I HAVE obtained exclusive details of the strategy that Guinea coach Michel Dussuyer wants to adopt this weekend in Abuja in order to beat Nigeria to the sole automatic qualifying ticket from our group for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations finals in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
For obvious reasons, I will not reveal how I got the document. But I am publishing it in SOCCERTALK today so that Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia and his players will know what they will come up against on Saturday. The highly classified document is titled “LOSE THE GAME, WIN THE TICKET: ABUJA STRATEGY FOR SYLI STARS. By Michel Dussuyer
Where We Are (Syli Nationale)
We are on top of the group table with 13 points, three points ahead of Nigeria on 10. We have also scored more goals with 11 against 10 by Nigeria.
We have conceded three goals, same as Nigeria. So we have a better goals difference of +8 while Nigeria has +7. We are ahead of Nigeria in three categories and equal to them in one. We are in a better position going into the final group match in Abuja.
Where We Want To Be
We want to remain on top of the group even AFTER the match in Abuja. All is possible for us because we can win, draw or lose and still be on top of the group. That is a good position for us. Psychologically, that is a strong position. It’s better if we win. That will be difficult but it is not impossible. If we get the chance, we will take it. It is not too difficult to get a draw, so we will try for a draw. To lose is our easiest option, but if even we lose, it’s no problem, provided we don’t lose by many goals. So, all is possible for us to remain on top of the table at the end of the match in Abuja. That is where we want to be.
How We Will Do It
We will stop Nigeria from scoring many goals, so we start with 4-5-1 formation. We start defending from their half of the field and then we crowd them in midfield with five men. We keep the ball in midfield and make them look for it. When we lose the ball, we close them down quickly, we don’t give them space.
Nigeria is not too good passing the ball in midfield, so we outplay them there. But they are very strong in the tackle so we must be ready to fight for the ball. Nigeria is very fast in attack but they lose many chances. It’s OK if they score one goal in the first half, but they must not score two goals. We must avoid the second goal and that is very easy to do because they will relax after their first goal. The pressure on us will reduce, so we can take one goal to the locker room. 1-0 against us at half-time is OK.
In the second half, we must maintain the score line up to 70 minutes. But if Nigeria score a second goal before that time, it’s still OK, no problem. With two goals, they will relax more, they will become complacent. I have watched many tapes of Nigeria’s games. They lose concentration towards the end of the game especially when they are leading. They think the game is already finished. So, on 70 minutes, we will introduce two fresh strikers. The Nigerian defence will be tired after 70 minutes and they will not be concentrating fully. Our two new strikers will change our formation to 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 and we will attack them for the last 20 minutes. We will attack and attack and score one goal. ONE GOAL IS ENOUGH FOR US TO QUALIFY.
If we draw 1-1 or lose 2-1, its OK for us to qualify. And if Nigeria is careless again, we beat them 2-1 or draw 2-2. All is possible for us to qualify. No problem. No problem at all.
What We Must Avoid
We must not concede three goals. We must stop Nigeria from scoring three goals. They score one goal, OK, we can equalise to draw 1-1 in the second half. They score two goals, OK, we can score one goal to lose 2-1 and still qualify. But if they score three goals, it will become difficult for us to score two goals to qualify. So, we must avoid a third goal from Nigeria.
What We Must Do
We must score one goal. One goal is very important for us because Nigeria will score in this match. If they score and we don’t score, they beat us 1-0 or 2-0 and they qualify. But if we get one goal, we draw 1-1 or lose 2-1 and we qualify. So, we must score one goal. The chance will come for at least one goal in 90 minutes. When the chance comes, we must take it.
If we score that one goal, Nigeria must score two more to beat us 3-1. If we score two, they must score four. They will come under serious pressure to score two more goals than us and they will start making mistakes. It will become difficult for them.
Game Plan Summary For Syli Nationale
We must not concede many goals in the first half. One goal is OK.
We must not concede more than two goals in 90 minutes.
We must score at least one goal in 90 minutes. That is enough for us to qualify for the African Cup in 2012. It is possible. We have a good chance!
Message To Samson Siasia
The fore-going is the mind-set of your rival on Saturday. Now that you know the way his mind is working, it should be easier for you to counter his strategy.
The first thing you need to tell your players is that they must be fully concentrated for 90 minutes plus any time added on. Scoring one goal or even two early on may not end the tie as a contest as the Guineans are already prepared to concede one or two goals. If your players start over-celebrating at that stage, they will lose concentration and Guinea will strike back because that is their game plan. And if they manage to reduce 2-0 to 2-1 late in the game, it may be difficult to lift your players’ spirit to search for a third goal.
So, I agree completely with the forecast that you have already made in the press that your target for this match is to win it 3-0. That should be the minimum objective for your players as well and they shouldn’t start playing to the gallery at 1-0 or 2-0. In fact, tell them before kick-off that no player should come and celebrate at the touch-line at 1-0 or 2-0! They should restrict their celebrations to the field and concentrate on the business at hand because the Guineans will be on the look-out for any lapse in concentration at those crucial moments. But when the score-line is 3-0 or 4-0 in our favour, you can tell the substitute players to start corking the champagne bottles.
The last time the Super Eagles needed to win a final qualifying game like this at home to reach a major competition was in 2001 when Shaibu Amodu’s team beat Ghana in Port Harcourt to qualify for the 2002 World Cup finals.
The final score on that occasion was 3-0 as Victor Agali (1) and Tijjani Babangida (2) scored to send the Black Stars home empty-handed.
The major difference between then and now is that, whereas Ghana were already out of contention for Korea/Japan 2002 when they came to Port Harcourt and therefore offered little resistance, Guinea’s Syli Nationale are ahead of Nigeria in the race to the 2012 Nations Cup and they will fight to keep that place. It is down to the Super Eagles to prove that they need the ticket more than the Syli Nationale and beat them silly by at least three goals to nil.
Good luck Super Eagles, good luck Nigeria.
Nigeria @ 51
I TRAVELLED to my home town, Saki in Oyo State, over the weekend even as Nigeria celebrated her 51st independence anniversary on October 1st.
On my return from the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa last year, I presented my travelogue in this column and told of how I made a 300 kilometre bus ride from Durban to Johannesburg without seeing a single pot-hole on the well-tarred road. I then compared it with the road to Saki which had been in a state of total disrepair for more than four decades.
The good news now is that the Saki road has finally been reconstructed and asphalted. It is not as smooth as the Durban-J’Burg road or some of the few nice roads even in Nigeria. But for the first time in my life, I drove all the way to Saki without being covered by dust from head to toe.
Credit for the Saki road goes primarily to former Oyo State governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala ( no relation of mine) who broke the jinx for us in Oke-Ogun area of the State after half-a-century of marginalization and neglect. I didn’t like Akala’s style of dressing nor his public mannerisms which I felt were unbefitting of a state governor. But, for reconstructing the Alaga-Saki road which covers many towns and villages en route, Alao-Akala is my Man-of-the-Year!
Akala has since been replaced at Oyo Government House by Abiola Ajimobi. I hope the new governor will put in place a public-private partnership maintenance arrangement for the road and others in the state to prevent them from collapsing again anytime soon.
Re: Where Are The Fans?
I WAS equally disappointed by the poor turn-out of fans at Teslim Balogun Stadium for the 2011 Federation Cup Final between Enyimba of Aba and Heartland of Owerri. The media tried their best to promote the match but the NFF and the Nigeria Football Supporters’ Club should have organized a road show to the major markets in Lagos to publicize the match and attract more fans.
Secondly, the Cup Final should henceforth be fixed for a period when the European season will be on break so that more fans will be attracted to watch it. Meanwhile, the NFF should stop changing the name of the competition. Many people did not know what “Federation Cup” meant, so they decided to stay away.
I think we should stick to the original “Challenge Cup” which soccer fans are familiar with. – “Nationale,” from Ojo Alaba market, Lagos.
FOR YOUR information, Mumini, we the fans are still very much around and ready to support the domestic league. When I was a kid, I used to follow my dad to watch league matches at Olubadan and Onikan stadiums. If the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) can guarantee my safety, I will return to the stadium. I still follow the Nigerian league on television though. – Ajayi Olabode Anthony, Ibadan, Oyo State.
MUMINI, please publish your e-mail address so that we can pour our grievances to you on the domestic league. This sms “thing” is too small. Sports, especially football, needs to be fully privatized in Nigeria for us to make progress. I have some ideas, but I won’t give it out for free to the NFF. – Cheta from Ogba, Lagos.
HI, MUMINI. Recently, I wrote an article on how to bring football fans back to the stadium in Nigeria. Send me an e-mail address and I will forward it to you. – Izu, Lagos.
*Send to soccertalk@completesportsnigeria.com. Thanks.
EUROPEAN Football and Nigerian football are miles apart in terms of quality. Nonetheless, I still follow the Nigerian league but not to the extent of going to the stadium! Gunner for life. – Obichris Obialor, Ikotun, Lagos.
THE main problem of our domestic league is not the fans, but the administrators. I have supported Enugu Rangers since I was seven years old, but today, poor management and biased refereeing have turned me off. If NFF or NPL want me back at the stadium, they must do something about their kill-joy referees first. Bye-bye. – 0805919****
MATCH-FIXING is also a problem in English and European football. The difference in their situation compared to Nigeria is that they punish offenders while we let them go scot free. The problem of our League must be shared 50% by the media, 30% government and the administrators, and 20% by the fans. – Churchill Ubakah, Lagos.
THE NFF has killed the local league with all their politicking. I think what they need to do now is to bury it. What are they still waiting for? – 0805767****
NIGERIANS have lost faith in Nigerian sports as a result of bad leadership and corruption by the managers. – Dare, Lagos.
MR ALAO, the fact is that Lagos fans have an “I don’t care” attitude towards Nigerian domestic football. Had the Cup final been played in Kano where the league is well followed just like European football, we would have had a full house.
So, to your question: “Where are the fans?” Well, the answer is that we the true fans of Nigerian football are here in Kano. Up Pillars! –– Bashir, Kano.
Re: Nigeria vs Guinea
SATURDAY, October 8, 2011 will make it exactly six years since we lost the ticket to the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany. History also shows us that, all matches between Nigeria and Guinea at any level, are epic battles. Can our boys cope with the tremendous pressure? I wish them good luck. – Lanre Aladegbaiye, Ikorodu-Lagos.
PLEASE warn the Super Eagles not to wear white jerseys on Saturday, just in case there’s a clash of colours with Guinea. White jersey is a bad omen for Nigeria. Good luck, Super Eagles – 0815300****
JUST as I was wondering why the NFF had not started a campaign to draw soccer fans to the stadium for our crucial qualifier against Guinea, I opened your column (last week) and observed that you wrote about the poor turn-out of fans at the Federation Cup Final in Lagos.
I fear that the problem may resurface in Abuja when the Super Eagles face Guinea. I hope the NFF are doing something about it as the Eagles need the home support to emerge victorious.
As for the local league, I am an Arsenal fan but I will pay any amount to watch defunct Stationery Stores of Lagos. Who will bring them back? – Idowu Adelakun, Orile-Iganmu, Lagos.
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Chrisesse
Oct 05, 2011
Thank u 4this expo. Siasia is no fool. He knows what is on hand&stake;. Nig ll never 4give him if he does not qualify. With all d yanga about Vincent's exclusion. The Guinea team ve prepared well. In PARIS!! I am afraid. We are not preparing at all. Just running round on d training pitch and make mouth on radio&papers;. D email u gave, does it function at all?
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Chrisesse
Oct 05, 2011
Thank u 4this expo. Siasia is no fool. He knows what is on hand&stake;. Nig ll never 4give him if he does not qualify. With all d yanga about Vincent's exclusion. The Guinea team ve prepared well. In PARIS!! I am afraid. We are not preparing at all. Just running round on d training pitch and make mouth on radio&papers;. D email u gave, does it function at all?
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Chrisesse
Oct 05, 2011
Thank u 4this expo. Siasia is no fool. He knows what is on hand&stake;. Nig ll never 4give him if he does not qualify. With all d yanga about Vincent's exclusion. The Guinea team ve prepared well. In PARIS!! I am afraid. We are not preparing at all. Just running round on d training pitch and make mouth on radio&papers;. D email u gave, does it function at all?
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Chrisesse
Oct 05, 2011
Thank u 4this expo. Siasia is no fool. He knows what is on hand&stake;. Nig ll never 4give him if he does not qualify. With all d yanga about Vincent's exclusion. The Guinea team ve prepared well. In PARIS!! I am afraid. We are not preparing at all. Just running round on d training pitch and make mouth on radio&papers;. D email u gave, does it function at all?
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Chrisesse
Oct 05, 2011
Thank u 4this expo. Siasia is no fool. He knows what is on hand&stake;. Nig ll never 4give him if he does not qualify. With all d yanga about Vincent's exclusion. The Guinea team ve prepared well. In PARIS!! I am afraid. We are not preparing at all. Just running round on d training pitch and make mouth on radio&papers;. D email u gave, does it function at all?
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Chrisesse
Oct 05, 2011
Thank u 4this expo. Siasia is no fool. He knows what is on hand&stake;. Nig ll never 4give him if he does not qualify. With all d yanga about Vincent's exclusion. The Guinea team ve prepared well. In PARIS!! I am afraid. We are not preparing at all. Just running round on d training pitch and make mouth on radio&papers;. D email u gave, does it function at all?
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Chrisesse
Oct 05, 2011
Thank u 4this expo. Siasia is no fool. He knows what is on hand&stake;. Nig ll never 4give him if he does not qualify. With all d yanga about Vincent's exclusion. The Guinea team ve prepared well. In PARIS!! I am afraid. We are not preparing at all. Just running round on d training pitch and make mouth on radio&papers;. D email u gave, does it function at all?
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Meretin Wisdom
Oct 05, 2011
Which tv have the broadcast right for Nigeria vs Guinea come oct 8th?
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Sola
Oct 05, 2011
I hope siasia will respond and react well. They must not give us hypertension oh!!!! Nigeria should win well if the play with passion,comitment,determination and 110 percent concetration. Mikel's fine and Enyiama's suspension is big distraction. If we fail in this campaign siasia should not give us excuse like before.
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Christian Nwali
Oct 06, 2011
God bless u mr Alao, the crowed stiuation @ stadium especially in lagos is one of d reason i don't go 2 stadium for instance i went for kanu's tstmonie match & i lost my wallet it happend as a result of strugle to gain entrance, the organizer's should do better to see that people wit geniune ticket gain entrance without stress by so doing people wil find joy going to stadium again. God bless nigeria, Good luck eagles.
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Christian Nwali
Oct 06, 2011
God bless u mr Alao, the crowed stiuation @ stadium especially in lagos is one of d reason i don't go 2 stadium for instance i went for kanu's tstmonie match & i lost my wallet it happend as a result of strugle to gain entrance, the organizer's should do better to see that people wit geniune ticket gain entrance without stress by so doing people wil find joy going to stadium again. God bless nigeria, Good luck eagles.
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Victor Ebiefie
Oct 06, 2011
The exposure of Guinea should afford Siasia a great opportunity to beat them syli. Also, the absent of their French tactician due to entry visa denial is a good opportunity again for the eagle to beat them mercilessly. The suspension of Enyeama is good because it will instil discipline on the team.
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Abmalcom
Oct 06, 2011
Mr Alao, what a wonderful peice you have dug out there! Just to lend a voice, I think the match will not be as easy as Siasia and his boys are thinking. To be frank, I feel the Syli Nationale are tactically better and we need genius to break them down. In as much as I would not want to subscribe to a Nigerian ''prophet'' who has predicted that the Eagles will not qualified, I just have the feelings that the worse might happen(God for bid!). Goodluck Eagles!!!
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Peter Gogo
Oct 07, 2011
Hilo thnks 4 dis expo.and pls siasia shld be cearful wit pascal,and bangora.this 2 players are dengerous.thy shld nt under rate thm pls
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Peter Gogo
Oct 07, 2011
Hilo thnks 4 dis expo.and pls siasia shld be cearful wit pascal,and bangora.this 2 players are dengerous.thy shld nt under rate thm pls
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Sam
Oct 07, 2011
Infact, this is splendid from the expo tricks of winning the guineans & how fans will be factuated to nigeria league & cup. There is no much to talk about the latter. Everyone has poured out their mind but am fully concerned about our chance of qualifying to Nation's cup. God, I pray this prayer at this hour. See us through this difficult moment.
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Sam
Oct 07, 2011
Infact, this is splendid from the expo tricks of winning the guineans & how fans will be factuated to nigeria league & cup. There is no much to talk about the latter. Everyone has poured out their mind but am fully concerned about our chance of qualifying to Nation's cup. God, I pray this prayer at this hour. See us through this difficult moment.
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Sam
Oct 07, 2011
Infact, this is splendid from the expo tricks of winning the guineans & how fans will be factuated to nigeria league & cup. There is no much to talk about the latter. Everyone has poured out their mind but am fully concerned about our chance of qualifying to Nation's cup. God, I pray this prayer at this hour. See us through this difficult moment.
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Sam
Oct 07, 2011
Infact, this is splendid from the expo tricks of winning the guineans & how fans will be factuated to nigeria league & cup. There is no much to talk about the latter. Everyone has poured out their mind but am fully concerned about our chance of qualifying to Nation's cup. God, I pray this prayer at this hour. See us through this difficult moment.
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Sam
Oct 07, 2011
Infact, this is splendid from the expo tricks of winning the guineans & how fans will be factuated to nigeria league & cup. There is no much to talk about the latter. Everyone has poured out their mind but am fully concerned about our chance of qualifying to Nation's cup. God, I pray this prayer at this hour. See us through this difficult moment.
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Sam
Oct 07, 2011
Infact, this is splendid from the expo tricks of winning the guineans & how fans will be factuated to nigeria league & cup. There is no much to talk about the latter. Everyone has poured out their mind but am fully concerned about our chance of qualifying to Nation's cup. God, I pray this prayer at this hour. See us through this difficult moment.
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Sam
Oct 07, 2011
Infact, this is splendid from the expo tricks of winning the guineans & how fans will be factuated to nigeria league & cup. There is no much to talk about the latter. Everyone has poured out their mind but am fully concerned about our chance of qualifying to Nation's cup. God, I pray this prayer at this hour. See us through this difficult moment.
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Godfrey
Oct 07, 2011
All they need to exacell is hard work and prayer
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St.matthew Igboke
Oct 08, 2011
let he who thinks he stands take heed less he fall...as for me the better side shall carry the day do your best and leave the rest for GOD
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Peter Benjamin Okon
Oct 08, 2011
Super eagle is a great team in the continent of africa, one of the best in the world. My point of view goes to coach S. Siasia, i'll advice the coach to play his opponent an attacking football in the 1st half and try to obtain atleast 1 goal before 45 minutes is over.... Up 9ja
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Peter Benjamin Okon
Oct 08, 2011
Super eagle is a great team in the continent of africa, one of the best in the world. My point of view goes to coach S. Siasia, i'll advice the coach to play his opponent an attacking football in the 1st half and try to obtain atleast 1 goal before 45 minutes is over.... Up 9ja
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Dante
Oct 08, 2011
now that we have failed to qualify what next? of course the idiotic players we want to apologize. the stupid NFF (nigerian football frustraters) official will tell us they want to go to the drawing board (to draw what?). in fact,..
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Dante
Oct 08, 2011
now that we have failed to qualify what next? of course the idiotic players we want to apologize. the stupid NFF (nigerian football frustraters) official will tell us they want to go to the drawing board (to draw what?). in fact,..
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Jumbo
Oct 08, 2011
see naija should know dat oversabi kill our coach plan and focus, not his first choice keepa but his heart of undared,see if anyperson fail to 4give a humble person like him his plan must fail ====and u
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Jumbo
Oct 08, 2011
see anyman or whosoever 4give any wrong doers 4give his or her past mistake or wrong ,so dat person heart is moving to touch the goal of his or her desire,dis one is not NFFbut coach,coach your heart is your failur so next time try to free your heart=== thanks
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Jorge
Oct 09, 2011
Hello Mr. Mumuni,
I presume Siasia didn't have access to this piece of archival material from you. He probably wouldn't have considered it useful if he did. But i needed to wait till after the match to make my own submission.
Everything that is contained in that document was executed so painstakingly by the Guineans. No wonder their coach was never perturbed while the game was going on. I guess it was superior strategy, commitment of players and luck that combined to disgrace the super eagles on this memorable saturday 8th october 2011 when Nigeria assembled her best and her best was not good enough.
Mumuni, you must appraise this situation where former super eagles players especially those who played abroad are raoming about in the glass lobbying for coaching jobs they are not qualified nor competent to handle to the detriment of Nigerian club caoches who are suffering week in week out and transversing the length and breadth of the country to keep the game of football alive. They are the ones who deserve to coach our national teams at anytime when we do not need a foreign coach. -
Chiagozie Chidebe
Oct 09, 2011
Mumini i post this because I'm very sad over Nigeria's inability to qualify and i lay the full blame squarely on Coach Samson Siasa,i ask that you tell him to resign immediately his pride has brought about our downfall.The two goals would not have entered if Enyeama was manning the post,but due to his childish immature behavior he refused Enyeama's apologies because he wants to prove he is the boss,well he has proved he is the boss at the expense of our qualification to African Cup of Nations.In retrospect I'm somewhat glad we failed to qualify,we can't keep making progress by luck,we don't have a team and we do not have a coach,our Nigerian coaches are inept,Guinea Coach showed his technical savvy was far beyond Samson Siasia's just like the French coach in the last FIFA U20 showed against John Obuh,enough of this good luck football,lets sit down and tell ourselves the truth,we need a competent coach and we need a robust workable program to churn out better quality players from Nigeria and make sure they get good European clubs to further brush up there skills,what are we doing with foreign based players playing in Russia,Greece,Israel,look at our inept strikers no football sense to know how to place the ball well beyond the keeper into the net,Nigeria football needs help,i pray we get it right before we further disgrace ourselves,we are giant of Africa in Football only by mouth and not action.
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Oluwasegun
Oct 09, 2011
Tell me the superior technical savvy of the Guinean coach. Asking his goalkeeper to stay down all the time and feigning injury. Siasia made mistakes but let's not overreact. The same French coach that defeated the U20 team met his waterloo against Portugal just a match after. In the game of soccer, there can only be ONE winner if a winner must emerge and not two.
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Kola,usa
Oct 09, 2011
@oluwasegun Adegoke, you said we should not overreact, but why not? Pls tell us if this should be Amodu , will you be this calm? There should be one winner, why not us? Just for the reason that Amodu was let go for qualifying us for the world cup and Afcon, and he even won a bronze medal in Angola, Siasia must go. IT WILL BE AN INJUSTICE IF HE STAYS. IT SEEMS FOR A WHOLE YEAR I'VE BEEN TALKING OUT OF POINT?
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Wole O
Oct 10, 2011
Mumini. Thumbs up. You have done your best. I just read your expose. It was obvious Siasia didn't read it or if he does, did not take it serious. The result should have been different. What else does he need. It's obvious he is not as good as we thought he is. His success at age grade competition success surely fooled us. My consolation is that they saved us a bigger heartache and disgrace that would have come at the Nations Cup. If we cannot beat that VERY ORDINARY Guinean team, then we have no business at the Nations Cup.
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Kumao
Oct 10, 2011
@Kola, pls no mind these pple. when you sack a man with experience and an achiever, who met all requirements expected of him and replace him with a low rockie (not even average), that is what you get (short cut to failure).
Let see how siasia media friends will spin this one out (Mumuni inclusive).
Nigerians need to appologise to Amodu. The man was humiliated out of the job after giving it all (after all result matters at the end of the day).
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Ferro
Oct 11, 2011
i was among those who clamoured for siasia..but my goodness what a mess he has made of the job so far..not qualifying for the nations cup ,even for a staunch supporter of his like me is an epic failure! i and my freinds in birmingham are very very dissapointed. we only hear little news from home about our dear eagles, but what was all this about quarrels and fights with players? well him and the players need to look themselves in the mirror and accept they have done this great nation a great disservice. to the NFF dont sack siasia, we need to look deeper into our football issues than that. i beleive sacking is like a lazy-mans approach to solving probs..why because its the easiest..kinda like a default to crisis management. lets be honest to ourselves that we were not good enough and eat our humble pie collectively as a nation and PLAN better...poor fans we have suffered indeed..this was very hard to take from the UK
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Ayodele Emmanuel
Nov 08, 2011
Mumuni, thanks for your contribution to football. Your comendation of Gov Akala on Alaga - Saki road carries question mark. I traveled along the road yesterday and I was surprised to see newly constructed with potholes! If something is not done, that road can not last another one year. Period. You may verify with another trip on that road.
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Ayodele Emmanuel
Nov 08, 2011
Mumuni, thanks for your contribution to football. Your commendation of Gov Akala on Alaga - Saki road carries question mark. I traveled along the road yesterday and I was surprised to see newly constructed with potholes! If something is not done, that road can not last another one year. Period. You may verify with another trip on that road.
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Lans
Nov 13, 2011
Just look at this. Did how our coach had such a plan or analysis as per the qualification? Why saying then that Mumuni should apologise to the nation. Can't our coach do such calculations like is counterpart from Guinea? Ride on Mr Mumuni, you gave them the clue and formular to qualify but they never used it.
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Stanley Mbidoaka
Oct 05, 2011
Thanks for the EXPOSURE on Guinea. This is a wonderful piece of Sports Journalism. I have always respect your column- soccertalk. This Exposure should serve as a spring board for Siasia to farthomout the best strategy to get the required result come Sat. 8th Oct. I had suggest in my prevoius comment to some of the articles published in Complete Sport that Siasia should use Ahmed Musa as our joker such that as early as possible, we get the goals. We should try to get these goals (3) before 30 mins of play so that we dont put ourselves into unneccessary pressure. Good Luck Super Eagles! Good Luck Nigeria!!