By Solomon Nwoke
FORMER Crown FC of Oshogbo coach, Godfrey Esu has raised a credibility question on Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi’s avowed quest to build a new and formidable national team following the long list of players he invited to camp for the October 13th  second leg of the 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Lone Star of Liberia in Calabar.

Coach Esu sees the long list of players invited as a waste of tax payers money since not all the players would be useful to the team, apart from the confusion it would create in the camp.

He said, “at a time we are praising him that he has gotten the nucleus of the new national team from the  local-based players, he went and invited 15 foreign-based players aside the 23 locals.

Is he now telling us that his experiment is not working. Inviting as many as 15 foreign-based players  which will make him at the end of the day use only three local-based means that his experiment is not working”.

The former 3SC FC of Ibadan  coach reasoned that the invitation of 38 players for a second leg match means that Keshi was under pressure from the powers from the football house and urged Keshi to learn from his predecessor, coach Samson Siasia’s experience and stand his grounds whenever he takes a decision that would not be detrimental to his job.

“I think there’s pressure on him to invite such number of players. The way I look at him, I think there is pressure on him because in the first leg, he did not invite that large number. Most of the players he invited now are not playing for their clubs, so why bring them now? I wish him well and at the same time advise him not to succumb to pressure from above. He should stand his grounds.”

He should not allow people to push him about because if he’s fired, he is fired alone. He should take example from coach Samson Siasia.

Those that encouraged him from the NFF to suspend Enyeama are all there at the NFF while Siasia is booted out. So he should take the right decision that will not affect him and stand by it. My prayer is for him to succeed”, he said.