Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums at Afcon
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Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums at Afcon
It's becoming a regular part of AFCON. Fans do not show up to watch except for the host country or until the final. It's an eyesore! People all over the world are watching, it suggests that Africans don't care. Even Nigeria could not fill a small stadium close to its border.
Maybe AFCON should be held every 4 yrs , what I'm looking at doesn't look financially viable. How does Cameroun make some $ back? TV and sponsors Inguess but I don't think it adds up.
Maybe AFCON should be held every 4 yrs , what I'm looking at doesn't look financially viable. How does Cameroun make some $ back? TV and sponsors Inguess but I don't think it adds up.
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After the first game Cameroon vs Burkina, it was ridiculous looking at the number of people in the stadium during the following game. Maybe Africans don't know how to enjoy football.
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It all falls on CAF they should be proactive in securing affordable tickets for fans form each country 15k each with plane tickets and hotel fares from each country participating or rather the FA of each country.
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Pretty depressing to watch tbh. Why isn't CAF & the Camerounian FA offering locals close-to-free tickets to pack the stadiums?
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Lots of games are free… Well there is an official cost of approx. CFA 8,000 F(which is pretty stiff for an average Cameroonian). However stadiums have been opened to whoever showed up. Issue, from what I hear is the COVID protocols - You must present a vaccination card + a negative test from 72hrs inside the game time. Now add to a very low vaccination ratio in Cameroon, and you get empty stadiums (I understand Cameroon’s vaccination rate is in the single digits so far.
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Sounds like a valid reason but Afcon games have been empty foe a long long time. People have little interest in Afcon at the local level. It's easy for us with internal access and security to enjoy it but Africans in Africa don't care except for the hard core football fans.galoise wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 4:21 amLots of games are free… Well there is an official cost of approx. CFA 8,000 F(which is pretty stiff for an average Cameroonian). However stadiums have been opened to whoever showed up. Issue, from what I hear is the COVID protocols - You must present a vaccination card + a negative test from 72hrs inside the game time. Now add to a very low vaccination ratio in Cameroon, and you get empty stadiums (I understand Cameroon’s vaccination rate is in the single digits so far.
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Re: Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums at Afcon
There are crowd restrictions due to covid.. games Cameroon are involved in allows only 80% capacity. While others 50%.. make una learn to research before ranting
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Re: Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums at Afcon
I have six questions for you.EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:51 pm It's becoming a regular part of AFCON. Fans do not show up to watch except for the host country or until the final. It's an eyesore! People all over the world are watching, it suggests that Africans don't care. Even Nigeria could not fill a small stadium close to its border.
Maybe AFCON should be held every 4 yrs , what I'm looking at doesn't look financially viable. How does Cameroun make some $ back? TV and sponsors Inguess but I don't think it adds up.
- Are you seriously complaining in the middle of a pandemic?
- Do you want to punish Cameroon with a major outbreak for hosting?
- Or you would have preferred they cancelled like Morocco during the Ebola outbreak?
- BTW, what's with the inferiority complex?
- Have you seen the fans at your massa UEFA games lately?
- Why are you even looking in the stands when the action is on the green grass?
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Isn't it down to affordability and time? Working conditions in Africa are different to the West where many just take time off work and travel somewhere to watch their team/country playing at some very high cost.
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Re: Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums at Afcon
Kabalega wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:54 amI have six questions for you.EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:51 pm It's becoming a regular part of AFCON. Fans do not show up to watch except for the host country or until the final. It's an eyesore! People all over the world are watching, it suggests that Africans don't care. Even Nigeria could not fill a small stadium close to its border.
Maybe AFCON should be held every 4 yrs , what I'm looking at doesn't look financially viable. How does Cameroun make some $ back? TV and sponsors Inguess but I don't think it adds up.No wonder your game analysis is ...
- Are you seriously complaining in the middle of a pandemic?
- Do you want to punish Cameroon with a major outbreak for hosting?
- Or you would have preferred they cancelled like Morocco during the Ebola outbreak?
- BTW, what's with the inferiority complex?
- Have you seen the fans at your massa UEFA games lately?
- Why are you even looking in the stands when the action is on the green grass?
Africans with the usual patented excuses, accusing someone of inferiority all the while exhibiting inferiority!!!
Poor attendance at AFCON is serial, has been going on for more than a decade.
Did you watch the Euros?
Yes it comes down to income and affordability. But its also about marketing of the games locally.
The attendance here was always going to be low due to covid protocols and the impact of disinformation on vaccine uptake in the gen population.
But poor attendance goes well beyond this...
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Then why are you complaining about it for this tournament?txj wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:55 pmKabalega wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:54 amI have six questions for you.EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:51 pm It's becoming a regular part of AFCON. Fans do not show up to watch except for the host country or until the final. It's an eyesore! People all over the world are watching, it suggests that Africans don't care. Even Nigeria could not fill a small stadium close to its border.
Maybe AFCON should be held every 4 yrs , what I'm looking at doesn't look financially viable. How does Cameroun make some $ back? TV and sponsors Inguess but I don't think it adds up.No wonder your game analysis is ...
- Are you seriously complaining in the middle of a pandemic?
- Do you want to punish Cameroon with a major outbreak for hosting?
- Or you would have preferred they cancelled like Morocco during the Ebola outbreak?
- BTW, what's with the inferiority complex?
- Have you seen the fans at your massa UEFA games lately?
- Why are you even looking in the stands when the action is on the green grass?
Africans with the usual patented excuses, accusing someone of inferiority all the while exhibiting inferiority!!!
Poor attendance at AFCON is serial, has been going on for more than a decade.
Did you watch the Euros?
Yes it comes down to income and affordability. But its also about marketing of the games locally.
The attendance here was always going to be low due to covid protocols and the impact of disinformation on vaccine uptake in the gen population.
But poor attendance goes well beyond this...
Or do you just want to complain for the sake of it?
BTW, talking of inferiority, why do you care what others think?
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Re: Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums,Empty stadiums at Afcon
Kabalega wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 4:38 pmThen why are you complaining about it for this tournament?txj wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:55 pmKabalega wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:54 amI have six questions for you.EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:51 pm It's becoming a regular part of AFCON. Fans do not show up to watch except for the host country or until the final. It's an eyesore! People all over the world are watching, it suggests that Africans don't care. Even Nigeria could not fill a small stadium close to its border.
Maybe AFCON should be held every 4 yrs , what I'm looking at doesn't look financially viable. How does Cameroun make some $ back? TV and sponsors Inguess but I don't think it adds up.No wonder your game analysis is ...
- Are you seriously complaining in the middle of a pandemic?
- Do you want to punish Cameroon with a major outbreak for hosting?
- Or you would have preferred they cancelled like Morocco during the Ebola outbreak?
- BTW, what's with the inferiority complex?
- Have you seen the fans at your massa UEFA games lately?
- Why are you even looking in the stands when the action is on the green grass?
Africans with the usual patented excuses, accusing someone of inferiority all the while exhibiting inferiority!!!
Poor attendance at AFCON is serial, has been going on for more than a decade.
Did you watch the Euros?
Yes it comes down to income and affordability. But its also about marketing of the games locally.
The attendance here was always going to be low due to covid protocols and the impact of disinformation on vaccine uptake in the gen population.
But poor attendance goes well beyond this...
Or do you just want to complain for the sake of it?
BTW, talking of inferiority, why do you care what others think?
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EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:51 pm
It's becoming a regular part of AFCON. Fans do not show up to watch except for the host country or until the final. It's an eyesore!
Form is temporary; Class is Permanent!
Liverpool, European Champions 2005.
We watched this very boring video, 500 times, of Sacchi doing defensive drills, using sticks and without the ball, with Maldini, Baresi and Albertini. We used to think before then that if the other players are better, you have to lose. After that we learned anything is possible – you can beat better teams by using tactics." Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool, European Champions 2005.
We watched this very boring video, 500 times, of Sacchi doing defensive drills, using sticks and without the ball, with Maldini, Baresi and Albertini. We used to think before then that if the other players are better, you have to lose. After that we learned anything is possible – you can beat better teams by using tactics." Jurgen Klopp
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This is neither the time nor the tournament to complain about empty stadia.
Raising this issue right now shows a total disregard for the sacrifice the hosts made to put on the tournament and health of the fans who would pack the seats.
All just to impress oyibo fans tuning in?
Raising this issue right now shows a total disregard for the sacrifice the hosts made to put on the tournament and health of the fans who would pack the seats.
All just to impress oyibo fans tuning in?
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In the Euros and World Cup travelling fans make up a huge percentage of the attendance. Travelling across Africa is difficult and expensive.EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:05 amSounds like a valid reason but Afcon games have been empty foe a long long time. People have little interest in Afcon at the local level. It's easy for us with internal access and security to enjoy it but Africans in Africa don't care except for the hard core football fans.galoise wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 4:21 amLots of games are free… Well there is an official cost of approx. CFA 8,000 F(which is pretty stiff for an average Cameroonian). However stadiums have been opened to whoever showed up. Issue, from what I hear is the COVID protocols - You must present a vaccination card + a negative test from 72hrs inside the game time. Now add to a very low vaccination ratio in Cameroon, and you get empty stadiums (I understand Cameroon’s vaccination rate is in the single digits so far.
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Garoua & Baffoussam looking much much better with spectators & both locations have superb playing grounds (Limbe’s playing ground is not terrible either)
Meanwhile Yaounde & Douala are embarrassments with « 0-spectators » and potato fields for playing grounds.
Meanwhile Yaounde & Douala are embarrassments with « 0-spectators » and potato fields for playing grounds.
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Africans generally have poor attendance at tournaments,..... Generally!!!
The world cup in South Africa we were outnumered 8:1 by Argie Fans and 4:1 by Greek fans , only the South Korea game was there some level of noise, but that was by locals, not many Nigerians in the stadia
I dont know what to read into it, but travelling fans travel if they want to, if the World cup is held in Nigeria, believe me, Argie fans will make their presence known
Even those of us in diaspora will rather watch it on hesgoal or TV if available than travel, maybe its cultural, I don't know but empty stadiums don't surprise or bother me, like someone said, the grass is where it all happens
The world cup in South Africa we were outnumered 8:1 by Argie Fans and 4:1 by Greek fans , only the South Korea game was there some level of noise, but that was by locals, not many Nigerians in the stadia
I dont know what to read into it, but travelling fans travel if they want to, if the World cup is held in Nigeria, believe me, Argie fans will make their presence known
Even those of us in diaspora will rather watch it on hesgoal or TV if available than travel, maybe its cultural, I don't know but empty stadiums don't surprise or bother me, like someone said, the grass is where it all happens
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Both Argentine and Greek fans did not need visas to South Africa; Nigerian fans did. Argentine and Greek fans also have better purchasing power.akamoke wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:12 pm Africans generally have poor attendance at tournaments,..... Generally!!!
The world cup in South Africa we were outnumered 8:1 by Argie Fans and 4:1 by Greek fans , only the South Korea game was there some level of noise, but that was by locals, not many Nigerians in the stadia
I dont know what to read into it, but travelling fans travel if they want to, if the World cup is held in Nigeria, believe me, Argie fans will make their presence known
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The same can be said of this site as well, Green Eagles-pharaohs 35pages, Senegal-Guinea 21post. What does it say, that Nigerians are only interested in the Green eagles matches. Arsenal, liverpool, chelsea and manu each garner more post than all Afcon matches that are not Green Eagle matches.It's becoming a regular part of AFCON. Fans do not show up to watch except for the host country or until the final. It's an eyesore! People all over the world are watching, it suggests that Africans don't care.
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A Cameroonian friend who returned from Younde yesterday told me that the reason the stadia are empty has to do with the strict requirements to provide evidence of vaccination or Covid infection free .
To start with he said only a fraction of Cameroonians have been vaccinated and secondly the obvious getting those tests is also expensive.
To start with he said only a fraction of Cameroonians have been vaccinated and secondly the obvious getting those tests is also expensive.
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Gbam!aruako1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:17 pmBoth Argentine and Greek fans did not need visas to South Africa; Nigerian fans did. Argentine and Greek fans also have better purchasing power.akamoke wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:12 pm Africans generally have poor attendance at tournaments,..... Generally!!!
The world cup in South Africa we were outnumered 8:1 by Argie Fans and 4:1 by Greek fans , only the South Korea game was there some level of noise, but that was by locals, not many Nigerians in the stadia
I dont know what to read into it, but travelling fans travel if they want to, if the World cup is held in Nigeria, believe me, Argie fans will make their presence known
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There’s been plenty fans at our games…
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True and that is one of the reasons but believe me, this was also same for WC in USA 94 where we were outnumbered and Argies also needed visaaruako1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:17 pmBoth Argentine and Greek fans did not need visas to South Africa; Nigerian fans did. Argentine and Greek fans also have better purchasing power.akamoke wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:12 pm Africans generally have poor attendance at tournaments,..... Generally!!!
The world cup in South Africa we were outnumered 8:1 by Argie Fans and 4:1 by Greek fans , only the South Korea game was there some level of noise, but that was by locals, not many Nigerians in the stadia
I dont know what to read into it, but travelling fans travel if they want to, if the World cup is held in Nigeria, believe me, Argie fans will make their presence known
There is a sizeable population of Nigerians in US and SA, but your visa point is well noted and it is rooted in a point I made once about Africans needing visa to visit other African countries while Europeans roam free
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