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Mar 08, 2012

Politricks and Fussball

It’s another Thursday and I meant to write quite a bit on the state of our nation’s football seeing as the FA has been dissolved by the state (or is it the ministry of youths and sports I should be mentioning? Or are they one and the same? However, finding the inspiration to write has been very tasking and it is not because I am “disgusted” and “baffled” by the ministry’s decision to dissolve the FA so quickly after my Last week rant – which I believe has no connection to the ministry’s decision, neither is it because I am even more surprised that the Ministry decided to appoint relic figures (no insult meant) to look over the state of affairs of an entire people’s lives in football, but mostly because I am sick and tired of writing.

It is pretty much ironic that of all the places I could find inspiration, it had to be from our colonial masters yet again.

Mar 01, 2012

Has the Scorpion lost its Sting? - Gambia Vs. Algeria (An Analysis of Gambian Football)

We have inherited a lot of things from our colonial masters; the language which we are yet to master, the needless pride which takes us more backward than forward, public hatred for anything French but a secret desire to be fluent in it, the lazy, laid-back attitude that has allowed our neighbours to take full advantage of our short comings, but even worse, our lack of success in football.

Like the English, we have a seriously unquestionable love for the game. Everywhere you go on a sunny weekend, “video clubs” are packed, discussions are thrillingly opulent and a football air takes over the living rooms. There was a time, when I like many others thought we were truly the best at this game but were unfortunate not to have the financial status to support our talents.