NFF’s ineptitude cause of Super Eagles’ poor results – Olofinjana

By Jacob Ajom

One of Nigeria’s large midfielders, Seyi Olofinjana, present moving arsenic Chelsea scout is not blessed with the concern the Super Eagles person recovered themselves successful the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

After 8 rounds of matches, Nigeria lies 3rd successful a radical that is presently topped by the Cheetahs of the Republic of Benin connected 14 points and the Bafana Bafana of South Africa besides connected 14 points but with an inferior extremity difference. Super Eagles presumption which is besides shared with Rwanda has made things precise hard for them. No 1 tin conjecture whether Nigeria tin inactive outpouring a occurrence to suffice for the expanded 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Speaking arsenic a impermanent of Monday Night Football connected DSTv, Olofinjana was asked by the anchor Charles Anazodo whether helium was disappointed with the Super Eagles players. His effect was apt and explicit.

“It is hard to abstracted the administrators and blasted the players,” helium started. “It volition beryllium unfair to blasted the players alone. These are players that are doing fantabulous things for their clubs crossed Europe. Well of course, it is ever hard coming backmost to play successful Africa; it has ever been a problem. To speech astir the occupation with our football, you can’t blasted the players unsocial without looking astatine the administration.”

Continuing, Olofinjana, a merchandise of NUGA Games said, “I don’t deliberation you tin blasted lone the players. Some of these players are precise bully astatine their clubs, but erstwhile they travel unneurotic arsenic a team, the chemistry is missing. Too often, blasted is placed solely connected the players, but the medication besides carries responsibility.

He said the predominant alteration of the method unit of the nationalist squad took its toll connected the productivity of the players. He observed that the predominant changes were an denotation of deficiency of consistency and professionalism successful the medication of shot successful the country. Hear him, “First, we request to speech astir managers. Different managers travel successful with antithetic ideas, but they don’t ever get the enactment they need. For example, 1 manager walked distant due to the fact that helium felt helium wasn’t being backed capable by the NFF. Another came successful astatine a important clip but didn’t past agelong either. And yet different had the champion record, but immoderate reason helium took the occupation excessively precocious to truly marque an impact.

The bottommost enactment is this: the changeless hiring and firing of coaches is destabilizing. Managers keep

coming and going, and that’s not steadfast for the team.”

Olofinjana believes the changes person led to a nonaccomplishment of individuality and playing civilization by nationalist squad players. “From wherever I stand, the bigger occupation is deficiency of operation and identity. When you ticker the Super Eagles these days, you spot a squad without a discernible pattern. It shouldn’t beryllium so. We should beryllium capable to say, “This is their style, this is their philosophy.” But close now, there’s nary wide identity.”

He lamented, “Nigeria is 1 of the champion footballing nations successful Africa. We request a bully manager, backed with due enactment and respect. Otherwise, what happens is managers leave, oregon they fail, and the cycle

continues.

“Without structure, you can’t build. Fans extremity up frustrated, managers locomotion away, and players conflict to deliver. Until there’s stableness and a wide shot philosophy, the Super Eagles volition proceed to wobble.”

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