Living in the shadows of past glory.

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There are times when I have been accused of being too pessimistic. A person who never sees anything positive in the future, but who is forever lost in the glory of the past.

They say this because whenever I begin to tell of a story I will begin by quoting the good times of the past. How things used to be easy, how then it was a small task to bring down a girl for a quick lay etc. etc.

And now that I have grown old and bald I seem to have been caught up in that past and any attempt to move out of it seems to be a mountainous task.

Take heart for I am not alone. I can at least boast of contemporaries like the Cameroon’s soccer team the Indomitable Lions, France National team Les Blues and England’s national team.

The way they have performed at the SWC 2010 leaves a lot to be desired. Is Cameroon really the Indomitable Lions or tail between the legs rained-on old lions whose past is now a shadow? Roger Miller must be nursing heartaches remembering the good old times when Cameroon was a household name in Africa. What happened that Samuel Eto’o Fils a top class world footballer finds it hard to see the mouth of the goal?

Because of relying on old time glory Cameroon is the first team in the 2010 world cup to be bundled out of the matches. Shame on them and me, for living in the past.

What happened to the Les Blues who in 1998 rocked the world in top class football? Zinedine Zidane Zizu must be biting his nails because his world cup winning outfit is on the verge of being bundled of the SWC. Bad boy Nicholas Anelka will have to watch the games from the comfort of his chateau for foul mouthing the coach. A thrashing by Mexico was the turning point for France and now their qualification to the second round is a matter of mathematical calculations.

The English are no better. Imagine Wayne Rooney abusing fans for booing the team because of its dismal performance. What did he expect? Where was he when Beckham used to play soccer and would meet the expectations of the fans? Why is he living in Beckham’s glory? If he does not want the fans not to boo him he must stop living in the past and end the goal drought.

Teams that want to perform must be ready to rise to the occasion. Score goals and win and stop living in the past. I am also ready to rediscover myself and start living in the present, but again that will depend on if my contemporaries do the same.

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