Comments on: Tarak Dhiab: National Hero, National Controversy

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:33:18 +0000

Nice to hear, he did play averagely with feyenoord though, thats why he didnt get any playing time the 2nd season.

At least that’s what i read, i hope he is getting more playing time with sivasspor or else it would be a shame for a defender like him to lose his game and not develope because of it.

I’ll be watching him

By: Moni

Moni — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:30:37 +0000

Abdullah Karim Saidi is doing fine in Turkey where he plays with Sivaspor.

By: Moni

Moni — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:29:41 +0000

No ESS participated with a B-team of new ESS players.
The A-team is concentrating on CAF CONFEDERATION CUP.

By: Skander

Skander — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:53:16 +0000

I don’t think i’ts right at all -.-

By: Skander

Skander — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:52:39 +0000

Is etoile sahel playing with their first team in this morocco summercup?. The starting lineup for the match that were played against Fés was like this:

Abdrahman Baroura 01
Oualid BenManssour 12
Hatem Bjaoui 06
Mejdi Tenich 21
Mohamed Houssam Soulaiman 15
Mohamed Sacko 14
Ahmed Mida 33
Med Seddik Jebnoun 07
Sadat Bukari 03
Tarek Ziadi 09
Majdi Traoui 17

Substitutes:

Imad Jmaâ 16
Iskandar Benaâfia 27
Ouadîe BelHaj Frej 08
Mohamed Amine Haj Said 24
Timbo Fayo 30
Wael Belkhal 18
Touré Camaroko 13

By: Rami

Rami — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:54:11 +0000

No problem on the comments Fahd. They’re always welcome! Off topic, on topic, it doesn’t matter. This isn’t a forum where you need to open a new discussion in a new chat room Thanks for the updates.

I just read on infofoot Etoile beat Fez, 4-3 on penalties after the score had finished tied at 2-2. Well done!

Skander, I didn’t see the match unfortunately. I knew about it though… Sounded cool.

Rachid, that’s why I posed the question in the post. Maybe this was the wrong place to make a point… Then again the minister himself wasn’t even looking at him. I think that no matter what the case he shouldn’t lose his job over this! We want to hold ourselves to high standards but clearly we can’t live up to them with the way things are set up. BTW, I linked the video where Tarak comes out and criticizes the ministry of sports and I think he was well within his rights to do so he did boldly voice his differences. It’s not secret that everyone in the sports world fears him because they know that he’s a guy who actually knows what he’s talking about. They don’t want to let him in for fear that they lose their place. At least that’s what it looks like from the outside.

He might be arrogant at times but given that he seems to be surrounded by incompetence I don’t blame him. Plus he’s earned the right to tell people when they’re wrong. Not saying he’s infallible but as I said in the post, he’s one of, if not THE, best player we ever produced and his technical knowledge is up there with the best in Africa and the Arab world. He could be more diplomatic and tactful but I actually respect him even more than before. Honest to a fault, that’s his only problem.

BTW, bout to post the League calendar for 2008/2009 in a bit. You won’t believe who play each other on the first day

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:14:37 +0000

Yes i did see it good match, tough they werent playing as the normally would, but thats without a doubt because each goal supposedly raised a sum of money.

Also i did see saidi, he was brought in later in the match, i really would like to see more of what he can do….he used to play on feyenoord but after that i lost track of him.

By: Skander

Skander — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:07:53 +0000

Off topic guys…
Did anyone see the exhibition match in Allianz-Arena, Germany. The match supposed to gain money for more education in Africa. ballack, Ze Roberto, edmilson, gattuso, Schumacher the rallyman and many others played in the match including our own Karim Saidi, i was surprised. The match ended up 8-6 hehe

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:58:10 +0000

What do you guys think the match will be like against Magreb de fes?
I have no idea what to expect, anyone who knows something about this club from morocco?

By: Rachid

Rachid — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:47:06 +0000

Guys, I beg to differ on this issue. On the surface, it looks like a heroic thing to do, but really, it does not amount to much, in my opinion. If Tarek has some issues or differences with the minister, then he should have come out and boldly voiced them. But, showing disrespect to the minister in that public forum ain’t the rational way to make your point. It’s not about who the minister is, but it’s the institution. Sure, there are some problems, but we have to keep things in perspective. If you think Tunisia is bad, it’s a lot worse in other places! Unfortunately, I missed this episode because I chose not to watch Esperance celebrate a Cup that they stole from Etoile by playing politices (through the involvement of some of the questionable figures you guys mention, especially SC!).