what is happening to the standard of african football

The African cup of nations is usually a time of pride for us Africans, a time when we get to watch our heroes the best players in Europe come back home to show their skills against other African opposition. A time when the best teams in Africa face each other to see who is the king of Africa. Well all I can say is that the 2012 African cup of nations is a disappointment for me. Many of Africa's most popular and skillful teams did not qualify and so this African cup of nations was doomed from the beginning. This meant that a lot of people were not going to watch the African cup of nations, because many of the continents biggest teams also happen to come from some of the biggest counties in terms of size. This means that the African nations...

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what is up with bafana bafana

You know I used to be a real supporter of local football, but now I do not watch it that much anymore. I only watch kaizer chiefs games now, but even then its when they play a serious opposition. I know that South African football has improved and that our league is in the top 7 most endorsed leagues in the world and that our premier Soweto derby is one of the most watched and supported derbies in the world. What I fail to understand is why are the results of our improved league and standard of football not showing in the performance and rank of our national team bafana bafana. Our team plays such attractive football but they just cant convert all that flare and ball possession into actual goals and wins. Its like we are in the league...

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Chasing skirts

I used to be a shy kid, never talked much, did not have too many friends and I never used to eat when I was not at my own house. In my early teens when girls used to show me or tell me they liked me, that ended with me ignoring or avoiding them. I never used to like forward girls, not that its forward nowadays in the 21st century. I always liked chasing the chicks that was hard to get, the one who was a hidden beauty, the one no one realised was pretty until you started courting her. It always killed me how guys would totally ignore a girl until one guy was trying to hook up with her then the other guys would notice her and would soon be competing for her attention. I would often hear guys say they will go for the not so hot chick because she...

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