My critics are insane, says Oliseh

Nifemi Daniel

Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, has described those who criticized the ouster of Nigeria at the just concluded Africa Nations Championship in Rwanda as insane.

The former Super Eagles captain, who has been having a running battle with his employers, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, in a video message released on his website on Sunday, blasted those calling for his sacking were insane.

Eagles’ ouster

I am addressing this insanity that has befallen some of our critics and I call it insanity because you must be insane to start seeking a plebiscite on the future of the national team’s coach of Nigeria because we lost CHAN.

2016 CHAN

With all due respect, CHAN is probably the least important tournament that is held by CAF and it is a tournament that weighs more on the strength of the leagues against one another.

What then should be done to the coaches of Ghana and South Africa who did not even qualify for this tournament?”

2017 AFCON

It’s been 14 games since I took over as Chief Coach of the Super Eagles, we have lost just one official game and one friendly game. Nigeria scored 19 goals, conceded six. Eagles qualified for the group stages of the World Cup and we are still on track to qualify for the 2017 AFCON.

Contract

I signed a contract; myself and the NFF. If you’re not happy about it, we’ll come and we’ll shake hands. We’re still on track to qualify for the Nations Cup, we have qualified into the group stage for the World Cup, so where is this failure that some of our critics are trying to sell to Nigerians.”

Unless you mean that for Coach Sunday Oliseh and his crew to be successful, they must win every match, Jesus Christ! even the world Champions Germany are not doing that.

Eagles job

I didn’t beg for this job, I didn’t even want this job. I refused it twice and it took the intervention of a highly respected friend of mine; who was in government, for me to concede and take this job.”

I took it not to serve special interests, I took it to serve Nigerians, and if there’s one thing I know that my people know; forget the critics; is that I am patriotic.

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