Call them BAck!

[Blakes]

Definition of scapegoat - one that bears the blame for others; had other players also been involved and were allowed to go unpunished then these dudes would indeed be scapegoats;

Why do I get the feeling that had this been a Romanus Orjinta, Ekong, and Etafia affair, peeps would not be fighting for them this much?

i think people are calling them scape goats in the sense that they are taking the brunt for the lacklustere preformance against MOrroco...obviously the expulsion was a harsh punishment for thier supposed crime...

[manplus]

Very well said, omotori.
I too, agree that the punishment meted out to these players
was waaay too harsh and humiliating. What I find even more
troubling is the fact that there now seems to be a Taliban style
puritanism that has crept into the discourse. Since when
did it become "indiscipline" or some major crime or
misdemeanor for a grown player to keep company in
his room during a contest?

Babayaro has certainly done enough for Nigeria not to be
treated like this. Its another in a long line of inept and
ham-fisted action by our footbal authorities. Some lesser
form of reprimand would have been more appropriate.

And so it goes for us.

[theYemster]

Definition of scapegoat - one that bears the blame for others; had other players also been involved and were allowed to go unpunished then these dudes would indeed be scapegoats;

Why do I get the feeling that had this been a Romanus Orjinta, Ekong, and Etafia affair, peeps would not be fighting for them this much?

i think people are calling them scape goats in the sense that they are taking the brunt for the lacklustere preformance against MOrroco...obviously the expulsion was a harsh punishment for thier supposed crime...

If that was the case, they would have only suspended the players in the first place;

[Blakes]

Babayaro has certainly done enough for Nigeria not to be
treated like this. Its another in a long line of inept and
ham-fisted action by our footbal authorities. Some lesser
form of reprimand would have been more appropriate.

when baba was hungrier and younger he played his part for nigeria...recently baba had lost the attitude which we associated him with in ATL 96...

I Can see that ATL 96 is as fresh as yesterday in many of our minds...the fact reminas that now these players are different...

[Naija fan]

Very well said, omotori.
I too, agree that the punishment meted out to these players
was waaay too harsh and humiliating. What I find even more
troubling is the fact that there now seems to be a Taliban style
puritanism that has crept into the discourse. Since when
did it become "indiscipline" or some major crime or
misdemeanor for a grown player to keep company in
his room during a contest?
Babayaro has certainly done enough for Nigeria not to be
treated like this. Its another in a long line of inept and
ham-fisted action by our footbal authorities. Some lesser
form of reprimand would have been more appropriate.

And so it goes for us.

The same logic that allows the coaching crew to tell grown men to be in bed at a particular time.

[Blakes]

Definition of scapegoat - one that bears the blame for others; had other players also been involved and were allowed to go unpunished then these dudes would indeed be scapegoats;

Why do I get the feeling that had this been a Romanus Orjinta, Ekong, and Etafia affair, peeps would not be fighting for them this much?

i think people are calling them scape goats in the sense that they are taking the brunt for the lacklustere preformance against MOrroco...obviously the expulsion was a harsh punishment for thier supposed crime...

If that was the case, they would have only suspended the players in the first place;

the expulsion is combination of the loss and the Ashawoe incident...not just the ashawoe incident..

[omotori]

Yemster, you do not get my point