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Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by mediainspired: 5:46pm On Aug 06, 2012
I alwys find it amusin readin various comments on mostly political issues on dis forum proferring 'solutions' to our malaise, includin som ridiculously puerile defence of d man at d steerin wheel, GEJ, who has been a catastrophic disappointment to even his own kinsmen. B4 going into details &blamin any official, late prepation blah, blah, blah, let's do a summary. Wen a house is flooded, do u keep scoopin out water or u just turn off d tap? Pronto! NIGERIA IS SICK; until dis foundation is corrected & a complete new set of faces &MINDSET are d at d helms, well...
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by lakpox(m): 5:48pm On Aug 06, 2012
BlackBaron: A damning indictment of the state of our country. Everything going downhill.

160 million and not a single medal.
What a country?I weep for Nigeria!
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by duality(m): 5:51pm On Aug 06, 2012
Another typical Nigerian Blame Game thread from Lazy Folks.

some people just devote their entire life to apportioning blames.

God forbid!
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by mikuz(m): 5:57pm On Aug 06, 2012
China made me believe that the performance of any nation involved in this year's olympics depends on what they have back home.
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by hok4u(f): 6:01pm On Aug 06, 2012
Rossikk: @poster, but I have one question, what differentiates all those athletes and medallists from you?? Do they have two heads? Is anything wrong with your arms or legs? You see this whole ideas of guys sitting down behind computers and castigating the rest of the country for not going out there and winning gold medals is the very problem we have. When will YOU take personal responsibility??
So make the whole 160 million people start to do sport or what did u mean by your post
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by Kobojunkie: 6:03pm On Aug 06, 2012
mikuz: China made me believe that the performance of any nation involved in this year's olympics depends on what they have back home.

Duh!! I was talking to someone on this and it was interesting the person mentioned that it is likely that there is corruption even in the selection process.
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by Spandy(m): 6:06pm On Aug 06, 2012
[quote author=Rossikk]

I wasn't blaming the athletes either. I was blaming the poster. You say 'everything is crumbling' but I don't see 'everything crumbling'. I just see people like you claiming everything is crumbling while sat on your fat assses doing nothing to assist the country. Sports being one example. WHY ARE YOU not an Olympic athlete? You sit behind your computer expecting others to go and win medals for you and when they don't you say the country is crumbling. It is YOU that's crumbling. You and all those well fed middle class Nigerians who were raised to believe that sports is for paupers, and the underclass. Well guess what? The underclass lack your nutrition, strength and confidence to take on the world. It is the well fed middle classes, fed on beef, chicken and cornflakes all their lives that should be out there competing for gold on the world stage, and even working in sports administration, training etc, but no, after attending our elite secondary schools, we all abandoned sports (no matter how good we were at it) to become lawyers, doctors, engineers, IT specialists, and then when the dregs of society are left to be our sportsmen and officials, we moan about a ''crumbling country'' when they don't bring home the gold. But it is you that is crumbling, not Nigeria. Go back to your air-conditioned office.[The mode of selection of the participant is corupt so most guys are kind of discouraged to go for it.
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 6:07pm On Aug 06, 2012
OMG!! I never knew we had so many experts on Nigeria and that the Case Study is not really unique and all the variables are well known and documented - so why 50years on and we do not have a solution grin
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by Spandy(m): 6:08pm On Aug 06, 2012
[quote author=Rossikk]

I wasn't blaming the athletes either. I was blaming the poster. You say 'everything is crumbling' but I don't see 'everything crumbling'. I just see people like you claiming everything is crumbling while sat on your fat assses doing nothing to assist the country. Sports being one example. WHY ARE YOU not an Olympic athlete? You sit behind your computer expecting others to go and win medals for you and when they don't you say the country is crumbling. It is YOU that's crumbling. You and all those well fed middle class Nigerians who were raised to believe that sports is for paupers, and the underclass. Well guess what? The underclass lack your nutrition, strength and confidence to take on the world. It is the well fed middle classes, fed on beef, chicken and cornflakes all their lives that should be out there competing for gold on the world stage, and even working in sports administration, training etc, but no, after attending our elite secondary schools, we all abandoned sports (no matter how good we were at it) to become lawyers, doctors, engineers, IT specialists, and then when the dregs of society are left to be our sportsmen and officials, we moan about a ''crumbling country'' when they don't bring home the gold. But it is you that is crumbling, not Nigeria. Go back to your air-conditioned office. The mode of selection of the participant is corupt so most guys are kind of discouraged to go for it.
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by kutchs: 6:10pm On Aug 06, 2012
hok4u:
So make the whole 160 million people start to do sport or what did u mean by your post
No not allthe 160 shud go into sports but those who do shud be encouraged and not condemned. Those athletes gave their best even if it is not enof to win medals, instead of condemning and calling them names we shud encourage them to pick up the pieces of their lives after their losses. Mind u population does not guarantee olympic success otherwise India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico etc shud be competing for top spot with the US and China.

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Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by Beetwo(m): 6:14pm On Aug 06, 2012
Common people, why you disturbin your sef over notin? Have you all forgetten dat when it comes to sport, the only thin we are good at now is permutations? Of course our guys have dis at d back of their minds so they relaxed. Afterall, somebody will test positive and get stirp off their medal which will be awarded to us. If l lied checkout the last 2 olympiçs. Naija no dey carry last nah cheesy grin

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Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by NSNA: 6:17pm On Aug 06, 2012
Nigeria is bleeped! Start a new Nation.

Sad but true!
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by Nobody: 6:18pm On Aug 06, 2012
Rossikk: @poster, but I have one question, what differentiates all those athletes and medallists from you?? Do they have two heads? Is anything wrong with your arms or legs? You see this whole ideas of guys sitting down behind computers and castigating the rest of the country for not going out there and winning gold medals is the very problem we have. When will YOU take personal responsibility??
do u know what is Responsibility?the athletes choose to represent nigeria,so they are bound to perform.so the op is right,nigeria is a joke.which sports are we good @?
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by bright007(f): 6:20pm On Aug 06, 2012
After this tournament,the minister of sport will address d athletes and atlast he will say[b]We are going back to the drawing board[/b]Then I will ask"which drawing board?"

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Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by Freiburger(m): 6:29pm On Aug 06, 2012
@ topic. yes it is, anyone who watched the weightlifting competition yesterday wiil see how Maryam Usman was denied of the third place by her own group of coaches & psychologist, Why will the girl be sent on three attempts within a space of 8 minutes? while her Chinese, Russian and Armenian counterparts and winners were busy taking their time relaxing her muscles, the facT that the Nigerian girl has has broken world record during a normal training day dosen't mean her muscles will be ready for the job anyday. I don't really konw what these coaches got in their skulls.
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by Kobojunkie: 6:36pm On Aug 06, 2012
bright007: After this tournament,the minister of sport will address d athletes and atlast he will say[b]We are going back to the drawing board[/b]Then I will ask"which drawing board?"

ROFLMAO!! grin grin cheesy cheesy grin grin grin cheesy cheesy cheesy
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by ayojango(m): 6:41pm On Aug 06, 2012
BlackBaron: A damning indictment of the state of our country. Everything going downhill.

160 million and not a single medal.
.

This is just shocking the problem is that who is to blame and what is d way forward
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by Tolaaaaannni(f): 6:49pm On Aug 06, 2012
All i have to say is, E go betta!! grin

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Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by joaoche(f): 6:54pm On Aug 06, 2012
It all boils down to carelessness


Nigerians never take perfectionism serious, they are always satisfied with Mediocracy,



Manage Manage Manage
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by manmustwac(m): 7:02pm On Aug 06, 2012
Well if we end up with no medals then we have hit rock bottom. And the only way forward is up coz it can't get any worse than rock bottom grin

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Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by babyboy3(m): 7:12pm On Aug 06, 2012
Dede1:

Why would any reasonable fellow blame GEJ when, in fact, it was Nigeria’s despicable society that produced GEJ.

GEJ reaction after the 2010 world cup you would think, Nigeria would be close to winning the next world cup, they didnt even make it to next Nations cup. The Buck stops at the top, GEJ put people in charge of sport if they are not accontable to him then we have a problem!
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by babyboy3(m): 7:15pm On Aug 06, 2012
bright007: After this tournament,the minister of sport will address d athletes and atlast he will say[b]We are going back to the drawing board[/b]Then I will ask"which drawing board?"

Something they said after the Los Angeles summer games in 1984 (28 years ago)
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by TheDefender: 7:18pm On Aug 06, 2012
Am very suprise when some people are sayin why can't the OP go into sport. We all have our areas of specialisation and you can't expect 160 million to go into the olympics, tell me who will handle other aspects at home.
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by TheDefender: 7:22pm On Aug 06, 2012
Blame me if I flop in in my area of specialisation in an international competition and not asking others to join me. You can't expect a doctor to be good at sport and also a sport man to be good at medicine.
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by vanunu: 7:40pm On Aug 06, 2012
The reason why we are not performing is because we don't have school sports anymore. With school sports, you get the best sports men and women at a tender age. People like kanu, Mobi Chidi Imo Ajunwa, Rufina Uba, F Ogunkoya etc. all started from school sport.

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Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by Freiburger(m): 7:44pm On Aug 06, 2012
^^10Likes
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by ariy(m): 8:29pm On Aug 06, 2012
BlackBaron: A damning indictment of the state of our country. Everything going downhill.

160 million and not a single medal.
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by doublej1(m): 9:18pm On Aug 06, 2012
I want to ask you people a question. After all this usefull suggestions made by us, have you cared to analyze all of them or take into consideration the view of your fellow brother? Or you are feeling that anyone who has a view contrary to yours is a fool? If yes then you are the problem of the country. You say we are running democracy, what is democracy without people who can't come out to say something in one voice. I would keep saying this, the day we citizens of Nigeria can say yes in one voice, that will be the end of our problem.
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by bodejohn(m): 9:29pm On Aug 06, 2012
vanunu: The reason why we are not performing is because we don't have school sports anymore. With school sports, you get the best sports men and women at a tender age. People like kanu, Mobi Chidi Imo Ajunwa, Rufina Uba, F Ogunkoya etc. all started from school sport.

I am very pleased with your comment. When I was in secondary school, there were 3 sports that I took special interest in; crickets, but only my school played it in Ibadan and two more from Lagos, Gbobi and Kings' college. I also liked the game of hockey and my favourite was squash but I saw only once two of my teachers playing it to pass time.

Now my theories, I would have followed a career in one of the sports suppose there were better facilities and a conducive atmosphere to practice. Now as an engineer with a with a multinational company, I am only very good at explaining the game of cricket to my colleagues anytime the game is showed on the tv in our canteen.

Nigeria started attending the olympics since mid 1950s we have won only 23medals, Michael Phelps has only been to less than four Olympics but with 21medals. After his success in the last olympics, he said he used to swim for 10 to 12hours everyday. Where will you get that swimming pool in Nigeria, go to Liberty stadium in Ibadan there is even no water in the pool, only the hotels have pools that are maintained.

Our inputs will determine our output, if there are poor facilities, there will be poor results. Even if we all leave our jobs and start doing sports, we will come off worse if there are no proper planning, organisation and administration, enough of the noise our leaders make, let them demonstrate that they really care about their people. What will it cost each local government to have at least a sports' facility well equipped, well funded and with good trainers?

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Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by maigaskiya1: 9:33pm On Aug 06, 2012
Rossikk: @poster, but I have one question, what differentiates all those athletes and medallists from you?? Do they have two heads? Is anything wrong with your arms or legs? You see this whole ideas of guys sitting down behind computers and castigating the rest of the country for not going out there and winning gold medals is the very problem we have. When will YOU take personal responsibility??
nd yet ur lykes kep saying all is wel wit nija.no wahala na we dy sufr am
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by Nobody: 10:26pm On Aug 06, 2012
afam4eva:
While you're eating a nice meal, don't forget that millions of Nigerians can't afford to eat a 3-square meal despite the fact that we're blessed with ample natural resources.

Don't also forget that millions of Nigerians are living in fear as a result of the deadly boko haram second who have vowed to send more innocent people to the other side of the divide.

The problem with people like you is that you think that as long as you can afford 3_square meals, everyone else can go to hell with their whining.

These are the kinda problems that constitute this country. They call themselves nigérians bt they should be called problems.
They always generalise issues, and it is always the negative sides. I know there is a saying which says 'always look on the bright side', I wonder if nigerians ever learn.

Now you told us not to talk about rich nigerians and the middle class. But you are busy generalising that nigerians are suffering.

Check ur self out, are you suffering? Cos I'm not suffering, I look around me I see happy faces who look moderately comfortable and they dwell in comfortable apartments. So because a certain percentage of nigerians are in poverty, then I should keep saying nigerians are poor?
You know exactly what pains me? The fact that people like you can do something to improve it but all you do is keep complaining like a miracle will come from somewhere. Nigerians! Daft set of people (not all of them anyways)
Re: Our Olympic Performance, A Reflection Of The Nigerian Nation by wellmax(m): 10:26pm On Aug 06, 2012
The last time I checked, only 52 countries had won at least a medal at the London olympics out of over 150 countries. No be only we jare, we even try reach some finals. Team naija, abeg after crashing out, remember τ̅☺ do some shopping before coming back home.

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