Former Chairman of the NFF and Executive Committee member of CAF and FIFA Amaju Pinnick have this to say concerning the appointment of Eric Chelle as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria:
"I got a lot of calls from when he was announced and I just shook my head. Because, before now I had already done my intelligence about Eric.
"I came to realize that a lot of people do not know him, they just based their arguments on the color of his skin, because he's a black man, not based on the content of his targets and his deliverables or what he wants to deliver."
"He's got a very wonderful record when he was in Mali. If you look at Mali in the last two years, they've been very consistent, consistent in the quality of the play..."
"Out of 22 games, he won 14, drew 5 and lost 3, which shows that he's an offensive coach and Nigeria, traditionally, we're an offensive team. So that is technically and automatically and organically preparing for the challenges to come..."
"I got a lot of calls from when he was announced and I just shook my head. Because, before now I had already done my intelligence about Eric.
"I came to realize that a lot of people do not know him, they just based their arguments on the color of his skin, because he's a black man, not based on the content of his targets and his deliverables or what he wants to deliver."
"He's got a very wonderful record when he was in Mali. If you look at Mali in the last two years, they've been very consistent, consistent in the quality of the play..."
"Out of 22 games, he won 14, drew 5 and lost 3, which shows that he's an offensive coach and Nigeria, traditionally, we're an offensive team. So that is technically and automatically and organically preparing for the challenges to come..."
Former Chairman of the NFF and Executive Committee member of CAF and FIFA Amaju Pinnick have this to say concerning the appointment of Eric Chelle as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria:
"I got a lot of calls from when he was announced and I just shook my head. Because, before now I had already done my intelligence about Eric.
"I came to realize that a lot of people do not know him, they just based their arguments on the color of his skin, because he's a black man, not based on the content of his targets and his deliverables or what he wants to deliver."
"He's got a very wonderful record when he was in Mali. If you look at Mali in the last two years, they've been very consistent, consistent in the quality of the play..."
"Out of 22 games, he won 14, drew 5 and lost 3, which shows that he's an offensive coach and Nigeria, traditionally, we're an offensive team. So that is technically and automatically and organically preparing for the challenges to come..."
