Oliseh rejects Code of Conduct for Eagles; says only the best will face Swaziland

Sunday Oliseh will not be swayed by past reputations as he looks to inspire the Super Eagles to a win in Friday’s 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier against Swaziland’s Sihlangi Semnikati.

Swaziland will be looking to inflict a first competitive defeat on Oliseh at the Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba.

The Nigeria national team head coach insists only “the best will play” against Swaziland on Friday.

“It doesn’t matter to me if you have been playing ten years before or you have not been playing…it doesn’t matter.

Oliseh will be expecting more ‘head shakes’ against The Swazi’s – both away and at home

“The best will play. It also does not matter if you are scoring 50 goals, 30 or 20 goals at (your club).

“What is important is how you adapt to our style of play which will enable your teammates to play well with you.

“We are not going to have one star player and everyone will be playing for him.

“We will have 11 or 14 stars as the case maybe,” he said.

Oliseh has yet to lose a competitive game as Super Eagles coach since replacing Stephen Keshi in July.

Meanwhile, Oliseh has said he does not see the reason for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to introduce the Code of Conduct for members of the senior national team.

Addressing the sporting media in Abuja, Wednesday, Oliseh he believes that as professional players the boys know how to behave while in the national team’s camp and do not need to   be forced into writing an undertaking like school children.

“These players are men and some of them are even married and so deserve some respect. As professionals, they know how to behave in camp. If you want respect as a coach you give it. If you want respect as a player you should also give it’’.

The former player of the defunct Julius Berger FC of Lagos also said he was not responsible for the recent poor ranking of the Super Eagles on the monthly ranking by FIFA because he had barely taken over the national team. Nigeria dropped to 59 in the latest ranking released earlier this month.

The four matches he prosecuted, the team lost to Congo 2-0, defeated Guinea 2-0, drew 1-1 with Tanzania and defeated the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon 3-0.

He however said he was not bothered about the FIFA ranking ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Swaziland because his boys are focused in getting the maximum result from the game.