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Saturday rant
The BBC names Okocha 2004 African Footballer of the Year...in April 2005!! Okocha wins the award for the second year running. OK, so where was Samuel Eto'o in this farce of an award....and Martins...and Drogba...Essien....Trabelsi... Oh wait, none of these guys featured in the EPL in 2004 (except DD, who just joined in August). I'll give Okocha this, he's very exciting to watch and I admire his skills and tricks. He's a great passer, dribbler and ummm and, well, he's a great passer and dribbler. Rewind to last season's Carling Cup semi-final where he scored a brace against Aston Villa, one being a beauty of a FK and you'll reacognise the talent that is Jay Jay Okocha.
But but come on, what did he do in 2004? What dizzying heights of greatness did he take Bolton to in the EPL/Europe? His team finished 8th in the EPL. Bolton came close to making it to the UEFA Cup but lost in the Carling Cup Final to Middlesborough. Desire Job had a better game as a sub than Okocha did as a starter. And on the international stage, I did not see the Super Eagles hoisting the ACN in mid-February. So, what did JJ do in 2004??? In 2003, I actually wanted JJ to win the CAF award over Eto'o and I felt he deserved it. Don't ask why, perhaps, I overlooked Eto'o's contribution in the Confed CUp and his brilliance at Real Mallorca. Of course you knew when CAF delayed it's decision for 2003 POY from January 2004 to summer (slight exag. here) and changed the venue of the awards ceremony to Cameroun that Eto'o was a sure winner.
But, I digress.
A few days later the BBC has a more farcical opinion poll "Is Okocha the best African Footballer ever?".
Huh!!!!! This was surely posted on April 1st!! The same site that proclaimed Roger Milla the player of the past millenium (say it slowly m-i-l-l-e-n-i-u-m) is now running a poll barely 5 years into the new century asking readers if Okocha is the best ever. And you should read some of the responses, you wonder what tinted super-eagled-Bolton glasses these football fan(atics) wear to watch games, if at all they do. In one breath I'll give you these names: Milla, Abedi Pele, Weah, Youssouf Fofana, Diouf (oops, typo), J-A Bell, Nkono, Belloumi, Madjer. Phew!
So wait, Okocha is better than Weah, who was voted the World FOY!!
Come on BBC, do your job. In the words of an illustrious statesman, you're either with us.....
/rant over
The BBC names Okocha 2004 African Footballer of the Year...in April 2005!! Okocha wins the award for the second year running. OK, so where was Samuel Eto'o in this farce of an award....and Martins...and Drogba...Essien....Trabelsi... Oh wait, none of these guys featured in the EPL in 2004 (except DD, who just joined in August). I'll give Okocha this, he's very exciting to watch and I admire his skills and tricks. He's a great passer, dribbler and ummm and, well, he's a great passer and dribbler. Rewind to last season's Carling Cup semi-final where he scored a brace against Aston Villa, one being a beauty of a FK and you'll reacognise the talent that is Jay Jay Okocha.
But but come on, what did he do in 2004? What dizzying heights of greatness did he take Bolton to in the EPL/Europe? His team finished 8th in the EPL. Bolton came close to making it to the UEFA Cup but lost in the Carling Cup Final to Middlesborough. Desire Job had a better game as a sub than Okocha did as a starter. And on the international stage, I did not see the Super Eagles hoisting the ACN in mid-February. So, what did JJ do in 2004??? In 2003, I actually wanted JJ to win the CAF award over Eto'o and I felt he deserved it. Don't ask why, perhaps, I overlooked Eto'o's contribution in the Confed CUp and his brilliance at Real Mallorca. Of course you knew when CAF delayed it's decision for 2003 POY from January 2004 to summer (slight exag. here) and changed the venue of the awards ceremony to Cameroun that Eto'o was a sure winner.
A few days later the BBC has a more farcical opinion poll "Is Okocha the best African Footballer ever?".
Huh!!!!! This was surely posted on April 1st!! The same site that proclaimed Roger Milla the player of the past millenium (say it slowly m-i-l-l-e-n-i-u-m) is now running a poll barely 5 years into the new century asking readers if Okocha is the best ever. And you should read some of the responses, you wonder what tinted super-eagled-Bolton glasses these football fan(atics) wear to watch games, if at all they do. In one breath I'll give you these names: Milla, Abedi Pele, Weah, Youssouf Fofana, Diouf (oops, typo), J-A Bell, Nkono, Belloumi, Madjer. Phew!
So wait, Okocha is better than Weah, who was voted the World FOY!!
Come on BBC, do your job. In the words of an illustrious statesman, you're either with us.....
/rant over