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mostob:
Which RW again? Okonkwo? Rinsola?

Every player can't play like Ordega na

Both Players you mentioned are good in their on ways but can’t give us that Franny we used to know…! Maybe Rinsola 60%. If not Esther Okoronkwo doesn’t really like Playing on the flank and can’t really contribute what Franny does defensively in the past.

🏆 Aitana Bonmati is the 2024 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year.

The outstanding midfielder was instrumental in Spain's first @FIFAWWC victory and shone for @FCBfemeni during their impressive season.

Onyenezide Esther, Ajakaye Opeyemi, Olamide Oyinlola and miracle usani our Nigerian Youngsters in Spain 🇪🇸

Nominees For French Women's League Awards Revealed…!

Chiamaka Nnadozie nominated for French Women’s League Goalkeeper of the Year!

Super Falcons forward Chinwendu Ihezuo, was voted player of the match after scoring 2 goals that led Pachuca to a 3-0 victory against Guadalajara Chivas in the Mexican women's league.

Osinachi Ohale, also had an impressive performance in Defense…!

lovewins:
Ashleigh Plumptre released this picture on her Instagram page after having a successful surgery. It appears she's been playing with it for quite some time and finally decided to deal with it.

Wishing are speedy recovery. Hopefully she's back in time for the Olympics.

Back before the Olympics ke?🙀🙀

It’s a Right Foot Surgery, 3 Months to Olympic Games..

Onyi Zogg is a 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 📸🏆🥇

AkinDS:
Based on her performance in training sessions during the 2022 WAFCON and her appearance against Botswana, it was obvious she wasn't up to scratch. Not sure what other 'opportunities' you were looking for.
You sold us on all the so called attributes for a No. 9 you listed below. But when it was time for her to perform on the big stage, she flubbed.

How sure are you that she really did flopped in the Training and 2022 WAFCON? Cause you are not there in Training with the team, the only time you saw her Play for 9ja was the WAFCON game against Burundi and that minute isn’t enough to access a player!.

So Carter really bodied Salma Paralluelo Yesterday in the UEFA Women’s Champions League game..!

This Performance in Poland🇵🇱 actually earned Macleans Chinonyerem a spot in the SuperFalcons 2022 WAFCON Squad and a big move to Lokomotive Moscow in Russia🇷🇺!

I feel Randy didn’t give her a good game time to prove herself..!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OirxmxBfdsQ?feature=shared

• She’s that Typical no.9 we’re Lacking Right now
• Jump Power and Heading Accuracy
• Positionally good
• She’s very physical
• Good Hold up play
• Very Quick, Shooting Power & Accuracy
• Deadly in front of goal (A shoot on site kind of no.9)
• Uses both feet’s effectively..

BascoVanVeli:
I feel their team in better suited to play like Kansas City. That pattern takes a while to enter

Exactly considering they have Oshoala and Kundananji upfront who can play the role of Chawinga and Bia then Deyna who will play Debernado role behind the Strikers but again Deyna always spoil most of their attacking runs with her moves especially her choice of who to pass to when the forward already made the runs..

BascoVanVeli:
I was so annoyed watching that Bay fc game lol. How can u be a so called expansion team and u are trying to play like prime Barcelona U see it is not working but have zero plan Bs. I mean almost all their goals were self imposed. Then the worst part is how clueless and naive they are defensively. Well at least there is no relegation in this league

You dah Para oooo


The thing vex me Yesterday Night sha, But mk I move on.

Bascovanveli2:
Oshoala don enter one chance

Hmm 🧐

Because the of Bay FC Performance ahbi wetin u mean?? And I hope You ain’t forgetting that it’s an expansion team.

daveP:
i doubt Ihezuo will bring what we need in terms of Finishing sha. Good presser and bully but not impressed as regards goals threat. Besides, Ify go dey camp but no mins. Will she be shadowed off like Yewande soon?

Iffy is even nursing an Ankle injury right now, hope she heals fast and gets on track as her spot is certainly on threat which she knows..!

Uchenna Kanu scores…. A Brilliant Header 😇

26” Racing Louisville (1) — (0) Utah Royals

daveP:
Make Randy just bring MacLean on. Things to do to a tired defense....

That's why i miss Desire.

If we are clinical with Spain, we should hurt them. Finishing and inbox decision making are the two culprits for us since WWC.

Right now I don’t think Chinonyerem Macleans is in Randy Waldrum mind.

Macleans is the only well built no.9 that’s of same Physique as Desire Oparanozie but still not at Opagoal level as it stands.. She probably need to move to the Bigger Leagues as some persons here still don’t rate the Russian Women’s League high..

daveP:
Salma can only take advantage of a distracted defence imo. If eye full dey shine with man marking, o pari. Hayes really made them use wings today. Funny enough, the few times they got a middle opening, they just wasted it by hesitating to shoot/Carter was fast in close down. Ashleigh at LB or Okeke, which do you prefer vs Spain? I feel Ashleigh will suit the Japan game more.

Any of them will do but Randy will definitely go with Plumptre there as her ball playing and going forward is better than Okeke’ down!

The Battle against Spain will definitely be in the Midfield, if you can Mark out Aitana Bonmati you have reduced them to 50%, then Mariona it’s Finnish..

I will go with Ayinde and Ucheibe as my double pivot in Midfield with Ayinde doing the Marking as she did to Lauren James! Ucheibe to cover the rest ground left as she’s more like a two player. Once Ayinde tire out bring in Deborah Abiodun to close the game..

Attacking Midfield I will go with Toni Payne ahead of Echegini as we need someone who can hold the ball well, drive and dribble her way through to feed the forwards, Echegini will be better as Sub in that game as she tends to lose the ball occasionally( Probably because our forwards are a bit far away and out of position)..

Ajibade will have to bring her A game against Ona Battle!

lovewins:
How can you concede 3 goals in 6 minutes? How?

This is just ridiculous.

Imagine PSG squandering a two goal lead, giving Lyon the upper hand in the Women's Champions League… I wasn’t expecting that result at all, the moment they scored 2 I just said in my mind the game will end (1-2) if Lyon manage to get back..

But PSG play them year after year but you still can't handle them🥹

UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Semi Final, 1st Leg

FT” OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS 3-2 PSG
⚽0 - 1 44' M. Katoto
⚽0 - 2 48' M. Katoto
⚽1 - 2 80' K. Diani (🅰️ E. Carpenter)
⚽2 - 2 85' M. Dumornay (🅰️ W. Renard)
⚽3 - 2 86' A. Majri



What a Come back for Lyon from 2-0 down 79minutes..

87” Lyon W (3) — (2) PSG W

44' Katoto M-A. (Baltimore S.) [PSG]
48' Katoto M-A. [PSG]
80' Diani K. (Carpenter E.) [LYO]
85' Dumornay D. M. (Renard W.) [LYO]
86' Majri A. () [LYO]

UEFA Women’s Champions League

79” Lyon W (0) — (2) PSG W

44' Katoto M-A. (Baltimore S.) () [PSG]
48' Katoto M-A. [PSG]

https://www.youtube.com/live/OfDsu4kRLuo?si=f1wAckskYtUoo3OQ

daveP:
That geh go turn Alozie in and out if dem jam. If na Okeke or Nicole now, e go balance. She's slippery like a Traore but without baby oil😆

If Alozie brings back her World Cup form fine, she can compete if not we would be needing a stubborn Right Back of either Okeke or Nicole!

Going physical against Spain with strong tackles and render them useless as they can’t compete, Infact going toe-to-toe with them like pressing them from their Box, wining our 1-V-1 battles will help. Parauello can’t really beat Ohale and Demehin if they go on a foot race for the ball as they’re also quick and you can hardly catch them off guard..

daveP:
Did you watch the game? IYKYk. Ramirez was playing like prime time Birgit Prinz and the barca defense was just lazy. Up front, Bonmati was ordinary. Salma was just indecisive and their sleek buildups died instantly as no number 9 upfront to bring new ideas like oshoala does when playing for Barca even as a bench player. Vicky na baller sha.

I love it when the no.9 is always Aggressive and Speedy upfront! Ramirez is a bully i swear! Coach Emma Hayed did well to render Aitana useless in the game, all her moves where fruitless. What Barca is Lacking is the Toch of Toughness which they need to find Solution to!

mostob:
How you take know? You dey part of coaching staff?

The truth is Barca Lack of a Proper no.9 also affected them, didn’t you see how Chelsea no.9 Ramirez was holding the ball, bulldozing her way through using pace and physicality.

UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Semi Final, 1st Leg

BARCELONA 0-1 CHELSEA
⚽0 - 1 40' E. Cuthbert (🅰️ S. Nüsken)


Erin Cuthbert secures Chelsea FC's sole goal, dealing Barcelona a first-leg defeat in the UWCL.

BascoVanVeli:
How does Onome announcing her retirement affect us Will we get paid if she retires? Cos it is clear she won't be on the team in the foreseeable future and u are still complaining. People can retire and unretire very easily so I just can't understand what the moaning is about.
Instead of worrying about her safety in Israel we are talking about this? Embarrassing

Is non of my Business, I only brought it here because it was very clear that the issue on does concern the SuperFalcons and retirement.

Who Mama Onome dah Follow Do Again??

You don’t stay where you’re no longer needed but you still haven’t announced your retirement from the National team, Why not retire Respectfully, Any insults she gets na she call for am cause it’s very obvious that this issue is coming from the SuperFalcons end..!

Israel 🇮🇱 based former U20 international Midfielder Adebisi Saheed..

Regina Otu was Played at Center Back against Lyon last Weekend!


https://www.youtube.com/live/wJxCNwDHzVA?si=0pA9IFGszTkYUk-u

Never knew Chioma Okafor who plays for the University of Connecticut Athletics in the US is a dual Citizen of Malawi and Nigeria… She was born at Mwai Wathu in Blantyre, Malawi to a Malawian mother Patricia Okafor and a Nigerian Father.

lovewins:
What's surprising is that Pulse Sport (though Uganda) reported this seeing that Kanu is one of their ambassador of some sort. Seeing that LGBT is largely not condoned in Africa both legally and morally, I really do not see why this is news worthy more so by a platform said player is partnered with.

I just tire, I wonder how much they did carry the Banyana Banyana Players that got Married to their Fellow Ladies.. Is more like tarnishing her image cause she never came out to say she’s one of them or make any relationship issues public.. This is so wrong.

daveP:
I just saw this

I’m not in Support neither against anyone as e no concern me.. But again She didn’t come out openly that she’s a Lesbian and in a relationship and even broke up with the said girl..

Don’t think this is our Business though, What matters is Playing well for the National Team when called upon. Whatever Sexuality she’s involved in shouldn’t be our problem, na her cross to carry sofa mk she play well when called upon..