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IKE Shorunmu, former Super Eagles goalkeeper, has said that the League Management Company should be encouraged in its bid to reposition the Nigerian Premier League. Shorunmu also urged clubs in the country to obey stipulated rules and regulations guiding the league.
The former Super Eagles goalkeeper trainee said discipline remained the hallmark of any league. “I played with Stationary Stores and Shooting Stars in the 1990s and honestly speaking, discipline was something we did not joke with. Players always have the tendency to misbehave once in a while, but when they know the stand of their clubs towards indiscipline, they will behave.
“The clubs have so much to do by keeping these players grounded whenever they disobey. They need to take responsibility and not blame match officials. The LMC should be encouraged, we knew what our league was like before the LMC took over and we shouldn’t let trivial issues that can be resolved slow us down. If any club has a problem with officiating, which also happens even in foreign leagues, all the manager needs to do is to report the issue to the appropriate quarters.”
The former goalkeeper, who represented the country at the Korea/Japan 2002 World Cup, told the News Agency of Nigeria, that since the 2016/2017 league season kicked-off on January 14, there has been an issue of a club abandoning a match due to perceived unfair officiating with the attendant fans unrest, among others.
— Feb 6, 2017 @ 01:00 GMT
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