{"id":23180,"date":"2011-12-28T23:03:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T23:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/i-dont-have-a-magic-wand-keshi\/"},"modified":"2011-12-28T23:03:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T23:03:55","slug":"i-dont-have-a-magic-wand-keshi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/28\/i-dont-have-a-magic-wand-keshi\/","title":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t have a magic wand- Keshi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"57\">\n<p>BY JACOB AJOM<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria coach, Stephen Keshi has said he did not have a magic wand to turn the national team around under one month, but remained hopeful that the work he and other members of the technical crew were doing would soon bear fruits.<\/p>\n<p>In a chat with Sports Vanguard Wednesday, Keshi admitted that it was still too early to give a concrete assessment of the home based players who have been camping for the past one week, saying, \u201cthe boys are trying to impress. It is a gradual process and we are still working on the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142413\" title=\"keshi\" src=\"http:\/\/vml1.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/keshi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eagles Coach, Keshi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked if the players presently in camp would form the core of his future team, Keshi was a bit surprised at the question. \u201cHow do you people pick a team in this country. We have been here for barely a week. The team will evolve gradually and I don\u2019t have a magic wand to turn things around in two weeks. It is too early to say that. People should be patient with these boys,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke on the Youth Corps player who was invited to camp after the NYSC team played against the Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is picking up and he has shown that he can improve with time. We are working on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coach confirmed that the Abuja camp which opened last week closes on January 16.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>View article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/12\/i-don%E2%80%99t-have-a-magic-wand-keshi\/\" title=\"I don\u2019t have a magic wand- Keshi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I don\u2019t have a magic wand- Keshi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> BY JACOB AJOM Nigeria coach, Stephen Keshi has said he did not have a magic wand to turn the national team around under one month, but remained hopeful that the work he and other members of the technical crew were doing would soon bear fruits. <\/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-23180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I don\u2019t have a magic wand- Keshi - 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