Deltamani: Head Coach, Randy Waldrum explains how the NFF is actively making things difficult for the Super Falcons ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
What do you think of our chances heading into the tournament ? 🤔 🦅🇳🇬
What chances are you writing about? Bundle of sticks cannot win a football match.
Atiku and Peter Obi have both closed their respective cases without proving how they won the election. So, the idea of the court declaring any of them the winner of the election is out of the equation.
Nigerians and professorship is marriage made in hell. Atiku and Peter Obi did not go to court to prove they won the election. I guess they went to the court to uncover the irregularities precipitated by so-called INEC which has been required by law of the land to conduct free and fair election.
Nigeria and stupidity seem to be twins. What the hell is Special Intervention Squad? Nigerian Mobile Police was not only Special Intervention Squad but rapid deployable force. Most Nigerians must always fine means to embezzle fund. The jackass can withdraw Mobile Police from the guard's job however the formation of another so-called "Special Intervention Squad" is a fraud period.
waice6571: If you read Major Ademoyega's book, Why We Struck, you will understand that he displayed typical Omluabi nature in that he abhorred killings and preferred the politicians to be arrested.
And let me correct this stereotype of Yorubas as cowards. Historically, the Yorubas have been the bravest soldiers and leaders in Nigeria.
Chief Obafemi Awolowo, for instance, would never have done what Nnamdi Azikiwe and Colonel Emeka Ojukwu did. Azikiwe snuck out of Biafra in 1969 and turned up in Lagos, sitting beside Gowon, and condemned Biafra and Ojukwu. Colonel Ojukwu himself fled Biafra on January 11, 1970.
Awolowo would never do that? Chief Awolowo had the opportunity to leave Nigeria and go into exile when he was accused of treason in 1962. Kwame Nkrumah offered him that option. But he stayed. He fought the case. He was convicted in 1963, went to prison and never begged to be released. He continued to control the Action Group from Calabar prison.
Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was a guest of Col. Adekunle Fajuyi on July 29, 1966. When Northern troops, led by then Major Theophilus Danjuma, came to arrest Ironsi, he refused to release him. He was told he could replace Ironsi, but he would not budge. He chose to die with his guest! Today, his sacrifice is not appreciated by some of the people who should appreciate it. Instead, some people accuse the Yoruba of betrayal.
Also, when the then US Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, told General Obasanjo not to return to Nigeria from Copenhagen because Abacha would arrest him on charges of coup plotting, General Obasanjo instead brought forward his return date. When asked why he returned to Nigeria, he posited that if he returned, Abacha would be less likely to kill those already arrested, especially his friend, Shehu Musa Yar’adua.
How many Nigerians do you know who can behave so honourably?
Major General Tunde Idiagbon was abroad in Mecca when Babangida and Sani Abacha overthrew him and Major General Buhari. But he returned.
Finally, there is the case of MKO Abiola, who returned to reclaim his mandate from Nigeria’s most brutal military dictator ever. He was arrested in 1994. He was offered bail, but refused freedom in exchange for abandoning his mandate. This was a multimillionaire in US Dollars. Yet, Bashorun chose prison over freedom. He did not run away and abandon his people.
The Yoruba are a very tactful and diplomatic people. They tend to be contemplative, rather than impulsive. These are attributes that some people mistake for cowardice or sycophancy. They are people who understand how to stoop to conquer.
No Yoruba leader would abandon his people and side with their opponents during a war or flee and leave them to their fate. Others may behave like that, but not Omo Oduduwa!
Thanks again, and may God bless you.
Most Nigerians are dumbass fools more so is this junkyard slowpoke called Reno Omokri. Omokri made this jest because of book written by the same author he chooses to celebrate. For the sake of intellectual standard of Nigerians, if Ironsi was the guest of Fajuiyi, does it also mean Ironsi was the prisoner of Fajuiyi whereby Fajuiyi would refuse to release Ironsi? The mental capacity of certain individuals in the shithole called Nigeria calls for disintegration of the structure.
You can Clearly see their age there, and I wonder why this same old Leg issue again. If you look well those 29yrs and above are arguably playing at their last World Cup except 1 or 2 and they ain’t doing bad either…
I did not write about "Old leg". I do not know how you arrived at the old legs. Let me take a dive with you on the leg thing. Young leg can be tired leg too. I am not against the selection of Deborah Abiodun, however, if she was not committed to University of Pittsburgh, where Randy is presently a coach, she would not have been selected. What happened to Nigerians girls who ply their trades in Nigerian league?
Seems Halimatu Ayinde is a Basketballer o, this your Midfield shoke!
Yewande B, Michelle A, Glory O, Blessing D, Rofiat I, Ashleigh P, Christy U, Onyi E, Tony P, Deborah A, Esther O, Ifeoma O, Gift M … are all debuting in their first World Cup, Only Yewande and Onumonu are 29yrs and above..
Whether she is a tennis player or not, it does not factor into my selection board.
Seems Halimatu Ayinde is a Basketballer o, this your Midfield shoke!
Yewande B, Michelle A, Glory O, Blessing D, Rofiat I, Ashleigh P, Christy U, Onyi E, Tony P, Deborah A, Esther O, Ifeoma O, Gift M … are all debuting in their first World Cup, Only Yewande and Onumonu are 29yrs and above..
The purported number one team in the tournament had 14 debutants, bro. US went to Australia to win the cup not to fan the glory of yesteryears.
Deltamani: Ireland coach: Zambia Has Exposed Super Falcons To Us
Ireland Women’s national team coach Vera Pauw says his players now have an idea on how to tackle the Super Falcons, as he expressed his delight with the run-out against Zambia in a pre-Women's World Cup tune-up, reports BSNSports.com.ng.
Speaking after Ireland’s 3-2 defeat of Zambia at Dublin’s Tallaght Stadium on Thursday evening, Pauw said the Copper Queens offered a similar challenge to Group B opponents Nigeria. “We know what it is to play an African team now,” the former South Africa coach said.
“You will never get this against a European team, this style of play, physical pressure, pressure that constantly goes over you in power and pace.
“That sort of play you will not get.”
He does not need any preparatory match with any African team to knockdown Nigerian Falcons. All he needs to do is take a look at the tired legs Nigeria brough to Australia.
Yes She started as an attacker but finally settled down as a Defender which she has been doing till date. I think injuries also played his path too cause she was released by Madrid CFF after recovering from a Long term injury and with her contract out, came back to Nigeria before she finally signed for the Israel Clubside she currently playing for.
Just hope she play her way back to a Top Club/League side as she possesses a lot of qualities of a good Defender.
In bold are part of the sporting business. Professional teams are not patient enough to wait an injured players to recover. This is juncture where national teams come help. She is very young and should have been included.
I must say it is very refreshing to read from you. Nigerians need to look beyond the bridge of their noses in order to grow. USWNT went to Australia with 14 debutants. Yet, Nigerian women team is loaded with fat and tired legs.
Chidinma Nkeruka Okeke (22yrs) Hapoel Beer Sheva FC, ISRAEL 🇮🇱
Okeke is a physically strong defender known for her speed, technique and offensive capabilities. She can play as a full-back or Center Back although she usually plays on the right. She has good dribbling skill and is noted for her involvement in counter-attacks by making crosses or long passes, a defender that showed her defensive ability and attacking flair by producing a genius performance when she replaced Faith Michael for Nigeria against Norway in their first game of the FIFA Women's World Cup. Her physique enables her to perform well in aerial duels and 1v1 situations.
Chidinma Okeke started her career in soccer as an attacker. She did not get anything wrong however Nigeria did. Nigerian football authorities hire football agents as coaches.
I guess you will sing a different tune when the Falcons are knocked out at the group stage. We have seen coach's choice over and over in Nigeria. The Falcon's backfield barely survived the Haitian squad.
Tflex01: To say the truth, the biggest historical sin of the Yorubas is the swiftness in which we quickly accepted the Igbos back and make them too comfortable in SW after the war. If anything like war happen again, I don't think the Yorubas will be so stupid again.
Soludo has demolished 100s of houses in Anambra but that is not a problem... The problem is that Sanwo-Olu can not do the same thing in Lagos because we have some persons that are impossible to please here. Yet they have blamed Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu for all the building collapse we have had in recent years.
I guess the stupidest blunder was the swiftness in which Yoruba joined northern region of Nigeria in the fight to bring Biafra back to Nigeria.
OK sir! Better to play for your fathers land than plating for a strange land! Where is dele Ali, Abraham, nedum onuoha, and many others that dumped Nigeria for england? Wait and see bro
I had dumped Nigeria for Republic of Benin. Father land for the ants.
Normally,I'm a critic of Randy, but with regards to this list, he tried..it's an okay list... The problem with some Nigerian football fans is that they don't follow our national teams well.. most are probably unaware of Okobi situation at her club and the fact that she hardly starts for the super Falco anymore... Not to talk about that interview she gave about Randy last year... I saw someone commenting that Macleans should have made the squad and I pointed out that she got her chance at the last WAFCON but didn't impress, oga said she wasn't invited for the WAFCON, I just SMH
The list looks like a group stage dropout. It is heavy on the tired legs. I watch Falcon's preparatory match with Haiti, it showed Nigeria had woods at the back field.
mostob: I've been a critic of Randy but in this Okobi issue, I support her exclusion 100%.
1. That interview was wrong.
2. There is nobody in that team that doesn't deserve her spot except Deborah Abiodun (arguable)
3. Okobi has not really been exceptional for her club.
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One of the reasons Nigeria is a backwater. Nigerians have been forced to swallow craps hence multiple replications of bad leadership. I guess the chase for excellence calls for merit.
I have been a huge fan of Okobi, somehow I still am. But it's high time we start tackling this kind of behavior. Okobi will never do this in her club. It's only with the NTs where hierarchy has been destroyed. That's where they feel comfortable doing it.
I don't have any problem if pundits criticize Randy for removing her if the reason was not indiscipline.
Well, the so-called Randy is a college coach not a club coach.
yoged: Gone are the days when you'll start noticing talents from our Under age players, I didn't even see a single sensible player in this team. So terrible and dreadful.
I guess the defenders had some skillful talents. The moronic attackers had erroneously conceived ideas to become heroic goal scorers.
Apart from that one good move, dude has been killing the game. He's too individualistic. His first instinct is to dribble, and even when he has the option to pass, he chooses to dribble. Not a team player.
Every dumbass Nigerian attacker is an individualistic player. The sickness of individualism must be cured if Nigerian football teams are to enjoy championship in future. The worst players on the U20 team in Argentina were #15, #19, #14 and #17. These dumb players would not have been selected if I had to contribute officially.
Madmohamed123: Shame on buhari shame on all government officials this people don't have shame at all how can big for nothing country abandon their citizen to another country to evaluate from war turn country.
Buhari is most useless human being i ever seen this government and their officials are very useless.
South Africa is the one evacuating Nigeria from Sudan to Egypt and good for nothing president is doing nothing.
All this government officials from the president down are very stupi.d
Please be noted Nigeria is not big. The fact a country is carrying an idiotic population such as Nigeria does not translate into big. Nigeria is not the biggest in Africa with respect to land mass and its population is half idiotic.
Sports / Re: Nigeria Female National Teams' Thread by Idiko1: 9:50am On Jun 30, 2023 
