olapluto:
Highly insightful posts. Amaju Pinnick is not NFF president, but Super Eagles manager. He is axing and choping other teams while using Super Eagles for cosmetics.
Many many countries want to play super falcons, but unless Pinnick will make money from it, he wont sanction it.

Vdsc:

In the next five years, I expect South Africa to overtake just like they dominate other Olympic sports.

Even female football that we are managing, the South Africans will take it over too.
Unlike their male teams, their female team is actually talented.
National mismanagement is evident everywhere.
It is no wonder why the most developed nations are the nations with the highest number of Olympic medals.

If Nigeria sports management was working properly, our female football should be at par with the rest of the world given how many world cups we have attended.

But Nigeria takes one step forward, three steps backward.

olapluto:

You know things that dont actually require big efforts, but people are hell bent on making money from it. Super falcons are actually very marketable. The players should be getting endorsements rather than say Big brother housemates.
For someone like me, Super Falcons are my favourite team and I plan to even follow them to France.

Alejob:
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musa7m:
how much is it ?

eventsmallchops:
you wont believe I'm sheding tears after reading this! is it a crime to be a Nigerian?

emerged01:

Bros e no pain you reach me,water nearly drop for my eye. We are suppose to unite and fight these oppressors but here we are singing praises of them.

spidey77:
My dear, remember its also about sponsorship. Before you start throwing blames, let me ask Nigerians, 'HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE WATCHED A SINGLE MATCH IN THE ONGOING AWCON?' He who has no sin should throw the first stone. This Oshoala girl has played in Liverpool. How many of us has ever watched her. Better pay comes with sponsorship. Sponsors are businessmen

naptu2:
The Banyana Banyana Miracle

Nigeria met South Africa in the semi-final of the 2016 AWCON in Cameroon on November 29th and their paths since then could not have been more different. While Banyana Banyana has been very active and has improved considerably, the Super Falcons have been in the wilderness and have declined.

Sponsorship
Change began for South Africa in 2009 when energy giant Sasol signed on to sponsor Banyana Banyana and the South African Women’s Football League. Since then the company has pumped a lot of money into the development of women’s football in South Africa.

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Banyana Banyana and the South African Women’s League are sponsored by South African energy giant, Sasol.
The South Africans had two main goals, (1) to qualify for the World Cup and (2) to beat Nigeria.

The four dominant teams in African women’s football are Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and South Africa and the South Africans are the one of the four that has never qualified for the World Cup until now.
Sponsorship from Sasol meant that the South African FA (SAFA) could hire a Dutch coach, Vera Pauw, in 2014 and she led Banyana Banyana to the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Vera Pauw retired after the Olympics and SAFA hired former Banyana Banyana player, Desiree Ellis in 2016.

Friendlies
Sasol’s sponsorship has also meant that Banyana Banyana have been able to play lots of friendlies and host lots of competitions. Straight after the 2016 Nations Cup (November/December 2016), the South Africans played against France in Reunion on January 22nd, 2017. They lost 0-2.
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On October 22nd, 2017, Banyana Banyana beat Burkina Faso 4-0 in a friendly game in Johannesburg.
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The South Africans lost to Sweden 0-3 in a friendly at Cape Town on January 21st, 2018.
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South Africa also played AWCON qualifying matches against Lesotho in June 2018. They won 0-1 away at Lesotho and 6-0 at home to qualify for the AWCON.

South Africa hosted the COSAFA Women’s Championship in September 2018. The tournament featured Southern African teams, with Uganda and Cameroon taking part as guests. Banyana Banyana defeated Madagascar, Botswana and Malawi in the group stage and defeated Uganda in the semi-final. They defeated Cameroon 2-1 in the final to lift the cup.

Banyana Banyana captain, Janine Van Wyk, sacrificed her career with the Houston Dash to return to South Africa and play in the COSAFA Championship. She had played for Banyana for a long time and her last remaining goal was to help the team to qualify for the World Cup. She was prepared to do everything to ensure that Banyana Banyana qualified for the World Cup. She won her 150th cap with Banyana Banyana at the COSAFA Championship. She is now the most capped South African player ever (man or woman).

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Banyana Banyana played two matches against Chile in Chile in October. The lost 2-1 in the first game on October 6th and drew 2-2 in the second game on October 10th.

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South African ambassador to Chile, Thabo Thage, hosting Banyana Banyana at a reception in Chile.

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On November 11th, the South Africans lost 1-0 to Ghana in a friendly in Accra.
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The 2018 AWCON is not yet over and Banyana Banyana has already scheduled friendly matches against Sweden for January 2019!
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Foreign based players

There are two advantages that Nigeria has always had over other African countries; (1) Nigeria has had a women’s league since 1990 and the league has been running continuously since then, which means that the players have been active (2) Nigerian female players have played in clubs all over the world (Europe, China, the US, Australia, etc.) and have thus gained a lot of experience. The South Africans were determined to narrow this gap.

Sasol’s sponsorship of the league has ensured that South African women’s football clubs have had more money to invest in youth development, better training facilities and it has also ensured that the league has been running continuously.

South Africa’s very experienced captain, Janine Van Wyk, moved to Houston Dash in the US National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in 2017 and South Africa’s former coach, Vera Pauw, became coach of the club soon afterwards. It was therefore no surprise that fellow South Africans, Thembi Kgatlana and Linda Mothlalo were signed by Houston in 2018.

These three players, Thembi Kgatlana, Janine Van Wyk and Linda Mothlalo have played a huge role in South Africa’s success at this Nations Cup and I believe that their performance has improved partly because of the experience they’ve gained by playing in the NWSL, which is one of the best leagues in the world.

Janine Van Wyk sacrificed her career at Houston to return home to help Bnayana Banyana prepare properly for the Nations Cup. She believed that this was her last chance to play at the World Cup and she was determined to do everything possible to ensure that South Africa qualified for the World Cup for the first time ever.

South Africa has achieved their two objectives at this Nations Cup. They have qualified for the World Cup and they have beaten Nigeria.

Vdsc:

I am tempted to think it is an IQ problem.
But then, I don't think those black South Africans organising their affairs are smarter than us.

The problem is beyond me.

eventsmallchops:


how do we fight them? how do we get them to do the right thing? the article said they flew jet down there without even dressing the players they were owning 8 months salary, its so pathetic my dear

EbonyWoman:



What do you expect from Hausa/Fulanis who are controlling the sport?

it is getting too much




choi

eventsmallchops:
you wont believe I'm sheding tears after reading this! is it a crime to be a Nigerian?

EbonyWoman:



What do you expect from Hausa/Fulanis who are controlling the sport?