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Former Super Eagles great, Taribo West has blasted the defensive pair of
Kenneth Omeruo and Godfrey Oboabona, labelling their efforts in the
ongoing Nations Cup qualifiers as amateurish.
The former Derby County defender, once considered world class by his
peers, clearly has a low opinion on the Eagles' current back line after
pushing the national team's caretaker coach Shaibu Amodu to look for replacements for both centre-back and left-back positions.West, who won
a gold medal in the 96' Olympic Games, claimed Nigeria had themselves
to blame for their disappointing position and Omerou and Oboabona should
take the majority of the blame.
- The Eagles impressed me [during their 3-1 win over Sudan] but our
defence was suspect and Omeruo and [Godfrey] Oboabona played like
amateur defenders, Taribo told hereisthecity.com
- They are good defenders but they were
too relaxed and made the same mistakes over and over again. We have
conceded goals in the same way in the qualifiers.- Sudan's goal in
Nigeria's 3-1 win was similar to the one against us in the first leg in
Kartoum.
- They only did well against South Africa, though they made some
mistakes. South Africa had the opportunity to execute one-on-one moves
and score goals but Vincent Enyeama saved us. The two defenders didn't play like champions or professionals in other games.- I think they need competition.
We need to scout for new central defenders. I would have suggested that
they should be dropped but we don't have better replacements for them
now. But we should work on improving their weaknesses.
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