Former Assistant Coach of Guinea Bissau cadet side, Dr.Brunks Warwick has offered technical advice to the Ladan Bosso led coaching crew of Nigeria's Flying Eagles on how to overcome the expected opposition from host Argentina's youth side, when when both teams clash this Wednesday in the second round match at the ongoing FIFA Under 20 World Cup
The founder of Golden Santos Football Academy Abeokuta in a chat with Edu-biznews on Tuesday, stressed the need for the Nigerian youth side to be tactically disciplined, by playing to frustrate and destabilize the game plan of the Argentine who will come out to attack Flying Eagles
The Uefa Professional A-License Coach urged the players and coaching crew to be psychologically prepared for the match , saying they should be mindful of the hostility in the match from home fans and officials who are the 12 and 13 players on the field
The one-time technical crew of Liverpool John Moore University, United Kingdom to the 2006 World University Game in Japan said that the Nigerian team are balance side , because the players have the strength, skills and speed to withstand pressure from any team and launch occasionally counter attack against their opponents
Warwick, a former utility player with El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri, Nigeria, FC Porto of Portugal, Saint Entiente of France expressed concern over what he described as poor finishing of attackers in the team.
According to him, "the squad are playing more of individual football than playing as a team, the players are always anxious to score but ended up missing opportunities to score in the previous matches played in the competition..
The Apostle of developmental football however blamed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for not doing enough to develop football in the country
"The Ibrahim Musa Gusau led NFF should visit the stadium of the Nigeria Premier Football League side, Remo Stars Football Club in the Ikenne-Remo and see how they are developing the round leather game through their academy " Beyond Limit "
"NFF should also study the developmental programmes of Senegalese football federation and see how they are making progress with their football from under 17 to under 20 and recent achievements of the country , winning CAF Competitions at both levels
Warwick insisted that the development of football should be seen as a serious business, recalling how great talented players were discovered in the 70s and 80s from schools through academical Competitions for the national teams
He added that NFF should stop blaming the coaches for failure and do the right thing at the right time to develop football at the grasssroots and stop going for ready made players discovered in Europe
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