Re: South Korea v Nigeria 0-2 FT
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 6:31 pm
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English comprehension helps. The point of my initial post is the call was the right call if you understand how VAR rules work. We got the right call from the ref yet you are still complaining and finding a reason to feel sorry for yourself.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:
Stop arguing against yourself. You said in your previous post that the evidence was inconclusive. Now you’re saying that the ref favored us, which suggests that the ref did not make the right call. Make up your mind already
Cheers.
KPOMgreen4life wrote:You guys are funny as heck. There wasn't conclusive evidence to show that she touched the ball and intent to touch the ball doesn't equate actual handling of the ball.TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:I do not doubt that in the leastSynopsis wrote:Korea is a mickey mouse team. If it were France, England, USA the goal would be disallowed.Ekorian wrote:Glad to see Naijas applauding the VAR even though the goal shouldn't have counted.
Please don't come back and shout racism when we found ourselves at the receiving end of a bad call.
Cheers.
It’s just that you don’t bring any coherence to your arguments. You just throw words out, no offence. Is it expired legs, or lack of world class-ness, or lack of intelligence, or Oshoala doing the complex and not the simple. It’s a shopping list of irrationally lobbed out points.oscar52 wrote:Contribute your point or move on. Half our ladies can't do the basic right and you think they will compete well against Germany or USA. France will show you what am talking about in a few days. Instead of contributing something meaning, it coconut head only knows insults.EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote:oscar52 wrote:Worldclass as in can go toe to toe with the best players in the world.waka-man wrote:oscar52 wrote:They were lucky today. A more potent team would have wacked them like 5-0. I will even say they were worse than the first game but the difference this time is the excellent goalkeeper. Ordega is still mostly playing like an "headless chicken", Oshoala does the simple wrong and the complex right (which one is the real Oshoala?), Opanozie is not fit along with Chikwelu. Ayinde brought some pace into the midfield when she replaced Uchendu but overall this team is full of expired legs and lacks talent need at this level. Only Oshoala, the keeper, and maybe Ebi and Oparanozie are close to world class. If they played the USA today, it would have been nothing less than 6 - 0. There biggest problem is the midfield, Chikwelu does not have the legs and there is a gaping hole there. If the opponent goes right through your midfield everytime it will be a long day at the office. Also why isn't the team using basic triangle passing like the Koreans? Everything seems vertical, horizontal, or diagonal? Anyway this coach never earn his paycheck, he seems to just have taught them to foul less and put their hands behind their back in the 18 but seems no actual technical football improvement.
Not sure what you point is. The stuff about world class makes no sense, unless you think world class means good enough to play at the World Cup.
Maybe if you used paragraphs you’d be easier to understand.
Ageb stop spamming us with ignorance.
Not so.Enugu II wrote:I believe the Falcons are really talented in the context of women football but we should consider that this is a team that really is not at a point it should be in preparing for the Women's World Cup. This team could be further along, based on the talent of the players, if they had prepared a bit longer and played several high level matches.
There is abundance of fast players upfront. In fact, all there of the most advanced players (Ordega, Oparanozie, and Oshoala) are very fast and very few women teams have that type of combination upfront. The midfield, however, is not up to scratch particularly in ability to keep possession and the range of space covered by the players. When your successful completion of passes is only 66%, then there is a problem. Somewhat I believe the problem is not the technical ability of the players but the time to work together. Defensively, there are huge questions with issues of indecision particularly in the partnership. in the middle. I love the LB but she lacked appropriate support from Chikwelu on the left which left gaps wide. IMHO, Ebere (LB) was expected to play compact to close gaps in the middle which she did but the support from the midfield to cut out the wide area on the right was largely missing or the defense just failed to shift to the strong areas when the ball shifted to the right. That is just my sense of the game today.
I feel the coach has impacted the play of the Falcons. We can argue on whether the impact is positive or negative but it is obvious that the team's play has changed CLEARLY. For one, the team is bent on keeping its formation shape. This is quite obvious. In the past this was not always the case. What is missing in my opinion is the lack of sufficient pressure on the ball from the advanced players which allowed Korea to amply and leisurely possess the ball. Further, sticking to the shape should not prevent shifting to the strong side of the ball to prevent many crosses. Yet, this was allowed because the shifting was absent in many cases. Further, the defensive positioning at cornerbacks appear elementary inside the box but may have been introduced because the players often lack attention to 1 v1 defending in their areas which you easily notice during crosses. Thus, the coach may have introduced he packed zone inside the box to close down spaces and to neuter the opportunities that exist when the defensive team is unable to mark closely.
The above are just my thoughts.
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Oguleftie wrote:Why are you listening to "a Fox female commentator who is an ex-US"?olu wrote:The Fox female commentator who is an ex-US women's international kept saying Nigeria's ball possession has improved since Dennebry took over, but that we aren't making use of our pace and athleticism as much which is our strength. For those who have been following the Falcons extensively has this team improved in any way since Dennebry took charge?
What makes you think commentators know much about the team they are commenting on; they do not.
Oguleftie wrote:Not so.Enugu II wrote:I believe the Falcons are really talented in the context of women football but we should consider that this is a team that really is not at a point it should be in preparing for the Women's World Cup. This team could be further along, based on the talent of the players, if they had prepared a bit longer and played several high level matches.
There is abundance of fast players upfront. In fact, all there of the most advanced players (Ordega, Oparanozie, and Oshoala) are very fast and very few women teams have that type of combination upfront. The midfield, however, is not up to scratch particularly in ability to keep possession and the range of space covered by the players. When your successful completion of passes is only 66%, then there is a problem. Somewhat I believe the problem is not the technical ability of the players but the time to work together. Defensively, there are huge questions with issues of indecision particularly in the partnership. in the middle. I love the LB but she lacked appropriate support from Chikwelu on the left which left gaps wide. IMHO, Ebere (LB) was expected to play compact to close gaps in the middle which she did but the support from the midfield to cut out the wide area on the right was largely missing or the defense just failed to shift to the strong areas when the ball shifted to the right. That is just my sense of the game today.
I feel the coach has impacted the play of the Falcons. We can argue on whether the impact is positive or negative but it is obvious that the team's play has changed CLEARLY. For one, the team is bent on keeping its formation shape. This is quite obvious. In the past this was not always the case. What is missing in my opinion is the lack of sufficient pressure on the ball from the advanced players which allowed Korea to amply and leisurely possess the ball. Further, sticking to the shape should not prevent shifting to the strong side of the ball to prevent many crosses. Yet, this was allowed because the shifting was absent in many cases. Further, the defensive positioning at cornerbacks appear elementary inside the box but may have been introduced because the players often lack attention to 1 v1 defending in their areas which you easily notice during crosses. Thus, the coach may have introduced he packed zone inside the box to close down spaces and to neuter the opportunities that exist when the defensive team is unable to mark closely.
The above are just my thoughts.
In the past WWC draws, the Falcons used to be the worst team in the group implying each game shows their same deficiencies.
This 2019 the Falcons are not the worst draw team in the group, implying they will play the worst team and those deficiencies will be somewhat masked.
You did not, and do not, follow world women football.Enugu II wrote:Oguleftie,
Where did you get the information on the draws? Bros, please visit the link here https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking ... ble/women/. Here are the FIFA rankings for each team in that group:
#4 France
#12 Norway
#14 S/Korea
#38 Nigeria
Now, please explain again how Falcons are NOT the worst team in the group by the draws?
TBH, the issue of the draws and strengths of the the team does not even address the points that I raise. Please read again.
Oguleftie wrote:Not so.Enugu II wrote:I believe the Falcons are really talented in the context of women football but we should consider that this is a team that really is not at a point it should be in preparing for the Women's World Cup. This team could be further along, based on the talent of the players, if they had prepared a bit longer and played several high level matches.
There is abundance of fast players upfront. In fact, all there of the most advanced players (Ordega, Oparanozie, and Oshoala) are very fast and very few women teams have that type of combination upfront. The midfield, however, is not up to scratch particularly in ability to keep possession and the range of space covered by the players. When your successful completion of passes is only 66%, then there is a problem. Somewhat I believe the problem is not the technical ability of the players but the time to work together. Defensively, there are huge questions with issues of indecision particularly in the partnership. in the middle. I love the LB but she lacked appropriate support from Chikwelu on the left which left gaps wide. IMHO, Ebere (LB) was expected to play compact to close gaps in the middle which she did but the support from the midfield to cut out the wide area on the right was largely missing or the defense just failed to shift to the strong areas when the ball shifted to the right. That is just my sense of the game today.
I feel the coach has impacted the play of the Falcons. We can argue on whether the impact is positive or negative but it is obvious that the team's play has changed CLEARLY. For one, the team is bent on keeping its formation shape. This is quite obvious. In the past this was not always the case. What is missing in my opinion is the lack of sufficient pressure on the ball from the advanced players which allowed Korea to amply and leisurely possess the ball. Further, sticking to the shape should not prevent shifting to the strong side of the ball to prevent many crosses. Yet, this was allowed because the shifting was absent in many cases. Further, the defensive positioning at cornerbacks appear elementary inside the box but may have been introduced because the players often lack attention to 1 v1 defending in their areas which you easily notice during crosses. Thus, the coach may have introduced he packed zone inside the box to close down spaces and to neuter the opportunities that exist when the defensive team is unable to mark closely.
The above are just my thoughts.
In the past WWC draws, the Falcons used to be the worst team in the group implying each game shows their same deficiencies.
This 2019 the Falcons are not the worst draw team in the group, implying they will play the worst team and those deficiencies will be somewhat masked.
I have been following and watching women football for more than 40 years.Oguleftie wrote:You did not, and do not, follow world women football.Enugu II wrote:Oguleftie,
Where did you get the information on the draws? Bros, please visit the link here https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking ... ble/women/. Here are the FIFA rankings for each team in that group:
#4 France
#12 Norway
#14 S/Korea
#38 Nigeria
Now, please explain again how Falcons are NOT the worst team in the group by the draws?
TBH, the issue of the draws and strengths of the the team does not even address the points that I raise. Please read again.
Oguleftie wrote:Not so.Enugu II wrote:I believe the Falcons are really talented in the context of women football but we should consider that this is a team that really is not at a point it should be in preparing for the Women's World Cup. This team could be further along, based on the talent of the players, if they had prepared a bit longer and played several high level matches.
There is abundance of fast players upfront. In fact, all there of the most advanced players (Ordega, Oparanozie, and Oshoala) are very fast and very few women teams have that type of combination upfront. The midfield, however, is not up to scratch particularly in ability to keep possession and the range of space covered by the players. When your successful completion of passes is only 66%, then there is a problem. Somewhat I believe the problem is not the technical ability of the players but the time to work together. Defensively, there are huge questions with issues of indecision particularly in the partnership. in the middle. I love the LB but she lacked appropriate support from Chikwelu on the left which left gaps wide. IMHO, Ebere (LB) was expected to play compact to close gaps in the middle which she did but the support from the midfield to cut out the wide area on the right was largely missing or the defense just failed to shift to the strong areas when the ball shifted to the right. That is just my sense of the game today.
I feel the coach has impacted the play of the Falcons. We can argue on whether the impact is positive or negative but it is obvious that the team's play has changed CLEARLY. For one, the team is bent on keeping its formation shape. This is quite obvious. In the past this was not always the case. What is missing in my opinion is the lack of sufficient pressure on the ball from the advanced players which allowed Korea to amply and leisurely possess the ball. Further, sticking to the shape should not prevent shifting to the strong side of the ball to prevent many crosses. Yet, this was allowed because the shifting was absent in many cases. Further, the defensive positioning at cornerbacks appear elementary inside the box but may have been introduced because the players often lack attention to 1 v1 defending in their areas which you easily notice during crosses. Thus, the coach may have introduced he packed zone inside the box to close down spaces and to neuter the opportunities that exist when the defensive team is unable to mark closely.
The above are just my thoughts.
In the past WWC draws, the Falcons used to be the worst team in the group implying each game shows their same deficiencies.
This 2019 the Falcons are not the worst draw team in the group, implying they will play the worst team and those deficiencies will be somewhat masked.
If you did you will find that even when we were beating Canada, England, etc, etc we were ranked behind them.
Watch world women football consistently to know the teams that are better, and much better, and much much better.
I watched every European qualifying game, and most of Asia qualifying games, hence I know.
You are the irrational one. The adjectives I used are self explanatory if you know anything about football. I don't have to explain everything in details to you like a child. I pointed out that the players are a mixture of high quality and sub-standard ones and that they were lucky against Korea. The first goal for one would likely have been disallowed by most refs. That goal gave them a huge boost but still for much of the second half they were being played out of the park by the Koreans. The Koreans were doing triangle passing around them and the only answer our girls had were long ball. To say that Chikwelu was solid means that we either watched different games or you need glasses. It was the introduction of Ayinde that stabilized the midfield a little and before that the Koreans owned it. This is the same Korea that France defeated convincingly and they looked like an inferior team to them and they turned out and bossed the Falcons so much. If not for the excellent keeper, the Koreans could have tied or won this game. The refs also was clearly on our side or at least even so that's that. The Falcons is the worst team in this group bar none and the worst African side in this tourney and only Thailand is worse than Naija in the games I have seen. If you want to keep deluding yourself, go ahead but this team no be am at all. There were stretches in the game that I just shook my head because they could just not do anything with the ball at their feet. I will say Ordega is a shadow of her old self and Oshoala can do more as she is miles ahead of the rest in talent and athletism. I appreciate the girls and that's why I watch them but to critique where they are vs where I expect they should be is part of being a fan. I have been here rooting for them since the days of marvelous Mercy Akide, Patience Avre, and midfield maestro Omagbemi.waka-man wrote:It’s just that you don’t bring any coherence to your arguments. You just throw words out, no offence. Is it expired legs, or lack of world class-ness, or lack of intelligence, or Oshoala doing the complex and not the simple. It’s a shopping list of irrationally lobbed out points.oscar52 wrote:Contribute your point or move on. Half our ladies can't do the basic right and you think they will compete well against Germany or USA. France will show you what am talking about in a few days. Instead of contributing something meaning, it coconut head only knows insults.EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote:oscar52 wrote:Worldclass as in can go toe to toe with the best players in the world.waka-man wrote:oscar52 wrote:They were lucky today. A more potent team would have wacked them like 5-0. I will even say they were worse than the first game but the difference this time is the excellent goalkeeper. Ordega is still mostly playing like an "headless chicken", Oshoala does the simple wrong and the complex right (which one is the real Oshoala?), Opanozie is not fit along with Chikwelu. Ayinde brought some pace into the midfield when she replaced Uchendu but overall this team is full of expired legs and lacks talent need at this level. Only Oshoala, the keeper, and maybe Ebi and Oparanozie are close to world class. If they played the USA today, it would have been nothing less than 6 - 0. There biggest problem is the midfield, Chikwelu does not have the legs and there is a gaping hole there. If the opponent goes right through your midfield everytime it will be a long day at the office. Also why isn't the team using basic triangle passing like the Koreans? Everything seems vertical, horizontal, or diagonal? Anyway this coach never earn his paycheck, he seems to just have taught them to foul less and put their hands behind their back in the 18 but seems no actual technical football improvement.
Not sure what you point is. The stuff about world class makes no sense, unless you think world class means good enough to play at the World Cup.
Maybe if you used paragraphs you’d be easier to understand.
Ageb stop spamming us with ignorance.
I think they played very intelligent football. The full backs were excellent and the late subs for Oshoala and Ordega show our depth. Rita Chukwuelu and the rest of the midfield were solid. And that’s the most organised I’ve ever seen a falcons team.
Are we gonna win it? Come on, of course not. But today was a good display against a much higher ranked team and we should show some appreciation.
Maybe it’s just the lack of paragraphs and the hyperbole. It’s really tough to get the core of your arguments. Let’s just say I think the team has made progress and did things well, and you don’t.oscar52 wrote:You are the irrational one. The adjectives I used are self explanatory if you know anything about football. I don't have to explain everything in details to you like a child. I pointed out that the players are a mixture of high quality and sub-standard ones and that they were lucky against Korea. The first goal for one would likely have been disallowed by most refs. That goal gave them a huge boost but still for much of the second half they were being played out of the park by the Koreans. The Koreans were doing triangle passing around them and the only answer our girls had were long ball. To say that Chikwelu was solid means that we either watched different games or you need glasses. It was the introduction of Ayinde that stabilized the midfield a little and before that the Koreans owned it. This is the same Korea that France defeated convincingly and they looked like an inferior team to them and they turned out and bossed the Falcons so much. If not for the excellent keeper, the Koreans could have tied or won this game. The refs also was clearly on our side or at least even so that's that. The Falcons is the worst team in this group bar none and the worst African side in this tourney and only Thailand is worse than Naija in the games I have seen. If you want to keep deluding yourself, go ahead but this team no be am at all. There were stretches in the game that I just shook my head because they could just not do anything with the ball at their feet. I will say Ordega is a shadow of her old self and Oshoala can do more as she is miles ahead of the rest in talent and athletism.waka-man wrote:It’s just that you don’t bring any coherence to your arguments. You just throw words out, no offence. Is it expired legs, or lack of world class-ness, or lack of intelligence, or Oshoala doing the complex and not the simple. It’s a shopping list of irrationally lobbed out points.oscar52 wrote:Contribute your point or move on. Half our ladies can't do the basic right and you think they will compete well against Germany or USA. France will show you what am talking about in a few days. Instead of contributing something meaning, it coconut head only knows insults.EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote:oscar52 wrote:Worldclass as in can go toe to toe with the best players in the world.waka-man wrote:oscar52 wrote:They were lucky today. A more potent team would have wacked them like 5-0. I will even say they were worse than the first game but the difference this time is the excellent goalkeeper. Ordega is still mostly playing like an "headless chicken", Oshoala does the simple wrong and the complex right (which one is the real Oshoala?), Opanozie is not fit along with Chikwelu. Ayinde brought some pace into the midfield when she replaced Uchendu but overall this team is full of expired legs and lacks talent need at this level. Only Oshoala, the keeper, and maybe Ebi and Oparanozie are close to world class. If they played the USA today, it would have been nothing less than 6 - 0. There biggest problem is the midfield, Chikwelu does not have the legs and there is a gaping hole there. If the opponent goes right through your midfield everytime it will be a long day at the office. Also why isn't the team using basic triangle passing like the Koreans? Everything seems vertical, horizontal, or diagonal? Anyway this coach never earn his paycheck, he seems to just have taught them to foul less and put their hands behind their back in the 18 but seems no actual technical football improvement.
Not sure what you point is. The stuff about world class makes no sense, unless you think world class means good enough to play at the World Cup.
Maybe if you used paragraphs you’d be easier to understand.
Ageb stop spamming us with ignorance.
I think they played very intelligent football. The full backs were excellent and the late subs for Oshoala and Ordega show our depth. Rita Chukwuelu and the rest of the midfield were solid. And that’s the most organised I’ve ever seen a falcons team.
Are we gonna win it? Come on, of course not. But today was a good display against a much higher ranked team and we should show some appreciation.
Enugu II wrote:I believe the Falcons are really talented in the context of women football but we should consider that this is a team that really is not at a point it should be in preparing for the Women's World Cup. This team could be further along, based on the talent of the players, if they had prepared a bit longer and played several high level matches.
There is abundance of fast players upfront. In fact, all there of the most advanced players (Ordega, Oparanozie, and Oshoala) are very fast and very few women teams have that type of combination upfront. The midfield, however, is not up to scratch particularly in ability to keep possession and the range of space covered by the players. When your successful completion of passes is only 66%, then there is a problem. Somewhat I believe the problem is not the technical ability of the players but the time to work together. Defensively, there are huge questions with issues of indecision particularly in the partnership. in the middle. I love the LB but she lacked appropriate support from Chikwelu on the left which left gaps wide. IMHO, Ebere (LB) was expected to play compact to close gaps in the middle which she did but the support from the midfield to cut out the wide area on the right was largely missing or the defense just failed to shift to the strong areas when the ball shifted to the right. That is just my sense of the game today.
I feel the coach has impacted the play of the Falcons. We can argue on whether the impact is positive or negative but it is obvious that the team's play has changed CLEARLY. For one, the team is bent on keeping its formation shape. This is quite obvious. In the past this was not always the case. What is missing in my opinion is the lack of sufficient pressure on the ball from the advanced players which allowed Korea to amply and leisurely possess the ball. Further, sticking to the shape should not prevent shifting to the strong side of the ball to prevent many crosses. Yet, this was allowed because the shifting was absent in many cases. Further, the defensive positioning at cornerbacks appear elementary inside the box but may have been introduced because the players often lack attention to 1 v1 defending in their areas which you easily notice during crosses. Thus, the coach may have introduced he packed zone inside the box to close down spaces and to neuter the opportunities that exist when the defensive team is unable to mark closely.
The above are just my thoughts.
Hyperbole? Anyway go look at tapes from the era of Mercy Akide and you will realized much has not changed in their level of play in 24 years except now the offense is gone whereas countries like the US are now like a soccer machine. Lets agree to disagree, I expect more in 24 years to at least put up a firm challenge for 90 min and leave a satisfactory taste in one's mouth that this team is well oiled.
Maybe it’s just the lack of paragraphs and the hyperbole. It’s really tough to get the core of your arguments. Let’s just say I think the team has made progress and did things well, and you don’t.
Txj,txj wrote:Enugu II wrote:I believe the Falcons are really talented in the context of women football but we should consider that this is a team that really is not at a point it should be in preparing for the Women's World Cup. This team could be further along, based on the talent of the players, if they had prepared a bit longer and played several high level matches.
There is abundance of fast players upfront. In fact, all there of the most advanced players (Ordega, Oparanozie, and Oshoala) are very fast and very few women teams have that type of combination upfront. The midfield, however, is not up to scratch particularly in ability to keep possession and the range of space covered by the players. When your successful completion of passes is only 66%, then there is a problem. Somewhat I believe the problem is not the technical ability of the players but the time to work together. Defensively, there are huge questions with issues of indecision particularly in the partnership. in the middle. I love the LB but she lacked appropriate support from Chikwelu on the left which left gaps wide. IMHO, Ebere (LB) was expected to play compact to close gaps in the middle which she did but the support from the midfield to cut out the wide area on the right was largely missing or the defense just failed to shift to the strong areas when the ball shifted to the right. That is just my sense of the game today.
I feel the coach has impacted the play of the Falcons. We can argue on whether the impact is positive or negative but it is obvious that the team's play has changed CLEARLY. For one, the team is bent on keeping its formation shape. This is quite obvious. In the past this was not always the case. What is missing in my opinion is the lack of sufficient pressure on the ball from the advanced players which allowed Korea to amply and leisurely possess the ball. Further, sticking to the shape should not prevent shifting to the strong side of the ball to prevent many crosses. Yet, this was allowed because the shifting was absent in many cases. Further, the defensive positioning at cornerbacks appear elementary inside the box but may have been introduced because the players often lack attention to 1 v1 defending in their areas which you easily notice during crosses. Thus, the coach may have introduced he packed zone inside the box to close down spaces and to neuter the opportunities that exist when the defensive team is unable to mark closely.
The above are just my thoughts.
I have often thought that we need to redefine what constitutes the "Nigerian female footballer".
I have been following the women game closely as a student of the game, and it is defined by physicality, balance and technique in that order.
Dominance in the women game has been largely defined by physicality- US, Germany, Norway, Sweden.
The one exception being Japan and Brazil, which created a new template that has been adapted by France, Netherlands, Spain recently..
If I were to be in charge of women football in Nigeria I would redefine the focus for player selection by looking for slimmer, less bulky players, with emphasis on balance and speed. Then train to refine technique, as well as strength and conditioning.
Tactically, build a game based on the medium block and the counterattack, using the speed and power of Nigerian forwards, like Ordega and Oshaola.
Oguleftie,Oguleftie wrote:I have been following and watching women football for more than 40 years.Oguleftie wrote:You did not, and do not, follow world women football.Enugu II wrote:Oguleftie,
Where did you get the information on the draws? Bros, please visit the link here https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking ... ble/women/. Here are the FIFA rankings for each team in that group:
#4 France
#12 Norway
#14 S/Korea
#38 Nigeria
Now, please explain again how Falcons are NOT the worst team in the group by the draws?
TBH, the issue of the draws and strengths of the the team does not even address the points that I raise. Please read again.
Oguleftie wrote:Not so.Enugu II wrote:I believe the Falcons are really talented in the context of women football but we should consider that this is a team that really is not at a point it should be in preparing for the Women's World Cup. This team could be further along, based on the talent of the players, if they had prepared a bit longer and played several high level matches.
There is abundance of fast players upfront. In fact, all there of the most advanced players (Ordega, Oparanozie, and Oshoala) are very fast and very few women teams have that type of combination upfront. The midfield, however, is not up to scratch particularly in ability to keep possession and the range of space covered by the players. When your successful completion of passes is only 66%, then there is a problem. Somewhat I believe the problem is not the technical ability of the players but the time to work together. Defensively, there are huge questions with issues of indecision particularly in the partnership. in the middle. I love the LB but she lacked appropriate support from Chikwelu on the left which left gaps wide. IMHO, Ebere (LB) was expected to play compact to close gaps in the middle which she did but the support from the midfield to cut out the wide area on the right was largely missing or the defense just failed to shift to the strong areas when the ball shifted to the right. That is just my sense of the game today.
I feel the coach has impacted the play of the Falcons. We can argue on whether the impact is positive or negative but it is obvious that the team's play has changed CLEARLY. For one, the team is bent on keeping its formation shape. This is quite obvious. In the past this was not always the case. What is missing in my opinion is the lack of sufficient pressure on the ball from the advanced players which allowed Korea to amply and leisurely possess the ball. Further, sticking to the shape should not prevent shifting to the strong side of the ball to prevent many crosses. Yet, this was allowed because the shifting was absent in many cases. Further, the defensive positioning at cornerbacks appear elementary inside the box but may have been introduced because the players often lack attention to 1 v1 defending in their areas which you easily notice during crosses. Thus, the coach may have introduced he packed zone inside the box to close down spaces and to neuter the opportunities that exist when the defensive team is unable to mark closely.
The above are just my thoughts.
In the past WWC draws, the Falcons used to be the worst team in the group implying each game shows their same deficiencies.
This 2019 the Falcons are not the worst draw team in the group, implying they will play the worst team and those deficiencies will be somewhat masked.
If you did you will find that even when we were beating Canada, England, etc, etc we were ranked behind them.
Watch world women football consistently to know the teams that are better, and much better, and much much better.
I watched every European qualifying game, and most of Asia qualifying games, hence I know.
olu wrote:She is actually a really good commentator. She sounds like she does her research and gives a very good perspective being an ex player. Better than most of the male commentators on Fox or Nigerian TV neither of which are a very high bar.
Oguleftie wrote:Why are you listening to "a Fox female commentator who is an ex-US"?olu wrote:The Fox female commentator who is an ex-US women's international kept saying Nigeria's ball possession has improved since Dennebry took over, but that we aren't making use of our pace and athleticism as much which is our strength. For those who have been following the Falcons extensively has this team improved in any way since Dennebry took charge?
What makes you think commentators know much about the team they are commenting on; they do not.