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Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again?

;):icon_lol:

I've had that texted twice.

 

The top and bottom of it is you can't trust these third world mugs, especially the most wank of the third world nations where they have a monkey holding a pineapple on their flag. No World Cup should be in Africa or Asia, if it was up to me every world cup would be in Northern Europe it's the only chance on minimalising the terrorist threat.

As soon as the draw was made I said the south africans better be ready for al-qaeda. England-USA is a dream scenario for them.

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Boro have attempted to sign the Togo national team goalkeeper after misunderstanding news from africa that he was a good shot stopper.

 

its going to be a shit tournament, so far there have been 27 shots and only 2 on target

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Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again?

;):icon_lol:

I've had that texted twice.

 

The top and bottom of it is you can't trust these third world mugs, especially the most wank of the third world nations where they have a monkey holding a pineapple on their flag. No World Cup should be in Africa or Asia, if it was up to me every world cup would be in Northern Europe it's the only chance on minimalising the terrorist threat.

 

 

North Korea would be pretty safe I think.......................

 

I feel sorry for the Angolans - just as things starting to look up some thugs in Congo decide to hit the Togo team bus - but you have to ask where the hell where security?

They weren't in Congo. Angola has an enclave which is surrounded by Congo, that's where the shooting took place. They want to break away this enclave, and Angola have said do one, as it has vast oil reserves.

 

 

I know dear boy - its called Cabinda and I've been there

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Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again?

;):icon_lol:

I've had that texted twice.

 

The top and bottom of it is you can't trust these third world mugs, especially the most wank of the third world nations where they have a monkey holding a pineapple on their flag. No World Cup should be in Africa or Asia, if it was up to me every world cup would be in Northern Europe it's the only chance on minimalising the terrorist threat.

 

 

North Korea would be pretty safe I think.......................

 

I feel sorry for the Angolans - just as things starting to look up some thugs in Congo decide to hit the Togo team bus - but you have to ask where the hell where security?

They weren't in Congo. Angola has an enclave which is surrounded by Congo, that's where the shooting took place. They want to break away this enclave, and Angola have said do one, as it has vast oil reserves.

 

 

I know dear boy - its called Cabinda and I've been there

 

You do surprise me.

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Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again?

:icon_lol:<_<

I've had that texted twice.

 

The top and bottom of it is you can't trust these third world mugs, especially the most wank of the third world nations where they have a monkey holding a pineapple on their flag. No World Cup should be in Africa or Asia, if it was up to me every world cup would be in Northern Europe it's the only chance on minimalising the terrorist threat.

 

All you need to know about the place surely? ;)

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Caf are fucking wankers mind.... :)

 

Togo banned from next two Africa Cups of Nations

 

Togo have been banned from the next two Africa Cup of Nations following their withdrawal from this year's tournament.

 

The Confederation of African football (Caf) also fined the Hawks $50,000 for quitting the competition in the wake of a gun attack on the team bus in Angola.

 

Two members of their delegation and a coach driver were killed in the ambush, which occurred two days before the start of the tournament.

 

World football governing body Fifa declined to comment on the ban.

 

However, a statement from CAF read: "The executive committee has banned Togo from the next two African Nations Cup and fined the Togo FA 50,000 U.S. dollars."

 

A Togolese assistant coach and a press officer died along with the driver following the ambush on their bus in the northern Angolan province of Cabinda on 8 January, prompting the government to recall the team for three days of mourning.

 

The Hawks initially wanted to compete in Group B with Ivory Coast, Ghana and Burkina Faso, but quit on 10 January - the tournament's start date - on 10 January on their national government's orders.

 

But African football's governing body says the decision to pull the team out amounted to governmental interference in the sport.

 

"The players publicly expressed their willingness to return to the Nations Cup to compete. But the Togo government decided to call back their national team," Caf explained in its statement.

 

"The decision by political authorities contravenes Caf and African Nations Cup regulations."

 

Togo midfielder Thomas Dossevi, who was on the bus when it came under fire minutes after it crossed the Angolan border from Pointe Noire, Congo, said Togo should appeal against the ban.

 

"We are a group of footballers who came under fire and now we can't play football any more. They are crushing us," Dossevi said.

 

"Togo should appeal the suspension. When we said we were going home for a three-day mourning they said they were with us in this ordeal and now they punish us."

 

Meanwhile, the families of the assistant coach and the press officer were taking legal action against the Caf and the Angolan state, their lawyer said.

 

"We are taking legal action because our compatriots were killed because of the mistakes of the Confederation of African Football (and) its president Mr Issa Hayatou," lawyer Alexis Aquereburu said.

 

"(The legal claim is) also against the Angolan state for putting in danger the life of our compatriots by organising this African Nations Cup in a war zone."

 

The armed wing of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), embroiled in a decades-long separatist struggle, claimed responsibility for the attack.

 

The FLEC has fought a 30-year war against Angola's government for independence.

 

One grievance is that Cabindans see little of the money from oil that comes from their land.

 

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8489127.stm

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Christ, what a bag of utter cunts.

 

I see Sepp Blatter is being a spineless cunt and declining to comment... Doesn't stop him most of the time :)

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Christ, what a bag of utter cunts.

 

I see Sepp Blatter is being a spineless cunt and declining to comment... Doesn't stop him most of the time :)

 

Cunt. I suppose we shouldn't be surprised about CAF - they are a sports governing body after all, and therefore by definition corrupt and/or incompetent.

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