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From: Starcade on 30 Jun 2010 13:47
At this rate, who's going to be left to play in WC 2014?

Mike
From: Alkamista on 30 Jun 2010 18:32
On Jun 30, 11:20 am, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com>
wrote:
> AP byhttp://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/landslagsfotboll/vm2010...
>
> (sorry, no English version)
>
> Nigeria's president has allegedly today ordered "his" FA to not engage in
> international football for two years. He orders a total overhaul of the
> Nigerian football organisation.
>
> The question is now what FIFA will do. My guess is that THEY will ban
> Nigeria for 4 years (no WC 2014 that is).

Having a president with the first name Goodluck will almost guarantee
that you wont have much of it in executive decisions.
From: Mark V. on 30 Jun 2010 20:55
On Jun 30, 10:47 am, Starcade <darkstar7...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> At this rate, who's going to be left to play in WC 2014?
>
> Mike

Well, Nigeria didn't even qualify for the World Cup last time. And
it's my understanding that France would not have gotten into this one
if not for a missed handball call. :-)
From: Bruce D. Scott on 1 Jul 2010 08:00
anders t (anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com) wrote:
: AP by
: http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/landslagsfotboll/vm2010/article7395008.ab

: (sorry, no English version)

: Nigeria's president has allegedly today ordered "his" FA to not engage in
: international football for two years. He orders a total overhaul of the
: Nigerian football organisation.

: The question is now what FIFA will do. My guess is that THEY will ban
: Nigeria for 4 years (no WC 2014 that is).

Anyone who wonders why certain African teams don't perform up to
abilities, here is the answer. Nigeria and Cameroon, two of the best
teams, always seem to have these problems. It might explain why such a
mediocre side like Egypt are nowadays perennial champions in Africa.
They have stability. Ghana seem to be getting it together as well, a
combination of both (good enough ability, good enough leadership).
Still, they've also had the problem of being left in the lurch
organisationally, though not so bad as some others.

--
ciao,
Bruce

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