The Right to Say Mr. Gwod Is Wrong
It’s quite a challenge for me to buy into your claims if I take into account your knowledge about the history of Cameroonian football. Our “yap†as you put it, relies on the fact that we are the best team to have ever played the game of football from Africa and one of the most reputable teams in the world. Even at position 71, we still have enough experts to point at us as a possible contender for the World Cup in Brazil. And guess what? You are missing the point here. We have never craved big names, we have never aimed to create or nurture the likes of Cruyf, Beckenbauer, or Pele. Team spirit has always guided the Lions to victories. Look at the opening game during the world cup 90, Mbouh outshined Maradona (the best player on the planet at that point of time), J.D. Onana was playing against Caniggia. Tataw, Kunde, or Massing were solid ballplayers, but far from being stars. Now tell me, who prevailed?
If the Indomitable Lions ever taught the world something about football, then that the game depends more on the collective aptitude rather than the individual skills set. You should know it by now. The “dearth of talents†that you love to celebrate in almost every single of your op-eds is just scrap music to the ears of an astute audience. Please, try another argument.
It’s quite a challenge for me to buy into your claims if I take into account your knowledge about the history of Cameroonian football. Our “yap†as you put it, relies on the fact that we are the best team to have ever played the game of football from Africa and one of the most reputable teams in the world. Even at position 71, we still have enough experts to point at us as a possible contender for the World Cup in Brazil. And guess what? You are missing the point here. We have never craved big names, we have never aimed to create or nurture the likes of Cruyf, Beckenbauer, or Pele. Team spirit has always guided the Lions to victories. Look at the opening game during the world cup 90, Mbouh outshined Maradona (the best player on the planet at that point of time), J.D. Onana was playing against Caniggia. Tataw, Kunde, or Massing were solid ballplayers, but far from being stars. Now tell me, who prevailed?
If the Indomitable Lions ever taught the world something about football, then that the game depends more on the collective aptitude rather than the individual skills set. You should know it by now. The “dearth of talents†that you love to celebrate in almost every single of your op-eds is just scrap music to the ears of an astute audience. Please, try another argument.

