At a time like this one can only draw strength from the depths of philosophy. Any other way is laced with the anguish of the permanency of a loss that no one prepared for. Since Wednesday this week, I have...
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President Issa Hayatou, please do not contest again!
Two years ago I advised former FIFA president, Mr Joseph Sepp Blatter, not to re-contest for the seat after holding the office for 16 years. The voice of an ordinary former football player from Africa was too small to influence...
Analysis, Featured, Football
2016/2017 EPL – the battle of the coaches!
I cannot wait for the 2016/2017 EPL season to start. Indeed, the season has already taken off with the game of the coaches. Coaches have assumed a pedestal amongst football followers that places them almost as high up as the...
Football, Sports Development
Nigerians, wake up, with Sports we can change the world!
Last week, I wrote about the fairytale story of Leicester City’s incredible season in the just concluded English Premier League! Reactions and comments have continued to flood my blog. Two weeks before that I had written about the 2030 World...
Analysis, Football
The Leicester City FC fairytale.
For two days at a stretch this past week the headline of all the major global international media was the fairytale story of this most unlikely of champions of the English Premier League, a small football club that went from...
Analysis, Football
Nigerian Football is in Crisis – again
Once again Nigerian football is in crisis. The country’s football federation and crisis are conjoined like Siamese twins. This crisis has the potential to rock the country to its very foundation. The setting is old and well worn – a...
Analysis, Football
No to Foreign Coach!
This is one issue that I am very clear about - Nigeria does not need any foreign coach now. Do not get me wrong because I have nothing against hiring any nationality to handle the Super Eagles of Nigeria provided...
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The fall of the Super Eagles and a season of apologies!
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are no longer the giants of African football. Since before Stephen Keshi quit as coach of the team I had observed the deficit of quality players in the team that could sustain the old traditions...
Football, Sports Development
My final comment on Oliseh’s resignation
Let me apologise for remaining on this subject matter this week when so many other great things are happening around the world of football that should attract better attention now than the rather over-flogged matter of the resignation of Sunday...
Analysis, Football
Why Oliseh left the most lucrative job in the world!
Things just do not seem to add up in Nigerian football. I am still wondering what made Sunday Oliseh resign his appointment as national football team coach. His action still leaves many unanswered questions. The act itself – to walk...
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