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Where has the talent gone?

In a season where there is no harvest whatsoever, something has gone terribly wrong. But wait a minute, how can all the national teams fail to do well at the same time? And how can all the clubs at continental level also fail to make an impact? Something is obviously wrong and it is not a problem that should be left solely at the doorsteps of the coaches. Last night, like millions of other football loving Nigerians, yours truly went to a viewing centre to see our Olympic Eagles fail to fly against the Junior Terranga Lions of Senegal. It was a show of shame and though I had not seen their first encounter against hosts, Morocco, I was told that it was a better performance from the first match. There was just no sense of organisation exhibited in the Olympic Eagles game play. Lack of organisation has been the bane of our football woes as a country. It has to be said, that Nigerian football rose to a level of world acknowledgement in the mid-nineties and was sustained till early in the mi