{"id":300874,"date":"2011-03-11T09:56:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T09:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/11\/nigeriaethiopia-siasia-defends-new-eagles\/"},"modified":"2011-03-11T09:56:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T09:56:09","slug":"nigeriaethiopia-siasia-defends-new-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/11\/nigeriaethiopia-siasia-defends-new-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\/Ethiopia: Siasia Defends New Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.5937031484\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/64b3dae5vanguard180.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Fidelis Ebu<\/p>\n<p>11 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Super Eagles&#8217; Chief Coach, Samson Siasia yesterday ruled out the inclusion of old players in the team for the forthcoming 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia, as he released a list of 24 players for the preparation of the encounter scheduled for March 27 at the Abuja National Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Siasia said that the players who played against Sierra Leone should be encouraged for future assignment just as he stated that the last minute inclusion of Obafemi Martins was to encourage the Birminghan striker; one of the old legions in the squad.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>While fielding questions on the domination of the list with strikers, the 43-year old said, &#8220;I have lots of strikers on the list because they are doing well in their respective clubs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These players you find on the list have been impressing in their respective clubs, and I find them valuable in my assignment. Its good to have many of them. Those who excel during training would play against Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>Also, we have a long way to go and we are working towards the future&#8221;, Samson Siasia said.<\/p>\n<p>In his reaction to the absence of the likes of Sani Kaita and some of the players that featured in last year&#8217;s South Africa 2010 Fifa World Cup finals, Siasia retorted thus; &#8220;We don&#8217;t have a team. We are building and not the time for the like of Kaita.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before you know it someone would ask why is Yakubu Aiyegbeni not on the list? This is not the time to experiment or gamble, we&#8217;re trying to encourage some of these young ones to come up&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>List of invited players:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOALKEEPERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Vincent Enyeama<\/p>\n<p>2. Dele Aiyenugba<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENDERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_b div ---><\/p>\n<p>3. Chibuzor Okonkwo<\/p>\n<p>4. Olubayo Adefemi<\/p>\n<p>5. Taye Taiwo<\/p>\n<p>6. Elderson Echiejile<\/p>\n<p>7. Joseph Yobo<\/p>\n<p>8. Dele Adeleye<\/p>\n<p><strong>MIDFIELDERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9. Efe Ambrose<\/p>\n<p>10. Mikel Obi<\/p>\n<p>11. Obiora Nwankwo<\/p>\n<p>12. Joel Obi<\/p>\n<p>13. Fegor Ogude<\/p>\n<p>14. Nnamdi Oduamadi<\/p>\n<p>15. Kalu Uche<\/p>\n<p>16. Ahmed Musa<\/p>\n<p><strong>STRIKERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>17. Osaze Odemwingie<\/p>\n<p>18. Victor Anichebe<\/p>\n<p>19. Peter Utaka<\/p>\n<p>20. Obinna Nsofor<\/p>\n<p>21. Ikechukwu Uche<\/p>\n<p>22. Ekigho Ehiosun<\/p>\n<p>23. Solomon Okoronkwo<\/p>\n<p>24. Obafemi Martins<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103110434.html\" title=\"Nigeria\/Ethiopia: Siasia Defends New Eagles\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria\/Ethiopia: Siasia Defends New Eagles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Fidelis Ebu 11 March 2011 Super Eagles&#8217; Chief Coach, Samson Siasia yesterday ruled out the inclusion of old players in the team for the forthcoming 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia, as he released a list of 24 players for the preparation of the encounter scheduled for March 27 at the Abuja National Stadium. Siasia said that the players who played against Sierra Leone should be encouraged for future assignment just as he stated that the last minute inclusion of Obafemi Martins was to encourage the Birminghan striker; one of the old legions in the squad. While fielding questions on the domination of the list with strikers, the 43-year old said, &#8220;I have lots of strikers on the list because they are doing well in their respective clubs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300874","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>Nigeria\/Ethiopia: Siasia Defends New Eagles - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/11\/nigeriaethiopia-siasia-defends-new-eagles\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigeria\/Ethiopia: Siasia Defends New Eagles - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Fidelis Ebu 11 March 2011 Super Eagles&#039; Chief Coach, Samson Siasia yesterday ruled out the inclusion of old players in the team for the forthcoming 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia, as he released a list of 24 players for the preparation of the encounter scheduled for March 27 at the Abuja National Stadium. 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