ceejayMAX:
hiaaa so that defender leg nor touch that ball Okobi wen wan carry ball run forward

Her leg touched Okobi's leg not the ball

BascoVanVeli:


The coach is lucky he is finally playing Christy consistently cos I have been saying this for long but to tell the truth she was even better than advertised.

You're very Correct, At 21 she's better than how she's been rated. A fine replacement for Rita Chikwelu...

I think Randy should just stick to the Midfield trios of Ucheibe, Ayinde and Okobi.... Then look for a better replacement for them

Should I say Regina Otu, Chinaza Uchendu and One of this girl's from the U20. If Peace Efih and Amanda Mbadi get better they can as well earn their spot...

ceejayMAX:
So it was the defender that cleared the ball to onomunu path,so okobi plan waste that run wen she run b4?

Okobi deserve an appluad with that her excellent movement with the ball... Onumonu thanks for the wonderful cross and Ajibade a big thank you for finishing well...

ceejayMAX:
So it was the defender that cleared the ball to onomunu path,so okobi plan waste that run wen she run b4?

It's very Clear, it was Okobi

Go and rewatch it.

daveP:
Some clearances were not done well too. That Okobi game eh. The build up to goal has covered it, else, its a poor game for her prior to that goal dash.

Okobi is sometimes like that, one pass or movement from her fiammmm, will cover up all her lapses...

2014 AWCON final she was dribbling past the Cameroonian players and they brought her down close to the box, Oparanozie stepped up and converted the resulting free Kick..

No need to include the 2015 World Cup performance.. you all already know

2016 AWCON final, her delivering from the right with her left foot was deflected to the path of Desire Oparanozie and she scored...

2018 AWCON final against South Africa her Long pass to Ordega resulted to the Penalty which Asisat Oshoala missed...

Now the Quarter final game against Cameroon again...

ceejayMAX:
she is not needed,Mk people wen qualify play the wcup

Hahaha... I laugh in Spanish.
There's no way new players won't claim a spot going to the World Cup.. After the AWCON doesn't who didn't participate will be fighting to become regular in the team, those with few minutes at the AWCON will try and double up just for them to keep up with a spot in the team.. Going to the World Cup is a different Ball game.

Randy will definitely stick to most of the players he used at the AWCON but those who didn't participate still have 100% chance to come in

daveP:


The 1 game for the team is why i haven't really rated her per se. We'll see sha.

You mean 1 game for Nigeria or what?

Maybe Maclean's Chinonyerem?

Esther Okoronkwo Played the 3 games at the Summer Series last year, Played the 2leg against CIV at the AWCON qualifying game...

She did well in France this past season even though it was her first Season going Pro..

Ucheibeeeeeeeeeeee is a baller..

Ball retention, Distribution, Good tackling, as a Box-to-Box Midfielder and great Composure, She's such an Energetic Player who cover a lot of ground for her team mates...

It's good Randy finally does what's good..
I believe she will gel well with Ayinde very soon.

Again Coach Randy shouldn't be playing Rita Chikwelu even she's one of those Midfielder that can keep the ball very well.. The pace of the modern game is no longer there, She can come in maybe at 85minutes to add numbers to her Cap.. Let her experience speak from the Bench.

Esther Okoronkwo is far above the above mentioned names in the pecking order…

Just watch their league games especially against Lyon and PSG, She’s one player than you can’t mark out no matter what, she will always make a way out… good with the ball at her feet’s., can get past her marker with her Skills, very robust and Deadly in front of goal

naijaseeker:
Exactly. This mindset cost the Falconets 2014 WC when Halimatu unnecessarily kicked Ihezuo's goal-bound shot against Germany. The team is good but needs a major psyche overhaul.

Not Halimatu Ayinde.... Loveth Ayila did that..

Confirmed

USWNT's Sept matches vs Nigeria are set:

Sat., Sept. 3 in Kansas City, Kan. (1:30 ET, Fox)
Tues., Sept. 6 in DC (6 pm ET, ESPN2)

Icon79:
LOL. For me, that’s the easiest decision in the world:
- drop Ohale and play Ash in CB.


O pari

Dropping Osinachi Ohale is definitely going to be a wrong decision from the Coach..

She's the quickest Center Back there and her Long balls from the back is pretty good now, again she's a very physical defender who will be able to handle any physical threat that will be brought by the Cameroonian.. Abam look like their no.1 at top9 she will definitely have it tough against Ohale or Ebi...

This game is coming with pace and power...

Christy Ucheibe and Halimatu Ayinde must start... Chikwelu would have been no.1 for this game because of how strong she is but the problem is the pace is no longer there for her to compete with them...

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY GAME, NIGERIA to play the USA


It's a double header

The USA to Play Nigeria on September 3rd at a venue to be announced today .

Nigeria will also play the USA at Audi Field in Washington DC on September 6th

One major issue facing Waldrum on Thursday is what to do with Ashleigh Plumptre.

1. Drop either of Onome Ebi or Osinachi Ohale for her

2. Play 3 center back of Ohale, Ebi and Plumptre

3. Play Plumptre as left back and drop impressive Toni Payne or push her forward

4. Pushing Payne forward means Ordega is dropped (which I doubt) or Ajibade goes to the midfield

5. Ajibade to the midfield means one of Okobi, Rita (shouldn't be starting again),

This is a major decision which will influence a lot of changes and will be key against a fast, and physical Cameroon come Thursday.

What do you think guys?

#WAFCON2022
#superfalcons

Deltamani:



To me Nicole Payne is a better fullback than Glory, I believe when she start playing pro she would get better and better..!

Defensively she hasn't done bad at all, Glory Ogbonna have been prone to errors. If she was good enough Coach Randy Waldrum wouldn't have played Ashleigh or T Payne at left Back.. Even Nicole Payne who started over her at Left back against Burundi was a better option.

No body big pass Dribble, as good as Wendie Renard, Becky Sauerbrunn, Millie Bright, them da dribble them na cor Alozie who’s playing makeshift.. Ajibade also dribble past Mapi Leon of Barca and Spain this past season during Atletico Madrid Femenino game against Barcelona Femenino. Dribbling is normal but as for Alozie she has done well for herself, is not necessary that you must play same role for Club and Country..

Look at Crystal Dunn of USA for Example, she Plays Left Back for the US, but play Midfield and as a striker for her Clubside North Carolina FC..


Look at Rachel Daly of England, she's mainly a Left or Right Back for England but at Houston Dash she's their no.1 striker..

UEFA WOMEN'S EURO

GERMANY (2) - (0) SPAIN
⚽1 - 0 03' K. Bühl
⚽2 - 0 36' A. Popp ( F. Rauch)

JohnBullMySon:
Swap Plumptre and Ohale. Plumptre is a defensive playmaker herself. She cannot be the one to cover Alozie. That's a disaster.

What I'm seeing there is Ohale at RCB
Onome Ebi CB
Plumptre LCB

Randy Waldrum; “We want to build on our performance from the second game. We have quality option of players to pick from, we will look at the squad today and make the decision to bring the best out of the squad.”


Injury update:

Randy; “We need to check Plumptre to know if she is fit, we need her to recover fully.”

Payne; “I can play anywhere even though I play as a winger at club side.”


#ValueJet

#WAFCON2022

FALCONS : BRING BACK OMAGBEMI !

By Emeka Obasi

Our women chase shadows some of the time, when it comes to their case. Liberation matters most when it goes with political appointment. Many of them are not familiar with the name, Florence Omagbemi.

Omagbemi is an accomplished woman who captained the Super Falcons to the inaugural FIFA Women's Championships, China '91. She was African champion with the team seven times consecutively, between 1991 and 2006. To crown it all, the star won the African Women's Championships as coach with the Nigerian team in 2016.

Unfortunately, in a country of the absurd, Omagbemi was sacked after winning as Manager in 2016.

While Nigeria threw away their best, South Africa went for their best. Desiree Ellis who manages Banyana Banyana has been dealing with Super Falcons for long and did it again in Morocco.

Banyana Banyana have never won the African championships. They have a way round perennial champions, Falcons, thanks to Ellis. The South Africans defeated Nigeria in Cape Coast , Ghana at the 2018 edition.

Super Falcons were lucky when they met Banyana Banyana in the grand finale. It took 4-3 penalties for the West Africans to win the cup after regulation and overtime ended in a stalemate.

In 2021, Banyana came to Lagos, did not give due respect to Nigeria's First Lady, Aisha Buhari and went away with the trophy named after her. Victims were the hosts.

At the ongoing African Championships in Morocco, South Africa came out better leaving Nigeria on the grass with a 2-1 advantage.

It is remarkable that Ellis captained Banyana Banyana at the time Omagbemi was Super Falcons captain. In the 2000 grande finale at home, the South Africans were beaten 2-1. As a player, the latter led Nigeria to spell South Africa on the way to the Sweden '95 FIFA Women's Championships.

Falcons humiliated Banyana 11- 2 aggregate. The South Africans did not qualify for the World Cup until the 21st Century.

Omagbemi was appointed Manager in 2016 and won the African Championships. That was the same year Ellis was appointed interim manager. She has been substantive manager since 2018.

Presently, Falcons are led by a man who is far inferior to Omagbemi. He is an American, definitely not one of the best from God's own country. He is called Randy Waldrum.

Waldrum is not randy in anyway but he sounds like an empty drum. This man rejected the Falcons job in 2017, chose Trinidad and Tobago where he was kicked out for underperforming. That is the same fellow Nigeria hired in 2020.

Omagbemi lives in the US, she played for Boston Breakers and San Diego Spirit respectively. The Nigerian is a USA 1999 World Cup quarter finalist, Sydney 2000 Olympian and celebrated by FIFA.

Omagbemi was member, FIFA Technical Study Group ( TSG) for the Canada 2015 Women's World Cup. She was part of the organising committee of the Azerbaijan Under 17 Women's World Championships and did the same job in 2014 in Costa Rica.

When the Falconets got to the grand finale of the Japan 2012 Under 20 Championships, Omagbemi was one of the assistant coaches. So when you talk of experience, Waldrum is diminished.

Thomas Dennerby who came before Waldrum was better. At least, he was coach of his country, Sweden's female national team and is doing the same job in India.

Omagbemi is an icon. We cannot forget how she led Falcons to defeat Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon at home, before their president, Paul Biya in that 2016 grand finale.

That was sweet vengeance. The Cameroonian men had dubiously beaten Nigeria three times in the African Nations Cup final. The most annoying was in Lagos in 2000.

Omagbemi shamed the Lionesses twice as captain before defeating them as coach. The sweetest part of the story was when the losers slumped 5-0 at South Africa 2004.

Falconets midfielder, Ngozi Okobi - Okeoghene is on the same page with me.

"A coach is supposed to be a friend to the team and Omagbemi is one perfect person at that. I think she is one perfect person for the job, " Ngozi said after the Nigerian legend was fired.

Please Coach Florence Omagbemi remember I wrote about this some days ago.

WAFCON 2022| ‘There Is Still More Work To Do’; Super Falcons Forward Onumonu Focused On Burundi Match

Super Falcons Forward, Ifeoma Onumonu has noted that there is a lot more to do following their 2-0 victory over the Mares of Botswana.

The Super Falcons of Nigeria last night, came back from a 1-2 defeat to Banyana Banyana of South Africa in their opening game of the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations to beat the Mares of Botswana 2-0

Goals from Ifeoma Onumonu and substitute Christy Ucheibe in the 21st and 48th minutes was enough to keep the defending champions in the competition.

The American-based Striker while speaking with journalists after the game, praised her teammates and said she was satisfied with the result, even though they could have scored more goals.


“We finally got on board, after our first game against the Banyana Banyana. I scored a goal and definitely wanted more, but am surely satisfied with the one goal and the victory we recorded,” She said.

“We were in a very difficult place emotionally, with what happened in the first game, and were determined to come out stronger and better against Botswana, with a lot of intensity. Good, we got the well-deserved victory.

The Super Falcons of Nigeria will face Burundi in their last group game of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup Of Nations on Sunday, 10th of July.

I'm not surprised about Randy Waldrum's poor attitude & game plan.

He's a NUGA coach, the job is bigger
than him.

Super Falcons have won 9 AFCON titles & qualified for all World Cup, Randy is not on the same level as the team.

NFF gave him the biggest job of his life.

Randy lost back-to-back games to SA & he said, it doesn't mean anything, the fans & media should hug him. His team played poorly in his first WAFCON game & managed 2 goals against Botswana.

You can only get such a statement from a coach who is not at the same level as the team.

I have done my best, right now I'm no longer in for this..

Nigeria Super Falcons on Thursday night defeated the Zebras of Botswana 2-0 in their second Group match of the ongoing 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.

Here are five observations from the game.

Deep Lying Botswana, The Botswana ladies chose to soak up the pressure from the Nigerian forward line and played most of the first half in their own half making it difficult to break them down.

The goal scored by Ifeoma Onumonu in the 21st minute however ensured that the opposition had to readjust as they came out of their confort zone in search of an equaliser.



Falcons Passes, The Super Falcons dominated possession of the ball but their final balls left much to be desired. Most of the passes were not weighted, they ball eluded the targets as they were either over hit or intercepted by the Botswana defenders.

Botswana Went Physical, The Botswana ladies resorted to kicking the more skillful Nigerian players when they faced the force of the Falcons on them.

Improved Second Half By Falcons, There was urgency in the manner that the Super Falcons payed in the second half after coach brought on Christy Ucheibe, Gift Monday, Regina Otu, Uchenna Kanu and Macleans Chinonyerem.


These players are younger than the ones they substituted and their energy shone through.
Fans' Reminder

Nigerians fans are easy to praise as well as condemn in equal proportion.

When the Falcons kept the ball better in the second half, they cheered every move by the Super Falcons and jeered their opponents.
That seemed to boost the confidence of the girls and a reminder of who they are in African football.

Coach Randy Waldrum is the team problem right now, he's having selection problem... Select the rightful ones and make your job easy, don't know if he's scared of the Veterans and big names.


Christy Ucheibe: Had an instant impact after replacing Chikwelu at half-time with a headed goal from Payne's corner kick in the 48th minute. The Combative Midfielder was Full of running and helped keep up pressure on Botswana's defence, I wonder why have been keeping her on the bench. She has no business there .. Ucheibe is the missing link in the Midfield, Very Combative and Energetic… with her and Ayinde and either Okobi or Ajibade in Midfield things will surely flow well…
Ucheibe covers a lot of Ground as she's a born hustler very tireless her effect was felt the moment she came in, need I say more. Halimatu was more mobile and effective. No need for Rita abeg, she can come in the 85th Minutes when we we need to see games out and for her to increase her caps too �.

Gift Monday: Great game from the young lad... Replaced Ordega in the 63rd minute and could have got an assist if Onumonu had scored from her perfectly weighted pass. Could have grabbed a goal herself but her weak header was saved. The left footer look so comfortable with the ball at her feet, an excellent ball passer, the future is surely bright for her. Hopefully she would get to move abroad soon to improve her qualities more..



Regina Otu: Came on for Okobi in the 63rd minute to add more legs to the midfield. The Midfield didn't have the luxury of shining as Christy Ucheibe stole the show...



Uchenna Kanu: Replaced Ajibade in the 75th minute and she helped keep possession and add an attacking drive. Not a bad cameo but I'm still wondering why Randy haven't started her.



Maclean's Chinonyerem : Came on for Onumonu who deserved rest after a lot of tireless running in the 82nd minute. Nothing spectacular though but she surely need more minutes to prove her worth her well built physic will definitely come handy for the Superfalcons...

Anyway Sha me I'm saying my mind there I don't give a Bleep anymore, you can't come and spoil my lovely Superfalcons team


Who should I blame now?
The department that bleeped up knows themselves..
The players that didn’t lived up to expectations knows themselves…

Same Selection Problem…. Why keep some players who we know too well that are supposed to start for some who can’t even run or control the midfield…

Selection problem�

Falcons down again

Goal for South Africa

Ashleigh Plumptre is a big plus for Nigeria... Good in Central Defense and as a Left Back...

AkinDS:
Okobi is worse, she is a ball-hog.
She will be no different from Chikwelu

Okobi is in form and very good behind the Strikers.. Ajibade more energetic and will do well in Central Midfield..