A former Super Eagles coach, Shaibu Amodu was the August visitor to the team’s camp on Thursday morning.
Amodu who was sacked from his post on the way to the
2010 World Cup was full of advice for the current national coach Stephen
Keshi and his crew. He told Keshi who once worked with him as an
assistant that Nigerian coaching job was the most controversial in the
country and urged him to always be calm and develop thick skin towards
critics.
Amodu said, “I remember many battles with the media,
some of whom just refused to see anything positive me. Some people just
won’t like your face no matter how hardworking and successful you are.
Keshi, should just learn to ignore such people and concentrate on his
job. He’s somebody I know very well and I think he would succeed but we
must give him all the support to do so.”
Amodu praised the idea of a totally home-based
national side but urged the Nigeria Football Federation to maintain
their level of support for the national team. He also spoke against
plans by the NFF to cut players allowances saying Nigerian players offer
so much to the nation and should be well remunerated.
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