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olapluto:
It wont take you 10 minutes of the game to start clamouring for Oparanozie. She is a handfull. The fact that she was tired against Australia doesnt mean she's no good. She has rested, so has Oshoala. Only Ordega is likely to be unfit.
You will see the real Oparanozie on Tuesday.

Olapluto..i dey suspect you ooo!

You sure say u nor dey canada with these girls??..

Anyways,Oparanozie is a quality player on the day,but so far she hasnt come to the party,and she seems to be a bit heavy hence she is always second best in duels with opposing defenders.

I think Ini/Dike with enough pace and energy will provide more threat going forward for now,let them wear out the defence then Oparanozie can come in and do the damage.

Live in Vancuover..lets go there!!

olapluto:
dodobytes, you will be making a big mistake by dropping Oparanozie. Shes miles ahead of Dike and Ini.

I definitely will have her on as a super sub,because she has shown she hasnt got pace to trouble defences and her first touch has been very poor.I would rather take my chances with Dike/Ini.

When the momentum is with our team I would encourage them to switch to a 4-2-4 formation where Okobi either pushes to the flank and Oshoala comes into the center, or Okobi pushes straight up into the center. Nwabuoku then steps up into the central midfield role.

This should be the complexion of the team when we are on the attack and pressing for a goal. Notwithstanding Ordega and Oshoala can always interchange depending on where they both find joy.

I will approach the game knowing I need to win and not concede as that makes the job harder, therefore I will adopt two formations 4-3-3 and 4-2-4.

The defensive line-up will definitely be changed as Njoku will get to start, talk about round peg in a round hole. Ayinde will also be sacrificed in the midfield because I want a firm grip on the midfield and Nwabuoku as the only defensive midfielder doesn’t cut it. Ohadugha or Nku will be included in the mix to firm things up at the center of the park.Nwabuoku will be the anchor person shielding the defence line at all times,while Nku/Ohadugha will be the bulldog,ball winning midfielder

I will have to trust Okobi as the only creative midfielder, as I need tough tacklers in the game. Oshoala and Ordega will have to run the flanks while I will have to go with a new striker this time around (Ini/Dike), reason being Oparanozie doesn’t seem to have the pace or trickery to take on defenders and her first touch has been poor.

I will rather have her come in as a sub deep in the second half when fatigue has set in for the opposing defenders and then she can bully them and her lack of pace would be compensated for by the tired legs of the defenders.

When the momentum is with our team I would encourage them to switch to a 4-2-4 formation where Okobi either pushes to the flank and Oshoala comes into the center, or Okobi pushes straight up into the center. Nwabuoku then steps up into the central midfield role.

This should be the complexion of the team when we are on the attack and pressing for a goal. Notwithstanding Ordega and Oshoala can always interchange depending on where they both find joy.

I will approach the game knowing I need to win and not concede as that makes the job harder, therefore I will adopt two formations 4-3-3 and 4-2-4.

The defensive line-up will definitely be changed as Njoku will get to start, talk about round peg in a round hole. Ayinde will also be sacrificed in the midfield because I want a firm grip on the midfield and Nwabuoku as the only defensive midfielder doesn’t cut it. Ohadugha or Nku will be included in the mix to firm things up at the center of the park.Nwabuoku will be the anchor person shielding the defence line at all times,while Nku/Ohadugha will be the bulldog,ball winning midfielder

I will have to trust Okobi as the only creative midfielder, as I need tough tacklers in the game. Oshoala and Ordega will have to run the flanks while I will have to go with a new striker this time around (Ini/Dike), reason being Oparanozie doesn’t seem to have the pace or trickery to take on defenders and her first touch has been poor.

I will rather have her come in as a sub deep in the second half when fatigue has set in for the opposing defenders and then she can bully them and her lack of pace would be compensated for by the tired legs of the defenders.

nice one olapluto,my submission aint too different from yours.My only issue is that we need goals and as much as we need to keep things tight at the back,we need to give ourselves options upfront too..

We are in need of a win..we need more attacking bite,

After the match against Australia, I think lots of people just quit on the Falcons, truth be told I kinda gave up too, I decided to just forget the game and move on jare. But being a green-white-green for life I had to ask myself questions and I found myself answering them.

What went wrong against Australia?

• I personally think the girls burnt out in the first 15-20minutes of the game, and as stamina and pace deserted us, the quickness and trickery of the Matilda’s began to show. I can attribute this to the error of fielding the same team without any changes.

• Desire Oparanozie is a good player but in this tournament she hasn’t really come to the party (it happens to the best of players, nothing personal). Against the Matilda’s she was looking very heavy and lost for pace.

• Ohale starting on the right flank was a testament to the fact that we have a coach that is stubborn and needs to upgrade his technical abilities. Why make the same mistake that cost us dearly in our first game? Truth be said, the substitution of Ohale later on in the game, as much as it was welcome, it was needless if the right thing was done initially. That slot could have been used to unleash more firepower against the opposition as we direly needed a goal to get our girls fired up again.

• As our girls tired out, we lost the engine room of the game (midfield), they completely bossed the midfield and it was only a matter of time before we conceded. Dede might not be what she used to be, but I absolve her of any blame for the two goals conceded on the day, her defenders didn’t do her any favours.

• I don’t fault Coach Okon’s substitution on the day;

 Ohale had to leave for Njoku,though it was a wasted substitution but it was needful to shore up the right side of the defence, we were looking fragile there.
 The midfield was lost, we needed to calm it down and regain some form of control,while at the same time looking to go forward.Cecelia Nku and Ohadugha cant give you that.The only player that can give you that on the bench is Perpetua,credit to her there was some form of control when she got on the pitch.
 Desire was a spent force we needed fresh legs to trouble the opposition and in comes Dike,smart move but a little too late.

I know that we have a mountain to climb to get the result against USA, but if I were Okon would I roll over and die? Never!! I would rather go out guns blazing.

So I am gonna be Okon for a moment and come up with what I feel would be my plan to get a result, I would tell my girls that we have a fighting chance, it might be a small window, but we have a chance and we should go for it. Firstly I would allow the girls go and rest, they would surely need it because against the USA, we are going to bring the thunder!!

to be continued…..

After the match against Australia, I think lots of people just quit on the Falcons, truth be told I kinda gave up too, I decided to just forget the game and move on jare. But being a green-white-green for life I had to ask myself questions and I found myself answering them.

What went wrong against Australia?

• I personally think the girls burnt out in the first 15-20minutes of the game, and as stamina and pace deserted us, the quickness and trickery of the Matilda’s began to show. I can attribute this to the error of fielding the same team without any changes.

• Desire Oparanozie is a good player but in this tournament she hasn’t really come to the party (it happens to the best of players, nothing personal). Against the Matilda’s she was looking very heavy and lost for pace.

• Ohale starting on the right flank was a testament to the fact that we have a coach that is stubborn and needs to upgrade his technical abilities. Why make the same mistake that cost us dearly in our first game? Truth be said, the substitution of Ohale later on in the game, as much as it was welcome, it was needless if the right thing was done initially. That slot could have been used to unleash more firepower against the opposition as we direly needed a goal to get our girls fired up again.

• As our girls tired out, we lost the engine room of the game (midfield), they completely bossed the midfield and it was only a matter of time before we conceded. Dede might not be what she used to be, but I absolve her of any blame for the two goals conceded on the day, her defenders didn’t do her any favours.

• I don’t fault Coach Okon’s substitution on the day;

 Ohale had to leave for Njoku,though it was a wasted substitution but it was needful to shore up the right side of the defence, we were looking fragile there.
 The midfield was lost, we needed to calm it down and regain some form of control,while at the same time looking to go forward.Cecelia Nku and Ohadugha cant give you that.The only player that can give you that on the bench is Perpetua,credit to her there was some form of control when she got on the pitch.
 Desire was a spent force we needed fresh legs to trouble the opposition and in comes Dike,smart move but a little too late.

I know that we have a mountain to climb to get the result against USA, but if I were Okon would I roll over and die? Never!! I would rather go out guns blazing.

So I am gonna be Okon for a moment and come up with what I feel would be my plan to get a result, I would tell my girls that we have a fighting chance, it might be a small window, but we have a chance and we should go for it. Firstly I would allow the girls go and rest, they would surely need it because against the USA, we are going to bring the thunder!!

to be continued…..

ozijay:
PLEASE, WHAT CAN I READ IN SCHOOL TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL COACH

monkey post engineering..

okon heard me!!

The midfield collapsed a long time ago that why they have ran us ragged...all Okon needs to do is pull out an underperforming striker and slot in a midfielder to shore up the midfield.

Oparanozie has been missing,,pull her out and send in maybe Perpetua to calm down that midfield

players full bench to unleash..Okon dey dere dey shout like baboon

Nigerian coaches are all d same...TRASH!!!

girls be toiling...coach be looking..olodo!!

someone tall Okon to pull out oparanozie and bring in a midfielder oooo!!

Okon is a dull coach..cant he see he has lost the midfield!!

our midfield has collapsed..we need a midfielder to steady the girls...maybe perpetua

pull out oparanozie..dat Okon nor fit read match!!

olapluto:
The girls are not fit. Simple. Okon is a joke.

pull out oparanozie ooooo!!!

we are losing the midfield....pull out a striker and put in a midfielder...choke the center

the girls aint looking as sharp as they were against sweden...Okon don make dem burn out...

lemme see how dis coach wont make changes today..mtchewwwwwwwwwwww

the aussies are settling really fast

we r losing the midfield battle

too early for freekicks nah..Ohale !

jersey toh bad!!!!

NGOZI INIESTA OKOBI

i see you jare!!

olapluto:
Australian national anthem. The Nigerian gals were singing 'Who can battle with the lord? I say nobody....' as they came out of the tunnel. Game on.

high spirits!!....

its about to go down!!..AIT live!!

this right back error hasnt been fixed..Okon!!!