Showing posts with label Garba Lawal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Garba Lawal. Show all posts

21 February 2015

Super Eagles Needs A New Coach ASAP - Garba Lawal

The former Nigeria midfielder weighs in on the topic of local vs foreign coach and what the Super Eagles need to do to click again in this interview with Shina Oludare

The Golden Eaglets seem to be marching to win the 2015 African U-17 title, why have we not translated our success at the cadet level to the senior national team having ruled the world on four occasions?

Football is not mathematics and it is not what people think. Football is all about continuity. Sometimes the players need to help themselves because their attitude is very important though they cannot win everything. The bulk of the job lies in the hands of the players and not the coaches. If they believe in themselves, they will surely succeed. Today, I have not seen that [winning] attitude in our players. Aside from this, only few of our players in Europe get regular playing time, and without that you cannot perform any magic. Take a look at the Ghanaians, Ivorians and Algerians for instance, you can see their players getting regular playing time and this is telling on their performance for their countries. If we really want to get things right for the senior national team, our players need to step up.

27 February 2014

Garba Lawal Blames Keshi For Dropping Ike Uche

Former Super Eagles utility player, Garba Lawal has disagreed with national team Head Coach Stephen Keshi over the dropping of Villareal FC of Spain striker, Ike Uche from the team that will represent Nigeria at the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad on issue bothering on discipline.

Speaking in Abuja, Lawal stated that it is wrong of Keshi to drop one of the country’s best strikers for alleged acts of indiscipline adding that on the contrary the young man does not have a disciplinary record with the Super Eagles.

“I don’t believe in that statement. When you say a player is not disciplined, there should be evidence to prove that. If you say he is undisciplined, how come he is doing so well at his club without any complaints?," says Lawal.