₦airaland Forum

Diavolo:
One thing about local coaches is they are so bad they can't even figure out how to sell the local players they desperately want to market so they can get a share of the commission. You need to win first and then gradually introduce the players they want to sell. But they make it so obvious that it affects the morale of the team. Same thing Finidi did with Taminu who has found his level. Madugu already confirmed when he said he prefers to use local league players even when there are better foreign born players. I don't know if it's greed from the coaches themselves or their masters from the NFf who put them as puppet in these positions forcing them to always tow this road

Madugu said it himself that he doesn’t fancy the. Foreign born SuperFalcons players…

Watch this clip if you’re on Facebook ; https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18JEiXv4P2/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The only solace we have now is U17 and U20 girls. Nigeria is really a disgrace

gomol:
I am not just worry about Madugu's because I know he's gone already,what I don't want are those clueless idiots in NFF to retain their jobs

He actually said this before the game day. By inference, man is tired of taking the heat alone. Smh

Olympic games qualifier is here in October

Schemerkhiz:
Madugu said it himself that he doesn’t fancy the. Foreign born SuperFalcons players…

Watch this clip if you’re on Facebook ; https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18JEiXv4P2/?mibextid=wwXIfr

He doesn't like them. He's vocal about it. I raised it on this thread since last wafcon and many said i dey exaggerate. He said it again and executed that in this a game.


Shame should follow Madugurians abeg. Y'all are pathetic

Anybody still supporting Justin Madugu or making excuses for him is an enemy of Nigeria at this point.

Losing to South Africa of all teams and in such a listless manner is COMPLETELY unacceptable.

F Madugu
F you wicked and senseless Madugu fans
F NFF
F Gusau
F everything
I'm taking a break from Nigerian football. Can't be wishing well for people who clearly don't wish well for themselves.

Very sad year for Nigerian football
Until 2030
The issue is that we will never learn from our mistakes
Same conventional politicians will occupy the NSC & NFF
Won’t be surprised if Falcons don’t qualify for 2031 World Cup

The writing has been on the wall ever since that unfortunate WAFCON triumph. I call it "unfortunate" because, in hindsight, a sobering defeat, whether to Morocco or in a quarterfinal exit against Zambia, might have forced us to recalculate where we were headed. A shambolic display then would have exposed the structural cracks early, sparing us from this current stagnation and forcing the football authority into a corner where they'd have no choice but to appoint a tactician capable of building a sustainable future.

Instead, whenever I raise these systemic issues, I'm greeted with: "Stop writing epistles," or "He just wants to say 'I told you so.'" Well I don't want any of you to be sad about this result. I genuinely hope you're all happy and satisfied with yourselves. I hope you're all enjoying the disaster that has befallen our football. This has never been about personal vindication for me. It's always been about the structural reality, which I desperately needed people to understand for the sake of our footballing future. The NFF at this point are in direct opposition to the progress of our football and our going out of their way to make sure we fail at every turn. Yes, I take no satisfaction in watching the Super Falcons unravel, yet one must ask again: are the apologists satisfied now? Is this the trajectory you envisioned for Nigerian football, a culture where anyone offering constructive, evidence-based critique is reflexively branded a disloyal or fickle-minded fan?

Our tactical regression has been glaringly evident ever since Justin Madugu assumed control. Yet, fueled by an irrational disdain for Randy Waldrum, many convinced themselves that Madugu represented an upgrade? Seriously? While Waldrum was far from flawless, he at least operated with a coherent blueprint. Developing a formidable national team is a methodical, multi-year process that cannot be short-circuited. So he missed out on the WAFCON title. And so what? This was the manager who engineered our most disciplined and tactically sound World Cup campaign since 1999. He guided the team to the Olympics, standing toe-to-toe with top-five nations in world football. Even without securing wins in Paris, the side displayed spatial organization, defensive compactness, and competitive maturity. Crucially, the modern, rejuvenated core of players that Madugu inherits today exists because Waldrum had the foresight to integrate and empower younger talent.
To discard structural foundation simply because a regional tournament was not won reflects a naive assumption that elite footballing fortunes can be miraculously transformed overnight.

As for me, I will continue to write epistles and I will continue to say "I told you so" - not out of spite, but because a victory that validates regression is far more dangerous than a defeat that forces reform. Until we stop sacrificing long-term structural evolution on the altar of immediate optics, we will remain trapped in a cycle of celebrating illusions while our true potential disintegrates.

I said this about Madugu three months ago. Go figure.

NasirIbnLaAhad:
The muppet might likely be exposed at this next WAFCON. That WAFCON win gassed both him and NFF up to think they're better than they are. Questionable player selections and preferences, lack of friendly games,... If we're not careful, we're not going to the 2027 World Cup.

Schemerkhiz:
Madugu said it himself that he doesn’t fancy the. Foreign born SuperFalcons players…

Watch this clip if you’re on Facebook ; https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18JEiXv4P2/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Just imagine his mentality

daveP:
He actually said this before the game day. By inference, man is tired of taking the heat alone. Smh

Was he not the one that said other African teams are afraid to play in a friendly match ?

Moving forward, NFF should support the U17 and U20 girls. The U17 girls have a very sound coach, much better than Madugu.
Then we need a new head of female football in Nigeria. The occupants have fed fat for doing zlitch.
Wemimo should take U17 or U20 on a long term basis.

The future is not bleak for the falcons. The conveyor belt of talents is still intact. We just need a sound coach that can also convince technical disaporians.
Oh and we need a sound Nigerian assistant to drill the girls on how to shoot properly. We lack a proper striker in the team since Nkwocha.

Shebi una don finally confirm am now?
Una don confirm am 😂😂

Continue supporting mediocrity. Body go tell you.

yinkeys:
Very sad year for Nigerian football
Until 2030
The issue is that we will never learn from our mistakes
Same conventional politicians will occupy the NSC & NFF
Won’t be surprised if Falcons don’t qualify for 2031 World Cup

Nigerians geniunely understimate the importance of preparation.
But in the typical Nigerian behaviour believing money can solve every problem, those f**ls at NFF and NSC started promising the players thousands of dollars, after they found themselves in dire situations.

Incompetent dimwits! Money that would have gone into proper preparation and getting a World Class Coach….

Imagine believing a PHE teacher who can’t even perform on the field of play to take you to the World Class… At least he won the WAFCON with Randy Waldrum hardworks, reaping were you did not sow!

olapluto:
Moving forward, NFF should support the U17 and U20 girls. The U17 girls have a very sound coach, much better than Madugu.
Then we need a new head of female football in Nigeria. The occupants have fed fat for doing zlitch.
Wemimo should take U17 or U20 on a long term basis.

The future is not bleak for the falcons. The conveyor belt of talents is still intact. We just need a sound coach that can also convince technical disaporians.
Oh and we need a sound Nigerian assistant to drill the girls on how to shoot properly. We lack a proper striker in the team since Nkwocha.

People like Aisha Folade, Sam Ahmadu and co need to follow this NFF squad and leave as Madugu and his crew are going.

Sometimes the best decision you can make in Nigeria is to not belong, to not be part of any gang. Maintain your neutrality, be independent and speak your mind, speak truth without fear. Enjoy watching people carry the burden of ass licking and trying so hard to please their ogas.

True, since our WAFCON win we haven't covered ourselves in glory.
Our old timers players have tried, and they should respectfully give way let's prep the future team.

NFF have seen the results of their neglect first hand.

Now they will have to hire a coach with pedigree who will bill them.😂🤣

JUSTIN MUMUGU!! WELL DONE OOOOO!!!! I HAIL!!!

gomol:
JM should not be used as a scapegoat.
Since we are not going to the world cup we can now focus on the people and organisation working day and night to kill football in Nigeria.

He’s the face of this failure of an administration, idc if he’s the scapegoat or not. He’s clearly not fit for purpose, you want him to be covered in glory or what? After this shambolic displays?

Kibbs:
He’s the face of this failure of an administration, idc if he’s the scapegoat or not. He’s clearly not fit for purpose, you want him to be covered in glory or what? After this shambolic displays?

You misunderstood my post , Magudu fate is already sealed.
Now the people that would sack him ( if he doesn't resign) are the same people that employed him ( which shows how grossly incompetent they are) to coach the most decorated national team in Africa would want to use his sacking to cover their incompetency ( which should not be allowed).

Schemerkhiz:
Madugu, Ann and co were never good coaches, go and check their records with the clubs they handled…

They were only there as NFF toys and instruments to ruin the team…

Is Ann better than Omagbemi, Akide, Nkwocha, Maureen Mmadu, Wemimo, Stella Mbachu?

We know why she’s there!

What also shocks me is how the journos are so sentimental and biased all because of media officer position. They can no longer do their jobs, talk truth to power, al cos they feel proximity to power means their telescope 🔭 is more valuable than that of the fans. Delulu Promax.


People that should have used their ink and keypads to drag the Crap and archaic system that produces presidents all sat still and didn't do shingbain. Just few spoke up, barely a handful.


Now 100+ is down to 50 and we wonder why rubbish continues to fester.

37FA Chairmen that can't even interpret Var rules and 14 other clowns to be voting. Smh. They reduced the numbers so bribery and corruption during election will be smoother.

So this tiktok ladies have joined their super eagles boyfriends to add to our sorrow of not seeing Nigeria at the World Cup. What kind of disappointment is this? Who have we offended in this country

WarHammer2000:
Madugu seems to have read the game well. Sit back in defence and South Africa runs out of ideas. Then hit them on the counter.

If this works, I would have to say he is a better tactician than many people here think.

Boss man, I dey greet o 😂

Mecka:
So this tiktok ladies have joined their super eagles boyfriends to add to our sorrow of not seeing Nigeria at the World Cup. What kind of disappointment is this? Who have we offended in this country

Everyone has to play to their strengths instead of cosplaying as what they are not, Colombia, Brazil play fast pace attacking football, Spain play possession game, that’s what their players are built around, and it works for them, One reason I can’t even criticize Malawi and Zambia for their playing style because that’s the kind of players they have..

Tabitha & Tewma are the fastest attacking duo in women’s football and you want the team to be playing tiki-taka? it won’t work..
You can have the most technical players in the world and you will still find it hard to contain the style of football with these profiles, we’ve seen it happen before..

Look at the SuperFalcons one of our Strengths for some years now is the double pivot in Midfield…

Evelyn Nwabuoku & Halimatu Ayinde with Okobi in front of them

Or

Rita Chikwelu & Ayinde with Okobi in front of them..

Or

Ucheibe & Ayinde, Abiodun & Ucheibe with Tony Payne or Echegini in front of them…

And it took Randy some time to get this and when he realize he stucked to it.. and things started getting better..

Then the pace on the flanks was also one of Nigeria Strength.. Combine with a Very Physical and Athletic Center Backs of Ohale and Onome..

Me I just tire to even continue….

Madugu OUT.

Never really rated him tactically but I just hated the double-speak and hypocrisy from a lot of peeps who opposed him, hence my support for him.

I mean, if the Madugu critics credit the Mission X WAFCON triumph to the players' quality, grit and determination, then its only right that the players take a large chunk of the blame for the loss to SA and the failure to qualify for the world cup. After all, they're professionals but alas, no one is criticising the players.

Michelle Alozie was terrible this tournament. Easily, our worst player in this WAFCON by my assessment. Dem just dey delete her anyhow in the games we played. She committed fouls, picked up unnecessary cards, leaked her wing like tap and caused goals. There is no bone of technicality, natural flair or football skill in her. She be person wey dem enrol for academy from small, train to play ball and acquired some proficiency in it. Na because of foneh, face card and social media antics, many of una dey foh for am. Ball no dey her body. And no, its not a one-game/one tournament observation. I've felt this way about her since the 2021 Aisha Buhari cup and the 2022 WAFCON when SA knack us.

Chiamaka Nnadozie. Poor judgement, poor anticipation of ball flight, and opposing player run against Malawi to concede the gaols. Against Cameroon, she set up the 5-man defensive wall for the freekick not behind the ball to block the shot but to one side, then still positioned herself behind the wall giving the Cameroon player a free sight to shoot at goal. She still parry the shot enter her net. Lol. Who does that?

Ijamilusi......terrible player. Poor ball control. Always looking confused on the pitch. Never knows how to position herself or what to do with the ball.

Osinachi Ohale, in my opinion has been off it for the past 4 years. Bone don stiff and she no fit run again. Beating her now her is as easy as putting her on 100m race. She's also the biggest culprit for the long balls the team plays from the back cos she's not a ball-playing defender and is not press-resistant. Small press, and she don boot ball forward.

Ordega. ANCESTOR.

Madugu is a poor coach, I agree. He listens to social media chatter, is impressionable and is influenced by football critics/analysts, and that to me is an unforgiveable failing of a coach. A good coach is one who knows his players, their strengths and weaknesses, his strongest 11 and sticks by them even when they falter and I.M.O, our strongest eleven is the team that started the Cameroon game. Despite the loss, that was also the best game we played this WAFCON .

But because dem criticize am when hin lose, hin go start Ancestor Ordega wey ball don leave tey tey. NO balls. No mind of his own. E just be like say make Eric Chelle listen to public opinion and bench Osimhen in the Q/F Algeria game because of the burst-up he had with Lookman against Mauritania.

I still get plenty talk but make I SMS for here. Madugu should just resign or make NFF fire am. Losing to SA is unforgiveable.

Kibbs:
He’s the face of this failure of an administration, idc if he’s the scapegoat or not. He’s clearly not fit for purpose, you want him to be covered in glory or what? After this shambolic displays?

I guess Justin Madugu sabotaged everyone because from what I heard he was going to be sacked after the South Africa 🇿🇦 game..

Schemerkhiz:
I guess Justin Madugu sabotaged everyone because from what I heard he was going to be sacked after the South Africa 🇿🇦 game..

One thing wey amuse me about yesterday game was in the first half,... Whenever the ball is passed from the left side to the right side, instead of pressing forward, they will send it back to the left side again and lose possession. (Asisat Oshoala did that a couple of time. When she got the ball on the left from the right, instead of pressing forward, she would balloon in back to the right side)

I was like, what kind of useless tactics is that?

semid4lyfe:
Madugu OUT.

Never really rated him tactically but I just hated the double-speak and hypocrisy from a lot of peeps who opposed him, hence my support for him.

I mean, if the Madugu critics credit the Mission X WAFCON triumph to the players' quality, grit and determination, then its only right that the players take a large chunk of the blame for the loss to SA and the failure to qualify for the world cup. After all, they're professionals but alas, no one is criticising the players.

Michelle Alozie was terrible this tournament. Easily, our worst player in this WAFCON by my assessment. Dem just dey delete her anyhow in the games we played. She committed fouls, picked up unnecessary cards, leaked her wing like tap and caused goals. There is no bone of technicality, natural flair or football skill in her. She be person wey dem enrol for academy from small, train to play ball and acquired some proficiency in it. Na because of foneh, face card and social media antics, many of una dey foh for am. Ball no dey her body. And no, its not a one-game/one tournament observation. I've felt this way about her since the 2021 Aisha Buhari cup and the 2022 WAFCON when SA knack us.

Chiamaka Nnadozie. Poor judgement, poor anticipation of ball flight, and opposing player run against Malawi to concede the gaols. Against Cameroon, she set up the 5-man defensive wall for the freekick not behind the ball to block the shot but to one side, then still positioned herself behind the wall giving the Cameroon player a free sight to shoot at goal. She still parry the shot enter her net. Lol. Who does that?

Ijamilusi......terrible player. Poor ball control. Always looking confused on the pitch. Never knows how to position herself or what to do with the ball.

Osinachi Ohale, in my opinion has been off it for the past 4 years. Bone don stiff and she no fit run again. Beating her now her is as easy as putting her on 100m race. She's also the biggest culprit for the long balls the team plays from the back cos she's not a ball-playing defender and is not press-resistant. Small press, and she don boot ball forward.

Ordega. ANCESTOR.

Madugu is a poor coach, I agree. He listens to social media chatter, is impressionable and is influenced by football critics/analysts, and that to me is an unforgiveable failing of a coach. A good coach is one who knows his players, their strengths and weaknesses, his strongest 11 and sticks by them even when they falter and I.M.O, our strongest eleven is the team that started the Cameroon game. Despite the loss, that was also the best game we played this WAFCON .

But because dem criticize am when hin lose, hin go start Ancestor Ordega wey ball don leave tey tey. NO balls. No mind of his own. E just be like say make Eric Chelle listen to public opinion and bench Osimhen in the Q/F Algeria game because of the burst-up he had with Lookman against Mauritania.

I still get plenty talk but make I SMS for here. Madugu should just resign or make NFF fire am. Losing to SA is unforgiveable.

Baba, I can at least admit that some criticism of Madugu went over the edge, but the vast majority of us who criticised him were objective in our assessment. Absent the noise from detractors, if you guys engaged on the merit and not just the need to be contrarian you would have seen reason with us.

I personally attribute the success of the last WAFCON to the system Randy built and the grit of the players considering a championship was going to be historic. It was a result I believed the players got in spite of the coach. This I believe 100%. But I also was gracious to recognise accrue that success to him. As much as I believed the aforementioned, I rarely brought it up in arguments but stuck to footballing metrics to make my case (as did many others) for why I believed he wasn't the right coach for the team. Go through previous threads you'll never see me not give him credit for the WAFCON win even though I believe it happened in spite of him because he inherited a prepared team and a bunch of motivated players.

That said, I need to address the argument itself on its merit. First, those against Madugu as coach very rarely bring up his WAFCON title. We often lead with other footballing arguments to make our case. It is those pro-Madugu who almost always bring it up as proof that he's either a good coach or that he's better than Randy Waldrum since Randy never won it. This then leads to a retort that he wasn't really consequential to the win in the first place.

When we say a coach is poor and the team got result in spite of him, we are not arguing that he didn't have input to the team. He obviously had training sessions, was responsible for choosing the roster and lineup, making in game adjustments etc. That isn't the argument being made like most assume. The argument is that his contributions all things being equal isn't consequential enough to have changed anything.

The simplest example I can use to illustrate this is the Disposition of Nigerians to the country Nigeria. Most Nigerians believe (and rightly so) that Nigeria has done little in their quest for success. Most have had to go through extremely difficult circumstances and terrible odds to make it in this country. So when they say, "Nigeria did nothing for me" they mean that in the sense of a system being intentional in ensuring the success of her citizenship. This however doesn't mean that Nigeria has made no contribution at all to their success. They probably went to public universities (however terrible they are) and enjoyed education subsidy. They enjoy some semblance of infrastructure (electricity, road etc), however terrible they are. They enjoyed some form of petrol subsidy even though they still had to pay for the most part to power their businesses and home with alternative electricity.

So the point being made when we argue against Madugu isn't that he made no comment contributions, but that his contributions aren't consequential in the scheme of things. Sadly some see objective arguments like this as not being pro local coaches or local players and this frames how they approach the conversation.

I disagree with your take on Alozie. Yes she didn't start the tournament well as did many other players. But she grew into her role and I dare say was one of our best players the last 2 game. She was in my opinion fantastic yesterday.

The lapses you mentioned is because of the role she has to play and sadly the tactical deficiency didn't help to conver for it. Alozie's role necessitates that she overlaps a lot as she contributes a lot to our attacking schemes. You can rewatch the game and you'll see a lot of our attacking possessions yesterday came from many of the runs she made. That isn't a problem at all. It is the responsibility of the coach to factor the space she leaves in and ask for someone else to cover up for her when that happens. That however wasn't the case. So the blame is not in her at all.

semid4lyfe:
Madugu OUT.

Never really rated him tactically but I just hated the double-speak and hypocrisy from a lot of peeps who opposed him, hence my support for him.

I mean, if the Madugu critics credit the Mission X WAFCON triumph to the players' quality, grit and determination, then its only right that the players take a large chunk of the blame for the loss to SA and the failure to qualify for the world cup. After all, they're professionals but alas, no one is criticising the players.

Michelle Alozie was terrible this tournament. Easily, our worst player in this WAFCON by my assessment. Dem just dey delete her anyhow in the games we played. She committed fouls, picked up unnecessary cards, leaked her wing like tap and caused goals. There is no bone of technicality, natural flair or football skill in her. She be person wey dem enrol for academy from small, train to play ball and acquired some proficiency in it. Na because of foneh, face card and social media antics, many of una dey foh for am. Ball no dey her body. And no, its not a one-game/one tournament observation. I've felt this way about her since the 2021 Aisha Buhari cup and the 2022 WAFCON when SA knack us.

Chiamaka Nnadozie. Poor judgement, poor anticipation of ball flight, and opposing player run against Malawi to concede the gaols. Against Cameroon, she set up the 5-man defensive wall for the freekick not behind the ball to block the shot but to one side, then still positioned herself behind the wall giving the Cameroon player a free sight to shoot at goal. She still parry the shot enter her net. Lol. Who does that?

Ijamilusi......terrible player. Poor ball control. Always looking confused on the pitch. Never knows how to position herself or what to do with the ball.

Osinachi Ohale, in my opinion has been off it for the past 4 years. Bone don stiff and she no fit run again. Beating her now her is as easy as putting her on 100m race. She's also the biggest culprit for the long balls the team plays from the back cos she's not a ball-playing defender and is not press-resistant. Small press, and she don boot ball forward.

Ordega. ANCESTOR.

Madugu is a poor coach, I agree. He listens to social media chatter, is impressionable and is influenced by football critics/analysts, and that to me is an unforgiveable failing of a coach. A good coach is one who knows his players, their strengths and weaknesses, his strongest 11 and sticks by them even when they falter and I.M.O, our strongest eleven is the team that started the Cameroon game. Despite the loss, that was also the best game we played this WAFCON .

But because dem criticize am when hin lose, hin go start Ancestor Ordega wey ball don leave tey tey. NO balls. No mind of his own. E just be like say make Eric Chelle listen to public opinion and bench Osimhen in the Q/F Algeria game because of the burst-up he had with Lookman against Mauritania.

I still get plenty talk but make I SMS for here. Madugu should just resign or make NFF fire am. Losing to SA is unforgiveable.

You go explain tire

daveP:
He doesn't like them. He's vocal about it. I raised it on this thread since last wafcon and many said i dey exaggerate. He said it again and executed that in this a game.


Shame should follow Madugurians abeg. Y'all are pathetic

Why didn't he bench Alozie?

Typical nigerians.

😂😂😂😂

Say this truth fully abeg. Why you dey dance kizomba na?

Coach wey no understand left and right foot strength. Formation no mata na. So anybody can play anywhere while holding the sentiment that na the foreign borns dey spoil levels for him. Imagine that School of thought 😣🤣

Kon bench them. He made his decisions and all had woeful end. Make we even givam slack for that final vs Morocco. He got the sub right abi? Ehn, wetin kon make am dey do like say e no sabi wetin suppose sup this time? Balon d'Or coach and to even make himself a force to reckon with, he chose self destruct barely a year after that nomination. If e use wisdom, if dem sack am by now, shapali, one caf team go snap am up for his balon d'Or skillset na. But no!!


Suddenly truth is laid bare, na SAN abi SAM you dey do now. (In bovi accent) Make we just dey look. Make we no criticise. Make we just pat his back and tell him how unlucky he was as a top tactician. Yunno.
Abeg abeg


Seeing these players weep broke me enough to be furious. Our beloved Super Falcons hit rock bottom and stans are still having time to champion fence sitting!!

Let me not even go into how 19 of the 25 will not be available for the next World.

19!!
Only 6 will be in their prime.

If they like make they no go source for a mix of foreign borns and home talents now and start a rebuild process and get a female Mikel Arteta or Luis Enrique.


We suppose dey even drag top female managers like Emma Hayes and co by now. But NFF cabal still feel like they are bigger than what this team is

BascoVanVeli:
Why didn't he bench Alozie?

Why didn't he deploy her in her actual position?
Why did he not understand her foit strength?
Who does he want to use to step her down? Imuran and Ogbonna wey he carry were disastrous/notvup to the worst
Alozie is an exception.

Schemerkhiz:
Madugu said it himself that he doesn’t fancy the. Foreign born SuperFalcons players…

Watch this clip if you’re on Facebook ; https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18JEiXv4P2/?mibextid=wwXIfr

He didn't say that. He said they (FB) are also Nigerians but the team needs to have a proper structure.

My issue is that he didn't do what he is claiming.