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Ex-international Sunday Oliseh has blamed Stephen Keshi, the Super Eagles coach for Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.

Writing in his blog, www.sundayoliseh.tv, Oliseh faulted Keshi’s continuous tinkering with his team, saying it led to their woeful qualification campaign.

“The uncoordinated way in which Super Eagles play, which triggered our recent elimination, is borne out of the fact that there were too many line-up changes,” he wrote.

“When you lack ‘raw’ quality in your team, you advocate and build success via team work, team play and a regular team to compensate for what you lack in individual quality.”

The former national team captain also blamed the technical crew’s failure to heed advice from critics.

“It is a crime to air your opinion, give advice or suggestions on how to better the Super Eagles without the handlers throwing insults at you or crying out that you seek their job,” he added.

“They probably do this because they got the job by backstabbing; hence they fail to understand that not everyone needs or wants to coach the Super Eagles.”

The UEFA Grade A licensed coach continued by saying Keshi and his technical crew lack the credentials to lead a team like the Super Eagles.

“Most of us played football as kids; we all have an opinion or idea about football. This, however, leads some to think they are experts. This is not only wrong, but dangerous,” he said.

“Should you want to be a top coach, you have to study and get yourself certified and even then you are not guaranteed success.

“Spain’s Football Federation recently banned Real Madrid’s second-team coach, Zinedine Zidane, from coaching because he doesn’t have the right qualifications.

“If they can ban such a legend from coaching the second division, why should we hand over our national teams and first division clubs to people who just attended two-week seminars and pretend to be qualified?”