₦airaland Forum

lovewins:
Yea. Wanted to mention Oyinlola in Spain too, was just tired of typing. We have to encourage the girls too to go this route. I understand why making money is priority for most of them, but taking 2 to 3 years to develop properly while getting a degree is a win win on my book.

Pretty sure Flourish Sebastien will have a worthwhile career that she currently does of she went to college in the US. Still rooting for her though.

I will definitely support the Laliga Academy way or College route for them as it gives them more opportunities, while playing College Football you can also play in The USL W League a pre-professional women's soccer league in the United States, Right now after earning a Degree there’s a chance of getting drafted by clubs from the NSWL and USL Super League (16 teams currently) which is a new league that will be operating Starting from mid this year on same level as the NWSL not as 2nd Division..

Europe is also there for them to go, not just going to Europe but top leagues in Europe..!

Congratulations to former SuperFalcons Midfielder Osarenoma Igbinovia (a.k.a Edo Baby Face) who just delivered a Bouncing Baby Girl..

This is the 27year old Second Child since she got married few years ago

lovewins:
Abeg how dem try am? We are talking development of young talents here o. Dennerby didn't even stay long to try anything. What Randy is doing whether intentional or coincidental is what I envisage for our sports. We don't have the funding for sports so outsource your young talents to where they have the facility and money to develop. Athletics have mastered the hack, next will be basketball. Women's football is where we need the US most cause they have the most robust developmental structure for women's football development in the world.

I just love how our Young Girls are now taking the US College and Spain Laliga Academy route… Great Development!

Imagine our Young CenterBack Oyinlola Olamide wining the Best Player Award in the recent Laliga U19 Tournament in Spain and she’s also the Captain too.. It shows that they’re developing fine, Barca, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla etc will be watching out for them too…

Oyinlola Ball Playing would have also improved a lot as Spain love Ball Playing Defenders… The future is bright but I hope the Big Body NFF will keep the girls together till then… I’m not even sure if Oyinlola, Usani will be given a chance going to the U20 World Cup later this year.!

Halimatu Ayinde has one job today – Hold South African forward Thembi Kgatlana like she did to Lauren James of England!

The rest will be history!

You will remember James' red card was inspired by our own Halimatu Ibrahim Ayinde who kept the former in her pocket and ensured she got frustrated, looking for where to operate and met an equally solid Michelle Alozie who unfortunately had to take the malicious foul which got James a well deserved Red Card.🚫

Our Midfield Maestro has her job cut out for her and she has excelled at that role steady…

PDPGuy:
Amazing! She would be one to look out for at the 2026 WAFCON and 2027 WC

I don’t think it would take that Long before Randy will bring her into the SuperFalcons Midfield ooo, The Competition there is getting tougher! The good thing is she’s an Attacking Midfielder ( Toni Payne, Onyi Echegini, Esther Onyenezide, Celine Ottah etc) it’s getting better and tougher in our Midfield..


Let’s see how she and Debby develop Chemistry at Pitts, with that Understanding it will also give them another edge to play together in the SuperFalcons..!

Still wondering if it was the Summer Series that Randy Started Monitoring her from…!

Madam Asisat Oshoala

PDPGuy:
26 G/A in 15 games tho! Those are unbelievable stats 😮‍💨

In her Freshman Year (2022) in the NJCAA while playing for Pork State College she Played 17games scoring 15 goals and 14 assists before transferring to Jones College for her Sophomore year another D2 team in 2023 where she Scored19goals and 7 Assists in 15games for jones College, she has moved up to NCAA to join Deborah Abiodun at Pitts University (2024)…. Thanks to Randy for Spotting this talent..

Her Goal Scoring records and Assists also showed that she’s way better than the NJCAA Div..!

Deborah Abiodun and Celine Ottah in Midfield for Randy at Pittsburgh University, there won’t be any surprises if we see her in Camp for the SuperFalcons very soon as working under Randy she will develop and also have a higher chance of Playing for the SuperFalcons but again she has Toni Payne, Onyi Echegini even Esther Onyenezide to face for a spot…!

PDPGuy:
26 G/A in 15 games tho! Those are unbelievable stats 😮‍💨

Celine Ottah (22yrs) was among the Home Based Players Randy picked for the Summer Series few ago, I believe Randy probably might have sighted something in her then to have monitored her to this stage and Signed her… Our Attacking Midfield is getting set with good talents.

She’s such an intelligent Midfielder, while Playing for Jones College in the NJCAA division she combine led it with Playing in the Semi Pro League in the 🇺🇸 (Tormenta FC) which will definitely help her NCAA Career and going Pro..

She was the Best Player in the Junior Division Last year..

Randy just Picking our Young Midfielders, I see a great understanding between her and Abiodun..

She helped Jones College women's soccer win its first NJCAA championship Scoring 19goals and 7 Assists in 15games for jones College Last season and also played for Tormenta FC of the USL W League in the summer of 2023.

Randy Waldrum Pittsburgh University signed former Bayelsa Queens Attacking midfielder Celina Ottah from Jones College (NJCAA Div 2)..


A good transfer for the Midfielder as she team up with Young Midfield General Deborah Abiodun

The Current Champions of Africa are ready…just crossing fingers for a good broadcast

Bayana Bayana of South Africa 🇿🇦 at the final training session ahead of their clash with Super Falcons in Abuja...

Bayana Bayana of South Africa 🇿🇦 at the final training session ahead of their clash with Super Falcons in Abuja. pic.twitter.com/jmG4zMOAiR

— POOJA!!! (@PoojaMedia) April 4, 2024

Super Falcons arrive for their last training session ahead of the crucial Olympic qualifier against South Africa. 🔥🇳🇬

Super Falcons arrive for their last training session ahead of the crucial Olympic qualifier against South Africa. 🔥🇳🇬 pic.twitter.com/KnyetOhvvW

— POOJA!!! (@PoojaMedia) April 4, 2024

CALM BEFORE THE STORM: Copper Queens coach Bruce Mwape shares a light moment with his Atlas Lionesses counterpart Jorge Vilda at Levy Mwanawasa stadium in Ndola. Zambia and Morocco meet in the first leg of the Paris 2024 Olympic final round qualifier at 19h00 on Friday.

🚨Morocco coach Jorge Vilda has warned his opponents Zambia that his team is ‘motivated and prepared’ to qualify for the Olympics.

“The team is very motivated and very excited because achieving qualification for the Olympic Games would be a historic milestone for Morocco and I believe and firmly believe that the team is motivated and prepared,” per quotes via 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬.

The two sides met last September in a double-tie friendly games, which Zambia won; but Vilda believes the Moroccans are ready for tomorrow’s challenge.

lovewins:
Ok. Thanks for the correction. A little difficult getting information on the Chinese league

Yeah Yeah… Very very Difficult now cause the page were I usually get update of their League from stopped Updating long ago..!

Deltamani:
NFF did Contributed to the SuperFalcons lose of Momentum especially the break they gave Randy Negotiating Contract while Justin Madugu was in charge..

What NFF would have possibly done was to retain the whole Coaching Crew that worked with the team at the World Cup, Terry the Game reader and Match Analyst is not even with the team right now as I know too well that he also Contributed a lot to the team Performance!

I can’t talk much about Justin Madugu and Ann Chiejene presence in the team but Ann look more active than Justin in team till date, The only time Justin was really active was when he was made Acting Coach during the period of Randy Absence due to contract Negotiations.

lovewins:
First question is how many players played in Sunday night? The answer is just one and that's Nicole. Every other person played latest Sunday Morning. So yes they could all have arrived latest by Monday.

For Esther, I tried to check the Chinese league and I'm not even sure they had a game last weekend. Of course other things could have kept her that we are not privy to. So 95% of our squad were done with club business by Sunday morning and could have arrived camp latest Monday if planned properly

Esther had a game on Sunday Morning around 8:00AM Nigerian time which they won 2goals to 1..

daveP:
That game exposed a lot of things. Especially how ordinary we made Sarina seem. We no suppose treat Randy the way we did after such a big big show of class. Nff. It also made me entirely angry that the mental preparation of the ladies stopped downloading at 70%.
How come you ladies weren't prepared for penalty kicks knowing you have one of the top 3 world pk savers in Chiamaka Like howwwww? The euro champs were scared to the core, more than us. We had it in our hand and dropped it again. 😔😑


The what ifs is even more painful. Especially if we got to finals. Oh my!!!


We have a 2nd chance now... I hope they take this Olympics too seriously than ever and even attempt winning it. Somewhere along the line, e kon be like momentum from that WWC was lost or killed by NFF. Those guys dunno when to assist Greatness when it is taking its own smooth course.

NFF did Contributed to the SuperFalcons lose of Momentum especially the break they gave Randy Negotiating Contract while Justin Madugu was in charge..

What NFF would have possibly done was to retain the whole Coaching Crew that worked with the team at the World Cup, Terry the Game reader and Match Analyst is not even with the team right now as I know too well that he also Contributed a lot to the team Performance!

The Olympics qualifiers Match is Expected to be a very Hostile Match- Coach Desiree Ellis

“They’re still one of the best teams on the continent. They’ve been serial winners (Nigeria have won 11 of 14 WAFCON titles) and have been consistent over the past few years. It will be a tough match because they haven’t been in the Olympics since 2008 and their team has changed a bit since we last played them (at the 2022 WAFCON)."

Memories

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇳🇬 A spot in the Quarter-finals was on the line between England & Nigeria... The English Side Luckily took it on Penalty Shootout..

Hope the SuperFalcons Step up when it matters most against SA🇿🇦

Whenever I re-watch this Particular Game I still feel some sort of what I can’t describe inside of me…!😢
#FIFAWWC

Esther Okoronkwo who plays for Changchun Dazhong WFC Coming from China just landed Yesterday Night… Common They played their League Games on Sunday 31st in the Morning…. If she had Left China on Monday Morning at least on Wednesday Morning would have been enough to get to 9ja…

Maybe is how NFF fixed their travel schedule that’s why… Cause they do stop over at least once or twice before getting to Nigeria here…

naptu2:
All aboard.

This thing is something the FA really needs to look into how do Ohale and Ihezuo who plays in the same Club reports to camp on different Days entirely… almost 2 to 3days apart! What’s their traveling Plan? They probably will be living in the same Hotels or close by…! This isn’t right at all, even if they have Family and other issues to attend to they should probably pick one either their Personal issues or the Camp cause this game is very Crucial…

Henceforth I really want to see Randy give our CB’s and DM’s especially the Younger Ones to Mark out the Star Players (Major threats of the opponents)..

Blessing Demehin especially, I want to see her Marking Game! Ohale used to do the job back in the days against the likes of Birgit Prinz, Inka Grings, Alexander Popp, Melissa Tancredi, Salimata Simpore etc! But Age is no Longer on her side..!

We need Younger CB’s at least 2 to join Ohale, Blessing Demehin and Plumptre just in Case..!

I remember Onome Ebi shutdown Thembi Kgatlana during the 2018 WAFCON final and she was useless all through the game… If Halimatu Ayinde can keep Lauren James at Bay… Who’s Thembi that they can’t handle?

Give her to Ayinde or Abiodun then she will start moving from wing to wing and gets frustrated out of the game!.

Or Better-still Christy Ucheibe can Close her down from the CB position too…!

A Record Breaking brace during Week 3 Match Ups lands Uchenna Kanu on @easportsfc Team of the Week! 🤩

South African defender, Nomvula Kgoale complains about the texture of the grasses on Nigerian Pitches ahead of their Olympics Qualifiers face off against the Super Falcons on Friday.🇳🇬🇿🇦

lovewins:
I really hope it doesn't happen but I won't be alarmed if South Africa beats us at home. The lack of coordination so far is concerning. It gives the impression that we aren't serious even though I want to believe the players aren't like that.

19 players are reported to be in camp so far many of whom arrived just yesterday. At least 3 players are still being expected and all 3 are our no 9. Asisat Oshoala, Ihezuo and Esther Okoronkwo. The earliest they'll arrive will be later today for a game that holds in 48 hours. They'll obviously be jetlagged and that could affect their effectiveness.

South Africa who are the guest had over 80% of their players already in Nigeria by Sunday. They are doing everything humanly possibly to win the game.

It will be painful if we miss this Olympics sha.

Hopefully we won’t miss it, Again what matters is getting the tactics right and the Starters too…! Our previous game against them we were lacking in midfield especially when he was still playing Chikwelu, Ajibade in midfield.

Pictures from the team's training session today at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.

South Africa are Ready….!

🚨Lebohang Ramalepe says South Africa’s clash against Nigeria in the Olympics qualifiers is a ‘do or die’ game.

“This coming game is a tough one. Remember both of us missed the last Olympics, so it’s a do or die kind of a match.

As a team, we’re ready because we know how important this is and we just have to go there and give our best.

lovewins:
CAMP UPDATE:

Halimatu Ayinde, Michelle Alozie, Toni Payne and Rinsola Babajide swelled the number of players in camp to 18 before dinner time

Source: Super Falcons page

NB: I think they mean Nicole not Toni since the later has been in camp since yesterday.

They will train Twice 2moro (Morning and Evening)