An ex-while Chairman of the Gombe State Football Association, Ahmed Gara-Gombe has described the appointment of Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Jose Peseiro as one of the greatest mistakes in Nigeria football.
The football administrator expressed that he does not believe in the capabilities of the Super Eagles, maintaining that since the arrival of the former Venezuela coach, the Super Eagles have not improved.
“Since the time of Clemens Westerhof, we never had a transition, a championship without confusion, without uncertainty, turning Nigerians into prayer warriors, praying for somebody to lose before we win; even from the qualification to where we are, I do not have confidence in the system.
“In the first place, hiring Peseiro for the Super Eagles was one of the greatest mistakes we have ever made in the history of our football.
“Being with them [the team], what was the outcome? There was never a time this guy managed this team from the sidelines that we were confident in.
“You and I know. Those days you can sit down and count a team, 11 players for the national team that you can say, ‘Yes, these are good to go’.
“You can sit down and say as soon as we line up before any team in Africa, ‘Yes, Nigeria will overrun them with ease’. You can sit down and say, ‘Okay, this is the tactics that the Super Eagles are playing.
“But today, no. Anybody who does that is just doing that for pleasure but not a reality, a reality,” Gara-Gombe said.
With three titles already, the Super Eagles gaffer is optimistic Nigeria can rule Africa again when the AFCON starts in Cote d’Ivoire in about two weeks.
However, Gara-Gombe has ruled out the Super Eagles from winning the competition. That can only take a miracle to happen, he said.
“The reality of the situation is that the Super Eagles are not just ready for this championship. Let us go and keep on trying our cut and paste strategy, our wobble and fumble strategy.
“Let’s go ahead with that. If anything happens, then it’s the intervention of God, not because we are ready or we are prepared for that,” the football chief said.
