lovewins:


Looking forward to your confirmation, but hoping that it's false is kinda funny cause this is a open secret. Players have influenced their way into the national team from time immemorial so this wouldn't be new.

Like you said, coaches should be allowed the liberty to chose their teams. A legend in Alex Morgan was left off USWNT and heaven didn't fall. Our players should respect themselves

The news on ground is true from the response I got …

Fransisca Ordega is the one being forced on Randy Waldrum by the Almighty Ruth David…., Chinonyerem Maclean’s look like one of the 4 Alternatives..!

The thing never clear sha..!
Not certain about Demehin and Plumptre right now because of their injury/fitness level...

lovewins:


I expect that from Basco not from you. If you believe the news report is false at least say it with your full chest. There's a quote from the NFF GS btw in the report giving some credibility as he didn't explicitly debunk it line they usually do. I don't expect Waldrum to go public with this because of his prior experience, but hoping that we hear more in the coming days.

I didn't say the report is false, neither did I say it's true. It is just a report and we've seen reports that have turned out to be false. I do not know whether it is true or false, it could be either.

Remember, I posted the article.

Deltamani:


The news on ground is true from the response I got …

Fransisca Ordega is the one being forced on Randy Waldrum by the Almighty Ruth David…., Chinonyerem Maclean’s look like one of the 4 Alternatives..!

The thing never clear sha..!
Not certain about Demehin and Plumptre right now because of their injury/fitness level...

How is Ruth David able to wield so much power of not that we have a dysfunctional system. Who is she and what is her role that she is able to force player into the national team? Ridiculous!!!

lovewins:


How is Ruth David able to wield so much power of not that we have a dysfunctional system. Who is she and what is her role that she is able to force player into the national team? Ridiculous!!!

Mrs Ruth David aka (Madam Football) is very powerful oooo

She’s a football administrator who has worked as Team Secretary (Administrator) for Flamingos, Falconets, Super Falcons, NFF Chief Sports Officer, Head of Women's Football Unit and presently NFF Director of Competitions…..

Have you seen news about her b4??

This Woman Ruth David, The head of women football unit in Nigeria has done many..

Deltamani:




Mrs Ruth David aka (Madam Football) is very powerful oooo

She’s a football administrator who has worked as Team Secretary (Administrator) for Flamingos, Falconets, Super Falcons, NFF Chief Sports Officer, Head of Women's Football Unit and presently NFF Director of Competitions…..

I know who she is. My question was rhetorical. Based on her official designation she shouldn't be welding that much influence is my point.

Give her media handles

Deltamani:
Have you seen news about her b4??

This Woman Ruth David, The head of women football unit in Nigeria has done many..

Disappointed in ordega trying to force her way back into falcons...madam ruth is clearly doing ordega bidding.. i trust waldrum to stand his ground .....is MacLean also trying to force her way in through the back door ?

Deltamani:


The news on ground is true from the response I got …

Fransisca Ordega is the one being forced on Randy Waldrum by the Almighty Ruth David…., Chinonyerem Maclean’s look like one of the 4 Alternatives..!

The thing never clear sha..!
Not certain about Demehin and Plumptre right now because of their injury/fitness level...

Veteran journalist Osasu is now reporting the same thing by the way. Those who know Osasu knows he doesn't trade in gossips.

Deltamani:


Ordega wasn’t inform during the World Cup and it showed in her game, but right now she’s inform and still very much quicker than some of them we have around now…

I’m not here to defend her ooo
But clearing the fact on what you wrote..
The thing is even the likes of Iffy Onumonu, Nicole Payne and Monday Gift might end up among the Reserves but Forcing a player on the Coach just because you’re a top official in the NFF is very wrong..

Let’s allow Randy do his job, Apart from not picking the Home based players, Randy have been fair with his selections…

Anyway I hope the news on ground right now is false cause I haven’t gotten any response from the Person I’m trying to confirm from…

It’s only 18 players I hear
Gift Monday & Onumonu may not make it.

lovewins:


I expect that from Basco not from you. If you believe the news report is false at least say it with your full chest. There's a quote from the NFF GS btw in the report giving some credibility as he didn't explicitly debunk it line they usually do. I don't expect Waldrum to go public with this because of his prior experience, but hoping that we hear more in the coming days.

Look at u that can't respect what people say out their own mouth calling me out. The irony

isan:
Give her media handles

You wan go fight her??😂😂😂

isan:
Disappointed in ordega trying to force her way back into falcons...madam ruth is clearly doing ordega bidding.. i trust waldrum to stand his ground .....is MacLean also trying to force her way in through the back door ?

Lol 😂

Macleans no be like that ooo, she wait for her time and definitely gets a deserved call up.

I would like to see Ajakaiye make that list
As the only young exciting unpredictable Falcon
She’d gain experience from it

yinkeys:

It’s only 18 players I hear
Gift Monday & Onumonu may not make it.

Yes NFF insists on only 18 players saying they don’t have the finance to cater for the reserves 4.. At the end they went ahead to uproot 4 Alternative names including Franny which Randy doesn’t want, he have his own 4 Alternative players he wants to take along to the Olympics.

NFF also picked 1 goalkeeper from the Local league here which isn’t in Randy’s plan..

The Bottom line is allow Randy picks his 18players and alternative 4 instead of trying to sabotage his work with their own list… I trust Randy to Stand his Ground💯

yinkeys:
I would like to see Ajakaiye make that list
As the only young exciting unpredictable Falcon
She’d gain experience from it

I’m the expense of who??

Monday Gift, Rinsola Babajide, Ifeoma Onumonu are all in limbo right now you’re calling Ajakaye that should be planning for her U20 World Cup..

Deltamani:


I’m the expense of who??

Monday Gift, Rinsola Babajide, Ifeoma Onumonu are all in limbo right now you’re calling Ajakaye that should be planning for her U20 World Cup..

Linda Caicedo made Colombia World Cup team

Deltamani:


Yes NFF insists on only 18 players saying they don’t have the finance to cater for the reserves 4.. At the end they went ahead to uproot 4 Alternative names including Franny which Randy doesn’t want, he have his own 4 Alternative players he wants to take along to the Olympics.

NFF also picked 1 goalkeeper from the Local league here which isn’t in Randy’s plan..

The Bottom line is allow Randy picks his 18players and alternative 4 instead of trying to sabotage his work with their own list… I trust Randy to Stand his Ground💯

They’re joking
We need only 2 goalies
Chiamaka & Tochi
Interfering with coach’s work is bad
If he gets bad results they’d blame him
Our group appears to be more difficult than the one we had at the World Cup

yinkeys:

They’re joking
We need only 2 goalies
Chiamaka & Tochi
Interfering with coach’s work is bad
If he gets bad results they’d blame him
Our group appears to be more difficult than the one we had at the World Cup

I wouldn't even take Tochi. She's retirement bound and we should be looking at the future. I'd take Nnadozie and Jiwuaku.

ekehopp2:

I wouldn't even take Tochi. She's retirement bound and we should be looking at the future. I'd take Nnadozie and Jiwuaku.

Have you ever watched jiwuaku keep?

yinkeys:

They’re joking
We need only 2 goalies
Chiamaka & Tochi
Interfering with coach’s work is bad
If he gets bad results they’d blame him
Our group appears to be more difficult than the one we had at the World Cup

A goalkeeper must be among your 4 reserves..

ekehopp2:

I wouldn't even take Tochi. She's retirement bound and we should be looking at the future. I'd take Nnadozie and Jiwuaku.

Joke of the year… So you think going with Jiwuaku is Better than Tochi?

In the team right now Tochi is the only one that have gone to the Olympics and the best possible substitute for Nnadozie, her experience is needed and since she lost her no.1 spot sha has been the best backup till date since we haven’t discovered anyone else..

Mk Jiwuaku go grab one spot for the U20 first, we all know she’s talented but if she’s to make the team it will be among the 4 reserve spot..

yinkeys:

Linda Caicedo made Colombia World Cup team

Nigeria is not Columbia !!!

mostob:
Nigeria is not Columbia !!!

Most importantly, Caicedo isn’t Ajakaiye or any of our U-20’s mate

When last ajakaye kick ball ? Mtcheeeeew

yinkeys:
I would like to see Ajakaiye make that list
As the only young exciting unpredictable Falcon
She’d gain experience from it

Kibbs:


Most importantly, Caicedo isn’t Ajakaiye or any of our U-20’s mate

Thank you

Kibbs:


Most importantly, Caicedo isn’t Ajakaiye or any of our U-20’s mate

Well Said….. Thank You 🙏

SamueItem337:
Have you ever watched jiwuaku keep?

Yep, at the U17 WorldCup. Good with penalties.
Randy has her in his team, so he's confident about her.

All Tochi's game I've seen, na pure basket.

ekehopp2:

Yep, at the U17 WorldCup. Good with penalties.
Randy has her in his team, so he's confident about her.

All Tochi's game I've seen, na pure basket.

Maybe you just started watching Tochi and also watching the wrong one…!

Because if you know this lady from U20 till date you won’t say this trash, she has been one of Nigeria best goalkeepers from the youth level till date.!

So say another thing!

Olympics: Controversy as officials ‘force’ Ordega on Falcons coach.

By
Tana Aiyejina



There’s a potential cold war brewing in the Super Falcons following allegations that two top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation were working to impose veteran forward Francisca Ordega on coach Randy Waldrum ahead of the women’s football event of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The 12-nation women’s football event in Paris gets underway July 25 with several of the teams already releasing their final 28-player squads and alternate players.

CSKA Moscow forward Ordega, is being forced on the American gaffer because of her close ties to the NFF officials, our correspondent learnt.

According to our sources, Ordega, 30, has not featured for the Falcons since she posted a below par performance at last year’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.


A federation official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, said several of the young players in the team, who fear they could be sacrificed for the ageing player, are aggrieved.

“A certain madam from the competitions department and another top official on the technical department are trying to impose Ordega on the list for the Olympics. A section of the players are not happy because this same player was imposed on the team at last year’s Women’s World Cup.

“They’ve been breathing down Waldrum’s neck trying to force the man to include Ordega,” our source said.


“Two officials, a male and female, are insisting that she be named in the squad for the trip to Paris.”

Tournament organisers allow for an additional four alternate players to the stipulated 18-woman squad, and why the likes of Australia (22 players), Japan (22 players), USA (22 players) have taken advantage of the rule by inviting more players to their squads, it was learnt that Waldrum was directed by top officials of the federation not to add four alternate players to his squad.

The officials, according to our sources, claimed the federation was cash strapped and couldn’t accommodate more players for the trip to Paris.

However, in a bid to ensure that the player makes the team, officials made a U-Turn and allegedly sent an alternate list to the organisers, which included Ordega’s name on the list, without Waldrum’s knowledge.


“They did four alternate players because they want to include Ordega in the team, after initially insisting that the coach shouldn’t add more players due to lack of funds.

“Now, they want to see how they’ll force Waldrum to drop a player from the original 18 players to accommodate her,” our source added.

It was learnt that Waldrum insisted on having a home-based goalkeeper in the alternate list, in case the two keeper’s in the 18-woman list had issues, but Morufat Ademola, the Rivers Angels keeper, Waldrum’s preferred choice, was eventually dropped.


The federation’s General Secretary Dr Mohammed Sanusi said he couldn’t speak on the matter during a telephone chat with our correspondent on Saturday.

“I’m not a coach,so I can’t speak on that,” he said.

The Falcons are drawn in a difficult Group C that also has world champions Spain, former world champions Japan and South American champions Brazil at the Paris Games.They open their campaign July 25 against Brazil in Bordeaux.

The Falcons are not new to controversies before, during and after major tournaments.

The players threatened to boycott the last tournament over unpaid wages.

Twenty years ago, the record African champions refused to travel back home after winning the 2004 WAFCON in South Africa, insisting they were paid their bonuses before boarding their flight.

In 2016, after returning from Cameroon with an eighth WAFCON trophy, the players also staged a sit-in protest at their Abuja hotel to press home their claims for each player to be paid $16,500 after their triumph.

🚨Super Falcons defender Onyinyechi Zogg 27yrs depart Servette Football Club Chênois Fèminin (FCCF) just 6months after joining them…


Anyways her deal was just till the end of the season though, we look forward to her next destination..!

Ahbi mk madam just gave her modeling Job??🙄

ekehopp2:

Yep, at the U17 WorldCup. Good with penalties.
Randy has her in his team, so he's confident about her.

All Tochi's game I've seen, na pure basket.

Certainly you did not watch AWCON 2018.