Eguavoen noted that handling the team is more of man management than technical input.
Speaking to DailySun Sport on telephone, the former Eagles gaffer, however, expressed happiness that Oliseh had started well by listening to advice from the authorities in the coaching profession, urging him to brace up for the difference between Europe and the situation of things in Nigeria.
On the possibility of Oliseh clashing with the returning senior players, Eguavoen said: “I think it has to do with man management because apart from Yakubu Aiyegbeni, who demanded for a compulsory starting shirt, I never clashed with any player.”
“People did not know much about it because even as he is from my state, Edo, I told him that every- body knew that Makinwa was hotter than him then.
Oliseh is new in the business of coaching, young in age and I think that elderly ones should sit him down for some advice on how to manage the players.
“He must not show any temperamental attitude, he has to calm down but I will also urge the players to respect him. I remember when I invited Mikel for a game in one of the South Africa regions, his agent called to inform me that he would not report early because he was relocating from his apartment.
“I told him not to bother coming again and if we need him in the next game we will invite him. Mikel had to call me the next morning to beg and in fact, he changed his mind and reported to camp even be- fore the deadline date,” he explained.
He equally gave his impression about the two matches Oliseh prosecuted, noting: “I will say that I am impressed because it is all about results. We know that Oliseh is a new kid on the block who has lived in Europe just like many of us.
“Sometimes it is always better when you come home to see what happens around the country. Yes, he is a Nigerian but he is looking at Nigeria system with European perspective.”
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