THE D-MADAMS ON OUR FALCONS HAVE TO GO
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You have not answered any of the questions I asked you.JACKAL wrote:You are looking at the official ages...Adisboy wrote:That French are younger is a BLATANT LIE! Why do we continue to make such factually untrue statements! That the French are better than us has absolutely nothing to do with the age of the players and everything to do with the development process. The players you have cannot perform magic. The local players have not played a league game since last year yet you expect them to compete with players that won the UEFA Champions League less than a month ago. Jackal please name one female football academy in Nigeria. While you are doing that please let me know when the female league will start again in Nigeria. The younger ones you want recently played in the WAFU cup in May and could you honestly say they are better than the girls in France. Until we face reality and start doing the right things it would not get better than this there is no magic here.JACKAL wrote:While i fully appreciate the effort put in by all the ladies on our team, but its time to let the younger players play.
I look at the other teams we are playing, ...the likes of Norway and France and their players are younger and more vibrant. Our Younger players who are all substitutes seem to be more impressive than the veterans on our team.
We need more Okekes, more Odegas, more like the new goal keeper Nnanozie and less Chukwelu and oparanozi... Oparanozi is a striker who takes no strikes at goal...The d-madams have to retire so we can get fresher legs into the team.
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Oboy...I don't know Chikwelu from Chuckweze!! I am just saying what I saw...Goldleaf wrote:Just come out and say you don't like Rita Chikwelu. With power and athleticism, she broke up the french attack time and time again. Ball distribution is still an area the whole team needs to get right and the problem is because they struggle to opne up space. The french captain said they struggled to find space to get through us. It means the girls get the defensive side of being tight but not yet the offensive part of opening up and creating space for offensive forays.JACKAL wrote:Chikwelu turned the ball over and over and over... it was not good.Goldleaf wrote:The same Chikwelu that won the ball all over the pitch in the midfield?JACKAL wrote:While i fully appreciate the effort put in by all the ladies on our team, but its time to let the younger players play.
I look at the other teams we are playing, ...the likes of Norway and France and their players are younger and more vibrant. Our Younger players who are all substitutes seem to be more impressive than the veterans on our team.
We need more Okekes, more Odegas, more like the new goal keeper Nnanozie and less Chukwelu and oparanozi... Oparanozi is a striker who takes no strikes at goal...The d-madams have to retire so we can get fresher legs into the team.
Every team needs a bulldog like her hunting the ball down.
As for Asisat Oshoala, God? How do you solve a problem like her and can anyone be more frustrating. I hope they show her her Opta stats and I am sure they couldn't be worse. She does not run into space, does not tackle, does not close the ball down or even the girl with the ball, does not jump to head and runs away far from the ball as much as possible.
Oshola does not look like the fined tuned athlete we saw 6 years ago at the U20 or even 4 years ago at the last world cup. She just doesn't look the part anymore...
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All those things you mentioned is part of giving the young Experience..oyek wrote:It's beyond just giving the young experience so they can be 'ready', youth programs that teach the basics at the grass root, a functional league that will produce quality players from their youth on a consistent basis, adequate remuneration for players, conducive environment e.t.c. have to be considered/put in place to go further at these competitions. Merely giving the young experience and expecting team to go beyond the group stage is wishful thinking.JACKAL wrote:Still..they are eeking out the victories against African opposition, but struggle against good foreign teams.oyek wrote:Those D-Madams are current African champions with back to back to back championships.
We need to give the young experience so they can be ready for the big stage
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Here is the list of our D-Madams
Oluehi
Ebere
Ebi
Ohale
Michael
Chikwele
Oparanozi
Oluehi
Ebere
Ebi
Ohale
Michael
Chikwele
Oparanozi
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...just heard Formiga, the Brazilian women midfielder is 41 years old and still playing. Their roster is full of 30thysomething women.
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Only 6 players in the current team play in Nigeria, and only one of them - Tochukwu Oluehi - is a veteran.
I don't see anything unfair about expecting more from several of the foreign legion, at this level, in terms of the basics like off-the-ball movement and keeping possession upfront.
That said, let's just appreciate Onome Ebi's solid defending, Chikwelu's ball-winning consistency and Ordega's hardwork even when playing out of position and having to defend more. The new additions to the team give a lot of hope.
I don't see anything unfair about expecting more from several of the foreign legion, at this level, in terms of the basics like off-the-ball movement and keeping possession upfront.
That said, let's just appreciate Onome Ebi's solid defending, Chikwelu's ball-winning consistency and Ordega's hardwork even when playing out of position and having to defend more. The new additions to the team give a lot of hope.
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Why not put their age and let us see how madamly they are, thanksJACKAL wrote:Here is the list of our D-Madams
Oluehi
Ebere
Ebi
Ohale
Michael
Chikwele
Oparanozi
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Funny thing is that all the ladies on this list have incredible motors...it's technique and ability that they lack so this thread is moot.JACKAL wrote:Here is the list of our D-Madams
Oluehi
Ebere
Ebi
Ohale
Michael
Chikwele
Oparanozi
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Those players listed above have been our most consistent performers the past 5yrs...each of them...oloye wrote:Why not put their age and let us see how madamly they are, thanksJACKAL wrote:Here is the list of our D-Madams
Oluehi
Ebere
Ebi
Ohale
Michael
Chikwele
Oparanozi
Instead of celebrating them, some of us are now calling them D-Madams..? (another term for "Retirees")
Ebi is...what..? 35yrs...36yrs...that's old..?!
Martha of Brazil is...what..? 33..?
What's this our fixation with age, sef?
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The best female players these days are older players in their 30s. Go and take 20 something year old kids to a women's WC and you will get destroyed like Thailand.
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You are right.bret- hart wrote:The best female players these days are older players in their 30s. Go and take 20 something year old kids to a women's WC and you will get destroyed like Thailand.
Age is more of an advantage in the female game than it is in the men's game.
There is even a school of thought that believes women post-childbirth are physically stronger than before they have kids.
Lots of anecdotal stories and inconclusive studies but it is well worth considering.
Does childbirth improve athletic ability?
It was long thought that child-bearing signalled the beginning of the end for female athletes, but intriguing evidence suggests there are numerous physiological benefits
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ic-ability
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What's the reasoning behind this? I haven't heard this before.Damunk wrote:You are right.bret- hart wrote:The best female players these days are older players in their 30s. Go and take 20 something year old kids to a women's WC and you will get destroyed like Thailand.
Age is more of an advantage in the female game than it is in the men's game.
There is even a school of thought that believes women post-childbirth are physically stronger than before they have kids
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Funny enough, without knowing their age, will we be critical of their performance thus far? Think, for the most part, they have acquitted themselves well.oloye wrote:Why not put their age and let us see how madamly they are, thanksJACKAL wrote:Here is the list of our D-Madams
Oluehi
Ebere
Ebi
Ohale
Michael
Chikwele
Oparanozi
Frankly, we have to decide how we want to play. High tempo, high energy, highly mobile team, etc. That will decide the type of personnel we should be aiming to have on the team.
I prefer Dennerby's approach to Rohr's approach. You phase the old veterans out gradually after the world cup. He didn't have a long enough time to discover players. Remember he even added players who just played the WAFU cup. Unlike Rohr, he didn't say he was going to the WC with veterans to learn.
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Hormonal and other physiological changes. If I can find more scientific studies I will post the links, but there's a random newpaper article I already posted above.ElHadary wrote:What's the reasoning behind this? I haven't heard this before.Damunk wrote:You are right.bret- hart wrote:The best female players these days are older players in their 30s. Go and take 20 something year old kids to a women's WC and you will get destroyed like Thailand.
Age is more of an advantage in the female game than it is in the men's game.
There is even a school of thought that believes women post-childbirth are physically stronger than before they have kids
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this is a sexist commentDamunk wrote:You are right.bret- hart wrote:The best female players these days are older players in their 30s. Go and take 20 something year old kids to a women's WC and you will get destroyed like Thailand.
Age is more of an advantage in the female game than it is in the men's game.
There is even a school of thought that believes women post-childbirth are physically stronger than before they have kids.
Lots of inconclusive studies but it is well worth considering.Does childbirth improve athletic ability?
It was long thought that child-bearing signalled the beginning of the end for female athletes, but intriguing evidence suggests there are numerous physiological benefits
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ic-ability
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Not sure about the science, but I reckon it has to do with the level of the female game...the culture is still 'uncooked'...Damunk wrote:You are right.bret- hart wrote:The best female players these days are older players in their 30s. Go and take 20 something year old kids to a women's WC and you will get destroyed like Thailand.
Age is more of an advantage in the female game than it is in the men's game.
There is even a school of thought that believes women post-childbirth are physically stronger than before they have kids.
Lots of anecdotal stories and inconclusive studies but it is well worth considering.Does childbirth improve athletic ability?
It was long thought that child-bearing signalled the beginning of the end for female athletes, but intriguing evidence suggests there are numerous physiological benefits
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ic-ability
Due to the 'comparative infancy' of the female game, it would be pretty difficult unearthing "wunderkinden" talent at a tender age...ladies are exposed to the game relatively late...
There's lesser probability of a Pele or Messi-story, at least until soccer becomes primary choice of recreation for 5yr-old girls in primary schools & public parks...
Until the culture 'cooks', there's little chance of football unearthing a Serena Williams or Maria Sharapova - both already elite-level athletes as teens...
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Dont worry yourself, that is who we are, a nation where everything is sneered at. Aunty Ebi with 5 WC competitions got honored by fifa, here we deride her.FATHER TIKO wrote:Those players listed above have been our most consistent performers the past 5yrs...each of them...oloye wrote:Why not put their age and let us see how madamly they are, thanksJACKAL wrote:Here is the list of our D-Madams
Oluehi
Ebere
Ebi
Ohale
Michael
Chikwele
Oparanozi
Instead of celebrating them, some of us are now calling them D-Madams..? (another term for "Retirees")
Ebi is...what..? 35yrs...36yrs...that's old..?!
Martha of Brazil is...what..? 33..?
What's this our fixation with age, sef?
The reason I asked for their ages is because I am sure that apart Ebi, the others would still be within acceptable age limits for active sports men and women.
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Oloye… D-madam-ness is not only a function of age, but also that of Physical looks... Being a D-madam has its good virtues, just not on sporting field of play..oloye wrote:Why not put their age and let us see how madamly they are, thanksJACKAL wrote:Here is the list of our D-Madams
Oluehi
Ebere
Ebi
Ohale
Michael
Chikwele
Oparanozi
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As the Great PA Oni has told us, If they don't leave football, football will leave them !FATHER TIKO wrote:Those players listed above have been our most consistent performers the past 5yrs...each of them...oloye wrote:Why not put their age and let us see how madamly they are, thanksJACKAL wrote:Here is the list of our D-Madams
Oluehi
Ebere
Ebi
Ohale
Michael
Chikwele
Oparanozi
Instead of celebrating them, some of us are now calling them D-Madams..? (another term for "Retirees")
Ebi is...what..? 35yrs...36yrs...that's old..?!
Martha of Brazil is...what..? 33..?
What's this our fixation with age, sef?
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You have no proof of that.....bret- hart wrote:The best female players these days are older players in their 30s. Go and take 20 something year old kids to a women's WC and you will get destroyed like Thailand.
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In the Old days, Women in the old Soviet Union used to get pregnant before major sporting competitions and then get an abortion because they believed pregnancy changes a woman's Physiology by strengthening the Muscles of the body !! A natural steroids of sorts !!Damunk wrote:You are right.bret- hart wrote:The best female players these days are older players in their 30s. Go and take 20 something year old kids to a women's WC and you will get destroyed like Thailand.
Age is more of an advantage in the female game than it is in the men's game.
There is even a school of thought that believes women post-childbirth are physically stronger than before they have kids.
Lots of anecdotal stories and inconclusive studies but it is well worth considering.Does childbirth improve athletic ability?
It was long thought that child-bearing signalled the beginning of the end for female athletes, but intriguing evidence suggests there are numerous physiological benefits
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ic-ability
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JACKAL wrote:You have no proof of that.....bret- hart wrote:The best female players these days are older players in their 30s. Go and take 20 something year old kids to a women's WC and you will get destroyed like Thailand.
Carli Llloyd is 37
Megan Rapenoe is 35
Alex Morgan is 29. She hasnt even reached her peak yet
Martha is 33
Formiga is in her 40s
Christiane is 34
I can go on and on. Women in football get better with age. Oshoala as fustrating as she has this tournaments still has years and years ahead of her. Now does that mean we should fill the team with women in their late 30s?? no but in the womens game experience is more valuable than youth. We should not be too quick to phase out the old guard instead, gradually replace them In the 90s we would take school girls to the WC and we got hammered 8-0. These days the likes of USA, Germany and France know a game vs Nigeria is like hell in a cell.
What the falcons needs now are better forwards with good technical abilities. Oparanoze is not international quality. Oshoala needs to step up. The likes of Ini and Tony Payne need to be integrated into the falcons ASAP.
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Again the names you provided is not proof... All those ladies you mentioned are on their 3rd to 5th World cup...they were great players since years ago...bret- hart wrote:JACKAL wrote:You have no proof of that.....bret- hart wrote:The best female players these days are older players in their 30s. Go and take 20 something year old kids to a women's WC and you will get destroyed like Thailand.
Carli Llloyd is 37
Megan Rapenoe is 35
Alex Morgan is 29. She hasnt even reached her peak yet
Martha is 33
Formiga is in her 40s
Christiane is 34
I can go on and on. Women in football get better with age. Oshoala as fustrating as she has this tournaments still has years and years ahead of her. Now does that mean we should fill the team with women in their late 30s?? no but in the womens game experience is more valuable than youth. We should not be too quick to phase out the old guard instead, gradually replace them In the 90s we would take school girls to the WC and we got hammered 8-0. These days the likes of USA, Germany and France know a game vs Nigeria is like hell in a cell.
What the falcons needs now are better forwards with good technical abilities. Oparanoze is not international quality. Oshoala needs to step up. The likes of Ini and Tony Payne need to be integrated into the falcons ASAP.