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goldfish80:
Granted, Zaha is better than Chamberlain. How about Andros Townsend who was playing for relegated New Castle getting to the team ahead of Zaha? You avoided that one.


Owen Hargreaves was always a starter for Bayern Munich whenever he was fit but guys like Scott Parker and Nicki Butt were given a chance ahead of him.

Mikel Arteta qualifies for naturalisation having spent 10+ years in the UK. It wasn't just world cup he would have played for them. He would have played qualifiers and Euros too for them. And his services would have helped England immensely if he was called up.
Justapose Mikel Arteta's case with Diego Costa who got to Spain in his 20's from Brazil,yet the Spaniards didn't hold back in getting him to play for them.
How about Marcus Senna?
When David James was fumbling, the former Arsenal goalkeeper was mutted to be interested in repping England, what later came out of that? Nothing. Instead England took one of their own Robinson and it was howlers upon howlers which cost them an Euros ticket to Croatia.
I can go on and on.... But let me stop.

When in France, there's nutted discrimination against players of Muslim North African heritage. Google about Laurent Blanc's discrimination case which almost cost him his job. Its almost unbelievable a guy like Ben Yedder is yet to be capped. Why do you think Algeria and the likes have it easy getting their French born players to rep them?
Belive it or not, their is racism and discrimination in football. Its not all cut and dry. A lot of sh!t goes behind the scenes.

Arteta wasn't qualified to play for England, according to the old FIFA rule because he didn't hold a British passport when he represented Spain in the youth competitions.
Diego Costa was fully qualified to play for Spain according to present FIFA rules.
Even Costa attracted mixed opinions.
It's not the same thing when you are an older player.
Some must feel you are an opportunist.

Has all these discrimination stopped France from parading an even 'blacker' team than some African nations?
Aren't the rest of them Arab Muslims?

There will always be racist bigots anywhere.

Many always said an African guy would never stand a chance with England, but the truth is most of them were never good enough.
Agbolanhor, and the likes.

Dele Alli has proven you guys wrong!

Germany is a more racist country, but some of their biggest players are Arabs and Africans

TheGoodJoe:

“Himself (Balotelli), has started realising he made a big mistake playing for the Italian National Team and he has told friends about it”, Barwuah told GazzettaGhana.

“He is not being treated well, true they don’t show him the love he deserves for his great talent and skill. I think that all he gets is abuse, especially from the media here and that is because he is black”.

“They don’t like him and it started from the beginning, they didn’t want to see a black boy like himself taking glory of the Italian National Team.”
http://peacefmonline.com/pages/sports/soccer/201604/275998.php

Ballotelli is talking rubbish.

before Nice, when last did he play well enough to deserve a call up?

TheGoodJoe:
I do not think or agree Balotelli was loved that much. He suffered racist jabs a lot in Italy.

Ballotelli was loved!
You can't rule out a few racist idiots in Italy, but considering the extent of his acceptance in a racist nation like Italy, that guy was loved!

Nihilist. How many total league apps Mikel get for Chelsea sef?
72 in 7 years?

goldfish80:
First of all, discrimination is real. That is an established fact even among native English people.

Wes Morgan of last season was better than any defender England took took to the Euros. He started turning out for Raggae boys not so long ago after waiting in vain for an English call up.
Wilfred Zaha is absolutely better than Chamberlain and Andros Townsend. where is he now?

Alot of dust was kicked up when England tried getting Jack Greilish (spelling) to commit his future to them. Phrases like England for English kept popping up from everywhere.
Mikel Arteta was open to playing for England, a lot of people were up in arms, saying their national team will no longer be their national team if Arteta was capped.
Owen Hargreaves didn't get the recognition he deserved in his prime years at Bayern Munich because he was born in Canada. Apparently they didn't find him English enough due to his Canadian connection.

Discrimination is real in professional sports, as simple as that.

I would say favouritism, not even discrimination.
Tevez didn't get a look for several years in the Argentine national team despite his ridiculously obvious talent, while lesser players had a shot at a spot.

Zaha is better than Ox, but he plays in lowly crystal palace?
You think reputation of clubs don't matter?
I can bet Zaha would have been an auto starter if he was a starting player for Man United.

I am not even sure who Jack Greilish is

Mikel Arteta was also left out by Spain for several years, even when he was some stunning form, he never was given a look.
Arteta wasn't accepted with open arms by some because his case was a unique one sort of.
A player who saw England as a chance to go to the world cup despite having not participated at the qualifiers.
Some People must have seen him as an opportunist, because that's what I saw him as also.
I also remember he couldn't play for England at the end because a certain FIFA rule at that time disqualified him from representing England.

Owen Hargreaves didn't get a Hero status in England because he started out from Germany.
Messi is worshipped in Spain, but despised by many in Argentina for the same reason.
Is Dele Alli more of an Englishman than Hargreaves is?
Everyone loves Dele, and he's certainly not white!


I stopped believing in all these discrimination crap when Ballotelli became a starter for Italy; a very much racist country.
Ballotelli was loved by everyone. The only reason he fell out of the national team is his stupidity.
Ballotelli benched promising strikers and had praises sang of him.


Eto'o, Drogba, Yaya Toure all show us that "if you're good enough, you're good enough".


I had to reply this night even though I'm sleepy, cause I might not remember to do so in the morning.

goldfish80:
Any player who don't know this, is not intelligent. Come on this is 2017.

This is rubbish!
If you're good you're good!

You people can't even point to one quality black player that has been affected by this!

choix007:
I like it dark

which theme is this?

it's no more 5k per day?

It's dishonourable to say RIP to a living person OP.

I can feel your pain though.
was about to ask for the account number for donations when I saw you had given up already.

I am so sad!

AntiWailer:
Lol

Na dem

They have started the theory

Can he bench Jesus or Aguero ?

Simple question for racist Nigerians!

Funlordmaniac:
Yes oh....elections turned some of them into mad people! As if the politicians even send them...now its mostly battles between ipob touts and afonjeezys, wailers and zombies or pro buhari and anti buhari supporters! By 2019 it will get hot again!

That section is funny... its good comic relief for me and a lot of other people though and sometimes I enjoy debating with some fellow politicos there who are quite knowledgeable!

Afonjeezys?

At this point in my life, I'd easily live with iPhone's restrictive nature as I don't explore anymore.
I just use apps and browse.
I actually hate how apps interact with each other too carelessly on Android.

But For most people, Android is just better for flexibility.
Your phone can do almost anything!

Very solid app for its purpose, which is streaming African songs.

Adeyeye09:
i was expecting dis kind of reply...sickness has a way of leaving a temporary or permanent change in ones outlook. She is definitely a joyful person....u dnt expect her to be shining teeth every time

I don't know if she's unhappy or not. I was just curious to know if you meant she was not cheerful because of an illness which happened years ago.

A defeated ailment is certainly not enough to make one less cheerful, as long as it doesn't leave one with any disability or financial leanness.

Image123:
So she should be smiling sheepishly or looking frivolous before you consider her as happy? She's not alive for you sorry, find how to accomplish 1% of what she's done in her short christian life instead of criticism.

I'm ashamed of you?
You mean you've learnt nothing in Christianity to be this judgemental?
I asked a simple question and you reply with a pile of hateful bile.

You are so insecure that everything seems like criticism to you.

Adeyeye09:
if only u know wat that woman has been through, u won't say what u said. Read her book, rescued from destruction nd u will understand.

She's always unhappy because she nearly died from illness?

What's the point of uploading your pictures on an important thread?

Well, some schools accept old WAEC results.
schools like UI.
What these idiots have done is unpardonably wicked.

Odunharry:
Martial benched again

I might soon stop watching this nonsense. Wetin Rashford dey play sef?

I guess Rashford played like Pele last game to have cemented his starting role again

Nonsense!!!

stylochime:
dat dude postin comparisons shuld knw dat in d end its nt overall stats dat seperates d men frm d boyz its dos rare moments whn u rise above standard nd do d extraordinary. dats y d fans will cntinue to criticise him. its nt d many gud tins he dos dat we see its d few errors nd mistakes nd missed chances ( wich in dis case happen to be many) dat we see. personally, i lyk Pogba nd i see so much promise in him bt to b d best u must learn to step up in dos moments.

If his chances are converted, he would receive more acclaim, so I don't get your point.
Do those legendary midfielders rise above the standard by scoring tons of goals or playmaking and supplying key passes?

Oasis007:
"Football has changed in the three years since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. This is the new football.

"Do you think I can go to Tottenham and buy two players to kill Tottenham? I can't. I cannot go to Arsenal and buy their two best players, or go to Chelsea and bring two of the players that I love very, very much. That time is over."

- Jose Mourinho

It's true though. You can't just walk into spurs and pick Eriksen or Alli easily.
most teams have money now, so you have to work more to get quality players, unlike when you'd spot them at almost any club outside the Big four and get them easily.
Now you'd have to break transfer records almost every time to do that.

These days, all I do is browse!
Watch some movies.

Spy360:
Donbisili

Morgan and Cabaye are more useless than Coquelin.

His failure was due to the brute strength in Chelsea's midfield.

Who can cope with Matic and Kante? They both have power + pace.

Matic that people used to call a tree?

chrisley024:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guGR6r8wBAY

Nice track DJ.
Just finished watching.

Finally Hazard>Sanchez

Pogba vs Eriksen

More coming up after church.

Pogba vs Alli

Be the judge.
Pogba vs others coming soon.

That was a clear foul!

Also, their banks have no fences or security doors.

Still surprises me till date.

Chai see the way you approached that lady Sha.
As you smart reach, you no get the liver.

Congrats bro.

powerblaze:
Its unfortunate he chose Manchester City. This guy was an amazing No. 10! They turned him into an all out striker, which is not his strength. He is a David Silva, a creative forward, not an Aguero.

He seems technically limited to play the no 10 role.

robosky02:
I think he is been grossly underrated cos of his skin colour

Yaya toure, Aubameyang, Pogba are white abi

Youngpo413:
thank you for the code, but they can't retrieve my tariff plan.

is it cheap for data too?