Ahead of the October 13 Nations Cup qualifier between the Super Eagles and the Lone Star of Liberia, a Liberian football analyst, Wleh Bedell has told his country men not to nurse too much hope of their team pulling any surprise against their host in Calabar.

The analyst who also goes by the name  Jean Jacques, according to liberiansoccer.com,  said he was hinging his advice on the fact that the Lone Star have poor away records since the exit of their pillar and former world footballer of the year, George Weah.

Accordng to him, the Liberian senior national team have, since the exit of Weah after the Africa Nations Cup in Mali in 2002, played 19 competitive matches, lost 18 of them and drawing just one while scoring only eight goals and conceding a whopping 51.

He stressed that while he was not suggesting that the Lone Star’s away task in Calabar against the Eagles was not possible, achievable or attainable, it seemed impossible as he also advised them not to be carried away by their home win against Ghana in a recent friendly match in Monrovia.

The analyst said that victory in friendly matches would only leap frog the team or country over others while qualification for competitions could only be guaranteed by victories in competitive matches.

He told his compatriots who felt that the Lone Star could upset the Eagles in Calabar because they (Eagles) are not as formidable as before to also know that their team are not better, charging the Liberia Football Association, LFA to focus more developing the youth teams.

Meanwhile President of the LFA, Mr. Musa Bility was optimistic the Lone Star could pull a favourable result against Nigeria because the team who begin training in Ghana tomorrow for the crucial tie have been motivated and are doing a lot to ensure victory is assured.