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Siasia To Replace Keshi As Super Eagles's Head Coach?

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10 years ago

September 26, 2014

Super Eagles former head coach, Samson Siasia might be in line to come in and replace current coach and his former team mate, Stephen Keshi if NFF’s ideas go as planned.
According to Goal, top NFF officials are worried about Eagles last two games and have gotten their opportunity to take out Keshi.
The official told Goal, “There are many factors standing in the way of Stephen Keshi in his bid to retain the Super Eagles job and I will give you a break-down. But before that I must say that Keshi must be most grateful to the Honorable Sports Minister,Tammy Danagogo, for fighting for his retention as the team chief coach.
“The minister has never hidden his love and preference for him and he based it on Keshi’s past achievement which he said was more than necessary for him to continue his job. The minister still believes that the Eagles under Keshi could still bounce back and qualify for the 2015 AFCON in Morocco.
“But we at the NFF here know that the problem with the team is more than what we are seeing from the surface. Firstly, there is no commitment on the part of the players Keshi is parading for the 2015 AFCON qualifiers and if something drastic is not done, Nigeria may not be among those nations that would campaign in Morocco 2015.”
He also went into details and explained that majority of the executive committee are now pissed off with Keshi’s behavior and disrespect towards them and they want a coach who would listen to their demands and respect them as his employers.
“They have also not forgotten in a hurry the way the former Eagles captain allegedly humiliated the Aminu Maigari Board members during the Africa Cup of Nations which Nigeria won in South Africa and felt highly disappointed with the way the coach received all the accolades and praises from all and sundry without mere mention of the NFF Board and Secretariat.
We all know how Keshi threatened to dump the team in South Africa shortly after the Eagles won the 2013 AFCON.
The controversies generated by this singular action put the NFF in a bad light and so many other crises including the players threatening not to play one of the qualifying matches for the last World Cup as well as during the World Cup proper when the players demanded for their bonuses. These crises put negative mark on the NFF.”
Eagles have come under huge criticisms after their home loss to Congo and drawing away to South Africa and now left trailing with only 1 point from a possible 6 despite being the defending champions of Africa.