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Post by The Quito Diet on Jan 13, 2017 22:53:47 GMT
Today I feel Uruguay's Tunisia aren't expected to be up to much, even after naming a 41 man initial squad. Apart from their two 'star' players of Aymen Abdennour and Wahbi Khazri, and in a tough group, it really would be a surprise if they manage to get through the group stages. Also, I know fuck all else to say about them so have the first actual gif that shows up on Google.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jan 13, 2017 23:00:54 GMT
@bollos Senegal meanwhile are one of the dark horses (not racist) for this competition. With a squad chock full of mid-table Premier League fodder, it would take a minor miracle for them to beat the tournament favourites, but the foundations are there. Koulibay at CB has been highly rated throughout Europe for 18 months at least, Sadio Mane has settled in well on Merseyside and Diouf/Sow up top could prove to be one of the tournaments best striking partnerships. Apparently this is Senegal related; In a group with Tunisia, Zimbabwe and Algeria, the match up between the latter should prove to be the group decider.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jan 13, 2017 23:06:05 GMT
Exonerator's Zimbabwe. I have literally fuck all to say. I know none of their players even after checking Wikipedia. What I do know is that bread is fucking expensive and they're ruled by the black Rupert Murdoch.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jan 13, 2017 23:14:19 GMT
Last one for tonight, Бенне's Cameroon, one of the usual big pre-tournament favourites have this time found several key players refusing to join up with the squad for one reason or another. Fuck, even Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting has bottled it. As a result Cameroon are left with a bunch of second divison players, and all hope will likely fall on the 24-going-on-42 year old shoulders of striker Aboubakar. Gabon, Guinea Bissau and Burkina Faso should prove easy pickings for this team though, but any false sense of security will surely be exposed against quality opposistion, meaning we have this to look forward to;
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Post by Бенне on Jan 13, 2017 23:37:30 GMT
Last one for tonight, Бенне's Cameroon, one of the usual big pre-tournament favourites have this time found several key players refusing to join up with the squad for one reason or another. Fuck, even Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting has bottled it. As a result Cameroon are left with a bunch of second divison players, and all hope will likely fall on the 24-going-on-42 year old shoulders of striker Aboubakar. Gabon, Guinea Bissau and Burkina Faso should prove easy pickings for this team though, but any false sense of security will surely be exposed against quality opposistion, meaning we have this to look forward to; I was about to say that.
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Post by ic on Jan 14, 2017 9:29:46 GMT
Exonerator's Zimbabwe. I have literally fuck all to say. I know none of their players even after checking Wikipedia. What I do know is that bread is fucking expensive and they're ruled by the black Rupert Murdoch. Cutting edge journalism, I love it
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jan 14, 2017 13:53:40 GMT
@will's DR Congo; Weird .gif results those ones. Anyway, as always happens when the ACoN comes around, DR Congo are the latest nation to find themselves facing a player revolt, this time over bonus payments. Whilst this doesn't usually prove to be too much of a problem for games that tend to feature on the arsed end of Eurosport with a few thousand viewers, we can all look forward to this becoming a major headache with this expanded World Cup promising even more money to the football associations around Africa. Still, DR Congo have a decent mixture of players from around the lower leagues of Europe. Paul-José M'Poku could prove the surprise package for this team, the pacy winger who couldn't cut it with Tottenham has scored 3 goals in his 6 appearances for his country so far. Although 2nd in the group is the best they can hope for, what with being paired alongisde Ivory Coast, the game vs Morocco really will be their cup final, assuming they get a result against the whipping boys of Togo.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jan 14, 2017 14:01:38 GMT
sween's Mali could prove to be the tournament's dark horses, although they'll face a struggle coming through the toughest group in the tournament in which any of the four teams could progress. With a starting 11 made up of players all playing in the top leagues in Europe, many of whom also have experience of european competitions, there's a pedigree of talent that more favoured nations can't boast of. Possibly the biggest worry for sween will be the teams lack of goals, with no player in the squad managing more than 10 international goals and, removing Bakary Sako's 9 goals from midfield, no other player has scored more than 5. Apparently her surname is Mali or something.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jan 14, 2017 14:12:02 GMT
Stu got Ivory Coast. I swear he always gets a good pick in sweepstakes the git. Still, if you were going to pick the person on this forum who was most likely to be drunkenly chanting KOLO, KOLO KOLO at their tv, pissed as a fart in their y fronts at 3pm in the afternoon, it'd be Stu. If I then told you that both the Toure brothers aren't in the squad, and then asked you who would still be sat chanting YAYA, YAYA YAYA at their tv, you'd still pick Stu. Midfield is questionably Ivory Coast's weakest part of the squad right now, with several players trying and failing to replace the presence of Yaya Toure in the middle. Recently acquired Wilfried Zaha is likely to be leading the line, although a front three of Zaha, Bony and Kalou really will have Ivorians pining for the glory days. Also, no Boubacar
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jan 14, 2017 14:20:36 GMT
Germany's Top Scorer's Burkina Faso would, usually, expect to be the whipping boys. However, they may just fancy their chances of sneaking through the group stages if they can get something against Gabon, their likely challenger behind Cameroon. With a young squad made up of mostly lower-European-league players, it's likely that Bertrand Traore will have to try and carry his country on his shoulders. A full international at 15, the Chelsea youth player has already featured for his country 28 times by the age of 21, although he's only managed to find the net 3 times. 2013 hero Jonathan Pitroipa may be past his best, but should still feature in every game. Not even a decent gif on Google[/img]
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2017 15:56:09 GMT
Congo, great film.
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Post by ange postecoslamp on Jan 14, 2017 16:05:26 GMT
Will do own write up at last possible minute, hold tight
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Post by g7vikings on Jan 14, 2017 18:14:06 GMT
I see it's off to a cracking start.
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Post by ic on Jan 14, 2017 18:55:21 GMT
This rivals a seagull being killed by a goal kick as my favourite football video of all time
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jan 14, 2017 20:36:00 GMT
As I said, Burkina Faso must fancy their chances and Cameroon are a bit naff.
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