By Patrick Omorodion
From their days as Green Eagles to Super Eagles, the national male football team have been tutored by several local coaches namely Adegboye Onigbinde, Paul Hamilton, Monday Sinclair, Christian Chukwu, Austin Eguavoen, Shaibu Amodu, Samson Siasia and currently Stephen Keshi.
Of all these, Onigbinde seems to have the best credentials,
having taken the team to the final of the Africa Nations Cup in 1984, losing to Cameroon and getting the silver consolation. Eguavoen and then Amodu followed with a bronze medal performance.
Siasia appears to be the one who Nigerians expected most from but ended up becoming the worst, not even qualifying for the Nations Cup.
The slide occasioned by Siasia’s poor handling of the team, is what Keshi is saddled with rectifying and Nigerians from all walks of life are praying for him to succeed but former junior international, Kingsley Onye is not one to pray but has said it is success or nothing.
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