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Oliseh’s Days Are Numbered — NFF Top Shot

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Super Eagles Chief Coach, Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh’s days with the senior national team may be numbered if the words of an enraged top shot of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF are anything to go by.

 

 

Oliseh who took over from his former team mate, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi last year has been engaging his employers and perceived enemies among some of his former colleagues and fans in war of words.

 

The recent being a video recorded message which he posted on his blog calling his critics “insane” people who have been giving him conditions to either write positive stories about him or even giving him names of players to invite to the national team so they can make a deal together.

 

The NFF top shot however said that “whether we like it or not, Oliseh will go at the end of the day. (Stephen) Keshi didn’t say as much as Oliseh has said so far. We must start to have standards in our system. If Keshi could be asked to go for saying less, what stops Oliseh from going too.”

 

 

The official shockingly revealed that Oliseh was not a collective choice of the NFF, adding that the Delta-born gaffer was imposed on the NFF president, Amaju Pinnick by another influential member of the board.

 

 

He stressed that other indigenous coach have come and gone but that none of them have given the NFF much headache like Oliseh who recently indicted the NFF, claiming that the CHAN Eagles were neglected during camping for the Rwanda championship and that he had to spend $4,000 of his personal funds to feed the players.

 

 

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CHAN 2016: NFF, Oliseh Apologise To Nigerians Over Super Eagles’ Elimination

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Coach Sunday Oliseh, has apologised over the failure of his team to make it from their group stage at the ongoing 2016 African Nations Championship.

 

 

This was revealed in a tweet by the official handle of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF.

 

“Coach @SundayOOliseh: We apologize to Nigerians for this loss, we never planned to exit the tournament this early. The boys gave their best”.

 

 

 

Coach Sunday Oliseh said that losing 1-0 to Guinea in yesterday’s last group C match of the Africa Nations Championship, was something he and his team did not envisage.

 

 

He regretted the loss coming after the Super Eagles have chalked up four points from their two previous matches and only needed a draw against Guinea to advance to the quarter-final.

 

 

“We apologise to Nigerians for this loss, we never planned to exit the tournament this early. The boys gave their best,” said a sober Oliseh after the game.

 

 

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Football Federation also expressed regrets over the Super Eagles shock exit.

 

 

NFF president, Amaju Pinnick reiterated that the African Nations Championship is “both developmental and preparatory for bigger challenges,” and said without mincing words that the Federation would now shift focus to the qualification race for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

 

 

“We apologise to Nigerians for the poor outing of the Super Eagles in Rwanda, but we toe the line of CAF which states that CHAN is a developmental and preparatory competition. Of course, as Nigerians, we love to win always, and we feel bad when we don’t.

 

 

“I want us to take the positives from this tournament. A player like Chisom Chikatara broke onto the global platform and players like Usman Mohammed, Chima Akas, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Austin Oboroakpo and Ifeanyi Mathew confirmed their class.

 

 

“For me, it is disappointing that we did not progress. But the NFF will now focus on the 2017 AFCON qualifiers, and start preparations early for the remaining rounds,” Pinnick said.

 

 

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W/Cup Qualifier: Oliseh Surprised Me With Choice Of Players – Swaziland Coach

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Swaziland’s national football team Coach, Harris Bulunga, said that Super Eagles’ Coach, Sunday Oliseh’s choice of players upset his game plan in a World Cup qualifying match against Nigeria.
Bulunga made the remark after the Super Eagles beat Swaziland 2-0 in the match played at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt.
Moses Simon scored Nigeria’s first goal in the 51st minute while Defender, Efe Ambrose, nodded in the second goal in the 84th minute.
According to Bulunga, we expected Oliseh to field Mikel Obi. We did not see him and it was a surprise to us.
“Sunday Oliseh surprised us with his tactics and choice of players. The Nigerian midfield was generally slow in the first leg in Swaziland.
“In today’s match, the Nigerian midfield was more mobile and fluid and they created more chances in the match’’, he said.
The Swazi coach said the Eagles midfield was more coordinated in the game today.’
He also tipped the Eagles to go places in the World Cup qualifying matches.
Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, said the Swazi’s did not come out to attack.
“We had to make changes during the break to open them and score’’, he said.

 

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Replacing Keshi? NFF In Talks With Sunday Oliseh

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Sunday Oliseh is in advanced talks with the Nigerian Football Federation over becoming the new Super Eagles coach. The 40-year-old former midfielder, who captained Nigeria and won 63 caps, is set to be appointed in the coming days.

The NFF have acted quickly to fill the vacancy following the sacking of Stephen Keshi on Saturday.

Oliseh was part of the Nigeria squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994 and Olympic gold two years later.

He also played at the World Cup in 1994 and 1998, helping the Super Eagles to the last-16 at both tournaments and in the latter he scored a memorable winner as Nigeria shocked Spain 3-2 in a group match.

A member of the “golden generation” of Nigerian football stars, alongside Jay-Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu and Finidi George, Oliseh has been working as a pundit, sport consultant and Fifa Technical committee member.

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Sunday Oliseh Fears for the Future of Nigerian Football

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Former Nigeria captain Sunday Oliseh believes the glory days of the country’s national team will not return unless they “get their house in order”. Nigeria have been on a downward spiral in the past year and failed to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Oliseh told BBC Sport: “We have got technical problems and administrative problems – it is too much for one nation, even if you are Nigeria. “At the moment it is bleak. We need to face up to the job and get organised.”

Oliseh knows what it takes to achieve success, having been part of the Nigeria squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994 and the Olympic gold medal two years later. He also played at the World Cup in 1994 and 1998, helping the Super Eagles to the last-16 at both tournaments and in the latter he scored a memorable winner as Nigeria shocked Spain 3-2 in a group match. Oliseh is unhappy about the neglect of the domestic league. Those teams were filled with players referred to as the “golden generation” of Nigerian football; among them were Jay-Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu and Finidi George.

But Oliseh cannot see where the next generation is going to come from. “During the 1990s a lot of the players were products of the Nigerian league. Those who were playing in Europe had only left two or three years before. Myself, I had moved to Europe only four years before the 1994 World Cup. “It was not as if it was Europe that made us – the Nigerian league produced us;, it was so competitive then, it was viable and credible. “The national team does not create players – you select your best players from your clubs to play in the national team. “But now our attention is more focused on the national team and we have neglected the domestic league, that is the major problem in Nigerian football. “If we cannot get the league in order we will never have another golden generation.”

The former Ajax and Juventus midfielder, who played 63 times for his country, is also concerned about the issues off the field. Nigeria’s Football Federation is in disarray because of in-fighting over the presidency – ongoing battles that have led Fifa to ban the team for governmental interference in football matters.

Credit: BBC Sport