Former Nigeria forward Peter Odemwingie has revealed that former handlers of the team were player managers.
Odemwingie, who scored 10 goals in 63 appearances for the Super Eagles, played in four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and two FIFA World Cups.
The duo of Chinedu Obasi and Brown Ideye have recently revealed dirty dealings in the national team by officials.
Odemwingie states that the coaches preffered to use weaker players than quality stars during matches in his time with the Super Eagles.
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“Some picked a weaker player over a stronger one who played in a better club because they wanted to market their player,”Osaze told the Super Eagles media team in an interview via Instagram Live.
“Some of our coaches did get involved in a bit of player management, they had management companies. Shuaibu Amodu for instance had a management company.
“He was in and out as a coach and an agent, but he was a great man. I used to talk with him whenever I could about it. I loved Amodu.
“We used to fall out at times with him when they changed our hotels to a very poor one in Abuja. I would raise questions because it was disgusting and downgrading.”
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You see now!!!
Chinedu Obasi has spoken. Brown Ideye has spoken. David Alaba, Sven Goran Erickson, etc have also shared their ill experiences with Football management authorities in Nigeria.
Yet nobody is seeing anything, nobody is saying anything. Now it is Osaze Peter Odemwingie. Because he’s a very blunt man in telling the truth, he mentioned the person involved straight.
I’m sure if people like Vincent Enyeama, Mercy Akide, Perpetual Nkwocha, Precious Dede, Thomas Denerby and many others would have opportunity to bare their minds on football coaches and NFF management, heads would roll.
How is it that Nigerian Football Management, Male and Female, even to the Age Grades, is just Cans of Worms and concerned parties are acting ignorant of the debilitating stench variously emanating.
Nigeria, I Hail Thee
Where are the dumb supporters of indigenous coach? Let’s keep our fingers crossed, there’s more to hear from ex internationals.
Una hear am??? Lol….. Changing hotels for poor ones and then pocket the balance. Lol…. Corruption at it’s peak. Very soon now someone that reasons with his anus would be asking for evidence. Indigenous coaches have a demon of corruption in them. They just can’t change for the better, never!
WE NIGERIANS NEEDS TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT OURSELVES BECAUSE CORRUPTION IS THE CANCER THAT IS EATING OUR COUNTRY ALIVE. CORRUPTION IS THE REASON THAT WE CANNOT WIN THE WORLD CUP ANYTIME SOON. EVEN THOUGH, WE HAVE THE TALENTS TO WIN IT ALL. LETS NOT KID OURSELVES, WE CANNOT WIN THE WORLD CUP WITH AN INDIGENOUS COACH, BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO CORRUPT. THE MOMENT WE ARE ABLE TO STOP OUR CORRUPT WAYS WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AS PEOPLE AND AS A COUNTRY. UNTIL THEN, WE WILL NEVER REACH THE PROMISED LAND
Una hear am??? Lol….. Changing hotels for poor ones and then pocket the balance and using weaker players for the purpose of marketing. Lol…. Corruption at it’s peak. The bad market for the football collage owned by the ex cricket international comes to mind , rohr has completely spoilt their biz. Lol. Very soon now someone that reasons with his an…. s would be asking for evidence. Indigenous coaches have a demon of corruption in them. They just can’t change for the better, never!
Listen house, the day the following will die will be the day that all their evil deeds will be revealed: Odegami , Siasia, Salisu yusuf,even some members of the NFF.
For people calling for Obasi, Ideye , taiwo and serki heads , I think you can now see .Even Emenike have come out with support for Obasi that he is saying the truth.
The government should probe these allegations as it is getting weighty. Now we understand the reasons for Keshi bizarre squad selection to Brazil
Meanwhile, we are waiting for the Uche brothers, Enyeama and others.
It is your types that is making Nigeria suffer in the world today. Name what Siasia has done that makes him corrupt, you’re calling names you therefore add everyone’s name as bad and corrupt. Keshi too is corrupt but he won our last Afcon. You forget that Keshi resigned at a point because NFF were not only owing him but they were interfering with his selections.
Before blaming coaches first blame NFF they are the chief criminals… I want this blames to go to NFF because if NFF behave themselves no coach will be able to play hanky panky.
@chima E Samuels your last sentence is key to everything we are saying here “… I want this blames to go to NFF because if NFF behave themselves no coach will be able to play hanky panky.”…. It doesn’t exonerate the local coaches too because even till now, the NFF are corrupt but that has not influenced GR selection as you can see that he has been very professional and straight forward with his dealings. GOD help Nigeria.
Siasia is not corrupt yet FIFA banned him for life for same Corruption – collecting bribe. I guess you know more than FIFA now China?? We better not be blinded by our love for a man and refuse to accept his wrong doings.
I quite agree with your last statement though – concerning the NFF. Only if we have a good EFCC to probe both past and present NFF Chief heads and also the Coaches!
The allegations laid against Siasia by FIFA will be proved wrong very soon because the said matches that was involved in the match fixing doesn’t concern him and time will vindicate him.
Siasia is not a coach that will sell his integrity for a plate of rice. I only love winners and these said coaches are born winners. I therefore will not allow political madness against this same people who achieve results for us to be mocked.
It is no coincidence that they are all being rounded at once yet the flops like Amakpabo,Amokachi,etc who failed woefully as a coach was never fingered why is it that it is Siasia,Keshi and Westerhof that all of a sudden are tagged criminals.
We should look out for enemy of progress!
Really?????????? OK, we shall see. Make him lodge him appeal…..
@Chima E Samuels, God bless you for me. You see, you made my day. God bless Nigeria!!!
I hope the mathematical is thoroughly perusing all this articles going round lately about indigenous coaches and corruption?
Our poor super eagles,perhaps we would have been in a better place than we are at the moment had we had a competent foreign coach as handler from 2002 till date.Abacha also is a culprit,he slowed us down when we were at our prime.We have always been our own enemy.
What we lack are patriots.
People who mask themselves as noteworthy but without any notable or significant contributions to our football.
Hopefully more players are confident enough now to come forward to share their experience and this could be the redemption we need to put an end to a vice that has done to us more bad than good.
Those who think that it would be business as usual in the Glass House are gravely mistaken. Our most recent ex-players have developed their own voice. We will resist all attempts to muffle their voices. We congratulate them.
Let them come out in throngs and tell us of the underhand activities of coaches and administrators during their playing days. That would be the only way to flush out corrupt elements from that Glass House. It is appalling and disgraceful for coaches to reallocate players to substandard hotels for pecuniary reasons. There is a saying that good name is better than money. You would expect players to win matches the following day when they probably spent all night swatting mosquitoes in backward hotels. And there are some selfish fans calling for the return of indigenous coaches. Return to do what? Formally institute corruption? Soccer is an international business, allowing national associations to bring in the most qualified coaches they cay afford to guide them.
Who is fooling who? Do you think you can fool all the people all the time? Haba . . .!
The number one advocate of this evil scheme to bring in local coaches has a football academy. In civilised settings people with vested interests, openly declare such before they put forward their opinions.
Our most honored ex-players should save us. Speak up!!!
“…Some of our COACHES did get involved in a bit of player management, they had management COMPANIES. Shuaibu Amodu for instance had a management company….He was in and out as a coach and an agent..”
For the love of God, how can this be…?? What happened to conflicts of interest…? How possible is it that selections will not be bias when National team coaches double as agents.
Same thing happening in the super falcons….that was how we lost the likes of Chinasa Okoro, Nneka Ugwa and a few other quality players to Equitorial Guinea.
Go to Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait today and you will see NIGERIAN athletes who were cheated out of competing for Nigeria wearing the colours of these adopted nations.
Where is Mr Senior Advocate of Corruption…maybe he’s still looking for evidence inside ogbuashi river. He should quickly come and accuse Odemwinge of “why now”…??? Lolz
These revelations and becoming more interesting and more revealing…at least names are being mentioned little by little now. We appeal to all exinternationals to pls come out and speak and not be afraid. They have nothing to loose.
We’ve always known that the gang up of lies and slander against Rohr is not for poor performance or not meeting the targets set for him by his employers….It has been as a result of the “bad market” they are experiencing. Or what sense does it make that someone (who thinks he is sane) will advocate for the removal the person who has revived our national team to be replaced by the people who made it a worthless team
Am happy your brain functioned a bit at the beginning of your statement. Coach/agent is conflict of interest, so why didn’t someone in the NFF speak up. Odemwinge needs to come out and call out the weaker players he is referring about. Since he is a bold player, why didn’t he object to that when that he noticed such (Because he knew the repercussion). His last statement is a bit funny, please let us know the poor hotels you were being camped in Abuja. Why all the noise making, you were in it too if you didn’t object to it right away
Sir, was Westerhof also not a coach/agent, so let us stop making needless excuses against local coaches. Is it only westerhof, oyinbo man is smart, he knows how to cover his tracks
Hehehehehe…Sukponu..!
It’s no longer news on CSN that you are senseless….ever since you came here to claim to know more than BBC, ESPN and Wikipedia, we’ve all known someone in your extended family has used your senses for money rituals.
No wonder you are asking for the name of the weak players….LMAO. It’s the same ones Amokachi (Keshi’s No 2 man) was referring to when he said some useless players who had no business near NIGERIAN national team where taken to the world cup (some of them he himself had never heard about)…players like Nwofor (13 goals in 3 seasons 2011-2014), Uchebo (15goals in 2 seasons 2012-2014) and not up to a total of 180mins appearances for the SE ahead of those who had as much as 34 goals or more in the same 2 seasons like Ideye,Obagoal, IK Uche, Abiola Dauda.
Or players like Gabriel Ruben (fake Vieira) with total of 8 league matches in 2 seasons with 2 different clubs (he wasn’t even making 18man matchday squads) or slow as snail Eguekwe ahead of players who were playing week in week out in Europe, some even playing champions League and Europa League football like Adejoh, Otigba, Ajagun, Olaitan etc.
Initially you were asking for names, now that names are being dropped little by little you are asking for hotel, your next set of stupid questions will be the colour of the boxers they were wearing when the shenanigans were taking place. Continue asking your stupid questions up and down like someone who brain is being used by his village witches to play ten-ten…LMAO
It’s only in NIGERIA defence against accusations of corruption is..”why now…or why only me…or what about you..??”
Ode.
Open oshi, all you do is bark like a hungry dog. Thank God am not one of those you can brain wash. Its so funny how everyone is now coming out with one accusation or the other. This can only be done by hypocrites. They had the opportunity to put a stop to this, and what did they do, play along. They are all a disgrace. If they can come out and tender the proof they have. To me all there statement here is just speculations
Oponu Ara Galatia…!
Who has been barking like a dog with rabies all over the place…? Who has been supporting corruption and criminal activities with the lame excuse of “…why now..?”
Who has been asking stupid questions defending what his glaring even after evidences are as clear as glass before you.
What evidence have you presented since you jumped into this forum like a mad man jumping into a gutter. Why are you so afraid to tell us outright that ALL THESE TESTIMONIES ARE LIES with evidence that indeed they are LIES…?!
You that is not a hypocrite tell us how people who had played just 7 league matches in 2 seasons got into the world cup squad…? Or what explanations do you have for strikers with average of 4 goals per season and total of less than 180minutes cap for the national team making the squad ahead of those with vast international experience and averaging 17 goals preseason.
You are so brainless yet act like you have one at all. Your ignorance is so concentrated that it stinks even from a thousand miles away…..that’s is why you have been arguing blindly claiming to know more than all the information sources in this world yet all you say are always lies. Even when others on this platform have tried to educate you your still stuck on your stupidity claiming you can’t be brainwashed….LMAO…of course you don’t even have a brain, so there’s nothing to wash.
Of course the testimonies of 6 different people including the Asst coach at the time and a list of useless, unfit and incompetent players selected to the national team will be mere speculations to a born thief like you. LMAO.
Don’t go for deliverance ASAP from the powers of darkness your village people are afflicting you with… continue running naked around a public forum…LMAO. Don’t worry, the players will come and give you evidence at the doorstep of your shack. LMAO
Ode oshi…!
I’m just muted….
100% speechless….
If that was the case; why wouldn’t we struggle against countries like NAMIBIA, KENYA, SUDAN, CONGO, GARBON, MALAWI, ERITREA back then???…
In a group that has NIGERIA, SOUTH AFRICA, CONGO, NAMIBIA; our super eagles finished 3rd,,, as in; not even 2nd oh…. I mean 3rd position…..
Infact; i think there was a time a country named JORDAN beat us 3 nil in a friendly match….
Joseph Yobo played that match….
Things are unfolding…..
We are all keeping our fingers crossed while watching the drama that has been going on in the glass house of corruption….
Anyone defending this very pathetic corruption of our local coaches, should go take a look of himself or herself in the mirror to understand he or she is part of the reason, Nigeria has become a country that can’t even feed those innocent widows n their crying babies we see on the street begging daily. Oh God have Mercy.
To be sincere am disapointed. am no longer in souport of our local coaches.
Please say it loud bro!!!!!
Lololololololol! @Stan has finally confess. Are you just knowing this? The same Amodu that was better than anything foreign. LMAO!! Like Mercy has urged you please say it louder so that your fellow cohorts can hear you. I laugh in Swahili.
Me I dey laugh in ARABIC!
Breeze don begin blow, like hurricane. Fowl something don dey open yakata. Na here we dey. Gradually, the truth will be exposed!
Pls use the mic sir.
Let your fellow liars United members hear at the back….They all seem to either be sleeping or have totally lost their voices…LMAO.
We are still waiting for their team captain @ Destar to come and justify corruption in the SE with NFF owing salaries (as if Rohr doesn’t get owed salaries yet remains professional and never selects anything short of the best legs in their best forms available)….. and lies like “…No civil servant survives only on salaries without collecting bribes…” or “…a salary of N300k per month can not sustain a household…” LMAO
Loooooooooool!!!!! Louder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We need to go get “AWUJA SPEAKERS” lolzzz… the rest of his team must hear by fire by force. @Destar, the team lie coordinator is still busy conjucting the next format of lie defense
Is it why they are clamoring for local coach so as to continue their dirty deal?
Just look at how they failed us with the female team.
Can we continue like this? corruption every where.
I’m not in support of local coaches but let the past local coaches who have won trophies and paid their dues be left alone most especially the dead e.g late Amodu too that qualified us for wc is now tagged as player manager. They should go and look for the likes of Ladan Bosso, Salisu and expose them. Even Ideye of yesterday who was only good at keshi afcon winning squad for his understanding with Emenike in attack is now ranting against this same coach keshi that brought out his best for once because the Ideye i know is a flop like Yakubu. Human beings are good at forgeting and most of the guys here who are talking down people should try not to forget too.
Super players like Martins and co are the ones meant to be making noise not players like flop Ideye and injury prone Obasi who’s fantastic on a good day but injury doesn’t help his case.
Today Pinnick is mad with Rohr not because of performance but because Rohr has refused to be interfed with. If he allows himself to be interfered the players will shift blame to the coach in future. I am 100% sure this is what the NFF does and we will start blaming coaches.
If they ask you to put your hand in the fire, will you have done that? Nfa or no nfa, if you have integrity you will never collect bribe in other to select a player. What is bad is bad. It has no any other name.
All you’ve said doesn’t nullify the fact that local coaches are extremely corrupt!
You’re talking as if they had no other choice than to give in to corrupt act. That a player was a flop during his playing days means he can’t come out to say the truth? That he was helped like u claimed means he shouldn’t speak the truth? You better keep your emotions off this issue and give in to reality.
Emenike and Odemwingie too must be flops….LMAO
The last time I checked Odemwingie played entirely under local coaches, save for the 1 year Vogts was in charge. So for him to say “…Some of our COACHES did get involved in a bit of player management, they had management COMPANIES…” means it wasn’t just one. To use that word “some” means they were at least 3 who were using the SE to ‘sell market’. LMAO
You don start again twisting word to favor your argument. Did I use Emenike or Odemwingie as example of flops? I used Ideye and injury prone Obasi who might have missed the train as a result of form or injury.
Please don’t twist my word go straight on the topic. I can vouch that Ideye lost his place due to poor goal scoring run off form in the national team, Obasi injury or off form, Taiwo poor form at a point he was a flop at AC Milan before moving to QPR, Emenike was backing Obasi and Taiwo is speaking out of bitterness when at a point he was defensively bad being run through by opposing wingers even though he is offensively good.
Osaze calling Amodu player manager has forgotten that the coach was a player manager before NFF approached him on a rescue mission and he qualifed us properly.
@Chima, what is your point actually, is it that they are not corrupt or they must not be accused of corruption even if they are, simply because of their achievements?
His point is why didn’t he decline to play for the national team, when he saw that the coach is selecting weaker players. He should please go and sit somewhere, let him come out with the perfect team he was expecting
Why don’t you allow him to respond? Am not referring to you. @Ade
Thats his hobby, twisting words to sooth his ego, but we are not in for that, he will not come here and write epistle that are filled with lies. We self are ready for his banter along with his cohorts
Ode de. Who is always here with lies up and down the place? Who claims to know more than BBC and ESPN? Opuro oshi. Oderinde. Weeere jatijati ade. I bet you you will know no peace for the rest of your miserable life.
I’m surprisd u could reason like this @ chima. How could u say that Keshi and amodu should be left alone if they were caught in the web all bcs of their achievements? Are u for real??? Do you know what more we would’ve achieved if they weren’t involved in sharp practices abi u think say the law is a respecter of persons? If they were found culpable, they have to go in for it (if they were still alive) insipite of their achievements. Your love for these people should not cloud your sense of judgment or make u to shy away from the fact or come to terms with the fact that they are corrupt. The same needs to be done for your man, siaisia. I don’t know why you’re waving aside the possibility of him being culpable and backing him with such energy (whether he is your father, brother, or brother in law, na u sabi) but one thing u have to know is that u can’t vouch for him. There is a 70 percent possibility that he’s guilty as suggested by FIFA which has led to a hefty punishment. Try not to mix emotion with reality as it affects your sense of reasoning.
One thing I realize about you is that your mind is clouded by a particular sense that if a particular person is making a valid point that you know is right you’ll change it the other way just to happy yourself that you are making a stress out of the points made by MrA….. With some comedy to top it all for the night.
What valid point are u making then? That the corrupt should not be investigated and punished or that the allegations( from about 6 people) are baseless??? Explain better…
Point of Correction, ideye was not a flop.
Some of us here in this forum has been totally against local coaches not out of umpatrotism but due to their extreme corrupt nature…
They are corrupted to the bone marrow. We need a change of system, review our ideology and styles before we can continue trusting our own for certain positions.
I rewatched Nigeria VS Iceland match again yesterday and Nigeria Argentina match, I must confess we didn’t acknowledge the performance of our boys because of high emotions. Rohr is building a team on onward trajectory which is a plus for us because the current eagles can play together for the next 10yrs.
All those advocating for local coaches, led by Odegbami are only doing so because of the own pockets not for any love for the country. Odegbami is corrupt to the teeth.
We should be objective and sincere, no current local coach worth is onions that can handle SE
I agree 100 percent with you, @ ola
@Oakfield, thanks bro, truth must be told at all times, I noticed this country is too engulfed in nepotism, too ethnic, we tends to look the other side as long as the culprit is “our” man. It’s absolutely wrong
That’s exactly what’s wrong with one of us here, he finds it very, very hard to believe that these people their names have been mentioned are corrupt. I know if he were the judge to judge them he would’ve pardoned them bcs of their past “achievements” but that’s utter rubbish. He should rather be calling for an investigative enquiry into these allegations as they are increasing by the day not coming here to swaer on somebody’s behalf as if he were his father. If siasia has been found guilty for corruption then so be it! No sentiments! If rohr is found culpable as well, he should be sanctioned heavily, no sentiments!
Absolutely @Oakfield Sentiments is a big problem in our society.If anyone is found culpable of a crime,standards demands that such should be treated as a crime and are punishable with any hard evidence.
Going back to history to exonerate one of crime committed due to his or her achievements in the past is just laughable.Everyone is subject to the law irrespective of your social strata,achievements or failures.
Exactly @greenturf, by so doing sanity would be restored not only in our football but also in other spheres. There are laws and the reason why there are laws is to maintain sanity and improve productivity. Reason why nigeria is where she is today is bcs laws are not obeyed and anybody found culpable is not punished to face the consequences of his actions. Imagine someone suggesting that amodu and keshi should be let off the hook if they were found culpable all bcs of their achievements. That’s very funny, you know. I can’t believe a civilized person who has the good of this country at heart can reason that way. It’s very absurd! Laws should not only be written on the pages of books but should be fully implemented irrespective of who is involved. Siasia is a typical example of what I’m talking about. Theyll make u to facev the consequences of your actions immediately u are found wanting, Oyibo no dy waste time at all. No sentiments. Now, after all these revelations from these guys, everybody can now see that this guy must have been shedding crocodile tears all this while. I have no single pity for him.
I normally don’t comment here..i just read comment! But this cant be happening!!
The way some of you people are making excuse for corruption is unbelievable.
So people must be top players to be able to qualify to report corruption.
Nigerians deserve the leaders they got. Ours leaders all have the same thinking that some of you have. This is purely shameful.
My brother….I don’t pity Nigeria or Nigerians o. They deserve the kind of leaders they are getting. Any people who sell their votes for $10-30 deserve the kind of Nebuchadnezzars they get as leaders.
Of course it’s the same society that produces the type of leaders the people get, so those habits of stealing, lieing, slander and corruption are intrinsically a part of the fabric of the people. That is why some people’s defence against this eye sore is that this player was a flop, that one was off form, that one was injury prone, why now, why didn’t they speak since, they should tell us the colour of the envelopes they exchanged, they should tell us the serial number of the dollar notes they exchanged and all other silly excuses.
One shameless one will claim No Civil servant survives only on his monthly salary without collecting bribes. Of course you don’t need anyone to tell you that one is a chronic thief and will steal company property and spareparts to sell if no one is watching.
It’s indeed a shame. Its only in NIGERIA you will hear things like this one is our thief, he stole our money authorities should leave him alone, and go after the other thieves. Accuse a typical Nigerian of being a thief and rather than tell you point blank, straight to your face that your are a lair or even threaten to sue you…his likely response will be “…what about you…??” or “…what did I steal…??” LMAO
Bros since you claim you are new. Can you tell us how we defending corruption sir. All what you read is accusations with no fact. Will you be accused of a crime without proof. Were you physically present when all this accusations were made. I bet no one on this forum can tender one proof here of all the accusations. Whats even annoying now is like they coding there speech. If they are men enough let them call out names and not mince words. Well am not surprised, it is the way nigerians think. No one is ever innocent. Once you are accused of stealing, that’s it. You are thief without evidence.
Where is your own proof that the crime didnt happen…? Were you also physically present there when all these things happened. Can you also tender even half a proof that it didnt happen, despite all the useless junk players polluting our national teams then when better, more experience and bigger players were omitted…? Does absence of evidence stop the fact that something happened..? A thief breaks into your house and does a clean job without leaving a trace but left with your belongings, does that means your house was never burgled…? If you go and report it will you be dismissed at police precinct because you didnt bring evidence along with you…??
If your answers to any of these questions is No….then shut the hell up and quit being senseless…!
Dr Dry is here again, what evidence are you seeking again bros. An accusation was brought, who is meant to tender the evidence. See how dumb you are, and yet you will claim you come from Vienna. Who even knows if it is Vienna at ojuelegba. You have yet to prove that Coach Rohr won a swiss cup, which you can’t defend because it is a fat lie. You claimed the NFF never owed any coach over 6 months, and you couldn’t locate it anywhere. I did the home work for you. Even your cohorts couldn’t say shit. And you hear making noise again. Please show us where rohr won a cup with Young Boys of switzerland, abi na imaginary cup to help boost his CV
Go and find the evidence at the back of your TV OLOSHI WEERE Radarada. Abugije oloriburuku somebody. Shebi you know more than BBC and ESPN miserable moron stupid asshole. You better go and beg your mother that used your brain for menstruation. That’s why your senseless brain can’t function properly maybe if your brain is switched to that of a German Shepard you can at least get some sense. Oponu sowenu.
I just can’t understand why some of us on this forum are still in defense for bad deeds !!!
Maybe That’s why we can not come out and question the people whom we have put trust in authority to lead us to the light!!
Corruption has eaten us so deep that people that are well trained by their cultured parents are turning deaf ears to complains and injustices!!!
How did we get to this point, dear africans ???
Just look at our beloved nation….We dont have the required standard basic amenities befitting of a nation that exports exactly the same products as the likes of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Russia, Canada etc.
We CANNOT boost of drinking water in our homes but we have clean spring everywhere…we CANNOT boost of a straight day of continuous power supply simply because some of our Ogas in high places are importing generators and some have fuel stations that sells diesel…we are on lockdown due to a health scare that originated from far away Asia, and our leaders CANNOT provide foods for a nation that has fertile lands…and I just imagine Nigeria as an Egyptian nation during the famine where an Israelite, Joseph was a second in command to The Mighty Pharaoh !!!
Imagine what our NFF is going through right now…For the past weeks, just look at the number of players and key personnels that have come out boldly to say the evil deeds that are ravaging our soccer house and some of us here are still bringing their heads out to question such a major accusation!!!
A lady is saying she was forcefully molested and raped by a heartless man and you are questioning her for her mode of dressing and why was she in the guy’s house in the first place…no bearing in mind that the man committed an evil offence and did something that will psychologically affect the life of that lady in the future!!!
Who else must we hear from before we see, know and understand that for years, some evils deeds has being going on that must have dragged out soccer image and status and progress backward !!!
Must we wait for more players to come forth before we should be convinced and take action???
In 1989 Nigeria’s youth national teams were banned by FIFA for fielding over-age players in FIFA-organised youth tournaments. The birth dates of three players at the 1988 Olympics were different than the ones used by those players at previous tournaments.[3] The resulting ban lasted for two years and Nigeria was also stripped of its right to host the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Can anyone guess who those three players are???
“We use over-age players for junior championships, I know that. Why not say it? It’s the truth. We always cheat” – Anthony Kojo Williams, NFF Chairman, 1999-2000
And for the myopic minds that are condemning someone that came out boldly to speak out and say what is not right in a system; how I wish you have being in that line of fire, you will spill your blood to defend anyone suffering from injustice or who was treated unfairly!!!
How I wish you have being victimized and treated in such an injustice model…you for know how e dey pain!!!
How will you feel if one of these players that have passed through this act of injustice are your close one, sons, brothers or Friends ?
Well, I think the door is wide open now and modern society has given everyone a new voice to speak out.
So, I will be looking out for more voices to come forth….The Vincent Enyamas, The Uche Brothers, The Brown Ideyes, The Victor Moses, The Sunday Mbas, The Philippe Troussiers, etc
Well, there are a lot more to come forth and speak out….and they must know that the world has changed…If you speak out, There are lots of positive, justice-driven People all over the world that will stand for you no matter what!!!
My profound greetings and supports for all that have spoken out!!!
Let more come out.
Nothing do you!!!
If this will change our way of lives for good, we are ready !!! BRING IT ON !!!
I just can’t understand why some of us on this forum are still in defense for bad deeds !!!
Maybe That’s why we can not come out and question the people whom we have put trust in authority to lead us to the light!!
Corruption has eaten us so deep that people that are well trained by their cultured parents are turning deaf ears to complains and injustices!!!
How did we get to this point, dear africans ???
Just look at our beloved nation….We dont have the required standard basic amenities befitting of a nation that exports exactly the same product as the likes of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Russia, Canada etc.
We CANNOT boost of drinking water in our homes…we CANNOT boost of a straight day of continuous power supply simply because some of our Ogas in high places are importing generators and some have fuel stations that sells diesel…we are on lockdown due to a health scare that originated from far away land in Asia, and our leaders CANNOT provide foods for a nation that has fertile lands…and our leaders are making a joke out of it …copying and pasting what other nations are doing instead of getting their home in order !!! Nigeria in this period is supposed to be tagged as an Egyptian nation during the famine where an Israelite, Joseph was a second in command to The Mighty Pharaoh !!!
A nation with fertile lands but import plastic food abroad for her citizenry!!
Imagine what our NFF is going through right now…For the past weeks, just look at the number of players and key personnels that have come out boldly to say the evil deeds that are ravaging our soccer house and some of us here are still bringing their heads out to question such a major accusation!!!
A lady is saying she was forcefully molested and raped by a heartless man and you are questioning her for her mode of dressing and why was she in the guy’s house in the first place…no bearing in mind that the man committed an evil offence and did something that will psychologically affect the life of that lady in the future!!!
Who else must we hear from before we see, know and understand that for years, some evils deeds has being going on that must have dragged out soccer image and status and progress backward !!!
Must we wait for more players to come forth before we should be convinced and take action???
In 1989 Nigeria’s youth national teams were banned by FIFA for fielding over-age players in FIFA-organised youth tournaments. The birth dates of three players at the 1988 Olympics were different than the ones used by those players at previous tournaments.[3] The resulting ban lasted for two years and Nigeria was also stripped of its right to host the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Can anyone guess who those three players are???
“We use over-age players for junior championships, I know that. Why not say it? It’s the truth. We always cheat” – Anthony Kojo Williams, NFF Chairman, 1999-2000
And for the myopic minds that are condemning someone that came out boldly to speak out and say what is not right in a system; how I wish you have being in that line of fire, you will spill your blood to defend anyone suffering from injustice or who was treated unfairly!!!
How I wish you have being victimized and treated in such an injustice model…you for know how e dey pain!!!
How will you feel if one of these players that have passed through this act of injustice are your close one, sons, brothers or Friends ?
Well, I think the door is wide open now and modern society has given everyone a new voice to speak out.
So, I will be looking out for more voices to come forth….The Vincent Enyamas, The Uche Brothers, The Brown Ideyes, The Victor Moses, The Sunday Mbas, The Philippe Troussiers, etc
Well, there are a lot more to come forth and speak out….and they must know that the world has changed…If you speak out, There are lots of positive, justice-driven People all over the world that will stand for you no matter what!!!
My profound greetings and supports for all that have spoken out!!!
Let more come out.
Nothing do you!!!
If this will change our way of lives for good, we are ready !!! BRING IT ON !!!
This is just the beginning. The curtains are being parted to reveal the corrupt practices going on in NFF. Any wonder the SuperEagles was afraid of meeting countries like Namibia and Liberia?
Without stopping these odious practices, we would go no where. We missed two consecutive AFCONS, couldn’t qualify for CHAN. They say they want Rohr because he is ‘incompetent’; we no know why. Rohr is a threat to their dirty tricks.
We want sanity and credibility to prevail henceforth. No more wayo-wayo. Down, down with corruption. Greed is holding us back. . .!
…. Oh, my fault not CSN …..”they don’t want Rohr”
Peter Thank you we have always known it and I said it right from the days of Kickoffnigeria. Stephen Okechukwu Keshi is the main culprit in this matter he was the worst of all in this regard let us tell the truth and shame the devil. Stephen Keshi caused the ripple effect that caused Nigeria to miss two Cup of Nations in a row because of the atrocity he committed in the selection of the World Cup 2014 squad that was when things were at their worst with coach and bribes. Stephen Keshi was the main Orchestra-tor of this. The World Cup 2014 squad was a spit in the face of deserving players and ruined careers like Ezikiel Imoh I will never forget how Tottenham hotspur were about to sign him but he needed 8 senior caps to qualify to play in England which he would have acquired from the warm up games and games proper at the world cup not to mention his profile would have risen even further. well Stephen Okechukwu Keshi dropped him for Michael Babatunde what a shame. Needless to say Imoh went on to chase money in Saudi Arabia as his Tottenham dream fell apart.
Well for sure i know that for every rumor in Nigeria there must be some element of truth in it.That goes for those who are clamoring for names to be mentioned with am these allegations.
Osaze is a no nonsense player. Sunday olise stated lastweek categorically that our Afcon 2002 in Mali could be tagged as a fraudulent AFcon tornamnet. He states how the then indeginous coach froze out finidi and himself out of the team,remeber victor agali was frozen out evenetualy too.That was why the team was disbanded and onigbinde came to the rescued.
Phillip trousie should have been given the opportunity to lead us to France 98 but corruption will not allow.
The so call mafia that we use to hear in super eagle before breeds on the corroutpion in The glass house.
Some NFF official use to collect money from big players, some coaches prefer the player they managed.
Agali had a physical confrontation with some of our players at eve of AFcon 2002 in Mali.
A player ( Benedict akwuegbu) who had made it to camp in Mali was dropped for KANU Nwankwo who did not participate in training prio to the tounament.
I will prefer Rohr with no trophy but with discipline team, where playes election will be on merit and where Nigeria team will have respect for coach, no com in late to camp and no mafia.
Please when did Oliseh said our Afcon was tainted. If your oyinbo boy was a no nonsense person, why didn’t he object to what was wrong. Because one player doesn’t like one hotel doesn’t mean he speaks for everyone in the team. Everyones taste in life are different. He should please mention names of coaches that were agents. Like I earlier stated,we have white coaches who are also agents on the side, but are very smart about how they go about there dealings.
At the end of the day, you will be an hypocrite when you don’t speak up when the issue is boiling. Don’t wait several years later to start ranting.
You’ve been yarning crap ever since ADE. Your loyalty to this corrupt people and consistent backing of evil acts is suspicious, you keep mentioning stupid excuses here and there.
“Because one player doesn’t like one hotel doesn’t mean he speaks for everyone in the team. Everyones taste in life are different” lol….just keep making excuses for you corrupt people ehn… people like you are apart of the reason Nigeria is this backward, we need to fish u out
bros, go and sleep biko, i stand by what i said, at no time did any player complain of the hotel they were assigned to stay. So why is it now that he is making an excuse. Abeg let him go enjoy his retirement. Don’t need to waste time on typical nigerian way of thinking, always quick to make noise without investigating
Well written Yinkus.I share your opinion,had the NFF allowed Philip Troussier who introduced a strange and unpopular formation of 3.5.2,though a very good system,unfortunately,we are not used to playing that way then to continue with his job,i believe we would have done better under the stewardship of a good tactician nicknamed “The white witch doctor” in the 1998 world cup in France and beyond.
Really sad and regrettable decisions have been made in the past which still hunts us today.We have been the architects of our own failures,too many destructive interests everywhere masquerading themselves as people with viable interests but with ulterior motives.
The secondment of Onigbinde to the super eagles 2002 world cup team was another grievance mistake hunting us today coupled with the omission of the likes of Oliseh,Finidi but to mention a few who may have changed the course of the team going forward.
Basically,you cannot turn the hands of the clock to make amends rather the amendments starts today.
Briefly the reasons your so called super stars “Brown ideye,uche,taiwo,Sunday MBA and so on didn’t made 2014 world cup list and the reasons behind odumadi,egweakwe,uchebo,Nwofor and oshanawa making the squad: Go back and watch Confederation world cup and see how your so called super stars Brown ideye and MBA couldn’t played anything against Tahiti while odumadi was busy dribbling and scored three goals,and Gabriel Reuben goal saved us during crucial world cup qualify match at Malawi, without the goal we would have not QUALIFIED for 2014 world cup,so go back and watch uchebo and Nwofor during the friendlies and see how both of them played so well,some people then were calling uchebo the new KANU,so stop blaming the coach for dropping your so called super junk stars that couldn’t score against minor Tahiti and so on
My friend your a big fool and clearly a reason stinking thinking is a norm in this god forsaking country Nigeria is a corrupt country and let me tell you anything that another country will see as unimaginable and impossibility is happening in this piece of shit we call a country. When has it happened that a Whole African Power house like Cameroon or Ivory Coast or Ghana will win the trophy and go on to miss two consecutive tournaments. it doesn’t happen anywhere else but in Nigeria because corruption was born here. And not just in football this infection called corruption has corrupted every aspect of this country. Nigeria and Stephen Keshi is the reason Nigeria football is constantly on a downward Spiral. When you feel that you are bigger than a country like Mr Keshi sed to feel well there you have it the state of our football in 2015 – 2017 is the result
Do you realize that nigeria would have qualified for the 2017 nations cup had Chad not pull out of the tournament. And only one team could qualify from the group. We had to beat Egypt at home but we drew (please tell me which players needed to be dropped in that team). And when we went to Alexandria needing a win or draw and Egypt needing a win. Was it easy to beat Egypt at home( Don’t think so)
When Madagascar defeated us with you super squad, all hell didn’t break lose.
We still won’t qualify even if Chad did not withdrew. The maximum point we would have is 11 points with +5 goals difference and that’s if we were given the 3-0 advantage on both legs. Togo had 11 points with a +7 goals difference, while Uganda had 13 points. Those are the two best losers that qualified for the AFCON in 2017. There was absolutely no way we can usurp those two teams even if we beat Chad home and away. We failed to qualify fare and square all thanks to your African Guardiola who ran away and abandoned the team when they needed him the most.
Ogbani go and sleep, see you can predict scores now no problem, anything was possible since ur had superstars playing for u then. Last time i checked, majority of the same players playing now were with the team, so why not call them out instead of the coaches, at least they are the super players
LMAO!! Anything is possible when your lies have been busted. Lol!!
hehehehe…it was the goal Gabriel Reuben scored in June 2012 that qualified Nigeria for 2014 World cup…. playing only 7 matches in 2 seasons for Kilmarnock and Waaslan-Beveren…..1 GOAL AGAINST MALAWI AND 7 LEAGUE MATCHES IN 2 SEASONS was what put Gabriel Rueben on the plane to Brazil in 2014….LMAO. U truly know football…!!! So people like Taiye taiwo, Ajagun, Micheal Olaitan, Sone Aluko, Joel Obi who were averaging 25 matches per season or even playing in european competitions with goals and assists to show for it didn’t merit going to the WC…it was someone who scored against Malawi 2 years before then and didnt play any other matches for nigeria until May 2014 that should have been at the WC ahead of them…..LMAO. We all saw the end result when he came on against france….the whole team collapsed.
So Oduamadi’s Hatrick against (one assist which came from a very unselfish Ideye. The same Ideye gave the assist for our only goal against Uruguay too) TAHITI and Uchebo (15 goals in 2 season in his club) and Nwofor’s (13 goals in 3 seasons in his club) performances in less than 180 mins of friendlies was what made them merit going to the world cup ahead of several goals and assists for SE all through the AFCON and WC qualifiers and 34 goals and above in 2 seasons by the likes of Ideye, uche, Martins, Abiola Dauda, imoh Ezekiel and many others.
Oga sir….U REALLY SABI FOOTBALL…! I troway salute for you
I don’t blame u cos u don’t knw anything about football, only thing u knw is corruption
I don’t blame u cos u don’t knw anything about football, only thing u knw is corruption: Egypt won the Afcon three consecutive time but couldn’t qualify for 2013 afcon
Nigeria narrowly lost to France at least but your so called martins and co played 2010 world but couldn’t qualify from group stage and u think that he would have scored ten goals in 2014 world cup abi
So it was your Nwofor and Uchebo that went on to score 10 goals in 2014 world cup abi..?? Keshi didnt even have the liver to put them on the pitch for the world to see in all the 4 matches we played where we were in desperate need of goals….they were just there to share bonuses with the coach. The Gabriel Reuben that went to the WC because of a goal he scored in 2012 got less than 20 minutes of gametime when circumstances FORCED Keshi to field him, we all know how it all ended immediately he came on. If we had better substitutes than the junk keshi went to brazil with we probably should be talking about WC semifinals now and not Qfinals. Thats how the destiny of a nation was exchanged for brown envelopes and useless players.
You really Sabi football.
I agree with you for the first time. This is on point and it is fact had we had more solid players than the likes Gabriel Reuben, Uche Nwafor, Juwon Oshaniwa etc we would have won. I mean our starting 11 was giving France a big run for their money. we were done in the second half we all knew it look at the crap on the bench. what we didn’t foresee was the injury to Onazi (The real Onazi I knew ) that finished us because Reuben who found himself on the plane was not even good enough to start in Ukraine talkless of Kilmarnock in Scotlan where he only managed 2 appearances in 2 years leading to World cup 2014. So I ask myself what Criteria was he (Keshi) using as yardstick to invite players???
@Ugo Iwunze Keshi was called the big boss for a reason.He probably was raised in the ghetto of Warri where the toughest like in most suburbs,are highly regarded.They rule and are autocratic,they make important decisions without anyone having the courage to stand up to them.
Apparently,this distinctive bossy character of his,he took to the super eagles and was able to lead and control the super eagles camp like a marshal.He was revered by both the coaches and players,to an extend the administrators.He makes very important decisions and every new player has to go to his room first to show respect.
So all this didn’t stop there,wherever he coached he does what he likes.He’s so haughty and likes to be the star the reason he clashed with the likes of Adebayor of Togo and Keita of Mali when he was the football manager of both francophone nation.
Nigeria obviously wasn’t an exception.So resigning immediately after the nations cup knowing after such huge success the nation would be prone to want him back,apparently that was a major slip Goodluck Jonathan made but who will blame the president after the glory he brought to the country after a long wait?Jonathan was instrumental in Keshi’s return to the super eagles after a surprise resignation.
His second coming gave him an edge as he seized the opportunity to make very selfish and heart-wrenching decisions which really set us back until his well deserved sack.
Bros abeg stop arguing with this attention seeker. He sees things his own way. So just let him be. we all know him has the noise maker here
Why are u people disturbing urselves. Corruption in nigeria start from our villages to glass house, to aso rock. The truth is, government is a product of d society. So until we nigerians change our mindset and stop seeing corruption as part of our society we can never make meaningful headway. Most nigerians believe u can never make it in dis country without been smart in quote. Mind u d smartness is clearly corrupt practices. The change must start from us not glass house.
If u like believe it or leave it football is not all about gathering all your so called super junk stars for instance during the 2002 world cup France selected Djibiri cisse the French league one top scorer from Marseille, Thierry Henry the EpL best scorer and David Tresequet of junventus the serial A top scorer with Almighty zidan of Real Madrid but could u believed that France couldn’t score half goal and was eliminated in the group stage,and u believe that ur junk sone aluko ,olitan ,ideye, imoh,taiwo would have performed magic abi Mr drey
@Agbo Max. I’m sure you need enough quantity of this your Agbo mixture to think straight. I pity Drive Drey for even having your time. Your line of thought shows he is really dissipating energy meant for something useful, Just to reply you. You don’t deserve his time and intellect. Believe yourself and let others be. Thanks
Agbo Jedi Jedi
And what does your brain dead self need. When you have been brain-washed from Vienna. We too no get una time. You are all attention seekers,when you think like your obioma drey
Please when did Oliseh said our Afcon was tainted. If your oyinbo boy was a no nonsense person, why didn’t he object to what was wrong. Because one player doesn’t like one hotel doesn’t mean he speaks for everyone in the team. Everyones taste in life are different. He should please mention names of coaches that were agents. Like I earlier stated,we have white coaches who are also agents on the side, but are very smart about how they go about there dealings.
At the end of the day, you will be an hypocrite when you don’t speak up when the issue is boiling. Don’t wait several years later to start ranting.
And at least they went to the second round. And your 2018 squad that had the best players,why did they lose to Croatia and argentina.
Lol! Two cohorts are now arguing against each other LMAO!!! I laugh in German.
Ade don’t mind chidi coz he knows next to nothing in Nigeria football
Siasia maybe proven guilty oh
https://www.owngoalnigeria.com/2020/05/19/osaze-opens-up-on-match-fixing-saga-in-2008-olympic-we-heard-some-players-fixed-games-but/
Welcome onboard my brother @Stan
Ade you’re a general without troops as they’ve all deserted you
This corruption must die starting with our football…
And I think this crusade against corruption must not stop here…. let’s make it real
Well bros, lets wait and see what FIFA has against him, we have been hearing svereal conflicting story on this matter, so lets just wait and see what they have against. To be am beginning to see Osaze has a disgrace, and a hypocrite, why all this noise making, you had the opportunity to say something when you saw it. Not after the fact. With this statement now, we could be strip of the silver medal.
So Osaze is a hypocrite because he chose to speak out
My issue is why not speak up then. Why now. If you don’t speak up then, that means you were in support of what transpired. So why is he ranting now, after so many years