 Well it's still the breakfast in plus TV Africa and it's really great to know that you're still with us this morning. A bit of a twist to you know the lineup. We talk about sports now and first of all we'll be looking at the support of Falcons as they suffer another defeat from Japan and Monday thermos is right here with us as well as other issues that we'll be talking about but first of all we'll be looking at the issue of the defeats that the support Falcons have suffered. We're talking about the female football team in Nigeria. Monday thermos thank you for joining us this morning on a Friday. Yeah it's all a pleasure to talk to you and I'm ready to get on with you. So let's start with the Super Falcons. The defeat that was suffered from Japan. What's really going on? It feels like we're dwindling you know every other time we seem to be going down. What's happening? Yeah and it's not sad to admit that we are going down knowing that we are less than 10 months away from the FIFA senior women's World Cup in New Zealand and Australia. Well it was another disappointing day in the office for one world jump. The head coach of the Super Falcons it's a win less than its last five games as he manages the Super Falcons and this is not the result we are looking for. We are the Super Falcons. We are the highest ranking across African women's footballing concern and a whole lot of countries look up to us and when we see that the Super Falcons are not leading up to the building it's always disappointing but I must say that there's some possibilities we can take from that game and for a matter of fact we are playing against the former world champions Japan in Kobe. We were playing in their home ground so and it was expected but we thought that after leading to the world champion the world number one country in the United States of America that we are going to lend a team of two so that we can implement it against Japan. It's the same story Super Falcons leading by two goals to me. It's disappointing and I'm really worried. I don't think one world jump is the main factor of goals that take us to the world cup and not just take us to the world cup but give us the expected result. We are the Super Falcons. The demands are high and we expect to be a lift. Top team as far as the world cup is concerned but heading to the world cup now not winning five games in a row it goes to show a lot. Go to play that Nigeria. Are you ready? We still need to talk about this because if you look at the last five games we've lost out but we have notable players Ajiba Day and the likes that were part of this game and one would think that the outcome will be different because we're talking about a friendly and it's almost predictable what will happen when you have to be encountered with the actual game. I mean you might mention about players. I would agree with you and yours got crop of talent. We've got prolific players. Players who are not just talented but players who are angry to push the name Nigeria forward as far as football and the world map is concerned but it all boils down to a good manager. It all boils down to a manager who knows his onion. He's all boils down to a manager who knows a tactics that could work at a particular game. A manager that could read the opponent. I don't think we have that manager. We have good players the likes of Shusha Shola who has won the African player of the year for the fifth year running but the tactics are not always right on the pitch of play. So my problem is now the manager. I'm pretty very convinced that he's not a man that could take Nigeria forward but it is quite confusing because we cannot fire a manager now. We cannot relieve a manager of his duty. I don't think it will be timely for Wadi Waldrom to be dismissed because the world cup is in less than eight months and we need to get our minerals right. We need to ensure that these players just know what they are playing for and I think that could be corrected if Wadi Waldrom will be able to learn from his previous disappointing games. So in other words you're saying that you know we need a new manager. Is this what you're saying? We need a new manager mercy but the time is not right. We need a new manager now but it's just less time in the world cup and we cannot fire a manager now but it's just less than a new manager in the world cup. May not know this players. May not know this players. It's about eight months. It's a lot of time. I mean Monday unfortunately we have been disconnected with Monday thermals but we're hoping that we have that connection back. The female you know team for Nigeria doesn't look like I mean it doesn't really look like we've been faring very well especially you know with all of the outings the friendly outings proud you know to all of the games that we should play. Super Falcons on top of it so we have fantastic players. I mean if you look at the combination we have a lot of players that do really great what exactly could be the problem. Now Monday Thomas is saying that hey it might just be the fact that whoever you have as a coach is not doing the need for in terms of you know administering these talents. This is the very talent that you have positioning them and ensuring that we have the outcome that we want and that's what it is but what do you mean that we can have a new coach after now just looking at the fact that the game is very close now in eight months. I think that eight months is a lot of time you know to understand the players incorporates them and you know push them out for the game. Monday Thomas go ahead with your thoughts. All right eight months is not a very long time. It is almost a year I mean eight months is a long time now. It is not because it is international football and mercy you don't get to see international football every week you don't get to see international football every month these people they just play once in three months that's that's why we have international window different from club window club window there you get to see games week in week out but this is international window the new coach will not have time to see how this ladies are playing week in week out so eight months might just be long on time on the time on the calendar time but when it comes to football time eight months is a very short time when it comes to the international football time eight months is a very short time so I would advise I would advise that the coach is fired I just I just need him to be talked to maybe tell him hey this is not what we want as a country a footballing country as the number one ranked team in Africa this is what you should do put this in place we believe in you and hopefully gets the deliver but I just I just believe that with the 1D Wildrum with this kind of performance we won't go any further but I think there's always the time for him to get things right because I will be in that in that particular parlance where people say that you should fire him I don't think it's a very wise decision to do so do you have anyone in mind I mean if we're talking about replacing the coach and whoever is calling the shots is there anyone that you have in mind to take this position that's what I'm saying everyone is busy we can't fire him right now 1D Wildrum took us to the women's cup and nation although we know how Nigeria played in that cup and nation and football just happened to Nigeria and we got knocked out in the semifinals he showed his quality at the World Cup but for the past five games in the friendly encounters we've we've played the likes of Japan who are former world champions we play United States of America who are the current ranked team in the world the current most ranked team in the world so I think that we played against really top side we played against really top side and at the World Cup we are going to play against World Cup team so right now he shouldn't be fired I'm not saying that he should be fired so we should just get to learn from his mistakes and let's see how we can go for it as a contrast the Super Falcons well let's move away from the Super Falcons we have the on the 17 World Cup and the flamingos have left for India now that's it in in preparation for the FIFA on the 17 women's World Cup we suffered you know a loss at the end of a day to a team and you know we won at some point it's it's a bit of a back and forth right there but I'd like to ask you looking at the team right there the flamingos what do you make of it this group of talents I would call them talents of course coming out is a lot what do you make of the combination having talent in a Nigerian football has never been in doubt trust me mercy we are talented people as far as football is concerned both in the men's and the women's category and beyond the 17 the flamingos are not an exception if you go back to how they're qualified to the World Cup they've played about seven games and they won six and they are even on beaten that's got more than 15 goals throughout the qualification series and they are now heading to the World Cup before heading to the World Cup they were in Turkey for a 10-day training and they beat they beat the Galatasaray ladies by three goals to one just like you rightly mentioned right there they lost in their last game against Fenerbahce and they were playing against the senior ladies of Fenerbahce senior ladies I mean these are ladies who are not in the around these are ladies who are supposed to play the Super Falcons but they play the games here on the 17 of Flamingos they were able to score a goal so that's a positive you can take from that game please finish 3-1 in favour of Fenerbahce but I think the ladies are prepared Bankole or Luo Kere is the head coach and I can really bank on him I can really bank on him to take Nigeria forward and the 11th of this month which is in four days we'll get to play against Germany and if that is a test that's the game that will certainly test the quality of the ladies and if you ask me I think they are equal to the tax from from what they've been doing so far in the qualification and they've been in an in a 10-day campaign in Turkey so I think they are fully ready we should just hope for the very best for the Flamingos but let's talk about the fact that you know match day one will start off with you know the group B stage will start off with the Flamingos and Germany Niger and Germany at that one. Germany you know it's not a team that you should joke with I mean they're very very strong you look at you know physical composition and if you look at history over time you understand that they have been on top of their game so looking at our performance if you compare that with the team that we're going to be faced with do you think that we stand a chance to you know have a victory more like win-win. All right on the paper on the paper Germany are a better side than the Flamingos but you know football is not played on the paper football is played on the pitch of play they might of course have an upper hand because of the achievement they've achieved in the past few years but I think this on the 17th side they are determined and they've been showing quality and they stand for them to show technicality and I think they are going to do so. Imagine worst case scenario we lost to we lose to Germany in the first game and I think we can get past Chile and New Zealand and put our foot in the knockout stages and the best ever finish for the Flamingos as the world cup has always been the quarter finals so getting to the semi-finals is certainly going to be a great feat for the Flamingos and I think that's what they are eyeing if we lose to Germany since you're saying that Germany are the toughest I agree with you for certain but there are chances that we can beat Chile and New Zealand but I would go with that opinion of Nigeria losing to Germany I think it's going to be a win or draw to the Flamingos of Nigeria in the first game that is going to be played on the 11th of this month. Well I mean Monday you know you haven't been great with you know all of these predictions right so are you sure you you don't want to have a rethink? Mercy my predictions are always top notch so you think that this is going to be a plus for us? A win or draw for the Flamingos I mean I've watched them play that the qualification was what really got me impressed with the ladies I mean seven games in total six wins on beaten I know that's the African scene but they have now shown your quality in Turkey by beating Galatasaray although they lost their last friendly game to Fenebate I think they can go to the World Cup and stun the world they might be the dark out of this tournament but they shouldn't be underrated by any means. But so as much as we think that every other team gets into the game with a lot of expectation I mean nobody gets into a game hoping to lose but at the end of the day you might just have a little bit of the lapses, lacuna if you want to say what do you think that you know the Flamingos should be looking out for the coach now what exactly should there be paying attention to? I mean it's the World Cup it's a World Cup for you to make it to the World Cup that means you've done almost everything right in your continent and at the World Cup it is just it is just for you to replicate what you've been doing in the continent but on the bigger stage so the coaches I'm pretty sure they know how to talk to the ladies they know how to uh embody in them discipline they know how to tell them hey this is the world states people are watching this is a chance for you to get a new cup for yourself so it's certainly going to be a motivation for them to play for their career and also play for their country so I'm pretty sure the coach will focus on that mentality part of the game encouraging them motivating them to do well so that they will not just be national heroes or herons or they can also be uh heroes for themselves so it's basically that just work on their mentality work on their tactics but first of a thing is their mentality because they'll be taking on Germany who are the big dogs in this particular game and they'll be thinking hot like Jaira playing against Germany it's it's going to be okay if we lose they need to tell them that it's not going to be okay if we lose that either a win or draw or let's get a point against Germany then we know how to deal with the likes of Chile and as well as New Zealand so the mentality is very key the tactics is also very key and how you execute a game because in a World Cup game trivo is granted to those with the impeccable execution if you cannot execute whatever tactics you have if you're going to if you cannot execute whatever technicality you have then you're going to go home on the back foot so mentality factors and execution that is the of course the key side that the coach should focus on of course redefining for the ladies well Monday Thomas we have to let you go now thank you so much for making our time to be with us this beautiful Friday morning all right it's always a pleasure talking sports with you mercy so hide the coffee for me all right then have a great day we take a break and when we return we'll be looking at the second conversation please stay with us