(TotalAWCON18) NIGERIA W VS SOUTH AFRICA W (0:1) FT

[Cellular]

This NFF regime has always treated the women and the youth teams as an afterthought.

They only remember them when there's money to steal from them.

Their lack of adequate preparation showed. Hope they can bounce back.

[Oguleftie]

How is Alaba Jonathan not in this squad? She's definitely the best Nigerian goal keeper out there and she was the number one in the last tournament. is she injured?

Alaba is off form. The issue here is not goal keeper. This team lacks coaching

Off form, how is she off form when she's still playing in the Nigerian league, I think its comes down to all these foreign coach nonsense of preferring bigger taller goal keepers.....You're right its definitely coaching I mean how is Okobi on the bench, she's the best player in that team bar oshoala and where is the right back Ugo Njoku, so many questions about this man's selection process

Did you not read what I wrote about Pinnick?

[dankhalifa]

How is Alaba Jonathan not in this squad? She's definitely the best Nigerian goal keeper out there and she was the number one in the last tournament. is she injured?

Did you not read what I told you about Pinnick.

Just read it..........so sad

[bret- hart]

Hope we qualify but its not looking good. I hear EG is even better than South Africa.

[K]

E don happen. We are down. The Pot Belled Queen English wannabe Pinnick will think Foreign is better. I am waiting for SE to implode in Cameroun. The warning signs are there.

I don't think Pinnick believes in anything Nigerian or black. From his Delta State days when he started importing American athletes to represent Delta State to today. The previous Nigerian coach was doing fine and won the last tournament, now we have an Oyibo and struggling. By the way, South AFrica is coached by an ex-player. On the Men's side, we have a fraudulent cowardly coach that lcksa basic tactical aptitude...

[dankhalifa]

I'm sorry but this Swedish coach needs to go, whatever he's trying to do with his scandanavian type of football might work with the scandanavian teams but the super falcons seems caged with this nonsense rigid style of football. Nigerian female teams need to be able to express themselves, he keeps dropping expressive players for all these rigid players, since he took over we lost 8-0 to france, lost to ghana and now to south africa with no shots on goal that is ridiculous. An unprepared super falcons will still do better than this rubbish so i don't think its preparation alone, he's team selection process is floored and his style of football is definitely alien to the girls, you could see it on their faces

[Enugu II]

I'm sorry but this Swedish coach needs to go, whatever he's trying to do with his scandanavian type of football might work with the scandanavian teams but the super falcons seems caged with this nonsense rigid style of football. Nigerian female teams need to be able to express themselves, he keeps dropping expressive players for all these rigid players, since he took over we lost 8-0 to france, lost to ghana and now to south africa with no shots on goal that is ridiculous. An unprepared super falcons will still do better than this rubbish so i don't think its preparation alone, he's team selection process is floored and his style of football is definitely alien to the girls, you could see it on their faces

Bros, he came in with a BIG CV showing he was world class with knowledge of tactics that Nigerian counterparts do not have. Is that what we had always wanted?

[Cellular]

I'm sorry but this Swedish coach needs to go, whatever he's trying to do with his scandanavian type of football might work with the scandanavian teams but the super falcons seems caged with this nonsense rigid style of football. Nigerian female teams need to be able to express themselves, he keeps dropping expressive players for all these rigid players, since he took over we lost 8-0 to france, lost to ghana and now to south africa with no shots on goal that is ridiculous. An unprepared super falcons will still do better than this rubbish so i don't think its preparation alone, he's team selection process is floored and his style of football is definitely alien to the girls, you could see it on their faces

Bros, he came in with a BIG CV showing he was world class with knowledge of tactics that Nigerian counterparts do not have. Is that what we had always wanted?

Haba.

Give him the same preparation you gave the Eagles then compare.

[pajimoh]

I'm sorry but this Swedish coach needs to go, whatever he's trying to do with his scandanavian type of football might work with the scandanavian teams but the super falcons seems caged with this nonsense rigid style of football. Nigerian female teams need to be able to express themselves, he keeps dropping expressive players for all these rigid players, since he took over we lost 8-0 to france, lost to ghana and now to south africa with no shots on goal that is ridiculous. An unprepared super falcons will still do better than this rubbish so i don't think its preparation alone, he's team selection process is floored and his style of football is definitely alien to the girls, you could see it on their faces

Bros, he came in with a BIG CV showing he was world class with knowledge of tactics that Nigerian counterparts do not have. Is that what we had always wanted?

Maybe our girls are anti change. I was expecting some fresh, young, success hungry newbies. Instead, same o same o

[dankhalifa]

I'm sorry but this Swedish coach needs to go, whatever he's trying to do with his scandanavian type of football might work with the scandanavian teams but the super falcons seems caged with this nonsense rigid style of football. Nigerian female teams need to be able to express themselves, he keeps dropping expressive players for all these rigid players, since he took over we lost 8-0 to france, lost to ghana and now to south africa with no shots on goal that is ridiculous. An unprepared super falcons will still do better than this rubbish so i don't think its preparation alone, he's team selection process is floored and his style of football is definitely alien to the girls, you could see it on their faces

Bros, he came in with a BIG CV showing he was world class with knowledge of tactics that Nigerian counterparts do not have. Is that what we had always wanted?

Maybe our girls are anti change. I was expecting some fresh, young, success hungry newbies. Instead, same o same o

Well if it ain't broke don't fix it, If he cannot make the team better then he should leave it the way he met it and not make it worse like he's done with whatever changes he's trying to make. Getting a foreign coach is not the issue its the style of football, get a coach from Holland or Spain or south america or something if you really have to not all these swedish coaches, their style of football don't suit Nigeria, first Lagerback then this, I'm not saying they are not good coaches just that their system is not compatible with ours thats all

[Otitokoro]

New, fresh entrants into the team that played today:
1. Rashidat Ajibade
2. Tochukwu Oluehi
3. Anam Imoh
4. Amarachi Okonkwo

Agree with Cellular's comment - regarding prep time. Since they won in the championship in 2016, the Super Falcons have played exactly one (1) friendly and they were drubbed 8-0 against France. Half of the players that featured in that game are not even in this squad.
In contrast, just last month, this same South African team just concluded a 2 week tour of Chile where they played several matches. They had also, earlier in the year, played also in the Cyprus Cup and the COSAFA Cup and have been very serious about their Women's football since 2016.

Nigeria face an uphill task of coming out of this group as they need two straight wins to qualify for the semis. Well, thanks, Picknic, for your support of Women's football!

I'm sorry but this Swedish coach needs to go, whatever he's trying to do with his scandanavian type of football might work with the scandanavian teams but the super falcons seems caged with this nonsense rigid style of football. Nigerian female teams need to be able to express themselves, he keeps dropping expressive players for all these rigid players, since he took over we lost 8-0 to france, lost to ghana and now to south africa with no shots on goal that is ridiculous. An unprepared super falcons will still do better than this rubbish so i don't think its preparation alone, he's team selection process is floored and his style of football is definitely alien to the girls, you could see it on their faces

Bros, he came in with a BIG CV showing he was world class with knowledge of tactics that Nigerian counterparts do not have. Is that what we had always wanted?

Maybe our girls are anti change. I was expecting some fresh, young, success hungry newbies. Instead, same o same o

[Otitokoro]

She is not off form. The coach had her in camp and decided to cut her at the expense of less experienced keepers.

How is Alaba Jonathan not in this squad? She's definitely the best Nigerian goal keeper out there and she was the number one in the last tournament. is she injured?

Alaba is off form. The issue here is not goal keeper. This team lacks coaching

[Otitokoro]

Florence Omagbemi was an ex-Falcon's captain and the only lady I know to both win as a captain/player and coach.
She and the team were abandoned and not paid their emoluments for months. Omagbemi won the 2016 AWCON, in spite of not being paid for 8 months. The ladies, upon arriving in Nigeria, decided to protest, thus embarrassing Picknic who blamed Omagbemi for not 'stopping the girls from protesting'. She got sacked for it and hence, this nobody from Sweden.

As someone said in an earlier post, the cracks are in the wall and its only a matter of time. The years of neglect meted out on this team is finally coming to roost.

E don happen. We are down. The Pot Belled Queen English wannabe Pinnick will think Foreign is better. I am waiting for SE to implode in Cameroun. The warning signs are there.

I don't think Pinnick believes in anything Nigerian or black. From his Delta State days when he started importing American athletes to represent Delta State to today. The previous Nigerian coach was doing fine and won the last tournament, now we have an Oyibo and struggling. By the way, South AFrica is coached by an ex-player. On the Men's side, we have a fraudulent cowardly coach that lcksa basic tactical aptitude...

[fabio]

This also doubles as WC qualification.

[Otitokoro]

Oh, my! Zambia just destroyed Eq. Guinea 5-0.
Zambian ladies were quite impressive, with a couple of pacy players, a decent defense and a reasonably good goalie.

Nigeria plays Zambia next.

[Oguleftie]

I'm sorry but this Swedish coach needs to go, whatever he's trying to do with his scandanavian type of football might work with the scandanavian teams but the super falcons seems caged with this nonsense rigid style of football. Nigerian female teams need to be able to express themselves, he keeps dropping expressive players for all these rigid players, since he took over we lost 8-0 to france, lost to ghana and now to south africa with no shots on goal that is ridiculous. An unprepared super falcons will still do better than this rubbish so i don't think its preparation alone, he's team selection process is floored and his style of football is definitely alien to the girls, you could see it on their faces

Bros, he came in with a BIG CV showing he was world class with knowledge of tactics that Nigerian counterparts do not have. Is that what we had always wanted?

What is wrong with you people? He was never world class & never won anything with Sweden.

[Oguleftie]

I'm sorry but this Swedish coach needs to go, whatever he's trying to do with his scandanavian type of football might work with the scandanavian teams but the super falcons seems caged with this nonsense rigid style of football. Nigerian female teams need to be able to express themselves, he keeps dropping expressive players for all these rigid players, since he took over we lost 8-0 to france, lost to ghana and now to south africa with no shots on goal that is ridiculous. An unprepared super falcons will still do better than this rubbish so i don't think its preparation alone, he's team selection process is floored and his style of football is definitely alien to the girls, you could see it on their faces

Bros, he came in with a BIG CV showing he was world class with knowledge of tactics that Nigerian counterparts do not have. Is that what we had always wanted?

Haba.

Give him the same preparation you gave the Eagles then compare.

The local female crew that won the last women ANC did not get the preparation you are talking about.

[Oguleftie]

New, fresh entrants into the team that played today:
1. Rashidat Ajibade
2. Tochukwu Oluehi
3. Anam Imoh
4. Amarachi Okonkwo

Agree with Cellular's comment - regarding prep time. Since they won in the championship in 2016, the Super Falcons have played exactly one (1) friendly and they were drubbed 8-0 against France. Half of the players that featured in that game are not even in this squad.
In contrast, just last month, this same South African team just concluded a 2 week tour of Brazil where they played several matches. They had also, earlier in the year, played also in the Cyprus Cup and have been very serious about their Women's football since 2016.

Nigeria face an uphill task of coming out of this group as they need two straight wins to qualify for the semis. Well, thanks, Picknic, for your support of Women's football!

I'm sorry but this Swedish coach needs to go, whatever he's trying to do with his scandanavian type of football might work with the scandanavian teams but the super falcons seems caged with this nonsense rigid style of football. Nigerian female teams need to be able to express themselves, he keeps dropping expressive players for all these rigid players, since he took over we lost 8-0 to france, lost to ghana and now to south africa with no shots on goal that is ridiculous. An unprepared super falcons will still do better than this rubbish so i don't think its preparation alone, he's team selection process is floored and his style of football is definitely alien to the girls, you could see it on their faces

Bros, he came in with a BIG CV showing he was world class with knowledge of tactics that Nigerian counterparts do not have. Is that what we had always wanted?

Maybe our girls are anti change. I was expecting some fresh, young, success hungry newbies. Instead, same o same o

Will you people stop all these.
The local female coaching crew won the last championship with less.

[fabio]

I'm sorry but this Swedish coach needs to go, whatever he's trying to do with his scandanavian type of football might work with the scandanavian teams but the super falcons seems caged with this nonsense rigid style of football. Nigerian female teams need to be able to express themselves, he keeps dropping expressive players for all these rigid players, since he took over we lost 8-0 to france, lost to ghana and now to south africa with no shots on goal that is ridiculous. An unprepared super falcons will still do better than this rubbish so i don't think its preparation alone, he's team selection process is floored and his style of football is definitely alien to the girls, you could see it on their faces

Bros, he came in with a BIG CV showing he was world class with knowledge of tactics that Nigerian counterparts do not have. Is that what we had always wanted?

What is wrong with you people? He was never world class & never won anything with Sweden.

This was highlighted when he was appointed. The last time he coached as 5 years ago.

[fabio]

"The NFF decided to go for a coach of the calibre of Thomas Dennerby for three reasons," said Shehu Dikko, the NFF vice-president.

"To sustain and enhance the Super Falcons' dominance on the African scene.


"To take the Falcons and other women's teams to the next level of challenging for laurels at global competitions like the Olympics and the World Cup.


"To generally lay the foundation for the real development of women's football in our country."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42826422

[Otitokoro]

Performance, so far...

"The NFF decided to go for a coach of the calibre of Thomas Dennerby for three reasons," said Shehu Dikko, the NFF vice-president.

1. "To sustain and enhance the Super Falcons' dominance on the African scene. F


2. "To take the Falcons and other women's teams to the next level of challenging for laurels at global competitions like the Olympics and the World Cup. Trending towards an F


3. "To generally lay the foundation for the real development of women's football in our country." F

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42826422

[Bigpokey24]

Yes they lost, but the Falcons don't get to play friendlies etc... so this is on the NFF..the Falcons gets no love

[Oguleftie]

I'm sorry but this Swedish coach needs to go, whatever he's trying to do with his scandanavian type of football might work with the scandanavian teams but the super falcons seems caged with this nonsense rigid style of football. Nigerian female teams need to be able to express themselves, he keeps dropping expressive players for all these rigid players, since he took over we lost 8-0 to france, lost to ghana and now to south africa with no shots on goal that is ridiculous. An unprepared super falcons will still do better than this rubbish so i don't think its preparation alone, he's team selection process is floored and his style of football is definitely alien to the girls, you could see it on their faces

Bros, he came in with a BIG CV showing he was world class with knowledge of tactics that Nigerian counterparts do not have. Is that what we had always wanted?

What is wrong with you people? He was never world class & never won anything with Sweden.

This was highlighted when he was appointed. The last time he coached as 5 years ago.

Highlighted by who?
We that follow women's football closely the past 30yrs are telling you the correct thing.