You are not better than me, Oliseh tells ex-colleagues
Nigeria coach, Sunday Oliseh, has vowed he will not pay the media to write positive stories about him and do players’ business as demanded by people he now describes as critics.
“No matter what these critics say, as long as I am coach of the Super Eagles, I won’t pay anybody to write positively about me in the media as some of these critics have asked me to,” he said in a youtube recording.
“Some of them come to me from the back and say I should invite their players and we will do business.”
He singled out his former national teammates for being his harshest critics.
“What is unfortunate is that my ex-colleagues are the most critical. When we played they were mostly sitting on the bench and talking. They were not the real actors who made Super Eagles what they were then. They are still doing the same thing, sitting down and talking,” he alleged.
“If you think you are better, go for a coaching course, or start coaching and show what you can do.”
He said he will not serve any special interest as long as he is in charge of the Eagles.
“I didn’t beg for this job, refused this job twice. It needed the intervention of a respected friend in government. I took it not to serve special interest, but to serve Nigeria,” he continued.
“I’m patriotic, I love my nation, my nation has made me what I am and this is where I belong.
Culled from Mtnfootball.com
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hahahahahahahaha!!!!! Guys who point one finger at others forget that four others are pointing right back at them. My coach, you were an ardent critic of coach Stephen Keshi, so expect the same from your colleagues.
Regarding Garba Lawal, the guy is a born critic, from Siasia days through Keshi and now your turn. He does not see anything good in people.
Anyway, its all water under the bridge. Coach Vincete del Bosque won the World cup and European cup championship, but last world cup could not progress beyond the group stages. He is still in his post taking Spain to EURO 2016. What we should have done with our own coaches rather than sack them at the slightest hint of faltering games.
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