Bassey, who is the technical director of Nigeria Premier League side Akwa United, revealed that the 1-1 draw is a good result because it has slowed Malawi down on the league table. "I am happy with the boys and the result they got against Malawi. When you look at the table you will realize that we are leading on the table and Malawi will also come to Nigeria. "I am sure that the Super Eagles will consolidate when Malawi come visiting. Malawi held Kenya to a goalless draw in Nairobi, but could not grab their three points against us. "That means we have an advantage that can be turned into something that will give us the ticket at the end of the qualifiers. "Nobody should look at this result as a setback because we could have also lost the match. No matter what happens in the game between Namibia and Kenya, we can be rest assured that we are on top of the table. "All we need to do is to win all our home matches and then get the desired result at away games," Bassey said.
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whether NFF where right in Choosing him or Keshi is secondary as regards playing good football and getting nice results. You will not argue that Spain played better than Italy yesterday even though they played a draw. That is what we want, win the match decisively or at least play well and not chickening out a draw. Keep on comparing us with Ghana and Cameroon but you bet, both of them put together are not anything close to 160 million people. Make good judgments and not hatred talks. Siasia could have been either your younger or elder brother and so is Keshi. See them as such and argue base on that.
You obviously dont get why ppl want siasia over keshi, why are they not calling for an amodu, after all he has the touch of qualification. The reason is just simple, we want to enjoy football and not have a heart attack. Amodus problem was the drab style of play, same think keshi seems to be doing. 1-0 myt be good enuff to qualify, but not for a country who has tasted african samba. we were adjudged the most entertaining team in our first worldcup, ahead of brazil and argentina. we won the olympics 2 yrs after, ahead brazil and argentina.. that just what we are saying.
keshi is a good coach, but we dont seem to like his approach. See siasia and keshi like Pepp and Jose Mourinho, both have recorded successes but pepp is the best coach in the world according to the last fifa awards, Why, becos his team plays football just as what it is, Entertainment.
What i want from keshi, win and entertain, I want to watch SE play football with popcorn and juice in my hand and not a doctor close to me. We cant be struggling with Malawi and Namibia and we are going to the wordcup to play the likes of spain and Italy.
Even Keshi admits the team is yet to leave to its potential and that he has a lot of work to do, yet you come here to say diff, even from Keshi himself.
Siasia has also worked with lots of local boys, AhmedMusa, Ekigo, Chibuzor, Gege Soriola, to name a few.
and these guys did not disappoint. I know what keshi is trying to do, He wants to raise his own players and be called Keshis boys, but this boys would fail him, you know why ? cos the motion is built on selfish principle and not National patriotism.
one other thing il give to siasia is 7yrs after U20 2005, 70% of that team are still playing active football and would still play for another 3 yrs meaning he developed a team that would last 10yrs, the last person that did that was fanny Amu with the Japan 93 boys and westerhof. No other Nigerian coach has given us a team that has lasted more than the competition or at least 2-3 yrs after Not even Keshi.
oh may i also chip in that he DID NOT raise the Togo team, he met the team all set, he only lead them, and part of the problems he had with Adebayo was becos Adebayo question his tactics and becos he asked for money from the Arsenal deal.
i dont hate Keshi, but sadly i dont want him to succeed either. The NFF would soon start to put him on pressure.
Build your team during friendlies, but use your best legs for qualifiers, add a few and help them grow.
TIMMY
After a hectic weeks of football in Africa the second games of the round two matches were played yesterday bringing to a halt of proceedings till next year for a possible place in Brazil 2014. as was expected some surprises were recorded as the so called heavy weight failed to dominate leaving the supposedly minors to lead the park in the their groups.
These is a run down of how the table stands from group A-J until hostilities resume in 22-March-2013.
GROUP A
Ethiopia: MP2- W1- D1- L0- GF3- GA1- GD+2- P4
Central A. REP. MP2- W1- D0- L1- GF2- GA2- GD+0- P3
South Africa MP2- W0- D2- L0- GF2- GA2- GD+0- P2
Botswana MP2- W0- D1- L1- GF1- GA3- GD_2- P1
GROUP B
Tunisia MP2- W2- D0- LO- GF5- GA2- GD+3- P6
Sierra Leone MP2- W1- D1- L0- GF4- GA3- GD+1- P4
Equato. Guinea MP2- W0- D1- L1- GF3- GA5- GD_2- P1
Cape V. Islands MP2- W0- D0- L2- GF2- GA4- GD_2- P0
GROUP C
Côte d'Ivoire MP2- W1- D1- L0- GF4- GA2- GD+2- P4
Tanzania MP2- W1- D0- L1- GF2- GA3- GD_1- P3
Morocco MP2- W0- D2- L0- GF3- GA3- GD+0- P2
Gambia MP2- W0- D1- L1- GF2- GA3- GD_1- P1
GROUP D
Sudan MP2- W1- D1- L0- GF2- GA0- GD+0- P4
Ghana MP2- W1- D0- L1- GF7- GA1- GD+6- P3
Zambia MP2- W1- D0- L1- GF1- GA2- GD_1- P3
Lesotho MP2- W0- D1- L1- GF0- GA7- GD_7- P1
GROUP E
Congo MP2- W1- D1- L0- GF1- GA0- GD+1- P4
Gabon MP2- W1- D1- L0- GF1- GA0- GD+1- P4
Burkina Faso MP2- W0- D1- L0- GF0- GA1- GD_1- P1
Niger MP2- W0- D1- L0- GF0- GA1- GD_1- P1
GROUP F
Nigeria MP2- W1- D1- L0- GF2- GA1- GD+1- P4
Namibia MP2- W1- D0- L1- GF1- GA1- GD+0- P3
Malawi MP2- W0- D2- L0- GF1- GA1- GD+0- P2
Kenya MP2- W0- D1- L1- GF0- GA1- GD_1- P1
GROUP G
Egypt MP2- W2- D0- L0- GF5- GA2- GD+3- P6
Guinea MP2- W1- D0- L1- GF3- GA3- GD+0- P3
Zimbabwe MP2- W0- D1- L1- GF0- GA1- GD_1- P1
Mozambique MP2- W0- D1- L1- GF0- GA2- GD_2- P1
GROUP H
Benin MP2- W1- D1- L0- GF2- GA1- GD+1- P4
Algeria MP2- W1- D0- L1- GF5- GA2- GD+3- P3
Mali MP2- W1- D0- L1- GF2- GA2- GD+0- P3
Rwanda MP2- W0- D1- L1- GF1- GA5- GD_4- P1
GROUP I
Libya MP2- W1- D1- L0- GF3- GA2- GD+1- P4
Congo DR MP2- W1- D0- L1- GF2- GA1- GD+1- P3
Cameroon MP2- W1- D0- L1- GF2- GA2- GD+0- P3
Togo MP2- W0- D1- L1- GF1- GA3- GD_2- P1
GROUP J
Senegal MP2- W1- D1- L0- GF4- GA2- GD+2- P4
Uganda MP2- W0- D2- L0- GF2- GA2- GD+0- P2
Angola MP2- W0- D2- L0- GF1- GA1- GD+0- P2
Liberia MP2- W0- D1- L1- GF1- GA3- GD_2- P1
I took out my time and pain to do this because of the mixed reactions of fans and supporters alike trailing the performance of our national pride the Super Eagles. as seen above among the top guns only Tunisia and Egypt has a 100% record while others like Ghana, Algeria, Mali and Cameroon failed to top their respective groups.
So in the light of this i would like to call on Nigerians to rally behind the SE and show that we are not just a fare weather fans but a real supporters (in good times and in bad times regardless of who his the coach) of our darling team, to make them regain their FEAR FACTOR once again.
TOGETHER WE WILL CONQUER THE WORLD AND RULE AFRICA AGAIN.
taking risk like this can be positive or negative
hnmmmm homebase eagles rule
na look i dey look oooh
my good brother @game147 i hail ooh
WAT ARE WE NOT TALKING.
To be candid, Sia sia remaining in that position would have been best for us. U guys pressured him to play OVER RATED OSAZE when he actually deserved all the sanctions. NFF and a whole of u people pressured him to play selfish and proudful overated player. Even Lagerback saw same thing and benched him. Osaze ruined our chances at the world cup and also the AFCON. Siasia developed his boys and more than 70% of them(since 2005) are still active. He started to build another set but u guys won't allow him. He scored couple of goals in a single match with football flares.--no HBP. The job was given to him only when Eguaveon had messed us up and he was bold to take on the challenge.... Did he really loose a game???????????
We are in again for amodu-keshi-amokachie hold ya heart in ya hand hypertensive football era...goodluck nija
forget that kola guy. i believe he must have been outclased by siasia at one point of his life and he cant get over it, hence the reason for the hatred. his arguments are not even constructive and his points are baseless yet he wont keep quiet. he refused to accept the truth even when it is glaring na him type full for house of assembly. cheeeeeeew. the guy na just bad news for this forum. so annoying..