Interpolic Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Started a group conversation in Facebook about getting tickets for Spurs and my mate says Demba Ba's mother could open a club in town called Ba's Ma's Beach Club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/jan/14/demba-ba-africa-cup-of-nations?CMP=twt_gu Ba and Senegal get their Cup of Nations chance as Africa's giants go awol Demba Ba is needed in Africa even more than in Newcastle. The late-blooming striker could embellish an Africa Cup of Nations that otherwise risks being defined by the amount of potential frustrated or power faded. Only one of the last nine victors have qualified and although that could be taken as evidence that the standard of football is rising across the continent – and the qualifications of Libya and Botswana were especially commendable – the absence of Nigeria, Cameroon, South Africa and the winners of the last three editions, Egypt, has generated a certain pessimism. There is a sense that the countries who have reached the tournament that is being cohosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea are not good enough to compensate for the non-appearance of those who have failed to make the most of their resources. In recent years Senegal have been one of the most exasperating offenders in terms of squandering talent, but now, with Ba's help, they could illustrate the opposite: a country that has successfully reorganised to maximise its abundant ability. Senegal's last golden generation may have produced one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history when they toppled France in 2002 but El Hadji Diouf and co are also remembered as a squad who lost their way after a spectacular introduction. They reached the Africa Cup of Nations final a few months before beating Les Bleus but never returned to it and hit rock bottom when their attempt to qualify for the 2010 tournament ended in them finishing below Gambia, the tiny nation wedged in Senegal's bulk like a geographic splinter. Indiscipline in the squad was accompanied by corruption off the field that prompted 12 of the country's top clubs to boycott the domestic league and demand reform. That eventually came: a purge of crooked officials in the national federation and the emergence of a team who have high hopes of achieving what their vaunted predecessors could not, largely thanks to a formidable strikeforce spearheaded by Ba. Although he made his debut in 2007 – marking the occasion with a goal – his international career has largely been hampered by injuries and his country's decision to persist with Diouf, Diomansy Kamara, Henri Camara and others whom they hoped would fulfil the hopes invested in them. Even as that generation faded Ba was not considered the best of the country's new crop of strikers – Senegal were top scorers in qualifying even though Ba barely played. His only goal of the campaign, however, was perhaps the most important, a stoppage-time winner after he came off the bench against Cameroon. Ba's performances in the Premier League since then and in this week's friendly win against Sudan, when he again scored the only goal, mean he has become a certain starter. With Samuel Eto'o absent and Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba on the wane (and the Chelsea striker has never truly shined at the tournament anyway) the stage is set for Ba to confirm his status as the new African superstar. Senegal's strength is shown by the forwards competing to play alongside him: Moussa Sow, who was top scorer in Ligue 1 last season; Papiss Demba Cissé, prolific in the Bundesliga over the past two seasons despite playing for lowly Freiburg; Dame N'Doye, the player of the year in Denmark and a regular Champions League scorer; Souleymane Camara, the 29-year-old who is enjoying one of the best seasons of his career at Montpellier, who are second in Ligue 1; and the 32-year-old Mamadou Niang, who may now be playing his club football in Qatar but retains the qualities that brought him success at Marseille. Amara Traoré, the manager, who has navigated through a transitional period during which, at one stage, he went 10 months without being paid, tries to squeeze as many of those players as possible into his lineup, often by deploying Cissé or Sow in midfield. The question to which Traoré is still seeking an answer is how best to get the ball to his fearsome forwards. Senegal are solid in the middle, thanks to Wigan's Mohamed Diamé and Birmingham City's Guirane N'Daw, and also at the back despite the lack of a top-class goalkeeper (as well as being top scorers in qualification, they conceded fewer goals than any other country) but they do not have a midfield creator of the calibre of, say, Ghana's André Ayew and Kwadwo Asamoah, Ivory Coast's Yaya Touré or the Moroccan trio of Adel Taarabt, Mbark Boussoufa and Houcine Kharja. Those countries are the most likely to thwart Senegal's ambitions. But while they may not create as many chances as others, this Senegalese side are experts at taking them and the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations represents a big one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Started a group conversation in Facebook about getting tickets for Spurs and my mate says Demba Ba's mother could open a club in town called Ba's Ma's Beach Club. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest sicko2ndbest Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Latest tweet Watching the game! Get to 39! Howay the lads Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 39? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Maybe he thinks we won a game yesterday? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 39? I know ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stozo Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 39? Maybe he thinks Blackburn was a league game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 39? Maybe he thinks Blackburn was a league game? http://www.achtzehn99.de/assets/news/2011/01/_resampled/SetWidth615-Ba050111.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Dembas twitter I miss ST James's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 39? Maybe he thinks Blackburn was a league game? Or he's looking at a live update league table, there's a few times I've been caught out by them when I'm not sure if it's been updated or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 39? Maybe he thinks Blackburn was a league game? http://www.achtzehn99.de/assets/news/2011/01/_resampled/SetWidth615-Ba050111.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 39? Maybe he thinks Blackburn was a league game? Or he's looking at a live update league table, there's a few times I've been caught out by them when I'm not sure if it's been updated or not. Definitely this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Someone pointed out his red tie meant he was wearing red and white in his twitter profile pic and he apologised and changed it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Someone pointed out his red tie meant he was wearing red and white in his twitter profile pic and he apologised and changed it Legend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Someone pointed out his red tie meant he was wearing red and white in his twitter profile pic and he apologised and changed it The more I read about this guy the more I love him, I liked him before he started scoring for us as he just seems a humble guy yet the longer things go on he just seems absolutely amazing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg741/scaled.php?tn=0&server=741&filename=dfymq.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Demba Ba Sitting in the bus, going to the game. And still drinking SYRUP!! Haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 The guy gets better by the day. We already loved him on the field, but if we have another Sammy-style twitter account he'll be off into the stratosphere! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Legend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Love Demba. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 AlcockKyran Kyran Alcock @ @dembabafoot hope your knee gives way and your out for a long time #praisethelord @AlcockKyran may god bless you and forgive you for your sins Cool as a cucumber reply from Demba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 AlcockKyran Kyran Alcock @ @dembabafoot hope your knee gives way and your out for a long time #praisethelord @AlcockKyran may god bless you and forgive you for your sins Cool as a cucumber reply from Demba Class :smitten: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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