Former Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh has declared his support for the handler of the team Eric Chelle, reports Completesports.com.
The Super Eagles failed to secure a place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup after losing 4-3 on penalities to the Leopards of Democratic Republic of Congo in the final of African playoffs.
It was the Super Eagles first defeat under the former Mali international.
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Oliseh confessed he was unhappy with the decision of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to give Chelle the Super Eagles job in January.
The former Ajax midfielder however praised the gaffer for his good work with the three-time African champions.
“I am one of those, in reality, was totally unhappy when he was appointed, but I must be honest with you that so far, he has won me over,” the former midfielder said on his podcast.
“I feel like the man has really given it a lot, he’s done a lot, and he’s picked up some points, better than any of the two people that preceded him.”
By Adeboye Amosu
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Meanwhile, the CHRONIC DEBTORS that hired him at the 11th hour to come and perform rescue mission nko?
They are still in office!
NFF ONIGBESE are still with us like a Tsetse fly perched on the scrotum!
Experts at money sharing.
Experts at owing, proficient in owing players, coaches, bonuses and salaries. The only thing they owe us now is their resignation.
But will they resign? For where? To resign after colossal, monumental, aggravated failure, shame is required. And these misfits don’t have a grain of sand of shame. How to shame the shameless? It’s a mountain we have to climb!
This is true @Pompei. NFF are far worse than others.
I read somewhere the Super Falcons told the NFF they will not honour any friendly match this window until the thieves at glasshouse pay part, part of, of their owed bonuses and allowances for SOME YEARS.
Alas, the crooks at NFF declined to fix any match then before the scandal blows up days after Eagles protest, added to the Waldrum video currently circulating.
Now, falcons will go to WAFCON with not only aged squad but with match rustiness, real lack of cohesion.
Osinachi Ohale, for example, will be 34 next year and will man (abi na woman) our central defence.
Gusau the accountant will eclipse falcons sha.
I don’t see any miracle next March to even qualify for Brazil 2027 world cup by reaching the semis.
Gusau will have successfully, for the first time ever, harm ALL OUR NATIONAL TEAMS.
Falcons have never failed to qualify for the world cup.
They’ll do so by March with the state of things.
God didn’t forbid us from missing back to back men’s world cup. Falcons will fall next.
Sad thing: no consequences…
If Chelle was appointed in the right time he would have qualified Nigeria for the world cup
If the other coaches (Peserio and Finidi) had Osimhen, they would have qualified for the world cup.
If Chelle didn’t have osimhen, he wouldn’t have won a single game like the others. His results prove so.
My brother leave chelle , whilst it is true that he has performed at an acceptable level but the Game against DRC exposed him. Anyone thinking Nigeria will win the afcon is either deluded or may have lost alot of brain cells.
When a coach comes out to the media to say the reason his team lost is voodoo then you know the nation is in trouble.
His game management against drc for any student of the game is criminal. Remove Osimhen from the team and you have a different team. Is chele that coach? Whilst presiding over the chan eagles, he was slapped around by Sudan! Most of us are not aware of the damage this NFF regime has done to our football. If you analyse the events leading to the penalty shoot out , you will realise we do not have a coach.. His counterpart was substituting his goal keeper at the of extra time, our coach could have brought in Ekong who is the teams designated penalty taker . We ended up with Bassey and Ajayi as our 1st and last penalty takers and you expect to go through.
I am not surprised Gusau led crooks at the NFF did not resign because there is simply no honour amongst thieves. How do you fail so spectacularly and still decide t9 hold on to the job? All our age grade teams are dead. League is in shambles, Nigerian football is gradually slipping into obscurity under the incompetent tutelage of the unscrupulous elements at the Glass House. In a sane country, they should be behind bars.
May be all our major senior team shd just boycott any upcoming matches self, I mean both SE and Falcon.
Resign they won’t, do the needful they won’t, awon oniyeye gbogbo.