SWIPE
THE VEXING KESHI QUESTIONS
By Paul Umukoro
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I had set out to entitle this
month's column Diary of a
football traveler (whatever
that means). I wanted to use
the column to talk about very
interesting experiences as I
jumped in and out of planes
in the course of my football
assignments.
I had wanted to talk about
my new gait as I received
accolades over Nigeria's
double barrel achievement of
winning the FIFA U-17 trophy
and qualifying for the world
Cup.
I wanted to talk about all
these and more, but decided
to focus on the current
situation, the vexing Keshi
question, one in which the
media has latched on and is
not ready to let go until the
Eagles board their plane to
Brazil.
The question comes in
different forms.
“Sir don't you think that the
way we played against
Ethiopia, though we won,
that we need to strengthen
our technical bench?”
Or, “ Sir don't you think it will
be counterproductive to
employ a foreign coach to
destabilize Keshi and his
colleagues now that they
have done a fine job to
qualify us for the world cup?
Supers and Eagles retain Copa Lagos Beach
Soccer Championship title
Cristiano Ronaldo opens Museum with extra
room for the Ballon d'Or
Van Persie to miss eight United matches
with injury
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