Nigeria FA To report Moyes for racist joke

[GrandOldTeam]

If I was Moyes I would turn it around, and say Nigeria have brought his name into disrepute.

 

[Nebbiolo]

If I was Moyes I would turn it around, and say Nigeria have brought his name into disrepute.

I'd ignore them, the last thing we want is the club to get embroiled in a race-row. It would be very ugly, and the club and its staff are above that.

 

[mh_ackett]

"This statement is an unambiguous insult on a whole nation, and the biggest black nation in the world for that matter, and we demand an unreserved apology from the said Mr. Moyes.

Just because it's the biggest black nation doesn't mean a thing. Did Moyes say anything about Yakubu being black. No. They're just using the the fact that they're all black to make it about racism. If it was Moyes saying the same thing about an Argentinian would it be racist against Hispanics?

"We demand also that Mr. Moyes must be expressly cautioned for insinuating that a civilized nation encourages age cheating, and he should find a way to return to the world media and decry his own statement."

Since when is Nigeria a civilized country. I didn't think that riots, where people started attcking and killing other religions, because of a cartoon could happen and over 400 hundred people get killed in a civilized country. This only happened last. Is that what they called civilized.

Moyes should take out the race card himself and start proclaiming that they are only calling him a racist because he is white. Would it be racist if a black manager said it? Then the whole thing might get interesting.

 

[Dylan]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7260868.stm

Everton manager David Moyes says that comments he made about Nigerian players have been misunderstood. He questioned the true age of his striker Yakubu Ayegbeni and of Nigerian players in general.
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has written to the English FA asking for Moyes to be sanctioned.
"What I said has been taken totally out of context. I have never before been accused of being a racist, that idea is totally abhorrent to me," said Moyes.
After Yakubu scored a hat-trick in Everton's Uefa Cup win over SK Brann on Thursday, Moyes told the Guardian newspaper:
"He's only 25, albeit a Nigerian 25, and so if that is his age he's still got a good few years ahead of him."
The comments caused outrage in Nigeria, but Moyes says he had no malicious intent.
"What I said was a light-hearted quip after Yakubu had scored a memorable hat-trick against Bergen," he said.
"It was certainly a comment which neither upset nor offended the player himself.
"Does anyone seriously believe that I would have made Yakubu the most expensive player in Everton's history if I had any concerns about his age?
But NFA spokesman Ademola Olajire says the comments have embarrassed the country.
"His statement is insulting to the Nigerian nation and unbecoming of a Premier League manager," Olajire told BBC Sport.
"We don't take kindly to snide remarks about our players, or our nation and we have sent a strongly-worded complaint to the English FA.
"Seriously, we will go at any length to ensure he is brought to book to explain his comments."

 

[Gazdalf]

They used the word snide. I like that.

 

[ricardobee]

*in best Ali G voice*


Is it because I is Yak?

 

[Dylan]

Oh dear....ricardobee, the door is thataway!----->

 

[ricardobee]

*gets coat and hurries towards the exit*

 

[Sharpys top lip]

Fukk em all.............45 year old lookin tw*ts....

Oh no im a bad racist!!!!