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lovewins:
I joined late so can't provide a context for how the conversation started. I'll however make inferences for what I saw.

Okobi basically shared he experience with Randy Waldrum and the impact of that experience on her and her family.

First, she alleges that Randy had a negative bias towards her. He allegedly said sited not seeing her play before as an excuse for her not being in the team.

She talked about injury spell (not sure if it was hers or Halimatu Ayinde) and how they were hopeful of being in Morocco. After she didn't get the call and Ayinde did, she gave up hope though Ayinde was still hopeful of her being included.

She received a call much later from Randy after it was confirmed Oparanozie couldn't make the team and took a flight to Abuja to join them.

She claims Randy already had a core team he intended to work with and this had nothing to do with your showing in training. (This was exclusive of herself, Ayinde and Ucheibe but claims Ayinde was included last minute). She expressed her displeasure to the Falcons losing the South African game and blames the loss to technical deficiency.

She alleges that Randy probably reads comments on social media and that was pretty probably why he reluctantly used her in the second game. She claims Randy apologized to her after that game (and did so 3 other times in Morocco) after he witnessed what she brought to the team.

Addendum:

She said something about almost having issues with Asisat (didn't exactly get what the issue was)

Also talked about the conversation she had with Randy about captaincy when it became obvious Onome couldn't continue. Apparently her teammates suggested that she take up the responsibility.

Also talked about the role of the media and the effect that had on players. She alleges the Nigerian Media hypes just one (a few) players to the detriment of the team. She says they all read this and this ultimately doesn't help team spirit.

Moving forward, she didn't mince words in suggesting the successes recorded by the team so far is primarily as a result of individual brilliance and had nothing to do with what the coach's contribute technically invariably suggesting the necessity for a new coach

Someone need to speak up, Courage Okobi...

There are more unsaid, one day one day... As for Tobex that so called Superfalcon media officer, I'm coming for her and her bad character... She's one major problem in the team too, Woman what nor like truth... She go still cover Randy up with her stupid write ups....

Deltamani:
Hahaha… I will definitely call Randy out myself

He need to be told the truth, Bold step by Okobi…


By the way USA Megan Rapinoe does more than this, still yet she’s still one of the first veteran than will be listed in the US Squad.

I don't think Meagan Rapinoe has ever spoke publicly against her coach tactic.

I'm still waiting to hear what points Okobi was driving rather than thriving on an anti Randy, anti NFF sentiment to make emotional statements because she was not selected initially.

Team Nigeria and his colleagues can never see anything good with NFF. They love to complain and complain.

Deltamani:
Such set back will not happen, how can you be coaching a team for over 2 years going to the WAFCON you still don’t know your first 11 yet… Rubbish

And how did you know that he doesn't?

What team on earth keeps a constant squad throughout a tournament?

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daveP:
Defensive errors got them a good portion of their goals, aside the pks they got. They are good at Cks. Their game against USA shows how bad the usa defence was. Their no 7 will struggle alot vs Imuran imo. She's their star girl.


Midfield battle? Non existent- We will come out tops.
Setpieces? I give it to them. We should be wary of in box tackles. That's if they give them a chance, which i doubt. Got some good headers too.


As for attack- i doubt they can handle our forwards, sincerely. The Ghana goal is proof of that. Even if Flourish starts from bench, they still won't be able to successfully soak in the threat. We really need to take our chances as we are going to see alot of those.

Coach Danjuma better allow Abiodun start that game. This is her kind of game.


We will be their first real test of their own strengths. I won't be surprised if they go the korean way.

daveP:
Abi is it about height ni. All our forwards are not that tall or good aerially. Except they are hiding it, which i doubt. That Idoko foul that led to pk showed signs of a good header.

Seeing they improved on the crosses, i expect they'll fo same for the finishing.

some of the strikers and plalyers are 17 years old which is very bad for an U20 competitions..

We need 19 years old to play even if the 17 years old are trying.. that Okwuchukwu is 17 years old and she missed many chances, she doesn't have the confidence that Flourish Sabastine has unless she was just unlucky...

Gift Monday is 20 years old... why she isn't in this competition is an abomination...

lovewins:
My primary concern with having a new coach is ensuring we get one our Foreign born players can feel at home with. No doubt, Randy being coach is a major reason many of them are in the team and we must not take that from him. If we are therefore going for a new coach, it should be someone every player irrespective of their place of birth will feel at home with.

I feel Omagbemi and Akide should fit well since they live and have worked in the US for many years.

My ideal coaching combo would be Akide, Omagbemi, and Chris Danjuma

Deltamani:
Just In: NFF Set To Make Decision On Randy Waldrum And His Crew After WAFCON Disaster

The Executive Committee of the Nigerian Football Federation has directed its Technical and Development Sub-Committe to make an evaluation of the technical abilities of Super Falcons coach, Randy Waldrum and his ability, along with his crew to lead the team to a good performance at the World Cup

Following a detailed presentation by the Head of Delegation of Nigeria team to the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, Ms. Aisha Falode, the Executive Committee directed its Technical and Development Sub-Committee to hold a meeting and make recommendations on the way forward for the Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons, including but not limited to a thorough evaluation of the capability of the coaching crew to lead the team to a creditable performance at the FIFA World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand next year.

The Executive Committee praised the U20 Women National Team, Falconets for its excellent performance at the ongoing FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, at which the team has won all three matches of the group phase and qualified for the quarter-finals as group leader.


It noted that the achievement, as well as the triumphs of the U20 and U17 Boys in regional tournaments in Niger Republic and Ghana, and the qualification of the U17 Girls for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup India 2022, is a marker of the dedication, vision and investment of the present NFF administration in youth development.

The Falcons finished fourth at the last WAFCON tournament in Morocco and lost three matches

Deltamani:
Massive Benefits my foot, After all the Benefits where’s the trophy to show for?

On record Randy is the Worstest Coach to handle the Superfalcons… If NFF are serious and dedicated enough they should be able to get the Ladies good number of Friendly games..

We need good results not just playing up and down.

Can you now compare the style of Play of the Superfalcons and Falconet??

I’m not saying Coach Danjuma is a good coach though but at least he has improved with what I’m seeing.

Danielnino00:
Friendly with France and Canada.. Participated in the five nations tournament and the Cyprus women cup...

Dennerby at least used those friendlies well and won us the AWCON...

What has Randy achieved with all the high profile friendlies? .. If he could lead us to our worst AWCON outing in history, what gives the assurance that he would do great at the world cup?
Tell us, just exactly what has improved about the team performance since Randy took over...

lovewins:
I'm quoting this to reiterate in simpler terms what I wrote (not like it isn't simple enough to understand). I've had to separate into paragraphs for the purpose of clarity. How AkinDS read his bias into it still beats me. Here we go.

Paragraph 1: After the news of the possibility of Randy being sacked became public, I began by expressing my desire of getting a new coach that our FB players will find comfortable working with. You'll notice the conversation was centered around Nigerian coaches. The incident with Ucheria Uche comes to mind. Also notice that "Foreign born" was primarily for descriptive purposes.

Paragraph 2: I went ahead to credit Randy as a major reason why these girls chose to play for us in the first place. So how we manage them Vis a Vis a coaching crew change becomes crucial

Paragraph 3: I finally suggested Akide and Omagbemi as successors of Randy chief of the reason being that they've both worked in the US before and transition wouldn't be too difficult.

NB: My position on Randy continuing as coach isn't hidden. I wanted him sacked after the WAFCON, but I've also made peace with the fact that he might remain the coach for the Super Falcons.

Cc: AkinDS

Sacking Waldrum will be their biggest mistake... Let him coach in the World Cup he qualified them for..

Even if a new coach takes over... key players like Ayinde and Ajibade will miss the 2 games in the world cup and everyone noticed how weak the Super Falcons were without them so their replacements needs to be scouted....

Oshoala hasn't had it good with injuries and the NFF always trying to rush her back instead of scouting for her replacements...

Anyone who advocates for Waldrums sack is extremely short-sighted...

Super Falcons won't do well at the world cup unless there are quality replacements/substitutes for Oshoala, Ayinde and Ajibade... I believe Oshoala already has a quality substitute in Onumonu but another striker is needed because Onumonu gets tired quickly...

Ayinde , Ajibade and the entire Super Falcons and NFF needs to coach them on how to tackle players and just track player because red cards will hurt any team in any competition...

1, okobi is mad because she wasn't invited for the tournament at first

2, Randy already has his first 11 in mind kill yourself in training nah you sabi randy his not changing his mind just like rohr

3 , player like Oshoala and her caucus get the media attention which okobi and her goons her unhappy about

4 , There are 2 factions in the dressing room randy has lost it

isan:
1, okobi is mad because she wasn't invited for the tournament at first

2, Randy already has his first 11 in mind kill yourself in training nah you sabi randy his not changing his mind just like rohr

3 , player like Oshoala and her caucus get the media attention which okobi and her goons her unhappy about

4 , There are 2 factions in the dressing room randy has lost it

For your information, The likes of Okobi, Ayinde, Chikwelu and Ebi you all will be thinking are against Oshoala is all Wrong….!

isan:
1, okobi is mad because she wasn't invited for the tournament at first

2, Randy already has his first 11 in mind kill yourself in training nah you sabi randy his not changing his mind just like rohr

3 , player like Oshoala and her caucus get the media attention which okobi and her goons her unhappy about

4 , There are 2 factions in the dressing room randy has lost it

The faction claim might even be wrong. She might just want to make it look as if many people are standing with her.

Deltamani:
For your information, The likes of Okobi, Ayinde, Chikwelu and Ebi you all will be thinking are against Oshoala is all Wrong….!

True.

Had to go listen to the Oshoala part again. She ap said that Asisat advocated on her behalf to Randy and asked that Randy allow her be on the pitch as that's when she'll bring out her best. The issue she said she almost had with Asisat was with respect to her reaction after their loss to South Africa.

Would you rather let Coach Randy Waldrum leave or lead Super Falcons to the World Cup?

Respond as the Head of Delegation for NFF Technical Development and Sub-Committee.

Deltamani:
Would you rather let Coach Randy Waldrum leave or lead Super Falcons to the World Cup?

Respond as the Head of Delegation for NFF Technical Development and Sub-Committee.

... Bros, you still dey ask ni... I have been very consistent, the man has nothing to offer, i have strong believe that someone high up in nff is shielding him, if not, how do you give a coach a new contract before he goes for the wafcon, is the wafcon not suppose to be is yardstick for what he was able to achieve. He should pack his bag and be gone like yesterday.

carbonado:
... Bros, you still dey ask ni... I have been very consistent, the man has nothing to offer, i have strong believe that someone high up in nff is shielding him, if not, how do you give a coach a new contract before he goes for the wafcon, is the wafcon not suppose to be is yardstick for what he was able to achieve. He should pack his bag and be gone like yesterday.

Ehmmm

You know my position on Waldrum, but this isn't exactly the sequence of events.

Waldrum's contract expired sometime last year (not sure of the particular month) and so was coaching as it were the national team for free (without a contract). I think he had an understanding with Amaju about Contract renewal. He obviously couldn't have gone into AFCON (almost 1 year after his contract expired) to determine his fate moving forward. His signing a new contract isn't out of place

And you know for sure there will be synergy between them?
Last time we had a so called 'dream team' of Naija coaches, the outcome was a disastrous AFCON and an embarrassing crashing out of the world cup. That happened in March of this year.

PDPGuy:
My ideal coaching combo would be Akide, Omagbemi, and Chris Danjuma

codemaniacs:
Sacking Waldrum will be their biggest mistake... Let him coach in the World Cup he qualified them for..

Even if a new coach takes over... key players like Ayinde and Ajibade will miss the 2 games in the world cup and everyone noticed how weak the Super Falcons were without them so their replacements needs to be scouted....

Oshoala hasn't had it good with injuries and the NFF always trying to rush her back instead of scouting for her replacements...

Anyone who advocates for Waldrums sack is extremely short-sighted...

Super Falcons won't do well at the world cup unless there are quality replacements/substitutes for Oshoala, Ayinde and Ajibade... I believe Oshoala already has a quality substitute in Onumonu but another striker is needed because Onumonu gets tired quickly...

Ayinde , Ajibade and the entire Super Falcons and NFF needs to coach them on how to tackle players and just track player because red cards will hurt any team in any competition...

How are we even certain that Ayinde and Ajibade red card will extend to the world cup?
Before we cite the Iwobi and Dede Ayew AFCON incidence as an example, remember that both the AFCON and the CAF world cup qualifiers are under CAF competition..Yes, each confederation organize its own world cup qualification as it deem fit.. In this case, we are talking about a WAFCON tournament, although it also served as qualifier to the world cup too .. We will need to be clear on the rule..
That being said, there's still a possibility that games for the 2024 WAFCON or Olympics qualifiers will be organized before the world cup starts.
Even at that, I don't think we are starved of options to the extent that we will suffer without Ayinde and Ajibade.... it's presumptuous to say any coach will struggle without the two of them...

The reason I support Randy sacking is because the team hasn't improved under him....We are more or less still at the level he meet us when he took over, notwithstanding the addition of new players...

AkinDS:
And what is your definition of 'good football' because as far I was concerned, the Falcons played the very best football in that tournament.
Save for the 2 red cards in the semis, I had no doubt we would have beaten SA in the final.
Absolutely no doubt.

Whatever football brilliance that falcons showed at AWCON is as a result of individual brilliance. The coach has little to zero input.

AkinDS:
Do you understand the massive benefit Randy has brought to the team through his influence? There is absolutely NO WAY a Nigerian coach (Omagbemi, Nkwocha or anyone else) would have landed the top friendlies he has (US x3, Canada x2 and other high profile friendlies pending). You can take that to the bank and cash it!

We really need to stop fooling ourselves and face up to reality. This is a long term game and Nigeria is about to be left behind big time due to all these myopic decisions.
Never have I seen a country make the same mistakes over and over and over again, yet expecting a different result. We saw what happened with Rohr and the dumb decision made to fire him. Lost out on the AFCON and the world cup. This one will be worse!

At the bolded, I'm not sure you really typed that with yours eyes opened. You mean the coach is the one organizing the friendlies? Jesus

AkinDS:
What on earth are you talking about?

The profile of the team is rising significantly, yet people are upset because a certain set of Nigerian women (who are clearly more in step with the progress in global women's football) have joined the team (you Nigerians would call them 'foreign born'.
You didn't win the WAFCON. So bloody what? Is that the target? Or is the target a credible performance at the World Cup?

Nigerians are sooooo myopic, its not even funny. That's why the country is in a bloody mess.

You're a Nigerian though. Take that into consideration.

BTW read his post again and understand.

JohnBullMySon:
Nigeria will beat the Dutch and get to the semis. This will be my first correct prediction.

No no no.... Chai

When we're through settling the issue of coach, we should settle the issue of the squad too.

Maybe the senior players should be excused for now.

mostob:
When we're through settling the issue of coach, we should settle the issue of the squad too.

Maybe the senior players should be excused for now.

Excuse for what reasons?

Deltamani:
Excuse for what reasons?

We can't ignore the beef going on among them. Okobi said the hyping of some certain players affected the team.

Deltamani:
One of the major reason Randy play this girls out of positions just to accommodate them. And one person here is claiming Randy is doing good to the team just because he’s playing Friendly games with USA and Co with no end product…

It was here people claimed Nigerian coaches can't do better because they are sentimental but just look at what Waldrum is doing, I posted here him seems to favour certain players more especially foreign born, we don't need this type of attitude, NFF should meet him and table concerns, I wonder what kind of coach will be favoring players ahead of others, its recipe for disaster

Another Ex international who’s big in the Game as a Coach too…



FC Pohu Women Football Club of Finland Coach Ayisat Yusuf-Aromire

I wonder why a lot of you take Ngozi Okobi's utterances hook, line, and sinker. She is mad because she wasn't initially included in the team, hence not well valued. She's also mad that exceptional players are being lavished with praise, and she happens not to be among them.

Besides, apart from Chikwelu, which player in that midfield is she better than? SMH.."he got to apologise to me after seeing my
performance on the pitch" ..bla, bla, bla..What performance is she talking about? Apart from that Cameroon game move, she was average.

Now, Okobi should realise that she is one of the SPENT players on the team, and as such should expect leaving as soon as possible. infact If I were the coach, I would show her the back door immediately cos she, alongside other spent players, are blocking the way for hungry, talented up and coming players. Her attitude is not good for the team either.

Though, in my opinion, the coach is not exactly the quality we had anticipated, sacking him at this point would spell doom for the team.

Would keeping him not produce the same result?

Bigzigg:
Though, in my opinion, the coach is not exactly the quality we had anticipated, sacking him at this point would spell doom for the team.

Uchenna kanu with a brace for her club today.

I'm really at a loss as to whether the super falcons coach should stay or go. If it's based on competence then you should have been gone like yesterday however the experience of the super Eagles recently is making me doubt if we should go that route. Plus are there any guarantees the new coaching crew will somehow perform magic at the World Cup next year? As painful as it is I think randy should be left for now

chrisooblog:
I'm really at a loss as to whether the super falcons coach should stay or go. If it's based on competence then you should have been gone like yesterday however the experience of the super Eagles recently is making me doubt if we should go that route. Plus are there any guarantees the new coaching crew will somehow perform magic at the World Cup next year? As painful as it is I think randy should be left for now

The thing though is this, those arguing for Randy's stay are not particularly expecting us to do well at the world cup next year. So if we really do not have high expectations for the team at the world cup there's really nothing to lose of we let him go. We have more to gain engaging a coach we believe can deliver as they new coach will promptly embark on building a new team, have world cup experience and build on from there.

Bigzigg:
I wonder why a lot of you take Ngozi Okobi's utterances hook, line, and sinker. She is mad because she wasn't initially included in the team, hence not well valued. She's also mad that exceptional players are being lavished with praise, and she happens not to be among them.

Besides, apart from Chikwelu, which player in that midfield is she better than? SMH.."he got to apologise to me after seeing my
performance on the pitch" ..bla, bla, bla..What performance is she talking about? Apart from that Cameroon game move, she was average.

Now, Okobi should realise that she is one of the SPENT players on the team, and as such should expect leaving as soon as possible. infact If I were the coach, I would show her the back door immediately cos she, alongside other spent players, are blocking the way for hungry, talented up and coming players. Her attitude is not good for the team either.

Nawa… no wonder you guys will always say this Shit, as if you have a better Attacking Midfielder that can replace her now or bring what she brings to the Midfield..!


28yrs already a Spent Player, I wonder what you guys will say about Ajibade when she get to that age! We’re watching.