pi_D Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Ecuador are 10th in the rankings like, their league will be crap. Also Colombia Both of those leagues are way stronger than the Irish league, though. size of country tho Presumably soccer is their national/main sport, also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Wales would be about the same as Ireland, although Bale being from there would be like Messi being from the Vatican. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Do Ireland have the biggest disparity between their national team and the state of their league? Several nations in Africa have better international records than Ireland (probably at least 15 of them) and inferior leagues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. Aye must be that I reckon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. ASEC have developed many world class players, tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Think it was the last World Cup where Ivory Coast were the only side without a player playing in their domestic league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. ASEC have developed many world class players, tbf. Yaya Touré? (wiki) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. ASEC have developed many world class players, tbf. Like who? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Howay Leighton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Think it was the last World Cup where Ivory Coast were the only side without a player playing in their domestic league. Nigeria and Cameroon as well. I think Ghana had a reserve keeper, but that was all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. ASEC have developed many world class players, tbf. Yaya Touré? (wiki) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEC_Mimosas#Former_players Many came via that Belgian team that doesn't exist anymore. Remember reading an article about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. ASEC have developed many world class players, tbf. Bonaventure Kalou, Didier Zokora, Emmanuel Eboué, Gervinho, Salomon Kalou, Romaric, Didier Ya Konan, and Touré Yaya, Like who? Bonaventure Kalou, Didier Zokora, Emmanuel Eboué, Gervinho, Salomon Kalou, Romaric, Didier Ya Konan, and Touré Yaya, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 No World Class apart from maybe Toure but that list puts 90% of European clubs in the dark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 This discussion is a ringing endorsement for the excitement of international friendlies btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 How many of them are world class? Only Toure really Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 How many of them are world class? Only Toure really Exactly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. ASEC have developed many world class players, tbf. Like who? Well maybe not World Class, but a near majority of the recent Cote D'Ivoire stars have come from that club. The Kalous, the Toures, Gervinho, Boka, Tiene, Eboue etc. Not Brazil '70, but if you look at the clubs these players are at and what they've accomplished it is very impressive for one generation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Kolo was from there too FWIW and Abdul Razak is at city and said to be a good prospect... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Considering how often McGeady skins my players on FIFA, he really should be a hell of a lot better than what I've seen today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Considering how often McGeady skins my players on FIFA, he really should be a hell of a lot better than what I've seen today. He is god awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Considering how often McGeady skins my players on FIFA, he really should be a hell of a lot better than what I've seen today. par for the course tonight really Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Might get a calender to count down the days until the Confederations Cup. Summers in odd years are absolute Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Walcott aside the quality out wide is shocking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Absolutely no penetration or drive in this England team. Such straight lines football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Might get a calender to count down the days until the Confederations Cup. Summers in odd years are absolute Watch a Scandinavian league over the summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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