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and they don't get any slices of oranges at half-time
Nothing beats the African Cup of Nations.
Goalkeepers in tracksuit bottoms
Strikers who just blast the leather of it whether they are 2 yards out or 40.
Balls flying into the stands with regularity
Waist high tackles that dont even warrant a freekick let alone a card.
Its Sunday morning football on a continent-wide scale. You will be tearing your hair out if you back overs and watch yet another glory hunter give it the Larry-Launch from the edge of the box rather than play his team mate in who has an open goal.
Goalkeepers in tracksuit bottoms
Strikers who just blast the leather of it whether they are 2 yards out or 40.
Balls flying into the stands with regularity
Waist high tackles that dont even warrant a freekick let alone a card.
Its Sunday morning football on a continent-wide scale. You will be tearing your hair out if you back overs and watch yet another glory hunter give it the Larry-Launch from the edge of the box rather than play his team mate in who has an open goal.
Just a warning it's in South Africa this year so three words
Vu Vu Zela
Vu Vu Zela
I also love the African Nations. As a betting proposition, there's normally some value to be had because oddsmakers don't have much of a clue. There are also some deliciously random factors like whether the players have got paid, an agreed bonus structure, the domestic political situation as well as the normal ones like how good the manager is etc.
Value in the market is created by Ivory Coast being around 7/4 and SA (who are terrible) at around 9s. There's nothing wrong with Ghana at 7s, but the local coach (who may be very good, but no idea really) and absence of Boateng, Muntari, Essien and Ayew tapers my enthusiasm. It may be he picked the players he thought he could handle. CI have the best players in Dogbreath and Yaya, but defence is still average, keeper still crap and most of the players are older and in less good form than they were last time round. SA are at home but have no good players at all and Pienaar has retired. The expectation will be to win, but I can see them not qualifying for the KO.
Nigeria have a decent coach, but squad is pretty average (Mikel is the star turn) and can comfortably be left alone at 9s. Zambia are solid and although some mediocre performances in friendlies have seen them drift, they look reasonable at 16s or bigger. Algeria are poor value at 14s. Mali are interesting at 16s and could surprise a few, but lack the overall quality to win. Might be distracted by what's happening in their country, though these can sometimes work in both ways, as with CI last time round. Tunisia have a good ANC record but upheaval in the country seems to have impacted and can be taken on at 20s.
The ones I like are Morocco at 16s upwards. Another local coach but taken some bold but sensible decisions to leave out the likes of Taraabt and Chamakh and a recent winning track record with the Arab Nations Cup. Solid defence with Benatia at core and a bit of star quality with Belhanda. Barrada and El-Arabi seem decent enough and are indicative of overall solid standard of the squad.
Of the outsiders, Angola and DRC might surprise a few and should be good for some individual match bets
My bets
Morocco 2pt win @ 16s
Ghana 1pt win @ 7s
Zambia 0.5pt @ 16s
Value in the market is created by Ivory Coast being around 7/4 and SA (who are terrible) at around 9s. There's nothing wrong with Ghana at 7s, but the local coach (who may be very good, but no idea really) and absence of Boateng, Muntari, Essien and Ayew tapers my enthusiasm. It may be he picked the players he thought he could handle. CI have the best players in Dogbreath and Yaya, but defence is still average, keeper still crap and most of the players are older and in less good form than they were last time round. SA are at home but have no good players at all and Pienaar has retired. The expectation will be to win, but I can see them not qualifying for the KO.
Nigeria have a decent coach, but squad is pretty average (Mikel is the star turn) and can comfortably be left alone at 9s. Zambia are solid and although some mediocre performances in friendlies have seen them drift, they look reasonable at 16s or bigger. Algeria are poor value at 14s. Mali are interesting at 16s and could surprise a few, but lack the overall quality to win. Might be distracted by what's happening in their country, though these can sometimes work in both ways, as with CI last time round. Tunisia have a good ANC record but upheaval in the country seems to have impacted and can be taken on at 20s.
The ones I like are Morocco at 16s upwards. Another local coach but taken some bold but sensible decisions to leave out the likes of Taraabt and Chamakh and a recent winning track record with the Arab Nations Cup. Solid defence with Benatia at core and a bit of star quality with Belhanda. Barrada and El-Arabi seem decent enough and are indicative of overall solid standard of the squad.
Of the outsiders, Angola and DRC might surprise a few and should be good for some individual match bets
My bets
Morocco 2pt win @ 16s
Ghana 1pt win @ 7s
Zambia 0.5pt @ 16s
Some quality and funny posts here!!!! A tournament not to be missed for all sorts of reasons. The good, the bad, the ugly and the ridiculous!!!!
As someone pointed out, not one 0-0 in the last tournament which is always good when watching and trading the footy but as another poster also pointed out, some shocking misses occur when ur on goals. Can't wait for it to start!
As someone pointed out, not one 0-0 in the last tournament which is always good when watching and trading the footy but as another poster also pointed out, some shocking misses occur when ur on goals. Can't wait for it to start!
Four 0-0s in the tournament previously. Though the first game would have been hair-pulling out time for some punters. 4-0 to Angola with 10 minutes to go, 4-1 with a minute left, and 4-2 deep into injury time but still finished 4-4.
Sorry, I meant previous to that one, following on from previos post.
Go for overs (corners) in every match, I did OK last time
DR Congo look to have a strong team especially with Mbokani up front
I hope Zambia can do it again, they play nice football.
I hope Zambia can do it again, they play nice football.
I stand corrected. Sorry biscuit! Yes, the final was 0-0 before IC lost on pens.
Having had a good look at this, I can't be a backer of the Ivory Coast at those prices. I like the looks of Mali at 14/1. A solid spine to the team, I think Ghana are vulnerable in Group B although agree Congo could be strong, the draw opens up for the winner of this group.
I have been watching that brilliant sports commentator David Attenborough's programme Africa, showing the training methods of some of the teams. Seems to be a lot of sex and violence involved. Unfortunately there were no pointers!
I hope this clarifies the matter!
I hope this clarifies the matter!
Meanwhile it makes fun watching,as long as you don't get too involved and take it too seriously.
Nice to see Mark Langdon reads the forum - I'll take my commission when they come in...
Most crooked event in sport only hope is to keep backing 0/0 lot of them
they might as well show live sunday league football, better standard..
they love blasting it in to the stands. has no player ever watched a previous ANC games and seen this happen before
8 corners so far, 20 mins left & just 2 more needed for a nice day for me!
shocking performance by S Africa, should have thumped these Cape verde diddies mercilessly
SA are this bad in general, not having an off-day. Cape Verde have had better chances and been better team
Barney - CV rated 15 FIFA spots higher than SA - diddies or not
over 9 corners in. Got Laura Robson losses back
another shot leaning back in to row z - just keep the ball down, its crazy how often they do it
another shot leaning back in to row z - just keep the ball down, its crazy how often they do it
really set the tournament alight these two teams, great stuff 
wasnt a corner , it was just such a bad shot the ref thought it had to be a deflection
Great stuff this. Angola/Morocco. Corners over 9 Evs, Over 10 8/5. bt365. Fill yer boots
Jan 17, 2013 -- 3:30PM, kingmax wrote:
back under 1.5 every game.... = moneys
cha ching
What time are the opening day highlights on? Should be a cracker.
85 mins, 8 corners, need 2 more to break even 3 more for very good day
the games after the opening games in each group are always much better
where's the under 2.5 market for the whole tournament?
this tournament is so truly awful i actually cant watch it. if the countries picked people for their ability with a football instead of just size speed and strength african football might start to get out of the stone age.
As I said earlier most crooked event in sport utter rubbish games stopped by locusts teams shot dead on way to matches refs having dinner with managers
Players that go there from the prem shouldn't be allowed back and have there wages stopped oh I forget its quite common for them to come back a week late
I'd rather watch women's weightlifting
Players that go there from the prem shouldn't be allowed back and have there wages stopped oh I forget its quite common for them to come back a week late
I'd rather watch women's weightlifting
To all those wot is DOINGYOURDOUGH-please don't say you weren't warned by eminent African Nations Cup expert football PROPUNTERS!
I hope this is consolation for those wot is LOSINGYOURMONET on the false representation of football matches which is going on at the moment!
I hope this is consolation for those wot is LOSINGYOURMONET on the false representation of football matches which is going on at the moment!
im thinking a huge lump on ghana today
who are this congo side? can you name 1 player of any note in that side?
Ghana should steamroll this time 3 or 4 goals here
what you think?
who are this congo side? can you name 1 player of any note in that side?
Ghana should steamroll this time 3 or 4 goals here
what you think?
md49vd,
Can you name '1 player of any note' in the Zambia team that won the whole thing last year?
For what it's worth, Mongongu, Makiadi and Mbokani are all pretty capable players for DR Congo and there is neither Ayew brother, Essien, Muntari or Boateng in the Ghana squad but (in my opinion), you either need to be:
a) really bored
b) an addict
c) sectioned
.....if you see this competition as a viable betting medium.
Anything can happen so watch and enjoy.
(Although good luck if you choose to get involved)
Can you name '1 player of any note' in the Zambia team that won the whole thing last year?
For what it's worth, Mongongu, Makiadi and Mbokani are all pretty capable players for DR Congo and there is neither Ayew brother, Essien, Muntari or Boateng in the Ghana squad but (in my opinion), you either need to be:
a) really bored
b) an addict
c) sectioned
.....if you see this competition as a viable betting medium.
Anything can happen so watch and enjoy.
(Although good luck if you choose to get involved)
Says on SKY page that they are covering the Action at todays Nations Cup Games............after yesterdays dross "Action" is surely wishful thinking? However Bristol Citys Albert Adomah might just be something special......no laughing at the back please!!
md49vd 20 Jan 13 14:05
This DR Congo side are useful, Mbokani(Anderlecht) and Lua Lua (previously plyed his trade in the Premiership) have a wealth of experience. Mulumbu is at West Brom and has been quietly effective in a defensive midfield role. They also have Le Roy at the helm, who knows how to ready a side for the ANC.
This DR Congo side are useful, Mbokani(Anderlecht) and Lua Lua (previously plyed his trade in the Premiership) have a wealth of experience. Mulumbu is at West Brom and has been quietly effective in a defensive midfield role. They also have Le Roy at the helm, who knows how to ready a side for the ANC.
This is absolutely dreadful. No goals in over three and a half hours of football!
The DR Congo captain taking the set-pieces can't even loft the ball ffs. Keeps kicking it about a foot off the ground. 
Feck me a goal!!!
Feck me a goal!!!
http://vuvuzela-time.co.uk/community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/940...
there's another game now with niger, the bottom ranked team. will be fun to see how worse they can be than South Africa who were 4th/5th favourite going into the tournament
Soon enough there'll be goals in this tournament and perhaps the markets will also over-compensate on the lack of goals before then.
true. i heard a lot of pundits say that usually there will be higher scoring games in latter stages though i thought it would be the other way around.
maybe they are saying this to compensate for the ****ness now to keep viewing figures
maybe they are saying this to compensate for the ****ness now to keep viewing figures
Anybody watching the Mali game,,,,,,,,,,,,, are there any goals coming.???
Come on Mali, you can beat these Nigeriens.
that's the first non shanked shot theres been in more than 5 hours of african nations football, hits the bar
mali are obviously the better team
the players are too thick to get in the right positions and have really poor technique when shooting.
cant see either side getting a goal here
the players are too thick to get in the right positions and have really poor technique when shooting.
cant see either side getting a goal here
of course i shouldve accounted for the duff goalie in that post lol
can't believe was just about to type and goal went in.
Algeria shd be too good for Tunisia tonight. A local derby edge points me towards the DNB market.
On evidence to date, surprised to see Angola available at 75s
On evidence to date, surprised to see Angola available at 75s
Bet of the day: Ethiopia to beat Burkina @ 7/2 - just the wrong price
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