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ekehopp2:
Team list, only Demehin, Nnadozie and Ajibade keep their place. Fresh legs!
https://x.com/osasuo/status/1944453319684174199

Okoronkwo and Ijamulusi bench.
Oluehi, Unachukwu and Okafor (allegedly injured) yet to feature in the tournament

------Onumonu Ihezuo
Ordega ----Echegini---- Ajibade
----------Ucheibe
Usani Demehin Isah Oladipo
---------Nnadozie

Not bad.

Did a lot for Nigeria’s infrastructural progress. Was a fine general in his hey days who also taught the dreaded Chadian militants of the early 1980’s a huge lesson.

God rest his soul and may the good seeds he has sown for the purpose of a prosperous Nigeria not be in vain but lead to a prosperous, peaceful, and powerful Nigeria indeed.

mikeapollo:
A lot of refineries around the world are older than our refineries and they are still functioning and producing

Exactly. I don’t think the old age is the problem. I think the fact that some of them have not been operating for decades is the problem. The longer a refinery (old or new) stays out of operation, the more difficult it is to revive it.
Refining is quite complex.

Samueltemi337:
I don't see Zambia and South Africa being tough
South Africa even need to win Mali first or get a draw
That won't be easy for them
Our real problem is Morroco with the poor officiating

I am very happy we avoided Morocco for the quarter finals to be honest when you see the poor officiating.

ekehopp2:
We have a tough path ahead of us

QF vs Zambia
SF vs South Africa
Finals vs Morocco

While Morocco has the simpler task.
It is well.

Is it really that tough? I don’t think so.

If we make our attack click for the most part, these teams are very beatable for my super falcons.

This Botswana coach dey vex oo 😅.

Confirmed: It would be a different game plan for Tunisia.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4-2Zun863U?si=vAYqSfUSPM7nrane

This is what Kenyan/African female football journalist (JW Sports) had to say about the game:

"Have watched enough of Botswana deploying a super disciplined 3-4-2-1 that shifts to 3-5-2 (they don't always use it; they did not use it vs Algeria and will most likely not use it vs Tunisia).

Largely used it vs South Africa (in that Tokyo qualifiers) and Banyana couldn't find an opening across 180 minutes.

Kenya, of course, couldn't either across 180 minutes, despite arriving on the highest of highs after eliminating Cameroon in the Wafcon 2024 qualifiers.

Super Falcons are the first to break it with much more ease, missing a sitter here and there And didn't even need two legs to get the job done.

So, Nigeria deserved that win and a bonus for showing everyone else how to tame The Mares when they pull that game plan. A service to humanity, of sorts. 😁"

orriyomi33:
Alright, I hope to see more of Echiegini.

Yope. She is usually very quiet and not imposing in games which is her weak point but very dangerous when she’s given the space and time to fashion out a chance or shoot.

daveP:
Perhaps man thinks cos she wears 7 so she should start from the wing. Im too pissed at the game tonight. It is also hilarious that as talented as this team is, passing is still a big big herculean problem overall. Omo!!

At this rate, we need both Onyenezide and Mercy Idoko in Falcons. They too sabi passing abeg. Especially Idoko. All I'm seeing are same problems on 2022 group stage and that's enough to sink one's morale even though they'll still top group.


I knew this man will give Chioma the "Attervall treatment"
Smh

Sheybi I talk say we need Oyenezide? She doesn’t have to make rough tackles but when she gets the ball she keeps the ball better and she’s always able to retrieve the second ball. Her shots are also usually very wayward though like most of the falcons except the likes of Echiegini and Plumptre.

When you have Ayinde already, you don’t need a similar player like Abiodun playing at the same time except you are playing Spain and you probably want to get a draw. Abiodun was going forward more often but if the coach wanted someone to do that, why an Abiodun who is not as experienced going forward?

But hey, Oyenezide wasn’t invited so we’ll let that be.

yinkeys:
No wonder, she’s got the creativity of a midfielder & the crosses of a solid winger
Modern day Guardiola Left back & how they occupy the midfield as well as offensive 3rd
PSG Mendez & Hakimi
Man City’s Zinchenko
Alozie needs to emulate Ashleigh’s game style
Or is that long hair/braids heavy & affecting her game, personally I think it is
Silly me

We have a good replacement for Alozie in the team though if the coach wants to look into it. However, we do not seem to have a good replacement for Ashleigh in this current team.

orriyomi33:
Having watched Plumptre played since the last AFCON, I can say confidently she's top among our players that is not afraid of shooting outside the box.
She has got a striker's instinct.

This is not to take anything from Echiegini,her shoot today was one that reduced the Bostwana keepers confidence.

Nah plumptre is not better than Echiegini when it comes to shooting accurately. No one comes close in this current falcons set up in my opinion.
I have followed Echiegini from time and watch her games. I watch a few highlights from Plumptre and Ordega in Saudi Arabia as well.

orriyomi33:
Plumtre

Plumptre is second and top for crossing but if Echiegini is given space to shoots 10 times, 7 would be on target (even if they don’t go in). This is how she has been from her US college days, in Juventus and at PSG currently.
Her problem is that she finds it difficult to always create that space for herself to shoot often.

It seems only Echiegini knows how to shoot in this team. Abiodun is a good player but I don’t see the need of pairing Abiodun and Ayinde together. It stifles creativity from my viewpoint and it’s way too defensive especially against weaker teams like this.

The Tunisians are really really disruptive and their defence is so organised. Goalkeeper classy.

TheSuperNerd:
Idiko1 saying what he did is over the bar but Deborah Abiodun needs to be cautioned by the coaches on her ill timing when going in for the tackles. She could have easily bagged a red in the Tunisia game. While her industry in midfield is well noted, her tackling is rash and ill timed. I would not want her costing us a game by picking up a red and leaving us a woman short abeg.

She should kindly watch it. Aside that, she is an important part of the team.

I thought the initial idea was to have her understudy Ayinde and be a substitute for Ayinde who was always injury prone. Ayinde and Ucheibe should always start together if they are fit.

megawealth01:
Tinubu Borrowing N1.2 Trillion After Paying Chagoury’s Company N15 Trillion

https://gazettengr.com/after-paying-n15-trillion-to-chagourys-company-for-lagos-calabar-road-tinubu-secures-additional-n1-2-trillion-loan-for-same-highway/

Junk journalism by PG as usual.

Omo see that TP Mazembe player face 🤣😀. Na man or woman be that?

I said it from their first game. Senegal and Dr Congo do not know how to quickly cover up spaces in their defence.

Senegal oo 😆🤣

givedemwotowoto:
How can we be dealing with this level of understanding in Nigeria? The transcript says they went to Abacha to see Abacha but doesn’t say they met with Abacha. Isn’t that clear enough?

If you haven’t gone to see a high ranking government official before just tell me you don’t understand how the protocol works

Are you satisfied now? 🤣🤣

givedemwotowoto:
NNPP supporters are not following PO supporters up and down like Tinubu supporters. They’re all over your faces because you’re following them, so you can do Cho Cho Cho about PO. Nobody follows opposition and feels threatened and insecure like Tinubu supporters.

I bet you are the ones that throw Obi everywhere. If you stop bringing him into discussions, nobody would care about him just like nobody cared about him as at January 2022. APC people then were focussed on Atiku. Were his supporters crying like you here?

You want to uphold Obi as messiah then you and your Obi should be ready to take the heat and stop whining like a frustrated little girl.

Greenback:
Ok have you people singles those people out who worked for ibb and questioned them?

Why are we not seeing something about Amaechi or Atiku the way you people keep churning out epistles upon epistles about Obi.

See,some of us aren't from the east but this daily attacks and accusations and vituperations amounts to much ado about absolutely nothing.
Everyday obi obi obi,haba!!!!

Atiku and Obi are thesame. Weren’t they running mates in 2019? Obi is talked about more because his followers are all over Twitter and on our faces with Obi, Obi, Obi.

semid4lyfe:
Demehin is a disaster waiting to happen. She's panicky, misplaces passes and miskicks the ball a lot.

I wish the coach can draft Plumptre to pair Ohale in the central defence, and have another defender play from the left back position.

I wonder why either of Chioma Okeke or Nicole Payne was not invited. That way we can pair Ohale and Plumptre but hey.

Idiko1:
I have watched most of the games played by Falcons. Player in #13 has been a complete accident both in SF, age grade competition and Pitts.
The player in 18 has source Nigerian anguish. She continuously passed the ball to her opponents, trapped the ball for her opponents and committed silly infringements. As for 14, she is a mayhem and will destroy the happiness of most Nigerian football fans.

😃😃

For the quarter finals, I think Morocco would not really be a problem to us if we put our acts together on the day but for Zambia, I just thought of something now though it may sound ridiculous.

Considering the Zambian game is built entirely on their forwards like Barbara and Kundinanji, if we pair Ucheibe and Ohale (then bench Demehin) at the heart of the defence and then Abiodun and Ayinde in defensive midfield, we would frustrate the Zambians big time if we happen to meet.

This was what Randy did to frustrate South Africa at the Olympic qualifiers.

South Africa too fast. Ghana hasn’t really shown much so far though.

givedemwotowoto:
So what he meant is not important if “I’ve never met him” can mean many things when put in context?

Lol. Obi’s statements always mean many things to you Obidients. I wonder if he now speaks in parables like Jesus did to his disciples where only those initiated can understand. Is Obi that deep?

Na so una talk say immediately does not really mean immediately when Obi contradicted himself on removing subsidy immediately.

femi4:
I have explained that part for you. It's left for you to believe what you want to believe

You explained what he didn’t say. Quote what he said first before giving your explanation.

femi4:
Watch the video

What do you want me to see from the video? He said I never met Abacha before. Did he say it in another way?

femi4:
He meant one on one. He never worked directly for him. The port task lasted for just 3 days. Did you watch the video at all

You are the one helping him here by interpreting what he meant. He simply said: “I never met Abacha”.
To see how contradictory this is, all the Obidients I have engaged with on this thread discussing this topic (including you) have conflicting views on what Obi meant. Just read my previous responses on this particular thread.

[quote author=Greenback post=136020259][/quote]You don’t get it. The problem is not whether or not Obi worked for Abacha. Take Babangida for example, do you know how many scholars and great guys he appointed to work for him? They were quite a good number of them.
I am not blaming Obi for doing a task for Abacha, I’m only worried at how contradictory he is when he speaks. The problem here is simply that he’s contradicting himself.

isan:
What do you mean the coach doesn't know how to use Echegini? When last did you watch the team play? ....the coach see Echegini as an attacking midfielder but she's behind Payne that's why she's on the bench .... onyezide is also an attacking midfielder, very good player but she's not on Payne or Echegini level

Your Question: When last did you watch the team play?

My Answer: Against Cameroon and Portugal.