African Nations Cup

Who will be most affected this season ?

I was thinking that Harry Redknapp mustnt have heard of it cos Portsmouth with the signing of Diop now have 7 Africans (would have been 8 but Lualua left), if they all go then they could be fucked.

Utaka, Muntari, Kanu, Troare, Lauren, Benjani, Diop - Some important players, basically they will only have Nugent left upfront.


Chelsea obviously will be without Drogba, Essien and Mikel but they have Sidwell to come in and cover

Arsenal lose their captain in Toure as well as Adebayour, Eboue and Song which will be a big blow.

Also Bolton might only lose Meite and Diouf but they are 2 key players.

Hopefully Eduardo will be settled in by then and the loss of Adebayor will be placated. Losing Touré will be a huge blow though.

Hadn't thought about the problems Pompey will have. Does Kanu still play international football? Has he not retired?

He still plays for Nigeria.

Tweedle wrote:Hopefully Eduardo will be settled in by then and the loss of Adebayor will be placated. Losing Touré will be a huge blow though.

Hadn't thought about the problems Pompey will have. Does Kanu still play international football? Has he not retired?

Not sure about Kanu, i think he still plays cos he is only 31 but i might be wrong.

They have to change when its held its stupid having it mid season it is bound to have a massive effect on teams like Pompey and its unfair.

When is it ? i hope we play Pompey during it.

Its usually about mid January to mid February.

I am sure Harry will be signing players on loan deals in january to cover for some of them, any excuse to sign players for him.

I always thought Bolton had there fair share of Africans.

I think Kanu plays still. I might have mis-heard, but I thought the commentator in their match said that he travelled the furthest out of all the players on show during the international break. I thought Lauren retired from internationals some time ago though.

Just found out its 20th Jan to 10th Feb 2008 - during that period Pompey play....


Saturday, 19 January 2008
Barclays Premier League
Portsmouth v Derby, 15:00

Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Barclays Premier League
Man Utd v Portsmouth, 19:45

Saturday, 02 February 2008
Barclays Premier League
Portsmouth v Chelsea, 15:00

Saturday, 09 February 2008
Barclays Premier League
Bolton v Portsmouth, 15:00


Saturday, 23 February 2008
Barclays Premier League
Portsmouth v Sunderland, 15:00

They could get smashed by U*d and Chelsea.

Sheffield gunner wrote:I think Kanu plays still. I might have mis-heard, but I thought the commentator in their match said that he travelled the furthest out of all the players on show during the international break. I thought Lauren retired from internationals some time ago though.

Oh yeah Lauren has

They'd probably lose those fixtures anyway to be honest.

Bolton is the type of game they should be looking to get points out of though, and obviously Sunderland

Martins and Geremi will go. I don't think Faye and Beye really bother with internationals though.

The only teams we face during that period that might be missing players are Arsenal and Everton (Yakubu). We dont have any African players so we wont miss anyone.

After watching yesterday I think Chelsea will struggle without Drogba and they'll miss Essien alot.

Parks lives wrote:After watching yesterday I think Chelsea will struggle without Drogba and they'll miss Essien alot.

They're big losses, and Chelsea have got some tough games in that period...

Saturday, 19 January 2008
Barclays Premier League
Birmingham v Chelsea, 15:00

Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Barclays Premier League
Chelsea v Reading, 19:45

Saturday, 02 February 2008
Barclays Premier League
Portsmouth v Chelsea, 15:00

Saturday, 09 February 2008
Barclays Premier League
Chelsea v Liverpool, 15:00

There's a big possibilty that they'll drop quite a few points. Reading are a potenail slip up too.

Out of curiosity who plays upfront for Nigeria? They've got Kanu, Martins, Agahowa, Odemwingie, Utaka, Yakubu, Makinwa and Uche

Samba de Baiano wrote:Out of curiosity who plays upfront for Nigeria? They've got Kanu, Martins, Agahowa, Odemwingie, Utaka, Yakubu, Makinwa and Uche

Martins and Yakubu isn't it.

They change it all the time, hence the lack of consistently. Last time it was some dude from the Nigerian league, can't remember his name and Kanu. Yak was on the bench, I think.

I'd go Kanu then one of Martins and Yakubu if I was picking.

Parks lives wrote:I'd go Kanu then one of Martins and Yakubu if I was picking.

Why? He's got an appaling goalscoring record for them.

Kanu 13 in 67
Martins 11 in 17
Yakubu 14 in 32

Because he's got the ability that both of them lack, to bring others into play and hold the ball up really well.

Sometimes they do deploy Kanu but deeper. At the tip of a diamond or in a 4-3-3

Crouching Tiger wrote:[

Saturday, 02 February 2008
Barclays Premier League
Portsmouth v Chelsea, 15:00

We always bitch Portsmouth at Fratton Park. The only game that I'm concerned about is the Liverpool game (although it is at home which improves our chances of winning by about 50%).

No Essien and Mikel(touch and go for Nigeria anyhow) and they are only missing Sissoko. Expect Mascherano to piss all over your midfield.

Parks lives wrote:Because he's got the ability that both of them lack, to bring others into play and hold the ball up really well.

Kanu isn't a very good target man, he's weak as water and not good in the air, I would much rather have Martins as the SS making runs down the channels with Yakubu hanging around on the defenders shoulder.

I wouldn't have him playing headers like a Drogba, I'd play the ball into his feet like Pompey did yesterday.

robert wrote:No Essien and Mikel(touch and go for Nigeria anyhow) and they are only missing Sissoko. Expect Mascherano to piss all over your midfield.

Who's to say Mascherano will play (and more importantly play well)? If it was at Anfield I'd say an easy win for Pool. Our chances of winning this match have increased by at least 50% simply because the match is at the Bridge.

Also the fact that Pool have never scored at Stamford Bridge under Benitez is a good omen. Long may that continue