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BascoVanVeli:
Haba mana. No goal scored was her fault na. There is no keeper stopping any goal Ashleigh scored. The 2 shots were put in the far corner and the setpiece was a point blank goal.

The goals weren’t her fault? So you mean no other good female goalkeeper would have saved that? Are you kidding me?

Rewatch the video and then look closely at oluehi’s positioning and reactions. There wasn’t any attempt, she just stood like a log of wood! Goalkeeper with experience o!

Deltamani:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Q2bPcMaRA?si=nt8mAMFPrtZqIMTN

Can someone please confirm if Oluehi plays for free, cus what is that atrocious goalkeeping? No reflexes or attempts at saving the ball for the first two goals and when she eventually does, she’s slower than a nail.. ewwww

Deltamani:
Omor the girly good sha but short small body frame Players nor really da freak me except you da exceptionally good..

For her to be listed as No.11 Freshman in the whole of US College definitely means she’s good.. 11games 1 goals and 8 Assists..

Players with her stature tend to be very technical especially with their low center of gravity

Think Hazard, Messi, Veratti, Gavi or even Linda Caicedo and Lauren James to mention a few

BascoVanVeli:
Point out the sentiment or forever hold ur peace

I thought about it, in fact i typed it, but later deleted it cus, what do I want to say again that lovewins and the others haven’t? And you’re still going on and on like someone who was paid to do this.

There’s no point cus it’ll be like talking to a wall. Even the GOAT Marta still playing professionally in a top league stepped aside from the national side but Onome is the one that should give birth to grandchildren in the national team just because she can.

Continue. I have enough popcorn to enjoy the circus.

BascoVanVeli:
When u don't agree with Randy u always make excuses. Now you want me to believe that america selects players who are useless to their success. Rapino gets flack for her political views and not her play. The average American doesn't even care about soccer, they just want them to lose because of her mouth. She was one of the best players at the last World Cup so why wouldn't she get a shot at this one? Same with Morgan who was heavy on equal pay. Their quality clearly kept them on the team. If it were up to their federation they would be long gone.

If those players were so honorable why didn't they retire at 29 years like Oparanozie That's the honorable thing to do, at that age they had probably played more than her with the national team so why didn't they retire and give the younger ones a chance?

2 years U don't have to resort to lies. Onome played in Belarus for a whole season with Regina Otu. Moved at the end and joined a la liga club. Things didn't work out and she left during the middle of the season. Of course she is thinking that another foreign club would show up so by the time she gave the NWFL a thought we had like 4 games until the Super 6 and there was no real use since the club she was going to join was not going to be there.

She could have stayed at the Belarus level but she decided to challenge herself with such a tough league. If this situation happens to a player u like ur tone will be different.

This has sentiment written all over it, thought you were bigger than this my man.

Deltamani:
she chose Money over Morals.

I’ll always have a problem with this school of thought. Will morals feed her and take care of her bills? It might be harder for the men’s game but the women’s game is just not shelling out enough money to make players stay in Europe.

Behind her decision—and that of every other player moving to Saudi—all the way!

isan:
Where's the criticism?

I was tryna make a general statement, didn’t mean that you were criticizing her. I should have worded it better.

isan:
Chasing the bag

Never criticize a player for getting their bag

CoolJulian:
Wow! I know that this is a short video and not the French First division, but I'm very impressed, I love her confidence. She's very young too. I'll like for her to be invited to the Super Falcons so she can be assessed.

As for this argument, unless you’re new to the world of football, you don’t make a conclusion on a player based on highlights, no matter how long it is. Every player has their highlights where they’re looking like the best thing since sliced bread and she’s not different.

Also, people saying she should replace Demehin have no solid ground for that. You don’t get handed your place in the NT, you earn it! Demehin has done so, let Maureen earn her place too.

And if she’s a good as the hype, it won’t be long before she makes the move to a better club. As for now, she has a long way to go to replace her counterpart.

lovewins, I know you’re different from me but I’m definitely not one to reply or engage dimwits. I know an intelligent person when I see one and he’s not worth wasting your time on or attempting to educate.

His brain is filled with insults, not logic. Just leave him be and add him to the list of the blackisted monikers on the thread. Everytime he extorts a reaction from you, it’s a win for him. Don’t give him or his brothers that.

sureleads:
wow...cement her place? someone that has been back to back top scorer for the team. the only hiccups she had was caused by injury. She has been a vert integral part....in fact a dominant part of the team.

The kind of opinions on this thread can be stupendously funny...laced with biases and prejudice

Empty barrels always make the loudest noise. Anyone who follows Barca women knows she’s always in and out of the team for various reasons and it’s rare she gets a long run of matches in the starting position.

You can change your moniker a million times but you can’t change your thought process or your limited vocabulary. We know who you are, internet warrior.

birdman:
we will see how smart he is, in a few. You can make some quick dough by being infamous, but eventually burnt bridges catch up to you. Fool looks young and just plain stupid tbh

I don’t see it as that big of a deal to warrant bridges being burnt though. Unless he takes if further and doesn’t keep going with the controversial comments.

Well, what do you notice?

lovewins:
Exactly what I anticipated will happen. Borja Iglesias and Iker Casillas speaking up is just the beginning. Many more will likely speak up and board members will be pressured to change position. He was dumb not to resign.

If this confirms anything, it’s that this scandal is a cultural thing in their federation. It’s rooted deep into the administration and their higher ups are all in on it.

When the incident happened earlier with Vilda, the coach, he and his cohorts in the federation claimed it was manhunt. Same thing the president too is now claiming but it’s just evidence that the players were right. And it’s a big big problem for Spanish football.

If the president is sexually harassing players or staff publicly, why would the coach be embarrassed or afraid of losing his job when he does the same thing in camera? Thankfully, the whole world saw how this one happened and it’s not the players’ word against the federation like before so they can’t be gagged or ostracized.

truthhurtsnaira:
Payne is a total footballer…unlike that Alozie that doesnt have any business on a pitch

Lol. How confident of you to think you’ll be taken seriously. What a troll

mostob:
Just curious...where are you from? I mean the country.

I’m guessing USA or Singapore. Those are forward water countries.

Nigeriagood:
Unpopular opinion: curry is the greatest shooter of all time

How is this unpopular opinion fam?

lovewins:
You're not making the argument you think you're making. Respectfully Salma and Gift are in different worlds.

First, Salma is 19 and like Caicedo there are exceptions and not the rule. How many of her mates are in the world cup? For her to have been selected it means she's simply worlds apart from her colleagues.

She didn't just get a free pass to the team, she's a regular part of the best women's football team in that world. She's won the u17 and u20 world cup. She's won the La Liga and the champions League. She's not just anybody. She plays in the same league as Gift. Please compare their stats. Put them side by side and see who's better. Also, she doesn't even get to start. She's come in as sub in both games she scored.

Second, Vicky Lopez is the best u17 player ok the world, she didn't because of that her taken to the world cup because there are simply better players that play her role. Funny thing is, had some of the 12 players who opted out because of the coach been considered, maybe Salma wouldn't have even made the team.

We shouldn't take exceptional players and use them as points of comparison to ours. By the way, Demehin is from the same class and played every game at the world cup. Use as next time when comparing.

I swear you get time. Explaining to them is like talking to a rock.

lovewins:
Why stop at 7? She should aim for 8 so we can be sure it's unreachable. And oh, we shouldn't stop at her, We should extend same gesture to Oluehi and other folks. Theirs may not be breaking record world cup attendance, but I'm pretty sure there are goals that are personal to them that they aim to reach. Keeping them on.the team obviously won't hurt anybody, it's just a few spot.

Seconded

lovewins:
Onome Ebi during an Instagram Live a few days ago said she hasn't ruled out going for the next world cup. She says she's currently the only one positioned to go to 7 world cups (male or female) as every other person she's currently tied with has retired. She said all she needs to do is work on her body to meet up with the requirements.

As shocking as I was to hear this, I wasn't surprised. Point is Onome won't leave until you push her out. She's obviously banking on her people at the NFF to keep her in the team.

Kibbs:
Very very important before Madam starts pushing agenda for record 7th WC

It was just a week or two ago I mentioned this. Her time in the NT is up and her usefulness is totally diminished.

She should humbly and proudly retire now instead of being pushed out forcefully which I believe will eventually happen cus if she wanted to retire, she would have done so immediately after the WC

daveP:
Just admit it for once. Na always when e reach oyinbo side we go wan dey cook excuse ni? England are the least inspiring among all the european reps left in this competition. Infact they were least before the KO stages started. They were only bested by Switzerland, if not they'll ve least in group stages too. Simple!! KO is tough for anyone, but this English team are damn lucky. In conclusion, they've not lived up to their hype so far as Champs of Euros. Fact!!

Sweden is repping better with play and style.

England is this, England is that

Till they go and win they go and win the damn thing. Ask France men how they did it in 2019.. you think history books remembers a team that played better over a team that won?

KO football are always tight, only a few are different. No bad team reaches the semi final of a WC by luck sha

BascoVanVeli:
That's a childish analogy. So I should follow the majority simply because they are the majority? That will never be my portion.

This was not a post match interview. It was one of a player who was not even part of the squad. The tournament is over so this can't affect anything. She has the freedom of speech. Now Toni has the right to feel some type of way but u negros are not Toni.

I’m sorry Methuselah. Keep blessing us with your elderly knowledge and keep going in the opposite direction because it’s not to your portion and not because it’s the right thing to do.

BascoVanVeli:
If u feel this quote is picking on someone u are very sensitive.

She continued saying "Toni Payne did her best. I commended her effort a lot and I told her and said girl you did great. She tried her best but she's not up to that standard yet. She's a very good player and with time she will get there. But on that kind of game if they had me, even though I know I'm not going to last , I'm going to bring all I have......"

The fact that only you see nothing wrong here should tell you a lot. Put down the sentiments for a second and look at it from an unbiased lens.

Why would you say a fellow player isn’t up to a certain standard? That’s for the coach to decide and not her. Even when a certain player criticizes, he/she does that to the whole team and doesn’t single out one person.