or to join or start a new Discussion

172 Comments
Article Rating 3.24 Stars

Why African Nations Cup will win us Title

Good hi fellow champs and others,

So the African Cup of Nations will take place between January 21st and February 12th, somewhere in Africa, so a lot of teams will lose their African players.

Here is a a list of players for each team that may disappear to Africa for a month:

Arsenal - Gervinho, Alex Song, Frimpong
Aston Villa - 0
Blackburn - Chris Samba
Bolton - 0
Chelsea - Drogba, Mikel, Essien, Kalou, Malouda
Everton - 0
Fulham - Etuhu, Dembele
Liverpool - 0
Man City - Kolo Toure, Yaya Toure, Onuaha, Razak, Balotelli
The Champions - 0
Newcastle - Demba Ba, Cheik Chiote, the Ameobis, Abeid
Norwich - 0
QPR - Adel Taraaabt
Stoke - Sidibe, Diao, Jones, Fuller, Palacios
Swansea - 0
Spurs - Assou Ekotto, Adebayor, Bassong, Piennar
WBA - Tchoyi, Mulumbu, Odemwingie,
Wigan - Moses, Al Habsi, Rodallega, Diame, Figueroa
Wolves - Elokobi, Ebanks-Blake, Frimpong, Ikeme

So we have no Africans, hence we lose none of our players for a month. Man City, Arsenal and Spurs have several foreigners so will lose important players.

Do you also notice that the most African players are at teams who have foreign managers? Good British managers like Fergie, Dalglish etc tend not to buy Africans, where as Wenger and Mancini etc tend to buy Africans.

I think this is why Man Utd are the most successful teams in England. They have experienced managers and know that African players don't win you the PL:

Stats from UEFA-

English players to have won the PL - 1045
African players to have won the PL - 7

Wenger and Mancini etc seem to forget these stats and continue to buy foreigners. They forget what makes the PL good; good old fashioned gritty English players like Gerrard, Terry, Rooney, Lampard and Bale.

Fergie is smart enough to buy English because the English cup is held in England so we don't lose any players when it is on. Which is clever thinking by Fergie, where as the African cup is in Africa so players have to travel to it, so signing African players is poor management of their respective clubs by Wenger and Mancini.

Number 20 is in the bag.

Champ20ns.

posted on 4/1/12

Is Ba French?

comment by (U4053)

posted on 5/1/12

Comment Deleted by Site Moderator

posted on 5/1/12

"Kamran, he obviously isn't educated if he thinks Somaliland is worldly recognised by other countries. Plus, Somaliland isn't a country, it's a small land part of Somalia."

I never said it was a "country"! I know full well it isn't.

posted on 5/1/12

clockwork

Are you sending them for a long weight, or a short stand beforehand..?

I hear they're out of bubbles for spirit levels though...( typical- I need one too)

posted on 5/1/12

Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)

Don't forget the reacharound and the tartan paint...

posted on 5/1/12

Comment Deleted by Site Moderator

comment by LC (U1826)

posted on 5/1/12

Glass Nails and a Rubber Hammer
A Sky hook
A handbrake for a canoe

posted on 5/1/12

comment by Cheick! (U3905)

posted on 5/1/12

Ba is Senegalese.

posted on 20/1/13

This is why we will be champ21ns this season.

Sign in if you want to comment
RATE THIS ARTICLE
Rate Breakdown
5
0 Votes
4
0 Votes
3
0 Votes
2
0 Votes
1
0 Votes

Average Rating: 3.24 from 25 votes

ARTICLE STATS
Day
Article RankingNot Ranked
Article ViewsNot Available
Average Time(mins)Not Available
Total Time(mins)Not Available
Month
Article RankingNot Ranked
Article ViewsNot Available
Average Time(mins)Not Available
Total Time(mins)Not Available