play boring.

Now Edmundo is relevant because he was a terrific player and even with all that Brazilian talent, he merited a spot in the squad. However he wasn't even selected because of his erratic behavior. The coach was vilified but ended up winning the World Cup. Who knows what they might have said if they didn't win.

You're a manager and you have a star player who is always flouting camp rules. How do you discipline him? You could fine him, but he could continue perhaps he might not even pay. Meanwhile he is affecting team morale as other players feel they can follow suit or start grumbling about preferential treatment. How do you handle the situation?
Mourinho was able to handle just about every player he ran into until he met Super Mario. In my opinion Wenger doesn't handle his players properly and that's why Arsenal is the way they are.

Moyes was advised to leave Fergie back room staff in place but he preferred to bring in his own. My friend thinks that's a mistake and maybe it was but I think otherwise. He wanted to be his own man and he took a decision. That's what this is about, taking decisions.

Then back to the talent thing, seriously my last question refers.

All said and done, you're quite mature for your age and I commend you for keeping the discussion civil. Perhaps I might have been harsh earlier, even to the lady and I apologize for that. It's certainly not my intention to offend either of you, just to get my points across.

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Either. I want the best for the team but if we are getting a foreign coach then at least get a good one. We keep getting unknowns and paying them much bigger salaries than we pay our own coaches only for them to fumble in the end.

We need a long term plan of development.

Which local coach or foreign coach do you recommend?