More critical comments are trailing the newly unveiled training kit of Nigeria’s men’s senior national team, Super Eagles, as ex-international midfielder, Taiwo Oloyede slammed the choice of colours.
Sports247 reports that the new kit came under instant flak from Nigerians when the Eagles stepped out in their training gear on Wednesday in Antalya, Turkey, ahead of Friday’s friendly with Iran.
Unlike the high level of excitement and anticipation that trailed graphic presentations when the new garb was unveiled virtually on Monday, the package in real life left much to be desired.
The most pronounced grouse Nigerians now have with the kit, as contained in a cross-section of comments collated via social media, was the decision by the country’s American suppliers, Nike, to produce items in shades of lemon and black with red trimmings.
The basic argument among Nigerian fans all through Wednesday, as the issue trended on social media, was why Nike totally jettisoned the country’s famous combinations of dark green and white, but opted instead to present ‘strange colours’ for the team.
The same question was also asked by Oloyede, as the former Stationary Stores and Julius Berger FC of Lagos star, who is fondly called ‘Skippo,’ made his opinion known in a sarcastic yet down-to-earth style.
Oloyede used a number of group platforms he belongs to on WhatsApp to express his distate for the Eagles’ new kit and, in order to drive his message home pointedly, he stated his verdict in pidgin English.
“Why dem go give us lemon colour and Red? Na our colour be dat? Na wah for NFF oh,” Oloyode pondered rhetorically, with a hint that he would have preferred the team to continue with their last set of kit.
Sports247 recalls that this is not the first time Nike would come under widespread attack over their preferences for ‘weird colours’ in the packaging of Nigeria’s jerseys, training kit and leisure wears.
The American company also came under fire for giving Nigeria lemon coloured jerseys for the Eagles’ outing at Korea/Japan 2002, but they have seemingly opted to defiantly go back the same route that was condemned 24 years ago.
