Also due to the post colonial nature of the country, it becomes awkward for Countries like the UK, Germany, The Netherlands and particularly France (in this case) to point a finger at the issue
I am a Cameroonian 🇨🇲and I am really impressed with the amount of research you did for this amazing video. You just painted a vivid picture on the sad reality my country faces. I just pray for better days for my people ❤️. Nice work👌🏽
Do you care about The African Cup of Nations ?. I ask because I was going to watch it I am from Scotland but after seeing this vlog it has made me think twice as buy doing so I feel it's sending out the wrong message. I hope things can improve for Cameroon I Would always say Cameroon is my favourite African football national team. Keep Safe.
The fact is football brings passion , relief, help, happiness and hope to every continent and always will ! Young men always play or watch this beautiful game ! So whatever the controversy or issues.. just remember the first time you saw Pele or Maradona .. the effect it had ! Vive ⚽️
It's really sad and heart breaking to see after so many years many Africa countries are still corrupt and backwards, most of the times it just feel like some presidents and other high political personnel are just there to eat money and not leave the post vacant, because they almost never change anything for the good, some make life worse than it was b4 they came. I've never been to Cameroon (I'm from ur North Western neighboring country🇳🇬) so I don't know how things are there, but even over here things get as de be
As a Cameroonian ( and longtime fan of the channel) It was always a shame seeing so much corruption go on, and none of us being able to do anything because the world didn't care. Everyone here knows that everything here goes wrong, corruption is at every level of the government, and we are praying that one day it will stop
Stop praying, God help those who help themselves. God hates corruption, it is us who need to stop corruption by not accepting corruption or getting involved in corruption. Then God will be happy with us.
@@sorryhackeryouloose7072 I hope you didn’t close your ears at the part where he said B*** is a cold bloody oppressive leader. But we tried, we refused corruption, some even tried to start revolutions, but what are you gonna do ? The police is corrupt at even level, even at the level of simple patrol officer raqueteering the population. The government is corrupt at every level. The justice system is a joke that failed time and time again. Essentially the guy who wins the case is the highest bidder. The educative system is a joke. For every ten places accepted in competitive exams 8 are corrupted and the cycle restarts. Even teachers are corrupted, regularly selling marks for money or sex. You may try to resist it, but you can’t go very far without being stopped because of it. And you can’t even start a revolution because the country is sooo divided( by tribes, religion and even language). The country is essentially divided by the tribes in it, and whenever one of them says enough is enough, the others just stay in the corner and say « It is their problem », making it easy for the army to essentially kill the resistance. Today Cameroon is a shame, and the country has become so poor, retarded and divided that people just accepted « surfacturation » as a fact of life.
@@joeltchitchi2536 as a Zimbabwean I feel your pain but it's important to never give up. The change you are seeking unfortunately often takes a long time and is a culmination of small acts by citizens rather than one major event. So do what you can, encourage others to do the same and persevere. In life, as in football , if you persevere you will get your rewards.
I'd love to see a video of how John Delaney ruined Irish football, and how he basically dropped all FAI funding of grassroots and what he called 'The Problem Child', League of Ireland football. His corruption would make Biya and other African dictators blush. He would be prosecuted in any other European country but he has connections within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the two parties that have ruled Ireland since independence (very similar parties ideology-wise, crony capitalism). A video exposing this to the world would be amazing since it is what many European viewers attribute to dictatorships in the developing world but is really happening on their doorstep. Their have been some success stories in the LOI in spite of this corruption and mismanagement of the league (one example of mismanagement being a rumour that the FAI vetoed a Sky Sports TV deal that would've been very lucrative for the clubs in favour of RTE), like Shamrock Rovers' Europa League run in 2011, beating Partizan away to reach the group stages, and Stephen Kenny taking Dundalk from relegation (saved by Monaghan United folding) to narrowly missing out on the Europa League knockout stages in 2016/17. He is now, against all odds, Ireland manager and doing very well. The FAI has had a change of governance but some of Delaney's cronies are still there slowing down change. The LOI has been resilient and come through a dark patch even stronger although some scandals remain (proposed sale of Tolka Park, home of Shelbourne, for housing and having them move in with their arch rivals Bohemian FC in Dalymount). An international audience needs to hear about this.
Irish football has been a shambles for ages and it would be great to get that story out - ever since Roy Keane lost his rag in 2002 I've always thought there was something funny going on.
I've heard the book Champagne Football covers this and is meant to be very good. Some of the allegations I heard over antics at the FAI were pretty remarkable
This would be great to see on this channel. I feel a lot of those outside of Ireland would have seen our loss to Luxembourg in March 2021 and wonder what has happened, not realising the utter shitshow that went on for nearly 20 years. Hopefully the national team under Kenny and those in charge of the FAI can turn us in the right direction!
Unless John Delaney can have people killed or disappeared for opposing him and hold onto his current position for six decades, I rather doubt his level of corruption would make any Central African dictator blush.
There is corruption everywhere in the world, but there are levels to it. As an African, the level of corruption in the Western world is nothing compared to that in many African countries
@@beno1129 The wealth inequality in many of the countries in Africa also is extreme and within the Western/developed countries, increasing wealth inequality and increasing corruption are strongly correlated if one sees Portugal, Italy, and the US (the first two being EU austerity targets, the other being a wealthy country with almost 1000 billionaires buying legislation after a judicial decision a decade ago).
@@Eibarwoman Yeah wealth inequality in Africa is extreme. Combine that with a growing population, inadequate infrastructure, ethnic and religious tensions, mismanagement, and growing unemployment, and sadly it looks like the future might get worse before it gets better. There's a reason why loads of Africans are leaving to live in the West. The West has its own social inequality issues, but again it's all relative. It's harder to be poor in Africa than in the West.
These kinds of videos is the reason I subscribe. In depth analysis of not only football, but the surrounding politics and reasons behind the happenings. We need this as most newspapers and agencies will not.
I completely agree. However, no doubt this comments section will be full of 'do a video of players who's name rhymes with fruit' or other such trivia. I think Alfie might want to differentiate between these quality pieces and the 'fluff' pieces that keep others fed.
@@nikko9586 Did you even watch the video? He literally made fun of how we gloss over corruption in Europe by calling it a different name and how France is complicit in stripping Cameroon's natural resources and supporting Cameroon's Dictator. Europe looks good doesn't in this video either...
Terrific video. I had no idea Cameroon was as corrupt as this. French support for Biya certainly needs more attention from the international community x
@@mjh5437 african cannot be corrupt without the help of the American and Europeans banks and financial wizards. where are the country looted money banked. certainly not in Africa.
Do a video on the Nigerian premier league, the away teams almost never win games. It’s always either an away loss or draw. And just the Nigerian football in general is a mess
@@mayukhdatta4017 the fans sometimes storm the pitches, and the referees are also reluctant to give decisions for fear of being attacked at the final whistle
@@ajibola138 this is true of previous seasons but the current season that’s happening as we speak has seen a lot more away wins so there’s progress there Eyinmba, Akwa United and Reno stars are just some of the teams that have seen away wins Then again this could be due to lower stadium capacity which prevents fans from doing anything bad
As someone of Cameroonian origin you are absolutely 💯 spot on and I appreciate the research that went into this. Hopefully everything goes well but yes this shines a light on the problems we have. Thank you for the time taken to adequately do your research .
Absolutely fantastic, I regret many things in life......however, subscribing to your channel is not one of them. The quality of information, the production values, everything is always spot on. I have been following for years and always enjoy your content Alfie.
As a Nigerian boy My own is that y'all played euros We're gonna play afcon That's my own sha I don't care if Liverpool don't win the league Africans deserve our competition too
You aren't ready to host one though. That's literally all what klopp was saying. Did the euros take place with countries having 15% vaccination rate? No so why should it be any different for African countries? It would have been so much better to host it in the summer in France.
There are a few countries in Africa that can host it because they have good enough infrastructure and somewhat low infection rates. Also have more than 20 % of the population vaccinated.
This video is fantastic. As an outsider who lived in both the Anglophone and Francophone Cameroon and was there for the last election. You hit the nail on the head. You did your research and everything you have said is 100% correct.
Stumbled on HITC at the start of last year and I must say the quality of the videos have got better and better. The narrative style is informative and highly entertaining. 20+ min videos feel like 5/6 mins
very interesting video again alfie! My girlfriends dad is the official team doctor of the Cameroonian football team and she had given me a notion of how chaotic everything was there but i had no idea it was this bad.
Through motorcycle vlogs of a dude through Africa I have learned a lot about corruption in this continent and especially the stranglehold by France on its ex colonies through holding the natural resources ransom. Cameroon is just one of many examples of this.
@@marcodontplay What chaos is that, $400BN practically every year that some African nations wouldn't have to give France anymore? France having to return the money that they've taken and getting the hell out? Former french colonies being able to open their borders to each other and establishing their own currency supported by their natural resources and human resources as Africa has the youngest population still, while France has an aging population like most of Europe and no resources to save their lives? How does that hurt Africans?
I enjoyed how you actually mentioned Europe's oppression of Africa and no just Britain's. Tired of country's like France getting away with it while British people have this permanent marker of being racist oppressors.
Shout out to HITC Sevens for this video essay on the state of Cameroon. I see a lot of research went into it and I appreciated the parallels and acknowledgments of comparable western corruption. Football and corruption go hand in glove unfortunately. I don’t have any answers
Football is corrupt from head to toe everywhere. Every tournament you ever watched is corruption filled. The problem is the media just picks when to shine a light on it. same old same old💔
@@jamesgolightly5320 I dont see how The Euro's are corrupt. I can see how The World Cup bidding is corrupt big time so much so that I will not watch The World Cup in Qatar but I dont see how The Euro's is corrupt at all. I also dont see how The Copa America or Gold Cup in North America are in anyway corrupt.
Football in Africa never changes , I worked in Kenya between 1991 and 1996 as Coach of Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards along with a short stint in Uganda . I am still owed thousands of dollars even spent 5 days in jail in Nairobi for punching the Chairmen of Gor Mahia . The whole time there it was a battle with corrupt officials of club and of Kff . Very frustrating ,only good thing was my assistant Austin Odour Origi is the Uncle of Origi at Liverpool , I coached Origi father Mike Okoth for a couple of months when he returned from Belgium . Great memory's but frustration
I'm actually for the ACON being played mid-season. The players are sharper, and they aren't being burned out as much by playing extra football when they normally would be resting. I think this will become a bigger talking point as time goes on, more african player will reach the top level as footballing infrastructure grows in africa. As its exposure grows and more people start watching the tournament, it will shine a bigger light on the true contrroversy that you've highlighted in this vid, that so many nations in africa suffer from shocking amounts of corruption at the government level.
@@Micfri300 I can't disagree with you honestly safety of the people should be top priority. Hosting it in France though, I'd waiting till covid in more under control, even if it means a few more years, hosting the competition outside of Africa, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
@@anonymousfrog1441 France has a big African diaspora which is perfect. Secondly nothing is on this summer even more exposure but nope they chose this path which is completely dangerous and unnecessary
@@Micfri300 I get what you mean, it does have many benefits like you've mentioned, I just get a bad feeling about it personally. It's sounds daft, but if we did it once, how long before it's always held in Europe? And the other international tournaments too, it'd feel wrong to deny the people of those nations their football tournament. Just postpone it longer and go ahead when things are safe, it might force some of these nations to treat the situation a little more seriously.
This is just sad. I can’t believe a TH-cam footie channel has done a better job highlighting this atrocity - and France’s involvement - than international news outlets.
European football media NEVER report on African football unless it's something negative. There have been very successful tournaments over the years, with stellar performances from African playing in the biggest leagues in Europe......utter silence when that happens. But once there's a scandal or something negative, all of Europe decides to report on it.
Western media is always biased. But Alfie makes a good point. CAF is corrupt. So is UEFA and FIFA. Much ruckus has been made about Qatar, Brazil hosting Fifa while the intensity of protests and such were much lower in case of Russia.
@Black Cloud While you're correct about "European football media" in general, it's probably a bit unfair on Alfie who doesn't shy away from highlighting negative aspects of football globally. He's never been one to avoid talking about corruption, scummy clubs, (and their backers) or loathsome fans...in Europe. Having said that, there's little doubt that Africa and African football does receive either scant or overly negative reporting - hopefully we see the best of AFCON in the coming weeks.
I don't think it would be seen at the same level as the Euros or the Copa America, but I do agree that the timing makes a big difference. Sticking it in the middle of the European club season is a bad idea.
I think the African Cup is in January because of the heat that usually comes around in July. They actually used to have the African Cup in June-July only as far back as 2010, but I have no idea why they changed it
In all honesty I am quite disgusted by the questions directed at African footballers from the media being like "uwu are you going to accept the call-up, wouldn't you secretly rather stay with your club?" as if Western clubs are more important than African countries. It's racist and it's disrespectful. Could you imagine Phil Foden being asked if he's going to accept his FIFA fucking World Cup call-up or if he would rather save his energy for the Premier League? It's a humongous double standard. The COVID concern trolling from the clubs is honestly even worse. They care about African players' health about as much as CAF does; they just don't want to lose them for weeks.
Notice also that all of the "big 5" leagues except La Liga (whom I expect will eventually announce one) have announced breaks for the Qatar World Cup. They could, if they wanted to, do the same thing for the AFCON. These moronic arguments are entirely driven by the fact that it's Africa's cup and not Europe's, they absolutely wouldn't dare assert that Kane or Ronaldo skip a competition because there was no international break for it. I'd argue they shouldn't be pausing for any tournaments or international games ,but hey different strokes (and primarily money).
@@Pantalaimon91 exactly!! There's a very mean-spirited psychological side to it as well. African (and Asian, as the AFC Asian Cup is also in the January/February window) players are the only players in the world who are made to feel like following their dreams of trying to win a trophy they've been dreaming of lifting since they were preschoolers is some sort of betrayal to their club teams. Many will be sitting on the plane to Cameroon feeling guilty over their alleged abandonment of the club they play for, even though playing for your country is the greatest honour any player could receive, whether that country is France or the Comoros. Western media and fans seriously need to shake off their superiority complex because it's really not okay.
@@Pantalaimon91 They actually pause leagues for international games (it's called international break). Now, imagine asking an English player whether they would go to the qualifiers or pretend to be injured bc they have a ucl semi coming up.
The research for this video was out of this world 🙌, without a single doubt one of the best videos about Cameroon from a foreign channel. Great Job Mate👍🏾
Great vid Alfie. Although you missed out the 'official' reason Cameroon couldn't host the 2019(?) tournament. CAF upped the team count up to 24 a year after the bid and Cameroon said they wouldn't have enough stadiums to host an expanded tournament
Great video as ever Alfie. Another thing about African countries and colonialism is that the modern day African countries’ borders don’t actually make any sense, because historically Africa has tended to have regions run by tribes, often different and hostile to one another. It wasn’t until the British, French etc rocked up and decided that ‘this land is now Cameroon, Nigeria, etc’ - introducing the hitherto alien concept of nation states to Africa - that these disparate tribes were suddenly part of the same political jurisdiction. It’s one reason why a lot of African countries have had civil war and why a lot of these countries struggle to function coherently.
We were primarily made up of ethnicities and nations, not tribes. If you won’t call the 5 million Welsh a “tribe”, how then would you refer to 40 million strong Yoruba, for example as one? “Tribe” is derogatory and although, we had some tribes, we were mostly made of more complex social institutions.
@@moeo2463 I don't find tribe to be derogatory at all. And although the Yoruba may number 40 million, that is not a common occurence and tribes may be as complex or more than nations, it's only as complex as the people that make up the whole
@@shaki8831 A tribe is a small group of people who share a common ancestry, related by blood and kinship. How in God’s name can 40 million people be a tribe? The colonialists labeled us such to ridicule and downplay our significance and complex advancements. Why aren’t the Austrians or the Dutch who number much less than that called tribes?
I don't think it's true. A lot of leagues still run during the AFCON. January and February are the months will the least rainfall in most African nations. June and July happen to be the wettest months with a lot of thunderstorms. A lot of football matches are cancelled during these months because of the weather and cancellations will not help a competition with so many matches played within a short period of time.
Another fantastic CAF video. Hope that Best XI from sub-Saharan African clubs is coming out soon-the Cup of Nations is a great opportunity to start cranking out more CAF stuff!
I am holding my breadth that there will be no casualties from this Afcon gig,there is whispers that the Ambazonian Rebels are planning something to make headlines during the gig,we can only hope we won't have to witness candle vigils.CAF should have moved this Gig from Cameroon to South Africa,safety is important.
My father is Zimbabwean. Probably 3 or 4 of our best starting XI will actually go to the tournament (either because of injuries or the retirement of Billiat). That's if we don't get banned for government interference before then, which seems highly likely
I know a man who went to vote in Australia's behalf for winning the 2018 world cup hosting. He said he needed 5 votes to advance to the second round of voting. He received one. Later that night, 5 different people called him saying they voted for him.
Would like to see a video of which of the African teams if any will reach quarters or semis or has the best chance. Senegal, Nigeria and Algeria all have a chance of doing well I feel should they reach it
Senegal and Algeria I agree, but Nigeria better hope they don't get drawn vs Mali/Cameroon if they want to Qualify, I don%t even think that they are favoured vs Egypt. DR Congo and Ghana should be easy for Nigeria though. Anyways I don't see them doing well at the world cup.
Nigeria is a team is crisis, Nigeria has no chance of qualifying regardless of who they go against. Peseiro, new coach, who was sacked by VENEZUELA. Why? Why the hell did we get this guy? How's he going to help?
Danny Jordaan is killing South African football, and our federation is corrupt and we dont produce players and even at our local teams . we need serious help in our football. South African Spectators are blind, we didnt even qualify for CAF and even for the World Cup play-offs. Our players are getting a lot of money but not produce in the field.
I agree Danny Jordan did great in bringing the World Cup to Africa. But South African football has been regressing under him. Sometimes the coach isn’t the issue it’s the FA president. For example can you explain to me why Shakes Mashaba was fired when he was the best coach South Africa has had in the past decade?
@@alkzavaleta7876 He is trying to paint a lopsided viewpoint, to justify why Europeans show much comptent to Africa’s football, while forgetting Euro 2020 was played in 2021
@@alkzavaleta7876 He has mentioned the numerous problems and issues caused by colonialism many times on other videos. Try educating yourself before commenting. Did you actually watch the whole video, he discussed the French influence at 20 mins?
Hey Alfie.. I am a Cameroonian and have been following your channel since 25Ksubs, This is a phenomenal Video , your research level is sooo Underrated and so is your channel ..
The general European football fan and surface level fan hates the AFCON cuz it happens in the middle of their season which could hurt some teams with less depth and more reliant on African players. On a deeper level there's just a bunch of bureaucratic corrupt BS as usual with anything football governing body related
Nope. Vaccination rates in Cameron are below above 20%. This could mean seasons are cancelled people in the general public die. For what? A football competition containing teams that haven't even won a world cup. Uefa didn't play their tournament when vaccination rates were 20% nor did copa America(even they had it at very limited attendances). So please don't bring up this bs of africa being disadvantaged. You have won again congratulations. When thousands of people die after this covid spreads after the tournament I'm sure you will be happy.
@@Micfri300 wow, COVID only affects Africans n only they die. UEFA n the premier league really care about their players that's why managers (tuchel, klopp etc) complaining about COVID n injuries are being taken seriously by having them play matches regardless
@@erliandrozsa3839 covid affects everyone. That is why uefa hosted their tournament a year later when countries were ready even though they lost a money by not doing it in 2020.
@@Micfri300 in case you didn't know, afcon was supposed to be held in 2021 not 2022. It's the pandemic that derailed everything same as it did for euro2020. But it seems to be a problem coz it's an African competition
Alfie, you Sir are a treasure. Your vids like this on Cameroon and others like it, use football as a lead in for some heavy geopolitical information. the way you frame it all up is quite remarkable. if HITC doesn't work out then I have to you have a huge future in documentary production. I must point out that they were 0 opportunities to hit the shot glass as there was no mention of Hull City Tigers. Eddie Howe well done Sir !
The African Cup Of Nations is one of my favourite tournaments ever despite knowing these controversies which you have stated,good friend Alfie!!!Maybe,the tournament could have been postponed to at least next month when the situations over there would be resolved but I am eagerly expecting it to go ahead for the respective good people and viewers and not to forget the respective national teams that would compete,good friend!!!I wish all of the respective national teams all the very best in this extremely so fantastic tournament and long live to all of them,good friend!!!
This video made me put into perspective what my friend's dad who had been working on Cameroun for many years may have been doing there, and how they could live in a huge house near Nice in the Côte d'Azur. Thank you for this end-of-innocence moment and for breaking the huge assumptions i had on Cameroun
When you see some of the 'modest' homes lots of these African officials live inside, it is very cough very cough, difficult to see where all of the cough funds have went to...
Got a video idea for you. Best position for different countries. So for example left back for Scotland (Tierney, Hickey, Robertson) or Goalkeeper for Switzerland (Sommer, Bürki, Kobel, Hitz).
Here's the thing afcon has been played Jan/Feb for a majority of time its been played, it shouldn't come as a surprise they should know its happening and they should know if they have too africam talent in their teams they will b unavailable during this time. If they don't like this don't sign African players, pretty simple really!!!
@@theultumateprezes6379 im not saying they shouldn't, im saying they know the situation when they sign the players so either stop whinging about it or don't sign them
@@timidforttress1623 Well you guessed wrong, and my comment had nothing whatsoever to do with slagging off people who live in poverty. The guy has done very well to modify his motorbike to the point where it's strong enough to carry 8 people, (and a not inconsiderable amount of 'luggage') and he's also managed to achieve some mobility for his family, which he deserves a lot of credit for. It was a light hearted comment highlighting that he's the only one to be wearing a helmet. That's not to say that he should have to fork out on 8 helmets - just that he's wearing one at all. Maybe you might want to consider the context in which a comment is written before coming to the rescue of someone who doesn't need rescuing. Also, there's no mention of the police in my comment - road safety and road safety laws aren't the same thing.
I think this channel should talk about all the things going on right now during the tournament. Like the fields. Referee whistling early. Cameroon changing rules before their games to get advantage. Fans running to the fields. And other things. Like etoo saying this cup will stay here in Cameroon no matter what.
Not only is controversial, it's also disrespected by European clubs not wanting to release players and sometimes, outright suggesting that it's not a tournament their African players need take seriously!
HITCSevens, please do a video about the best XI in the Premier League since 1992 in each position e.g Schmeichel, Cech in goal, Neville, Azpilicueta, Walker at right back. It would be brilliant.
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 254) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
I was thinking it might be a good idea to have a winter break in the major leagues coincide with the African Cup of Nations. Maybe that would stop the nonsense about teams not wanting to release players and teams having to think about losing a talented player when signing African players.
Hello Alfie, happy new year are Hull City going to get new owners? Danilo Iervolino is the new owner of Salernitana and the club are now set to stay in Serie A. You should do a documentary on them with the news story about them in the last few days. And a AFC Wimbledon documentary on their Nine promotions to be in league one would be good pls. I expect the African cup of nation AFCON to go on now. Thanks 😊
How has Cameroon gone so under the radar being one of the most currupt countries with no ambition to change, this needs to be talked about more
by virtue of being an African country if I'd have to hazard a guess
Because the media doesn’t care about Africa unfortunately
Also due to the post colonial nature of the country, it becomes awkward for Countries like the UK, Germany, The Netherlands and particularly France (in this case) to point a finger at the issue
We have a president who just refused to step down 🤦🏾♂️
Cameroon doesnt produce quality players so, no spotlight
I am a Cameroonian 🇨🇲and I am really impressed with the amount of research you did for this amazing video. You just painted a vivid picture on the sad reality my country faces. I just pray for better days for my people ❤️. Nice work👌🏽
Do you care about The African Cup of Nations ?.
I ask because I was going to watch it I am from Scotland but after seeing this vlog it has made me think twice as buy doing so I feel it's sending out the wrong message.
I hope things can improve for Cameroon I Would always say Cameroon is my favourite African football national team.
Keep Safe.
The fact is football brings passion , relief, help, happiness and hope to every continent and always will ! Young men always play or watch this beautiful game ! So whatever the controversy or issues.. just remember the first time you saw Pele or Maradona .. the effect it had ! Vive ⚽️
It's really sad and heart breaking to see after so many years many Africa countries are still corrupt and backwards, most of the times it just feel like some presidents and other high political personnel are just there to eat money and not leave the post vacant, because they almost never change anything for the good, some make life worse than it was b4 they came. I've never been to Cameroon (I'm from ur North Western neighboring country🇳🇬) so I don't know how things are there, but even over here things get as de be
As a Cameroonian ( and longtime fan of the channel) It was always a shame seeing so much corruption go on, and none of us being able to do anything because the world didn't care. Everyone here knows that everything here goes wrong, corruption is at every level of the government, and we are praying that one day it will stop
bosnians: hold my beer
It’s happening in most nations in Africa and I’m from Guinea
Stop praying, God help those who help themselves. God hates corruption, it is us who need to stop corruption by not accepting corruption or getting involved in corruption. Then God will be happy with us.
@@sorryhackeryouloose7072 I hope you didn’t close your ears at the part where he said B*** is a cold bloody oppressive leader. But we tried, we refused corruption, some even tried to start revolutions, but what are you gonna do ?
The police is corrupt at even level, even at the level of simple patrol officer raqueteering the population. The government is corrupt at every level. The justice system is a joke that failed time and time again. Essentially the guy who wins the case is the highest bidder. The educative system is a joke. For every ten places accepted in competitive exams 8 are corrupted and the cycle restarts.
Even teachers are corrupted, regularly selling marks for money or sex.
You may try to resist it, but you can’t go very far without being stopped because of it.
And you can’t even start a revolution because the country is sooo divided( by tribes, religion and even language). The country is essentially divided by the tribes in it, and whenever one of them says enough is enough, the others just stay in the corner and say « It is their problem », making it easy for the army to essentially kill the resistance.
Today Cameroon is a shame, and the country has become so poor, retarded and divided that people just accepted « surfacturation » as a fact of life.
@@joeltchitchi2536 as a Zimbabwean I feel your pain but it's important to never give up. The change you are seeking unfortunately often takes a long time and is a culmination of small acts by citizens rather than one major event. So do what you can, encourage others to do the same and persevere. In life, as in football , if you persevere you will get your rewards.
I'd love to see a video of how John Delaney ruined Irish football, and how he basically dropped all FAI funding of grassroots and what he called 'The Problem Child', League of Ireland football. His corruption would make Biya and other African dictators blush. He would be prosecuted in any other European country but he has connections within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the two parties that have ruled Ireland since independence (very similar parties ideology-wise, crony capitalism).
A video exposing this to the world would be amazing since it is what many European viewers attribute to dictatorships in the developing world but is really happening on their doorstep. Their have been some success stories in the LOI in spite of this corruption and mismanagement of the league (one example of mismanagement being a rumour that the FAI vetoed a Sky Sports TV deal that would've been very lucrative for the clubs in favour of RTE), like Shamrock Rovers' Europa League run in 2011, beating Partizan away to reach the group stages, and Stephen Kenny taking Dundalk from relegation (saved by Monaghan United folding) to narrowly missing out on the Europa League knockout stages in 2016/17. He is now, against all odds, Ireland manager and doing very well.
The FAI has had a change of governance but some of Delaney's cronies are still there slowing down change. The LOI has been resilient and come through a dark patch even stronger although some scandals remain (proposed sale of Tolka Park, home of Shelbourne, for housing and having them move in with their arch rivals Bohemian FC in Dalymount).
An international audience needs to hear about this.
Irish football has been a shambles for ages and it would be great to get that story out - ever since Roy Keane lost his rag in 2002 I've always thought there was something funny going on.
I've heard the book Champagne Football covers this and is meant to be very good. Some of the allegations I heard over antics at the FAI were pretty remarkable
Wait. If he dropped grassroots and league football, then what the hell did he do? What else is there?
This would be great to see on this channel. I feel a lot of those outside of Ireland would have seen our loss to Luxembourg in March 2021 and wonder what has happened, not realising the utter shitshow that went on for nearly 20 years. Hopefully the national team under Kenny and those in charge of the FAI can turn us in the right direction!
Unless John Delaney can have people killed or disappeared for opposing him and hold onto his current position for six decades, I rather doubt his level of corruption would make any Central African dictator blush.
It's ridiculous the levels of corruption in football, yet people seem to think the Premier League and PGMOL are squeaky clean...
There is corruption everywhere in the world, but there are levels to it. As an African, the level of corruption in the Western world is nothing compared to that in many African countries
@@beno1129 The wealth inequality in many of the countries in Africa also is extreme and within the Western/developed countries, increasing wealth inequality and increasing corruption are strongly correlated if one sees Portugal, Italy, and the US (the first two being EU austerity targets, the other being a wealthy country with almost 1000 billionaires buying legislation after a judicial decision a decade ago).
@@beno1129 London is the corruption capital of the world.
@@Eibarwoman Yeah wealth inequality in Africa is extreme. Combine that with a growing population, inadequate infrastructure, ethnic and religious tensions, mismanagement, and growing unemployment, and sadly it looks like the future might get worse before it gets better. There's a reason why loads of Africans are leaving to live in the West. The West has its own social inequality issues, but again it's all relative. It's harder to be poor in Africa than in the West.
@@tdyerwestfield It really isn't
These kinds of videos is the reason I subscribe. In depth analysis of not only football, but the surrounding politics and reasons behind the happenings. We need this as most newspapers and agencies will not.
You're just racist that's all .. you guys are only interested in seeing things which make Europe look good and make Africa look bad
I completely agree. However, no doubt this comments section will be full of 'do a video of players who's name rhymes with fruit' or other such trivia. I think Alfie might want to differentiate between these quality pieces and the 'fluff' pieces that keep others fed.
@@nikko9586 If Alfie was a racist as you claim, why would he mention the fact that France is involved in supporting Cameroonian dictatorship?
@@nikko9586 Did you even watch the video? He literally made fun of how we gloss over corruption in Europe by calling it a different name and how France is complicit in stripping Cameroon's natural resources and supporting Cameroon's Dictator. Europe looks good doesn't in this video either...
@@theultumateprezes6379 because most of france's players are from africa and are black..you know that deep down in your heart
Terrific video. I had no idea Cameroon was as corrupt as this. French support for Biya certainly needs more attention from the international community x
Its African,of course its corrupt!!
@@mjh5437 african cannot be corrupt without the help of the American and Europeans banks and financial wizards. where are the country looted money banked. certainly not in Africa.
@@mjh5437 backup by corrupt european politicians
Dude european union is insanely corrupted so they for sure aint gonna give a shit about Cameroon unless they profit from it
Do a video on the Nigerian premier league, the away teams almost never win games. It’s always either an away loss or draw. And just the Nigerian football in general is a mess
Why dont away teams win games? Is it that the fans are very hostile or tht there is some deeper and more sinister reason?
@@mayukhdatta4017 the fans sometimes storm the pitches, and the referees are also reluctant to give decisions for fear of being attacked at the final whistle
@@ajibola138 this is true of previous seasons but the current season that’s happening as we speak has seen a lot more away wins so there’s progress there
Eyinmba, Akwa United and Reno stars are just some of the teams that have seen away wins
Then again this could be due to lower stadium capacity which prevents fans from doing anything bad
This is why i as a nigerian support clubs from abroad cause there games aren't fixed
Yeah it's ridiculous as fuck here lol
As someone of Cameroonian origin you are absolutely 💯 spot on and I appreciate the research that went into this. Hopefully everything goes well but yes this shines a light on the problems we have. Thank you for the time taken to adequately do your research .
Absolutely fantastic, I regret many things in life......however, subscribing to your channel is not one of them. The quality of information, the production values, everything is always spot on. I have been following for years and always enjoy your content Alfie.
As a Nigerian boy
My own is that y'all played euros
We're gonna play afcon
That's my own sha
I don't care if Liverpool don't win the league
Africans deserve our competition too
Agreed, corruption isn't going to stop the Qatar World Cup.
You aren't ready to host one though. That's literally all what klopp was saying. Did the euros take place with countries having 15% vaccination rate? No so why should it be any different for African countries? It would have been so much better to host it in the summer in France.
@@Micfri300 When did Klopp say that?
There are a few countries in Africa that can host it because they have good enough infrastructure and somewhat low infection rates. Also have more than 20 % of the population vaccinated.
@@CharlieHolmesT he implied it. But the journalist got all blm has always.
This video is fantastic. As an outsider who lived in both the Anglophone and Francophone Cameroon and was there for the last election. You hit the nail on the head. You did your research and everything you have said is 100% correct.
Stumbled on HITC at the start of last year and I must say the quality of the videos have got better and better. The narrative style is informative and highly entertaining. 20+ min videos feel like 5/6 mins
Another phenomenal video Alfie, thank you so much for your hard work and research to produce these type of videos for us viewers!
very interesting video again alfie! My girlfriends dad is the official team doctor of the Cameroonian football team and she had given me a notion of how chaotic everything was there but i had no idea it was this bad.
Ok
Through motorcycle vlogs of a dude through Africa I have learned a lot about corruption in this continent and especially the stranglehold by France on its ex colonies through holding the natural resources ransom. Cameroon is just one of many examples of this.
Thank you brother we need more humans like you who believe in equality and we can all enjoy each others cultures I pray for peace between all races
If France left Africa today , the chaos that will ensue
@@marcodontplay Don't worry; china would quickly come to the rescue!🤣
@@marcodontplay The same old rhetoric🙄 Make no mistake, France has a LOT more to lose in this divorce than the African nations it is enslaving
@@marcodontplay
What chaos is that, $400BN practically every year that some African nations wouldn't have to give France anymore?
France having to return the money that they've taken and getting the hell out?
Former french colonies being able to open their borders to each other and establishing their own currency supported by their natural resources and human resources as Africa has the youngest population still, while France has an aging population like most of Europe and no resources to save their lives?
How does that hurt Africans?
I enjoyed how you actually mentioned Europe's oppression of Africa and no just Britain's. Tired of country's like France getting away with it while British people have this permanent marker of being racist oppressors.
So true. France's oppression never really ended too
Yes, the francophone influence is very over looked
Thank god it ain't just me that sees this
@@EmmaAbaya yep it’s still going on and people don’t realize it
British were wayyyy worse don’t even compare u donut
Shout out to HITC Sevens for this video essay on the state of Cameroon. I see a lot of research went into it and I appreciated the parallels and acknowledgments of comparable western corruption. Football and corruption go hand in glove unfortunately. I don’t have any answers
Football is corrupt from head to toe everywhere. Every tournament you ever watched is corruption filled. The problem is the media just picks when to shine a light on it. same old same old💔
They love to shine the light when Africa is involved. Racismo
@@nigelnyoni8265 especially British media smh
@@nigelnyoni8265 could you please enlighten me on how the Euros are corrupt ?
@@jamesgolightly5320
I dont see how The Euro's are corrupt.
I can see how The World Cup bidding is corrupt big time so much so that I will not watch
The World Cup in Qatar but I dont see how The Euro's is corrupt at all.
I also dont see how The Copa America or Gold Cup in North America are in anyway corrupt.
@@nigelnyoni8265 blah blah blah racism blah blah blah
Football in Africa never changes , I worked in Kenya between 1991 and 1996 as Coach of Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards along with a short stint in Uganda . I am still owed thousands of dollars even spent 5 days in jail in Nairobi for punching the Chairmen of Gor Mahia . The whole time there it was a battle with corrupt officials of club and of Kff . Very frustrating ,only good thing was my assistant Austin Odour Origi is the Uncle of Origi at Liverpool , I coached Origi father Mike Okoth for a couple of months when he returned from Belgium . Great memory's but frustration
Thank you for making this video. Amazing quality as always
Brilliant video Alfie. That Eddie Howe moment cracks me up every time.
I’ve only really heard talk about afcon in terms on its impact on the premier league (maybe ignorantly.) so thanks for showing more about it.
Racismo. Nobody respects Africa. Even Africans
I'm actually for the ACON being played mid-season. The players are sharper, and they aren't being burned out as much by playing extra football when they normally would be resting. I think this will become a bigger talking point as time goes on, more african player will reach the top level as footballing infrastructure grows in africa. As its exposure grows and more people start watching the tournament, it will shine a bigger light on the true contrroversy that you've highlighted in this vid, that so many nations in africa suffer from shocking amounts of corruption at the government level.
I'm actually for people not dying from covid and would have rather waited until the summer to hold afcon and have it staged in France.
@@Micfri300 I can't disagree with you honestly safety of the people should be top priority. Hosting it in France though, I'd waiting till covid in more under control, even if it means a few more years, hosting the competition outside of Africa, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
@@anonymousfrog1441 France has a big African diaspora which is perfect. Secondly nothing is on this summer even more exposure but nope they chose this path which is completely dangerous and unnecessary
@@Micfri300 I get what you mean, it does have many benefits like you've mentioned, I just get a bad feeling about it personally. It's sounds daft, but if we did it once, how long before it's always held in Europe? And the other international tournaments too, it'd feel wrong to deny the people of those nations their football tournament. Just postpone it longer and go ahead when things are safe, it might force some of these nations to treat the situation a little more seriously.
@@Micfri300 oh yeah the AFRICAN cup of nations in Europe... Great logic mate
This is just sad. I can’t believe a TH-cam footie channel has done a better job highlighting this atrocity - and France’s involvement - than international news outlets.
European football media NEVER report on African football unless it's something negative. There have been very successful tournaments over the years, with stellar performances from African playing in the biggest leagues in Europe......utter silence when that happens. But once there's a scandal or something negative, all of Europe decides to report on it.
I highly agree these guys just enjoy demeaning Africa
I have to agree with you. The piece started of talking about soccer and then went of the rail by focusing on Biya.
Western media is always biased. But Alfie makes a good point. CAF is corrupt. So is UEFA and FIFA. Much ruckus has been made about Qatar, Brazil hosting Fifa while the intensity of protests and such were much lower in case of Russia.
Well all media in the world do that anyway CAF is a shit tournament .
@Black Cloud
While you're correct about "European football media" in general, it's probably a bit unfair on Alfie who doesn't shy away from highlighting negative aspects of football globally.
He's never been one to avoid talking about corruption, scummy clubs, (and their backers) or loathsome fans...in Europe.
Having said that, there's little doubt that Africa and African football does receive either scant or overly negative reporting - hopefully we see the best of AFCON in the coming weeks.
I am cameroonian and i appreciate you speaking out about the corupptnes of cameroon. Hopefully something can change, even tho it doesn't look like it
It’s not that contraversial it’s just disrespected because of the time it is at it should be on the same level as the euros
Lol.
Exactly.
I don't think it would be seen at the same level as the Euros or the Copa America, but I do agree that the timing makes a big difference. Sticking it in the middle of the European club season is a bad idea.
I think the African Cup is in January because of the heat that usually comes around in July. They actually used to have the African Cup in June-July only as far back as 2010, but I have no idea why they changed it
In all honesty I am quite disgusted by the questions directed at African footballers from the media being like "uwu are you going to accept the call-up, wouldn't you secretly rather stay with your club?" as if Western clubs are more important than African countries. It's racist and it's disrespectful. Could you imagine Phil Foden being asked if he's going to accept his FIFA fucking World Cup call-up or if he would rather save his energy for the Premier League? It's a humongous double standard. The COVID concern trolling from the clubs is honestly even worse. They care about African players' health about as much as CAF does; they just don't want to lose them for weeks.
Notice also that all of the "big 5" leagues except La Liga (whom I expect will eventually announce one) have announced breaks for the Qatar World Cup. They could, if they wanted to, do the same thing for the AFCON. These moronic arguments are entirely driven by the fact that it's Africa's cup and not Europe's, they absolutely wouldn't dare assert that Kane or Ronaldo skip a competition because there was no international break for it. I'd argue they shouldn't be pausing for any tournaments or international games ,but hey different strokes (and primarily money).
@@Pantalaimon91 exactly!! There's a very mean-spirited psychological side to it as well. African (and Asian, as the AFC Asian Cup is also in the January/February window) players are the only players in the world who are made to feel like following their dreams of trying to win a trophy they've been dreaming of lifting since they were preschoolers is some sort of betrayal to their club teams. Many will be sitting on the plane to Cameroon feeling guilty over their alleged abandonment of the club they play for, even though playing for your country is the greatest honour any player could receive, whether that country is France or the Comoros. Western media and fans seriously need to shake off their superiority complex because it's really not okay.
@@Pantalaimon91 They actually pause leagues for international games (it's called international break). Now, imagine asking an English player whether they would go to the qualifiers or pretend to be injured bc they have a ucl semi coming up.
@@BrianStorm742 let them keep underestimating Africans, Europeans and their declining growth will face reality in due time.
Your tournament is literally in the middle of the season why couldn’t it take place in the summer ?
The research for this video was out of this world 🙌, without a single doubt one of the best videos about Cameroon from a foreign channel. Great Job Mate👍🏾
Brilliant stuff. A great look at both football and African politics. My favourite!
The fact you managed to do all this research and put this video together while not sat in a hotel in Switzerland really amazes me
Great vid Alfie. Although you missed out the 'official' reason Cameroon couldn't host the 2019(?) tournament. CAF upped the team count up to 24 a year after the bid and Cameroon said they wouldn't have enough stadiums to host an expanded tournament
This is really well done!! Thank you for compiling it
Great video as ever Alfie. Another thing about African countries and colonialism is that the modern day African countries’ borders don’t actually make any sense, because historically Africa has tended to have regions run by tribes, often different and hostile to one another. It wasn’t until the British, French etc rocked up and decided that ‘this land is now Cameroon, Nigeria, etc’ - introducing the hitherto alien concept of nation states to Africa - that these disparate tribes were suddenly part of the same political jurisdiction. It’s one reason why a lot of African countries have had civil war and why a lot of these countries struggle to function coherently.
We were primarily made up of ethnicities and nations, not tribes. If you won’t call the 5 million Welsh a “tribe”, how then would you refer to 40 million strong Yoruba, for example as one? “Tribe” is derogatory and although, we had some tribes, we were mostly made of more complex social institutions.
@@moeo2463 I don't find tribe to be derogatory at all. And although the Yoruba may number 40 million, that is not a common occurence and tribes may be as complex or more than nations, it's only as complex as the people that make up the whole
@@shaki8831 A tribe is a small group of people who share a common ancestry, related by blood and kinship. How in God’s name can 40 million people be a tribe? The colonialists labeled us such to ridicule and downplay our significance and complex advancements. Why aren’t the Austrians or the Dutch who number much less than that called tribes?
This documentary is a masterpiece ! Thank you for being a TH-camr
Damn the Togo ban seems otherworldly.
Very comprehensive video on my corrupt country Cameroon. Thanks for highlighting the anglophone crisis.
Angriest XI in the world (Zaha, Pepe etc)
Love your analysis as always, Alfie! Thanks for all the hard work you do! Love from America
This Tournament playes in January because Most african Leagues are closed till February.
I don't think it's true. A lot of leagues still run during the AFCON. January and February are the months will the least rainfall in most African nations. June and July happen to be the wettest months with a lot of thunderstorms. A lot of football matches are cancelled during these months because of the weather and cancellations will not help a competition with so many matches played within a short period of time.
Another fantastic CAF video. Hope that Best XI from sub-Saharan African clubs is coming out soon-the Cup of Nations is a great opportunity to start cranking out more CAF stuff!
Happy New Year mate. Thanks for posting a video today. Corona got me and i have nothing else to do than watch your videos.
You'll be fine. I loved the Rona, got 10 days off work and knobbed playstation until it went away. Good times tbh.
Thank you for shedding the light on this. I'm from Cameroon and I approve this message
I am holding my breadth that there will be no casualties from this Afcon gig,there is whispers that the Ambazonian Rebels are planning something to make headlines during the gig,we can only hope we won't have to witness candle vigils.CAF should have moved this Gig from Cameroon to South Africa,safety is important.
I was gone for a while. I return to happily find this is still by far the best football channel on TH-cam, potentially on the internet as a whole.
My father is Zimbabwean. Probably 3 or 4 of our best starting XI will actually go to the tournament (either because of injuries or the retirement of Billiat). That's if we don't get banned for government interference before then, which seems highly likely
I know a man who went to vote in Australia's behalf for winning the 2018 world cup hosting. He said he needed 5 votes to advance to the second round of voting. He received one. Later that night, 5 different people called him saying they voted for him.
Would like to see a video of which of the African teams if any will reach quarters or semis or has the best chance. Senegal, Nigeria and Algeria all have a chance of doing well I feel should they reach it
Senegal and Algeria I agree, but Nigeria better hope they don't get drawn vs Mali/Cameroon if they want to Qualify, I don%t even think that they are favoured vs Egypt. DR Congo and Ghana should be easy for Nigeria though. Anyways I don't see them doing well at the world cup.
Nigeria is a team is crisis, Nigeria has no chance of qualifying regardless of who they go against. Peseiro, new coach, who was sacked by VENEZUELA. Why? Why the hell did we get this guy? How's he going to help?
@@moderatemapper9440 Venezuela was not bad for the players he had in a really tough region
morocco have a strong team. I'm not sure about their manager though
Everything you said especially about Cameroon is on point, couldn't agree more
Danny Jordaan is killing South African football, and our federation is corrupt and we dont produce players and even at our local teams . we need serious help in our football. South African Spectators are blind, we didnt even qualify for CAF and even for the World Cup play-offs. Our players are getting a lot of money but not produce in the field.
I agree Danny Jordan did great in bringing the World Cup to Africa. But South African football has been regressing under him. Sometimes the coach isn’t the issue it’s the FA president. For example can you explain to me why Shakes Mashaba was fired when he was the best coach South Africa has had in the past decade?
I'm from Cameroon and appreciate the amount of work u put in making your videos but actually not all is true
Alfie omitted the part of Europeans clubs refusing to release African players
We know white people complain all the time when their needs are not met. Not worth reporting
He thought it wasn't relevant. Like, why would he mention unethical behavior from his people toward Africans
@@alkzavaleta7876 He is trying to paint a lopsided viewpoint, to justify why Europeans show much comptent to Africa’s football, while forgetting Euro 2020 was played in 2021
Perhaps he felt it did not contribute to the video?
Your anti-white, persecution bias is showing.
@@alkzavaleta7876 He has mentioned the numerous problems and issues caused by colonialism many times on other videos. Try educating yourself before commenting.
Did you actually watch the whole video, he discussed the French influence at 20 mins?
Your “Wide World of Football Corruption” series is terrific!
Damn and I thought Conmebol and the scheduling of Copa América was insane
It’s scheduled in January due to bad weather is summer. Just like the world cup
Hey Alfie.. I am a Cameroonian and have been following your channel since 25Ksubs, This is a phenomenal Video , your research level is sooo Underrated and so is your channel ..
Could you do a video on the strongest African leagues, talking about them all in a video?
Great video as always. Well researched and presented. Your cadence and delivery were much more even in this one. Well done.
The general European football fan and surface level fan hates the AFCON cuz it happens in the middle of their season which could hurt some teams with less depth and more reliant on African players.
On a deeper level there's just a bunch of bureaucratic corrupt BS as usual with anything football governing body related
Nope. Vaccination rates in Cameron are below above 20%. This could mean seasons are cancelled people in the general public die. For what? A football competition containing teams that haven't even won a world cup.
Uefa didn't play their tournament when vaccination rates were 20% nor did copa America(even they had it at very limited attendances). So please don't bring up this bs of africa being disadvantaged. You have won again congratulations. When thousands of people die after this covid spreads after the tournament I'm sure you will be happy.
@@Micfri300 wow, COVID only affects Africans n only they die. UEFA n the premier league really care about their players that's why managers (tuchel, klopp etc) complaining about COVID n injuries are being taken seriously by having them play matches regardless
@@erliandrozsa3839 covid affects everyone. That is why uefa hosted their tournament a year later when countries were ready even though they lost a money by not doing it in 2020.
@@Micfri300 in case you didn't know, afcon was supposed to be held in 2021 not 2022. It's the pandemic that derailed everything same as it did for euro2020.
But it seems to be a problem coz it's an African competition
@@erliandrozsa3839 it should be delayed further then. The vaccination rates are still too low.
Alfie, you Sir are a treasure. Your vids like this on Cameroon and others like it, use football as a lead in for some heavy geopolitical information. the way you frame it all up is quite remarkable. if HITC doesn't work out then I have to you have a huge future in documentary production. I must point out that they were 0 opportunities to hit the shot glass as there was no mention of Hull City Tigers. Eddie Howe well done Sir !
The African Cup Of Nations is one of my favourite tournaments ever despite knowing these controversies which you have stated,good friend Alfie!!!Maybe,the tournament could have been postponed to at least next month when the situations over there would be resolved but I am eagerly expecting it to go ahead for the respective good people and viewers and not to forget the respective national teams that would compete,good friend!!!I wish all of the respective national teams all the very best in this extremely so fantastic tournament and long live to all of them,good friend!!!
This video made me put into perspective what my friend's dad who had been working on Cameroun for many years may have been doing there, and how they could live in a huge house near Nice in the Côte d'Azur. Thank you for this end-of-innocence moment and for breaking the huge assumptions i had on Cameroun
When you see some of the 'modest' homes lots of these African officials live inside, it is very cough very cough, difficult to see where all of the cough funds have went to...
Thank you for enlightening the world about this despotic leader Paul Biya
Got a video idea for you. Best position for different countries. So for example left back for Scotland (Tierney, Hickey, Robertson) or Goalkeeper for Switzerland (Sommer, Bürki, Kobel, Hitz).
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Thank you for this Alfie. Thank you so much.
Ever since I first came across the tournament in 2006, I've always wondered why its not every four odd years.
To have more competion e.g even fifa want to have a world cup every two years.Even the copa America is every two years.
@@yemi3266 The Copa America was meant to be every four even years (just as the Euros is), so starting from 2024, it'll be.
Thank you for putting this together! I'm tied of the corruption in Cameroon.
Why do I feel like Samuel Eto is gonna end up pulling a Weah
Who watches this after the AFCON game, which was ended 3 times?
I knew this video was coming. The hate for Africa will never end and yet all 6 continent are looting its rich resources
OMG the fact you managed to have so much information about my country is fascinating. Good job
Are you going to watch
The African Cup of Nations ?.
@@alanfox691 I mean.... it’s in my country...
I still can't believe this absolute beauty of a channel is associated with that HITC sport crap
Excellent analysis and breakdown for someone who knows little about this!
Here's the thing afcon has been played Jan/Feb for a majority of time its been played, it shouldn't come as a surprise they should know its happening and they should know if they have too africam talent in their teams they will b unavailable during this time.
If they don't like this don't sign African players, pretty simple really!!!
African players not being signed by European clubs probably wouldn't be beneficial for the growth of football in Africa.
@@theultumateprezes6379 im not saying they shouldn't, im saying they know the situation when they sign the players so either stop whinging about it or don't sign them
@@theultumateprezes6379 yeah well, European teams loss or Africans national teams loss. One cannot have everything
Thank you Alfie this is really well done!
8 people on a motorbike and only Dad has a helmet.
Road safety seems to be hugely important.
Im guessing you are American. People in poverty can't always afford to obey the laws. Also the police don't care so why should they care.
@@timidforttress1623 Well you guessed wrong, and my comment had nothing whatsoever to do with slagging off people who live in poverty.
The guy has done very well to modify his motorbike to the point where it's strong enough to carry 8 people, (and a not inconsiderable amount of 'luggage') and he's also managed to achieve some mobility for his family, which he deserves a lot of credit for.
It was a light hearted comment highlighting that he's the only one to be wearing a helmet.
That's not to say that he should have to fork out on 8 helmets - just that he's wearing one at all.
Maybe you might want to consider the context in which a comment is written before coming to the rescue of someone who doesn't need rescuing.
Also, there's no mention of the police in my comment - road safety and road safety laws aren't the same thing.
@@timidforttress1623 they have helmets available in a lot of markets/shops in nigeria most people choose not to wear them.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 I'm Cameroonian and I can confirm that road safety isn't taken as seriously over there.
Yet again amazing work Alfie 👏
Africa is always targeted with corruption but the Euros, world cup and English football is seen as clean. Shocking
In comparison they are clean, also nobody sees Fifa as “clean” after Russia, Qatar and Blatter
I think this channel should talk about all the things going on right now during the tournament. Like the fields. Referee whistling early. Cameroon changing rules before their games to get advantage. Fans running to the fields. And other things. Like etoo saying this cup will stay here in Cameroon no matter what.
Alfie still with the great content👍
Great video, amazingly detailed work! Keep it up ;)
And European football is not corrupt? Give me a break
When did he say it isn't?
Alfie has done videos on European football corruption
Sending love to my Cameroonian friends from Chile
Welcome to Africa, corruption is normal life here
Video Idea: The quick rise of Canada’s national team
😂😂😂 I forgot this was a video about the African cup of Nations
The Eddie Howe pun is worthy of liking this video.
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Biggest takeaway from this is how Weetabix Minis are the business
Not only is controversial, it's also disrespected by European clubs not wanting to release players and sometimes, outright suggesting that it's not a tournament their African players need take seriously!
Why are we always blaming it on the europians ?where are the people ruling Africa ? I just think they weak n old this is why they can come in us
HITCSevens, please do a video about the best XI in the Premier League since 1992 in each position e.g Schmeichel, Cech in goal, Neville, Azpilicueta, Walker at right back. It would be brilliant.
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 254)
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
Tbh I'd like to see this
Happy new year bro
This idea is literal dog shite
That’s a good idea ngl
I will start commenting on all your comments just to get the video made
Super video, you have a real talent for storytelling
I was thinking it might be a good idea to have a winter break in the major leagues coincide with the African Cup of Nations. Maybe that would stop the nonsense about teams not wanting to release players and teams having to think about losing a talented player when signing African players.
weather is awful in most of Europe at that time while it's at it's best in other parts of the world
Many African players and African fans are Christians so you can’t have this tournament on top of Christmas.
@@bjehulk January is winter too mate
It's every 2 bloody years. No other major international tournament is every 2 years.
The research that this man puts into his videos is commendable🙌. I enjoy your excellent work, keep it up!
Another video title suggestion: Why is the African Cup of Nations so disrespected?
Or: Why does the African Nations disrespect domestic leagues by not playing between seasons?
@@TheToonMonkey Thanks for giving us a prime example of the disrespect the competition and nations competing face!
@@TheToonMonkey the Euros must also be held in the January if afcon must be held in June according to you people smh
@@erliandrozsa3839 weather is one reason, same as why Qatar is hosting in winter
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1. Weather
2. Viewership
3. Most african leagues end by december
This is actually good journalism
Hello Alfie, happy new year are Hull City going to get new owners?
Danilo Iervolino is the new owner of Salernitana and the club are now set to stay in Serie A. You should do a documentary on them with the news story about them in the last few days.
And a AFC Wimbledon documentary on their Nine promotions to be in league one would be good pls.
I expect the African cup of nation AFCON to go on now. Thanks 😊
He already made one about AFC Wimbledon and their meteoric rise
I don't know whether it's me or the narrator, but every second sentence ends in sounds I cannot understand.