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PDPGuy:
If possible, the Falcons should participate in either the Algarve Cup or the SheBelieves Cup next year.

Alternatively, 3 or 4 friendly games should be lined up for the team before the World Cup. And those matches should be executed with the present squad + 6 other players who would be part of the provisional squad. I don’t want to see a situation where Dennerby calls up 50 players to camp.

Calling up 50 players to camp is a slight indication to me that the Dennerby doesn't know what he's doing yet.

Yesterday the first half was almost thesame clueless football, the second saw a slight improvement with better passing and movement of the ball. l think we miss Ugo Njoku tho, because our full backs would rather balloon the ball from defence rather than run rings round the attack. lt seems we lack ball playing full backs, who find it difficult to convert defence into attack by moving the ball on the ground.
Rita Chikwelu was also a weak link yesterday and l wonder why, because at her best, she's very creative.

mostob:
. exactly, I like the way the team was set up yesterday, the only weak link is desire. She is a bit heavy . The Guineans are unfit and paceless so we need to capitalise on there weak link. I just pray Oshoala won't forget her scoring boot at home. yesterday match is still painful.

l wonder why he hasn't tried out lhezuo, at least for now

solite3:
yes it does mean the bible is perfect. God doesn't need to dictate something to be perfect.
do you listen to yourself? it seem you think God is like fallible man.

the bible is not just a special holy book, it is God's only word to mankind.
you don't know the meaning of God's inspiration. if the bible is faulty then, the inspiration of God is faulty hence God is faulty.

oga Matlab is not divinely inspired. everything man does can never be perfect hence the need for constant revision but God is not so. All the holy prophets including Jesus had trusted the scripture even when Jesus had a confrontation with the devil he relied on the unfailing trusted word of God.

the bible is perfect because it is God's inspiration simple, no long epistle.

if you can't follow a guide it means you don't trust it.
God is never a dictator, he is however a guide.

ignore God's principle and face the consequences simple.



Psalms 138:2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Even the Jesus you are talking about understood how scriptures were to be read, rather you are the one reading scriptures like those Pharisees of old.
This same Jesus was told that Moses permitted divorce in the law ( the word of God), but he replied saying... Moses gave you this law because your hearts were hard but from the beginning it was not so, for he(God) made them male and female. ( Mark 10 vs 1-9).
You see, now you like those Pharisees of old would rather insist that those dictated infallible words of God from Moses must be obeyed to the latter because Pharisees lacked understanding. We have so many orthodox Christian Pharisees today such that both Paul and Jesus would be ashamed. The reason for this is thesame as the reason for your confusion on the meaning of the term "Word of God" as well as the term lnsipration( or God breathed).

solite3:
the bible was man made but the spirit of God directed every step of it.
everything God does is perfect. trying to find fault in it has been the ways for man who loves darkness rather than light.

The spirit of God directed it doesn't make the bible perfect, the spirit gave inspiration to man, he didn't dictate it for man.
The fact that the spirit gave inspiration to the prophets and writers, means all of the bible is profitable to us, but it doesn't translate to perfection automatically.
l am not saying the bible is not a special holy book, l am only saying it comes in part, and cannot be totally perfect, hence should be read properly not necessarily to make doctrine but to garner principles.
lt is the most useful guide to us because the Holy spirit inspired it, but a guide is not necessarily a law book.
For example, a user guide to learn MATLAB in science using an old version from 2008 for instance would stil teach you the principles of matlab for 2018, but it's left to you to know how to apply it for your current work in 2018. You can't discard the old version because it is your foundation, but you have to apply it properly else you remain stuck and you go no where.

solite3:
learn to understand something before you jump to comment.
you have deviated from what you said earlier.
drinking wine was not a doctrine but an advice to Timothy. all scripture is profitable for making doctrine is not the same as all scripture should be used as doctrine.

when he said all scripture is profitable for doctrine, do you think Paul meant that the old testament should be doctrine?
you have to be humble in order to learn.

Now you agree all scriptures cannot be used as doctrine unlike many Christians, hence we are making progress. ln that case you agree Paul was only giving a personal advice to Timothy there, hence we ain't bound by that advice to obey it to the latter? Do you agree?
Let me know, so we can move forward.

solite3:
you are far from it. All scripture is for not only doctrine alone but for reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness.

the morality that can be learnt from the story of lot is deep clear.
Paul's advice for Timothy to stop drinking water only but to take wine also is also another great lesson about taking care of our bodies rightly.
the fact that you don't know something doesn't mean it is false.

2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:



to your last reply, yes not all new testament was written but majority of them were already available such as the gospels and the epistles of Paul and Peter, when the other scriptures were finally completed it was duely recognized just like other scriptures.

So then do you drink a little wine for thy stomach sake? Has it become a law in Christianity also? simply because Paul advised Timothy?
lf you don't put the bible in proper context you would keep interpreting everything as doctrine and that is the way of the flesh not the spirit of truth.

solite3:
is there any book in the bible God wrote himself?
all stories in the bible are for doctrines.

Paul was not referring to the new testament? what do you know about church history? do you know the letters of Paul and that of the other apostles were read and treated the same way as the other scriptures in the early church?

the church never knew only the old testament scripture.

Nah, all stories are not for doctrine. For example, Lot being raped by his daughters should not be taught in Sunday school, it's just history giving us a background of things and telling it like it is, there is hardly any moral that comes from that story because it wasn't meant to teach you morals at that point, but to give you history of the Moabites who later became enemies of the Jews.
Another example is Paul advising Timothy to drink just a little wine for his stomach sake, Paul wasn't talking to you specifically there, but it was just an advice from a caring elder to a young man.
As to your last point, it is clear that when that passage was written, not all of the new testament have been put together, and some were yet to be written even.

solite3:
Paul wrote under the inspiration of God, for someone to try to paint it like it was Paul's personal sentiment lacks a good and sound knowledge of about the bible.

2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Paul wrote under the inspiration of God, but Paul still wrote it anyway not God. Even Paul argued against being bound by mere letters from ink.
The written words are inspired by God for our learning, correction, reproof and doctrine, but not all can be profitable for doctrine at the same time. For example, some stories in the bible cannot be used for doctrine, so we must learn to rightly divide the word of truth in order to get the best out of the bible and most importantly to hear what the spirit is saying today.
Again when Paul wrote those scriptures you quoted, not all of the bible was put together at that point, he wasn't referring to the new testament even but just the Jewish tanach he knew.

highqueen:
This is propaganda.

This shows you don't even read your bible too well.


Jesus condemned the killing of Mary Magdalene which was the law of the old testament ( Abraham's law)
He came and abolished so many things of the old testament.
Even, his coming alone was to liberate us from the shackles of those laws.
Jewish religion and Christianity isn't the same please.
And Paul wrote those things when he was writing to other churches after the death of Christ.
I don't like long epistles, but please read your bible so well.
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Thank you.

lf Jewish religion and Christianity are not thesame, then why is the old testament in the bible?
Jesus did not come to abolish the old testament, he came to give us the basic everlasting principles by which we could always understand it in the light of the times and seasons.
lt would do Christians a lot of good to accept that the bible though inspired by God, is still man made.
For men only see in part and prophesy in part. ( l Corinthians 13).

5-0

Zambia 4-0 Equatorial Guinea

khunz:
2goals from free kicks by Zambia.

The only good thing for Nigeria is that we played so poorly that there is nothing for Zambia and Eq Guinea to learn from our game today.

Zambia scores again 3-0

The Guinean keeper na basket.

These Equatorial Guineans are not looking fit at all.

BascoVanVeli:
I won't be surprised to see the same team out there and I don't think we have up to 4 good midfielders on this team. I would start Ajibade and Okobi because they will take care of the ball better than what we saw. The players were either forcing take ons or kicking hopeless long balls. This was one of the worst matches I have ever watched.

lt was the worst game l have ever watched, this and that u20 female team in june.

To be honest, those long balls almost bored me to death. We are going down in female football, our U20 women team played a similar pattern also in their last world cup, trying the long ball approach way too much rather than playing together.

Any link for streaming please

naptu2:
It's live on Supersports 4 if you are just joining us.

streaming link??

olapluto:
Our starting 11. I'm really happy the coach will start Ajibade, but dropping Okobi is a big big thing. A new era.
Clear 4-2-1-3 formation. I hope Ajibade doesnt have todo defensive duties much today. All eyes on her.

How creative is Ajibade? We shall see.

okobi is a solid option on the bench then, she could come in for Rita.
l think playing Ajibade is also a good thing, she then becomes the attacking midfielder doing the pressing behind the front three.

isan:
handicap? well Nigeria league maybe average but it is the best in Africa

The truth is that the Nigerian female league seems to be retrogressing in terms of the number of quality players it shuns out.
Africa is mediocre in the female game, so we should stop measuring our standards by Africa, this is why we are yet to grow. Haven't we always been the best in Africa in all aspects of women football? This is nothing new to us.

Schemerkhiz:
Talking about players that brings about something ordinary to a team.. Ngozi Okobi is an Example of one of them. she is technically gifted, she initiate attack easily and have that ability to distribute that defense splitting passes and pull out..
I think she is the most skillful player in the Superfalcons setup.

Ngozi Okobi is perhaps the major play maker in that team at the moment, she is lightweight but makes up for it with her spectacular football sense.
Captain Rita Chikwelu may be old and lacking in pace but she's another who brings in that creativity.
l would suggest tho that Okobi play that role against the South Africans( the fastest team in this tournament) while Rita comes in much later.

Schemerkhiz:
Talking about players that brings about something ordinary to a team.. Ngozi Okobi is an Example of one of them. she is technically gifted, she initiate attack easily and have that ability to distribute that defense splitting passes and pull out..
I think she is the most skillful player in the Superfalcons setup.

l also look forward to seeing lhezuo who on her day oozes class but could loose concentration sometimes.
Chinanza Uchendu is also a good addition. We have experience in defence, but we do not have a Makelele kind of midfielder to shield our old legs in defence especially against the pacy South Africans.
Zambians are also pacy but they shouldn't give us worries for now because they are still highly inexperienced. Equatorial Guinea shouldn't be a problem if we are in order.

olapluto:
Your definition of average is suspect. Of her agemates in Africa, Ajibade will be top 3. In the world, she'll be top 20 max. Thats not average in any way.

Ajibade is not a bad player at all, but she hasn't been that spectacular, in terms of bringing in something extra ordinary when needed, she is still young but for now in my eyes, she doesn't come across to me as one in the class of Mercy Akide, Perpetua Nkwocha, or even Desire Oparanozie and Asissat Oshoala, time would tell though.

naijaseeker:
Totally agree. Alaba is very composed. My problem is, were these two invited to camp. The truth is, the team list is ver solid actually, apart from one or two. But I doubt any of the three keepers are as composed as she is. If she had competed and lost out it will be different.

Ugo Njoku is good, though I feel she is a bit too rough

Ugo Njoku may be rough but her attacking moves down that right flank gives a lot of options and is what I'm most interested in about her game.

naijaseeker:
Such a pity. Did he ask her not to play in the league? He also did not use her against France. I feel he should give her a chance to prove herself unless she was outright disobedient.

The two occasions she played (under 20-2010 and CAF 2016,) she made significant differences

Alaba Jonathan almost single handedly won that 2016 tournament for us.
Ugo Njoku was also a gem, her charisma, confidence and demeanour when on the ball was quiet arousing, a delight to watch.

naijaseeker:
I have not really followed the two, but I was surprised Ogonna Chukwudi was dropped. In her days in 2011, she was good and I have read she maintains a regular shirt in her club.

However, you may be right because the last Falconets team where this two featured was a wash.

l don't think that coach really knows what he's doing, he may be an experienced coach but he doesn't know these players the way he should. Rasheedat Ajibade and Anam lmo are average at best.

lt's time to get the number of teams in this tournament increasd to ten teams at least.

isan:
my starting 11 against south africa

ls Nnadozie rather not too inexperienced at this level? what of Tochuckwu?

olapluto:
Until medically proven otherwise, I think she deserves the right to dignity. She apparently scored a 2nd half hattrick against Ghana in a friendly few days ago.

She wasn't the one who scored the hattrick, she didn't even play that game.
l get your point though, she's good but she sure looks like a guy.

olapluto:
100% both players are not going to Ghana.

Quiet unfortunate in my opinion, but l hope l am wrong.

olapluto:
I think Ebere Orji's club is not a top division club here in Sweden. She's going to need Dennerby's influence to get a better club. I hope the coach helps her.
Personally, I will choose Oparanozie 100 times before I choose Uchechi 5 times. I am just happy the quality of players invited. Courtney Dike with her bullish style is going to battle it out with Ihezuo.
Also very impressed by the awards Faith (Ikidi) Micheal is getting. Left to me, she will captain that team. I always like a defensive captain.

I still hope l don't get to miss Alaba Jonathan and Ugo Njoku, both were crucial in the last tournament for the falcons.

Schemerkhiz:
yes Uchechi Sunday currently based in China

But she wasn't at her best in the previous tournament. Oparanozie proved to be the real deal once more,
add that to the fact that she was at the Chinese second division.