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Mentality holds African teams back at World Cup - John Barnes

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  • PROF 10 years ago

    MANY AFRICAN PLAYERS BELIEVE IN JUJU AND THIS AFFECTS THEM MENTALLY.
    WHEN U BELIEVE SOMEONE CAN CAST A SPELL ON U OR USE JUJU TO HURT U, IT AFFECTS THE WAY U SEE THE WORLD.
    U THEN DONT BELIEVE COMPLETELY IN UR OWN ABILITIES ...
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  • kwami 10 years ago

    You are right... God bless you

  • william 10 years ago

    Mentality, discipline, strategy and technical skills combined. But as to how this will play out or who will perform better, wait till the tournament starts! You can't tell before! And you can only tell after a number of games ...
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  • GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 10 years ago

    BARNES IS RIGHT. THE MENTALITY OF THE FOREIGN BASED PLAYERS IS NOT IN QUESTION. THE TRUE ISSUE LIES WITH THE SOCCER FEDERATIONS OF THESE AFRICAN COUTRIES. THEY ARE TOO PRIMITIVE AND CORRUPT. SO IN THE END, A PLAYER IS TORN BE ...
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  • GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 10 years ago

    HERE YOU HAVE A CORRUPOT, PRIMITIVE GFA. THEY ALWAYS LIKE CUTTING CORNERS. RATHER THAN GOING FOR A WORLD CLASS COACH. THEY SETTLE ON OBRONI WAAWU/SECOND HAND CHEAP, NON TROPHY WINNING COACHES FROM SERBIA. THEY INFLATE THE COA ...
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  • Ama 10 years ago

    Shut up John Barnes, this fool who became bankrupt after his white wife divorced him coming up with the typical white nonsense about mental attitude.

    You are lucky you are employed in Africa, you will be begging for food!! ...
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  • OZA 10 years ago

    Ama, Are you saying a divorced and bankrupt man cannot talk sense? Funny.

  • KOKOTAKO/UK 10 years ago

    THIS AMA(IF YOU ARE A WOMAN,PITY YUOR MAN"")IS TALKING SO RUDELY ABOUT NANA JOHN BARNES.LOOK, JOHN BARNES IS THE MOST RESPECTED BLACK FOOTBALLER, BAR PELE.IF YOU HAVE ANY BRAINS LEFT WHERE GOD PLANTED THEM, YOU WOULD WRITE BA ...
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  • Rabon Zee 10 years ago

    From about 1982 to 1985 John Barnes was superstar in British soccer who played for Liverpool. A cherubic winger with speed, good crosses and exellent dribbling skills. But England will not include Barnes in the national team ...
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  • Asomani 10 years ago

    They cannot win on penalties because they are not mentally strong enough.

  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    MR BARNES IS BIAS AGAINST THE OTHER AFRICAN TEAMS.GHANA,ALGERIA,NIGERIA AND CAMEROON ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THEIR BEST.
    HOW MANY IVORIAN GAMES DID BARNES WATCH?CAMEROON HAD YAKUBU AND A GOOD TECHNICAL TEAM TOO.

  • A concerned citizen... 10 years ago

    Ghana can achieve more than any other African country.Black Stars have a strong mentality to break through any inferiority complex. Other countries can't especially Ivory Coast.

  • Abongo Matadi 10 years ago

    You see the way you react, this is what Mr Coach bemoaning as MENTALITY SCHEME, he admire Cote D' Ivoir, ...Pele might be inspired by Ghana or Nigeria, Manchini likes the style of Cameroon,

    so far Coach Barnes is not takin ...
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  • KOKOTAKO/UK 10 years ago

    THAT INCURABLE DEFECT IN SOME GHANAIANS WHICH ENABLE THEM TO INSULT EVEN TH COAT OF ARMS OF GHANA,HAS GONE BEYOND OUR BORDERS !!HA-BA!!WHY ATTACK BARNES PERSONALITY COS HE SPOKE HIS MIND!!IF YOU MEET THIS NOBLE MAN,AMA,YOU WI ...
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  • Mannie 10 years ago

    Why all these personal attacks when this is supposed to be based on subject. Ahhhh, Indeed mentality is our problem!

  • MAN 10 years ago

    I tip South Africa to be the first African country to win the world cup.
    Until then it is open to all. Cameroon won the world cup in 1990 were robbed at quarter finals. Roger Milla was going to score the winning goal to win ...
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  • Papa Appiah 10 years ago

    Too simple Masa. Come and play football on SAKASAKA PARK and tell me its mentality. We are as stronf mentally as anyone else. But our leagues are poor. no proper youth development. Age-cheating, poor facilities. Lack of depth ...
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  • WOFA YAW 10 years ago

    Oh that's my school park. 1971-1975

  • Kofi 10 years ago

    So this man does not even believe in England team.

  • KOKOTAKO/UK 10 years ago

    KOFI,MR.BARNES IS NOW AN ANALYST FOR AN AFRICAN TV STATION, THATS WHY HE SPOKE ABOUT AFRICAN TEAMS.BARNES WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN FOOTBALLER TO SCORE THE WINNING GOAL AGAINST BRAZIL,IN BRAZIL!! CHECK IT OUT,MAN.

  • Iwan 10 years ago

    I believe that out of all the African teams Ivory Coast will do the best.”
    we heard this in 2010 and they flopped

  • kojo fynn u.s.a. 10 years ago

    Mark my words and note down today's date, Ghana will crumble in the group stage for lack of competent coaching and the Ivory coast shall win the world cup to the amazement of all but me. I will later elaborate when my popula ...
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  • FUFUO DADESEN 10 years ago

    BLACKSTARS HAS GOTTEN OVER THE THAT HUMP OR THE MENTAL ASPECT TWO WORLD CUPS AGO. THEY ONLY HAVE TO PLAY RIGHT

  • Akadu Mensema 10 years ago

    Very perceptive!

  • GORDON YEBOAH USA 10 years ago

    Ivory coast?master relax,they are the most stupid when it comes to playing soccer.They and Cameroon are on the same scale.They are laziest teams when it comes to the world cup.if u watched cameroon last world cup,it was nasty ...
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  • Nana kwesi 10 years ago

    Ivory coast can never go far that wat u tink but i tell u ghana will shock the world after the wc ivory coast will never be named as one of the best teams in the world.go ghana go