Comments on: The Downward Spiral Continues

By: Joka

Joka — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:18:22 +0000

The FAF should be looked over… Its not just the coach… After the 2006 world cup I remember O.G. saying that FAF was not as willing to work with him as was in the past.

By: Kiko

Kiko — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:38:43 +0000

Our current situation is embarrassing guys.

However, as Pedro said, the heat is on the FAF president Fernandes to act. He has promised to hire a new manager in the following weeks. What really caught my attention, was the way he released two contrasting statements in a short space of time (one stating that he believed and supported Mabi de Almeida, and the other claiming that the national team needed a new manager).

Lets hope that they replace the manager as soon as possible. The national team does not have amazing talent, but they have shown before that they can get the work done if the spirit and the tactics are right.

The ideal situation is to have a decent coach with a slight knowledge of Angolan football. Someone that can inspire confidence and raise the belief.
Teams are generally cautious when playing against the home team. Angola should exploit that in the AFCON and for that to happen, the players need to be confident.

By: pedro

pedro — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:50:13 +0000

By the way guys here goes all the results so far from since Mabi took over Angola 3 Niger 1 ; Venezuela 0 Angola 0 ; Zambia 3 Angola 1 ; Angola 0 Zambia 1 ;Mali 4 Angola 0 ; Angola 0 Cape Verde 1 ; Angola 0 Morocco 2 ; Angola 0 Namibia 0 e caso para dizer q este patife nao vale nada mas tambem ha q ser honestos a nossa selecao esta muito aquem daquela q nos truxe tanto orgulho…..

By: pedro

pedro — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:17:40 +0000

Now the blaming game has commence FAF is blaming the coach & the coach is blaming the FAF for poor organizational skills in my opinion both are to blame and both should be sacked especially the president Mr. Justino Fernandes who as never played sports or even study management…. in other words an incompetent, with only 8 months to go and only 3 friendlies confirmed the French game is still in the balance, i foresee a very embarrassing exit in the 1st round for Angola… hopefully we still have time to fix it ( i doubt it )

By: VD

VD — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:02:24 +0000

Poor very poor and after the Morocco game even worse only luck keep the score at 2 – 0 in favor of Morocco they should all b fired from the coach to the president only then we can move forward…. or else we gonna be embarrassed in our own country…..

By: Claudio

Claudio — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:56:12 +0000

Well Kiko, perfect prediction.

At the risk of launching into a expletive-laden diatribe of what exactly I think of the incapable Mabi de Almeida, the inexplicably myopic FAF, and the complacent players, I will stop here.