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mostob:
then why is she finding it difficult to start for us if she has all those qualities

This is not hype and I'm not speaking just because of this shot video Clip but from all the games have watched her play for her College team, you can as well get access to their game videos on YouTube... Experience wise she would be Lacking it because college football isn't at the same level with Playing Pro...

But Nicole Payne is definitely a great player and one for the future...I believe in within a year time she would have secured a regular starting spot for herself...

Having Nicole Payne (21yrs) on the Right Back and Patricia George (25yrs) at Left Back is Something i would love to see, too much overlapping runs and excellent return... Coupled with aggressive defending..

daveP:
if she kon add sweet crossing and freekick specialist to these, na female football TAA she go be o. The coach can also set up some sweet play on her wing that will always lead to goals. Hopefully Ordega makes her run in to be productive by better position for a finished work.

Asin eeh this girl na beast, she's so quick and strong, her speed and confidence is something else, she doesn't lake it at all defensively. she have got the qualities of a Modern day full back. I wonder why Mr B will even rate Glory Ogbonna in same class with her even though she's majorly a Right Back.

She's already 21yrs. She needs game time to really prove herself for the Superfalcons.. A senior at College this year, hopefully next year we would see her go pro (maybe apply for the NWSL College Draft or move to Europe straight)

do4luv14:
bro which country Ordega play her club football, Russia or Ukraine

Na CSKA Moscow for Russia oo

Let's see how the draw will turn out...

Have been wanting Tunisia and Botswana or Senegal with any other side..

Veteran Defender Faith Ikidi and Anam Imo

She really wants to play for Nigeria in honour of her Late Mom Joy Félix who died of Brain tumor in 2018 at age 43....

She has two elder siblings, María Elizabeth, Jesús de ella, and a younger sister jimena from her step Mom

One of the reasons you would see the Nigeria flag first on her Instagram page before the Spanish one..

do4luv14:
after her indeed, we want to go and reap where we did not sow

This is not about reaping where we didn't show.. She made her intention of playing for Nigeria ever since but we didn't go for her, her father also spoke about it during one his interview that her daughter wants to play for Nigeria until Spain U17 decided to cap her at just 14yrs . She also said she's available to play for the Superfalcons..


She has refused going to Barcelona and Real Madrid after so many offers... Don't know the reasons yet..

I and Sam are in Contact with her so we have no worries for now..

Her Father is Spanish while her Mom is Nigerian

AkinDS:
Vicky would be a great catch for Nigeria.
However, Spain will fight Nigeria to the bitter end to make sure she plays for them.
Fantastic talent, though.

It's all left for her to decide who she really wants to play for at the Senior level.....

Wonderkid Vicky Lopez

BascoVanVeli:
Then why was Glory taking most of the set pieces when they were on the pitch U do know that direct Freekicks are not the only type of set pieces they are right?

Even in terms of those set pieces you're talking about, Patricia George does better..

On a good day if the likes of Ngozi Okobi, Chinaza Uchendu were on the pitch she wouldn't even go close... By the way Tony Payne, Rita Chikwelu are better options

AkinDS:
Schemerkhiz,
I beg, leave matter.
Dude just dey yarn for yarning sake.

Am still trying to understand his point on Glory Ogbonna, on a good day Ogbonna isn't supposed to make the provisional list talkless of the team list for a tournament...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0_yF8zD3LA








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCGr4KHsNO8




With this little signs you still want to call Glory Ogbonna...??

AkinDS:
Are you really looking at footballing qualities? Seems you're the one not dialed in into what most are seeing about her.
Set pieces? Oparanozie, Rash and even Payne are better critical set piece takers.
Context: Currently in the second division in Spain.

I wonder the set piece qualities he's taking about, How do you rate Glory Ogbonna as a quality Left Back??

She's not in same class with the likes of Michelle Alozie who's not even originally a full back, she's no where close to Nicole Payne who's still playing college soccer talkless of Patricia George..

The rest can actually give us what the likes of Lucy Bronze and Crystal Dunn do for their teams but Glory Ogbonna can't except she improve more and more...


A modern day fullback need to be one of the quickest player on the pitch it requires a lot of up and down running and Gloryis below average..

If Alozie keeps playing the right back for the Superfalcons and her Clubside probably convert her to a fullback too, I bet you she will be more better because her lapses is on the defensive side of it but going forward she has it....

George and N Payne has been playing as full back and winger for their team which gives them more edge...

BascoVanVeli:
It is not really about African opposition. It is more about skilled opposition. Dribblers have always had their way with Michelle even in our game against Portugal that number 10 was a nightmare for her.

As if Jessica Silva didn't do the same to Glory Ogbonna..

I will continue to say it She's no where in the Class of Patricia George, Michelle Alozie.. even Nicole Payne have better qualities than her.!

There on YouTube you would easy see West Virginia Mountaineers games, watch them and see how talented Nicole Payne is...

BascoVanVeli:
Honestly it's almost like u guys don't want to see her qualities, that's all. Seems like u are looking for none footballing qualities. This is a player that takes most our set pieces when she is in the game, she has a sweet left foot that will get us plenty goals in the future and the only issue that a person being truthful will point out has been being too rash at times. That can and will be worked on. If she was as basic as u guys try to make it she would be playing for Ibom Angels in the second division. But here she is in her second big footballing nation in a row. She has to be doing something you can't see.

She's just too prone to costly errors, let's give another that same chance to prove herself!.

Which setpieces?? Her deliverings are below average, Excluding Michelle Alozie who isn't playing her rightful position for the Superfalcons, Glory Ogbonna is average and way below them in the pecking order.


How many times have you seen her overlapping runs with excellent delivery at the end??

isan:
Which of these Attackers will make it to morroco ?

Oshoala
Oparanozie
Fatuga Dada
Onumonu
Vivian ikechukwu
Gift Monday
Okorokwo
Ordega
Ajibade
Uchenna KANU

Outsiders

Rinsola babajide
Roosa ariyo
Anam imo

Only 6 or 7 on the list will make it to Morroco

7 Attackers for me should be
Desire Oparanozie
Asisat Oshoala
Fransisca Ordega
Ifeoma Onumonu
Esther Okoronkwo
Uchenna Kanu
Monday Gift....
**** Vivian Ikechukwu, Maclean's Chinonyerem

Rasheedat Ajibade comes in at Midfield..

Rita Chikwelu
Tony Payne
Rasheedat Ajibade
Regina Otu
Halimatu Ayinde
Christy Ucheibe

***** Ngozi Okobi, Mbadi Amanda, Joy Bokiri, Peace Efih,

Going with pace Glory Ogbonna is far behind the 3 of them she can't match them (Alozie, George, Nicole)...

Her reaction towards the ball is poor, overlapping runs she's average, Her pull out is Zero....

So Glory Ogbonna for me is a Nooooooo

BascoVanVeli:
Glory Ogbonna is the best fullback in the team. Its not even close. Yes she makes her rash decisions but she is still the best for me.

A Capital No for me.... and I also believe you're saying the Opposite �

I will go with Michelle Alozie, Patricia George, Nicole Payne ahead of her... She hasn't matched any of their qualities till date....

If it's only 6 defenders then i will go with...
1. Onome Ebi
2. Osinachi Ohale
3. Ashleigh Plumptre
4. Michelle Alozie
5. Patricia George
6. Nicole Payne

Nicole Payne only need that game time to prove herself... She's a Superb Right Back, and can slot in as left back too, I will pick her ahead of Glory Ogbonna anyday anytime...




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHXGyS_G5Sw

If no injury and they're all fit, My 7 defenders for the AWCON would definitely be
1. Onome Ebi
2. Osinachi Ohale
3. Ashleigh Plumptre
4. Michelle Alozie
5. Oluwatosin Demehin or Onyinyechi Zogg or Akudo Esther Ogbonna
6. Patricia George
7. Nicole Payne

GeneralDae:
The defence is okay like this, especially against tough oppositions. Alozie would be a better right wing forward than a right back.

The Coach can decide to go with 3 center Backs to give room for Ashleigh natural position at Leicester City...

In few months time, Onome Ebi would be 39yrs, I know very well she doesn't want to retire yet except she plays at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup which would be her 6th and another record for her.. note she's also eyeing her 100 and over 100caps with the Superfalcons which I know she will definitely get...

Ashleigh might continue playing from the Left until Onome retires or Randy decide to start benching Onome.

carbonado:
what other positions can she play, are you saying that Plumtre will have to be benched if George is to play. What other positions can she play.

Ashleigh Plumptre can play multiple positions too, She's supposed to be playing at No.5... Onome Ebi position but don't think Coach Randy would like to bench Ebi for now until she decides to retire though the aging sign have been showing on the Field of play..

Ashleigh plays left back and Midfield too..


As for Patricia George she's naturally a Wing Backs (Left or Right), she plays as a winger too and as a center forward.. but right now in the Superfalcons team the Left or Right back position is the only available spot for her...

I just hope Patricia George get the chance to fight for a spot in the team... Ashleigh Plumptre played Left Back during the second leg in Cote D'Ivoire..

Patricia George will definitely do justice to that position with all the Qualities have seen. Another edge is that she uses both feets effectively and can play over multiple positions..


If she was available for the Ivorians game, I don't think they would have been able to get past her cause she's very Fast and Physical too...

None of our present Defenders are as quick as Patricia.

The Ivorians gave us a horrid treatment...


Information from the media officer stated that some of the Nigeria fans where lucky to get in quick, while the rest where locked outside.. They were not allowed in...

It's a day that I will treasure’ - Christy Ucheibe revels in Super Falcons debut.

Christy Ucheibe finally made her senior debut for Nigeria in Wednesday's 1-0 victory over Cote d'Ivoire in Abidjan.

The 21-year-old, who represented Nigeria at the 2014 U17 and 2018 U20 Women's World Cups, saw the final 25 minutes as the Super Falcons completed the double over the Ivorians with a 3-0 aggregate win to qualify for the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

After the win at Stade Robert Champroux, the midfielder said she was pleased to have had the opportunity to make a winning first appearance and she will always treasure the day she turned out for the senior team for the first time.

“It felt really great and I think it was really important to get some minutes and it was really amazing to feature at the senior level, it was really important to get this feeling,” Ucheibe told SportNewsAfrica.

“Well, it was an unbelievable feeling, and it is an emotional day for me, playing for the senior, it was really special and I was looking forward to it and today is the day that I will treasure because we also got the result we wanted to qualify for AWCON."
The midfielder, who is on the brink of securing her second Portuguese title with SL Benfica is hopeful of a more successful outing ahead in the future campaigns with the Super Falcons.

On the victory over the lady Elephants, she said: “It was a physical game, and we tried to cope up with the physicality, we did our very best to keep a clean sheet and get the winning goal in the end to qualify."

"It is the qualifying tournament, so we still have a lot of time to work out on the areas that we have to work on and I am sure that at the main competition we will do even much better.”
Nigeria are nine-time African champions and will make their 12th successive appearance in Morocco, where they will be eyeing their 10th crown and also the ninth Women's World Cup berth.

PDPGuy:
She’s cute. What’s her name

Na Onyinyechi Zogg na.... U nor Cor know her again?

Wasn't an easy game for the falcons, photo speak

Mission accomplished..Victorious Super Falcons at the airport in Abidjan waiting for their flight back home to Nigeria after picking the ticket for the country's 12th appearance in the African Women Cup of Nations.

NFF Press Release.



Nigeria qualify for 2022 Women Africa Cup of Nations



Nigeria reached the finals of this year’s Women Africa Cup of Nations Championship after the Super Falcons held out bravely to defeat hosts Lady Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire 1-0 in Abidjan on Wednesday evening. The scoreline meant an aggregate 3-0 win for the nine-time African champions.



The Ivorians threw everything into the return leg encounter at the Stade Robert Champroux but met a steely Nigerian defence and an inspired goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie who would not give an inch.



The game flowed back and forth for large swathes of the first half. Coach Randy Waldrum made two changes to the starting line-up from the first leg, bringing in midfielder Regina Otu and forward Francisca Ordega.



The lively Ordega thought she had given Nigeria the lead halfway into the first period, but the Nigerien referee ruled it out.



In the 34th minute, Nigerien referee Zouwaira Souley awarded a penalty to the homers after judging that Ashleigh Plumptre had tripped an Ivorian striker in the Nigerian area. Goalkeeper Nnadozie saved the shot, and the contact from the same player off the rebound went into side-netting.



The Super Falcons dug their feet into the ground in the second half, refusing to give the Lady Elephants any leeway. Plumptre, Captain Onome Ebi, Osinachi Ohale and Michelle Alozie all held their ground as the Elephants increased their onslaughts.



A minute to the end, Esther Okoronkwo, winning only her second cap for Nigeria, scored the back-breaker that confirmed a 3-0 aggregate win for the Super Falcons.



Victory and qualification for Morocco 2022 was sweet revenge over the Lady Elephants, who bumped the Falcons on the road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Schemerkhiz:
2022 AWCON Participating teams

AFRICA have a possible 6 spot
4 direct and 2 play off
4 Semi Finalists to qualify directly to the World Cup with 2 other quarter final best loser playing an intercontinental play off against South American side to decide their spot...

Nigeria, Cameroon, South Africa, Morocco to pick the 4 direct spot...

With Zambia and Senegal/Tunisia fighting for the remaining two playoffs spot...