AFCON Qualifiers: Keshi Is Stubborn, There Is No Miracle – Felix Owolabi

A former Green Eagles player, Felix Owolabi, on Sunday described Coach Stephen Keshi’s attitude towards the selection of quality players as stubborn.

The former Ibadan Shooting Stars Club (3SC) board member told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the coach’s attitude of sidelining players he has personal issues with has killed the team.

NAN reports that Super Eagles lost 1-0 to Sudan in its qualifying match towards the 2015 Nations Cup.

“Keshi does not know how to manage success, he is stubborn, and he has managed to sideline players that could have helped us.

“The result of Saturday’s match has shown that we may not qualify and it’s sad and embarrassing. “We were bragging about how we were going to defeat Sudan while Sudan was plotting our fall, our defence and mid-field was in shamble,” Owolabi said.

Keshi is yet to react to the defeat. But the NFA urged Nigerians not to worry, as the encounter was an eye opener to the competition.




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Posted: at 12-10-2014 06:34 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Keshi was not stubborn wen we won Afcon,he was not  stubborn wen we qualified 4 WC,u wud ve found anoda fault if Uche playd n we lost buh y re we makin Uche luk lyk god?y re we makin it luk lyk if Uche plays we'll nva loose?we re loosing games now,we shud luk@d team n find out wats wrng...if a student is always gettin distinctions n suddenly strts failing,do u just abuse d student n continue abusing him/won't u luk in2 it 2 find out wat is wrng?we ve lost games wif Uche b4...its rilly saddening 4 Keshi of his level 2 loose 2 Sudan sumfin is defntly wrng sumwhere n it as noffin 2 do wif hs relatnshp wif players,Uche was not in d team tat lost 2 congo n sudan,we had 11players no 1 talkd about

Posted: at 12-10-2014 06:46 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

      

Posted: at 12-10-2014 07:26 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Keshi is A mess..Everytime Azubuike egwueke first person he wil call up..N, u can never see him play any game..politics made in nigeria,without any game plan or tactics..keshi u dont know how to manage sucess,stop envy bcs they have been bless by god..osaze/ike uche/emenike

Posted: at 12-10-2014 08:44 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie

Hmm mm

Posted: at 12-10-2014 09:51 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

the bottom line is...the Nigerian football style is out-dated, inefficient and not team oriented.
we need to adopt a new style, such as the Algerian style during the last world cup.
so whether it is Keshi, Siasia, or a foreigner, we cannot win most matches with our current style of play.

Posted: at 12-10-2014 09:54 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

keshi is stupid....he knows nothing about coaching

Posted: at 12-10-2014 10:50 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

  for my country nigeria. bad politics everywhere, even in football.

Posted: at 12-10-2014 11:31 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

That's the only thing people in Nigeria are well known for......incompetence !!

Posted: at 13-10-2014 07:56 AM (10 years ago) | Hero