AS Nigerians continue to grit their teeth in agony over the missing
out on the African Cup of Nations to be co-hosted by Gabon and
Equatorial Guinea next year, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has
finally agreed on how to solve the puzzle on whether to sack or retain
coach Samson Siasia.
The Super Eagles played annoying football and surrendered their 2-1
lead thirty seconds to regulation time and allowed Guinea to draw level
and kick dust into their eyes and bid bye to the Nations Cup. Since that
debacle on Saturday, shell-shocked Nigerians have been locked on
arguments on whether to sack or retain coach Samson Siasia.
Sports Vanguard can reveal that after issuing the coach a query, the
technical Committee have recommended the employment of a superior coach
for Siasia to work under him. In agreeing to hire a new coach for the
Eagles, the
Technical Committee took into cognisance Siasia’s contract which
mandated him to get to the semi finals of the African Cup of Nations.
It’s simple. He agreed to meet the semi-final target but has failed to
even qualify the team to the tournament proper, a member of the
Technical Committee who sought anonymity said.
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Our findings revealed that the technical committee were unanimous in
their decision to hire a ‘superior’ coach as part of the rebuilding
process for the national team. What this means is that coach Samson
Siasia may not be asked to leave as they would give him the option to
work under the new manager. That appears an impossible condition as
Siasia has said that he would not work under any coach. Sources from the
technical committee also informed that Siasia was condemned in very
strong terms for his choice of players who prosecuted the match against
Guinea.
We were baffled to see Ike Uche on the bench when the likes of
Emmanuel Emenike, Chinedu Ogbuke-Obasi and Osaze Odemwingie played
minus”,
Based on the recommendations of the Technical Committee, it appears a
bridge too far for Siasia to survive the tide of events after writing
his name in history as the coach that punctuated Nigeria’s 25-years of
un-interupted qualification for the African Cup of Nations.
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