{"id":19199,"date":"2011-12-22T08:48:38","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T08:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/eagles-ban-ear-rings\/"},"modified":"2011-12-22T08:48:38","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T08:48:38","slug":"eagles-ban-ear-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/22\/eagles-ban-ear-rings\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles ban ear rings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"8\">\n<p><span>By MTNFootball.com<\/span> <span>Thursday Dec 22, 08:48 +0200<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has warned the country\u2019s players against wearing ear rings as he moved to impose a new and purposeful identity on the team.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\u201cIf we were Indians, I would understand, because it\u2019s part of their culture but wearing ear rings by men is alien to Nigeria and no player is permitted here to wear them,\u201d ordered the Eagles coach, who succeeded Samson Siasia after Nigeria failed to qualify for the Nations Cup for the first time in 25 years.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>Skipper Joseph Yobo, Osaze Odemwingie, Victor Anichebe, Chibuzor Okonkwo, Peter Utaka, Brown Ideye, Dele Adeleye and Obafemi Martins will therefore have to do without their expensive jewelleries when next they are under Keshi\u2019s charge.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>This week Keshi began a training camp in Abuja for 30 players from the country\u2019s domestic league.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>The former international skipper therefore harped on discipline and warned against playing to the gallery as \u201cthe national camp is no breeding ground for players who want to show off\u201d.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\u201cWe\u2019re in for serious business, because we want to return our country to the top and any player not ready would be shown the exit door,\u201d he warned.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\u201cI will not quarrel with any player but anyone who flouts camp rules should pack his bag and leave the camp before I react negatively.\u201d<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>Keshi promised that home-based players will no longer be used as training materials but rather given a decent chance to fight for places in his team with their counterparts from overseas.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>He therefore challenged the players to prove that they are better than the foreign pros and he would stick with them in the qualifiers for the 2013 Nations Cup and 2014 World Cup.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\u201cAt the age of 20, I was already captaining the national team and I did it for 14 years, any of you here can do it and do it very well, just put your mind to it and with God we will reach the Promised Land,\u201d he urged.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>Heartland defender Chibuzor Okonkwo told the team officials he is Nigeria\u2019s best fullback, but Keshi insisted he must prove that on the pitch.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\u201cIf you prove to me that you are the best then you make my team, otherwise you leave the team,\u201d the coach maintained.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\u201cBut I believe that you are all good players here that was why you were invited out of thousands of other players who wished to be here.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\u201cWe have to prove to Nigerians that our league is still strong enough and it must start from you as the ambassadors of the league.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By MTNFootball.com Thursday Dec 22, 08:48 +0200 Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has warned the country\u2019s players against wearing ear rings as he moved to impose a new and purposeful identity on the team. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cIf we were Indians, I would understand, because it\u2019s part of their culture but wearing ear rings by men is alien to Nigeria and no player is permitted here to wear them,\u201d ordered the Eagles coach, who succeeded Samson Siasia after Nigeria failed to qualify for the Nations Cup for the first time in 25 years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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