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daveP:
Is there a way you can do a thread and include all the female coaches home and abroad, with heavy CV to take over Nigeria female teams in the future? I've lost count. They're too much. It will be FrontPage worthy.

Let’s see how it goes first ohh.

BascoVanVeli:
Why is Nicole not in the squad? Is she not yet fit?

I don’t think she’s fit yet… ACL wahala

Is better she doesn’t rush her way back ooh, that injury na Career killer oh.

Any of you watching Orlando Prides 🆚 Denver Summit game?

I love how Ayo Oke matched Banda pace to pace in the last minute of the first half but was given a Yellow card as Banda went down which I’m pretty sure is not a Yellow..

Mistake from the referee.

BascoVanVeli:
I don't understand why Deborah Abiodun is not a regular starter yet. It's not like their midfield is even good.

I think the Coach is having selection problems as he seems to prefer the 🇲🇽 lady Bernal ( who is Originally a Center Back) as a starter in midfield ahead of Abiodun, let’s just wait and see how it plays out as Abiodun is also coming back from a Knock one of the reason she missed the last International Window.

➖This might cause some problems for him. Abiodun is a Starter in that Defensive Midfield Position and Bernal is a CB he’s trying to please by starting her ahead of Abiodun as DM which is her alternate position...

➖USWNT 🇺🇸 Defensive Midfielder Andi Sullivan just returned from ACL injury and child birth.

➖Some Coaches sha, taking Silly risks, if she can’t bench the two Starting CB’s after returning from an injury why not bench her?

Schemerkhiz:
Nigeria also have top Foreign Born female Coaches with UEFA Pro License and the highest level of coaching Badges from Europe & America..

[1•] Sade Ayinde is the Head Coach of the University at Albany (UAlbany) Women's Soccer program, leading a Division I team of college girls. She was named the 14th head coach in the program's history in February 2022, bringing extensive experience as a player and coach.

[2•] Helen Nkwocha UEFA License Coach

She became the first female coach of a top-flight men's team after taking charge of Tvoroyrar Boltfelag in Faroe Islands 🇫🇴. Nkwocha coached in England, China.

Helen Lorraine Nkwocha, is currently based in New York as Director of Coaching and Head of Player Pathways. Her work focuses on developing players, especially those in the U12 to U17 age groups. she values the opportunity to collaborate with experienced coaches and am committed to continually improving my own skills and knowledge.

She holds the UEFA A Licence, the English FA Level, 2 Goalkeepers Licence, a Sporting Directorship Certification, and Youth Modules 1, 2 and 3.

Her coaching career has taken her across the
UK and internationally. In the UK, she have worked with Chelsea FC Foundation, Manchester United FC Soccer Schools, Arsenal FC
Development Centre, and Millwall Lionesses FC.
Overseas, She have held coaching and leadership roles in the Faroe Islands, California 🇺🇸, Iceland, and Shanghai 🇨🇳.

daveP:
Fifa for just start with cadet teams. The reason being that it will increase the pool of coaches that will go on to swarm the senior stage one day.

For senior level, na who sabi pass suppose dey regardless of gender. Waldrum had a female assistant and i think they booted her.

For me, i sha want the ex-ints that are qualified to handle this team. We have 5 qualified ones. Th other issue is i expect them to also get jobs in other african countries as well. But.....


Las las, i no like like this idea for senior team level. The inference is counterproductive.

Nigeria also have top Foreign Born female Coaches with UEFA Pro License and the highest level of coaching Badges from Europe & America..

[1•] Sade Ayinde is the Head Coach of the University at Albany (UAlbany) Women's Soccer program, leading a Division I team of college girls. She was named the 14th head coach in the program's history in February 2022, bringing extensive experience as a player and coach.

[2•] Helen Nkwocha UEFA License Coach

She became the first female coach of a top-flight men's team after taking charge of Tvoroyrar Boltfelag in Faroe Islands 🇫🇴. Nkwocha coached in England, China.

daveP:
Fifa for just start with cadet teams. The reason being that it will increase the pool of coaches that will go on to swarm the senior stage one day.

For senior level, na who sabi pass suppose dey regardless of gender. Waldrum had a female assistant and i think they booted her.

For me, i sha want the ex-ints that are qualified to handle this team. We have 5 qualified ones. Th other issue is i expect them to also get jobs in other african countries as well. But.....


Las las, i no like like this idea for senior team level. The inference is counterproductive.

One thing you must know is that those top Ex-internationals who are coaches won’t come over to stay in Nigeria 🇳🇬 just because of the Head Coaching job..

One reason Florence Omagbemi wasn’t reappointed before Thomas Dennerby took the job back then.

Wafcon 2026

Player release date set for July 20th as the tournament begins July 26th though to August 16.

Fifa Women's Under 17 WWC to take place in Morocco 🇲🇦 from October 17 to November 7

Schemerkhiz:
Nigeria 🇳🇬 SuperFalcons fastest Fullback, was on the rise before the ACl injury.. Hopefully she gets good game time this season and also play her way back to the SuperFalcons.

Since she can play on both side she can deputize both Alozie and Plumptre..



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgT9BAZG6k?si=1um7LTSSM6Q-_b4B

Going to the WAFCON my pick for the defense should be…
1• Osinachi Ohale
2 Blessing Demehin
3• Michelle Alozie
4• Ashleigh Plumptre
5• Shukurat Oladipo
6• Chidinma Okeke
7• Nicole Payne

Considering each team are to go with 25-26 players, I will add between Sikiratu Isah and Rofiat Imuran..

Nigeria 🇳🇬 SuperFalcons fastest Fullback, was on the rise before the ACl injury.. Hopefully she gets good game time this season and also play her way back to the SuperFalcons.

Since she can play on both side she can deputize both Alozie and Plumptre. But again she has all it takes to start for the SuperFalcons..



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgT9BAZG6k?si=1um7LTSSM6Q-_b4B

This Should Be The Best Duos In Africa though..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaqgOAX0Q6k?si=zJf1d575pduE7o_H

Both better than Barbra Banda??

2020 – WAFCON cancelled entirely.
2024 – WAFCON postponed to 2025.
2026 – WAFCON postponed again, from March to July.


Anyway this is an opportunity for players like Chioma Okafor, Uchenna Kanu, Nicole Payne and co to work their way back into the team and prove to the Coaches that they deserve to be there ahead of some names..!

lovewins:
It isn't just a leadership issue, it's also a gender issue. I'm not one to pander to narrative but the facts objectively shows the women aren't being taken seriously.

The easiest way you know it has a gender slant is that this will never have happened to the men. Never.

CAF actually doesn't care and the pattern is clear. Always treating the women's game like they're doing them a favour.

This is becoming a dangerous pattern.

It makes you wonder: do women’s football development officials at CAF actually influence these decisions, or are they just expected to work around them?

Like, it’s difficult to fathom anyone who has the best interests of the women’s game can influence such a pattern.

Because if women’s football is truly a priority, what we’re seeing around WAFCON shouldn’t be normal.

Instant hit…🔥

Ajigipina Zakaria in her first two games for the 🇬🇭Black Queens:

✅Came on as a substitute and scored vs. Hong Kong 🇭🇰

✅Came on as a substitute and scored vs. Russia 🇷🇺

carbonado:
Is there another stream link, this one is not too good....

All the streams are bad
https://www.youtube.com/live/jF-J_2UN-b0?si=rIesEepShjp4FQhb

Manage this one for now



https://www.youtube.com/live/-hRraD9aheQ?si=e_XXX5CGfcTI7Vzo

There’s a rapid influx of those players with higher testosterone levels in the women’s game in Africa right now…!


But Nigeria 🇳🇬 is still not following suit yet..


Ghana, Ivory Coast and Benin are picking up with it right now..

I know of 2 for Ghana and 4 for Benin right now.

Precious Christopher and Comfort Erhabor are the only positive call up among the ancient returnees and so called new call ups..!!


At least we can boost of a Left Footed Midfielder.
I wonder why she has been in Tanzania 🇹🇿 for 4years or so.

SunnyBK should find a way and move this girl to a top 5 Club in Turkey or Russia or any of those top leagues in Europe.

Earlier on in 2010/11 it was Rita Chikwelu & Glory Iroka or Perpetua Nkwocha even at the World Cup

These are 🇳🇬 major double Pivots in Midfield from 2014 till date.. With Ngozi Okobi, Tony Payne and Onyi Echegini the main Attacking Midfielders

Evelyn Nwabuoku & Halimatu Ayinde
Rita Chikwelu & Halimatu Ayinde
Halimatu Ayinde & Christy Ucheibe
Christy Ucheibe & Deborah Abiodun

Nigeria have mainly used 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 with double pivot in Midfield

The strength of Nigeria's midfield lies in the dual pivots' ability to offer robust defensive screening, regulate tempo, and initiate build-up play. Consider how Ayinde and Ucheibe's partnership at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand allowed them to break up opposition attacks, provide cover for full-backs, and free up forwards to attack.

With Madugu coming in why does he think that he can change things by playing a Single DM and two CAM in front of the DM..

I thought he was going to build on what Randy left behind and make the team transition faster but No he’s kicking out our major Strengths in midfield.

Nigeria have been playing fine and using their pace and power on the flanks as one of their major Strengths.. Now we can’t even see any of those flairs..

Predator87:
I am really worried about this team's trajectory. The coach Madugu is clueless. Even if we qualify for the world cup i worry what will happen if we play top teams like Spain, USA, England etc.

Madugu is below-average coach let say it as it is.

They call for us to support our own. Na! We are not built like that. When it comes to football we support and call for quality. They should know that Madugu was put in place by the NFF not in charge.

Some persons here frame it to appear as though we that are not in support of local coaches feel inferior to oyibo just so we can take a back seat. But nothing would change. I will in fact double down on it. We prefer a foreign coach and Waldrum is our best bet in terms of the low pay NFF can offer.

We must stop supporting coaches because they are our own rather, support merit. .
Yes, we know the argument already Waldrum didn't win the WAFCON but Madugu did hence he is better. Let's apply same logic, shall we? Peisero took the Super Eagles to the final but the current coach didn't get to the final and didn't qualify us for the World Cup yet Nigerians still want him and have been singing his praises.

So what we are looking at is the workings that have brought steady progress, cohesion and all to the team, I will boldly say it that the last WAFCON was 75% the Ladies effort because there wasn’t a good enough Coaching input..

Simply put, Madugu will be abysmal at the World Cup. If a team is well Coached it will show in their style of play even if they lose.

daveP:
Are you Saying Oyono and Omilana no go see chance any time soon?

Name better goalkeepers please, by the way of what use is the Dwa*f Oyono??

AkinDS:
What I find befuddling is the mentality of some of Nigerians...

It means nothing? Seriously?
It has no effect on your FIFA rankings - being beaten by a rag-tag Cameroonian team? It doesn't impact your aura as the best team in Africa when you cannot easily dispatch a team like this?

Do you think the poor performance of the Super Eagles against the likes of Lesotho, Benin and other hitherto minnow countries was happenstance? Its was a direct result and a slow drip and erosion of that aura of invisibility the SE had in coming second during the Nations cup. You did notice that CIV did not experience this - why?, because they know the importance of beating up on the so called minnow which made their qualification relatively easy.

That's why certain countries never joke around with teams like this rag-tag Cameroonian team - they destroy them so as to send a strong message. But folks like yourself think it 'means nothing and it's just a friendly for experiment'. Think again, pal. !

Abeg no mind them, if Nigeria is well ranked those World Cup and Olympic draws would be favorable..

Does he even know tha number of points we just lose to Cameroon on the FIFA Rankings??

isan:
We should watch out for her because he score against almighty Hong-kong ...she won't even start for Nigeria u20

Who’s talking about scoring against Hong Kong ??

I’m talking about a player Ghana will definitely rely on very soon.

Have you watched her play before!

semid4lyfe:
Thank you for this assessment. It's a double friendly right?

Hopefully, the coach will bench the poor players, and give others a chance in the second game.

Madugu has this self-destruct thing in him. That's how he benched Echegini in the last WAFCON final for Abiodun and it almost cost us.

Football is a youth sports, and ageing impacts negatively on the ability of ladies more than men. We've seen it with Rita Chikelu, Onome Ebi and we're currently seeing it with Asisat Oshaola, Ngozi Okobi, Osinachi Ohale and Francesca Ordega who are past their best. Absolutely no reason for Okobi to have been invited back in the first place.

Looking forward to the second game.

But do you even know that Cameroon beat Nigeria with a team of over 95% Home Based players..

Watch out for this Ghanaian Striker though…

Ajegipina Zakaria made her maiden appearance for the Black Queens of Ghana against Hong Kong in the Pink Ladies Cup and scoring a goal after coming on in the second half.

semid4lyfe:
Great hosts but terrible sportsmen.

They leaked their withdrawal from hosting the WAFCON thinking it'd put CAF in a tight spot but when they heard SA was ready to step in, they backtracked that they had not withdrawn officially.

Another reason they didn't withdraw is because this AFCON will serve as the qualifiers for the world cup, and they stand a better chance of qualifying as host.

Motsepe too feels beholden to them and that's the reason he didn't strip them of the hosting rights.

If na another country they pull this Morocco stunts, and SA dey standby, hin for don strip them since.

Anyhow sha, make CAF and Morocco get their acts together. The WAFCON must hold this year.

Mission XI is loading

Mission X1 loading ke, Pray they qualify for the World Cup first…

AkinDS:
Well, Well.
A rag-tag Cameroonian team just beat our SF 1-0, scoring in the 89th minute.
Glory Ogbonna (who knows why she was brought back into the team after her wilderness) was out injured and our wise man of a coach decided to continue the game with 10 players, enabling the Rag-tag Cameroonians to score.

There were a lot of players that had no business playing, including Okobi (#13, who was poor all game long), Glory Ogbonna (#4, whose left back position was a constant point of attack because she clearly was the weakest link in defense), and Onyenezide (#8, who came in as a sub and was nothing short of being a passenger on the field).

I feel bad for Erharbor, who was on track to have a clean sheet, save for the very poor game management on the part of Madugu (playing 1 woman down and was clueless about utilizing his bench).

Notable pluses:
Comfort Erharbor (#1) - after a nervous start, looked assured and played the part. For someone playing her first international match, very pleased with her performance.
Don't know her name yet (#21) - still trying to find out who the left footed, red boned midfielder who came in later on in the second half is. She fit in like a glove and played with extreme confidence in the midfield. Even though she was a sub, she definitely was miles better than Okobi, who constantly turned the ball over and was a weak link in the midfield.

That’s Christopher Precious playing for Yanga Princess in Tanzania 🇹🇿

Her call up was pretty okay as a Left Footed Midfielder and better than the other midfielders.

do4luv14:
Thanks

Pls how good are Comfort and the new players

3rd choice at best right now….!!

do4luv14:
What's the scores pls

FT: Cameroon 🇨🇲 (1️⃣) - (0️⃣) Nigeria 🇳🇬

This one is okay!

https://www.youtube.com/live/M1i_UFjZVEE?si=Deitf5RezKMn-gTi

Live 🎥

Nigeria 🇳🇬 🆚 Cameroon 🇨🇲

https://www.youtube.com/live/BIX69tiBJzw?si=Z7K6vbhW8Acg5v_I

Nigeria 🇳🇬 🆚 Cameroon 🇨🇲

Comfort Erhabor

Oladipo ➖ Isah ➖ Demehin ➖ Ogbonna

Okobi ➖ Ucheibe ➖ Echegini

Ajibade ➖ Monday ➖ Babajide