Fans Fault Keshi’s World Cup List

Some football fans in
Ondo State have faulted Coach Stephen Keshi’s Super Eagles’ final list for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
However, some believe that nothing was wrong with the list and that all that was needed now was prayers for the team to succeed at the Mundial.
Keshi recently  released the 23-man final list including three goal-keepers, six defenders, seven strikers and seven mid-fielders.
The fans in separate interviews told newsmen that Keshi dropped some important players who helped in securing the 2013 AFCON Cup in South Africa.
They also advised that Keshi should inject his technical prowess in coordinating the squad for the team to go beyond the round of 16.
A sports analyst in Ondo, Oluwatoyin Olafusi, said that Keshi made a big mistake by dropping Sunday Mba who sealed the 2013 AFCON Cup in South Africa.
Olafusi said that most of the players featured in the list might not have the zeal to surpass the round of 16 at the tournament.
“The problem I have with Keshi is the dropping of Mba. Most of the players on that list will only help Keshi to lose his job,’’ he said.  A Television Sports Presenter, Kayode Bamiduro, said that Keshi should have featured more of the home-based players instead of just three of them he listed.
He, however said that names like Joseph Yobo and Osazie Odemwingie should not have been on the final list.
“What isYobo and Odemwingie doing in that list? I think Keshi should have given more opportunities to the home-based players who could help pursue our dream,” Bamiduro said.
For the General Manager, Ondo State Sports Council, Idowu Akinbulumo, the list had been released already and changes might not be made again. Akinbulumo said Keshi should put in all his best to ensure the team went far in the World Cup.
“Although, I am not too impressed with the list but Keshi must be ready to employ all technical prowess for the team to get the quarter-finals in Brazil,’’ he said.
A former Director, Ondo State Football Academy, Tunde Ogunja, said nothing was wrong with the list, adding that Keshi knew what he was doing.