Comments on: Almeida Confirmed as the New Manager http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html World Cup 2006 - Germany Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:43:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kiko http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html/comment-page-1#comment-133590 Kiko Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:33:40 +0000 http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html#comment-133590 Joka, What you said is reasonable and understandable. However, Mabi de Almeida has never coached a domestic team before (in fact, he has never coached any other team) and that is the issue. If they were to give the job to an Angolan coach, they should at least have chosen someone with experience. Joka,

What you said is reasonable and understandable.

However, Mabi de Almeida has never coached a domestic team before (in fact, he has never coached any other team) and that is the issue. If they were to give the job to an Angolan coach, they should at least have chosen someone with experience.

]]> By: Joka http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html/comment-page-1#comment-133588 Joka Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:19:15 +0000 http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html#comment-133588 Kiko If you rush victory you set your self up for greater loses. and for the non-Angola managers they must prove them self with the domestic teams before we think of giving them control of the national team. Non-Angola managers must win african championships... Thats what I think. Kiko

If you rush victory you set your self up for greater loses. and for the non-Angola managers they must prove them self with the domestic teams before we think of giving them control of the national team. Non-Angola managers must win african championships… Thats what I think.

]]> By: Kiko http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html/comment-page-1#comment-133584 Kiko Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:23:24 +0000 http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html#comment-133584 Pedro, I doubt FAF sent an application to FIFA for Kivuvu or there would be news about it. Regarding your second point, there are a couple of players playing overseas such as -Francisco Zuela (defender) who plays for Skoda Xanthi in Greece, -Maquemba (striker) plays for Olympiakos Nicosia, -Guilherme Afonso (striker)plays for BV Veendam There are many more, but FAF does not do much reserch I suppose. There are enough Angolan players overseas that would give the likes of Manucho a run for their money. But unfortunately, they seem to go unnoticed. Pedro,

I doubt FAF sent an application to FIFA for Kivuvu or there would be news about it.

Regarding your second point, there are a couple of players playing overseas such as
-Francisco Zuela (defender) who plays for Skoda Xanthi in Greece,
-Maquemba (striker) plays for Olympiakos Nicosia,
-Guilherme Afonso (striker)plays for BV Veendam

There are many more, but FAF does not do much reserch I suppose.
There are enough Angolan players overseas that would give the likes of Manucho a run for their money. But unfortunately, they seem to go unnoticed.

]]> By: Pedro http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html/comment-page-1#comment-133583 Pedro Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:13:31 +0000 http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html#comment-133583 Just out of curiosity, does anyone know: 1) whether an application was made to FIFA to make Dominique Kivuvu eligible to play for Angola? 2) apart from the players that we already know, what other angolan players ply their trade overseas? Is it me alone or Angolan soccer looks and seems directionless all of a sudden? Just out of curiosity, does anyone know:
1) whether an application was made to FIFA to make Dominique Kivuvu eligible to play for Angola?
2) apart from the players that we already know, what other angolan players ply their trade overseas?
Is it me alone or Angolan soccer looks and seems directionless all of a sudden?

]]> By: Pedro http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html/comment-page-1#comment-133582 Pedro Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:45:38 +0000 http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html#comment-133582 Quite frankly I don't care whether the coach is from Mars or Venus, for as long he or she is competent I am ok with it. Right now there are no angolan coach(es) that will take us to the next level of were we need to be, not even the much touted Mario Calado or Rui Teixeira, proved by the fact that the most recent Girabola top 4 teams were all coached by foreign nationals. I really think the Angolan FA botched up this decision, given the competition(s) in which we will be competing in a not so distant future. The current coach has no business being in the position he is, for goodness sake he is a physical trainer, he has no formal educational coaching qualifications, he has no previous coaching experience except for being Oli G's assistant, in fact he really has nothing to offer. In many ways this whole saga reminds me of the "Prof" Necas appointment in 2006/7...and we all know how it all ended, don't we? Quite frankly I don’t care whether the coach is from Mars or Venus, for as long he or she is competent I am ok with it.
Right now there are no angolan coach(es) that will take us to the next level of were we need to be, not even the much touted Mario Calado or Rui Teixeira, proved by the fact that the most recent Girabola top 4 teams were all coached by foreign nationals. I really think the Angolan FA botched up this decision, given the competition(s) in which we will be competing in a not so distant future.
The current coach has no business being in the position he is, for goodness sake he is a physical trainer, he has no formal educational coaching qualifications, he has no previous coaching experience except for being Oli G’s assistant, in fact he really has nothing to offer.
In many ways this whole saga reminds me of the “Prof” Necas appointment in 2006/7…and we all know how it all ended, don’t we?

]]> By: Kiko http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html/comment-page-1#comment-133581 Kiko Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:39:39 +0000 http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html#comment-133581 Joka, Do you prefer to see the team fail with an inexperient African coach or succeed with a top non-african coach? Joka,

Do you prefer to see the team fail with an inexperient African coach or succeed with a top non-african coach?

]]> By: Kiko http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html/comment-page-1#comment-133580 Kiko Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:36:38 +0000 http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html#comment-133580 Pedro, You made a good point about players wanting to be "pampered and begged" by top coaches. Promising players would not think twice about joining the national team if they had been approached by a top coach. Its certainly more difficult for players to accept the invitation if the coach is Mabi de Almeida because: 1- No previous experience as manager 2- Players would not believe that the national team could achieve success 3- Players would suspect a lack of serious commitment from the FA (hired a coach with very little experience) The result of that could lead to more players following Nando Rafael's path. Pedro,

You made a good point about players wanting to be “pampered and begged” by top coaches.
Promising players would not think twice about joining the national team if they had been approached by a top coach.

Its certainly more difficult for players to accept the invitation if the coach is Mabi de Almeida because:

1- No previous experience as manager
2- Players would not believe that the national team could achieve success
3- Players would suspect a lack of serious commitment from the FA (hired a coach with very little experience)

The result of that could lead to more players following Nando Rafael’s path.

]]> By: Joka http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html/comment-page-1#comment-133579 Joka Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:03:56 +0000 http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html#comment-133579 African Team... Keep an African Coach. And as Africans we need to learn to respect one the other. African Team… Keep an African Coach. And as Africans we need to learn to respect one the other.

]]> By: Pedro http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html/comment-page-1#comment-133578 Pedro Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:15:37 +0000 http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html#comment-133578 The more I read this story, the more it has the same feeling as Sven G. Ericksson and Steven Mclaren...it simply don't feel right. Kiko, you mentioned something about him going to search players overseas, the problem with that is that those same players would want to be "pampered and begged" by a "world class" coach. An example is, Just imagine Jose Mourinho coaching the national team of Angola and he asks Kivuvu to avail himself for the national team, don't you think he would readily accept the challenge, rather than the opposite of being persuaded by Oli G or Mabi? The more I read this story, the more it has the same feeling as Sven G. Ericksson and Steven Mclaren…it simply don’t feel right.
Kiko, you mentioned something about him going to search players overseas, the problem with that is that those same players would want to be “pampered and begged” by a “world class” coach.
An example is, Just imagine Jose Mourinho coaching the national team of Angola and he asks Kivuvu to avail himself for the national team, don’t you think he would readily accept the challenge, rather than the opposite of being persuaded by Oli G or Mabi?

]]> By: Joka http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html/comment-page-1#comment-133577 Joka Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:16:44 +0000 http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-b/almeida-confirmed-as-the-new-manager.html#comment-133577 I think they will be just fine... For now the FAF has my vote. I think they will be just fine… For now the FAF has my vote.

]]>