Mandela tribute: Drogba, Eboue face disciplinary action

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OGA yum yum 10 years ago

nonsense

nonsense
Avogadro 10 years ago

Drogba and Eboue stood for what they believe in. Once in the life of every man you have to stand for something. I was watching an EPL game this past Sunday on ESPN and before the game there was a one minute applause for Nel ...
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Drogba and Eboue stood for what they believe in. Once in the life of every man you have to stand for something. I was watching an EPL game this past Sunday on ESPN and before the game there was a one minute applause for Nelson Mandela with his picture on the 'jumbotron'.

Did the Turkish league do something like that? No! So why should they care what these players have to say about a Great Man.

Read this and it will serve you well"
“. . .If you have never found something so dear and so precious to you that you will die for it, then you aren’t fit to live. You may be thirty-eight years old, as I happen to be, and one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls upon you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause.

And you refuse to do it because you are afraid. You refuse to do it because you want to live longer. You’re afraid that you will lose your job, or you are afraid that you will be criticized or that you will lose your popularity, or you’re afraid that somebody will stab you or shoot at you or bomb your house.

So you refuse to take the stand. Well, you may go on and live until you are ninety, but you are just as dead at thirty-eight as you would be at ninety. And the cessation of breathing in your life is but the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit.

You died when you refused to stand up for right. You died when you refused to stand up for truth. You died when you refused to stand up for justice. . .”
The Rev, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 10 years ago

WHY AA NEEDS A FOREIGN TECHNICAL DIRECTOR LIKE RIJKAARD, ODENKEY DESAILLY OR HIDDINK IN BRASIL TO HELP HIM QYALIFY OUT OF THIS OWUO GROUP AND WIN THE WCUP TROPHY.
WITHOUT THAT, GH IS TOAST! GH IS COMING HOME AFTER RD 1. YES, ...
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WHY AA NEEDS A FOREIGN TECHNICAL DIRECTOR LIKE RIJKAARD, ODENKEY DESAILLY OR HIDDINK IN BRASIL TO HELP HIM QYALIFY OUT OF THIS OWUO GROUP AND WIN THE WCUP TROPHY.
WITHOUT THAT, GH IS TOAST! GH IS COMING HOME AFTER RD 1. YES, I SAID IT HERE FIRST!
U CANT TEACH AN OLD DOGG NEW TRICKS. AA WAS AN APPRENTICE UNDER 2 FOREIGN COACHES FOR OVER 6YRS BEFORE HE TOOK OVER.
STILL EXPERIMENTING...IF YOU THINK AA CAN LEARN N IMPROVE HIS COACHING ACUMEN IN 7MTHS TO FACE THE LIKES OF LOWE, BERTO, SCOLARI, BERTO ETC THEN U ARE A FOOL INDEED.
DEFINITION OF A TECHNICAL DIRECTOR:
to provide advice or technical assistance on footballing or other aspects that are perceived as lacking or desired by the club. This may be the case where the manager is inexperienced or
perceived as naive in a particular aspect, allowing the director to advise against potentially costly errors. This may also be the case where a club in a lesser league or lower division with
ambitions to develop further and improve their league position seeks an experienced former manager or director from a more prominent league or club in order to use their experience to further the
club. Such an example is that of Giovanni Trapattoni at Red Bull Salzburg or Sven-Göran Eriksson at Notts County, LEONARDO AT PSG, PERREIRA WITH TEAM BRASIL
Appointments in this case are often short term – for between 1/2 seasons – with the director imparting their advice and departing to another club.
A TD IS SHORT TERM CONTRACT JOB. LIKE SPECIAL FORCES TO CAPTURE SADDAM, COLOMBIA JOB PABLO ESCOBAR, MANUEL NOREAGA...
LOOK CRITIALLY AT AA'S PERFORMANCE? LOOK AT ZAMBIA N EGYPT.
I WAS LISTENING TO AMPOFO ANKRAH ON A GH RADIO STATION AND HE SAID THAT BOTH DUJA AND MILO WANTED MORE HELP, TD ETC BUT GFA WERE RELUCTANT TO SUPPLY THEIR NEEDS BCOS OF MONEY.
THIS IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH WAT IVE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG. GFA MAFIA WANTS TO POCKET THE FIFA CASH...LOL
IF U WANT TO WIN BIG, U MUST RISK BIG. U NEED MONEY TO MAKE MONEY. U CANT GO FISHING WITHOUT BAIT AND EXPECT TO COME HOME WITH A BIG FISH. FROM WAT I HAVE SEEN OF AA'S PERFORMANCE IN A
TOURNAMNT SITUATION LIKE AFCON13. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN HIS ABILITIES AS A COACH WHO CAN CONTEND FOR THE WCUP TROPHY. THEREFORE, GFA MUST SPEND THE MONEY N BRING IN A TD JUST FOR THE WCUP.
IF A WCUP WINNING COACH LIKE SCOLARI SEES THE NEED TO BRING A TD ALONG TO HELP HIM, HOW MUCH MORE AA? FOR THE RECORD, NO GH COACH QUALIFIES FOR THE TD JOB.
THE KOUFIES, AKENTENGS, ARDAYS ETC ARE ALL USELESS.
IF THEY HAD ANYTHING TO OFFER GH, WHY HAVENT WE WON A MERE AFCON TROPHY IN THE LAST 30PLUS YRS?
EVEN THE OLDIE COACHES LIKE OSAM DUODU N GYAMFI DONT QUALIFY BCOS WHEN THEY WON THE AFCON TROPHY. THE SETUP N NUMBER OF TEAMS BACK THEN WERE ONLY 8 TEAMS.
THINGS HAVE SERIOUSLY CHANGED IN TERMS OF SOCCER. SO BRING IN A FOREIGN TD LIKE RIJKAARD, DESAILLY, HIDDINK.
ZAMBIA WAS BOUNCED IN RD 1 AT AFCON 13. EGYPT DIDNT EVEN QUALIFY FOR AFCON 13. GH LOST TO BOTH COUNTRIES AWAY....U THINK THIS GH COACH CAN GO TO BRASIL N SUCCEED? LOL....
KESHIE WON AFCON 13. ASK HIM HOW HE FARED AT THE CONFED CUP. SCOLARI HAS A WCUP TROPHY. HE EVEN WENT FOR HELP. HOW MUCH MORE AA?
GFA MAFIA JUST WANTS TO LOOT N SHARE FIFA MONEY SO THEY DONT WANT TO BRING IN ANY OUTSIDERS...LOL
EGO N NATIONALISTIC EMOTIONS WONT DO US ANY GOOD....
NO GH COACH OR EX PLAYER HAS THE IQ AND ACUMEN AT THE MOMENT TO HELP AA WIN THE TROPHY IN BRASIL. NO ONE...IF WE DID, GH WOULD HVE WON THE MEDIOCRE AFCON TROPHY AT LEAST 1ONCE IN THE LAST
30SMTHING YRS. BRASIL IS GOING TO WW3 WITH 2 BAZOOKA MACHINE GUNS IN THE
LIKES OF 2 PREVIOUS WCUP TROPHY WINNING COACHES, SCOLARI N PERREIRA. AA IS LIKE A LANGALANGA COACH. HE HASNT WON ANYTHING, NOT EVEN A SINGLE AFCON TROPHY AS COACH.
INSTEAD OF GOING OUTSIDE GH TO FIND AT LEAST 1 MACHINE GUN ATTACHE UR LANGA LANGA COACH. U WANT TO TAKE LANGA LANGA TO WW3 BRASIL? DO U SEE THE CALIBRE OF TEAMS DOWN THERE?
U ARE NOT SERIOUS. GO!
TO THOSE UNDERSESTIMTING THE USA. BE VERY WARY. LOOK, EVEN MEXICO WITH A HIGH SOCCER PEDIGREE FAILED TO TOP THE CONCACAF GROUP. MEXICO ENEDED UP PLAYING A WCUP PLAYOFF INSTEAD?
THE AMERICANS HAVE BETTER, MORE EXPERIENCED PLAYERS THIS TIME AROUND, WITH A BETTER COACH IN KLINSMANN.
GH MUST PREPARE TO GO N WIN ALL 3 GROUP GAMES, PERIOD! COMPLACENCY AND INDISCIPLINE ALWAYS DOES US IN.....
FYI: BRASIL WILL USE THEIR SEXY WOMEN/DELILAH'S TO FOOL SO MANY TEAMS AND PLAYERS AT THIS WCUP. HHHMMMM.
THESE GH PLAYERS MUST BE KEPT LIKE PRISONERS IN THEIR HOTEL. NO SEX DURING THE TOURNAMNT. THEY NEED SEXUAL DISCIPLINE.
AA HAS DONE WELL TO GET US THIS FAR BUT HE NEEDS HELP. HE NEEDS BETTER CLOTHES GOING FORWARD. ALUGUNTUGUI COACHING WEI DI3333 NO NO.
HW3, WE LOST TO ZAMBIA N EGYPT AWAY. HOWEVER, EGYPT DIDNT EVEN QUALIFY TO AFCON13. ZAMBIA WAS OUSTED IN ROUND 1 AT AFCON13. THE FACT THAT WE BEAT THEM BOTH IN OUR OWN BEDROOM DOSENT
MEAN A DAM THING. I MEAN, LOOK AT HOW AA PERFORMED AT AFCON13? WOEFUL! AH, HAVE U FORGOTTEN ALREADY?
DEFENSE WINS TOURNAMNTS SO GFA MUST AT LEAST BRING IN A DEFENSIVE MINDED TECH DIRECTOR IN DESAILLY OR RIJKAARD.
SQUAD FOR BRASIL AS OF TODAY, TODAY:
AKWARA, DAUDA, ADJEI...3
R/LB: OPARE, AFFUL, D ADDY, NANA ASARE..4
CB: AWAL, J.MENSAH, LEE ADDY, AKAMINKO....4
DM: ESSIEN, MUNTARI, RABIU, BADU...4
AM: ABEYIE, KASA, WAKASU, ATSU....4
STRIKERS; DEDE, GYAN, WARRIS, KPB...4
STAND BY: YIADOM, GYIMA, SUMAILA, BOYE
PS: IF U WANT TO KNOW WHY SOME PLAYERS WERE OMITTED IN FAVOR OF OTHERS, ASK.
GBSTAR JERSEYS!
A.HOME KIT: THIS WHITE JERSEY MUST HAVE A COLLAR. THE JERSEY MUST ALSO HAVE LONG BLACK, TINY STRIPES THROUGHOUT FOR BOTH THE SHIRT AND WHITE SHORTS (SEE NY YANKEE HOME JERSEY).
THE GFA LOGO MUST MUST BE EMBEDDED INSIDE A HUGE BLACK STAR ON THE LEFT/CHEST AREA.
B.AWAY KIT: THE RED N YELLOW JERSEY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED, BUT WITH WHITE SHORTS.
IF IN DOUBT, CONTACT OZWALD BOATENG IN THE UK FOR ASSISTANCE. GFA, DONT BE LAZY AND MEDIOCRE. THINK BIG AND AIM HIGH.
IF YOU PUT MORE WORK IN AN APPEALING JERSEY/KIT. IT WILL BE REPLICATED IN THE SELLING OF THESE JERSEYS.
BRA PANIN AA, KEEP AT LEAST 1 SOCCER KNOWLEDGEABLE FEMALE ON THE GBSTAR TECH BENCH, LIKE CHELSEA FC DOES.
A WOMAN WITH SOCCER INTEREST/KNOWLEDGE AS PHYSIO OR PSYCHOLOGIST. LOOK AT CHELSEA FC. WOMEN HVE A UNIQUE WAY OF OBSERVING OR SEEING THINGS.
Wayne Gretzky racked up 61 NHL records by the time he retired, including the most goals scored, by doing one thing remarkably well: SKATING TO WHERE THE PUCK WAS GOING, not where it was.
As investors, SOCCER PLAYERS, STRIKERS, we need to do the exact same thing to score and be successful.
OBENG CONSULTS
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Avogadro is wrong for once 10 years ago

"Did the Turkish league do something like that? No! So why should they care what these players have to say about a Great Man".

I do agree with you and everyone else that tributes to Mandela were, and are, in order, but wh ...
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"Did the Turkish league do something like that? No! So why should they care what these players have to say about a Great Man".

I do agree with you and everyone else that tributes to Mandela were, and are, in order, but why should the Turks care, you ask?

Because they thought it was something inappropriate.
That was why they did not do anything about it.
That was why did not expect the players to do anything about it.
That is why they are taking them to discipline court.

In short, they are consistent by refusing to do anything about it and trying to punish those who did something about it.
YOBOO 10 years ago

I KNOW I BS.THESE WHITE MEN.THEY FELL BAD ABOUT WHAT THEY DID TO HIM.THEY HAVE DONE WELL DROGBA AND EBOUE

I KNOW I BS.THESE WHITE MEN.THEY FELL BAD ABOUT WHAT THEY DID TO HIM.THEY HAVE DONE WELL DROGBA AND EBOUE
Emma Kollie 10 years ago

Why nonsens and why you state whith,,,,,

Why nonsens and why you state whith,,,,,
Owura Azigi 10 years ago

You guys deserve commendation and not condemnation. TFF can go to hell for all we the loving people of African continent care

You guys deserve commendation and not condemnation. TFF can go to hell for all we the loving people of African continent care
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Ewuradi Kasa 10 years ago

STUPID GHANAIANS AND NIGERIAN FRAUDSTERS. STOP THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING. ANYONE WHO CAN LOOK FOR A NEWS ON GHANAWEB IS INFORMED AND CANNOT BE DUBED. DONT YOU HAVE SISTERS AND BROTHERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS?? KWASIA. JOBS FOR ...
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STUPID GHANAIANS AND NIGERIAN FRAUDSTERS. STOP THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING. ANYONE WHO CAN LOOK FOR A NEWS ON GHANAWEB IS INFORMED AND CANNOT BE DUBED. DONT YOU HAVE SISTERS AND BROTHERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS?? KWASIA. JOBS FOR WHO? SEND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO THAT STUPID DUBAI OR UAE. STUPID LIARS LOOKING TO COLLECT FAKE APPLICATION AND PROCESSING FEES.
ADEFOODE 10 years ago

....and afterall this is not a place for adverts.The whole thing looks dubious and suspicious!!!!!

....and afterall this is not a place for adverts.The whole thing looks dubious and suspicious!!!!!
KB,LONDON 10 years ago

Whatever this has got to do with politics. Does the TFF live on Mars?

Whatever this has got to do with politics. Does the TFF live on Mars?
GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 10 years ago

TURKISH BULLSHIT. IS MANDELA TURKISH?

TFF has taken a firm stance against political messages in football recent months due to the rising governmental tension in the country.

TURKISH BULLSHIT. IS MANDELA TURKISH?

TFF has taken a firm stance against political messages in football recent months due to the rising governmental tension in the country.
jimy somer 10 years ago

EVERY MISTAKE IS MONEY.

EVERY MISTAKE IS MONEY.
Eben Agyeman 10 years ago

They can go to hell

They can go to hell
chas 10 years ago

Thank you Drogba

Thank you Drogba
koo nti-LIVERPOOL 10 years ago

Despite the fact that Mandela is loved by many,we should not forget that what the law prohibits must be respected.Both guys must have made the enquiry to find out whether wearing those shirts would be caught by the law or not ...
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Despite the fact that Mandela is loved by many,we should not forget that what the law prohibits must be respected.Both guys must have made the enquiry to find out whether wearing those shirts would be caught by the law or not.Law must be distinguished from morality.
Chiga 10 years ago

If there is one lesson to be drawn from the life of Mandela, it is the fact that laws are not meant to be obeyed at all times. But one who disobeys must at all times be ready for the punishment that comes with breaking the la ...
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If there is one lesson to be drawn from the life of Mandela, it is the fact that laws are not meant to be obeyed at all times. But one who disobeys must at all times be ready for the punishment that comes with breaking the law.
MACOSA, TX 10 years ago

The turkish bullshit can go to hell . There is absolutely nothing wrong with what Drogba and Eboue did .

The turkish bullshit can go to hell . There is absolutely nothing wrong with what Drogba and Eboue did .
OGOGLO QUARTER 10 years ago

T.F.F. TOTAL FUCKED FEDERATIONS ,WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH R.I.P.AND THANK YOU...TFF CAN GO ON WITH THEIR SANCTIONS OUR TRUE AFRICAN BROTHERS ,YOUR MESSAGES ARE LOUD AND CLEAR.....THANK YOU...THANK YOU MANDELA !!!!!!

T.F.F. TOTAL FUCKED FEDERATIONS ,WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH R.I.P.AND THANK YOU...TFF CAN GO ON WITH THEIR SANCTIONS OUR TRUE AFRICAN BROTHERS ,YOUR MESSAGES ARE LOUD AND CLEAR.....THANK YOU...THANK YOU MANDELA !!!!!!
AGYA MUNKO 10 years ago

In 1964 if Madiba had obeyed the apartheid laws and had not rebelled against the then oppressive system,we would n t have seen this beautiful,non racist and peaceful South Africa.
So you see,there is an exception to every c ...
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In 1964 if Madiba had obeyed the apartheid laws and had not rebelled against the then oppressive system,we would n t have seen this beautiful,non racist and peaceful South Africa.
So you see,there is an exception to every case.The two Africans lads in their own small way, paid a beautiful tribute in far from home Turkey....good job guys!!!
ABU 10 years ago

HAS YOU BEEN CONVERSANT WITH THE DESCRIMINATIONS IN THE TURKISH SOCIETY YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE STAND OF THE TURKISH FOOTBALL FEDERATION.THE TURKISH STATE IS DESCRIMINATING AGAINST A SECTION OF ITS OWN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE ...
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HAS YOU BEEN CONVERSANT WITH THE DESCRIMINATIONS IN THE TURKISH SOCIETY YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE STAND OF THE TURKISH FOOTBALL FEDERATION.THE TURKISH STATE IS DESCRIMINATING AGAINST A SECTION OF ITS OWN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE YEARNING TO SPEAK THEIR MOTHER TONGUES,AND IS IT A CRIME?
ABU 10 years ago

HAD

HAD
KOFI 10 years ago

Laws must be obeyed. If this is allowed, you do not know what someone might display next time. What is someone displays Hitler's picture one day or Osama bin Laden's picture one day?

Laws must be obeyed. If this is allowed, you do not know what someone might display next time. What is someone displays Hitler's picture one day or Osama bin Laden's picture one day?
ABU 10 years ago

They are of different breeds,both Hitler and Ben Laden have been condemned by the international community Hitler being apostle of racial superiority,ben laden using religion to terrorise and torment those holding beliefs cont ...
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They are of different breeds,both Hitler and Ben Laden have been condemned by the international community Hitler being apostle of racial superiority,ben laden using religion to terrorise and torment those holding beliefs contrary to his whilst Mandela fought for equal right and racial harmony in his land of birth where his kind was subjects of servitude.Mandela never killed to create segregation of any kind to benefit one side to the detriment of the other..
NII ARMAH 10 years ago

HE HIS SPEECH? INTERESTING.LONG WAY TO GO.

HE HIS SPEECH? INTERESTING.LONG WAY TO GO.
ABU 10 years ago

This goes to show the world how deeply segregated the Turhish society is.The non turkish speaking minorities have been banned from speaking their mother tongue languages threated as second class citizens,and like dogs.

This goes to show the world how deeply segregated the Turhish society is.The non turkish speaking minorities have been banned from speaking their mother tongue languages threated as second class citizens,and like dogs.
Habada Wisdom 10 years ago

Do not mind them,they always dislike the actions of Africans even if they do good.

Do not mind them,they always dislike the actions of Africans even if they do good.

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