The USA gave a 17year old high school student playing time against England. If it was our guy Randy he'll do otherwise.

So you can't see all the u20 squad that flood the super falcons recently ?

lovewins:
The USA gave a 17year old high school student playing time against England. If it was our guy Randy he'll do otherwise.

This is how the pots would be for the #FIFAWWC 2023 with 5 quotas still to be defined (2 from Europe and 3 intercontinental):


Pot 1:

New Zealand
Australia
United States
Germany
Sweden
England
France
Netherlands

Pot 2:

Canada
Spain
Brazil
Japan
Norway
Iceland (*)
Italy
Chinese
Denmark (^)

(*) If Iceland qualifies via European playoffs, it would move Denmark to pot 3.
(^) Qualified teams that could change the hype.

Pot 3:

South Korea
Portugal (*)
Scotland (*) or Ireland (*)
Switzerland (*) or Wales (*)
Colombia
Argentina
Vietnam
Costa Rican
Jamaican

(*) Teams that will play the playoff. If they win they will stay in this pot.

Pot 4:

Nigerian
Philippines
South Africa
Morocco
Zambian
Repechage A
Repechage B
Repechage C

isan:
So you can't see all the u20 squad that flood the super falcons recently ?

Playing someone when you don't need to and playing someone cause you're compelled to are obviously 2 different things.

The Falconets played cause the regular players couldn't make the team. Ohale was the only regular available when Demehin and Imuran played defence. Deborah was in midfield cause Halimatu and Okobi were absent. Onyenezide never saw game time at all in US.

Against Japan, Deborah Abiodun was in midfield again cause Halimatu wasn't available. Alani and Onyenezide came in the 90th minute.

The high school girl in question came in for Megan Rapineo at the 80th minute.

Let the Season Begin…

AUS vs RSA

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They still all played that's what matters, flourish is like 15 to 17 and waldrum gave her a debut ...we know waldrum is bad but tone down your criticism we are not getting a world class coach anytime soon

lovewins:


Playing someone when you don't need to and playing someone cause you're compelled to are obviously 2 different things.

The Falconets played cause the regular players couldn't make the team. Ohale was the only regular available when Demehin and Imuran played defence. Deborah was in midfield cause Halimatu and Okobi were absent. Onyenezide never saw game time at all in US.

Against Japan, Deborah Abiodun was in midfield again cause Halimatu wasn't available. Alani and Onyenezide came in the 90th minute.

The high school girl in question came in for Megan Rapineo at the 80th minute.

Pressure mounts on Nigeria's Super Falcons after fifth straight loss


7 Oct, 2022
Colin Udoh
Special to ESPN

Five games, five defeats, 10 goals allowed and a measly two scored, makes for grim reading for any coach, but that is Randy Waldrum's scorecard after his Super Falcons' 2-0 defeat to Japan's Nadeshiko on Thursday.

Mina Tanaka scored twice within a four-minute second half span when the Super Falcons lost all discipline to hand the 2011 world champions victory. And in truth, it could have been more, with goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie earning her keep with multiple saves.

But they nearly got away with it. For the majority of the game, the Falcons stayed in lockstep with their more accomplished opponents, especially in neutral territory, even though they failed to fashion any opportunities of note.

They held their lines, battled bravely in midfield with the ever gutsy Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene leading the charge and had Japan coach Futoshi Ikeda looking like a ball of nerves for most of the encounter. At least until the first goal in the 64th minute.

Japan won a freekick when centre back Osinachi Ohale and right back Michelle Alozie got into a muddle on what should have been a simple clean up operation. The lobbed set piece proved costly. Tanaka peeled away, took her time to bring the back under control with her chest and fired past Nnadozie.

Four minutes later, Tanaka doubled the advantage from the spot, slipping the offside trap to get in behind before she was clattered into by Ohale as the Falcons previous tactical discipline went out the window.

It is the first time the Super Falcons have lost so many games consecutively and this latest reverse adds to a long pile of unwanted first time records being racked up by the Nigerians under Waldrum and his staff.

The others do not make for any more pleasant reading either, especially as the Women's World Cup draws ever closer. Under normal circumstances, it would have been almost unreasonable to judge the coach on the basis of the results of games against the USA and Japan.

But the entire reason foreign coaches like Waldrum [and Thomas Dennerby before him] were hired was to get over the hump of beating African teams with ease, and then falling short at the first sight of non-African opposition.

Rather than bridge that gap however, Waldrum's tenure appears to have not only widened it, but seen the team regress even in Africa, after they finished fourth at this year's WAFCON, a tournament they've won 11 times.

And that is what the American has been under fire for. A previously unthinkable four losses to African opposition in the space of a few months, to Ghana, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia, are a first and worst of any Super Falcons coach in history.

Three losses at the African championships, two of those consecutively, are also the worst of any Super Falcons coach, and a failure to medal at the tournament, is tied for the worst record of any previous coach. Kadiri Ikhana was the only other coach who got the same result, and he was fired immediately.

Waldrum also has the unenviable record of having lost more games in a calendar year than any other Super Falcons coach.

It is difficult, really, to find a redeeming feature by which to defend the American, even for the coach himself, who chose instead to discount the results and point to qualifying the team for the World Cup.

"I don't put a lot of weight by what everybody outside says or the results of some games where we know half of those games we have not had our full team together," he told ESPN.

"We are coaching the players that we have and I am proud of their development and I think the fans will be proud of their performance at the World Cup."


Nigeria coach Randy Waldrum's tenure has been littered by unwanted records, concerning Super Falcons fans as the Women's World Cup draws closer.

Waldrum went on to point to Nigeria's struggles at previous tournaments as evidence that things are not what they used to be: "People talk about the team qualifying with ease for the World Cup in previous years.

"Women's football was in a different place then. What you are seeing now in the last two World Cup cycles is that the game has grown and developed in Africa like it has in the rest of the world.

"You are seeing countries like South Africa and Morocco putting a lot of resources into women's football and we have to be careful as a country not to expect to qualify and win the Cup of Nations just because we are Nigeria.

"Even in the last tournament, you advanced to the final and the championship by two games on penalty kicks. It's not like it was a dominant performance in 2018."

It's not to say there have not been improvements in the side, hard as those positives may be to spot, especially in the wake of recent results.

The partnership of Ohale with Ashleigh Plumptre is flourishing and looked good right from the WAFCON, and against Japan, they showed balance, grit and competence for extended periods.

Blessing Demehin showed at the under 20 World Cup and against Team USA that she can be a more than competent, pacy and steely back up, if not knocking on the door of a starting spot.

Over three quarters against number one-ranked USWNT, they more than held their own, and even while being dominated in midfield by Japan, they were not blown away, like the current African champions, who were whitewashed 10-0 by Brazil.

Waldrum insists that is proof of progress: "Our games with Canada and the USA, (and Japan) have proven that we can play with the very best in the world. It is just getting the players to buy in and believe."

By contrast, the downsides are myriad and the poor results are an accurate reflection. One of the biggest problems is that chances are hardly being created and although the team had 10 shots on goal against Japan's 16, only one of those was on target.

In total, in the six games they have lost going all the way back to that WAFCON opening day defeat against South Africa, the Super Falcons have been outshot 39-11. They have managed just one shot on target in half of those games. That is a major concern for a team that scored for fun against African opposition.

Even forward Ifeoma Onumonu is concerned about the lack of goals, at least for her as a striker: "I'm a little bit in my head right now because I haven't scored in a little bit now, but I am creating opportunities for others and I am starting to feel a little bit better about my game and I am getting back to form."

Set pieces also remain a problem, both in fashioning them and defending against them. Neither goal allowed against Japan came in open play but the defending for the freekick was as amateurish as it was comical.

While there looked to be improvement against the USA, the loss to Japan has opened the door to further scrutiny of the coach, and with a new NFF leadership having been elected just days prior, the pressure is right back on the coach.

He was quick to point to mitigating circumstances: "We had to adjust the line up due to the fact that so many players came in late.


"Eight players arrived two days ago, and then that evening, four more arrived, so we had one day of preparation on the pitch for one hour and we had only 12 players and then other 6 players arrived on the eve of the game.

"So it is not ideal to turnaround and play a match of this quality with 24 hours rest, especially when you travel so long."

That is a reasonable explanation, and one the NFF will have to work towards redressing to give the players time enough to rest, and the coach time enough to do just that, coach.

But time is running out, and the excuses thin. Like one NFF official told ESPN, there is little confidence that the Word Cup will be anything but a disaster.

Said the source: "We will be lucky to return after three matches without being disgraced."

No Sam Kerr, no problem. The Matildas with a comfortable lead.

54; AUS (4) - (0) RSA
Vine 5', 24',
Polkinghorne 42'
Foord 54’

87; AUS (4) - (1) RSA

Vine 5', 24',
Polkinghorne 42'
Foord 54’
Magia 87’

Deborah Abiodun's interview prior to the Japan friendly. She talked about making it into the senior side and gave the older players credit for encouraging and helping her.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcgAK8xCnq8

I Don’t Really Care About What Nigerians Think”- Randy Waldrum Reacts To Super Falcons Critics

By Bethel Kalu - October 8, 2022

Randy says he does not really care about what people are saying about his team and the results of games where he does not have a full squad. Randy spoke to ESPN

“I don’t put a lot of weight by what everybody outside says or the results of some games where we know half of those games we have not had our full team together

We are coaching the players that we have and I am proud of their development and I think the fans will be proud of their performance at the World Cup.”

Randy said other countries are catching up Nigeria because women’s football is growing in Africa and that Nigeria should not expect to win the WAFCON because they are Nigeria

“You are seeing countries like South Africa and Morocco putting a lot of resources into women’s football and we have to be careful as a country not to expect to qualify and win the Cup of Nations just because we are Nigeria.

“Even in the last tournament, you advanced to the final and the championship by two games on penalty kicks. It’s not like it was a dominant performance in 2018.

People talk about the team qualifying with ease for the World Cup in previous years.

“Women’s football was in a different place then. What you are seeing now in the last two World Cup cycles is that the game has grown and developed in Africa like it has in the rest of the world.”

Randy Waldrum has lost his last five matches as Falcons coach, the highest by any Super Falcons coach in a calendar year

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⚽️ Foord 53'

⚽️ Magaia 87'

Legendary Woman

The Flamingoes match vs Germany kicks off at 3:30pm Nigerian time on Tuesday

Africans in general and Nigerians in particular do not play intelligent soccer. Most of them are still drowned in the silly philosophy of "I scored the goal". It will amount to waste of my time in attempt to watch most Africans teams especially Nigerian teams on a soccer pitch.

this woman done old but she go sweet oh I can marry her

Deltamani:
Legendary Woman

The German Machines

And this is one of the reasons why most Nigerian sports journalists are regarded as mediocre...
How does what Randy actually said tally with what this hack of a journalist decided to use as her headline?
Sensationalizing and Gaslighting the public.

Deltamani:
I Don’t Really Care About What Nigerians Think”- Randy Waldrum Reacts To Super Falcons Critics

By Bethel Kalu - October 8, 2022

Randy says he does not really care about what people are saying about his team and the results of games where he does not have a full squad.
Randy spoke to ESPN: “I don’t put a lot of weight by what everybody outside says or the results of some games where we know half of those games we have not had our full team together

Last time I checked, Flourish Sebastian was 17 at the time she played against Japan.
And your point is...?

lovewins:
The USA gave a 17year old high school student playing time against England. If it was our guy Randy he'll do otherwise.

Nicole Payne

Canada Vs Morocco


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecLQ2MK704k

Lightning strikes twice as once again, Morocco trailed by just a solitary goal at the break, then it all went south; another four-zip defeat for the Atlas Lionesses.

FT: Canada 4-0 Morocco
[Fleming 24', Viens 54', Beckie 84', Larisey 90']

Recap | 6/10
FT: Poland 4-0 Morocco
[Pajor 33', Bidas 52', Wrobel 57', Karczewska 87']

Beating Ashleigh Plumptre in the Air is definitely going to be a difficult task for any Striker… Alexander Popp is one Striker who’s very good in the air, a test against her might prove something different..

Deltamani:
Beating Ashleigh Plumptre in the Air is definitely going to be a difficult task for any Striker… Alexander Popp is one Striker who’s very good in the air, a test against her might prove something different..

Was disgusted that the girls used this Jersey for the Japan friendly. It shows where the ladies are in the NFF's pecking order. It appears the u-17 girls will also use same jersey for the world cup cause same jersey was used for their team photoshoot. How is a jersey already selling in stores world wide not available for your female national team?

This man is so concerned with other teams catching us with us than he improving the team to show that we're changing the gear. The inference in his speech is enough to get him fired. How many times does he need to keep saying that? He can't even make these ladies score under 30mins. How does he want to do it at the WC? 3defeats??

If they are catching up, your assignment is to increase the momentum. Rather we hear the opposite and this can't even be accommodated if it was coming from a local coach. We would be up his nostrils by now. Im tired of this man, sincerely. He is beginning to feel Invincible to whatever we observe.

Its the so-called Nigerian journalists that keep asking him the same silly questions over and over again, which he keeps answering. Is it not a fact that other African nations have been 'catching up' and making progress in women's football, which is similar to what's happening with the rest of the world?. Is it not a fact that Nigeria cannot just wake up on the eve of a tournament and expect to go there and dominate (as in the past), solely based on name recognition?
Nigerians love burying their heads in the sand, expecting the rest of the continent (and world) remain at a stand still. Guess what? They are not and that is why the likes of Morrocco, South Africa, Zambia and others are progressing fast!

daveP:
This man is so concerned with other teams catching us with us than he improving the team to show that we're changing the gear. The inference in his speech is enough to get him fired. How many times does he need to keep saying that?

I guess its his job to get on the field and score now, right? As a coach, you prosecute a game with the players at your disposal. Now, if those players aren't up to the task (contrary to the misguided beliefs of Nigerians that all their players are the best in the world), then you get what you get. If you like, go and get yourself a Pia Sundhagen or Sarina Wiegman or Vlatko Andonovski or even Florence Omagbemi for that matter. It wouldn't change a damn thing!
He has been working on making our ladies team more tactically and strategically competent and it has been working, at least, in the eyes of others outside of this forum who understand the tactical and strategic nuances of the game. I, for one, saw a Nigerian ladies team, short on personnel and acclimatization (due to jet lag) play against the Japanese and dominated in the first half. I saw them playing the high block and low block and moving the ball around brilliantly and impressively.
Now, I get that most so-called fans may lack the ability to recognize such subtle improvements (perhaps due to their pre-conceived biases), but that doesn't take away from that fact that those improvements have actually happened.

daveP:
He can't even make these ladies score under 30mins. How does he want to do it at the WC? 3defeats??
If they are catching up, your assignment is to increase the momentum. Rather we hear the opposite and this can't even be accommodated if it was coming from a local coach.

You need to understand that in the overall scheme of things, specifically pre-Waldrum, Nigeria really dropped the ball regarding women's football development and we were slowly being left behind. Unfortunately, the same myopic, 'we are not playing beautiful football and whooping teams left and right' mantra was what led to the idiotic decision behind the firing or Rohr, which ended up being a total disaster. We keep making the same dumb mistakes (not just in football, but in Nigeria as a whole) and expect to get better. Well...

daveP:
Im tired of this man, sincerely. He is beginning to feel Invincible to whatever we observe.

In closing: I was asked (in a previous thread) why I am in support of the man. Well, here's my response...
Randy has worked on revamping the team, slowly transitioning from the old brigade to newer, younger players and also infusing the team with new players who are more in tune with the modern game. The build up and climb to the summit takes time, and is filled with disappointments (failing fast, learning, correcting and moving forward). Losses in irrelevant battles (friendlies) are not a predicate for how the war (the WC) will turn out, but are used to help identify areas of weakness and shoring them up (failing fast to succeed later). This is the same model that the likes of England, Spain, Mexico and several other countries used over the years, with some success. Our SF performances against Canada, US and Japan, albeit losses, demonstrated to me that he is on the right track - again, patiently building a solid and robust team. Let the man finish his project!!!

AkinDS:
Its the so-called Nigerian journalists that keep asking him the same silly questions over and over again, which he keeps answering. Is it not a fact that other African nations have been 'catching up' and making progress in women's football, which is similar to what's happening with the rest of the world?. Is it not a fact that Nigeria cannot just wake up on the eve of a tournament and expect to go there and dominate (as in the past), solely based on name recognition?
Nigerians love burying their heads in the sand, expecting the rest of the continent (and world) remain at a stand still. Guess what? They are not and that is why the likes of Morrocco, South Africa, Zambia and others are progressing fast!


I guess its his job to get on the field and score now, right? As a coach, you prosecute a game with the players at your disposal. Now, if those players aren't up to the task (contrary to the misguided beliefs of Nigerians that all their players are the best in the world), then you get what you get. If you like, go and get yourself a Pia Sundhagen or Sarina Wiegman or Vlatko Andonovski or even Florence Omagbemi for that matter. It wouldn't change a damn thing!
He has been working on making our ladies team more tactically and strategically competent and it has been working, at least, in the eyes of others outside of this forum who understand the tactical and strategic nuances of the game. I, for one, saw a Nigerian ladies team, short on personnel and acclimatization (due to jet lag) play against the Japanese and dominated in the first half. I saw them playing the high block and low block and moving the ball around brilliantly and impressively.
Now, I get that most so-called fans may lack the ability to recognize such subtle improvements (perhaps due to their pre-conceived biases), but that doesn't take away from that fact that those improvements have actually happened.



You need to understand that in the overall scheme of things, specifically pre-Waldrum, Nigeria really dropped the ball regarding women's football development and we were slowly being left behind. Unfortunately, the same myopic, 'we are not playing beautiful football and whooping teams left and right' mantra was what led to the idiotic decision behind the firing or Rohr, which ended up being a total disaster. We keep making the same dumb mistakes (not just in football, but in Nigeria as a whole) and expect to get better. Well...



In closing: I was asked (in a previous thread) why I am in support of the man. Well, here's my response...
Randy has worked on revamping the team, slowly transitioning from the old brigade to newer, younger players and also infusing the team with new players who are more in tune with the modern game. The build up and climb to the summit takes time, and is filled with disappointments (failing fast, learning, correcting and moving forward). Losses in irrelevant battles (friendlies) are not a predicate for how the war (the WC) will turn out, but are used to help identify areas of weakness and shoring them up (failing fast to succeed later). This is the same model that the likes of England, Spain, Mexico and several other countries used over the years, with some success. Our SF performances against Canada, US and Japan, albeit losses, demonstrated to me that he is on the right track - again, patiently building a solid and robust team. Let the man finish his project!!!

Stop saying nonsense..

Randy is meant to improve the team not regress the team. He doesn't rate the S.F high and doesn't make effort to improve the team.

He plays players out of position and doesn't sub out Onumonu especially when she's having a bad game.

No Nigerian football team can ever be short on personnel there are replacements for every player.

After the world cup, he needs to go unless super Falcons reach the semi final of the world cup.

Lol even guardiola combined with ancelloti wiill not get us to semi final

codemaniacs:


Stop saying nonsense..

Randy is meant to improve the team not regress the team. He doesn't rate the S.F high and doesn't make effort to improve the team.

He plays players out of position and doesn't sub out Onumonu especially when she's having a bad game.

No Nigerian football team can ever be short on personnel there are replacements for every player.

After the world cup, he needs to go unless super Falcons reach the semi final of the world cup.

the worst thing that ever happened to super falcons is Waldrum......

AkinDS:
Its the so-called Nigerian journalists that keep asking him the same silly questions over and over again, which he keeps answering. Is it not a fact that other African nations have been 'catching up' and making progress in women's football, which is similar to what's happening with the rest of the world?. Is it not a fact that Nigeria cannot just wake up on the eve of a tournament and expect to go there and dominate (as in the past), solely based on name recognition?
Nigerians love burying their heads in the sand, expecting the rest of the continent (and world) remain at a stand still. Guess what? They are not and that is why the likes of Morrocco, South Africa, Zambia and others are progressing fast!


I guess its his job to get on the field and score now, right? As a coach, you prosecute a game with the players at your disposal. Now, if those players aren't up to the task (contrary to the misguided beliefs of Nigerians that all their players are the best in the world), then you get what you get. If you like, go and get yourself a Pia Sundhagen or Sarina Wiegman or Vlatko Andonovski or even Florence Omagbemi for that matter. It wouldn't change a damn thing!
He has been working on making our ladies team more tactically and strategically competent and it has been working, at least, in the eyes of others outside of this forum who understand the tactical and strategic nuances of the game. I, for one, saw a Nigerian ladies team, short on personnel and acclimatization (due to jet lag) play against the Japanese and dominated in the first half. I saw them playing the high block and low block and moving the ball around brilliantly and impressively.
Now, I get that most so-called fans may lack the ability to recognize such subtle improvements (perhaps due to their pre-conceived biases), but that doesn't take away from that fact that those improvements have actually happened.



You need to understand that in the overall scheme of things, specifically pre-Waldrum, Nigeria really dropped the ball regarding women's football development and we were slowly being left behind. Unfortunately, the same myopic, 'we are not playing beautiful football and whooping teams left and right' mantra was what led to the idiotic decision behind the firing or Rohr, which ended up being a total disaster. We keep making the same dumb mistakes (not just in football, but in Nigeria as a whole) and expect to get better. Well...



In closing: I was asked (in a previous thread) why I am in support of the man. Well, here's my response...
Randy has worked on revamping the team, slowly transitioning from the old brigade to newer, younger players and also infusing the team with new players who are more in tune with the modern game. The build up and climb to the summit takes time, and is filled with disappointments (failing fast, learning, correcting and moving forward). Losses in irrelevant battles (friendlies) are not a predicate for how the war (the WC) will turn out, but are used to help identify areas of weakness and shoring them up (failing fast to succeed later). This is the same model that the likes of England, Spain, Mexico and several other countries used over the years, with some success. Our SF performances against Canada, US and Japan, albeit losses, demonstrated to me that he is on the right track - again, patiently building a solid and robust team. Let the man finish his project!!!

AkinDS is just being dishonest quite frankly. It's no longer a surprise he holds brief (and consistently so) for Randy Waldrum, but to put up an article-like comment without specifics on what exactly Randy as achieved, while posturing like he's been a positive addition to the team is just being dishonest. I'll try to highlight a few of the things he pointed out and offer a different opinion;

1. "Its the so-called Nigerian journalists that keep asking him the same silly questions over and over again".

Then, it's Nigerian journalists that are the problem, not the unfortunate coach that keeps piling up terrible results. Coaches around the world with losing streaks face same level of criticism from fans and media alike. Coaches like Brendan Rodgers of Leicester city and Steve Cooper of Nottingham Forest received unusual level of scrutiny cause of their losing streak. Questions like this is fair game for a coach with that kind of stats. In 2021, he lost 4 out of 7 games, won 2. He has about 27% win record in 2022, I'll try to spare you th details.

2. "contrary to the misguided beliefs of Nigerians that all their players are the best in the world"

It's typical of AkinDS to deflect responsibility and apportion blame to everyone who else but Randy. 'He's such a fantastic coach, our players just aren't good enough right? So bad players is the next excuse right? With the "terrible players" at our disposal we still dominated Africa at the very least. Under Randy it's becoming an achievement. So every other part of Africa is improving apart from Nigeria abi? Those who have followed Nigerian football in general and female football in particular for quite some time will attest to th fact that th girls are probably having it better than any of their predecessors despite the myriads if challenges we still have. This current crop of players have been treated the best (again there massive room for improvement). So if under, less palatable conditions, his predecessors were able to get results, what exactly is Randy's excuse?

3. "Randy has worked on revamping the team, slowly transitioning from the old brigade to newer, younger players and also infusing the team with new players who are more in tune with the modern game. The build up and climb to the summit takes time"

Team building isn't peculiar to Nigeria. Practically every female footballing nation is going through same phase. I scanned briefly through the USA team and 13 of them have less than 20 caps, 12 of them are aged 26 and below. The English team have 14 players aged 26 and below. Morocco and South Africa are also building their team afresh. It isn't peculiar to us.

The super flamingoes kick off their world cup campaign today with a game against Germany..

3:30pm kickoff