BE OPTIMISTIC sometimes

A New Year, they say should bring good tidings which means that anything sort of this expectation is usually considered 'not' welcomed. Yes, come to think of it, on the first weekend of the new year Gambian football fans were humbled for the rest of last Sunday morning -Reason? Their team was hammered three goals to nothing by Congo.

The Football tournament underway in Rwanda for the Under 17 category of the African Cup of Nations has generated a lot fanfare around Africa and the rest of the world. I can vividly recalled in November 2009 when I traveled to Istanbul, Turkey to cover the OIC Summit, our crew crossed over to the Asian side and met some Algerians who claimed to have naturalised in Belgium. The duo told me how the Gambian team had remarkably performed during the tournament in Algeria.

For this year's team to succumbed to such a humiliating defeat begs for questions than answers especially as defending champs. But being an optimistic, I want to concur with the underfire coach Lamin Sambou that something positive will happen today in our second match against Mali. Is do or die for them too, having lost to Ivory Coast. So where are you are, try and watch that Game by 15 hrs GAMBIA VS MALI.