Nigerian President suspends team from Intl competition for two years

speedboatchase

Oh Yakubu - what have you done?

According to Reuters - Nigeria president suspends national soccer team from international competition for tow years after poor World Cup performance

No other news as yet.

redout

Goodluck!

AnCapaillMor

FIFA will ban them from a further 2 for the gov interfering.

The Sparrow

Maybe David Cameron can do the same with the English team.

Adamcp898

Wouldn't that cause FIFA to suspend the entire Nigerian FA because of political interference a la Sepp's warning to the French president?

_Bella_

What is banning meant to do... make them more shíte?

~Rebel~

...that...doesn't make any sense...

Ferris_Bueller

I'd say that lad who got sent off feels like complete shíte now.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Wouldn't that cause FIFA to suspend the entire Nigerian FA because of political interference a la Sepp's warning to the French president?

Yep. It's either the current team unhindered, or no team for two years. Remember Togo? (Wasn't FIFA who banned them, I know, but same precedent: government interference)

GavRedKing

Silly reaction, unless they do a swift U turn, FIFA will come down on the Nigerian FA hard.

Columbia

Isn't this the same guy who a couple of years ago said that he planned on getting all of the Nigerian national team players to play behind closed doors for 12-24 months (i.e. taken away from their clubs and...you know...competitive football in general) to prepare for this World Cup?

Absolute moron if so. If we've learned anything from ITV's coverage of this World Cup it's that people who know nothing about the game shouldn't be allowed talk about it in public.

pickarooney

Columbia wrote: »

Absolute moron if so. If we've learned anything from ITV's coverage of this World Cup it's that people who know nothing about the game shouldn't be allowed talk about it in public.

Sssh, do you want the forum closed down?

Ush1

redout wrote: »

Goodluck!

Can't believe more people haven't picked up on the pun. His name is Goodluck Jonathan like!

_Bella_

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8777118.stm

Special presidential adviser Ima Niboro told reporters the decision by Goodluck Jonathan will "enable Nigeria to reorganise its football".

Kiwi_knock

I think it is an excellent idea, we need more mavericks like this in the game

steelcityblues

Is the President one of these types,who has never kicked a ball in his life?

If so, he should f*ck off back to the real political business!

Guy:Incognito

Goodluck Jonathan

JPA

President suspends the team for 2 years, FIFA steps in and says hey, you can't be interfering, suspends team for 2 years.

Fanny Cradock

How odd.

JPA

John Fashanu is on SSN now explaining the decision, he sounds like a bloody propaganda minister.

Savman

lolz @ Fash on SSN trying to defend warped logic.

Davidth88

After England's showing perhaps the FA should do the same


Little mad alright , didn't the Chinese do something similar at one stage because there was rioting at a game ?

Chardee MacDennis

Savman wrote: »

lolz @ Fash on SSN trying to defend warped logic.

at least he is citing precedence with the Ghana team taking two years out!

_Bella_

Fifa will expel Nigeria from world football unless the country's government overturns a two-year ban of the national team by Monday 1700 BST.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8780028.stm