Coach Amodu Won't Be Sacked

The Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) rose from their meeting yesterday in Abuja to throw their weight behind the embattled Nigerian national team’s Head Coach, Amodu Shaibu to continue the chase for a World Cup ticket with the Super Eagles.

This decision to allow Amodu to continue his job with the Eagles may come as a disappointment to millions of Nigerians, but Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, a member of the Technical Committee, who addressed the media after the meeting, said it would be counter-productive to change the coach at this point in time.

He said Amodu was not totally to blame for the Super Eagles inability to beat Tunisia in Abuja last Sunday, adding that what the man needed now is support from all Nigerians so that the remaining matches can be won to see how far we can go with that.

Chief Onigbinde, who led the Super Eagles to the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan, said what happened last Sunday was one of those things that happens occasionally in the life of human beings, stressing that Amodu wanted to win the game just like every other Nigerian.

“You see, when you have a problem and you begin to panic, it could lead to some making wrong decisions. We have two matches to go and we have to concentrate on how to win those matches, hoping that Tunisians might slip. So, we cannot sit and keep playing back the match. We should forge ahead.

“We have made our recommendation to the NFF and we have to rally round Amodu now more than ever before to enable him win our two matches; who knows, Kenya and Mozambique may spring surprises that could be of benefit to us,” the FIFA advisor stated.
He said the Committee also recommended that more players should be invited to make room for more competition in the team, pointing out that there should be no automatic shirt for any player.

one in the national team.