Super Eagles coach Amadou Shaibu has said given a choice he would rather work with Mali coach Stephen Keshi than Chipolopolo coach Herve Renard at the 2010 World Cup.
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) is looking for a foreigner to assist Amadou and renard has been mooted as a potential prospect.
Shaibu told Nigerian newspaper Vangurad that there was nothing spectacular about Renard after eliminating Chipolopolo in the quarterfinals in Lubango on january 25.
“Does it mean there’s nothing good in a black man?” Amadou said. “What extraordinary thing has the Mozambican coach that they were talking about done? We beat his team. Then the issue of the Zambian coach came up. I have beaten him too.
“Gentlemen, I prefer to work with Keshi than a white mercenary who may not know what Keshi knows about our football. If they want another person, let that person be our own, not a foreigner who may not offer much to our football within few months.”
Nigeria beat Zambia 5-4 on post-match penalties following a scoreless draw at Tundavala Stadium to qualify to yesterdays semifinals.
The Super Eagles face Ghana the semifinal in Luanda this evening.
Here we go…
Renard should just remain with Zambia otherwise he will go nowhere with that big mouth of his!!!
Shiboo is missing the point.The issue is not beating Zambia it is the depth of experience in his squad and the quality of his players.Zambia cant compare.But we managed to hold them.Nigeria should not even dream of achieving anything under this coach and they should distinguish between mediocrity[Shaiboo] and patriotism
he failed to beat Zambia so why should he boast? Pathetic coach indeed. I rally behind Ghana cause i know they will wire these 419 boys
I totally agree with Shaibu, Renard is a very raw coach who actually failed Zambia a chance to reach the semis by failing to read all the games that we played. Zambia has been to the finals, semi finals before, so what value has the French man brought to our football? It will be good riddance to let go of this chap who insults the entire nation when he is criticised.
LT this is a very poor article.
Renard, in small caps and refering to semi final being played yesterday. The presentation makes it hard to believe whatever this article is talking about.
shaibo or woteva he is called is a musula. munyelo yake. how can he tok like that! nigerians are really backward people! its amazing how he can talk so racially in this day and age! disgusting really! nigerians have assss whore-head syndrome
This mother father sounds racist to me.:-?
Njobvu Kazi
Please analyse issues properly
The attitude of the Zambian press sucks.What happened to constructive criticism?Look at the UK press and the way for example they praise their team a very second rate team in Europe.PLease dont take the Post as your model.I dont like RB but surely there must be ways of expressing even your strongest point.Dont be suprised when your child calls you an ***** one day coz these kids also read this Post
Marlon
what I was trying to say is that Renard should not be emotional when he reads the post and other medias that criticize him.In all walks of life, they will always be critics even in families, these things happen. He should be diplomatic in the ways he responds to them otherwise they will tarnish his name and image.You are correct about the post, not everything they write is a fact. Its seems they are taking most issues personal which should not be the case professionally.
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Shaibo is right. Its high time we invested in our local coaches. We gave Rehnard a chance , instead of him thanking us, he thanks Kalusha and tells us he is ambitious and wants to coach a bigger team than Zambia. He said this before we even played Nigeria for a semi final slot. Did he sell the game to join Nigeria? Why the link of him joining Nigeria? We Zambians always support anything foreign i.e KK from Malawi, FTJ from the DRC, RB from Zimbabwe, God cant we rule ourselves, the Foreigners are always handing over power to themselves and just watch. Anyone can challenge me, its healthy or debate.
Shaibo is right. Its high time we invested in our local coaches. We gave Rehnard a chance , instead of him thanking us, he thanks Kalusha and tells us he is ambitious and wants to coach a bigger team than Zambia. He said this before we even played Nigeria for a semi final slot. Did he sell the game to join Nigeria? Why the link of him joining Nigeria? We Zambians always support anything foreign i.e KK from Malawi, FTJ from the DRC, RB from Zimbabwe, God cant we rule ourselves, the Foreigners are always handing over power to themselves and we just watch. Anyone can challenge me, its healthy or debate.
R. Banda has just issued a statement that Shaibu was just reacting to what Renarld had said that he wants to work with a better team than Zambia hence you cannot call him a racist # 7…
I find it deplorable that a mans talents can be dismissed on the premise of his skin color or origin. Renard delivered Zambia into the quarter finals since 14 years. Nigeria has got more experienced players than Zambia (IMO) which is why they managed to fare but Zambia gave them a run for their money. You cannot boast with a penalty shoot out.
All I have to say is keep to your arrogance and racism. We shall keep Renard.
SH…WHATEVER IS JUST A PUNK!!
U guyz Renard is just being big headed….He absolutely cant handle the pressure of coaching a team like Nigeria..Let him try maybe Benin..He is getting emotional here when he is rightly critized by 13 million + people..what more with 120 million + Nigerians who all want a win and himself cant even read a game…..just let him go if he thinks he is ripe to coach a team like Nigeria…it will be good riddance & its long overdue..He has built his CV on Zambia..GO each color..!!!
Mr. Capitalist! keep who? renard..? ..please give us a break. that coach has never had respect for this nation and our footballing standards. he has insulted us thru and thru and only pays homage to Kalu who picked him from wherever with no coaching pedigree. he is a physical trainer to cry out loud. we have given him some coaching experience and all he could do is to reward us with insults. earlier he was saying Zambians think too big of themselves in terms of football when they are not. let him go and FAZ should not renew his contract damn him.
and shaibu is correct by saying renard can offer nothing apart from just getting paid that oil cash. he has not added anything to our game and he has nothing to add to nigerian football expecially in the remaining months b4 the world cup in june. trully they are better of with Kesh who has a proven coaching pedigree. he took Togo to the World Cup for the first time. nothing racist about Shaibu, just facts. truth is painful anyhow.nigeria beat us whether in penalties or watever.the result is wat matters. score goals which this coach has failed to do for us.
Renard enze anyoza nyoza maningi, i kept on wondering what sort of a coach who start looking for a job prior to an important game..i called him then an OPPORTUNIST ! Anyway, best of luck to him because he has already made up his mind to coach ‘the very top team’ in Africa.
Renard has exhibited high levels of arrogance and ingorance combined.If you want football to move forward in this country get rid of Renard.The chap has failed to even win a cosafa and a cecafa,what achievement has he recorded by doing things that have been done before .This chap should go immediately he lands at the airport from Angola.
I FULLY support Mpangula # 11 ‘s comment. I used to follow his comments a yr ago. Welcome. It’s true Renard has become big headed. The critisim he recieved was to correct him, but he thinks he is a supper star. Ala. He failed Cosafa, CECAFA and lost two crucial world cup games at home, I dont understand. He is behaving like we have gone to the world cup. We lost to Nigeria because we failed to beat them. We missed a penaulty them scored everything. So we lost. Rehard once said the world can laugh to tell them Zambia is going to world cup. That was time of qualifiers, in other countries he could have been skinned alive. Here, foreign is superior, we just watch.
The Nigerian coach should not boast about beating Zambia in a penalty shoot out coz they gat world class players compared to Zambians who play in lower leagues!On that factor his argument falls off.As for Renard, i dont see any big African country employing him coz he failed to read games and secure sure victories against Cameroon and Nigeria!
Shaibu is right. There is noting these European coaches are adding to African football. Out of the four teams that have qualified to the semi-finals three (I stand to be corrected) are coached by Africans. Most of the teams coached by non-African coaches fell by the wayside. Let us have conidence in African coaches.
The problem with some people is everything has something to do with race, Renard has proved his point. He has come up with a very good team. I will not be surprised if the scouts come looking for Zambians. Zambia you did us proud, but, since we needed a winner and in this case Nigeria carried the day through penalty shoot outs, it does not mean that Renard’s team(Zambia) is less capable. Nigeria we shall meet again soon.
The Nigerian players were more honest about the game than the coaches. Zambia you are a diamond in the rough.
Why do we always hide behind race?Renard has proved his point. He has come up with a very good team. I will not be surprised if the scouts come looking for Zambians. Zambia you did us proud, but, since we needed a winner and in this case Nigeria carried the day through penalty shoot outs, it does not mean that Renard’s team(Zambia) is less capable. Nigeria we shall meet again soon.
The Nigerian players were more honest about the game than the coaches. Zambia you are a diamond in the rough.
Renard is a good coach but he doesnt read the game. He talks too much and is full of rage. He is a bit childish at times like that incidence with a post journalist. Maybe he is emulating great Kalu. He will bounce back quickly from Nigeria because Nigerian’s can talk. Oga…….
The post is not to blame. pipo lets be careful and call a spade a spade. Look at wt is happening in Northern Ire land , the first minister had to resign why he was investigated by BBC. Does this me BBC errored, no its the the minister’s wife. So if the post reviews that Dora errored and it is proved then the post is working well. When u are a leader, ur life is in public domain. If you private life then you leave public life. So Renard is in public life and hence must not talk to much but behaviour like one in public life. He likes insulting and as Zambian that is not health. We need respect.