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00:00 about unexpected U-turns and it is that Jose Pesero back like he never left as head coach of
00:06 the Super Eagles and of course that conversation is there for the taking alongside a preview of a
00:13 dead rubber game between South Tommy and Princip. My name is Haribe Dishizwan, this is Not Meg on Guardian TV.
00:24 As expected the jury is out on the retainers of Jose Pesero as head coach of the Super Eagles
00:32 and Ifeoluwa Johnson and Tomoha Adibanjo is here to discuss the matter alongside a preview
00:38 of the dead rubber game between Nigeria and South Tommy and Princip. Welcome back
00:43 to the Not Meg and let me start with you Tomoha. Jose Pesero as we hear from NFF themselves have said
00:51 they've said he will be retained on a pay cut and it seems to me I don't know correct me if I'm
00:58 mistaken it seems to me that this is more of Pesero needing Nigeria more than Nigeria needing
01:03 Pesero after a week of take it or leave it kind of threat. No I feel it's the other way around
01:10 if you ask me. I mean Pesero is a man who is quite passionate if you might put it like that
01:17 you know that Nigeria is quite good job and don't forget that he wants to prove a point you know of
01:23 course a lot of thoughts have said you know he is incompetent and a lot of other stuff like that but
01:30 I think you know it's a good news for you think so yeah the jury is out yeah but let me let me
01:38 let me okay it's a good news okay fine that's that's your perspective about it and it's okay
01:43 to respect your perspective just like we respect every Nigerian's perspective but let me come to
01:47 you a lot of people are saying this man's definitely just building his CV of course
01:52 looking at the class of jobs that he's taken before on that list of on that curriculum vitae
01:58 that appears this is the biggest even it's part of the pay cut that he's got but what have you
02:05 made you know take it or leave it and hey he takes a pay cut. Well I think he just had to look for
02:12 like you said something to keep him in the spotlight yes because if he's based on his
02:17 performances come on though he has slightly improved slightly yeah slightly improved
02:24 to the side but then very very of course it's not a popular opinion but slightly improved
02:29 uh decide but perhaps they have some insider measure of success but again let's let's talk
02:38 away from whether anybody likes or not he's going to handle that team in fact they've said the target
02:44 for him is at least bare minimum of a semi-final finish I think that was the target the last time
02:48 well let's see the nff always set targets for their coaches I I'll kind of like we discussed
02:54 last week that this should be a long-term project but hey who knows better than the nff right now
03:00 anyways uh he uh he now has to lead a team against South Tamiya and Princeton new boys Jordan
03:07 Torun Arega is going to make a debut in some capacity hopefully he should so will Gift Urban
03:14 as well Gift Urban also yeah and also Victor Boniface two of the strikers by the way they've
03:20 been uh uh blazing hot in Europe Belgium and Germany uh but what do you make shouldn't these
03:27 players it's not the fact that now you know home base players as we expected should have been
03:32 fielded but these were the new faces we don't need a victor simon to be starting this game do we
03:36 well um well of course I'm going to say this and it's it's just that you know fine they're not
03:45 they're not new uh okay I guess for Boniface, Gift Urban, um what's the name again uh Jordan
03:53 Jordan and then Olonolike Ujo who played for him but yeah but now the thing is that the AFKON is
03:58 just five months away yeah under four months under four months rather yeah this is another opportunity
04:05 for you see Perseiro to get his starting level right and allow them gel together a lot of people
04:12 are saying fine give these guys a chance but I'm of the opinion that no I mean try and get your
04:20 tactics right ahead of the tournament this okay fine this is a dead rubber game of course
04:24 Najaf has qualified for the AFKON already this is another opportunity for you to get his head
04:29 together go to the drawing board and you know you were talking about the fact that Victor Osmere
04:33 should not be starting this game I'm of the opinion that he should start the game I mean
04:36 he's favorite level yeah I think I'm of a different opinion
04:41 we understand that Ossepe Serio has been owed a certain amount but we do not understand what
04:50 the amount is right now if they are paid or the amount of pay cut that he's taking in this
04:56 new contract if you want to put it that way and doesn't this in a way continue to be a distraction
05:03 for the team for the management I don't know what do you what do you make of it well for me I think
05:09 for him to finally decide to take the pay cut I think there's something he's seeing there and you
05:14 know mind you that money is not for only him it's for him and it's some of some other backroom staff
05:18 that he has so if they all agreed to stay with the Super Eagles job and to accept that pay cut
05:25 you know obviously after this this tournament he's also going to be in charge of the Chan Eagles
05:30 yeah yes so yeah so he's I think more of more of it is just going to be banking on what he sees in
05:37 the long term like I said this might not be his last job he's looking at the future this is a good
05:42 way to boost your CV so regardless I think his team they are all taking that agreement on taking
05:47 the pay cut well seventy thousand dollars was the previous agreement we do not also know what it is
05:52 now maybe we'll know in subsequent times but hey insane climbs it's not done that way but let's
05:57 talk about the match on Sunday it's a dead rubber game we don't need it 12 points already in that
06:04 qualifier group and we're going to Cote d'Ivoire for the African Cup of Nations that is done and
06:10 dusted now what should be the focus going into that game Nigerians obviously want to win but
06:16 Southampton and Principe and here we hit them for 10 last time away from home so what do you
06:22 particularly expect from that game well as I said earlier I mean it's an avenue for Yossi Pesero
06:29 you know to get his team right uh start his usuals of course his first choice level probably we
06:35 should be seeing I think that's reasonable now because he's going to use them exactly
06:44 who just said that that of course as I'm saying another opportunity for him to get uh you know
06:49 of course get to know the team better you understand so I think a win minimum uh is uh
06:56 of course I just I just expect a win minimum to be honest okay we only need a point a win
07:01 a win for me a win fine a win but we had a 10-year win actually expecting this time I'm not I'm not
07:08 bothered about the result whatever happens in the report I wish to see new players play
07:13 new players yeah absolutely let's let them taste the water let's see how it feels
07:17 exactly he's a left-footed center back and his father was a shooting star player back in the day
07:22 so I learned yeah and also gift urban has been a sensation so has victor boniface I mean let them
07:27 play let's see if we can finally use a 442 to spike our formation who knows definitely uh pundits
07:33 want to explore the shape of a team and how the team can play how things can gel we hope to see
07:39 all of that and we wish out the super eagles the very best against south american principy even v8
07:45 a dead rubber game well thank you very much for watching this particular episode of the nutmeg
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