₦airaland Forum

Deltamani:
Nicole Payne is the quickest FullBack we have right now, let’s wait for the Season to kick off in France first to see the level she’s at right now. I think the Right Back Problem seems to be Solved with Alozie and Payne..

Remaining the Left Back where we currently have Rofiat Imuran and alternate Ashleigh Plumptre. We need a good Left Back so that Ashleigh can stay at CB.

Patricia George seems to have forgotten about football and now focused on Music. So let’s look for another to compete with Imuran at LB and allow Ashleigh Battle 4 her CB spot..

.. If Randy stays, i doubt if he will be in a hurry to push Ashley to center back, besides, it seems Ashley is slowly falling in love with that position as it gives her a little bit of room to go forward. Also i feel that we are not maximizing that canon of a left foot Ashley has, she should be the one playing our free kicks close to box 18.

Deltamani:
Going forward I will have their two as the Right Back or Right Wing Back of the SuperFalcons, Who’s better according to the Coaches should start, Just like PDG Sakina Karchaoui 27yrs and Lyon Selma Bacha 22+ of France are equally among the best Left Back in the World. Both are always in the French squad, at the World Cup the Coach faced a stiff challenge on who to start among their two but he had to go with Karchaoui at the Back and pushed Bacha upfront…

We should be happy Alozie have finally grown into the position and we have Nicole who’s younger there to give her a fight for who starts..

Michelle Alozie.. 26yrs
Nicole Payne.. 22yrs

... Make sense, iron sharpen iron, let them battle it out..

Deltamani:
If Alozie can play Right back for Nigeria at the Highest level (World Cup) then she can as well Play the same position for her Clubside.. Versatility.!

....so i put this question to you, who will you prefer at the right back position...Nicole or Mitchelle going forward, offcourse we still have to see what Nicole brings to the national team? I do not envy the coaching crew at the moment.

Danielnino00:
These NBA guys hardly ever participate in any tournament expect Olympics and world cup.. it's either the NBBF isn't making enough effort to convince them, or they are simply not interested.... The other day, I read a quote from Gabe Vincent where he said if he were to pick between winning an Olympic medal with Nigeria and winning an NBA championship,he would pick the former...now, duty calls, he no show... Most of the regular guys have been a no show since the last Olympics... We're parading a weak squad...it's not assured we will grab that Olympics qualifying tournament ticket.


As foe the host venue, it seems like the indoor sport hall at the national stadium is not in good condition cus Eko hotels convention center will host it... Naija self...

...you cant blame the NBA guys for not showing up, these guys are just trying to protect themselves as our federation is a no show. most are just scared of possible injury when on national duty, as you know, our federaton will most likely abandon any player that picks injury, hence the stakes must be really worth it to show up, that is why they show up for World cup or Olympics and not qualifiers.

ibkayee:
Where there’s a will, there’s a way

P.s I’m just joking abeg, I do not own any of the pictures lol

.. Mtcheew... Dey play..

Pidginwhisper:
Link to the video.

.....https://twitter.com/TheSourcePR/status/1688724198863331328?s=20

so i finally saw the video of the warm up match between Nigeria and Australia, could not hear most of what was said, but saw visuals, cambage elbowed Victoria macaulay twice in about the same play, Vicky got upset, they almost started fighting, they were separated, Aisha Mohammed comes in for Vicky, Aisha boxes Cambage out, Cambage, swipes Aishat face from behind, Leading to the game stopped for some seconds, Aishat got up and lauched at Cambage, the game was called off. They were saying things i did not hear though.....Ultimately Cambage was playing dirty leading to the altercations.

lovewins:
You skipped the Las vegas Aces. It was cause of her wahala she was traded from Aces to LA. They won a championship after she left.

... Lol.. Wahala wahala wahala in portable's voice...

PDPGuy:
You’re right. She has an OnlyFans page, although she says she doesn’t post n.ude content on there. Nonetheless, she should just steer clear of our D’Tigress lol

... For real, she is straight up trouble.

lovewins:
She's lying.

Don't take Liz seriously

She's looking for a way back into the WNBA cause as it is, she's radioactive and nobody will touch her. The interview just like Dele Ali's was supposed to give her soft landing. She however messed it up with more lies.

Promise Amukamara has come on the record to dispel the lies. Yes she said those things. No, no one is working with her to play for Nigeria.

...i thought they said she has an onlyfan page now, she is just straight up trouble, from the Australian team, to L.A sparks,now imagine a more conservative society like ours.

lol....Nigerians no get chills at all, they are still dragging Lauren James till know(still trending on twitter) and i know the dragging is not stopping anytime soon, it might be suspended but it wont stop, at every opportunity they will drag her, she don buy market, you must be very tough mentally to be an athlete.

PDPGuy:
Liz Cambage reportedly wants to quit the Australian team and switch to Nigeria 😂

...lol...instagram and twitter has be poppin, lmao, we no want, that babe is trouble, she fit scatter team.....we love the sisterhood within the dtigress, did you see how, Nicole went to hug Ify after we won(afrobaset finals),thats what we want. The older dtigress players are not having it too, they do not live her,we the fans too do not want......

Some people must be very sad and toxic in real li.....very toxic ish....

Deltamani:
Terry Eguaoje Joined the team since Revelation Cup in Mexico..

.. Okay, thank you for clarifying.

PDPGuy:
From what I’ve gathered about him, he is primarily an assistant coach with the Super Eagles. The NFF only seconded him to the Super Falcons following Lauren Gregg’s departure

....we need him here, the super eagles should go and look for another

PDPGuy:
That is Terry Eguaje (sp)

...okay, thank you, do you know if he is also part of the set up, for just the world cup or long term.

Sad we had to go out the way we did, however, it was a delight to watch how disciplined the super falcons has become, in my opinion, if the NFF will retain Waldrum, they should retain every member of the team, incudling the man, that that NFF sent in to deputize Waldrum after they did not allow that woman to follow him to the world cup. @Deltamani..do you know the name of that man, he seems to be working some magic behind the scene to.

Curtisaxel10:
It appears the match will not be aired on FIFA plus. Where else can we watch the game please?

.....showmax.

JohnBullMySon:
Okay I recall part of it. Also I think they went on strike after that. Maybe thats why the NBBF did trials as they didn't know who was in. I'm not trying to defend NBBF. I just want to believe that I will still see Adaora and Promise on the team.

Anyways its weird that you can just assemble a new team and they march on to the finals just like that.

...the girls wanted to come back, they already put that behind them, they were ready for camp, they kept asking the federation about camp,but the federation was still hurt that the girl took the news public, they basically wanted to disband the team but knew they had to do it tactically, ultimately, they went the open trial route, which many players did not attend, who goes to an open try out for a national team, you must pay for the flight, feeding, accommodation e.t.c of the players, however, the federation said the players were responsible for their welfare, hence the regulars did not show up to try outs, some players still had their season ongoing at the time, Ultimately, they still had to invite some players, but did not extend to the older players that lead the protest. Nigerian basketball federation is worse than Football federation. As regards walking to the finals, Nigeria has so much talent, the pool is so deep.

JohnBullMySon:
Carbonado
Lovewins
do4luv14

Please does anyone know why dtigress IG page is silent and instead info is coming from dtigers?

Also some Mainstays are missing. I heard Chidom resigned but where is Adaora?

...yes their I.G page has been silent, however, i do not know why, although their twitter page has been popping. As regards the regulars, it has to do with the federation, the story long.

lovewins:
First, if our girls come to play, I wouldn't lose sleep over Senegal. I still consider Mali more a threat than Senegal is.

The problem with Mali yesterday was that their defence went to sleep and Senegal also played hard. Don't forget we have the best defensive team in the tournament. We have the best defensive record in the tournament. Only Mozambique had less points conceded in the group stage. Of the teams in the semi finals, we conceded the least points too. Of the teams in the finals, we conceded the least points.

If we just stick to playing good defence, the offense will sort out itself. Senegal knew Mali couldn't shoot 3s (we can) so they just defended the paint. It worked. They can't afford that against us, Amy and Tomi will just use 3s to finish them.

...basically, Senegal took away Mali strength of running and slashing to the rim, but Mali could not stop Dilliard for the most, we can score in different ways, 3 ball, slashing to the rim, post plays, free throws e.t.c, however, we must still neutralize their strength.....Saturday is upon us...

lovewins:
First, if our girls come to play, I wouldn't lose sleep over Senegal. I still consider Mali more a threat than Senegal is.

The problem with Mali yesterday was that their defence went to sleep and Senegal also played hard. Don't forget we have the best defensive team in the tournament. We have the best defensive record in the tournament. Only Mozambique had less points conceded in the group stage. Of the teams in the semi finals, we conceded the least points too. Of the teams in the finals, we conceded the least points.

If we just stick to playing good defence, the offense will sort out itself. Senegal knew Mali couldn't shoot 3s (we can) so they just defended the paint. It worked. They can't afford that against us, Amy and Tomi will just use 3s to finish them.

..abolutely, that is on offence for us, for defence, take away their most prolific scorer in Dilliard...

lovewins:
Nneka wants to play in the Olympics for Nigeria (you can take this to the bank). It's probably the only thing missing in her illustrious career. Win or not, she'll like to be in the Olympics. I really want that for her and us cause no player on our team is at her level. I watch her play in the WNBA every week and she's just amazing. She's even pulling up MVP kind of stats this season.

... I know she showed interest during tokyo, also there is Elizabeth Williams, the thing is, will she want to play with the present squad at an olympics, it is a different dynamics, atimes the reason players show interest is the personnel(players or coach) on ground at the moment, it is a different team now, so that desire might not be there as it was before, a good context is,if you watch the press conference after our game with Rwanda, when the Rwandan player was asked what next, she literally said, she will be back if the coach is back, so except you have access to her to what the motivation is, you cant be too sure she will show up now that it is a new team.

for me i will be playing Dillard box one from the beginning of the match till the end, she was instrumental in their win yesterday, we need to reduce the number of times she gets the ball, i will ask players to go at her, so she can sit out....Let the older ones players have the ball, those once are slower, you need to disrupt their flow.

Redman44:
D'tigress and Coach Rena will be studying the games the Senegalese have played so far before and during Afrobasket 2023. We have not come this far to lose.

...Abosolutely, did you watch the Senegal vs Mali game, if so, how will you approach the game.

lovewins:
Not sure Akhator is ever returning. She got married and just got delivered of her child.

Promise is the one I most look forward too. She handles the ball really well

Macaulay is also preparing for her last stint with the team. She's 32/33yrs already.

Potentially, we have Michaela Onyewere and maybe Queen Egbo in the WNBA.

Nneka Ogwumike may also join the team, as the 3 year hiatus that FIBA have has since elapsed.

Arike Ogunbowale is still hoping to join team USA and has since attended 2 camps in the last 1 year. Fingers crossed on her.

Too many talents that will potentially make this team 100 times better. It's left to coach Wakama to determine how that will work, but this team definitely can't compete at the world stage or get am Olympic ticket.

...we definitely need more players to strengthen this team, personally, i want Ezinne and Promise back, Also, Adora, then we can go with Onyekwere and Queen Egbo, what this does is, it strengthens us at the point guard role,shooting guard role and small forward. I do not think Nneka will want to play if we just have the young bloods, because for someone like her she will be gunning for a medal and not just to participate at the olympics. If everything is solved before the Olympic qualifying tournament, we can just have everybody back the new and old, everyone should come and fight for a shirt, the good things is, we already have a young squad ready to take over after Paris, should we make it. I cant immagine such camp, omo, the training session will be like the finals of Afrobasket..

Deltamani:
The truth is if Asisat Oshoala is 💯 fit, She will start as she’s the team star Player, her Presence alone on the field is a treat to the English team…

Just that I don’t like Onumonu coming from the bench…

...what about Desire...is she not fit yet...

Deltamani:
The truth is if Asisat Oshoala is 💯 fit, She will start as she’s the team star Player, her Presence alone on the field is a treat to the English team…

Just that I don’t like Onumonu coming from the bench…

....ok...i see...

@ Deltamani...would you have Oshoala has a starter or on the bench for our round of 16 game, i might have sit down imo to substituted in the second half.