Eagles too big for Oliseh, says Izilien
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Former Super Falcons coach, Godwin Izilien, has faulted the Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) move to hire retired Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, as the senior national team coach.
His reason is that Oliseh has not handled any big team anywhere in the world since he became a coach. Izilien said that Super Eagles currently needs an exposed and intelligent tactician with a good track record, adding the federation should have advertised the job and allowed competent coaches to compete for the position.
The coach, who accused the federation of toeing the same line that saw former Super Eagles boss, Samson Siasia, hiring a foreign assistant, Simon Kalika, during his tenure, said the current experiment with Oliseh would only lead to another failure.
Izilien said the NFF should have prepared the former Juventus of Italy player for the big time by grooming him through one of the cadet teams, adding that the current idea would not help the country’s quest to regain its eminence in football. “I wonder where the name of Oliseh emanated from after Keshi was sacked.
I think NFF is an organized body made up of experienced football administrators, but they got this one wrong. “Oliseh has never handled any known club or national team anywhere in the world to the best of my knowledge.
The only quality I know about him is that he was an intelligent player, who represented his teammates in the Super Eagles. I also know that he was a member of FIFA technical study group. But that is not enough reason for the NFF to give him the Super Eagles job.
“I don’t have anything against Oliseh, but I must say that the NFF are taking the wrong step in the manner they want to appoint a new coach for the Eagles. “For the federation to also allow him to get a foreign assistant is another ploy to pave way for the foreign coaches to share from the national cake.
Siasia worked with a foreign assistant before and the result we got is not qualifying for the 2012 Nations Cup. NFF should rescind this decision and advertise the Super Eagles coaching position; this is how it is done in other climes.”
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This coach only knows how to coach women! So, he didn’t know that Oliseh went to Formal coaching school? The same way they criticized Keshi before he went ahead against expectations and warn laurels. This type of coach shouldn’t comment when people are doing serious commentaries. What is wrong with us?
Godwin Izilien! Godwin Izilien!! Godwin Izilien!!! How many times did I call you? Stop preaching doom on the pages of newspaper regarding the appoint of Oliseh as eagle’s coach. If you have nothing meaningful to contribute, pay your NEPA bill and watch TV every day while eagles are playing their way to the top again.
Thank you very much. I’m tired of fools like Izilien talking trash. The young man is qualified. Let him work for Christ’s sake. How many couches that have handled the team before now can boast of his exposure and credentials?
oliseh was a very good footballer ,but can he solve nigeria,s coaching problem ,personally i,m not sure,cause he has never been given a coaching job before ,,,,a coach without a coaching expirience for super eagles ,oliseh i pray that it works out good because you were a true super star oliseh carry go
Goddian,No one would hear you until it doesn’t happen I pray.Sunday Olise is my Man any-day; My fear like yours is differently same. I do not want this Task Masters to damage Sunday’s coaching career; they specialize in hire & fire not in encouraging any Local Coach to achieve especially with the Super Eagles – I can’t really know why? Is it to force the nation to accept their major desires in “Foreign Coach- Xenophobes?” Time shall tell. I hope Sunny’s appointment would see the NFF change and know their game is reaching the last bus stop to all be sacked too.Your thought Goddy was nationalistic not personal but may all work together for good by this appointment. I thank God Keshi did not disappoint until his enemies in other Lands Sacked him from Nigerian Job.Long Live United States of Nigeria(USN).
Let Oliseh try his hands on it. Must we always import? Have foreign coaches not failed us and other countries. Experience is good, but if everyone requires so much experience before hiring for any job, where will the applicants get that experience from?
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