shymexx:

Am I the only one who says "shalom" on nairaland? Just because I started it, and a few people are jocking me, that doesn't mean everyone who says "shalom" is shymexx.

I never quoted you, and that ain't me.

Fulaman198:

Is that you Shymmex ? The Shalom kind of gives you away bro.

Why can't I just call for Mr. Immortality instead. I still feel young and look young, I don't mind aging (part of the reason I don't want to age is because I have not experienced what is called women in my life) so I want to remain young to potentially attract women I have never had (long story for another discussion).

nonjebose: Why Rodriguez and not Sterling or iniesta?

Barywhyte:

You mean you never had sex all your life? Bro dont waste away. Go hv one right now. It makes healthy men healthier. By d way am not Shymmes. My name is Whyte

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?

Rossikki:

Why are you responding to that Uncle Tom oyibo asss kisser? His profession is kissing white assss. Left to him the slave trade will still be going on today. I suggest you ignore the wastrel.

abatically:

At least I talk reality, I don't live in fantasy like u. You lots view things from one angle only, if u think deep u will find truth in what I wrote. Again, what I wrote is for the intellects, not for myopic minds like u.

Fulaman198:

I know quite a bit about Nigerian football, though I don't like to brag about it. I also know why Nigerian football is not progressing. You can't honestly tell me with a straight face that someone in their late 30s or early 40s can run as fast as Musa or Emenike or have the dribbling prowess of Efe Ambrose, or have the skill and strength of Oshiniwa....Or have the endurance of Onazi. None of those players look past 35. They all look late 20s to early 30s to me.

abatically: WHY AFRICA MUST IMPROVE THEIR FOOTBALL INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING AND LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME

You guys are quick to blame FIFA for Africa's failure, but fail to tackle the main reason Africa can't win the world cup. The number one reason why we can't win the world cup yet is INDISCIPLINE.

Of the five African teams which qualified to play in the World Cup, three were involved in pay scandals. Players from Cameroon got their protest in before the tournament had even started. They refused to board a plane to Brazil following an argument over money, delaying their arrival by almost a day. Next, Ghana made a laughing stock of itself when it flew $3m in cash to Brazil to avert a match boycott by players demanding their appearance fees. Finally, Nigeria’s Super Eagles cancelled a training session ahead of the crucial knockout round in protest over bonus payments. Presidential intervention was required to settle that argument.

It got worse from there. Ghana’s team fell apart only hours after its cash arrived. Two of its players were sent home, one for an alleged “unprovoked physical attack” on a Football Association (FA) official, and one for reportedly swearing at his coach. Then there were the match-fixing allegations. Cameroon’s football federation says it is investigating claims that seven “bad apples” on its team were involved in fixing the results of games.

Just take a look at this.



Now u talk about FIFA favoring other countries?

A lot of decisions went Africa's way but I will only list a few.

1. Mexico vs Cameroun: Giovani Dos Santos scored 2 legitimate goals that were wrongly ruled out for offside. If that was against an African country it would have been a case study by now. But Mexico moved on, while Africans are still complaining.





2. Mexico vs Cameroun: Giovani Dos Santo's stone wall penalty that wasn't given. Again if that was against an African country we all would be crying by now and blaming FIFA.

3. Mexico vs Cameroun: Alex Song's 2 footed tackle on Dos Santos. Definite red card offence, he didn't even go for the ball. But guess what, he didn't get red. In the match report it stated that Song was lucky not to see red, but if that happened to an African player we all will be saying racism, fifa hates us, bla bla bla just like the case of Matuidi who was lucky not to see red just like Song, but Nigerians always look for someone to blame, so we blame FIFA.

[img]http://www.thenational.ae/storyimage/AB/20140613/GALLERY/140619565/EP/1/5/EP-140619565.jpg&MaxW=558&imageVersion=default[/img]

4. Nigeria vs Bosnia: Edin Dzeko's legitimate goal that was ruled out for offside. Now nobody talks about this anymore, but u guys forgot if this goal had stood, we probably wouldn't have made it into the second round. If that was a Nigerian goal, I'm sure hundreds of threads would have been opened describing how FIFA didn't want us to get into the second round.



You talk about Matuidi's tackle on Onazi?
Yes its a bad tackle, but this thing happens in football. Onazi is not the first player to suffer a bad tackle in the world cup, so why the whinning? Again simple tactic by the French coach. Take out Onazi and Matuidi did this

[img]http://playtheadvantage.files./2014/06/858741269.gif?w=860[/img]

Now ask an African player to take out a player and he did this



The difference between the 2? One went for the ball and missed, 50/50 situation depending on how the ref sees it. The other took out the player blatantly without the ball which leaves the ref with no option than give a red card.

Until we sort out our discipline problems and improve our academies, stop age cheating.. we will never win the world cup. Africa lack real talents when it comes to the big stage. We thrive in youth tournaments because we use over aged players. When it is time for these players to get into the national team, they would be too old and past their best and that is why we Bleep up at the highest level.

shymexx:

Yes, he looks young. Don't let West Brom fans catch you abusing that guy - they love him to death. You need to see how they used to shout his name everywhere.

Victor Moses' real age should be around my age. All those other guys are my age-mates...we all grew up in Peckham together.

Missy89:

like i said u clearly don't know much about local naija football. you can believe what you want to believe and keep deceiving yourself thou. late 20s my foot! most of them have played in Nigeria for 4-5 years. you think it is easy to even get into a reserve team in the Nigerian league if you are that young? most Glo premiership team's feeder team as they call them have 21-25 players in their under 17s.

Missy89:
yeah moses and peter were lucky and they started the youth development abroad so their ages cant be too far off. but those that started in Naija have to jump throu many hoops before breaking into limelight. only very few are lucky.

most of this "22" year olds have kids that are 10 year old already.

Emmysteve: I never believed the saying that an African country can never win the world cup until i witnessed the recent showing of Fifa double standard policies. Even the appointment of match officials are done in such a way that it would favor a particular country. All what is done in the field of play has already been arranged before the kickoff.

To drive in my point is the case of Super eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi who was intentionally kicked in the angle by french player Matuidi which automatically send him out of play from 6 to 7 months, a replay showed Matuidi going after Onazi's leg instead of the ball.
Despites calls by many football legends including Maradona that Matuidi should be sanctioned, instead FIFA claimed that nothing is wrong with the tackle.

The following week, player Neymar jr, sustained injury from zuniga knee tackle that send him out for 6 to 8 weeks... Fifa to investigate Zuniga kneel tackle.

Isn't these two actions of racism too glaring? in other words, an African leg is breakable but white man's leg is untouchable. Kai Fifa please Fear God!!!

The hand writing is clearly written on the wall by Fifa that Africa can only try but can't never win the world cup. It's time Africa unite and protest against Fifa's injustice. AFRICA MUST BOYCOTT THE NEXT FIFA WORLD CUP TO REGISTER OUR DISPLEASURE. enough is Enough

Fulaman198:

Do you honestly believe that someone in their late 30s or early 40s would possess as much stamina and strength as Nigerian players? I highly doubt it.

BluIvy:

Really? Source pleas. And by the way the age issue is still majorly a Nigeria issue. Stop cheating so you can be applauded when making a complaint. Or just live with it.

Missy89:

The last time i was in Nigeria i was watching yekini play before he was still alive then (obviously). he was still fast and agile like a 29 year old and u wouldn't know he is that old. go and watch the Nigerian premiership live or visit one of their camps and tell me what you think. you would probably be the youngest person in there. black athletes are well known for their stamina and strength and that doesn't mean that they are young. i am even surprised you are debating this. it is an open secret

Fulaman198:

Football is a young man's sport that is why most people save Goalie/Goal Keeper don't play past 30/31 often. Most people reach their prime in football between the ages of 24 and 28, then after that go downhill. Few people start their professional careers at age 17. Football requires a lot of energy and stamina. Also since you mentioned Yekini, may he rest in peace.

thegoodjoehunt: Yaya Toure: 'African teams unfairly treated at World Cup'

The 31-year-old believes that the decision which led to that spot kick was only one of several which went against Ivory Coast throughout the tournament, but feels that these "scandals" do not bother anyone because of Africa's stature in the world game.

"I desperately wanted the referee to spot the simulation of Samaras," Toure told France Football.

"Once again, the refereeing was not on our side. We had at least two penalties turned down during our game against Japan. This time, one is invented against Greece.

"Of course, it does not upset anyone because it only concerns an African team. Who really cares about the injustices of an African team? This mistake deprives us of something huge. It is a scandal that unfortunately does not seem to bother many people."
http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/ivory-coast/world-cup/news/toure-african-teams-unfairly-treated_162927.html

abatically: WHY AFRICA MUST IMPROVE THEIR FOOTBALL INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING AND LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME

You guys are quick to blame FIFA for Africa's failure, but fail to tackle the main reason Africa can't win the world cup. The number one reason why we can't win the world cup yet is INDISCIPLINE.

Of the five African teams which qualified to play in the World Cup, three were involved in pay scandals. Players from Cameroon got their protest in before the tournament had even started. They refused to board a plane to Brazil following an argument over money, delaying their arrival by almost a day. Next, Ghana made a laughing stock of itself when it flew $3m in cash to Brazil to avert a match boycott by players demanding their appearance fees. Finally, Nigeria’s Super Eagles cancelled a training session ahead of the crucial knockout round in protest over bonus payments. Presidential intervention was required to settle that argument.

It got worse from there. Ghana’s team fell apart only hours after its cash arrived. Two of its players were sent home, one for an alleged “unprovoked physical attack” on a Football Association (FA) official, and one for reportedly swearing at his coach. Then there were the match-fixing allegations. Cameroon’s football federation says it is investigating claims that seven “bad apples” on its team were involved in fixing the results of games.

Just take a look at this.



Now u talk about FIFA favoring other countries?

A lot of decisions went Africa's way but I will only list a few.

1. Mexico vs Cameroun: Giovani Dos Santos scored 2 legitimate goals that were wrongly ruled out for offside. If that was against an African country it would have been a case study by now. But Mexico moved on, while Africans are still complaining.





2. Mexico vs Cameroun: Giovani Dos Santo's stone wall penalty that wasn't given. Again if that was against an African country we all would be crying by now and blaming FIFA.

3. Mexico vs Cameroun: Alex Song's 2 footed tackle on Dos Santos. Definite red card offence, he didn't even go for the ball. But guess what, he didn't get red. In the match report it stated that Song was lucky not to see red, but if that happened to an African player we all will be saying racism, fifa hates us, bla bla bla just like the case of Matuidi who was lucky not to see red just like Song, but Nigerians always look for someone to blame, so we blame FIFA.

[img]http://www.thenational.ae/storyimage/AB/20140613/GALLERY/140619565/EP/1/5/EP-140619565.jpg&MaxW=558&imageVersion=default[/img]

4. Nigeria vs Bosnia: Edin Dzeko's legitimate goal that was ruled out for offside. Now nobody talks about this anymore, but u guys forgot if this goal had stood, we probably wouldn't have made it into the second round. If that was a Nigerian goal, I'm sure hundreds of threads would have been opened describing how FIFA didn't want us to get into the second round.



You talk about Matuidi's tackle on Onazi?
Yes its a bad tackle, but this thing happens in football. Onazi is not the first player to suffer a bad tackle in the world cup, so why the whinning? Again simple tactic by the French coach. Take out Onazi and Matuidi did this

[img]http://playtheadvantage.files./2014/06/858741269.gif?w=860[/img]

Now ask an African player to take out a player and he did this



The difference between the 2? One went for the ball and missed, 50/50 situation depending on how the ref sees it. The other took out the player blatantly without the ball which leaves the ref with no option than give a red card.

Until we sort out our discipline problems and improve our academies, stop age cheating.. we will never win the world cup. Africa lack real talents when it comes to the big stage. We thrive in youth tournaments because we use over aged players. When it is time for these players to get into the national team, they would be too old and past their best and that is why we Bleep up at the highest level.

CAMNEWTON4PRES: Yet no one will criticize south America or Brazil for this poor performance, apparently only African teams, are tob judged according to their bad games ....#inferiority complex

SA slots should b reduced

Fulaman198:

That is because a lot of these Nigerians/blacks in this thread defending European racism and FIFA bigotry are nothing more than slaves and bottoms. I rest my case. Africans can critique/criticise themselves when it comes to Master watch them stoop with knee and bow like a bunch of submissive slaves. I'm done watching the game with Germany vs. Brazil. Good job Ghana for doing so well against Germany and almost beating them, you are the only team to score on Germany this World Cup.

Fulaman198:
That is because a lot of these Nigerians/blacks in this thread defending European racism and FIFA bigotry are nothing more than slaves and bottoms. I rest my case. Africans can critique/criticise themselves when it comes to Master watch them stoop with knee and bow like a bunch of submissive slaves. I'm done watching the game with Germany vs. Brazil. Good job Ghana for doing so well against Germany and almost beating them, you are the only team to score on Germany this World Cup.

Litmus:

What makes you think they're all blacks or Nigerians ? Do you have special equipment enabling you to determine the true identity of posters ?

Fulaman198:

So now it is about my ethnic group? Keep being the white man's slave. I bet you would be kissing the nyash of white people..At least we Fulani don't do that. So were you taught to be a sub and a bottom to whites? At least I know Fulani people don't bow down to no one.