Demanding Best for Falcons leads to Removal of Assisat

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How Asisat Oshola’s Demand For Equal Traveling Arrangements With Super Eagles Cost Her Falcons Captaincy
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How Asisat Oshola’s Demand For Equal Traveling Arrangements With Super Eagles Cost Her Falcons Captaincy
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By Agency Report

Facts have continued to emerge on the stripping of reigning Africa Women’s Footballer of Year, Asisat Oshola of Super Falcons’ captaincy last week.

News broke on Friday that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF have relieved the FC Barcelona Femini striker of her responsibilities bas the leader of the team.

The news came before the team took on Canada women in a friendly match in Saturday morning with Oshola not part of the team.

The former Arsenal player who succeeded Desire Oparanozie in acrimonious circumstances as Falcons captain on November 17, 2019 was accused of lack of commitment to the team.

An insider within the NFF told TheCable that the top brass of the federation made the decision after considering Oshoala’s recent inability to replicate her club form in the colours of Falcons where she last scored in February 2021 against Equatorial Guinea.

With FC Barcelona, the Nigerian star striker has bagged 19 goals in the last 16 games.

The source said it was adjudged that the captain band is “weighing her down,” hence her below-par performance for the national team adding that her demand for equal traveling arrangements with the Super Eagles was another reason she was removed as captain

The four-time African footballer of the year was also said to have made demands that the head honchos at the NFF found excessive.

“The past seven games that she played for Nigeria, despite the fact that she was scoring goals for Barcelona, she didn’t score a single goal for us. Not only that, her performance was awful in each of those games,” the insider told TheCable.

Super Falcons lost 2-0 against Canada on Saturday
“This development made the powers feel like that captain band is weighing her down, because if you’re doing well for your club you can’t replicate it for your country, then there must be something wrong.

“Also, she became something else, really. Demanding this and that. Insisting there should be the same travelling arrangements for Falcons and Super Eagles. She became something else.”

The 27-year-old became the team’s captain in 2019 after Desire Oparanozie was stripped of the position over alleged dissent in the wake of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Out recuperating from a knee injury, Oshoala was not included in the 25-member squad named by Randy Waldrum, Super Falcons head coach, for the two-legged international friendly matches against Canada.

Onome Ebi captained the team for the first leg of the encounter on Saturday night which they lost 2-0.

The second leg will be played on Tuesday at Langford’s Starlight Stadium on Vancouver Island.

TheCable Credited.

[joao]

Reminds of what they did to Balogun for raising questions on how NFF runs football.
Our 'oga them' are true despots, with no room anyone who does not conform to their
clear incompetence. These hustlers have taken our football hostage, and we wonder
why things are spiraling downwards.

[Damunk]

They’re right that she is underperforming for the SF, but she has the right to ask for equal travelling rights as captain.
I don’t see how anyone can argue with such a request.

Question is, how true is it?
Anonymous sources are always suspect in my book.

[packerland]

They’re right that she is underperforming for the SF, but she has the right to ask for equal travelling rights as captain.
I don’t see how anyone can argue with such a request.

Question is, how true is it?
Anonymous sources are always suspect in my book.

You’re right. Nothing wrong with asking for equal treatment. My question is how did she go about it? You will think most of her teammates will rally around her and support her cause. Her attacks on social media against one of her teammates doesn’t help her image.

[fabio]

They’re right that she is underperforming for the SF, but she has the right to ask for equal travelling rights as captain.
I don’t see how anyone can argue with such a request.

Question is, how true is it?
Anonymous sources are always suspect in my book.

You’re right. Nothing wrong with asking for equal treatment. My question is how did she go about it? You will think most of her teammates will rally around her and support her cause. Her attacks on social media against one of her teammates doesn’t help her image.

How was the previous captain remove?

[packerland]

They’re right that she is underperforming for the SF, but she has the right to ask for equal travelling rights as captain.
I don’t see how anyone can argue with such a request.

Question is, how true is it?
Anonymous sources are always suspect in my book.

You’re right. Nothing wrong with asking for equal treatment. My question is how did she go about it? You will think most of her teammates will rally around her and support her cause. Her attacks on social media against one of her teammates doesn’t help her image.

How was the previous captain remove?

You mean Oparanozie? I think she initiated a sit in during a tournament due to some unpaid bonuses. They bosses at the top got mad and ousted her.

[fabio]

You mean Oparanozie? I think she initiated a sit in during a tournament due to some unpaid bonuses. They bosses at the top got mad and ousted her.

Remember, Florence Omogbemi as well.... Just showing a pattern.

[jette1]

Reminds of what they did to Balogun for raising questions on how NFF runs football.
Our 'oga them' are true despots, with no room anyone who does not conform to their
clear incompetence. These hustlers have taken our football hostage, and we wonder
why things are spiraling downwards.

Please what did they do to Balogun ? This is news to my ears . I know balogun was candid with his statements and was injured during Afcon when he made the statements. I’m yet to hear anything else. Please explain.
And regarding oshoala I don’t see any validation of what is being alleged here as the reasons besides the obvious especially when on the 10th paragraph the writer adds that the 2 nil loss to Canada yesterday led to the removal

[TonyTheTigerKiller]

In a sane world, the coach picks the team captain although there’s precious little that’s sane about Nigeria. However, I must wonder if an oyibo coach would allow the NFF to pick his team captain like Eguavoen allowed them to pick “his” team


Cheers.

[Oguleftie]

Be careful quoting unrevealed sources. Unrevealed sources may be paid to say things that are not true.

I watch club matches involving all Falcons players to their full extent, and will talk about on-field issues when that arises. Meanwhile regarding issue of captaincy, I said during the olympic qualifying period: she is not Captain material, at least not yet.

[404]

Players ask simply for better working conditions and they then get gagged and blacklisted…that is the %$#@^& tyrannical, corrupt, and inept NFF where is the outrage from the so-called fans, FIFA, and those that profess they want African football to progress?

[jette1]

Players ask simply for better working conditions and they then get gagged and blacklisted…that is the %$#@^& tyrannical, corrupt, and inept NFF where is the outrage from the so-called fans, FIFA, and those that profess they want African football to progress?

Dude use your brain pls

[Damunk]

Be careful quoting unrevealed sources. Unrevealed sources may be paid to say things that are not true.

I watch club matches involving all Falcons players to their full extent, and will talk about on-field issues when that arises. Meanwhile regarding issue of captaincy, I said during the olympic qualifying period: she is not Captain material, at least not yet.

I vaguely remember a few years ago when they had an big row in the hotel or dressing room with Oshoala at the centre of it. This was actually after a victory. I did wonder at the time whether this was a sign of her temperament or just a one-off. But she went head to head with another player when something was said or done during their celebrations.

[mcal]

...when the NFA recruit these foreign based players (men and women) who play for professional administrators and coaches, they, the FA, should expect these players to be accorded professional services in performing their duties to the country. There is nothing like you are in Nigeria and should behave/accept Nigerian standard. That is not enough to be a world beater.

[mcal]

Be careful quoting unrevealed sources. Unrevealed sources may be paid to say things that are not true.

I watch club matches involving all Falcons players to their full extent, and will talk about on-field issues when that arises. Meanwhile regarding issue of captaincy, I said during the olympic qualifying period: she is not Captain material, at least not yet.

I vaguely remember a few years ago when they had an big row in the hotel or dressing room with Oshoala at the centre of it. This was actually after a victory. I did wonder at the time whether this was a sign of her temperament or just a one-off. But she went head to head with another player when something was said or done during their celebrations.

...when you are abroad performing a particular job (in this case football) you expect when you come home to be given same tools to perform so as to compete with the rest of the world. Isn't that what we want, to win on the world stage?

[404]

Players ask simply for better working conditions and they then get gagged and blacklisted…that is the %$#@^& tyrannical, corrupt, and inept NFF where is the outrage from the so-called fans, FIFA, and those that profess they want African football to progress?

Dude use your brain pls

Piss off….you buffoon…

[Damunk]

Players ask simply for better working conditions and they then get gagged and blacklisted…that is the %$#@^& tyrannical, corrupt, and inept NFF where is the outrage from the so-called fans, FIFA, and those that profess they want African football to progress?

Dude use your brain pls

Piss off….you buffoon…

Ah-ah? Eight months later.