Former Nigeria international midfielder Nosa Igiebor says the present coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr don’t have what it takes to tinker the Super Eagles to glory.
Igiebor who was in the team when Rohr took over as coach had a fall out with the coach, which led to his axing from the team shortly after their 2-1 win over Zambia in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
He claimed the present team is currently doing well in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers due to the individual abilities of the players and not due to the tactics of the German coach.
“I want to first of all appreciate the NFF for what they ar doing for the Super Eagles but this Coach, I don’t think is capable to take us to where we are going and that’s the truth”, Igiebor told Brila FM Abuja in an interview monitored by OwnGoalNigeria.com editorial team.
“What has he done? What can he do? He has done nothing. Listen let me tell you why we win games, we win games because these guys like I say to you these boys are good but I’m talking about the big stage where experience is needed”, he said.
Speaking further the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winners with Nigeria said the senior players in the team fell out with the coach due to his poor training methods and tactics including ex Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel. He claimed even the lineup isn’t handled by the coach.
“The boys are winning games for him. Infact he doesn’t have any tactics or whatsoever. Don’t forget I was with him also, I was with this coach because we had this argument and I told him to get out and I left. He has nothing upstairs. He has nothing I can tell you. Even when we were in camp everybody quarreled with him.
“Mikel , I can tell you we were discussing. This guy has nothing. Is like Grant coaching one amateur team. He has nothing. I don’t know why they are keeping him there maybe because of one politics or another. This guy can not take Nigeria anywhere. I’m telling you the truth.
“We are winning games is not because the coach is good or any tactics, it’s because individually these guys are good that is why we are winning games . This coach will be exposed very soon when it comes to some kind of big games. He has nothing to offer to Nigeria. He is there because of the politics and what they are doing themselves. We can’t go anywhere meaningful with him.
“Even the lineup they make it for him”.
