Former Nigeria international Sam Sodje has said Super Eagles first choice Stanley Nwabali jas become overconfident amd need to be checked.
Speaking as a guest on Brila FM’s ‘No Holds Barred with Ifeanyi Udeze’, Sodje backed the head coach, Eric Chelle’s, reported decision to explore goalkeeping options ahead of next month’s FIFA World Cup playoffs.
Sodje said Nwabali’s behaviour is no longer just about confidence, and that needs to be addressed.
“What I am saying is not personal because we are having a cheerful conversation.
“I do not know him, but, I will tell you something about international football which I feel you know. You cannot afford to have a player that will make your plan have issues.
“When you have players like Stanley, the way he plays, talks and carries himself, there is a difference between being confident and having a bad attitude.
“He acts like someone that cannot handle fame and success. He has to calm down.
“I have seen that in his attitude from day one. As a player I would do anything to win a game, but it gets to a point where you must be very disciplined. If the coach feels like Stanley will cost us the game, you better make the change now before it is too late.
“He has been giving us signs that he will do something stupid soon. This is where a psychologist comes in.
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“The team needs someone who can speak to him. If he is good enough, he should understand that the team cannot afford careless mistakes in important games like the playoffs.
“If he does something wrong, we all will pay for it. It is up to the manager to see if he can calm him down.
“You cannot be having those types of attitudes from your keeper, midfielders or defenders.
“A keeper talks to me like that, I am not having it. You just came into the team, you had a couple of good games, fair enough, but people have been doing this for a long time so you need to calm down.
“Someone has to speak to him. A psychologist has to talk to him so he knows where his head is. There is more to it.
“I am surprised the way he has turned out to be. He pushed Ndidi and Calvin Bassey. The way he is acting is more than confidence, it has become overconfidence.”
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True tho. But where were you when over confident and arrogant osimhen talked to legendary ikpeba and finidi rudely? Why couldn’t you prefer a psychologist?? What is good for Greece is good for uganda….but anyway I still prefer the over confident nwabali to the over tattooed okoye…..
I don’t trust Okoye as well, judging that he just finished a suspension for match fixing, his integrity is a suspicious and he was lucky to get away with only few months ban.
you call Osimhen arrogant,what was the outcome of the games you played without him,there is a difference between arrogance and being ambitious to achieve a set goals irrespective of whose oars is gourd.
Nwabali exhibits an uncultured manner likened to a street urchin ,while Osimhen on the other hand is an aggressive pacesetter who wants to always win.
Hahahaha…he wants to always win by inviting Ogun to kill finidi, ikpeba and the whole Nigerians abi?..do you know the what or who Ogun is? Or to you and like most people on the streets is just cruise where any small thing they will shout Ogun go kill you….hahaha Please ask any Yoruba person about the god of ogun….that is the meanest thing to say to anyone…A player that always wants to win will take that anger to the pitch and not on Instagram live… hahahaha
But I have never been to Uganda!
@monkey post, if you are a Christian, in the Bible where Jesus christ flogged those who were selling in the temple, you would think that is arrogancy, but no it is not. That is pure outburst from a passion I mean a good passion for a good course.
Osihmen outburst, a team bearer, a team fighter, a die hard striker and a passionate se player to have been denied the chance of being with what he is living for, didnt go down well with him at all.
@moneky post, go and check oshime had play under a coach in lile and no issue, play under gatuso, no issue and played under sarri with even a whole lot of improvemt. This is his second season in Italy with same coach and no iota of bad attitude from him.
If truly oshime is what you and some European haters called him, like yourba always says attitude is like smoke, cover it very well, it will still ooze out somehow.
Hahahaha @wike this your comparison is way out of it and it’s wrong to the Christian faith comparing osimhen to Jesus…I think a true christian is supposed to find this offensive, insultive and insensitive…but let me just indulge you…
The Jesus own, Jesus caught them at the temple right? With him korokoro eyes….But did osimhen hear those things directly from finidi? The answer is no! The only thing finidi said was when journalists asked how is it with the commitment level of the players in the team…then finidi now said he would not beg anybody to play for the Super Eagles, but he did not mention any player by name, specifically…
Then the media twist it all up with different captivating headlines and directly brought osimhen name into the mix……
“The only thing finidi said was when journalists asked how is it with the commitment level of the players in the team…then finidi now said he would not beg anybody to play for the Super Eagles, but he did not mention any player by name, specifically…
Then the media twist it all up with different captivating headlines and directly brought osimhen name into the mix…………………… (Monkey Post)
@Money Post, you are a Joke/Low behind – Continue exposing your ignorance on social media.
I mean second season in turkey up there.
Wise words @Wike. It is Well with you.
Hahahaha Osimhen has never had any disciplinary issue .. please which of the osimhen? is it the same osimhen that was fined two weeks wages for going against COVID-19 rules or the one that was banned for two matches and also got fine 5000 euros for a violent conduct in 2021??
Honestly it amazes me how some of you his die hard fans actually don’t know shit about him…smh ..you just support blindly and by sentiment….