Comments on: Zambian Players Abroad Weekly Review-30.10.08

By: [stretch.dj]

[stretch.dj] — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:17:21 +0000

Furthermore Byson, in sport you learn languages very easily. I learnt Bemba in 2006 when I started working at Bwana Mkubwa in Ndola. Most of the language was learnt on a little pitch in kansenshi where i would play football after work.

I have a deceased friend who learnt to speak Sotho in less than 3 months of playing with African Warriors in the Free State.

And since when has knowing english been a mark of intelligence? You know english Byson, but from your poor sentence structure and lack of punctuation it suggests that perhaps…..

By: Sibs

Sibs — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:57:07 +0000

Byson, like Big Steve says the language factor does not come into play here.Football is a universal langauge.Though later one has learn the language of a particular country you in just to help you as you go the shops & stuff.Just the basics. The are a lot of examples i can give of footballers in Europe who don’t speak the language of the country the are in but still making it.
I can tell you here that Chris can’t speak Germany but hes starting every game week in week out.

By: Big Steve from SA

Big Steve from SA — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:48:24 +0000

The byson, you are off the mark here with the language thing, made me laugh first time I read your comment.. professional clubs buy players from all over the place and thus always have some sort of provision to coover the language barrier, be it transllators or intensive language classes. Mbesuma could speak pretty well before he left and if I was to make a comparison he actually could speak somewhat better than Chris katongo who has gone on to be one of our major stars in two non English speaking countries. So language goes out the window in pro soccer my man, they mmake provisions.. How long did Rolandinho play in France and also in Spain and played welll despite not knowing the languages. C’mon my man!!

By: The byson

The byson — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:21:41 +0000

pipo can someone tell me thats the reason yo pipo are getting it wrong the problem with felix is the language not all that you pipo are saying 1st you must consider the fact that half the pipo in the national team cant undersand english coz they aint educated so instead of learning soca it becomes getting educated look at mbesuma he spent more that half the time in england learning english and how to look at functions that kicking the ball

By: Sibs

Sibs — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:10:18 +0000

I feel Felix needs just to be patient.His chance will come.Rennes is no small club in France & competition is high in the team.The usually in the Uefa Cup. Guys like Stephane Mbia the Cameroonian who’s now a regular at Rennes only played 1 game in his first year at the club in 2005.The guy is now a fixture in the team .Imagine if he had given up.This is Felix first season at the club & at least his already jammed 1 game.

Admin i just checked that this update has a future date (30/10/08).

By: ek

ek — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:27:55 +0000

thanx zamfoot for up date, lets wait for the right time to judge felix i can assure u felix is da “charlse musonda,godfrey kangwa,bomber banda,” zambia has being missing.the sky is da limit,advise da guy instead?

By: Disappointed

Disappointed — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:29:59 +0000

I just had to say this. A lot of ppl will mention chris, rainford and hachipuka in the last togo game but the truth of the matter is our world class player is felix katongo. This kids goal against togo was simply magic, and his skills against tunisia in the friendly last year showed me that no one in zambia can touch this kid and with hard work he will be up with big names in africa. Remember Rennes is one of the big clubs in france so it will take time, but this is our player of the moment!!!!!!!!!!

By: Billy SA

Billy SA — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:42:21 +0000

Patience is a virtue. My advice to Felix is to be patient. Just stick around there and work hard. France is a good destination for African players for their first time soccer career in europe. Most of these big stars like Drogba, Essien, Benjani, Adebayor etc started in France. Your attitude will determine your ultitude. By the way you still young and you can still do better. Phil Walcott of Arsenal was a regular at the bench. The little man never gave up. There he is, he is now commanding first team place in the squad. Endure young man.

By: Big Steve from SA

Big Steve from SA — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:17:55 +0000

Zamfoot, great updates, thanx a million.

I tend to agree with Ba Ole, Felix might have the problem of thinking that Lens should recognise him at the same star quality we Zambians recognise him at. He needs to realise that reputations are built not hand given. After a full game last week to the reserves this week! there is something not right in this picture.

I said it before Chris is the sort of player that builds himself into a league. In the PSL, first season was good but in all honesty was not the greatest. Second season the whole PSL started taking notice. End of second season he was rated as one of the best the PSL had and thiird season he blossomed, he was now a gem and to top it all with a ratio of a goal per game put the cherry on top. He is not an instant impact player, given good time he will rock the German league boat. Just hope thatt his team beats relegation again this time around.

By: Ba Ole

Ba Ole — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:20:49 +0000

The issue with Felix could be arrogant and lack of following instructions. He has fallen short even at Green Buffaloes and at Jomo Cosmos where Jomo Sono even had to send the boy back to Zambia for being indifferent and arrogant. His elder brother is a model athlete and one can even see how his career has blossomed ever since he scored those four goals against Motema Pembe of DRC. Green Buffaloes thrashed DC Motema Pembe from the DR Congo 6-1 in a Confederation Cup first round first leg tie in Lusaka in April 2004. The hero of the day for the Zambians was Christopher Katongo with four goals in the first half and Jimmy Mumba added two more after the
break.

From that time on, we have seen a player who wanted to go to great heights and has managed through hard work and discipline. He made it as top scorer in South Africa, went to Denmark and now is in one of the best leagues in the World.

Felix needs to put his head in the right place and he will start playing.