Otitokoro,
You must be pulling Tony's legs. I hope so. If not one has to state that you certainly must be in la-la land to think the coach selected this team. When has he scouted the team? LOL.
Bros, even the NFF lads and Nigerian journalists know exactly what this is about. You may want to act the Ostrich but most Nigerians, in-the-know, know that this was about silencing the Falcons'' skipper based on Oparanozie's media messages after the World Cup and since. That is not lost on several people in the know. In fact, the debate is not about what the cause of her being left out is, it is rather whether it is an okay punishment or not. Note that while she has been active, there are some players on that list who I am told are not even playing regularly. Then you have a player close to 40 years old invited to this team. Yet the skipper and one of the team's best players left out and that does not ring a bell?
Bros, remember the freezing out of Oliseh and four others just before the WC 2002. I remember calling it here at the time and many naysayers put upon the same argument you are trying to put forward here. Yet, weeks later, it all started unraveling. It is the same case here. Stop the Ostritching and understand that this is about the silencing of women footballers. When Omagbemi was fired after winning the AFCON, I guess she was fired because of poor performance as well? LOL. You need to smell the roses to understand the power play and the strong-arming taking place behind the scenes.
Otitokoro wrote:
It may help to fully examine what was supposedly said:
Olajire, allegedly, on behalf of NFF wrote:
"Oparanozie is still part of the team's plans and her non-inclusion has nothing to do with that protest in France because she was not the only one involved," Olajire told BBC Sport Africa.
"Selection of players is predominantly the prerogative of the coaches and not the NFF.
"She remains an important member of the women's national side. I think she will just have to keep working on her game and, if she gets the opportunity, then push for a consistent selection."
Is the selection process for a (or any) national team based on the prerogative of the Coach? Pretty sure the answer is yes. Any coach would pick players on the belief that the selected players will execute his/her game plans and strategy effectively in order that the overarching objective is fulfilled. Does that mean any and every player (past, present or future) will be selected? No. Does it mean they may (or may not) be selected at some point in time during the tenure of the coach? Yes. Oparanozie falls into this category.
One would think that Olajire, being NFF Comms director, would be privy to the messaging of the coaching staff. The fact that he had to come out and make a statement specific to Oparanozie's situation would suggest to me that the coach(es) were concerned about the rumors floating around regarding Oparanozie not making the squad. Olajire's job is to communicate the coach's message (in certain instances - this being one of them). The fact that you don't know if the coach had asked him to communicate this information to the public but instead, would suggest Olajire was part of an NFF coverup is rather disappointing, to say the least.
Importantly here is that you have conveniently side stepped my comments about her declining performance (which I would argue heavily informed the coach's decision here). For additional context, in the 3 WCs she has played, not a single goal (well, if you discountenance the own goal she scored in our match against Sweden in 2015). Oshoala, on the other hand has played in 2 WCs and scored in both. Club wise at Dijon, 2 goals in 9 appearances. I could go on with the facts here, but chose not to, because they are not in her favor.
TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:
I don’t know what you’re going on about but you can’t have your cake and eat it too. If, according to Olajire, selection is the prerogative of the coaches then how can he know if Oparanozie is still in the team’s plans?
He can’t because he is not one of the coaches. That’s why his statement is nonsensical
... but it seems you were just looking for an opportunity to disparage Oparanozie❗️
Cheers.
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Super Falcons Exclusion: Oparanozie To NFF – ‘Look For Another Lie’https://bestchoicesports.com.ng/super-falcons-exclusion-oparanozie-to-nff-look-for-another-lie/ 13/02/2021, by Best Choice Sports, in European Leagues, Football, Investigation, News
By Amaechi Agbo
There are indications that former Super Falcons captain, Desire Oparanozie is not taking her exclusion from the 23-woman Falcons team to take part in the Turkey Invitational tournament starting on Monday, lightly, Bestshoicesports.com.ng can report
The former Guingamp attacker has taken to her Twitter account to lambast the NFF Director of Communication, Adomola Olajire for asking her to continue to maintain her consistency and push for inclusion in the Super Falcons call up.
Olajire was quoted to have defended her exclusion from the squad saying: “Oparanozie is still part of the team’s plans and her non-inclusion has nothing to do with that protest in France because she was not the only one involved.
“Selection of players is predominantly the prerogative of the coaches and not the NFF.
“She remains an important member of the women’s national side. I think she will just have to keep working on her game and, if she gets the opportunity, then push for a consistent selection.”
But the comment did not go down well with the former Bayelsa Queens and Delta Queens star who questioned Mr Olajire’s sincerity.
She querried how some players who did not have clubs for long made their way into the team.
‘”Work on my game and push for consistent selection”. Those ones who’s been without club for over a year now, how many of their games did they work on over the past one year to merit their inclusion?“When we’re spoilt for choice. Look for another lie,” she said.
The France-based striker, 27, has been overlooked by the African Champions’ following a sit-in protest over unpaid bonuses and allowances at the 2019 World Cup in France.
Oparanozie said she was not surprised by her omission from new coach Randy Waldrum’s maiden squad hinting that it was because of the protest.Oparanozie had publicly defended her stance in France that the NFF should include players left out of the World Cup party as they look to pay players money owed from previous international fixtures over several years.
“I did what I felt was right. Even if that’s the only thing I did, I’m very happy.” she said in July.
Meanwhile, the squad announced by the NFF includes reigning African footballer of the year Asisat Oshoala,
veteran defender Onome Ebi, former USA youth international Toni Payne and US-born Patricia George.
The continent’s most successful national side with nine African titles will depart Nigeria on 15 February for the fifth edition of the Turkish Cup tournament.
Nigeria will face Uzbekistan in their opening game before facing fellow Africans Equatorial Guinea at the tournament, they had also been due to take on Zambia, who have now withdrawn from the event.
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Oparanozie Criticises Nigeria’s Response To COVID-19https://dailytrust.com/oparanozie-criticises-nigerias-response-to-covid-19By
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Mon Mar 30 2020
Desire Oparanozie has urged Nigerians to remain at home as she raises concerns about the country’s readiness to combat the coronavirus.
The outbreak of the pandemic has caused major disturbances to the sporting calendar across the world, as the fight to contain the spread of the illness continues.
The Nigeria Professional Football League has been suspended.
The ex-Super Falcons captain has criticised the Nigerian government on social media, whom she alleges will only cater for the ‘rich and influential’.
“I’ve been advising us to stay at home. Considering the kind of system we have (incompetent government). We can’t fight this virus if it hits hard on us. Obviously the rich and influential will be attended to before anyone else. Save yourselves people,” she tweeted.
The ex-Delta Queens player had captained the Super Falcons at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
Thomas Dennerby’s side bowed out in the Round of 16 to Germany.
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