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mostob:
I'll take Kanu as the 3rd CF as well as a backup on the wing (even a starter sef)
Onumonu can sit down abeg...

Kanu and Onumonu will make that list. Especially Kanu. Headache for final list loading 😂

AkinDS:
Iffy should make the team. She has done more than enough to earn a spot on the squad and by merit, deserves to be in the 23.
Likelihood of her being a starter is very slim, considering Oshoala and Oparanozie will likely make the squad too.

Also, as a point of note, the only 90min strikers we have are Onumonu and Ajibade (maybe). All the rest, including Oshoala, don't have the energy or lungs to play a full 90 at the level of intensity Randy demands of them. Even worse for Oparanozie. Randy mentioned in an interview that Kanu is best coming off the bench (which I fully concur with). Not seen enough of Monday to make an assessment, but the little I have seen of her with her club UDG Tenerife, she doesn't appear to have the lungs for a full 90.

Also, not sure where folks here get the impression Onumonu does not have any pace. She used to sprint in High School and is well known for her pace with FC Gotham.

Abeg remove Ajibade from the 90mins list. 65mins and she should be subbed off or she comes from the bench. Anyone. She's off form right now.

I'll love to watch Onumonu at the world cup no doubt. She should be there.

Deltamani:
Pace and power we have it in abundance but the Coach will have to make the rightful Selections…

Team play is exactly where he needs to work more and more on though they look a bit better than their WAFCON performance in their last 3 games…

Do we actually have pace? We have power to me. Teamplay is still a lil above average.

Deltamani:
With the temple we played against New Zealand if we can increase maybe 50% or 60% and also work on our passes and quick movement all round we stand a great chance in that group….

Ireland that we ain’t rating look so physical.. One thing we need to do is to overload the midfield and give no space for our opponents to play their game.. if we can then we’re set..

Again If Randy is starting Asisat Oshoala as our point woman, then he need to know when to bring in Desire Oparanozie and move Oshoala to the flank to bring in her pace and ball delivery which Oparanozie and Echegini can make use of as they’re both very strong in the air..

Don’t even have any plan for Onumonu right now, She’s a good striker though but Randy need to work things out for her to fit in even as a Substitute..

Kanu should also be a regular from the bench slotting into the Left..

I'll still love Ify to go to wwc. She deserves a spot on the plane. Like this lady wan die the next day after she miss pk. She was moody inside swimming pool😂


The truth is our WC campaigns, the last two, na only Oshoala get pace that threatens opponents. Our tempo is not among top 20. If we can just switch it, there'll be a few casualties.

I'm rating the irish o. They are really physical and have a good goalie. Just not threatening up front. We should get 3points without slacking at the back. Defensive errors has caused 6goals in last two Wwc for us.


As For Oshoala,i dunno. Looks like she's a 60min player. Ajibade is 65. What they offer after this time is just not good enough especially as they don't even have power to defend again. Esp not to risk injury that will deflate our attacking flair.

carbonado:
... Nigeria is the most talented team in Africa, we just have a very unserious F.A and a wack coach. We should be making quarter/semi finals at the world stage.

I hope they're doing all to avoid preparation brouhaha. That thing kills vibes and passion.

This WwC is going to be about Pace, Power, Teamplay.

Deltamani:
#FIFAWWCbuildup

What an ending to the April international break by Nigeria and fellow teams pooled in Group B of the World Cup, eh?

FT: England 0-2 Australia
📺 Highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNaQig5A5H0

🇦🇺 Australia handed England their first defeat in 31 matches and indeed the first defeat under Coach Wiegman.

FT: New Zealand 0-3 Nigeria
📺 Highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=timiiHSAC70

🇳🇬 Nigeria extended the Ferns' winless streak to 11 games.

FT: France 2-1 Canada
📺 Highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkegcokfvDY

🇨🇦 Canada (who face Nigeria in their World Cup opener) suffered a narrow defeat to France; defensive hiccups on both ends.

FT: USA 1-0 Rep. of Ireland
📺 Highlights: https://youtu.be/kStF4vFEFK

8/04: USA 2-0 Rep. of Ireland
📺 Highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isZAXb_JJjU

🇮🇪 Ireland (set to mark their World Cup debut come July) wrapped up a decent double-header versus the World Champs.

That Australia win just brought back some frustration.

The fact that only two of our current players are good at taking Shots on target; good goal threatening shots. The Cynthia Uwak style....the Perpetual way, the Prime Chikwelu way. All we have are tame shot players/off target shooters. 😏😏


Ayinde/Ucheibe is going to be a key player in that game against Australia. I believe she's up to the task.

The 2nd goal buildup is why I'm calm about Echegini. Releasing that kind of ball fast in that area is top thinking. Winger with pinpoint cross again. We still having ball release issues. Too slow movement.

BascoVanVeli:
Did u see the attack on tape? Cos things get blown out of proportion sometimes.

Well, Colin's source, two, said it happened. Yesternight again, another told him it was blown out of proportion that it was a heated argument about tactics.


3witnesses, 2vs1
It's not even a secret thing anymore.

They are just there not even talking or relating on the bench since that incident. That malice kinda shed light on it.

JohnBullMySon:
What is the beef about?

That the fb are coming to chance them. That it's still active beef till now. Nawa o.

Who's listening to Colin's twitter space right now.

Just getting an idea of foreign born vs naija born beef for a long while. Nawa o.


But nff have set an evil precedent by not removing the asst. Coach that assaulted Randy Waldrum. That's tooo bad. Haba. These guys don't even think about the mental and psychological effects of many things. If that man plays Lucifer now, what can person do?

Randy aside, the fact that someone assaulted the head coach is the end of the line. But such a man is definitely connected. Smh.

jihday:
Plenty transfer rumors linking Chukwueze to Madrid and other big clubs only to end up joining a newly promoted English club, I’ve seen this movie before.

The Taiwo Awoniyo and Emmanuel Dennis way😂😂😂

Deltamani:
Morocco fell 2-0 to Czech Republic in their other April friendly.

So its been downhill so far. Nawa o. All 4 caf reps with gbas and gbos. So only falcons, even if still hibetnating, have a great 1st quarter of the year?

Deltamani:
Result

Romania 🇷🇴 1-0 Morocco 🇲🇦
Cristina Carp 24


Wasn’t expecting Average at best Romania to beat Morocco, it’s a no for me… Romania is not even in top 20 in Europe Ranking…

Morocco don win any friendly this year?

You gotta respect Bayern tonight.

Who else is noticing the style they are using?

Changing shape 3times

442
4231
4141
Just to contain City and de bruyne especially. I hope Arteta is watching. He can learn a thing or two from Approaches like this.

Let's not forget. We still have creativity issues down the middle. That has not been sorted out yet.

carbonado:
....Desire,Esther,Asisat upfront, Ajibade to the bench.....Desire will cause problem with that size and hold up play which will result in freekicks, as it stand, i think we have 3 people that should be taking our free kicks, Desire, Esther and Plumptre..Also i do like to ask, where do you think this leaves Ucheibe.... . This squad is loaded, i hope Randy can pick the best for each position per time.

The issue now is if randy sabi rotate at the right time. I don't mind Ucheibe starting imo. She's the only player that can make Ayinde comfortable and expressive in the middle. Plus her link up with defenders is the best from all midfielders in the team right now. Let's see how it pans out. Shey Plumptre go dey start now? Imuran is here to stay and that has made Payne get her desired role. That leaves CB for Plumptre to contest for. She's up for it sha.

mostob:
Imuran is equally good with crosses. I noticed that during the world cup. I don't know why she was restricted to our half today.

As for Onome Ebi, she is another negative from today's game. Her passes,no matter how simple were erratic. She needs to buckle up and regain some sharpness. She almost gifted the NZ a goal with that short backpass to Dozie.

Sincerely. I really want to see her burst forward and release those crosses. It's in her. She needs a new alias abeg. She's earned it.

Ebi seems to pass well in some moments and then at other times just throws everyone off with chain of silly passes. Na cos Ohale no dey. Ohale should start at the mundial abeg. Ebi can't even run or outpace a runner. Now even 1/10 times is she going to win that duel.

elyte89:
When is d World Cup sef..I hope Dey don’t fizzle out when d show begins

We need to break d 99 record of quarterfinals, but I don’t trust randy yet


Meanwhile dis lady dt plays upright like mikel in d u-20’s den,igbinovia or so,plays as 4 where is she,dt girl sabi die

Omo. If we truthfully want to do that, we will need 5key players similar to the 99 set. We only have 3 currently. That 99 set get stamina, strength and flair. Let's survive that group fes.

TheSuperNerd:
Exactement! 👌🏽😂

You get Ajibade number. Abeg call am warn am.

Deltamani:
New Zealand 🇳🇿 @25 in World Ranking…

Hmmm, then nor fit use their height to advantage sef!

they barely threatened except 3times in 2nd half. I was afraid for that Run in they did but Nnadozie saved the shot/pass.


We won them, but I'll love us to replicate how they rotate and distribute the ball fast and on the ground. They can't handle counterpressing though.

TheSuperNerd:
Why talk about a player whose second name is literally "Madam consistency"? 😂

Ayinde and Bad games in the Falcons are parallel lines.

She is almost always excellent in the middle. Keeps things tidy, Strong in duels, great at interceptions, majestic in her passing and a decent lines breaker where necessary.

this

Deltamani:
You guys are appreciating the rest players but won’t even talk🗣️ about the excellent Dirty Job Halimatu Ayinde is doing in the Midfield… Omo She’s just too positionally good and was clean with her job today..

i did now. It's in the post you quoted sef.

Ebi made two mistakes in last 10mins of the game. I dunno if its me sha but the eye Blessing givam be like

"Wetin you dey play now Cappy?" 😂😂😂


Defence did absolutely well. Echegini deserves accolades for the goal. I'm still assessing cos I'm still not fully convinced. If her strength lies in run ins to the box then something needs to be done to make that a threat that even commentator go notice. Till then. One Champagne for Gift Monday and Alozie.


We urgently need a Left crosser badlllly. Desire was the only one that gave a sweet cross all match from the left. Normally, she should be the receiver of such crosses. Right crossing is still Alozie for now. We need one midfielder to join her in that. Those bunching at the corner flag is off to me. Not needed.

lovewins:
Gradually because I have a soft spot for her hence the bias. It's the reason I keep giving her the benefit of doubt even though your take is the objective truth. She's a pain to watch, and this isn't just the national team. I only watch Asisat now at club level, no longer watch Ajibade.

me sef get soft spot. I also did for franny way back, even defended her blindly then. But. Things can't remain so if we need progress. Anybody wey dey jeopardize free flow and transition should chop bench abeg.

do4luv14:
Bia Oga Dave, wetin carry Ordega enter nau biko stop am ooo, Ajibade no fit lace Franny boot biko

context is loss of form and disappointing show on Field of play. That wasn't hard to decode, was it?🤣

Deltamani:
Omo, The Ladies played in a bit more organized form, both defending and attacking. We just need to learn how to keep the ball and maintain possession for long time…

Okobi Effect. I noticed our passes became coordinated when she came on. Gave space to the LW to use to attack well. I expected Ayinde to go off at some point though. I love her positional discipline. Monday is a Gift. She knows how to release ball shapali. No delay or rubbish showboating

TheSuperNerd:
Never talk down again on what Oparanozie offers this team.

Just look at her power and hold up plays upfront. She is a monster in duels and can hold off defenders quite comfortably while lining up a strike.

She may not be the Fast Desire of old, but mehn, she still got some class and most especially she is the most powerful and most physically dominant CF we have.

She's what we desired for years in our attack all this long. What remains is finding her a telepathic partner to make it dangerous to face us. I was even expecting Ajibade to pass to her while she was still behind as she's the better finisher. Ajibade knows her legs are tired and still went selfish. Mtcheww.

lovewins:
Gradually getting fed up with Ajibade.

You people should warn her for me o.

Good goal Oparanozie

gradually?

Post wafcon ajibade is average gaan. Hope she gets her form back asap. That is annoying to watch. Enough to chop bench imo.

ThePresenceWtf:
Ajibade!!! Smh

Ajibade is now how Ordega is. Smh. That was a wide net for heaven's sake. If that was a semifinal game is that how she'll waste it Ajibade is no longer a 90mins player abeg. Hope Randy sees this asap. I was hearing all their gist due to the speaker, from their bench. 😆

Gift Monday sabi abeg.

JohnBullMySon:
Well, that shows how much you really know about coaching.

How many NT coaches have you seen change a goalkeeper at half-time except for injuries? Does that ever happen?

NT friendlies are taken very seriously unlike club friendlies. You don't tamper with the GK position at half-time for no reason. Either the second GK starts if good enough, or comes at the dying minutes as a substitute just to give NT caps.

lol. Abeg rest. If you don't understand what i wrote. Rest

Randy Waldrum has said Backside over 33times in this match. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

JohnBullMySon:
They have given you a life line to use for blaming Randy today.

Today you and deltamani will dwell on the topic of substitution. Nairaland coaches

na you sabi. If you think this is just rant and not basic stuff. Yewande should get minutes in friendlies. Simple!