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BY BEN EFE<\/p>\n

Just as the dust is settling on coach Austin Eguaveon\u2019s failure to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics, former Flying Eagles coach John Obuh has sensationally declared that his boys could have done the magic for Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Obuh submitted that he made suggestions to the appropriate quarters for some of his players to be drafted into the Under-23 team, but the idea was not welcomed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI suggested to them that we take some of\u00a0 my boys. This was because they were coming fresh from the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Colombia.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there was someone in charge and he didn\u2019t consider my idea\u201d, Obuh said.<\/p>\n

Nigeria failed to qualify for the Olympics. The Under-23 team coach blamed it on his inability to secure the release of his star players for the CAF Under-23 tournament in Morocco. Nigeria failed to progress from the group preliminaries after losing to Morocco and Senegal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel that the that some of the Flying Eagles players could have given the Under-23 team a push to earn the Olympic ticket,\u201d Obud added.<\/p>\n

Obuh led the Flying Eagles to a quarter-final finish at the 2011 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. The Flying Eagles were denied movement to the final after they lost 3-2 to France. Obuh\u2019s tenure with the Flying Eagles came to end shortly after the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy contract with the NFF expired and I was expecting that I would be called for talks. But I haven\u2019t heard anything from them yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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