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BascoVanVeli:
Highlights of the match


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYo_T3lSQX8

Deltamani:
Imagine the Germany U17 Women’s Team Coach Friederike Kromp is a UEFA Pro Licence holder, the highest coaching certification available in Europe..

Deltamani:
I wonder the kind of qualifications these Nigerian Home based Coaches have…. They really need to invest in themselves personally… Or is it NFF that would still send them for Coaching Courses Abroad?

lovewins:
Couldn't have said it better.

The midfield was absolutely non-existent. The girls banked long balls, and sadly they Germans were better with winning aerial duels. We lost almost all th second balls too. We didn't have players who could hold possession, and found it difficult stringing passes together.

I believe they'll do better with New Zealand, th Germans were obviously just better.

AkinDS:
Its the so-called Nigerian journalists that keep asking him the same silly questions over and over again, which he keeps answering. Is it not a fact that other African nations have been 'catching up' and making progress in women's football, which is similar to what's happening with the rest of the world?. Is it not a fact that Nigeria cannot just wake up on the eve of a tournament and expect to go there and dominate (as in the past), solely based on name recognition?

Nigerians love burying their heads in the sand, expecting the rest of the continent (and world) remain at a stand still. Guess what? They are not and that is why the likes of Morrocco, South Africa, Zambia and others are progressing fast!

I guess its his job to get on the field and score now, right? As a coach, you prosecute a game with the players at your disposal. Now, if those players aren't up to the task. (contrary to the misguided beliefs of Nigerians that all their players are the best in the world), then you get what you get. If you like, go and get yourself a Pia Sundhagen or Sarina Wiegman or Vlatko Andonovski or even Florence Omagbemi for that matter. It wouldn't change a damn thing!
He has been working on making our ladies team more tactically and strategically competent and it has been working, at least, in the eyes of others outside of this forum who understand the tactical and strategic nuances of the game.

I, for one, saw a Nigerian ladies team, short on personnel and acclimatization (due to jet lag) play against the Japanese and dominated in the first half. I saw them playing the high block and low block and moving the ball around brilliantly and impressively.
Now, I get that most so-called fans may lack the ability to recognize such subtle improvements (perhaps due to their pre-conceived biases), but that doesn't take away from that fact that those improvements have actually happened.



You need to understand that in the overall scheme of things, specifically pre-Waldrum, Nigeria really dropped the ball regarding women's football development and we were slowly being left behind. Unfortunately, the same myopic, 'we are not playing beautiful football and whooping teams left and right' mantra was what led to the idiotic decision behind the firing or Rohr, which ended up being a total disaster. We keep making the same dumb mistakes (not just in football, but in Nigeria as a whole) and expect to get better. Well...

In closing: I was asked (in a previous thread) why I am in support of the man. Well, here's my response...
Randy has worked on revamping the team, slowly transitioning from the old brigade to newer, younger players and also infusing the team with new players who are more in tune with the modern game. The build up and climb to the summit takes time, and is filled with disappointments (failing fast, learning, correcting and moving forward). Losses in irrelevant battles (friendlies) are not a predicate for how the war (the WC) will turn out, but are used to help identify areas of weakness and shoring them up (failing fast to succeed later). This is the same model that the likes of England, Spain, Mexico and several other countries used over the years, with some success. Our SF performances against Canada, US and Japan, albeit losses, demonstrated to me that he is on the right track - again, patiently building a solid and robust team. Let the man finish his project!!!

lovewins:
Line up

Roland17:
This is impressive

mostob:
Going by how Arteta is setting up his team, I doubt we'd see something like those again. Tierney and Martinelli could have been a great pair though. They were unplayable in some UEL matches that year.

iamoyindamola:
If they drop to Europa it's their wahala because they will play second place Europa in 2 legged affairs
Anything can happen then
Let's concentrate on what's in front of us

Jodera:
I don't just know whether they want to turn the Europa to the new champions league.

I mean what is team like Arsenal, Man u, Barca, Ajax and Juventus looking for in Europa?

iamoyindamola:
I don't understand the guy sef

iamoyindamola:
Is arteta mad
What's all this

iamoyindamola:
Bodo next lfc after

Jodera:
Was it the preseason 4-0?

I think I saw something like that during the highlight I watched tho I didn't start from the beginning of the move

Jodera:
That Partey goal was his first outside the box goal in 57 attempted shots since joining the club in 2020.

Hopefully, we'll see more accuracy from him henceforth


Our Midfield dominator

Jodera:
Thank goodness. People who are absolving Gabriel of the blame to solely blame Xhaka should see this

mostob:
settled
We move

iamoyindamola:
He's angry a bloody spuds player with no single trophy will surpass his nld goal scoring record

BlueRayDick:
That's one good thing about Jesus, he's always putting pressure on defence and always ready to pounce on any error . He’s a total and complete upgrade from Lacazette

BlueRayDick:
It’s one of Xhaka’s weaknesses that caused that goal. He lacks that ability to control the ball and turn with it immediately. I’ve seen Zinchenko do it severally without any issues , but Xhaka seem to be unable to it hence that loose ball he played back.