Toon1984 Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 At the risk of asking a silly question, why isn’t the AFCON played when the European and Copa America are being played? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Toon1984 said: At the risk of asking a silly question, why isn’t the AFCON played when the European and Copa America are being played? the heat for at least the northern parts of Africa? Edited October 25, 2025 by Vinny Green Balls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 (edited) Probably doesn't actually make much difference because half the continent experiences summer in January. Never mind. Edited October 25, 2025 by Vinny Green Balls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon1984 Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 Just now, Vinny Green Balls said: the heat Teams are forced to play at altitude in Bolivia which is unfair for the away sides. In the heat it’s the same for everyone and they could choose cooler locations/times of day. The club WC was roasting and they got round that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 1 minute ago, Vinny Green Balls said: the heat Yet we have a world cup in Saudi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 Just now, madras said: Yet we have a world cup in Saudi. well, one third of the continent experiences summer in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 "AFCON is typically held in January to avoid the extreme summer heat and rainy seasons in much of Africa, ensuring optimal playing conditions..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 (edited) so combination of heat in the northern areas and rain seasons in the central areas. I was in Marrakech in July, and it averaged about 115 degrees throughout my time there. Also a large number of countries generally ruled out as hosts because of ongoing conflicts and infrastructure. Edited October 25, 2025 by Vinny Green Balls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 @KaKa don't let it wind you up. It was silly and I'm sure was meant that way. On topic, I do think he's got something this kid, and if he's a Tindall pick as rumoured then fair play to JT. Was reading earlier Moyes complain how hard it was to find a striker, any striker, when he was at West Ham and, what £10-15m was it? Would be sensational business if he can be an impact sub or better in a year or two. (Headed back from town post match after a few pints and couldn't quite figure out how to put that in a grammatically correct format so apologies if that didn't make sense.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Mountain said: Something close to your heart? Indeed. Having an opinion on the Tournament is fine. Calling it shitcon is disrespectful. As I get older I think stuff like ‘Livershit’ or whatever is overly disrespectful. But I don’t have that type of humour. Edited October 25, 2025 by The College Dropout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 8 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Having an opinion on the Tournament is fine. Calling it shitcon is disrespectful. It's the same thing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 13 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said: "AFCON is typically held in January to avoid the extreme summer heat and rainy seasons in much of Africa, ensuring optimal playing conditions..." The pitches don’t tend to look particularly ‘optimal’ like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 If someone called the Asian Cup shit, would anyone here care? No, which means there is a deeper reason than just "rude language". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 1 hour ago, Shearergol said: Why was he blowing out of his arse at the end? Just not fit? Carrying an injury so maybe not doing much training? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 Feels like sometimes what makes him such a great impact sub (ie the chaos/unpredictability) is exactly why he isn't really trusted to play regularly. He's clearly got something about him but I think Howe prefers someone who will largely follow instructions (eg Gordon) and presumably he doesn't fully trust him yet. Hopefully gets an opportunity midweek. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 7 minutes ago, Keegans Export said: Feels like sometimes what makes him such a great impact sub (ie the chaos/unpredictability) is exactly why he isn't really trusted to play regularly. He's clearly got something about him but I think Howe prefers someone who will largely follow instructions (eg Gordon) and presumably he doesn't fully trust him yet. Hopefully gets an opportunity midweek. I do agree with this. I just didn't want to say it in case it reignites the Ben Arfa under Howe debate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUHRLYASLEEVESUP Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 How many players do Sunderland lose to the Afcon ? anyone know ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 26 minutes ago, Mountain said: If someone called the Asian Cup shit, would anyone here care? No, which means there is a deeper reason than just "rude language". Shitsian Cup or something yes I would find that disrespectful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 33 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Shitsian Cup or something yes I would find that disrespectful What's the difference between calling the Asian Cup shit and calling it Shitsian Cup? It's the same thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 What I love about this lad is that he’s so old school, you don’t get many players like him nowadays. Fuck the robots Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 3 minutes ago, Fak said: What's the difference between calling the Asian Cup shit and calling it Shitsian Cup? It's the same thing. Probably not much. One is more an opinion and the other is an insult Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 Just now, The College Dropout said: Probably not much. One is more an opinion and the other is an insult They're both the same Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 1 hour ago, Toon1984 said: At the risk of asking a silly question, why isn’t the AFCON played when the European and Copa America are being played? I think all the continental tournaments should be played in the same season so players get a fair break every other year. Afcon and world cup in the same season is daft Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 Came in to see if the Howe quotes about Osula working heavily with Graeme jones had been posted and came in to this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted October 25, 2025 Share Posted October 25, 2025 On a day when players were thinking too much, in comes Billy to show what can happen if you just back yourself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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