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Lokomotiv fans thank WBA for Osaze Odemwingie

Racist Lokomotiv fans thank WBA for Osaze

Posted: 2010-08-24 07:50

Fans of Lokomotiv Moscow displayed a clearly racist banner over the weekend thanking West Bromwich Albion for taking Osaze Odemwingie off their hands. 

The banner, which read 'Thanks West Brom' had a banana in the middle, suggesting that the English Premier League side had taken a monkey off their hands.

It is a banner which is sure to cause outrage in Nigeria, and reinforce feelings within the country that Russia remains a deeply racist stronghold.

Odemwingie holds dual Russian and Nigerian citizenship, but that has not prevented him from being the target of this racist abuse.

The banner has led Russian journalist Alex Tretyak to suggest that the roots of Odemwingie's lack of goals at Lokomotiv may lie deeper.


"Odemwingie already managed to score his first goal in England, hinting at the fact that his goal-scoring drought in the "Locomotiv" was connected not with him, but the problem is to look deeper," Tretyak wrote. 

Russia and Engladn are two of the front runners to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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Mcebo..: 2010-08-24 08:27

That is so cool of you Russian people...you just gave England a better chance of winning the bid.Now I dont blame sundowns for not allowing Mphela his move to this idiotic,sick country surely he was gonna be a subject of this inhuman behaviour.

blue and white: 2010-08-24 08:35

These Russians amaze me they are the biggest load of cross breeds in the world.Half of them look like they are cross breed apes themselves.But again I feel sorry for them you just put it down to ignorance,most people would say "Pig Ignorant"I say why insult the pig.If Osaze plays half as well for the rest of the season as he did on Saturday we will have a good time.
You would have thought the Russians would have welcomed a good player no matter what colour his skin is because they aren't actualy blessed with much talent out there,they are a poor third world nation when it comes to the "Beutiful Game".

Boing Boing.
A non racist football fan

Chukwuemeka: 2010-08-24 08:56

It is indeed a shame that a country as developed as Russia still harbours these unrepentant racists. If they can do this to someone like Osaze who holds Russian citizenship and served Lokomotive Moscow very well, they will certainly do it to nationals of other countries even during the World Cup which they intend to host in 2018. Unless, the Club and in fact the Russian Football Federation openly apologizes for this primitive behaviour, FIFA should seriously take this into consideration while reviewing Russia’s application to host the World Cup. Anyway congratulations to Osaze for the making a successful debut in the premiership, while hoping that he and his colleagues will do their best to keep West Brom in the top flight, because the premiership is really tough these days.

Chukwuemeka Mbagwu

Buchi: 2010-08-24 09:48

Oyibo na Oyibo....

Glory: 2010-08-24 09:55

Its no surprise while nobody wants to travel to 'A PIG'S' pit.They the Russians are a frustrated set of pigs begging 2 die.

oscar : 2010-08-24 10:46

Guys, it goes beyond what you are seeing. They hate us because whenever their girls fall into the hands of a "darky", their lives are never the same. What else can the men do than to try and ridicule us? Don't blame them, they will always remain drug addicts, drunkards, rapists, rascists etc. That is the only way they can exhibit their hatred for the fact that the best of their women are in the hands of Black Africans.

Kinsman: 2010-08-24 11:20

the Russian should think of their color, let's go for an experiment.eg just pour hot water on pig and you flay the hair , just tell what is is ,the result is white color like the Russian , this time no for w Africa to call them a '' FLAY PIG'''
If Fifa will give the tournament to Russia The should count African team out , and some countries like Brazil, USA Colombia Carri bean etc ...The England has better chance to kick on the tournament in 2018... F L A Y P I G ......

Agbe: 2010-08-24 13:38

Am so glad they have shown russian true self, am sure the english will now take full advantage of this mis-timed show of Russian backwardness. most of countries from the old USSR are like that. how can they do this to them-self whe they are hoping to host the world cup?

Aninorishe: 2010-08-24 13:41

Wow...AMAZING. Hmm, I wonder why Osazie is so pro-Nigerian and never really even talks about his Russian half. Don't be fooled by how racist the world really is. Ha, losers.

baron: 2010-08-24 14:11

I hate russians with passion since i lost a friend over there after he was attacked on his way coming back from night club. I really wonder when the white pig is gonna learn. I wish that Fifa will look into this racists issues in russian and make no mistake in giving them the 2018 world cup otherwise the world will see hell in russian.

For now i see england as the better country to host the 2018 worls. Go england because we are there for you.

ohenhen1: 2010-08-24 15:36

Russia can forget about hosting the WC.

jestoma: 2010-08-24 16:05

At this millenium time I found it extremely difficult to belief that there are still some animals in human skin living in the mist of Russian spectators and their FA allowed that kind of racial write up to be displayed. Fifa need to take a brutal action against the Russia federation to serve as a lesson to other stupid animals calling themseleves fans. SHAME ON LOKOMOTIV AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Promo: 2010-08-24 19:35

This is just to cover their faces in Shame. Cuz perhaps they expected him to do bad and also cuz he opted to play at the English Premiership for a lower price. Well, no matter what they do and would do....Osaze have left their racist country. I even wonder why many Nigerians go to play in that Racist inhuman nation.

SUYA: 2010-08-24 20:23

Which country is better? England? America? Asia? South Africa?
What about Nigeria? Marginalization of the Igbos is also racism too.

Njia4life: 2010-08-24 22:25

this is in-human of the Russians but where is Sepp Blatter and Co...this is rubbish but at the same time lesson to us....

13thSniper: 2010-08-24 22:46

I think we should also start discriminating against these yellow people too...i mean if u think i'm black then ur yellow or purple or whatever colour. If racism is still going on at this level then it should be reciprocal no race is superior to the other..people are now inter-racially related and there is barely no pure race now...these dick heads just try to find a way to feel superior..trust me,the african race has dominated almost everything world wide and most of these yellow people can't stand it..Anybody that makes any racist coment to a black person is really just feeling inferior and looking for a way to step up trust me black people can become racist too it's pretty easy, we just need to treat em same way they do to us..then we'll be even..and make images of pigs and white cats u know..that'll be so cool.

Katsina: 2010-08-24 23:06

This fans must be crazy,they should be punished accordingly,the boy that played all his heart for the club will end up disgracing him like this.i hope caf and nff will take serious action about this unsportmanship behaviour,i wonder what will befell martins if one day he leaves russia.nway sory odemwingie and i hope you can make nigerians proud at the end of the epl.,

jazzy78: 2010-08-24 23:17

If you have not lived in Europe and America, then you don't know what the blackman goes through in the hands of white people. If white people have a chance, they will exterminate every black person off the face of the earth. They do not want to breath the same air or drink the same water with the blackman. This is why it is so painful that a country like Nigeria with all the resources needed to build a paradise oasis for the black race continue to wallow in ignorance.

Segun: 2010-08-25 02:34

@Ebenezer

I disagree with you. There are bad people everywhere. I also live in white man's land and not all of them are bad. You have lovable people among them also.

BULLY: 2010-08-25 05:28

What else does one expect from low lives. Typical symptoms of frustrated people. They focus their energies in the wrong places rather than on improving themselves, and blame their failures on innocent people like Osaze.
If they can do that to Osaze, a Russian citizen, imagine what they’ll do to you.

NFF and FIFA are you there???? You Must Do Something About This.

Ade Orji : 2010-08-25 15:45

It is high time for Osaze to prove thoes racist wrong. I strong belive he will make black nation proud in England .NFF over to you, please take action.

North88: 2010-08-25 16:18

This banner is just a result of Piter's attitude towards Lokomotiv Moscow. We remember quite well his awful words and actions during the time he spent in our club.

If you really want to know the REAL Piter, you have to read his interview in 2009 (about his "exclusiveness" in Club) or for instanse to read about situation before PAO - Lokomotiv in 2007, when he refused to play.

Sorry for my English.

North88: 2010-08-25 16:24

This banner is just a result of Piter's attitude towards Lokomotiv Moscow. We remember quite well his awful words and actions during the time he spent in our club.

If you really want to know the REAL Piter, you have to read his interview in 2009 (about his "exclusiveness" in Club) or for instanse to read about situation before PAO - Lokomotiv in 2007, when he refused to play.

Sorry for my English.

jazzy78: 2010-08-26 00:26

@Segun

WBA, the team Osaze is headed to is owned and controlled by Whites. I'm I oblivious to that fact before I made my comment? Not at all. Those of us who live and work in the west are not earning Nigerian money, or are we? To reduce my comment to an individualistic level smacks of ignorance (or a pretence of ignorance). The truth is always bitter my brother. If your white beneficiaries are taking you to task on my comment, I feel for you. I wish to tell you however, if you don't already know, you are a very insignificant minority of such beneficiaries. If not for God's purpose for the black race on this planet, we would be on Mars somewhere.