Embattled Super Eagles’ Coach, Sunday Oliseh, has taken a swipe at his critics, saying they must be insane.
Oliseh, in a youtube video released from Belgium on Sunday, said he won’t just sit down and allow some people to condemn him because his team crashed out early at the Rwanda 2016 African Nations Championship.
According to him: “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.
“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.
“You can see how far Congo have gone and how TP Mazembe did in the African Champions League.
“What then should be done to the Coaches of Ghana, South Africa and Egypt who did not even qualify to this tournament?”
The gaffer also insists the current Eagles coaching crew have done well, keeping the team in contention for the Gabon 2017 Africa Cup of Nations and 2018 World Cup.
Oliseh said: “A contract is made out.
“We signed a contract, myself and the NFF.
“If you’re not happy about it, we’ll come and we’ll shake hands.
“But I’ll like to remind you that this is the 14th game I have been in charge of the Super Eagles and we’ve lost only two.
“And only one official game.
“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, let alone we that are a brand new team that we’ve just started building just for some months now.”
It can be recalled that Nigerians called for the immediate sack of the coach after the disgraceful outing at the just ended CHAN 2016 in Rwanda.
The CHAN Eagles, who were tagged pre-tournament favourites, could not to live up to their billings as they crashed out in the group stage of the tournament and also failed to surpass the bronze medal outing of the last CHAN held in South Africa under Stephen Keshi.
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