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BankyGee:
Coach Randy Marlon Waldrum is a super coach. A man who knows EXACTLY what he's doing. His accomplishments with the Super Falcons 🦅 is never luck. It's work and hardwork put together that enabled him to build this world-class team.

Coach Waldrum lost 6 consecutive games after the draw against Morocco 🇲🇦 at the WAFCON in July 2022. During this losing streak saga, Nigerians lost their patience, myself inclusive, we called for his sack and the immediate termination of his contract, but he kept saying one thing, "I'm building," another loss, he said, "I'm building," he kept saying "I'm building," loss after loss after loss until we lost 6 consecutive games! Now we became furious! "What does he keep building that never gets completed?" We asked.

Little did we know that he was ACTUALLY BUILDING a team capable of writing and breaking history at will! A team that is able to keep Olympic champions, European champions and World Cup hosts on the edge of their seats after being given outrageous odds against these opponents. A team that could fight tooth and nail to grind out results where everyone has concluded they can't get a result! A team that metamorphosed from dominating only in Africa 🌍 to locking horns with and defeating big teams on the world stage. A WORLD-CLASS team.

After our 6 games losing run, this is coach Waldrum's diamond statistics with his Super Falcons 🦅:

✅ Only two losses in ten games played in 2023 (v. Mexico and Colombia in February)
✅ Scored 17 goals and conceded only 6 goals in 2023 (Keeping 5 clean sheets 🛡️, ten matches)
✅ Eight matches UNBEATEN streak 🔥 (April - Present)
✅ Seven unbeaten streaks against World Cup participating teams
✅ First UNBEATEN World Cup run for the Super Falcons (4 games)
✅ First African team to keep THREE clean sheets 🛡️ in the World Cup (4 games)
✅ Defeated the two hosts of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup ([3]–[2] v. Australia 🇦🇺 and [3]–[0] v. New Zealand 🇳🇿)
✅ Made Nigerians proud beyond our pride scale.

I couldn't be more prouder. We have a world-class coach 🤵🏻

Coach Randy Marlon Waldrum 🇺🇸🇳🇬 is a brilliant tactician, an intelligent man and a certified Idan 💫🐐

NFF, RENEW HIS CONTRACT! ✍🏾

The actual F is this?? He hasn’t won jack yet so calm down with these adjectives

He did a very good job, simple as! Which one is super coach?

lovewins:
If you like explain tire, some people still won't appreciate it. To them, we have the best team in the world and should be outplaying everybody.

They’ll say we have low standards and settle with mediocrity. They’ll be alright sha

steady986:
It's the way this part of MJ's career got deleted from the history books

Yet, he has more rings and Finals MVP than your sheep. Rest

lovewins:
Couldn't stop laughing reading this. Lol

It’s the hard truth. Make everyone just dey

So many conspiracy theorists and apkruka analysts on this thread. Look at what one said "This present crop of falcons are just there based on current form minus the three goals we scored against Australia"
We should minus a whole 3 goals that the team scored just to agree with your point? Insane

Anyways we gather dey here.

I already know those I can engage and those I’ll gladly ignore. If you like tag me with you illogical responses till tomorrow, I won’t reply you.
Make everybody hold their opinion like that.

camri:
I just saw a repeat of that Lauren's foul and that was malicious. I've never seen such wickedness in football b4.

Then you’ve not watched a lot of football my friend. When people like Ramos dey

mowah:
Randy invited them all in Japan about a year ago, he knows what he saw that made him go for Demehin & Abiodun and not them. They were all given equal chances

Just leave that one. Let him keep capping. They are two on this thread I’ve noticed that argue without any sense whatsoever. I won’t tag them cus it’s a waste of time to argue with them so just ignore . Even if they quote you, ignore.
Don’t feed them, let them be.

ThePresenceWtf:
How profound!! I should have known....be well ✌️

All these oyinbo wey you dey blast.. you go explain tire!

Better go and start a tactico acct in twitter

ThePresenceWtf:
That's wasn't my point...While this is kind of valid, it's the unnecessary and incessant use of rationalization to try explain away the ineptness in our country that I'm alluding to. It's like we are never expected to be anything more than "We tried" "Okay" etc.

And I’m telling you it’s kind of a cultural thing. If we’re going to move past this level, we need to work till we get there! Don’t be surprised, it’s reality.

Let’s just start looking for a way forward. Complaints or castigations won’t solve the problems

Unlimited22:
In 4 years? Lmao make she just follow her contemporaries like Marta, Sinclair and Rapinoe dey go abeg

Nicole Payne and Rinsola Babajide are here.

Francisca Ordega should please leave this team too abeg

You forget the country you’re in? We don’t use logic here, just abnormalities

M7even:
Exactly the team was set up to defend. And that is why we are so hard to beat. We shouldn't be thinking of setting up ourselves like USA, and other offensive European nations, if not we will be playing like south Africa because we cannot match them for now.
But we can become more brutal in our defense and work better on counter. When we play in Africa we can develop and explore offensive styles that suit the basic background of our defensive team.
I enjoy the fact that we don't concede goals, it is very relaxing for me. And we can work on little errors of the opponent to punish them like our third goal against Australia.

Now this is a welcome opinion. Instead of criticizing, let’s look at our deficiencies and how we can improve them. We are better than we used to be even if it’s not by a long mile, next objective is to break the mound and go even further!

ThePresenceWtf:
When you never expect yourself to accomplish anything, nothing will ever be accomplished. The bar and metrics of success and expectations is just too fucking low in this country... Like we never expect anything from ourselves and our country. Whenever we see a slimmer of success or progress, it feels like Jesus just came down from heaven or automatically Nigerian.

This game was literally there to be won and it's possibly the best the super falcons have ever had since participating in any FWWC...But we gotta make excuses and think we've achieved beyond what we can achieve.

With this mindset, we can never become whatever it is we are to become.

Ok. Go to the next World Cup without better style of play and preparation and win based on hope and mindset.

Maybe its goals that win matches or mindset, we’ll see.

And as for the bolded, I’m also pissed we lost but I’ll cheer them on. Those celebrating also have a reason to cus this is probably our best performance in WC results wise so instead of claiming high ground thinking you’re some European team, touch grass and see things for what it is!

PDPGuy:
But our players have been playing in the top leagues Europe and North America for years now, so I’m not sure why their touches in the final third were average.
Maybe it was a case of anxiety

Now, this is a valid point. Where this is nullified is the player’s decision too. We have poor decision makers. No matter the training you’ve been given, not knowing when to pass, cross or shoot.

Ajibade is a culprit, wants to Okocha everybody, Alozie too sometimes is culpable, Demehin is the leader, Bar Payne and Echegini (who I’m surprised Tandy didn’t use more), our midfielders can’t really pass the ball.

We have tacklers, defenders, goal scorers, but less of creativity

Unlimited22:
No emphasis on tactics or technical ability.

Just dribble/pace, power, individual ability and inshallah

Exactly!! How do you expect us to perform wonders with these? And they said it’s Stockholm syndrome.

It’s fcking reality!!

semid4lyfe:
Oparanozie is a good PK taker so I wasn't surprised to see her step out for the first.

When she missed, my hope of us winning dimmed.

Super proud of the gals. Most people apart from lovewins, myself and a few others predicted us to lose in regulation time but the gals held their own.

The team exceeded expectation.

Going forward, NFF should renew Randy's contract, he's built a solid side and can only get better with this team.

And lest I forget, Onome Ebi and Ordega should leave the team

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

daveP:
Watch as Nff prioritize other stuff and style of play will not even be on the table.


This is why i prefer ex footballers by far. Any ex footballer that's at the top and watch this our style will want a coach that changes and perfect it. Sad. SA would have scored after that red card. Their defenders were tired. The switch for Alozie should have come after the red card also. But that Alozie miss vos of left foot pain me. Sarina knows she's lucky.


I also saw a bottle with Earps. Seems they did their homework on our guys. We didn't look like we did any.

Dear ThePresenceWtf

This is what I’m trying to buttress. These other teams have a better administration and football direction hence they have greater expectations. Can you say the same for us??

Unlimited22:
Omo make una no dey yarn this thing at this moment. There'll be time to praise their heroics later.

WE SHOULD HAVE WON THIS GAME, PARTICULARLY AFTER THE RED.

But we didn’t, recover my bro. Life goes on! We go again next time!

Let’s just hope we’ll be better next time else, don’t hope for a better result as well

Unlimited22:
We go reach final third, everybody brain go begin dey bootloop

Nna ehn

This is both coaching and player’s football IQ. While the best teams have been grounded in the fundamentals since when they started playing, we can’t say the same for most of our players.

Growing up, street football na gbas gbos budeh not tiki taka

ThePresenceWtf:
Naive? really? So Goals and Objectives should be a fixed theory and shouldn't be revised to match current needs and situations?

Go on.

You didn’t prepare well for a test but you want to pass ahead of those who read night and day.

Do you know the set ups in place for these teams compared to NIG? England have the best female coach in the world, Spain have a philosophy they follow for both men and women, same as the Netherlands but you think we should do better than them based on gbas gbos football. Defense and insha Allah?

BronzeTiger:
Bro england had their star player sent off We had all the chances in the world to end that game in extra time.

This is a bit different. While they are related, this is one game and that’s the whole picture

ThePresenceWtf:
Taking it with her weaker foot even...What was her thought process even?

Now, this one I will never understand!! What the living fck is that?!!!!!

camri:
Make nobody compare Super falcons and super eagles again

Context please? So I’ll know whether to support or cook you

lovewins:
I am coming. Let's win first

Well…. 🌚

ThePresenceWtf:
What expectations? what kinda Stockholm syndrome is this? looks like we're not allowed to demand better from ourselves and do better.

Why do we always set the bar so damn low?

Because we know what we have! Is our set up or NT the same as England’s, or France’s, or Spain’s??

Don’t be naive abeg

Unlimited22:
They put Oparanozie particularly for PK

See the rubbish she go do

All ye 'Why is the coach not using Oparanozie?'

One job as a striker. I’m pissed!

Pass the fckin ball! 😭😭 what is all these budeh-ing??

I’m streaming this match and airtel is acting a fool! 😭 added tension

Alozie frustrated the living hell out of James she took it out on her the wrong way 😂

If she’s red carded, lovewins will have a lot of ingredients to cook this thread

JohnBullMySon:
That stomp should be a red card.

That’s dangerous play!! Bleep this ref!

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Unlimited22:
Again, this should be the last time we go anywhere without Nicole Payne

We have gone past the era where centre backs could exist without an iota of footballing ability.

Let Ashleigh partner Ohale and Payne play LB.

At least Alozie can play RB while we look for another capable full back.

Or we begin to blood Imuran there and mover Ash to CB

Enough abeg

The other Payne you mean?