JohnBullMySon:
It's really sad, that you can quote a statement and still you don't understand it. There's absolutely no need replying you further than this.

forgiveness:


Next time don’t argue baselessly.

TheGoodJoe:


I watched the video and I must say, I think the man was right.

Some might say he should not have taken it out on the ladies who just want to fly the flag and represent their country but the man made few salient points.

Football is now a global Force. If we paint that all is well in Nigeria, we do a great disservice to the hundreds dying everyday under the mayhem of the mismanagement of the current administration.

He is an old time footballer, he is letting us know that it is wrong for Nigerian youths to play for the country.

Flying the flag under an evil Government is the same thing as supporting them.

I never knew that but the man made his point clear. Protested in the way he knows how and maybe he might have started a change from another angle.

chrisooblog:
Till today you still refuse to take your own advice well that's your bowl of ogi to worry about. back to football

forgiveness:


Chop your L and move on to football in peace. Thanks

chrisooblog:
hmm would be a step down for me plus I don't know how well a move to the EPL would suit his playing style.

forgiveness:


Na God I take beg you oooo. I am only siting examples biko.

Olulong:

As long as I can understand the reason behind the Man's action. I still feel he's going about it the wrong way by targeting innocent girls.

It's not like the players themselves haven't used their social platforms to speak against the government especially during the End SARS period or the super eagles have not talked about boycotting games. We've seen players like Drogba use the National team as a platform to cool internal tensions in their country. Why not encourage that??

If we're to go by this your statement the super eagles team of 1994 and 1996 wouldn't have achieved what they achieved. You taking Football away from Nigerians is you taking them closer to depression particularly with the current state of the country

chrisooblog:
I still insist the man didn't make any point he just wanted to gain cheap publicity which he has succeeded in doing for himself. As bad as things are we still have and operate a democratic process to get things moving in the right direction. If at the height of Abacha's reign when people were being killed and jailed, when media houses were being closed, when you couldn't publicly disagree with the government not to talk of abusing them brave men and women were still able to effect change then there's no reason you should feel hopeless now when we have so many means to change things for the better.

If the man truly cared about the situation back home he would protest at the Nigerian embassy, lobby his senator, his house of rep, his local government chairman join civil society groups to demand better governance not this cheap and hurtful bullying of young women who have committed no offense except play the game they love, rep their country and provide for their loved ones.

African Americans still have it tough in the US today but I don't see random Black Lives matters members walking up to Kevin Durant or any African American athlete for that matter to rant and rave about the state of the nation as they are the ones you elected to be president and governor.

codemaniacs:


no one is defenseless.

it takes a group of people or even one person to stop the killings to help tackle it and at worst it takes a state government and not the federal govt willing to stop the killings to help tackle it.

you expect a federal government filled with j:ihadists and non-efik non-ibibio to become willing to stop killings that they believe is the will of the God they are worshiping.. You lack ethnic consciousness..

A person from Akwa-ibom state should only be concerned about Akwa-ibom and Akwa-ibom people and how the Akwa-ibom diaspora ( people from Akwa-Ibom living outside Akwa-Ibom ) are doing...

note: I am not saying you should be anti-nigeria.. you can be pro-akwa-ibom and still not be anti-nigeria...

TheGoodJoe:


Igboho is being hunted down for doing the same. That is my point. I agree people should devise means of protecting themselves. It is a must now the FG and to some extent State Governments are unwilling to protect lives.

codemaniacs:


Igboho was very loud and public about his own.. a person doesn't have to be loud and public it's a choice.

This is a sports thread.

Tessyy1701:


How trustworthy and fast are this people?

TheGoodJoe:


I for one is someone who believed that we should separate sports and politics. However, the action of that man with he Falcons gave me a new insight.

Throughout history, sports and government have intertwined.

A good example is the American government trying to get Mohammed Ali to support the war against Vietnam and Mohammed Ali said, THEM KONGS DID NOT CALL ME NI()A.

I think we should recognize that destruction from an evil Government will still rain on sports lovers too.

forgiveness:


They boycotted to protest against apartheid-era of South African government.

If the Athletes and footballers were not representing Nigeria under the government why didn’t they go represent Nigeria regardless of the government stance?

Toylove:
How did the Zambian women national team qualify for the Olympics, was it through that CAF quota system ?

Toylove:
How did the Zambian women national team qualify for the Olympics, was it through that CAF quota system ?

jihday:
Nope, they beat Zimbabwe, Botswana, Kenya, Cameroon

forgiveness:


They boycotted to protest against apartheid-era of South African government.

If the Athletes and footballers were not representing Nigeria under the government why didn’t they go represent Nigeria regardless of the government stance?

TheGoodJoe:


You can't compare what Americans are facing to what is going on today in Nigeria. Remember Orlu massacre. Remember Oyigbo Massacre.

Remember how DSS stormed Igboho's house at the dead of the night, killed people and took their bodies.

It is just too grave to think all is well.

I repeat, this man sounded louder than any protest done recently.

I only wished he was less vulgar and insulting. However, it showed his stance against supporting the current Government in any form.

I still remember the eyes of one of the ladies hit by s stray bullet in Oyigbo. The fright in her eyes she was dying when friends were rushing her to the hospital. That stuff gave me chills. Her eyes were too wide with fright.

Ppogbae:
Why would Florentino Perez disrespect Ramos like this? See Bad belle...

Utonwanne:


Disrespect?
How??
Explain better

Ppogbae:
Why would Florentino Perez disrespect Ramos like this? See Bad belle...

Utonwanne:



Disrespect?

How??

Explain better

Tessyy1701:


How?

forgiveness:


Point of correction. White Man didn’t forcefully stop the war.

Since you don’t know the motive behind the war, I will let you know.

The war was for the unification of all clans in other to form a unit and be able to resist colonialism that was foreseen long before Oyinbo came.

That was normal and it happened all over Europe and Asia and we can see they are enjoying the benefits of the unification.

Besides, there was unification before Kiriji war and we saw one of the greatest empires in Africa emerged from it.

Ppogbae:


4 was Ramos' number. The fact that it was given so quickly is just suspect