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What happened to him? Had it on but missed it and understandably they didn't show replay. I have no idea what the incident was, but he seemed to be completely unconscious for the entire duration of the incident. Very concerning.

People who don't follow African football regularly are surprised at how defensive it is now. The minnows especially are generally based on staying organised and trying to counter. If you compare the Nigeria and Cameroon sides of the 90's with the Ghana 2010 side, you can see the difference. The 90's teams were almost reckless in their attacking nature (and physicality if you are talking about Cameroon) but Ghana were a very defensive and reactionary team at the last World Cup. They really just sit back and rely on the athleticism of their forward players to break. I'm pretty sure I already mentioned this, but they outplayed Cameroon is both legs to qualify for this. Very talented and well drilled.

So they will have Llorente and Lopez? Or one or the other? Would be some strike force like. I think Lopez is slightly overrated and beginning to decline.

I'm not good enough with my French to know whether or not the "Who spends the longest in the bathroom" question is a double-entendre for them as well. By all accounts, Eboue is supposed to be the best comedian in all of football.

Don't forget, only two years ago Scottie Parker was the "best player in the league" for a side that was relegated in 20th place. League position doesn't speak to a player's individual ability at all.

It is a disgrace in my opinion that Ferguson still hasn't been out on loan once in his career. He desperately needs it. Nile Ranger should probably stay here. Shola is injury-prone and he honestly might be a better option than him in some matches, despite the questionable status of his mental health.

Our performance yesterday has completely killed my enthusiasm for the tournament. I don't understand Keshi at all. Our back six was amateur and Ogude is maybe the worst player I've seen in our clours at a major tournament. Worse than Kaita, all he does is foul and pass to the opposition. The only player that impressed me was Mikel Obi, who genuinely looked like a player who competes at the top level of the sport and was clam, strong, and creative in midfield. The rest were below standard. The Zambia game will be massive, now. The matches have picked up in quality and excitement the past few days. I think the rest of the tournament will be very interesting, especially after we get rid of some of the riff-raff.

We can offer Europa League football. West Ham cannot match the allure of that.

The gif they gave you is from when he played the Club World Cup with Mazembe. The lunatic does it all of the time. Anyway, Dr Congo-Ghana was actually a fantastic match, DRC has the best chance to win, but both sides had a plethora of chances. The twenty people in the crowd will have enjoyed it. This Tottenham team lacks actual creativity, imo. Dembele and Dempsey haven't imposed themselves. Lennon, Bale, and Defoe are just running into blind alleys.

That Portsmouth team that went down in administration really had some decent players, but there was just too much chaos for anything to work. If we sign Yanga-Mbiwa and keep everything else status quo, our XI will not have one English player. Have there been any teams in the Premier League built that way?

The improvement in his English from the first post until now is impressive. He's definitely beginning to adjust.

Outperformed any of the other wingers that played for us today. Be angry with the manager for starting him or the board for not getting other options. He used his ;imited attributes to good effect in the first half I though. Would have made sense for him to come off for Perch rather than Marveaux.

I wish this was like the Yankee sports where you can just stop watching and come back next season if your team is rubbish. Now, I have to watch this clueless pack of fools try not to be relegated while my soul gets a little colder. Mbiwa is fantastic, btw. It will be a great signing, but I hope he's here for more than ~15 matches.

I despise you and your ilk. To be fair, Group A is rubbish. Angola just smash the ball towards the Man U reject Manucho and run after it. Pardew might manage them. Ghana v. DRC tomorrow is one I am definitely looking forward too.

I guess no one plans on scoring goals in this tournament. Both games have been so flat. I'm surprised because Morocco are usually a side that plays good football.

There was nothing unique about it at the time. Replacing a physically weak and frail attacking midfielder with a more defensively stout one while leading 1-0 is a perfectly logical thing to do. People like to use hyperbole when they have hindsight. In fact, we have played good football before with Perch and Anita in midfield. The much larger issue is the general attitude the team played with, especially after Reading scored a goal. We seemed fairly comfortable before that. We were too scared to attack after we scored and for all the focus on defence, the team capitulated and fell into chaos after allowing the fortuitous equaliser. We've seen this story a multitude of times this season.

Cisse is just a significantly inferior footballer to Ba. He has extremely impressive predatory finishing skills when he's confident, but even then offers almost nothing else. Right now, his lack of self-belief has taken away his finishing, and he still offers nothing else. There is definitely a place for him on this team, but he's been "off-form" all season now, which is the majority of his career here.

Tactics are not the main reason for this loss. We lost initiative in the second half, but Reading never had control of the game or created plentiful chances. Our defence collapsed for the twentieth or so time this season and we wasted chance after chance as we always do.

This team has no heart. The manager can go, and I have no interest in any of the fit players other than Cabaye, Santon and the new boys from this window. For a group of such "talented" players, they manage to crack under pressure an absurd amount. We have a striker at one end, who never gets himself in position to take chances properly, and an alarmingly high amount of the other team's chances tun to goals.

Stadium in decently full considering the weather and how massive it is. I really think Cape Verde are going to win this match. They impressed me in qualifiers. Mostly made up of decent players from the Portuguese League and play good football. Vuvzela is such a ridiculous noise. Most other African nations make music in the crowd, rather than droning noise.

First time we've seen the Pardew fist pump in while. I've missed it.

Cisse is mentally deficient. Why is he five yards ahead of defence? Was he not taught the rules?

Garath MccLeary is more dynamic than any of our attacking players. They are all so pedestrian and slow, and right now it is a personnel issue. I honestly wish Pardew had started Ranger outwide.

Only after he joined us and made an appearance in 2009. He wasn't when we bought him as he is French-born. Mbiwa was born in CAR and could have played for them if he so desired. We need to get this done with alacrity, but he is the sort of player who would expect many clubs to be interested and probably something of a bidding war. It will be difficult.

Good player, very good. Lacks a bit of end product compared to the level of his other attributes though, so not like Guti/Obermong in other words. But he's african, and they wont sell him. Not that this was your point. Ayew is a great player, really enjoy watching him play despite his nationality. Their manager didn't call him up for the ACN, anyway, you wouldn't have to worry about any sort of national duties for two years. He's not coming to this club anyway, though.