chrisooblog:
I just think as a coach know your onions. Even if journalists hate your guts they will be forced to sing your praises.

Remembering how at the AFCON a few journalists with agenda against JP were forced to bury it when the team was doing well once we lost the final sharp sharp agenda resurrect

That said Randy too dey cho cho cho sometimes sha.

daveP:
These guys are clowns mostly. I guess he got fed up cos they were many that stray bullet met the innocent ones too via block button. They need to chill too. It was also most of them that were shouting and analyzing about Local coaches for Super Eagles. Some are obstinate and waiting for the "i told you so" moment. They can't even see the records

Tessyy1701:


If it's one "Gloria Adeola Ifunaya" do you think he will still be our coach after the Nations cup outing in Morocco ?..

The performance at the nations cup, is it worthy of a criticism?...

The same set of journalist, are they not the one calling out NFF for delaying his contract renewal? We have many here that think a college coach doesn't deserve to coach the great SF after that NC too.
We should be factual with ourselve.

I think the criticism then were right, and RW is right for coming out now.. it has been in his mind for so long and what a better to come out than after qualifying your team for the Olympic.

daveP:


Well said then. The Gbasgbos go sweet. He needs a tougher skin.

daveP:


They're clowns. Yeah. I'll say that. I've been observing the way most of them in the sport terrain moved since covid. Especially the crew that joined voice for local coaches and NPFL things. I didn't say Randy is all excellent. I joined to criticize that year too especially his substitutions

They are pissed at his reaction. Na Randy fall hand sha. Lol. Man overreacted and block the innocent ones join. That's too far. But we can't police how he'd react too. Jpes try o. Man barely addressed those talks.

mostob:
Clowns? Randy is the clown here please. Udoh is right. Randy is one of the most protected SF coach.
Let's be factual here please, is there anything tangible that Randy has added to this team? Remove the individual brilliance of Nnadozie and the little luck here and there and imagine where we would be by now.

Let's free these journalists please. Nothing exceptional about RW abeg. Moreso, as a player or coach, it is expected to receive criticism. You need to develop tough skin. Why the blocking spree?

AkinDS:
Not just clowns, Moronic clowns.
It’s okay for them to go around saying disrespectful and hurtful things, calling him a NUGA coach and wanting to pad his CV (even though he is getting peanuts from Nigeria compared to what he had brought to the table) BUT when he rattles their cages a tiny bit, they all come out scampering like the lil’ b!tches they truly are.

Someone talked about developing a ‘thick skin’. The same one Iwobi was supposed to have also? Seriously?? RE, like every human being, has the right to block anyone who is not adding value to him, including naysayers who don’t even have the intelligence to admit when they got it wrong.

For me, his comments prove to me that he truly and genuinely cares about the SF and this project. He has to make them a world class team. Unfortunately, the world is full of arseholes that want nothing more but to derail the good work being done.

naptu2:
Journalists.

semid4lyfe:
The most impactful change that Randy Waldrum made that turned around the fortunes of the Super Falcons was dropping Rita Chikwelu from the team.

That lady was an eyesore and impacted our game so negatively and cost the team a lot.

The Saudi League must be a very low quality league cos I can't fathom how that lady was signed by a club and is still making appearances.

Make Ashleigh Plumptre do commot for that league.

naptu2:

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The media has always been terrible and mischievous. I remember what they did to Clemens Westerhof before the 1994 Nations Cup and World Cup. They attacked him and made up stories about him. Some even predicted that Nigeria would be doomed at both tournaments because of Westerhof.

I still have an edition of Complete Football that was published before the World Cup. A certain famous journalist made terrible allegations in that edition, simply because Westerhof kicked him out of the Eagles' camp at Papendal. Westerhof wanted a closed camp, so that the Eagles could concentrate, but this journalist snuck into the centre, so Westerhof had him thrown out.


Anyway, the main reason that I created this post is so that I can post this link. Most of the members of the Super Eagles played in Europe by 1991 and there were no FIFA free days at that time. There were always many club versus country rows. You might remember what happened at Algeria '90. Most of our Europe based players did not attend that Nations Cup because their clubs refused to release them. Stephen Keshi offered to fly himself from Belgium to Algeria for Super Eagles matches and then back to Belgium again for his club matches, but Westerhof rejected the offer because he wanted players that would concentrate on the tournament.

Anyway, Westerhof created a compromise solution after Algeria '90. He personally met with the club coaches of the players in order to reach agreements on how the players would be released for Eagles matches. Instead of camping in Nigeria, as the Eagles previously did, he used the Dutch National Training Centre at Papendal as the Eagles' camp, so that players across Europe could easily and quickly come to the Eagles' camp and then return to their clubs.

Journalists in Nigeria went crazy! They claimed that Westerhof owned Papendal and that was why he made the Eagles camp there. They said that he wanted the money from the camping sessions and that's why he made the Eagles camp there. Please click on this link and read the article. Does it look like Westerhof owns Papendal??

P.s. It was at Papendal that Kanu and Finidi's move to Ajax began. As I said, Westerhof met club coaches in order to ensure that players were released on time. He developed relationships with these coaches for the benefit of the Eagles and the coaches often watched Eagles training sessions at Papendal and their medical staff were allowed to assess the players. Louis Van Gaal was at Papendal and he observed the Eagles' training sessions. He asked Westerhof about Finidi and Kanu and Westerhof told him their strengths and weaknesses (He told Van Gaal that one of them, I've forgotten which, couldn't head) and the rest is history.

National Sports Centre Papendal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Sports_Centre_Papendal

Segun Odegbami told Westerhof that the media said that he owns Papendal.

Westerhof said,

"They are building a new hotel there. Papendal is the NSC, National Sports Centre. . National Sports Federation. Everything there is around 25 million guilders, well, that is like over 20 million dollars.

If I have 20 million dollars, do you think I will come here in this country with people who tell me that I'm not honest, that I'm indisciplined, that the players are indiscipline, that I'm not polite to the ambassador in Algiers, you mean I let them do that to me when I have 20 million dollars and Papendal belongs to me? Papendal belongs to the government, it's not for me. I'm not even a shareholder, I have also seen that in the papers, (they say) 'I am shareholder, some of the rich people here in this country are shareholders, why do they support that we must go to Papendal'?

Papendal, I can tell you, is a beautiful place. 13 pitches, like a billiard. The under 17 was there and they want to sleep on the pitch. The former minister of sports, Mr Ikhazoboh was here and he said, "Mr Westerhof, I know now why you want to be here". If I want to train in the night, there is light, there is synthetics.

I was so happy under 17 that we make preparation in Papendal. Then 2 days before we leave for Algiers, the message came, "Make sure that you can play on synthetic". 2 days before we must go to Algiers!

On that moment I must rush rush, it was in the weekend, I must rush rush for boots for synthetic, you cannot go with boots you use on a normal pitch. I did all that, I was happy we were in Papendal, we trained 2 times on synthetic with flood light, so nobody could surprise us and we beat them in Algeria 4-1."

I always loved Westerhoff's interviews, especially when he appeared on Morning Ride or Master Sports. Watch the rest of the interview below.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIAZsLM_zpg

naptu2:
I didn't post all the screenshots because of lack of time. Some other journalists said that Randy should be supported because of what he has achieved, but Bode Oguntuyi said that Randy has not achieved anything special or spectacular (I am paraphrasing) and that all he has done is just his job.

mostob:
Clowns? Randy is the clown here please. Udoh is right. Randy is one of the most protected SF coach.
Let's be factual here please, is there anything tangible that Randy has added to this team? Remove the individual brilliance of Nnadozie and the little luck here and there and imagine where we would be by now.

Let's free these journalists please. Nothing exceptional about RW abeg. Moreso, as a player or coach, it is expected to receive criticism. You need to develop tough skin. Why the blocking spree?

JohnBullMySon:


Normally dem suppose slap you for mouth and eye for this kind of foolish comment.

Wasn't Nnadozie the keeper when we were conceding goals in France 2019? And mind you she was already extremely good then.

lovewins:
Randy Waldrum has a good problem, that is, picking 18 players to make the roster for the Olympics game and 4 Alternates.

If you were Randy, who will make your list? The list obviously could change as events unfold, but who will make your list right now?

Mine is below:


Goalkeepers:
1. Chiamaka Nnadozie
2. Tochukwu oluehi

Defenders:
3. Osinachi Ohale
4.Ashleigh Plumptre
5. Blessing Demehin
6 Michelle Alozie
7. Nicole Payne
8. Chidinma Okeke

Midfielders:
9. Deborah Abiodun
10. Halimatu Ayinde
11. Christy Ucheibe
12. Jennifer Echegini
13. Rasheedat Ajibade
14. Toni Payne

Forwards:
15. Omorinsola Babajide
16. Esther Okoronkwo
17. Asisat Oshoala
18. Uchenna Kanu

Alternates
19. Linda Jiwuaku
20. Chinwendu Ihezuo
21. Gift Monday
22. Ifeoma Onumonu

AkinDS:
Not just clowns, Moronic clowns.
It’s okay for them to go around saying disrespectful and hurtful things, calling him a NUGA coach and wanting to pad his CV (even though he is getting peanuts from Nigeria compared to what he had brought to the table) BUT when he rattles their cages a tiny bit, they all come out scampering like the lil’ b!tches they truly are.

Someone talked about developing a ‘thick skin’. The same one Iwobi was supposed to have also? Seriously?? RE, like every human being, has the right to block anyone who is not adding value to him, including naysayers who don’t even have the intelligence to admit when they got it wrong.

For me, his comments prove to me that he truly and genuinely cares about the SF and this project. He has to make them a world class team. Unfortunately, the world is full of arseholes that want nothing more but to derail the good work being done.

naptu2:
I didn't post all the screenshots because of lack of time. Some other journalists said that Randy should be supported because of what he has achieved, but Bode Oguntuyi said that Randy has not achieved anything special or spectacular (I am paraphrasing) and that all he has done is just his job.

JohnBullMySon:


Normally dem suppose slap you for mouth and eye for this kind of foolish comment.

Wasn't Nnadozie the keeper when we were conceding goals in France 2019? And mind you she was already extremely good then.

mostob:
Show that post to your elders at home. Let them use simple English to explain it to you. And you should mind how you go about insulting people on the internet. The world is smaller than you think.

mostob:
There was a moment yesterday..like the last 10 minutes of the match. The girls were just hoofing the ball anyhow whether there is a teammate there or not.

If you watch this current falcons team, you can tell me how Randy has improved the team tactically.

lovewins:


You missed the plot when you said Randy hasn't added anything tangible to the team. That moved from criticism to hating (I used hating for the lack of a better word). I think journalists have a right to criticise Randy and like I said in an earlier post I think his comments were unnecessary and he needs to grow though skin. He's however entitled to block anyone on Twitter if he so chooses. It is his personal page and doesn't prevent any journalist access to him at pre or post match conferences. Elected public officials are the only ones I believe have no right to block citizens on social media spaces.

But to claim all that he's achieved as been by luck is being insincere. It isn't luck to have 10 in 13 clean sheets. It isn't luck to have qualified the team for the second round of the world cup loosing only on penalties and now qualifying the team for the Olympics after 16 years. You don't need to like Randy to acknowledge this, even the journalists you are defending did as much.

daveP:



They're clowns. Yeah. I'll say that. I've been observing the way most of them in the sport terrain moved since covid. Especially the crew that joined voice for local coaches and NPFL things. I didn't say Randy is all excellent. I joined to criticize that year too especially his substitutions

They are pissed at his reaction. Na Randy fall hand sha. Lol. Man overreacted and block the innocent ones join. That's too far. But we can't police how he'd react too. Jpes try o. Man barely addressed those talks.

semid4lyfe:


Colin Udoh criticized Randy Waldrum during the WAFCON........rightfully so if I may add, and was pushing for his sack after the tournament while lowkey lobbying for his wife Mercy Akide to be appointed as coach.

Still, Randy Waldrum is immature and unprofessional for blocking the sports journalists.

Deltamani:


Anyways I da among those Blocked by Randy thuooo

do4luv14:



Bros normally you no try for that post abeg, e dey pain me sef

do4luv14:



What you should be asking is, why where they holding, and roofing the ball to kingdom come the last 10 minutes

mostob:
Show that post to your elders at home. Let them use simple English to explain it to you. And you should mind how you go about insulting people on the internet. The world is smaller than you think.

mostob:
This UK wey you dey, one day..you will need to drop proof.
Trust me, shame dey catch me as I dey read the trash you wrote here. Na swear or what?

You made a blunder at first. In an attempt to rectify it, you ended up ridiculing and sacrificing yourself. To what end abeg?