'people are jealous of me' - Siasia

ASSISTANT Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme has dropped the hardest
hint on the futile efforts by embattled coach of the Super Eagles, Samson Siasia to retain his job after the calamity of not
qualifying Nigeria to the Nations Cup next year in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

But unfazed by the pain of Nigerians, Samson Siasia is putting up a spirited fight to feign off the deluge of calls for his
sack. He said that those who wanted him sacked were jealous of his N5 million per a month pay.
“This is not not the time to think of bringing back those old foreign expatriate coaches. They have nothing to offer. Some
of them who are voicing for my sack are only jealous of my pay and they want to come back.
Siasia after the match in Abuja
Nigeria is 51 years old and we should be moving forward. If they have identified mistakes that I made, they should point
them out for me to learn and correct. Not to be paving the way for them to come back”, Siasia said on Brila FM.
But the Assistant Secretary-
General(Technical), Ikpeme, speaking on the same station laughed off talks of a Siasia come-back after Guinea poured
sand on his contract.
“By the terms and clauses in his contract, Samson Siasia is as good as sacked. The contract is explicit on what happens
if he fails to qualify Nigeria for the Nations Cup”, Ikpeme, one of the few independent minds in the glass house, said.
Retired astute sports administrator, Pa John Ojidoh also voiced out his position, saying that “honouring contracts is part
of rule of law and going by the contract of Siasia his job ended the moment the match with Guinea ended and we failed
to qualify for the Nations Cup.”
The Executive Committee of the NFF had put off judgment day for the Bayelsa-born coach after the Technical Committee
had recommended for his sack to allow for concentration for the London Olympic soccer qualifier between Cameroun
and the Super Falcons.
That match had also gone the way of the Super Eagles as Cameroun’s Indomitable Lionesses edged Nigeria out of the
Olympics in a penalty shoot-out at the weekend.

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Posted: at 24-10-2011 10:29 AM (12 years ago) | Hero

This guy (Siasia) couldn't qualify us (Nigeria) for the Nations' Cup and yet he's still talking trash about his huge salary.
If he
(Siasia) had any dignity he would had resigned quietly and let Nigerians/Eagles solve their problems. Instead, this guy (Siasia) is using all the long-legs to the presidency to retain his huge pay.

Posted: at 24-10-2011 01:33 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

watin concern me

Posted: at 24-10-2011 02:25 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

If the words on this post are true then Siasia has got it all wrong. It shows everything in Nigeria is about the money. I would have agreed that they are jealous if Siasia was able to take the "Super Eagles" to the African cup of nations.

Posted: at 24-10-2011 02:43 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

siasia is dull . Wat is 5m dat is shouting al about 4?

Posted: at 24-10-2011 02:47 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie

Shut UP Jealous of your what?

Posted: at 24-10-2011 03:15 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

No problem national cake cut your own and eat

Posted: at 24-10-2011 03:42 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

proud idiot,#5m so u know dats ur basic & u couldnt do ur job.

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Posted: at 24-10-2011 03:52 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

what ever, we nigerians , we re always proud of , we do not welcome failure in such scandal of SIasia,s
 he shouldnt be speaking so loudly as if the 5 millionn naira was waht made him not qualify the nation, pple has right to speak their minds, he failed and thats all

Posted: at 24-10-2011 06:19 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Jealous of you ke!

Posted: at 24-10-2011 07:23 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming