By Chioma Aniegboka
Despite failing to qualify the country for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, coach Samson Siasia could still survive the general call for his sack if the advice of a former coach of the national team, Paul Hamilton is heeded.

Hamilton has said that sacking Samson Siasia as Super Eagles coach was not the best option.

In a chat with Sports Vanguard, the former international said, “it is just a game of football, football is a game that cannot be predicted. It is not Siasia’s wish not to qualify for the Nations cup , and we are not happy that it happened this way .

“No coach will be happy that his team loses in any match .Nobody will be happy to lose.”

Hamilton asked, “sacking Siasia to bring who? Who is the best among others? So it is not the best option. Nigeria detest failure but if we did not make mistake, how do we learn?

So those who employed him ( NFF)are in the right position to decide if Samson should be sacked or retained .Because he signed these contract to rebuild Nigeria football in four years.”

Hamilton, however picked some holes in Siasia’s human management ability. Said he, “Siasia’s bad aspect is that he claims to be a disciplinarian, yet it’s hard for him to forgive. The fact is, he has to be with these players and sometimes ought to accommodate their mess.”

The way forward is that we shouldn’t stop playing football because we did not qualify for the nations cup. We should look beyond the failure and forge ahead. Football unites us (Nigeria) together.