ALUKO COME GET YOUR SISTER

[jette1]

I thought she and especially the Jamo Canadian have been cool to have on for diversity. Eniola seems unsure of herself though compared to the Jamo lady.

Her fake hair is consistent with Being unsure of self (conflicting self identity

[Undertaker]

I thought she and especially the Jamo Canadian have been cool to have on for diversity. Eniola seems unsure of herself though compared to the Jamo lady.

Her fake hair is consistent with Being unsure of self (conflicting self identity

She was a disgrace and pathetic! She is a stupid girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

At least she’s contributing to Nigeria, something that neither one of you riff Raffs has ever done or are capable of doing. Get a life.

[Undertaker]

At least she’s contributing to Nigeria, something that neither one of you riff Raffs has ever done or are capable of doing. Get a life.

How is she contributing to Nigeria? By playing for England? I wish I could cyber slap you and knock the lines off your face!

[oscar52]

At least she’s contributing to Nigeria, something that neither one of you riff Raffs has ever done or are capable of doing. Get a life.

You might not be well upstairs.

[oscar52]

At least she’s contributing to Nigeria, something that neither one of you riff Raffs has ever done or are capable of doing. Get a life.

How is she contributing to Nigeria? By playing for England? I wish I could cyber slap you and knock the lines off your face!

[Bell]

At least she’s contributing to Nigeria, something that neither one of you riff Raffs has ever done or are capable of doing. Get a life.

How is she contributing to Nigeria? By playing for England? I wish I could cyber slap you and knock the lines off your face!

LOOKING BACK NOW...


…it's probably a good thing she never played for Nigeria. Can you imagine her coming to camp with an superiority over the local girls? Quite unlike the likes of Balogun an up and coming keeper Maduka Okoye who are quick to identify with their Nigerian brethren.

(I don't want to be too hard on the young lady. She might be dealing with internal conflict to be fair and, to her colleagues, look like she's been partial, or be critical of the Africans and project an image of objectivity while fitting in. Unfortunately, she made the wrong choice. I can see where some others, maybe even yours truly, would make the same decision. Who knows, she may be mulling over these internally even now.)
Bell

[Bell]

Let me see her in Church again,I was even hailing her, she should understand when people work so hard to achieve their dreams and get snatched awaz because of some idiots bias, like happened toher in England

To say i was disappointed in her comments is putting it lightly. There was the other Jamo pro analyst that did nothing but hype their squad while she was talking. She made absolutely sure to point out their achievements and the serious challenges\ battle they've faced to get to the WC and how certain bad calls by ref could set the tone of the game.

Its only when one of our own gets an opportunity to advocate for the African squad that she goes house negro on us. Tufiakwa...

WELL...


…Fox probably thought that's why Eniola was there even if they didn't point it out to her. And she failed to get it.
Bell

[Bell]

Ignore the fox commentary ( besides other biased punters) and after 90 minutes, use your imagination to evaluate if we have performed well enough to stay in this type of company, what we need to ask ourselves is how can we stress to the different African football bodies to improve the fortunes of African football, just the same way we as professionals excel in white collar jobs despite the bias and discrimination, we need to extend this to sports, the only way for us to gain respect is by coming into these tournaments are beating these highly fancied teams silly, the Nigerian 1994 super eagles proved to the world our football was world class at least and were ranked 5th in the world, also the 1996 Olympics football title as well, they respected Nigeria football!, when we beat Spain in the 1998 world, our respect was at an all time high!

when the NFF are trying to cheat the girls out of their allowances and what not, barricade themselves in the hotel, that in itself is a disgrace, how can these ladies give their 100% in such circumstances? they know for all their efforts, they might not even get paid

its sad and pathetic!

NO ONE WOULD DISAGREE WITH THE NEED TO IMPROVE; UNFORTUNATELY...


...you make it sound as though it's impossible to complain about biased officiating and improving the standard of the girls simultaneously. Why do you seem to ignore this obvious point in your posts?
Bell

[Bell]

she had no point, shame the extent these folks will go to, to please their masters.

TWEETS CAN BE HARD TO COMPREHEND SOMETIMES, BUT...


…it seems Eniola is getting flak over her reference to Estelle [Johnson]. Having taken heat from the likes of me, it's hard to know what to make of this in her account:




Eniola Aluko

@EniAlu
·
Jun 23

Okay so this is WILD. The referee needs to get control of this game and #CMR
players. The players clearly do not understand VAR...Nchout goal was as onside as Ellen Whites goal. Not sure the difference #ENGCMR
Bell

[marko]

Ignore the fox commentary ( besides other biased punters) and after 90 minutes, use your imagination to evaluate if we have performed well enough to stay in this type of company, what we need to ask ourselves is how can we stress to the different African football bodies to improve the fortunes of African football, just the same way we as professionals excel in white collar jobs despite the bias and discrimination, we need to extend this to sports, the only way for us to gain respect is by coming into these tournaments are beating these highly fancied teams silly, the Nigerian 1994 super eagles proved to the world our football was world class at least and were ranked 5th in the world, also the 1996 Olympics football title as well, they respected Nigeria football!, when we beat Spain in the 1998 world, our respect was at an all time high!

when the NFF are trying to cheat the girls out of their allowances and what not, barricade themselves in the hotel, that in itself is a disgrace, how can these ladies give their 100% in such circumstances? they know for all their efforts, they might not even get paid

its sad and pathetic!

NO ONE WOULD DISAGREE WITH THE NEED TO IMPROVE; UNFORTUNATELY...


...you make it sound as though it's impossible to complain about biased officiating and improving the standard of the girls simultaneously. Why do you seem to ignore this obvious point in your posts?
Bell

why? as people will always be biased if we give them a reason to! yes officiating was crap at the women world cup, all matches so far and not only the African sides, the only way to shove the crap back in their throats if by beating them silly! nothing else will work am afraid! I saw what those biased punters said about Paul Pogba until he won the world cup with France! i swear between 1994-1998, these same commentators used to get excited anytime they saw Okocha on the ball, they will scream their heads off, they will normally say these super eagles can play in any top European sides, those were the days you were proud, Things should have improved from those days, right now, Africa should be mixing it with the best

where did it all go wrong? lets look at all sides of the coin and not what some stupid pundits say on TV, we want respect? lest do that on the pitch, lets come back with quality sides to match the best, let CAF learn and make sure we come back stronger, for me, its what can we do to improve?

[fabio]

Women’s football cannot – and should not – be judged on one wild game. Eni Aluko

Some of the behaviour we saw from Cameroon’s players and their coach in their game against England was shocking, but it is important to make it clear that it was not an indictment of the women’s game. It is an indictment of Cameroon specifically, and it was a game I can only hope their players watch, cringe, are honest about and learn from in the future, to understand the weight of responsibility that comes from representing your nation with pride and professionalism.

They had complained about the refereeing of their last game, against New Zealand, and I think they probably came into the England match with that perceived sense of injustice bubbling just below the surface. Their coach did not do a good job of controlling those emotions. The shame is that if they had focused on playing the game they would probably have scored a couple of goals, because England looked very open at the back.

Before the game I was singing the praises of the Cameroonian team, ranked 46th in the world by Fifa, who arrived in the last 16 with strong performances in their group, having tested Canada (ranked fifth), scored against the Netherlands (eighth) and beaten New Zealand (19th), thanks to a late strike from Ajara Nchout that is a contender for goal of the tournament. Unfortunately the protests and petulance of the Cameroonian players will be the lasting impression of their nation’s time in France.

We see some despicable behaviour in men’s football – diving, horrible fouls, racist abuse, players arguing with opponents, with the referee and sometimes with their own manager – but somehow on those occasions we are able to restrict our judgment to the individuals involved, rather than the entire sport.

Yet some people who saw this game, one wild match in a tournament that has given us moments of greatness and also of disappointment, have announced that it proves women’s football cannot be taken seriously. I think they are watching it the wrong way. It is as if people are not just watching women’s football and enjoying it, they are sitting in judgment. If every time you turn on the TV you need to be persuaded that the women’s game is good enough, it’s probably not for you.

Having come through this test, England are now preparing to play a Norway team that are proving themselves among the very best at the World Cup, with an in-form front line and intelligent defence. If England play against Norway as they did against Cameroon they will need a lot of luck to get to the semi-finals.

On Sunday night Phil Neville was mostly asked about Cameroon, and he spoke honestly and truthfully. This has been one of his most impressive traits as England manager, and I think we can assume, based on everything we have seen from him so far, that he was as honest with his players when they got back to the team hotel. They need to examine every mistake they made against Cameroon, so they’re ready to show their best against a flourishing Norway team. If England allow Guro Reiten or Isabell Herlovsen on the left-hand side for Norway the kind of space they got against Australia, they will cause a lot of trouble. If they allow or Caroline Hansen the space on the counterattack to run at the back line, they will struggle.

I have praised the midfielders Keira Walsh and Jill Scott previously in this tournament. Scott in particular has been in excellent form, and against Cameroon broke Peter Shilton’s record for the most appearances for England in World Cup finals. But in a 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-2-3 formation Walsh is meant to be a defensive midfielder, who sits in and protects the backline, while Scott is a box-to-box player, tucking in defensively and getting forward to break into the opposition penalty area.

Against Cameroon both players were too high and left a lot of space in behind them in midfield. One pass and their line was beaten, and it happened a number of times. That is dangerous, because once you beat the midfield line the defence is completely exposed. Against pace, which Norway have got in abundance, this is asking for trouble. A pass to either flank or a through-ball to Herlovsen, and they’re in on goal. The move that led to Nchout scoring, though the goal was disallowed by VAR after the tightest of offside calls, showed how England allowed themselves to be carved open against a Cameroon side that lacked quality in the final third.

Lucy Bronze was guilty of overdribbling, carrying the ball into midfield where she was out of position and losing it would cause immediate danger. She is undoubtedly one of the best players in the world, but there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance and sometimes she finds herself on the wrong side of it. Her assist for Ellen White’s goal showed her using her abilities perfectly, exposing the opposition defence before playing a great pass, but sometimes she can be guilty of playing her team into danger, leaving space to exploit on the turnover.

White has now scored four goals in France, and is in wonderful form. But Maren Mjelde and Maria Thorisdóttir at the heart of the Norwegian defence were exceptional against Australia and controlled the best forward in the world in Sam Kerr. If England are going to get past that pair White’s movement has to be exceptional, and Fran Kirby will have to help her out with runs from the No 10 role. England will need more than one player to be affecting those two, because the Chelsea pair are smart, experienced defenders who will be familiar with the English forwards.

At the same time England’s back four needs to be at the top of their game to deal with Herlovsen, who is in clinical form, Hansen, who must have put in one of the best performances of her life against Australia, and Reiten, a tricky left winger who is about to join Mjelde and Thorisdóttir at Chelsea. When they played Japan in the group stage England were much more tactically disciplined than they were against Cameroon. Japan played a lot of pretty football but didn’t really get anywhere, because England made themselves hard to break down. That is the kind of organisation they will need to show on Thursday.

It can be hard, in the middle of a tournament, to turn a poor performance in one game into an excellent one in the next. That is the challenge England face now. The only way to achieve it is to be honest with yourself, to review your mistakes and make sure you don’t repeat them. That is the process Phil Neville and his team have to put themselves through if they are to earn a place in the semi-finals.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... judge-game

[marko]

Women’s football cannot – and should not – be judged on one wild game. Eni Aluko

Some of the behaviour we saw from Cameroon’s players and their coach in their game against England was shocking, but it is important to make it clear that it was not an indictment of the women’s game. It is an indictment of Cameroon specifically, and it was a game I can only hope their players watch, cringe, are honest about and learn from in the future, to understand the weight of responsibility that comes from representing your nation with pride and professionalism.

They had complained about the refereeing of their last game, against New Zealand, and I think they probably came into the England match with that perceived sense of injustice bubbling just below the surface. Their coach did not do a good job of controlling those emotions. The shame is that if they had focused on playing the game they would probably have scored a couple of goals, because England looked very open at the back.

Before the game I was singing the praises of the Cameroonian team, ranked 46th in the world by Fifa, who arrived in the last 16 with strong performances in their group, having tested Canada (ranked fifth), scored against the Netherlands (eighth) and beaten New Zealand (19th), thanks to a late strike from Ajara Nchout that is a contender for goal of the tournament. Unfortunately the protests and petulance of the Cameroonian players will be the lasting impression of their nation’s time in France.

We see some despicable behaviour in men’s football – diving, horrible fouls, racist abuse, players arguing with opponents, with the referee and sometimes with their own manager – but somehow on those occasions we are able to restrict our judgment to the individuals involved, rather than the entire sport.

Yet some people who saw this game, one wild match in a tournament that has given us moments of greatness and also of disappointment, have announced that it proves women’s football cannot be taken seriously. I think they are watching it the wrong way. It is as if people are not just watching women’s football and enjoying it, they are sitting in judgment. If every time you turn on the TV you need to be persuaded that the women’s game is good enough, it’s probably not for you.

Having come through this test, England are now preparing to play a Norway team that are proving themselves among the very best at the World Cup, with an in-form front line and intelligent defence. If England play against Norway as they did against Cameroon they will need a lot of luck to get to the semi-finals.

On Sunday night Phil Neville was mostly asked about Cameroon, and he spoke honestly and truthfully. This has been one of his most impressive traits as England manager, and I think we can assume, based on everything we have seen from him so far, that he was as honest with his players when they got back to the team hotel. They need to examine every mistake they made against Cameroon, so they’re ready to show their best against a flourishing Norway team. If England allow Guro Reiten or Isabell Herlovsen on the left-hand side for Norway the kind of space they got against Australia, they will cause a lot of trouble. If they allow or Caroline Hansen the space on the counterattack to run at the back line, they will struggle.

I have praised the midfielders Keira Walsh and Jill Scott previously in this tournament. Scott in particular has been in excellent form, and against Cameroon broke Peter Shilton’s record for the most appearances for England in World Cup finals. But in a 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-2-3 formation Walsh is meant to be a defensive midfielder, who sits in and protects the backline, while Scott is a box-to-box player, tucking in defensively and getting forward to break into the opposition penalty area.

Against Cameroon both players were too high and left a lot of space in behind them in midfield. One pass and their line was beaten, and it happened a number of times. That is dangerous, because once you beat the midfield line the defence is completely exposed. Against pace, which Norway have got in abundance, this is asking for trouble. A pass to either flank or a through-ball to Herlovsen, and they’re in on goal. The move that led to Nchout scoring, though the goal was disallowed by VAR after the tightest of offside calls, showed how England allowed themselves to be carved open against a Cameroon side that lacked quality in the final third.

Lucy Bronze was guilty of overdribbling, carrying the ball into midfield where she was out of position and losing it would cause immediate danger. She is undoubtedly one of the best players in the world, but there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance and sometimes she finds herself on the wrong side of it. Her assist for Ellen White’s goal showed her using her abilities perfectly, exposing the opposition defence before playing a great pass, but sometimes she can be guilty of playing her team into danger, leaving space to exploit on the turnover.

White has now scored four goals in France, and is in wonderful form. But Maren Mjelde and Maria Thorisdóttir at the heart of the Norwegian defence were exceptional against Australia and controlled the best forward in the world in Sam Kerr. If England are going to get past that pair White’s movement has to be exceptional, and Fran Kirby will have to help her out with runs from the No 10 role. England will need more than one player to be affecting those two, because the Chelsea pair are smart, experienced defenders who will be familiar with the English forwards.

At the same time England’s back four needs to be at the top of their game to deal with Herlovsen, who is in clinical form, Hansen, who must have put in one of the best performances of her life against Australia, and Reiten, a tricky left winger who is about to join Mjelde and Thorisdóttir at Chelsea. When they played Japan in the group stage England were much more tactically disciplined than they were against Cameroon. Japan played a lot of pretty football but didn’t really get anywhere, because England made themselves hard to break down. That is the kind of organisation they will need to show on Thursday.

It can be hard, in the middle of a tournament, to turn a poor performance in one game into an excellent one in the next. That is the challenge England face now. The only way to achieve it is to be honest with yourself, to review your mistakes and make sure you don’t repeat them. That is the process Phil Neville and his team have to put themselves through if they are to earn a place in the semi-finals.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... judge-game

she seems to have a good analysis of the game with regards to England and their shortcomings, if they play like that against Norway, they will find things difficult

[Enugu II]

I keep telling Txj. Rules are exactly how you legitimize bias. A ref can get all his calls correctly by the book and still be terribly biased. You call one side for every nit-picky rule that exists in the books and ignore the side committing murder. Sooner or later, the side being treated unfairly is forced to become timid, apprehensive or combative (which then becomes a post-hoc justification for the disparate treatment). It is true in sports and sadly even more true in real life. There are successful ways to combat bias or mitigates its effect, artfully hiding behind legitimate rules is not one of them.

exactly what I said after the farcical VAR penalty-retake decision in Nig vs France. We are seeing come to pass with Cameroun's women's team.

amafolas,

I like your take above. IMHO, that is exactly what it is and may go even further to decisions taken in previous World Cups including Cameroon v Chile in 1998. I wrote about this issue recently. These things are not forgotten and after a while it has to explode. IMHO, the VAR calls in Cameroon v England were okay but that is just besides the point. There is a larger issue here.

[Senator WIRES]

Aluko appointed as the new sporting director for Aston Villa FC though they might be relegated.

[kalani JR]

Aluko appointed as the new sporting director for Aston Villa FC though they might be relegated.

Villa women.

[Senator WIRES]

Aluko appointed as the new sporting director for Aston Villa FC though they might be relegated.

Villa women.

That would have caused an uproar, if her appointment include men's team as well