Africa so far, so SHAMEFUL
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Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
Spot On!!!!Heliopolis wrote:South American players are scattered globally and face tougher travel schedules than African players yet look at how well they do at the WC. African footy is a reflection of the continent itself.
We keep making unreasonable excuses for our failures
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Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
But then one hammered and now your uncle is chilling and you are here trolling countries in a tournament that your team could not qualify for.Rawlings wrote:It reminds me of an uncle who had 20 kids.metalalloy wrote:But imagine if we have 9 and 5 go through. The more you have, the greater your odds of more going through.Rawlings wrote: it will rather make us look bad .... Imagine if we have 9 teams and only one goes through
This time around, we sent African's best (no Angola, no Togo, no South Africa, no Congo..)
Multiple African champions, no first time reps, solid national sides
and yet we see no progress SO FAR ...
His logic was that he increases the chances that one will become a millionaire and look after him in his old age
He forgot that he had to feed, cloth & educate them meanwhile
We have been brainwashed by the Premier League that it's the best in the world. Nonsense. It's the best brand
Roy Keane: ITV 02/25/14
He says that we are currently "brainwashed" into believing that the Premier League is the best competition in the world, and that we are now a long way off dominating the Champions League again.
Gary Neville: Mirror: 12/23/14
I think Spain’s by far the best league.
Scholes. UK Guardian 9/6/16
Roy Keane: ITV 02/25/14
He says that we are currently "brainwashed" into believing that the Premier League is the best competition in the world, and that we are now a long way off dominating the Champions League again.
Gary Neville: Mirror: 12/23/14
I think Spain’s by far the best league.
Scholes. UK Guardian 9/6/16
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Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
Some CEers think more spots would lead to different results. They are absolutely delusional. We cant even send 5 good teams to the WC because there aren't 5 good teams on the continent. Increasing CAFs allocation would reinforce how bad we are. North and South America punch above their weight at the WC while Africa and Asia are just there to fill in the numbers. Mexico for instance is comparable to the likes of Nigeria and Egypt in a number of regards yet its their birth right to advance out of the WC group stage while the latter are basket cases.
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Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
The mentality of trying to get something for nothing (trying to reap where one did not sow) is what is keeping Africa back. Africans think they can get away with not learning the fundamentals or paying attention to fine detail. There are always stories of late nights, voodoo visits, age cheating, etc. on the part of Africans. This makes them fall short in big tournaments like the World Cup.
In addition, those who dominate in African footie mostly come from poor educational backgrounds. Without the training that comes with properly education, for example to keep a cool head when presented with a scoring chance, Africans shoot wildly in the final third of the field, or sometimes tackles in the penalty box with an alarming disregard for the consequences. As a result their conversion rate of chances is lower than other contingents. They also concede more dangerous free kicks, including penalties.
In addition, those who dominate in African footie mostly come from poor educational backgrounds. Without the training that comes with properly education, for example to keep a cool head when presented with a scoring chance, Africans shoot wildly in the final third of the field, or sometimes tackles in the penalty box with an alarming disregard for the consequences. As a result their conversion rate of chances is lower than other contingents. They also concede more dangerous free kicks, including penalties.
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Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
Most turned to 4-1-9metalalloy wrote:But then one hammered and now your uncle is chilling and you are here trolling countries in a tournament that your team could not qualify for.Rawlings wrote:It reminds me of an uncle who had 20 kids.metalalloy wrote:But imagine if we have 9 and 5 go through. The more you have, the greater your odds of more going through.Rawlings wrote: it will rather make us look bad .... Imagine if we have 9 teams and only one goes through
This time around, we sent African's best (no Angola, no Togo, no South Africa, no Congo..)
Multiple African champions, no first time reps, solid national sides
and yet we see no progress SO FAR ...
His logic was that he increases the chances that one will become a millionaire and look after him in his old age
He forgot that he had to feed, cloth & educate them meanwhile
footnote: MY uncle - my mum's brother - is a Nigerian living in Naija
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Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
Come on folks ... we need more excuses why Africa is performing as expected !!!
Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
We need more African coaches. End of.
Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
Our problems stems from POVERTYmarutimon wrote:We need more African coaches. End of.
Even the best African coach will not win Zilch with the best African team
Until we get our economic life in order, our football will continue to fail
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Listen very carefully to the question posed and Quieroz's response.bepanda wrote:Come on folks ... we need more excuses why Africa is performing as expected !!!
Start at minute 14.50
We have been brainwashed by the Premier League that it's the best in the world. Nonsense. It's the best brand
Roy Keane: ITV 02/25/14
He says that we are currently "brainwashed" into believing that the Premier League is the best competition in the world, and that we are now a long way off dominating the Champions League again.
Gary Neville: Mirror: 12/23/14
I think Spain’s by far the best league.
Scholes. UK Guardian 9/6/16
Roy Keane: ITV 02/25/14
He says that we are currently "brainwashed" into believing that the Premier League is the best competition in the world, and that we are now a long way off dominating the Champions League again.
Gary Neville: Mirror: 12/23/14
I think Spain’s by far the best league.
Scholes. UK Guardian 9/6/16
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Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
more teams improve your chances of 2nd round qualification.Heliopolis wrote:Some CEers think more spots would lead to different results. They are absolutely delusional. We cant even send 5 good teams to the WC because there aren't 5 good teams on the continent. Increasing CAFs allocation would reinforce how bad we are. North and South America punch above their weight at the WC while Africa and Asia are just there to fill in the numbers. Mexico for instance is comparable to the likes of Nigeria and Egypt in a number of regards yet its their birth right to advance out of the WC group stage while the latter are basket cases.
Europe has 2 teams in almost every group and that improves their chances
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Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
did u read the story about my Uncle from Naija?tfco wrote:more teams improve your chances of 2nd round qualification.Heliopolis wrote:Some CEers think more spots would lead to different results. They are absolutely delusional. We cant even send 5 good teams to the WC because there aren't 5 good teams on the continent. Increasing CAFs allocation would reinforce how bad we are. North and South America punch above their weight at the WC while Africa and Asia are just there to fill in the numbers. Mexico for instance is comparable to the likes of Nigeria and Egypt in a number of regards yet its their birth right to advance out of the WC group stage while the latter are basket cases.
Europe has 2 teams in almost every group and that improves their chances
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Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
Rawlings wrote:did u read the story about my Uncle from Naija?tfco wrote:more teams improve your chances of 2nd round qualification.Heliopolis wrote:Some CEers think more spots would lead to different results. They are absolutely delusional. We cant even send 5 good teams to the WC because there aren't 5 good teams on the continent. Increasing CAFs allocation would reinforce how bad we are. North and South America punch above their weight at the WC while Africa and Asia are just there to fill in the numbers. Mexico for instance is comparable to the likes of Nigeria and Egypt in a number of regards yet its their birth right to advance out of the WC group stage while the latter are basket cases.
Europe has 2 teams in almost every group and that improves their chances
We have been brainwashed by the Premier League that it's the best in the world. Nonsense. It's the best brand
Roy Keane: ITV 02/25/14
He says that we are currently "brainwashed" into believing that the Premier League is the best competition in the world, and that we are now a long way off dominating the Champions League again.
Gary Neville: Mirror: 12/23/14
I think Spain’s by far the best league.
Scholes. UK Guardian 9/6/16
Roy Keane: ITV 02/25/14
He says that we are currently "brainwashed" into believing that the Premier League is the best competition in the world, and that we are now a long way off dominating the Champions League again.
Gary Neville: Mirror: 12/23/14
I think Spain’s by far the best league.
Scholes. UK Guardian 9/6/16
Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
will Naija save Africa
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Re: Africa so far: 2 Wins 5 Loses; 5 Goals
Musa saves Africa
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Re: Africa so far: 2 Wins 5 Loses; 5 Goals
West Africa as always flying the African flag.
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Re: Africa so far: 2 Wins 5 Loses; 5 Goals
Nigeria today put in the best performance by an African side to date.
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If Egypt draw or loses to Saudi Arabia don't bother coming back to the continent ^^^
Winners do it the right way.
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Benedict Iroha wrote:West Africa as always flying the African flag.
Winners do it the right way.
http://www.weareimpact.com/livebroadcast.aspx
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Re: Africa so far: 2 Wins 5 Loses; 5 Goals
Can someone please take out North Africa from these stats?
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Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
More spots will lead to different results. It gives you more opportunities.Heliopolis wrote:Some CEers think more spots would lead to different results. They are absolutely delusional. We cant even send 5 good teams to the WC because there aren't 5 good teams on the continent. Increasing CAFs allocation would reinforce how bad we are. North and South America punch above their weight at the WC while Africa and Asia are just there to fill in the numbers. Mexico for instance is comparable to the likes of Nigeria and Egypt in a number of regards yet its their birth right to advance out of the WC group stage while the latter are basket cases.
Winning is not just about having players and good coaching. There's an element of luck as well. The luck of what group you are drawn into, the luck of the sequence of games, the in-game luck.
Even when the luck breaks for you, we someone find a way to let off-field problems drail and distract us. And you then have people coming here to tell us that we are not good enough. We just haven't had a team where everything has aligned perfectly.
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Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
... UNNECESSARY!green4life wrote:... and Ghana will still not be allowed to smell the grass in Russia whether they like am or not!
And the BIBLE says: The race is NOT for the swift, neither is the battle for the strong nor ... but time and chance makes them all.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Re: Africa so far: 1 Win 5 Loses; 3 Goals
Rawlings wrote:Oga, stay on topicgreen4life wrote:... and Ghana will still not be allowed to smell the grass in Russia whether they like am or not!
And the BIBLE says: The race is NOT for the swift, neither is the battle for the strong nor ... but time and chance makes them all.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Re: Africa so far: 2 Wins 5 Loses; 5 Goals
3 out ...
2 to go ...
1 does not have much hope
2 to go ...
1 does not have much hope
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