BY KATE OBODO

The decision of U-23 coach Austin Eguavoen not to release league  players to their club for matches as he prepares the team for the  forthcoming match against Equatorial Guinea has continued to generates  comments.

Former national team coach Joe Erico said that such a decision is risky on the part of the players, as he advised him to  release only players who are on duty. “ For  God  sake,  that is dangerous, these  players  are being paid to play for their clubs and depriving them from discharging  their duty is not a good thing.

*Eguavoen

If you ask me, I think it is  too bad, but I do not want to condemn it. My advice  to him is to draw a programme and  pick out  the players that are going to play for their clubs before they travel for the tournament, that is  how we  used to do it in our  days. He should not keep unnecessary possession of club  players,” Erico said.

Meanwhile, Eguavoen said he took the decision against the weekly release of  players to their clubs because it has slowed down his plans to build a strong team against Equatorial Guinea.

He however, said the players will rejoin their clubs after this month’ s All Africa Game qualifier.