Keshi's sack; matters arising.

   The big boss, Stephen Keshi, was in the early hours of Thursday relieved of his duties as Super Eagles Supremo. Together with his crew, the big boss should be plotting his next move. Knowing The NFF and her famed clumsiness, be not surprised if Keshi head to court due to one breach or the other by the NFF.
   After super Eagles loss to Congo in Calabar, the hash tag #KeshiOut appeared on twitter. Somehow, it died down. The loss to Sudan reignited it again. Yesterday in Abuja, the Super Eagles beat the Sudanese in a surprisingly almost filled Abuja national stadium by three goals to one. A brace by Ahmed Musa and one by Aaron Samuel sealed victory.
There were rumours of a planned protest by Abuja fans prior to the match. A plan that was scuttled. The Super Eagles love playing in Calabar. There,they are under no pressure. Whatever the outcome of a match, the fans go home. Abuja fans pamper them. In fact I was surprised when I heard of the planned protest. That was quite unlike Abuja fans. In my humble opinion, Super Eagles matches should be taken to Lagos. Even them,wouldn't like the idea. Lagos football fans are fanatics. Tell the average Lagos fan that ticket for a Super Eagles match is ten thousand naira, he will hustle for the money and pay. But value for his money is a must have. Because to him, it's a no - story - investment.  The fans in Lagos will not forgive any player that subtracts a kobo from his gate fee. Erring players will receive missiles ranging from water sachets and bottles, pieces of anything hands can be laid on and even sun baked pieces of sh!t. The expectations of the faithful Lagos fan will make players sit up.
   On the issue of Keshi's sack,I think it's a wrong move. He was not sacked after our losses to Congo and Sudan, but was sacked after the return leg victory against same Sudan. Logically, morally and however else realistic you choose to look at it, the sack was a wrong move. Stephen Keshi had before the game, screamed to all Nigerians that he was being sabotaged. That some administrators were out to sabotage him. My humble opinion is that he has a valid point. Stephen Keshi is a very stubborn mule. I am sure this attribute contributed to his sack as some officials can't deal. He had to be removed,somehow. He didn't dance to the azonto of some people who consider themselves football oracles in Nigeria. However note that I am not saying his stubbornness is a good thing. No it is not. I have heard some of his colleagues complain that he doesn't take advises nor does he consult them. That is actually his own cup of tea. He decides such matters. I make bold to say that he was frustrated out of the seat. Those that understand the intricacies of football will know that if forces conspire to ruin a coach, he is as good as doomed. I am not in any anyway holding fort for Keshi. In my last post,I opined that Keshi is not the problem of Nigerian football. It is beyond him. He has been relieved of his duties. Fine. Watch Super Eagles qualify for the nations cup. Aren't we Nigeria again? We will qualify. I will be surprised if we don't. Every hand will now be on deck to ensure our qualification. Obafemi Martins and some other exiled players will return to the team. Some people who were regulars under Keshi might never see the Super Eagles camp again. We are starting afresh. I am sure Amodu Shuaibu will want to set up his own team,which is okay. But I think Pinnick is starting off wrongly. I think Keshi's sack have always been in in the pipeline. But how they chose to sack him after a victory is what hit me in the middle. We are back to square one. Every football administrators see Nigerian football as a lucrative business outlet. You get in, scatter a previous set up, set up yours, carry your loot and scram. No NFF President have ever taken a decision based on patriotism. No way! Where we go from here we don't know. They bicker and say all sorts when Nigerians rate foreign football higher than our football here but nobody has any bloody moral right to blame us. I watch the Nigerian league,week in week out. What do I see? Comedy and eye sore. I know the matches I expect to see real football and I never miss those ones. The rest are just super bloody comic relief. Kudos though, to the LMC for the little sanity and shape that the local league has taken due to their efforts. Nigerian football is generally rotten. Stagnant. Dead. But please we shouldn't bury it. An Igbo adage says that "ani a diro mma bu uru ndi nze" (the rot in the land is to the benefit of the chiefs). We know that people make money in chaos. Everywhere. But please consider millions of Nigerians whose hope they carry. Amaju Pinnick should try and be the first NFF President to run things with patriotism in mind. Otherwise the next time Nigerians gather in Abuja national stadium,it will be be for the funeral ceremony of Nigerian football. One like me though, will be in front of my television,seeing an EPL game with a chilled bottle of Campari and tilapia  barbecue.