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Tremendous Eagles legend Sunday Oliseh has criticized the present technology of Nigerian gamers for not respecting their predecessors, Soccernet.ng stories.
This comes after Victor Osimhen’s latest controversial social media outburst towards Finidi George, indicating a rising divide between present and former Nigeria internationals.
Oliseh, one in all Nigeria’s greatest-ever midfielders, believes the present gamers lack the respect his technology had for individuals who got here earlier than them.
Oliseh identified that his technology all the time confirmed nice respect for his or her predecessors.
He famous how they used honorary titles for older gamers, akin to calling Segun Odegbami “Massive Sheg” and Christian Chukwu “the Chairman,” as an alternative of utilizing their first names.
“It boils right down to respect,” Oliseh informed Nigerian journalist Matthew Edafe on Elegbete TV.
“The present generations, those who see themselves as stars, have little respect for individuals who got here earlier than them. Particularly those that got here earlier than them which might be larger than them. Not each technology is like that, no one from my technology ever calls the 1980 technology by title.
“Such as you see Mr. Segun Odegbami, we don’t name him Segun or Odegbami; we name him Massive Sheg. You see Captain Christian Chukwu of the Nineteen Eighties; we don’t name him Chukwu; we name him the Chairman as a result of he was the chairman of the defence again then.
“The identical with Mr Adokie Amesimaka; we don’t name him Adokie Amesimaka; we name him the title of the authorized system (Chief Justice). It’s an indication of respect.”
Oliseh additionally shared an occasion the place he had a disagreement with Odegbami, a member of Nigeria’s 1980 AFCON-winning staff after the latter criticised him in an article.
Regardless of feeling damage, Oliseh maintained his respect for Odegbami and resolved the problem privately.
“That doesn’t imply that that technology didn’t fault us,” Oliseh continued. “Mr. Odegbami has written some articles, even towards my particular person, that I felt have been so dangerous and so badly knowledgeable, unsuitable and hurtful.
“I didn’t go on the market and begin shouting Segun Odegbami, Segun Odegbami, no. One time I known as him and I informed him ‘Massive Shegs nawao, why you go speak this sort factor.’”
Oliseh was a key member of the Tremendous Eagles squad that received the AFCON in 1994 and made a outstanding affect on Nigeria’s debut look on the World Cup that 12 months.
