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MALAWI WONT BE ONE OF THE COUNTRIES TO HOST 2010 WORLD CUP FOLLOWING FIFAS DECISION THAT THE BASES MUST BE A  WITHIN 90-MINUTE PLANE JOURNEY TO THE MATCH VENUES IN SOUTH AFRICA.
POOR MALAWI...RIGHT NOW DISCUSSIONS WERE UNDERWAY TO CONVINCE ENGLAND FA TO CAMP IN MALAWI. 
HOPE FIFA WILL CHANGE THE RULE SO THAT WE CAN ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS GLOBAL SHOWCASE.....
 



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Do we have the facilities to accommodate the ever groaning Rooney? We will only achieve bad publicity! Do we even have a five STAR Hotel?

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What MW has today is irrelevant. The world cup is three years away. Besides, 5 star hotels aren't the only means of hosting a first world international team: even a small residential complex could be converted for the purpose.

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Awmygawd stop such kind of jokes on football and money. Think again and try to change the subject perhaps. Do you really understand what you are moaning about? Malawi as a country and posh life is not attractive, very ugly , talk of the friendliness perhaps.The smiling faces defined with painful happiness.  

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Too bad,Mahule akwathu sakatamuka!!!!bleh

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eetchef wrote:

Awmygawd stop such kind of jokes on football and money. Think again and try to change the subject perhaps. Do you really understand what you are moaning about? Malawi as a country and posh life is not attractive, very ugly , talk of the friendliness perhaps.The smiling faces defined with painful happiness.



You mean we are willing victims?

 



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Remember how South Africa once complained about Chichiri Stadium, not to mention the food. Next time they had to bring their own food!

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Awmygawd stop such kind of jokes on football and money. Think again and try to change the subject perhaps. Do you really understand what you are moaning about? Malawi as a country and posh life is not attractive, very ugly , talk of the friendliness perhaps.The smiling faces defined with painful happiness.  

-- Edited by eetchef at 01:02, 2007-05-17



You shouldn't be so self defeatist. Malawi could be one of the brokest countries out there, but that does not mean it's completely incapable of doing something as simple as hosting a camping international team. Malawi has hosted SADC summits before and trust me, that task is far more difficult. Don't just say "last time South Africans came they complained about our food" and accept that situation as unchangeable. Instead, recognise the fact that "last time the Aouth Africans came they complained about our food" and get a better chef to do the cooking next time they come. Same thing with the English team. Three years is a long tiime if you're getting ready to host an international team in camp. It's not like you're trying to host a full scale world cup. How wish I had the capital and FIFA's 90 minute rule was in MW's favour...

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Guys, Are we serious this is a big blow? What is it that Malawi can offer 5 lions and even Senegal. The so called Kamuzu stadium built in 1950s is a disgrace.

I was priviledged to visit several African countries but to compare them with our own Malawi is absurd (or nonsensical if I may be allowed to borrow Makono the lawyer's language).



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Guys, Are we serious this is a big blow? What is it that Malawi can offer 5 lions and even Senegal. The so called Kamuzu stadium built in 1950s is a disgrace.

I was priviledged to visit several African countries but to compare them with our own Malawi is absurd (or nonsensical if I may be allowed to borrow Makono the lawyer's language).
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That there is the exact attitude I have problems with. Can't MW have the right standard of facilities to host ONE team in three years if the right effort was made?



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awmygawd wrote:

Can't MW have the right standard of facilities to host ONE team in three years if the right effort was made?



-- Edited by awmygawd at 14:57, 2007-05-17

I agree with you with the right effort we can but with the right effort evryone in Malawi can have decent meals everyday. Have quality education and decent medical care.

Let's focus on these basic rights for now.

However (and I hate this word), the Tourism people can still play a role in getting some of the teams or fans to visit Malawi at some point before, during or after the World Cup. We have a lot to offer without having to go on a wide scale stadia buiding or renovation campaign.



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Malawi's tourism people are a lost cause. That country has so much potential.

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Nkhota Kota can help us better, especially for the rowdy English fans.

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The so called blow isn't that Malawi can or cant host, FIFA in collaboration with the organizing committee in SA have reached an agreement of a 90 min flight time to SA thats why! not bcoz our food is bad nor our pitch too bad.

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TJ, effort (in this context) is worth absolutely nothing in the absence of time and finance (I was going to include talent and other resources, but with access to the right amounts of finance, ie money, those can be bought). Malawi doesn't have good health care and educational systems simply because it can't afford them. Even if Lake Malawi turned into an oilfield tomorrow, it would still take decades for full development to take place, not least because (among other things) it takes 20yrs to groom a 5 year old into a fully fledged doctor. Effort on its own costs nothing, it simply requires the right state of mind. We're talking about hosting a football team here (for 7 weeks, 3 years from today) not turning a 3rd world country into a G8 member. The money involved is miniscule and there is loads of time available. It can be done, and profitably too. Especially if done as part of a wider strategy on tourism.

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awmygawd wrote:

TJ, effort (in this context) is worth absolutely nothing in the absence of time and finance (I was going to include talent and other resources, but with access to the right amounts of finance, ie money, those can be bought). Malawi doesn't have good health care and educational systems simply because it can't afford them. Even if Lake Malawi turned into an oilfield tomorrow, it would still take decades for full development to take place, not least because (among other things), it takes at 20yrs to groom a 5 year old into a fully fledged doctor. Effort on its own costs nothing, it simply requires the right state of mind. We're talking about hosting a football team here (for 7 weeks, 3 years from today) not turning a 3rd world country into a G8 member. The money involved is miniscule and there is loads of time available. It can be done, and profitably too. Especially if done as part of a wider strategy on tourism.




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i had to laugh, in what sense will that ruling be a big or huge/massive blow to malawi? is it a permanent thing this world cup? have we incorporated it in our budget that things wont work out if the status quo is sustained. there are big blows happening right under our noses and we cant see them instead we are moaning about the world cup.

in my view it is indeed a big blow but only to soccer fans who wont have the resources to go to south africa and were consoled in the fact that one or two teams will be camping here. for the general good it is a worthless issue since it is like a pain killer that does not cure the ailment but makes it bearable. big blow,in your dreams!

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I visited Kamuzu Stadium last saturday, and my foot....the same thing we used to see tili ma born free.

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Studa wrote:

i had to laugh, in what sense will that ruling be a big or huge/massive blow to malawi? is it a permanent thing this world cup? have we incorporated it in our budget that things wont work out if the status quo is sustained. there are big blows happening right under our noses and we cant see them instead we are moaning about the world cup.

in my view it is indeed a big blow but only to soccer fans who wont have the resources to go to south africa and were consoled in the fact that one or two teams will be camping here. for the general good it is a worthless issue since it is like a pain killer that does not cure the ailment but makes it bearable. big blow,in your dreams!



The thing is ..its not only abig blow to soccer lovers ..you have to bear in mind that..these teams they are from reach countries and if they can camp in malawi they help us alot economically...


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Awmygawd stop such kind of jokes on football and money. Think again and try to change the subject perhaps. Do you really understand what you are moaning about? Malawi as a country and posh life is not attractive, very ugly , talk of the friendliness perhaps.The smiling faces defined with painful happiness.  

etchef at 01:02, 2007-05-17
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You shouldn't be so self defeatist. Malawi could be one of the brokest countries out there, but that does not mean it's completely incapable of doing something as simple as hosting a camping international team. Malawi has hosted SADC summits before and trust me, that task is far more difficult. Don't just say "last time South Africans came they complained about our food" and accept that situation as unchangeable. Instead, recognise the fact that "last time the Aouth Africans came they complained about our food" and get a better chef to do the cooking next time they come. Same thing with the English team. Three years is a long tiime if you're getting ready to host an international team in camp. It's not like you're trying to host a full scale world cup. How wish I had the capital and FIFA's 90 minute rule was in MW's favour...

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hova, there is some sense in your argument but the fact still remains that it will only be a temporaly economic relief localised to those in the hospitality industry thus we can liken it to a pain killer. not solving the general problem but only a temporaly lelief to a few.

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As Understandably as it is just a relief, at least it would be one step ahead of bettering the country. It would be constructive If Kamuzu stadium plus other related areas were worked on instead of completely giving up. Rome wasn't built in a day. Let's look at the long term benefit. I know Mw is a depressing sight right now but surelly it's not a lost cause yet?!!

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TJ, effort (in this context) is worth absolutely nothing in the absence of time and finance (I was going to include talent and other resources, but with access to the right amounts of finance, ie money, those can be bought)....  We're talking about hosting a football team here (for 7 weeks, 3 years from today) not turning a 3rd world country into a G8 member. The money involved is miniscule and there is loads of time available. It can be done, and profitably too. Especially if done as part of a wider strategy on tourism.

-- Edited by awmygawd at 19:24, 2007-05-17




I love my country. But I also prefer to be objective when looking at some aspects about it. Focussing our energies to attract teams to be based in Malawi might not work for a number of reasons. Teams will need facilities to train in. Unfortunately for some of these teams they do not just look at how green the turf is. It is things like gyms, turf  texture, similarity to the actual match venues, medical care etc.

Tourism is our best bet here. I know there is money to be made in Malawi come 2010. I will. Malawi should. 


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ngamo, but we don't have to wait for the world cup to fix up our stadium or build better ones.

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Inu our stadium is now a monument, for our history. palibe chomwe tingachite, poor food, roads, hotels, cheapest mahule in the world, ulesi, njala, nthenda and nsanje ZINATIPWETEKA. tiyeni tiludzitse mitima yathu pamene world cup idzichitika ku SA.

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what about BAT?ESCOM?CHIWEMBE????

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Thats why we need to be careful with who we choose to lead our nation. Those stadiums need to be upgraded starting with Chichiri. Imagine Brasil training there, the whole stadium is full and someone comes and whispers in Ronaldinho ears that when the spectators are cheering the stadium is shaking!

Not everything about our country is bad though, otherwise my wife who is South African couldnt have insisted that we stay and get settled in Malawi despite the fact that she knows we live by utaka and mgayiwa!

I was watching a TV programme down here about a certain dancer and he was asked where he gets his inspiration. He mentioned several countries including fuko la Malawi. I waited the time for him to dance, ka ching! Malipenga in his dance moves

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FIFA is asking for a duty waiver on an astro-turf to laid on Kamuzu Stadium, now see how the govt machinery is going to dilly dally on this up until the last minute.

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It will take them the whole year just to decide whats supposed to be a simple decision. Coz the answer to that its either yes or no to the duty waiver, but thats not the way my beloved government functions. It will go up to the cabinet level after 365 days!

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