abatically:

Suarez is a single player from Uruguayan team. Zuniga's challenge is part of what we see in football everyday. It is a different thing entirely when a whole team fights for money and boycott training and threaten to boycott a match. Jeez Ghana even flew $3 million cash to Brazil. What a disgrace.

Rossikki: SORRY, BUT ON NL, IF YOU TYPE RUBBISH, NOBODY SEEKS YOUR PERMISSION BEFORE PUTTING YOU STRAIGHT.

Now for the last time, do NOT ever say ''racism wasn't involved because Matuidi was black!''

DAMN IDIATTT!!!!

thegoodjoehunt: It is a one time event. It is not a regular occurrence. By the way, if the African teams are so irrelevant, why can't they just ban us? Why were we invited in the first place.

I do not even get how flying money in cash to the Ghanaian team was a bigger disgrace than the Suarez incident.

Note Suarez was investigated and Zuniga is also being investigated for incidents on the pitch in front of cameras.

abatically:

Dude, having a few African players here and there doesn't mean they are top talents. Pls can u name 5 current African players that are genuine world class. Don't include done players like etoo and drogba.

tuffgongjo: u have a point

abatically:

Dude, having a few African players here and there doesn't mean they are top talents. Pls can u name 5 current African players that are genuine world class. Don't include done players like etoo and drogba.

thegoodjoehunt: Tell me who in then list is not top class. As I said, many teams all over Europe buy African players.

Someone like you would never consider James Rodriguez world class till you saw him at the World Cup. I did. Just as I consider Fernando that Man City is about to sign World Class.

So a player like Aurier.

So now you have shifted from no talents in Africa to World class. I guess you agree that Africa has talents.

thegoodjoehunt: It is not few African players. They are plenty scattered all over Europe.

Many rising stars are in Europe too. Man City got them, Arsenal, Barca and other clubs hunt for African talents. Chelsea got many too. So quit your talk. Africa got footballing talents.

abatically:

You mean players with flashes of potential that these teams buy and later sell them to some lower clubs when they find out they can't improve on their potentials? How many of these Africans in man city arsenal or Chelsea academy actually graduate to the first team?

Rossikki:

Africa still has many potential Okochas, Kanus and Weahs around. The main problem with why they are not coming to the fore much these days is that European managers have devised a racist stereotype of who their typical African footballer must be. These days he must be ''big, strong'' or ''with pace''. He must be a brute, not a thinker like Okocha or Kanu. He must act as a defensive shield, or otherwise a ''powerful strong'' guy up front there to overpower opponents with his brute strength.

So any African player who does not meet these criteria is generally shunned by the ''top European clubs''. Look at Mikel. He was a skilful attacking midfielder on his way to becoming the next Okocha. Voted 2nd to Messi in talent at the 2005 FIFA Under 20 World Cup. Mourinho didn't want that. He wanted a new version of Makalele instead. Mikel turned from smart alec to thoughtless brute. This is why we need to develop and empower at least 5 or 6 African leagues so that they can become the base of our far more diversified talent pool.

thegoodjoehunt: So because Mata did not graduate to Real Madrid's first team, heis not a real talent?

We have produced many great African players through time. More will rise. It is funny you continue with this argument. It holds no water. Africa produces great talents the World marvel at. You watched what Musa did to the Argentines. Or Ambrose bombarding through the French midfield. Onazi had to be injured to crest room for the French.

KANU was once listed among the top 10 players in the World. Drogba, Eto'o, Adebayor, Ikpeba have all picked up Golden boots in top leagues.

Aiyegbeni once had the highest aggregate goals in 5 years in the EPL. Finidi George was once the best winger in Europe. Abedi Pele was among the best players in the World.

Africa produces great talents. They will keep on producing talents.

abatically:

The kanu's? If u read my last comments I said Africa are producing less talents compared to the past. U are calling abedi pele, finidi George, drogba and etoo. I'm talking current, not past. The rate at which we produce talents is diminishing compared to the past. For example, Nigeria has not produced a single world class player since kanu nwankwo.

thegoodjoehunt: The fact is that your statement that Africa has no real talent is wrong and baseless.

We keep on producing amazing talents and more will come.

abatically:

My statement is very valid. So u agreed there was no real show of talent at AFCON 2013? When I said Africa has no real talent, it came with a little bit of sarcasm. It doesn't mean Africa has no talent at all.. but it is way way lower than what we see in European and South American tournaments. We only see flashes of amazing African talents at a very low pace. Like one African talent to 30 European and South American talents. The last AFCON says a lot, very boring and one dimensional, I couldn't even pick out ONE player with the brains of Iniesta, Xavi, Mata, Messi, Aguero, Suarez (when he behaves), Robben, Kroos, Rooney, Neymar, Reus, Ozil, Koke, etc. Even Yaya Toure that was supposed to stand out was screwed by his entire team. Africans so much believe in brute force and speed which is really affecting us. Football has changed from the days of long balls and giving the ball to wingers who use speed to get past opponents and cross into the box. A good example is our own Emenike. Powerful and fast player but lacks technical abilities required in modern football.

abatically: It has been confirmed that Zuniga is not facing any punishment for his challenge on Neymar. We can all shut up now, move on and improve our football.

thegoodjoehunt: So Mikel, Moniker and Onoabona were not real talents? What about the revelation of Onerous and Mba.

Pigtails was amazing. Asamoah Meadow was fantastic. What of Damask Mubarak who was so special in the AFCON.

Please I never and would never say no real talents in Africa. Even the CHAN showed a lot of talents.

By the way, did you follow the break through of Azeez at Almeria? Middleborough rates Omeruo very highly.

abatically:

You call oboabona, MBA, mikel, Mubarak, azeez real talents? They are all average players at best. If these are the best Africans can produce then my point that we have no real talents is valid. Compare them with messi, Ronaldo, ibrahimovic, thiago Silva, ozil, David silva, Tony krooos, Thomas Muller,Gareth bale, koke, Rooney, van persie, Suarez, etc. These are real talents . Even Raheem sterling at 19 has more footballing brains than those players u listed.

abatically:

Aside yaya toure, how many African players are playing top football. How many African players are in the first eleven of top football clubs? Real Madrid zero. Chelsea zero ( Mikel is a squad player, moses so bad they loaned him out), even arsenal that likes to buy cheap players don't have an African in their first eleven. Barcelona too, burussia Dortmund have only aubameyang, Bayern Munich have none (pls don't tell me alaba because he is not African anymore), Manchester united have non, Liverpool have none, PSG , atletico Madrid all have no Africans on their first eleven. So where are the talents?

thegoodjoehunt: Tandem Sterling can never have more footballing brains than Mikel. Mikel is nothing short of a genius.

Watch this clip again. What of Asamoah Kwadwo, will you put Raheem Sterling above him?

Azeez and co. have to struggle out to prove their wotprth. He was one of the break through talents in Spain. He saved the club from relegation.

Drop Toni Kroons in Almeda and let us see him flourish.

Watch this clip of Mikel and tell me Tandem Sterling have more brains.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbXYIq4U4TY

blasterman:

U have to understand that in those countries where we have the top football clubs like Spain, Italy, UK, Germany they prefer to use their country men and give them enough playing time thus they eventually have more experience than you. So for an african or whatever to be playing in those club he has to be extra ordinary as in better than the white guys by far not close by far.

blasterman:
Lets say Brasilians how many brasilans are playing in La Liga many right. That is because BRasilian footballer are exceptional because they start from beach soccer. Nigerian footballers really more on physical strength, we rarely only once in a long time before we see a
Kanu, Okocha ,Findi or Ikepba even Mikel in early days

diamond4life: when people succeed they praise themselves, but when they fail they blame others, what is fifa's fault in enyeama's mistake, or yobo's own goal, or cote divoire's failure to play very well and secure just a point against greece, or cameroun's indiscipline when a player even headbutt his team mate, or lack of world class talents that make this african teams fail.

omar22:


Exactly!!!!

I could remember the 88th minute against Italy during the 1994 world cup, 2 minutes to go plus injury time and guess what Augustin Eguavon wanted to nutmeg an Italian player at the edge of the penalty box, the ball was won and squared to Baggio who needed no invitation to inflict damage on us. Gianfranco Zola got a red card for something so petty and at worst a Yellow card but he got a Red, The Nigerian player rolling on the floor as if he was shot by a canon. Talking about injustice.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GVZs3IuDh8


In Okocha turned the 2nd round game into a one man show, the officials said no allowance since the President is dead.

abatically:

Dude, YouTube videos will make even Wilfred zaha or Bebe look like a world class. Raheem sterling is 19, Mikel obi is probably 35 with more experience. Mikel's age is fast catching up on him hence the poor showing at the world cup.

Watch Raheem Sterling... not yet a world class but this video makes him look like one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLBM1kMMOiE

Now watch bebe, a big time flop but youtube makes him look good.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1DugjIXD_8

diamond4life: when people succeed they praise themselves, but when they fail they blame others, what is fifa's fault in enyeama's mistake, or yobo's own goal, or cote divoire's failure to play very well and secure just a point against greece, or cameroun's indiscipline when a player even headbutt his team mate, or lack of world class talents that make this african teams fail.

thegoodjoehunt: We are talking of a possible intentional leg break which Maradona described as worse than Suarez bite. Fifcvestigated a case Maradona considers lesser. So we are asking why are they not investigating Onazi's case and give him the treatment they gave Neymar and Chilliness.

Super Eagles midfielder, John Mikel Obi, said a yellow card was the fair punishment for Blaise Matuidi for his tackle on Ogenyi Onazi.

The Frenchman’s ill-timed challenge left the Nigerian midfielder with a fractured ankle, which required a cast and is expected to keep him out of action for at least six weeks.

Nigeria midfielder Ogenyi Onazi has accepted an apology from France midfielder Blaise Matuidi for the horror tackle in Monday’s Round of 16 World Cup match in Brazilia.

The Lazio midfielder, who was stretchered off after the shocking challenge and suffered a double fracture on his leg, said he has forgiven the Frenchman via his official twitter account.

omar22:

Now we should take the words of Maradona as Gospel

thegoodjoehunt: There was a possible intent to hurt Neymar by Zuniga and Fifa investigated it. Same with Suarez and Chiellini's case. All we are saying is that Fifa should stop the discrimination and do the same for Onazi. Leave all the other talks. Haba.

omar22:

The ref dealt with Onazi case so FIFA cannot do anything about it, Naymar was a case of the whole of Brazil who cried foul but in the end FIFA threw it out, Suarez case the ref didnt see it thats why it went for a video review.

thegoodjoehunt: We are talking of a possible intentional leg break which Maradona described as worse than Suarez bite. Fifcvestigated a case Maradona considers lesser. So we are asking why are they not investigating Onazi's case and give him the treatment they gave Neymar and Chilliness.