Nobody Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Looking forward to the Ghana game now, can see them scoring a canny few past Namibia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Are there any black managers/head coaches in this tournament? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Are there any black managers/head coaches in this tournament? They're all at Marriage Counseling sessions after learning never to insult Tony Yeboah's country again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Both the managers of the Sudan/someone game yesterday were black. (Zambia was it?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Cheers. Just wondered, not seen many games but not seen any so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I keep missing the good games. Are Guinea a good side then, sound it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Eurosport commentators just on about the flashing light on the top of the stretcher buggy thing. 'To move all the traffic out of the way'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Ghana are playing some lovely football. Both their wingers, Kingston and Owusu, are class Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo_11 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Owusu who wasn't good enough for Arsenal and was shipped off to Spartak Moscow, now at Celta Vigo on loan. He looked decent in this tournament with the ball at his feet and when crossing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Owusu who wasn't good enough for Arsenal and was shipped off to Spartak Moscow, now at Celta Vigo on loan. He looked decent in this tournament with the ball at his feet and when crossing. Kept getting into trouble off the field while at Arsenal and so was sent on his way. Wasn't really due to a lack of ability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 quincy is hugely talented but questionable attitude. i'd have him here tho, can play on the wings or upfront, good impact sub. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Where does Kingston play now, by the way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Where does Kingston play now, by the way? Hearts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer9 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Is it just me or does anyone else think the standard of goalkeeping in this tournament is awful? They don't even move a lot of the time, and when they do, they look like they've never played GK before. Can't catch or move quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spurs_from_Africa Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 mate, the standard of goalies we produce in Africa has always been pretty poor. We have produced wc strikers, midfielders and defenders but as a rule, not goalkeepers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delima Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Who are the current best African 11? What do you think? Drogba, Eto Seydou Keita, Yaya Touré, Mahamadou Diarra, Jean Makoun, Michael Essien Kolo Toure, Joseph Yobo, Emmanuel Eboué Vincent Enyeama?? vs Euopean 11 Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy Rafael van der Vaart, Xavi Hernández, Wesley Sneijder, Cristiano Ronaldo Patrice Evra, Fabio Cannavaro, Rio Ferdinand, Sergio Ramos Iker Casillas No doubt you will disagree about the selection. But the qeustion remains: African 11 vs European 11, who will win? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Benin coach Reinhard Fabisch says he was asked before the Squirrels' Africa Cup of Nations match against Mali if he would help fix the game's outcome. Benin lost the Group B match 1-0 after conceding a second-half penalty. Fabisch is willing to give the Confederation of African Football the name and number of the man who claimed to be from a Singapore-based company. "He wanted to find out from me if there was any possibility of manipulating the match," Fabisch told BBC Sport. "I told him: 'Look, you have two minutes to leave the hotel or I will call the police'." Fabisch added that the man - a black African - spoke to him at the team's hotel on Saturday, two days before the Mali defeat. The man said the company he represented claimed to be able to fix matches across Africa and planned to win money in bets on the tournament's opening goal. The first goal of the Africa Cup of Nations was Ghana's penalty against Guinea on Sunday 20 January, a game the tournament hosts won 2-1. "I was astonished that he had the guts to approach a German to fix a football match," said Fabisch. "I think that African players are vulnerable to this kind of approach, because many of them don't have money. "This is why poor countries like Benin are targeted. "I cut him short and told him to leave. It doesn't help football. "I assume that if someone approaches you like that, then they have that (money) in mind." Subsequently Fabisch warned his players to tell him if they were approached. Benin next play Ivory Coast in Sekondi on Friday http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7207903.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 ... No doubt you will disagree about the selection. But the qeustion remains: African 11 vs European 11, who will win? I don't know. Brazil? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delima Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 South America est 11 - worst headache I'll ever have Robinho, Sergio Agüero Ronaldinho, Javier Mascherano, Esteban Cambiasso, Kaka, Lionel Messi Lucio, Diego Milito, Dani Alves Rogério Ceni Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spurs_from_Africa Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Who are the current best African 11? What do you think? Drogba, Eto Seydou Keita, Yaya Touré, Mahamadou Diarra, Jean Makoun, Michael Essien Kolo Toure, Joseph Yobo, Emmanuel Eboué Vincent Enyeama?? vs Euopean 11 Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy Rafael van der Vaart, Xavi Hernández, Wesley Sneijder, Cristiano Ronaldo Patrice Evra, Fabio Cannavaro, Rio Ferdinand, Sergio Ramos Iker Casillas No doubt you will disagree about the selection. But the qeustion remains: African 11 vs European 11, who will win? Theres no doubting that central midfield and striker is africa's strong point. Despite this, I would still go for a 4-4-2, as nigeria showed vs. Ivory Coast, just playing your best 11 players often results in nothing. I would go with: -----------Kameni-------------- ---Eboue(unfortunately)---Toure------Yobo-----Boka/the egyptian lb (his name escapes me but he impresses me every time I see him.) ---A. Hassan/Kingston-------Essien---------Diarra-------Abo-treika -------------Drogba---------Eto'o-------------------- While a very strong team, I reckon S. America and Europes' 1st 11s would both beat this team. Too much technical ability for the africans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 On current form, i think i might have adebayor ahead of etoo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 just coming up to half time. - Ivory Coast 2-0 Benin. Just got 2 in 2 or 3 mins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Yaya Toure pulls all the strings for Ivory Coast like, no surprise Barca got him in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Yaya Toure pulls all the strings for Ivory Coast like, no surprise Barca got him in the summer. yup. He was set up for his goal by Kolo incidently. Interesting punditry team on Eurosport. Peter Shilton and Henry Winter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Who was that bald guy on Eurosport for the ANC on Monday? Alan somebody, didn't recognise him, had a very camp voice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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