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Deeply suspicious.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Noticed Ian Wright saying it was racist to have an issue with players going off to feature in this tournament. Guess he missed the complaining at every single international break
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It’s a shambolic tournament it always is the few minutes I watched the football was dreadful.
CovBrummie94
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Under 1.5 goals every game for anyone that wants to win a few quid. 7 1-0s and 2 0-0s in 10 games so far.
covmark
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Yeah, I've watched a couple of games and they've both been a bore fest.
It can only improve I suppose.
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It has some of the worlds best players in it but they are spread over so many countries and the rest of the players around them are poor so it makes for bad viewing.
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Just switched it on another full house Wasps style. Gambia are playing the Craftsman pub.
Ccfcisparks
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Hilarious start to the Gambia game. Mauritania's players were lining up for the national anthem, and the stadium played the wrong national anthem twice which was cut just as it got to the goalkeeper. The keeper was signalling for them to run the anthem back again and the captain was shaking his head in disgust. After a few minutes, the Mauritania players were told they had to sing the anthem with no backing track as they didnt have it, but the Mauritania players refused because none of them knew it.
This tournament is a calamity of errors.
This tournament is a calamity of errors.
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Good goal in The Gambia game
rob9872
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Hopefully Ivory Coast win as the first in my acca tonight. I got let down by Sunderland last night and it gave me a free bet for only one loser in a fivefold but insisted I put it back on another at least fivefold. Ended up with, WHU, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Ivory Coast and Atlanta!
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Tournament is an embarrassment. Not sure why there have been so many people trying to make a fuss about it in recent weeks in the media.
Shambolic as it may be, it's a huge deal to the fans of the countries who are playing. The fact that teams like Watford think it should be treated like an afterthought is pretty disrespectful. A better standard of tournament in Africa will ultimately improve the standard of the game that we get to watch week in week out as well.
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stay_up_skyblues
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Referee dismissed from the tournament and on his way to Stockley Park.
It's pretty disrespectful to write it off as a meaningless tournament. It may be to us, but it's plenty important enough to the people of Africa.
Teams complaining about losing players should take it into consideration when signing players... not sign them and try to guilt them into missing the tournament.
Teams complaining about losing players should take it into consideration when signing players... not sign them and try to guilt them into missing the tournament.
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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If they want people to take it seriously then they need to sort themselves out. Every time it's on it is a bit of an embarrassment sadly.
We aren't talking massive logistical issues here. We are talking about referees that can't tell the time, and organisers that can't get national anthems correct.
chiefdave
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I think between not releasing Sarr to Senegal (who supposedly wanted to go) and allegedly "baring fangs" over Emmanuel Dennis and Nigeria, it's clear they don't see any obligation to let players go and are willing to play hardball with these African associations. Yes, there are extenuating circumstances etc etc, but I'm not sure they'd do the same if the European Championships or World Cup were held at the same time. I think that's what people have been pointing out recently.
If you can build up interest in a way that generates more revenue, and make sure that money is reinvested in the African game, presumably it would lead to more African players not just developing faster, but also being known to English scouts etc? There must be huge untapped potential in some countries.
Frostie
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They tried to call up Dennis after the deadline had already passed (somehow he didn't make their initial 37 man squad!) & from what I read I think Dennis didn't want to go anyway.
Sarr is injured but Senegal didn't believe them, made Sarr fly out for their own medical team to assess which Watford (reluctantly) agreed to. The Senegal medical team now conclude that the Watford prognosis was correct & he's unlikely to play any part.
They have other players at AFCON with no issues; 2 with Morocco & Troost-Ekong even with Nigeria.
The broader point is absolutely spot on though. Clubs know about AFCON, it's timing, players being called up etc. when signing African players.
It's one of my big gripes with Klopp, he moans about it every year but happily runs Mané & Salah in to the ground in meaningless games for Liverpool.
Leicester are clearly playing the Covid card currently to get over their injuries & AFCON absentees too. Daft loophole from Premier League that.
GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee
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I imagine your response is fairly tongue in cheek, but it highlights a fairly serious point we take for granted. To get into the stadiums you have to be double vaccinated, and only around 3% of Cameroon (the hosts) are vaccinated.
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Those are obviously issues. But there's enough shambolic goings on in "western" football, that makes it a bit hypocritical to write off a continental championship, just because it isn't so important to us.
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This is the same guy who had to respond by mocking Roy Keane’s accent on live television; he’s an utter moron.
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Liquid Gold
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Every time someone complains about women being given jobs as pundits you should just point out that Ian Wright has made a career out of it and he can't string a sentence together.
Brighton Sky Blue
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He thinks wearing hipster hats and glasses is the entry requirement
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I'm kind of looking forward to the game at seven, in a kind of rubbernecking way...
Comoros now down to 10 men after 5 minutes...this should be interesting.
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Bugsy
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Africa Cup of Nations: At least eight killed in crush at Cameroon stadium
Dozens more people are injured in the incident outside a football stadium in Cameroon.
www.bbc.co.uk
Jeezus, condolences to those past and thoughts to who are injured
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Africa Cup of Nations: At least eight killed in crush at Cameroon stadium
Dozens more people are injured in the incident outside a football stadium in Cameroon.www.bbc.co.uk
Jeezus, condolences to those past and thoughts to who are injured
Fucking hell, that is absolutely heartbreaking. No one should go to the football and not come home.
This event being a shambles is not even funny anymore. They seriously need to get a grip on it and sort it out.