SIASIA: Dont sack me, I need more time!

samson siasia

Beleaguered Nigeria coach Samson Siasia is appealing for more time to shape up the team, despite failing to qualify them to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

The former international is likely to be fired by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with a meeting taking place on Thursday to determine his future with the Super Eagles.

Ahead of the NFF announcement the coach has told the BBC that he still has what it takes to turn the team around. He said the national side has gone through a great transformation under his watch and keeping him will be in the best interest of the team.

“I love this job and I know what I’m doing, I just need some time,” Siasia said. “Let [Nigeria fans] look at what we have been doing, let them look at the games we have played and compare them with videos of before I took over – they can see improvements, they can see changes. They can see the players running, not what we saw at the World Cup. I don’t need to tell them, let them go and look. Most of the players causing the problems are the ones who have been there for more than 5 years. They just want to take over the camp and I won’t let them.”

He denied handling the team with tough hands.

“I am not a brutal person or a dictator, I try to compromise,”‘ the manager said of his disciplinarian style. “But I am the head coach and whatever happens I will take responsibility. It takes time to build a team. Give us some time. We know Nigerians are hurting but give us some time.”

 

Source: goal.com