SIASIA PUNTS BLAME, FAILS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

Icheoku says an arrogant and annoyingly defensive Samson Siasia, just made matters worst by failing and refusing to acknowledge that his obstinacy and nothing else cost him his job. By stubbornly refusing to forgive and forget and call up Nigeria's currently most tested and most reliable goalkeeper numero uno, Vincent Enyeama for such a crucial match, despite numerous pleas to do so, Siasia set himself up for his final disembowelment. He should therefore not blame anyone else but himself for that failure of judgement which cost him his job.

Icheoku says had Siasia listened to the pleas of the so many Nigerians who beseeched him to forgive and recalled goalkeeper Enyeama and Nigeria still failed to qualify anyway, he would have been cut some slacks. He would still have his job today as pressure would have been mounted on NFF, on his behalf, to give him some more time as the head coach. But an egotistic Siasia felt he is rather too big to listen to Nigerians' supplications to let bygone be bygone and stuck to his gun. Moreso Enyeama had since apologized for whatever Siasia deemed he did wrong. But as far as Icheoku is concerned, speaking out against a below-par travel arrangement is not such an insubordination as would warrant benching of Nigeria's best and finest, especially in such a crucial match. Nigerians waited and hoped and even prayed that Siasia will not give them the rope with which to hang his sorry neck by qualifying without Enyeama. Unfortunately, he delivered the rope already noosed, and there ended his head-coaching stint with papa-eagles.

Now he is hopping from pillar to post looking for who to blame and seriously trying to apportion blame where none existed. This Samson Siasia has just made Icheoku mad by the whiny way he is bemoaning his sack by the NFF. This Samson Siasia have lost our respect and admiration by not being sportsman enough to accept full responsibility for his intransigence that led to Nigeria's ouster from the Nation's Cup competition, so that Nigerians can begin to forget his mediocre stint as Eagles head-coach. Samson Siasia, Icheoku says to you, get yourself together, get over your sack and get it into your tiny skull that you brought your damnation unto yourself. You should please stop looking elsewhere for a person or persons to scapegoat for your downfall.

Samson Siasai, Icheoku admonishes you to please show some humility - be humble enough to acknowledge your horrible decision made through pettiness; then properly and sincerely apologize to Nigerians for that intentional act of sabotage of their football by not playing Vincent Enyeama in that crucial match where Nigeria was leading until the last few seconds to go. then and only then would your rehabilitation earnestly begin. But as long as you keep on running around like a possessed munchkin, looking for someone to blame and blaming everyone else but Siasia for that your abysmal failure, then that long shall Nigerians see you as that little arrogant and self-righteous raccoon who deserved all that was thrown at him by the NFF. Icheoku says, may be NFF should make you refund the contract money collected for your non-performance of the condition subsequent of your contract to qualify Nigeria for the Nations Cup. Since you were hired to do something and you failed to deliver same, shouldn't fairness compel you to cough up the consideration paid and received for a performance not rendered? By the way Samson Siasia, which "similar incident are you talking about that caused your downfall?" Icheoku reiterates that Samson Siasia is personally responsible for his downfall and on hindsight, must probably now be wondering why he strung out against recalling Vincent Enyeama. What a jerk.