Kampala — NIGERIA'S Super Eagles will go into the last round of the World Cup qualifier knowing that a win against Kenya in Nairobi might not be enough to book them a ticket to the 2010 finals South Africa next year.

Amodu Shuaibu's team will take on Harambee Stars on November 14 with their fate in the hands of North African giants Tunisia who will visit Mozambique the same day in the decisive fixtures of group two.

Former national star not so confident

"It's definitely out of our hands now," said former national hero Victor Ikpeba,

"Our hope is that football is football, anything can happen in Maputo on the last day to give us breathing space."

The game's stakeholders in Nigeria have been divided on what could be reason for the two-time African champions' poor show of recent.

Jesh Johnson, a lecturer at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism believes it is an issue of leadership.

"We have very poor leaders in our football. They know nothing about the game and that has killed it," he echoed.

However, Ikpeba believes it's not a blame game but team work that could be lacking.

"Even if the coach does a brilliant job and the players do not do their part, the team will still lose," the African footballer of the year in 1997 hastened to add.

Journalist exonerates the under-fire coach

However Ben Alaiye, sports editor of Sports Day thinks otherwise.

"Shouting at and calling for the sacking the coach at this point is no solution, let Shuaibu carry on and we see what happens," Alaiye said.

Shuaibu has had a mixed run of results and his fate will be decided in the final game of their troubled campaign.