0monnak0da: No he does not if he breaks the FIFA racism rules he will be sanctioned. Nigerians do not understand rules but they will pay the price. I remember our funny GEJ and his petulant reaction after the World Cup. Did he not fall in line in the end. This is not Lagos or Abuja where anything goes. I expect Keshi to deny those remarks or apologize do not be deceived

collynzo2: Another absolute trash! What is official about that document? It's just the OPINION of a British organisation. For the records Calabar is safer than London, a bomb has never gone off in Calabar, neither has a soldier been beheaded. Such useless documents have never been used in football.

collynzo2: The TV presenters interviewed him on phone, the youtube link is on this thread. He can't deny his voice and I support everthing he said. I've read the news on some Malawian sites and they agreed that Saintfiet is white and he should go back to Belgium after losing to Nigeria.

collynzo2: You are the one who doesn't understand rules, FIFA doesn't mix politics with football and that's what Saintfiet was trying to do. You said the man is winning but if 2 people are involved in a fight, the one who cries and goes to report is the loser. Keshi 3 Saintfiet 0

Nonybb: Keshi was right. Let the white dude go back to his white world and leave us africans alone. Go to ukraine, go to russia and see where the word "monkeys" are flying around like greeting yet no white is brought to book there. The Problem with africans is that we have inferiority complex while a white man has the superiority complex and until we show them that we are equally of a superior race then the problem of equality or less inferiority persist. Am proud that an african man is seen to be BETTER, we should be living in a Black man world not the other way round

ballabriggs:

If you and Keshi had any atom of common sense, you will know those travel advisories are official documents from credible diplomatic organisations and there is course to worry. What Keshi and the NFF should have simply done is to provide evidence to the contrary, it is common sense, an official and polite way of responding to such issues.

However, Keshi has shown how classless and ignorant he is as he has responded like a nairaland troll without common sense. He is not a nairaland troll. He is a leader, the manager of Nigeria's national team and it demands more responsibility and caution when he speaks or writes.

Muscomide: Shame on Keshi for shooting the messenger. The fact is that no place in the Nigeria of today can be said to be safe. Moreover, a coach of Keshi's standing should be better able to put his point across in a diplomatic way without coming across like a racist thug. We need to keep our house in order and not blame non Nigerians who perceive our country to be unsafe.

Ikenna94: d point keshi is tryin to make is dat african teams shud stop givin jobs to roadside foreign coaches

0monnak0da: It really is irrelevant whether you and your entire village support what he said. It is for FIFA to determine whether the remarks break their rules and to take appropriate action.FIFA does not operate like Nairaland or Nigeria.They have rules written in black and white and if a rule is broken sanctions follow. Simples

collynzo2: Then wait for them to decide and keep your useless opinions to yourself.

0monnak0da:
"The one who cries and goes to report is the loser" OK
He says he will report Keshi to FIFA so let us wait for that.
The only relevant fight here is the football game. That is what Nigerians are interested in.The Malawi coach knows his hand on the field is weak and so he is opening up another fight which Keshi should have ignored COMPLETELY and focussed on the game. Keshi has shown immaturity/inexperience by getting involved. If a dog barks is it right to join it in barking?

myOGAonTOP: The comment were not RACIST, they were RACIAL.
Racist is when you derogate about a colour, especially one which is not yours e.g a white dude calling ballotelli a 'frea..king neega' while racial is when an african american sees you on the streets of Lagos and hollers 'yo, sup ma nigga?'. Keshi simply called him what he is : 'a white man'. Its not derogatory. What a loser!

ballabriggs:

If you and Keshi had any atom of common sense, you will know those travel advisories are official documents from credible diplomatic organisations and there is course to worry. What Keshi and the NFF should have simply done is to provide evidence to the contrary, it is common sense, an official and polite way of responding to such issues.

However, Keshi has shown how classless and ignorant he is as he has responded like a nairaland troll without common sense. He is not a nairaland troll. He is a leader, the manager of Nigeria's national team and it demands more responsibility and caution when he speaks or writes.

ballabriggs:

If you and Keshi had any atom of common sense, you will know those travel advisories are official documents from credible diplomatic organisations and there is course to worry. What Keshi and the NFF should have simply done is to provide evidence to the contrary, it is common sense, an official and polite way of responding to such issues.

However, Keshi has shown how classless and ignorant he is as he has responded like a nairaland troll without common sense. He is not a nairaland troll. He is a leader, the manager of Nigeria's national team and it demands more responsibility and caution when he speaks or writes.

0monnak0da: This is a forum for sharing opinions if your father does not like it he knows what to drink

collynzo2: Those documents represent opinions not facts and there is nothing credible about them. If you had common sense, you would have known than NFF has already proven to FIFA that Calabar is safe that's why they said Malawi MUST honour the match in Calabar. That's evidence that FIFA doesn't recognise such useless documents, even mulitnational companies don't recognise them. No one does!

collynzo2: You just realised that? You didn't realise it when you said my opinion was irrelevant. You are now crying like Saintfiet hahaha

odehaj: GRAMMAR! If it was said the other way round you would have been shouting..RACISM,RACIST!!!Keshi should deal woith his problems..what is good fo the geese is also good fo the gander abi?

Muscomide: I am certain that majority of Keshi's critics are Nigerians in disapora, mostly In Europe and America. There is a certain awareness of norms of behaviour and tact which comes from living in the West. Untravelled NIgerians are unlikely to see anything wrong in Keshi's behaviour and words. I guess the folks in Nigeria defending Keshi's utterances have not actually bothered to listen to the audio and video recording of the interview due to the phone charges that will be incurred. Our country would be transformed for the better if more of our people are exposed to the norms of behaviour, the restraint and tact that obtains in most advanced societies. Keshi needs to engage his brain before opening his mouth or risk bringing ridicule not only on himself and his position, but on Nigeria as a whole. Enough of this mediocrity in our national life.

I think the problem was created by our government not sending a message to this white dude not to make silly remarks. Can he make these remarks against Egypt and Tunisia? If leaving overseas condones someone insulting another persons home country, I wonder how a wildly travelled person like coach Keshi can see the white dude's remarks as insulting.

EatmyShorts:

Look at this ignoramus. Why did you leave out part of his statement? Keshi told him to go back to Belgium, that's racist. If a white man tells you to leave his country and go back to Africa won't you call him racist? Fool!

dos-santos:


stop being a clown, calabar is a safe place for everybody safer than many cities in europe & US. if london is so safe why did they budgeted hundreds of millions of pounds for security when hosting d last olympic. dat white dude was only trying to ridicul nigeria as a nation, let him go backk to holand ASAP else i go send kidnappers from asaba to calabar to go waylay am!

vladimiros: KESHI PLAYED IN BELGIUM

FOR ANDERLECHT

TOM IS WASTING HIS TIME

collynzo2: Another absolute trash! What is official about that document? It's just the OPINION of a British organisation. For the records Calabar is safer than London, a bomb has never gone off in Calabar, neither has a soldier been beheaded. Such useless documents have never been used in football.

Kairoseki77: Calling someone a white dude is not racism.

Throwing mayonnaise at white players, like they throw bananas at us, would be racist.

ballabriggs:

Like I said, common sense is not expected from a nairaland troll. It is an official advisory from a reputable diplomatic source, it is not compelling to take the contents serious. However, he has chosen to take the warnings contained in the document serious. What are you going to do if not present an official position to counter the warnings in the document. That is common sense, an official way of responding to issues, it is leadership behaviour expected from the manager of a national team. He is not expected to be at the same level of your thought. You are a troll, you hardly have any relevance in real life.

sweetponmo: Keshi, you are a clandestine racist. Please apologize to the Malawi coach... You would not want the world to further compound the problems of Nigerians by labelling us racists.

odehaj: GRAMMAR! If it was said the other way round you would have been shouting..RACISM,RACIST!!!Keshi should deal woith his problems..what is good fo the geese is also good fo the gander abi?