Interesting Issues Such As The Notion of So-Called ‘Fans‘ On So-Called ‘Social‘ Media, The Importance of Safeguarding Players ‘Mental’ Health, Effective or Self-Interested ‘Tourist‘ Managers, And Space-Taking ‘Locker Room Advisers‘ – And More – Were All Up For Dynamic Debate Amongst A Diverse Group of Commentators Who Made A Refreshing Intelligent Conversational Change
We Here At TheOrator.Press (TO.P) Watched Alot of AFCON 2023 Coverage As It Was A Joy To Watch Compared To The Revolting Racism That The Afro-Caribbean Community Is Subjected To When It Comes To Their Members Playing In European Football. Some of The More Interesting Coverage, Conversations, Controlled Analysis, And Debate Regarding AFCON2023 And The Ivory Coast v Nigeria Final Included:
A Live Watch of The AFCON 2023 Final By Four Dedicated Football Commentators Viewing From The Sofa In An Impressive Football Studio. It Was The Backdrop To Part of The FCM (Football Culture Movement) Podcast Which Covered The Event.
In Attendance Were The Main Host Fuad Cadani, Fellow Host & Young Mega No Nonsense Nigeria Fan Mr Culture Cams @culturecams, His Fellow Mega No Nonsense Nigeria Fan – (And Wellknown Arsenal Fan) ‘Ty’ Taiwo Ogunlabi – (Who Brought To Mind Film Director Spike Lee @officialspikelee), And The Walking Football Encyclapedia And Cool, Calm, And Collected Elder Statesman From Ghana. He Just Soaking Up The Final For The Pure Love of AFCON (In His Proudly Worn Yellow T-Shirt).
On This AFCON Final Sofa Session Predictions Were Made, Not All Came True, But The Combination hof Different Personalities, Passions, Neutralities, Ages, Countries And Some Very Impressive Football Knowledge Made It A Good Watch, A Good Listen, And Good Learning With A Few Laughs Along The Way.
All On DR Sport Media Gamesday Live:
Nigeria v Ivory Coast –
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Ayo T (Pictured) & Smith Layi’ Talk All Things Nigerian Football On The Podcast ‘Eagles Tracker’ During An AFCON 2023 Final Post Match Review. It’s Intelligent, Knowledgeable, Friendly African Football Facts And Chats.
There’s Empathetic Talk Regarding Concern For The African Player’s Mental Health And Appeal For People To Be More Calm, Rational, Factual, And Less Abusive And Judgemental Whilst Still Enjoying Their Football. YouTube@EaglesTrackerNG
“For Me, I Think We Actually Overachieved”
Smith Layi, Post Match Analysis, AFCON2023′ Final, Feb 2024′ The Eagles Tracker Podcast
As Well As Unexpectedly Reaching The Final And Bringing Home A Silver Medal, Nigeria’s Captain William Troost Ekong @wtroostekong Was Named CAF Man of The Competition.
One of The Greatest Elements of AFCON 2023 Was The African Dances And They Posted Nigeria’s Final Arrival Dance On Their Instagram @eaglestracker_ng. Cafonline.com Previously Posted Nigeria’s Semi-Final Arrival Dance On Instagram @Caf_Online Led By Victor Osimhen. But It Was Ivory Coast Who Would Have The Last Dance After Beating Nigeria In The Final. The Elephants’ Favourite Celebration Dance Is ‘Coup de Marceau’ (By Tam Sir) Which They Also Danced After Beating DRC In The Semi-Final.
South Africa’s Arrival Dance (To ‘No De Bother’ By Afro Sound Machine) Was Also Something To Behold And For Them It Worked Powerfully As They Went On To Win The Bronze Medal After Beating DRC In The Third Place Playoffs. (Covered Separately In Our February 2024 Issue).
The South Africa Broadcasting Company (SABC) Had Interesting Things To Say About Their Country’s Bronze Medal Winning Performance In Their Great Post Match Analysis Chat.
How Knowledgeable, Analytical And Skillful She Is As A Commentator.
The Chemistry She Has With Her Fellow Presenters Made Watching That Channel’s Coverage Enjoyable As She’s Relaxed And Simply Loves What She Does And Does It Exceptionally Well.
We Look Forward To Seeing More Coverage From Her As A Refreshing Change.
Her Analysis Was Engaging Alongside Fellow South African Presenter
Jean-Emile Jamine of France24 And Ruben Slagter of Eurosports
Who Also Appeared As A Guest On The Channel.
With Correspondent James Vasina Via Satelite.
Also With Selina Sykes of France 24 @ssykes.f24
With Jean-Emile Jamine Again
And
Correspondent Chinwe Ossondu By Satelite From Lagos, Nigeria.
Notably Sibiya Agrees With Nigerian Sports Journalist Charles Ojugbana Who Was A Guest On Arise News Discussing Nigeria’s Defeat By Cote d’Ivoire, Regarding The Need To Concentrate On’ And Invest In’ Greater Integral Sports Administration, Technical Research And Development, Practice Training Sessions And Competitions, And Practical Infrastructures And Systems At Home In Order To Improve Their Game Going Forward.
After They Were Beaten By Ivory Coast In The AFCON 2023′ Final
Sun Feb 11th 2024′
Ojugbana Made Some Salient Points In This Regard, But His Criticism Singling Out Individual Players And Demeaning Anything Less Than Gold Is Contrary To The Caring, Modern And Progressive Stance Taken By Ayo T (Pictured In The Second Column) & Smith Layi’ On The Aforementioned EaglesTrackerNG Podcast Regarding Mental Health. And Is Also Contrary To Striker Teboho McKoena’s Positive Approach Regarding South Africa Winning The AFCON2023 Bronze Medal. By His Own Invitation Some Claims Made By Ojugbana Are Open To Be Fact Checked, Including Those About Sir Alex Ferguson’s Post Match Training Schedules And Practices After Big Matches.
From Abidjan In His Coverage For Arise News Aron ‘Aron The Baron‘ Akerejola Passionately Maintained That The Coach Has Little To Do With Match Outcome Compared To The Players, Contrary To The View of Former Ivorian Footballer Emmanuel Eboue (Featured In The France24 Video Above). As A Former Elephant Himself, He Forecast That Newly Appointed Ivorian Coach Emerse Fae Would Make A Big Difference. And He Was Proven Right As His Team Won And He Won Coach of The Tournament!
The Nuts And Bolts of Life Can Be Dull But They Hold Things Together And Support Those With The Bells And Whistles. With A Large Interative Touchscreen Yet A Somewhat More Subdued Account of Which Players Coulda’ Shoulda, Woulda’ Done What, When, And Where, Citi Sports Ghana‘s Post Match Analysis Was Interesting. Having As A Guest, The Elder Statesman Who Was Supporting Ghana On The Aforementioned ‘DR Sport Gameday Live’ Podcast, Might’ve Been A Game-Changer. Maybe Next Year For AFCON 2025!
Meantime French-Speaking African-American CAF Awards 2023 Presenter Sophy Tankou @sophyaiida Gave A Happy Roundup of The Fairytale AFCON2023′ Concluded Feb 2024′.
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