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| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Predator87: 2:46am On Aug 10*. Modified: 4:26am On Aug 10 |
ekehopp2:People like you are the reason why Nigeria football keeps sliding backward. Your stupid fat coach went on air and defended the nonsesical reasons NFF gave as to why the SF didnt play any friendly matches before the WAFCON. "Because we are 10x champions other african teams are scared to play us" Was that not what Madudu said? This man is technically and tactically incompetent just liek ALL the local coaches Nigeria has today. Both Madudu and Maikaba were disgraced today at the same time. Instead of calling out the rot in Nigerian football you are here defending nonsense. African teams have improved yes but what has Nigeria done to stay ahead of the curve?? Nothing but empty boasting. Rubbish.  Very soon Sao Tome and Somalia will be beating us in Football and you will come here to make excuses. 9 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Nomyth: 7:42am On Aug 10 |
What exactly is responsible for Malawi's sudden rise in women football? Did they make any massive investment in female football lately? Or is it the COSAFA competitions helping them? Or are they just a flash on the pan like Eq Guinea? Remember they almost eliminated the flamingos in world cup qualifiers. |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Judas1X: 7:46am On Aug 10 |
ekehopp2:It's posts like this that make me want to cuss people out! What do you mean by this rubbish? Are you this ignorant of how poorly run our football administration is? Other African teams are improving. Granted. Is that why the NFF couldn't organize friendly games for these girls to get them fit and ready for the upcoming tournament? The few friendlies organized were against scrubs and plebs when we should have been facing teams like Italy, Argentina, Portugal or even Algeria and Ghana! Your NFF can promise players 10k dollz per game but cannot spend money to organize friendlies or even higher a decent coach! Is that an NFF that plans for the future? We carried a farmer with no resume to the WAFCON and you're here spewing trash?! Better open your eyes now and see that nothing good can come out of this current NFF administration. I'm sure clowns like you will still end up giving your vote of confidence to Gusau if the NFF elections hold! Enemies of Nigeria! 3 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by gomol: 8:21am On Aug 10 |
ekehopp2:If other teams are improving ( both in squad depth and technical staff) and our teams are not , it simply mean we are going backward. |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Schemerkhiz: 8:25am On Aug 10 |
ekehopp2:Whenever someone says the truth it becomes hate… Did you see people criticize Uche Ngozi Eucharia, Edwin Okon, Florence Omagbemi and Co as much as they do to Justin Madugu?? Are they not indigenous Coaches too?? Oga you ain’t inside the house so you won’t understand.. At least we will be humble! Failure everywhere in Nigerian football! For four years all I’ve heard from Ibrahim Gusau is “Inshallah we will leave no stone unturned😂😂” 5 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by gomol: 8:26am On Aug 10 |
Schemerkhiz:How does NFF get it fund? |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by gomol: 8:31am On Aug 10 |
ekehopp2:Nobody hates our indigenous players , I'm just reading that for first time. If other teams are improving ( both in squad depth and technical staff) and our teams are not , it simply mean we are declining. 3 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Schemerkhiz: 8:31am On Aug 10 |
gomol:To be clear the SuperFalcons NEVER got better throughout Madugu’s tenure. Defensive solidity was the last thing Waldrum fixed and didn’t get the chance to do more cos it was completely chaos and sabotage post the world. As Waldrum’s work wore away, the team kept unraveling… Even with almost the same player with Randy Waldrum was he able to play football.. We all saw how the falcons lost to Morocco in 2022 with 9players but we chose to use that against him and I was one of those who did earlier on until i came to reality… 1 Like |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Lawag3: 9:34am On Aug 10 |
GeneralDae:Yesterday should tell you . 1 Like |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by GeneralDae: 10:11am On Aug 10 |
Lawag3:You mean Nora became a better coach yesterday? 1 Like |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Schemerkhiz: 10:20am On Aug 10 |
Lawag3:I think our football needs a break, maybe government interference and potentially a fifa ban is really what we need to put our houses in order because Enough is Enough 1 Like |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Schemerkhiz: 10:33am On Aug 10 |
The way Samuel Ahmadu criticised Randy Waldrum the other day on 99.3 Nigeria Info FM during Inside the NPFL, talking about Waldrum’s team, their performances and the fact that they hadn’t won the WAFCON, I just laughed. 😂 Now we can see that it was never just about winning the WAFCON. You can win a tournament and still have serious questions about your tactics, your process and the long-term direction of the team. Samuel was running his mouth that day as if winning the trophy was the only measure of whether a team was well coached. 😂 Well, here we are. The Super Falcons have now crashed out at the quarter-final stage. Maybe we should stop using trophies to shut down every valid criticism. Winning a trophy doesn’t automatically mean everything about the team is perfect. Jokes on you now. 😂 All these Madugu journalists and Camp Content Creators mistake constructive criticism for hate. The failure of Madugu have been long coming but because we have quality players, it helps him paper over the cracks. Cameroon have humbled us. It's time to start a painful rebuild and start challenging again. 4 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by daveP(m): 10:41am On Aug 10 |
ekehopp2:Naah!! Please, dont do the boldened. Pls. This card is the Nigerian Ace card of failures in sports in the last 2 decades. I stopped using it after 2014 myself. I realized na we dey do ourselves. It would have been better if we are learning from our mistakes and errors and setting then as the standard to never fall under ever again. But No, we don't. We just keep recycling failure steps and expect different outcomes so we can Thank God. The Super Eagles team is top 4 talented packed and loaded team in Africa yet them missed b2b World Cups while doing well on the Caf competition. Same with last Wafcon until now. I totally disagree with the boldened. That's a stale card to whip out as excuse for the obvious failures and neglect of this beloved Falcons team. SA Nigeria These two are suffering from their own self destruct patterns albeit in different ways. It's not because anybody is catching up Infact this catching up excuse is self indicting It infers and concludes that we are indeed stagnant while minnows are upgrading Whichever way you choose But overall, let we Nigerian fans dump the usage of the boldened abeg. |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by daveP(m): 11:02am On Aug 10 |
daveP:This was in October. I'm just 1/9 on this thread that have seen this nonsense since |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Judas1X: 11:43am On Aug 10 |
GeneralDae:What does Nora have to do with the fact that you shameless coach got ran through by a Cameroon squad that technically shouldn't have even participated in this AFCON?! What does Nora have to do with the fact that your Maiduguri led Super Falcons have gone from conceding only two goals at the World Cup against elite opposition to conceding a record 5 goals in the group stage of a regional championship against minnows and debutants?! What does Nora have to do with the fact that your erudite Maiduguri cannot properly design and execute a game plan to save his own life?! What does Nora have to do with the fact that your brilliant Maiduguri coach keeps playing players in positions where they aren't strong or are still growing into?! What does Nora have to do with the fact that your Maiduguri coach is the first coach in the history of the Super Falcons to get eliminated at the WAFCON group stage and miss the Women's World Cup?! 2 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by GeneralDae: 12:00pm On Aug 10 |
Judas1X:I don’t think this message is for me. A simple question was asked to the previous person who brought in Nora (not me) and the question is: Did Nora suddenly become a better coach than Madugu yesterday? If so, why? |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Judas1X: 12:26pm On Aug 10 |
GeneralDae:And wtf do you think this useless question is supposed to prove? That Maiduguri is doing well and needs to continue as Super Falcons coach since he's better than some people? Or that the NFF are doing a good job? Tell me what's your point gan gan? |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Nomyth: 12:26pm On Aug 10 |
daveP:Don't mind them, what catching up? Nigeria is still miles ahead of the nearest competition just that this year is just not our year. The Cameroon that defeated us yesterday were they better than us in the game. In fact, they know their limitations hence the reason they went ultra defensive. Nigeria gave everything, the ball just wouldn't go in. For those saying others hv caught up, how many of the teams that hv qualified for the world cup can they vouch for to win a single match at the world cup? 3 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by GeneralDae: 12:31pm On Aug 10*. Modified: 2:06pm On Aug 10 |
Judas1X:Direct that to the person who brought Nora to my mentions and not me. |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by lovewins: 1:09pm On Aug 10 |
Nomyth:Well based on nairaland logic of the last 2 years, Cameroon were the better team. Only outcomes matter. 2 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by NasirIbnLaAhad2: 1:29pm On Aug 10*. Modified: 2:01pm On Aug 10 |
Alright, let's finally talk about what actually happened to the Super Falcons last night. Obviously I wasn't exactly shocked at the result. You reap what you sow, afterall. Nigerians and the NFF in particular, I hope, can now appreciate the meaning of this truism. However, I guess that was what made this result much more painful to me especially. The writing on the wall has been clear since the last edition where we managed to stumble on to a win, but Nigerians aren't accustomed to the virtues of patience over fast, cheap victories. Sometimes trying to be the voice of reason in these Nigerian football spaces is like trying to steer a rogue vehicle that is programmed to jump off a cliff. You have no choice but crash and burn with it as well. The truth of the matter is that we are a part of the problem ourselves. Yes. In fact I'd argue with all conviction that Nigerian football fans are easily 60 to 70 percent of the problem in Nigerian football today, because we enable systemic failure with all joy and love to attack objective truth, thereby actively rewarding the NFF's incompetence and foolishness. A good example of this is the posters who ridiculously believe that we just want these teams to lose so that we'll have a chance to gloat. I wonder what I'd stand to gain arguing here all the time and "penning epistles" - as some of my critics would say - over a team that I desperately want to lose. It's honestly sad how many intellectually lazy and delusional football fans we have today "supporting" our Nigerian football. They only want you exhibit blind jingoism without question, and if you don't they say you're not a true loyal Nigerian football fan. Now about last night's game. Recall that Nigeria went into this quarterfinal having already conceded five goals in just three games. If I'm not mistaken, that's the joint-highest (with SA) of any team left in the tournament at the last eight. Our opening 3-2 loss against Malawi - debutants, mind you - was the first red flag of our cursed campaign. Then came a 1-0 "win" over Zambia that was really just a goalkeeping howler from the other side dressed up as a result. Then a 6-2 win over Egypt that looked good on paper to many here, nevermind that 3 of those 6 goals were penalties, and Nigeria still shipped two more because our defense was a shambles. Every single one of these games was screaming the same problem. Madugu treated them like unrelated bad days instead of a pattern, and Cameroon's coach Valentine Nguele - as weak as his Cameroon team really was - clearly did his homework and built a gameplan specifically to exploit that gap. Now many folks here came down hard on Nnadozie for conceding that 19th minute free-kick beat her at her near post because the wall was disorganized and she shifted her weight the wrong way. Which begs the question: how does a team defending a WAFCON title not have set-piece specialists actively drilling these exact scenarios into the squad? Setting up a defensive wall against a free kick is one of the most fundamental elements of the game they teach you even at rookie level. Does this mean we never practiced setting up walls at camp? You mean to tell me nobody was there who could do this work? Moving on, after the goal, Cameroon, who were actually not even that impressive themselves - predictably sat back in a compact 4-5-1 low block and dared Nigeria to break them down centrally, which Nigeria simply couldn't do. So what did we resort to? Over 25 crosses into the box. Because why not. Not third-man runs, not combination play through the half-spaces, just cross after cross, with occasional individual chances. Michaely Bihina, the Cameroon goalie, ended up having the game of her life with nine saves, 2.93 xG denied, and a 9.6 rating. You don't get that kind of goalkeeper masterclass unless the attacking team is playing exactly into your hands, and Nigeria did, repeatedly, for 70+ minutes. I won't give any credit to Madugu for bringing in Esther Okoronkwo and Toni Payne later in the game, as personally, they should have started and not even been on the bench to begin with. This is Madugu's whole M.O. He's never proactive. And even with the substitutions he made, it still wasn't clear enough what our game plan was to break down the Cameroon low block. At a point I think we even started playing some sort of bizarre 4-1-5 that isolated Abiodun completely in the midfield which killed any chance of winning the ball back once it was lost. Also, a quick word here because it matters. So apparently, Esther Okoronkwo's late miss is getting dragged online as "the reason we lost," and while I understand why people would think like this, it also sadly underscores how inept many football viewers are at reading the dynamics of a game. In the game, Esther chased down a long ball, beat her defender for pace, and placed her shot given the keeper had already committed to a full stretch save attempt. Should she have passed to Oshoala? Probably. But Oshoala was making a run from BEHIND her, not AHEAD or BESIDE her. No player has 360-degree vision. As long as you're on the football pitch, your spatial awareness is severely limited. Moreover it's silly to try and paint Esther as a selfish player when we know from past games that she's been one of the most selfless finishers for club and country and doesn't deserve to be turned into a villain because people online need someone to hurl their silly invectives at. Same with Michelle Alozie. She's naturally a right winger who's adapted into a right-back role for both club and country and been genuinely excellent at it. At WAFCON, Madugu shoved her over to an unfamiliar left-back slot - a position that needs a natural left-footer - and she still won Player of the Game in one of those matches. Instead of asking why the coach put a right-footed attacker in a specialist defensive role she was never built for, people decided to make her the fall guy for a Cameroon loss. Nobody is also asking why Madugu didn't start Glory Ogbonna who's supposed to be the natural left fullback on the squad. Oh wait, could it be because Madugu deep down knows (like we've been screaming since) that she's past her freaking prime and shouldn't even have been called up to the Super Falcons in the first place? As for Madugu himself, I don't think I need to spend any more words picking him apart specifically. I've made the case ad nauseam on this thread, and I'm not interested in re-litigating it. What actually deserves more scrutiny at this point - now that we've approaching the dankest parts of the abyss in Nigerian football - is the people who put him there and kept him there. The NFF, under Ibrahim Gusau and with people like Sanusi shielding him, kept protecting this man and shuffling him into a job he had zero business getting, based on a coaching record where his main highlight was relegating Adamawa United. They stationed Madugu there because they knew he'd rather defend NFF's incompetence with spurious statements like "other teams are scared to play against us" rather than challenge them for better administration and treatment of the girls. Meanwhile the National Sports Commission, led by Dikko, was out in Morocco throwing money at a team it had refused to properly prepare. We came into this tournament having not utilized our international windows to schedule high profile friendlies against actual well drilled opponents. So here we are again. The men missed the 2026 World Cup The women have now just missed direct qualification and now need to survive a hellish play-off route. The U-20s crashed out of AFCON qualification after losing a disgraceful 4-1 to Burkina Faso in the WAFU B Championship. The less said about the U-17, the better. That's an absolute wipeout in a single calendar year, no thanks to a federation that is structurally rotten from the top to the bottom. Nepotism in technical appointments. Favouritism in squad selection. Zero long-term planning. Stomach-infrastructure culture where loyalty to the wrong people matters more than competence. And so-called Nigeria football fans here would rather we keep mum and continue to feed on crumbs of short term success like we're dogs sniggling at the feet of these politicians? Lol Well, at least there's still a playoff route to the 2027 Women's World Cup. If you ask me, it's of no use if we're not going to start rebuilding Nigerian football administration starting with the leadership. If we can't get rid of this charlatan Ibrahim Gusau, send Madugu back to his farm, and hire any competent coach with tactical nous, then what are we even looking forward to? Talent has never been Nigeria's problem. Structure is. And structure is an NFF problem before it's anybody else's. 10 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Idiko1: 1:43pm On Aug 10 |
Nigeria is a symbol of failure. 2 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by mostob(m): 2:27pm On Aug 10 |
TheSuperNerd:I guess in the preliminary playoff, the 6 teams will be grouped into 2 groups of 3. The table toppers automatically qualified. Right? Also, two African teams won't be facing each other.. Same as their other counterparts. |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by TheSuperNerd(m): 2:42pm On Aug 10 |
Not neccesarily 2 groups. It would be like the UCL group phase. The draws will determine who meets who across 3 matchdays. And yes, teams from same confederation wont face each other. The top 2 at the end of the day advances to the final round. mostob: 1 Like |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by mostob(m): 3:12pm On Aug 10 |
TheSuperNerd:oh.. Ok. I understand now |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by mostob(m): 3:14pm On Aug 10 |
Idiko1:The whole thing is tiring. It's not even about football alone. Football alone is the only thing we dey use hold body in this country. Super eagles didn't qualify, super Falcons are on the brink... Flying eagles were whipped... Golden eaglet? Hopefully. Flamingo and Falconets have it easier but na Sangidi and sangibe dey coach them. Na God hand we dey |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by CornOak(m): 3:15pm On Aug 10 |
Idiko1:Because Nigeria will be the first country to crash out of the WAFCON or not qualify for the World Cup? Continue talking down on the country (not the administrators) and expect things to work. You will be okay. |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by mostob(m): 3:18pm On Aug 10 |
This thread is amusing. The conclusion was Madugu didn't contribute to the last AWCON we won. We won that trophy by sheer luck and individual brilliance of the players. Why una dey swear for the innocent man head na? Make una leave our Madugu o 😂😂😂😂 |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by daveP(m): 3:19pm On Aug 10 |
Person go make critical analysis of a situation that is becoming Achilles heel, someone else will stand and continue to brush it off and make excuses upon excuses while attacking the former. What exactly is your own metric of failure that need to happen for you to accept that indeed, that bar has fallen or crashed? And if you ever arrive at an answer for the question above, when did the journey to failure begin? Or you think a successful team suddenly took a swerve off the road and crashed? That's why i keep saying it is so Nigerian cos this very sentimental problem cuts across EVERY Govt agency and parastatals. A failure of a boss have no conscience to step down or resign. Rather he goes about Beating his/her chest about promotion or retaining the same post. So we ask, albeit in funny English how failure must failure be before you accept the inevitable? We don't see teams like Spain and England, France, doing this thing. Im used to saying that there's a way you will play that even if you lose, everyone including opponents will stand and applaud you cos you showed class but were unlucky or outclassed. Super Falcons Currently don't play that way. All Cameroon had to do was just do 451 and 541. They surrendered to us having the ball and we couldn't break them down. Duels, 1v1, we failed. Aerial balls especially. An now I'm seeing a subgroup that will turn to Vhagar and Drogon if you blame Madugu, that very subgroup are all over blaming Esther Okoronkwo for not passing to Zee. Asif that is why we are mainly here today. We need factory reset. I guess some of us are too close to the players or the coaching crew that we don't want to bee seen as "enemies" when criticism is due. Draw a graph and plot a trajectory of highs and lows for this team we've been watching since primary school days and tell me if this is not the lowest of the lows. We need a Factory reset. A true leader will take a bunch of misfits and transform then to titans. Sadly, these players are good already. Many have gone crickets cos its a mental cope to be silent than talk about this terrible state. 😂🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ "this phase will pass" mental vacuum. Eeyah. Talk plenty abeg. 1 Like |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by FiveFootNinja(m): 3:22pm On Aug 10 |
mostob:What's amusing about the thread? 2 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by FiveFootNinja(m): 3:24pm On Aug 10 |
daveP:I'm not religious but I'm inclined to say that at this point, this country needs divine intervention. Even the citizens of the country are encouraging all of this and want the country to fail. See what people like Fisayo Dairo are busy typing on Twitter. Everyday I lose faith in this country. 5 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by CornOak(m): 3:24pm On Aug 10 |
mostob:Not defending Madugu, but if Esther had scored that 1V1 in the last minute and Nigeria went on to turn the game around with a win, no one would have come for his head. Yesterday, we all agreed that he got his lineup and even the subs spot-on, while expecting the ladies to finish the job. By now, you should know that if Nigerians don't like you, there's nothing you can do to please them. Some posters on this thread were waiting for that loss, so they can affirm their "I told you so" statement. Regardless, NIGERIA SPORTS need a total OVERHAUL. 1 Like |
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