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African Nations Cup 2008

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African Nations Cup 2008Book Closes 10 Jan 15:00
Each-way 1/2 1-2
Ghana4.50Bet
Cameroon5.00Bet
Ivory Coast5.50Bet
Nigeria7.50Bet
Egypt10.00Bet
Senegal11.00Bet
Morocco13.00Bet
South Africa15.00Bet
Tunisia17.00Bet
Mali19.00Bet
Guinea26.00Bet
Angola34.00Bet
Zambia67.00Bet
Namibia101.00Bet
Sudan101.00Bet
Benin101.00
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Re: African Nations Cup 2008 - Outright Here are the African players that play in England (important ones) (if they don't play at these teams anymore it's the book's fault because I have it from the World Championships in Germany) Hislop (West Ham, Trinidad Tobago), Ince (Coventry, Trinidad Tobago), Cox (Gillingham, Trinidad Tobago) , Sancho (Gillingham, Trinidad Tobago), Birchall (Port Vale, Trinidad Tobago), Edwards (Luton Town, Trinidad Tobago), John and Jones (Coventry and Southampton, Trinidad Tobago), Drogba (Chelsea), Marquest ( Hull City, Angola), Essien (Chelsea), Jaidi (Bolton, Tunisia), Nafti (Birmingham City, Tunisia)... :) Eboue (Arsenal)

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Re: African Nations Cup 2008 - Outright

Here are the African players that play in England (important ones) (if they don't play at these teams anymore it's the book's fault because I have it from the World Championships in Germany) Hislop (West Ham, Trinidad Tobago), Ince (Coventry, Trinidad Tobago), Cox (Gillingham, Trinidad Tobago) , Sancho (Gillingham, Trinidad Tobago), Birchall (Port Vale, Trinidad Tobago), Edwards (Luton Town, Trinidad Tobago), John and Jones (Coventry and Southampton, Trinidad Tobago), Drogba (Chelsea), Marquest ( Hull City, Angola), Essien (Chelsea), Jaidi (Bolton, Tunisia), Nafti (Birmingham City, Tunisia)... :) Eboue (Arsenal)
Trinidad and Tobago are not in this competition they are located in the Caribbean
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Re: African Nations Cup 2008 - Outright Some players who probably will be on the cup Arsenal Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast) Emmanuel Eboue (Ivory Coast) Chelsea Michael Essien (Ghana) John Obi Mikel (Nigeria) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Everton Steven Poenaar (South Africa) Barcelona Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon) Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)

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Re: African Nations Cup 2008 - Outright Portsmouth lose Muntari, Kanu, Utkaka, Diop & Lauren?? Newcastle lose Beye, Faye, Geremi & Martins Doiuff & Miette goes from Bolton, Sonko & Bikey from Reading, Mido from Boro, Yobo & Pieneer from Everton, Ethue ffom Sunderland, Zorkora from Spurs, Nafti & Jaidi from Birmingham, Kamara from Fulham, Camera from West Ham, Essien, Drogba, Mikkel & Kalou from Chelsea, Eboue &Toure from Arsenal as well as the players mentioned in the above posts these are the ones i've found out to be missing from the EPL so far

Sagna of arsenal will also be missing (Senegal)
Not sure about this one as i thought he was French & did'nt see his name in the Senegal list :unsure
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Re: African Nations Cup 2008 - Outright This is often quite an interesting competition and one which I'll be heavily involved with My early thinking for a dark horse is Morroco although your probably looking at one of the big boys, especially Ghana who are likely to go on and win it. I also heard a whisper from a few that Sudan might not be the pushover that they are expected to be. In the betting they are a big 200/1 shot, but could spring a surprise or two

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Re: African Nations Cup 2008 - Outright Mali's squad (from Eurosport), including Momo Sissoko (Liverpool) and Mamady Sidibe (Stoke City): Goalkeepers: Soumbeyla Diakite (Stade Malien), Mahamadou Sidibe (PAS Giannina, Greece), Oumar Sissoko (Metz); Defenders: Adama Coulibaly (Lens), Moussa Coulibaly (Mouloudia Alger), Souleymane Diamoutene (Lecce), Cedric Kante (Nice), Boubacar Sidiki Kone (Maghreb Fes), Amadou Sidibe (Djoliba), Adama Tamboura (Helsingborg), Sammy Traore (Auxerre); Midfielders: Souleymane Dembele (Djoliba), Drissa Diakite (Nice), Mahamadou Diarra (Real Madrid), Seydou Keita (Sevilla), Djibril Sidibe (Chateauroux), Momo Sissoko (Liverpool), Bassala Toure (Levadiakos, Greece); Forwards: Mamadou Diallo (Qatar SC), Mahamadou Dissa (Roeselare, Belgium), Frederic Kanoute (Sevilla), Mamady Sidibe (Stoke City), Dramane Traore (Lokomotiv Moscow).

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Re: African Nations Cup 2008 - Outright Guinea's squad: Goalkeepers: Kemoko Camara (unattached), Naby Diarso (Satellite FC), Naby Yattara (RACS Couillet, Belgium); Defenders: Dianbobo Balde (Celtic), Habib Jean Balde (Reims), Alseny Camara (Rodez), Ibrahima Camara (Le Mans), Kevin Constant (Toulouse), Mohamed Alimou Diallo (Sivasspor), Daouda Jabi (Trabzonspor), Oumar Kalabane (Manisaspor), Kamil Zayatte (Young Boys Berne); Midfielders: Mohamed Cisse (Bursaspor), Pascal Feindouno (St Etienne), Samuel Johnson (Ismaili), Mohamed Sacko (Etoile Sahel), Naby Soumah (CS Sfaxien), Kanfory Sylla (Sivasspor); Strikers: Ismael Bangoura (Dynamo Kiev), Karamoko Cisse (Verona), Victor Correa (Cherbourg), Fode Mansare (Toulouse), Souleymane Youla (Lille).

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Re: African Nations Cup 2008 - Outright Ghana squad: Goalkeepers: Richard Kingson (Birmingham City, England), Sammy Adjei (Ashdod, Israel), Fatau Dauda (Ashantigold, Ghana) Defenders: John Paintsil (West Ham, England), Nana Kwasi Asare (FC Mechelon, Belgium), John Mensah (Rennes, France), Alhassan Illiasu (FC Saturn, Russia), Hans Adu Sarpei (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Harrison Afful (Asante Kotoko, Ghana), Eric Addo (PSV Eindhoven, Holland), Ahmed Barruso (AS Roma, Italy) Midfielders: Anthony Annan (I.K. Start, Norway), Michael Essien (Chelsea, England), Bernard Kumordzi (Panionios FC, Greece), Laryea Kingston (Hearts, Scotland), Haminu Draman (Locomotiv Moscow, Russia), Sulley Muntari (Portsmouth, England), Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille, France) Strikers: Asamoah Gyan (Udinese, Italy), Baffuor Gyan (FC Saturn, Russia), Junior Agogo (Nottingham Forest, England), Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (Celta Vigo, Spain), Kwadwo Asamoah (Liberty Professionals, Ghana)

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Re: African Nations Cup 2008 - Outright 2008 African Nations Cup, Ghana, starts 21 Jan 2008

Time for the African Nations Cup again. I’m living here in Ghana at the moment and looking forward to going to these matches. Might post a few photos as we go along, catch a bit of the atmosphere…

Had a good run last time out – made a good profit on this thread http://www.punters-paradise.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2536 and hope some of the contributors to this thread last time are still around?

Here’s my numbers for this year. The Attack, Defence and Overall rankings are my own. They are based on performances at home and away during the last 5 years, with the most recent games weighting more heavily. The strengths of the opposing teams were also taken into account.

The rankings are from 1=top, through to 16=lowest for the 16 finalists.

The odds quoted are from Ladbrokes.

Group A

Ghana

Attack: 9 Defence: 3 Overall: 5

Odds: 3/1 fav

My view: Hosting to disappointing…Ghana won’t win this. Leaky at the back in recent games, captain Appiah out injured and the crowd doesn’t always lift when the team gets in trouble…will need the refs help…

Voodoo Factor: *** home doctors

Morocco

Attack: 16 Defence: 1 Overall: 2

Odds: 10/1

My view: Great team – hard to beat, but doesn’t score. 0-0 every game…(though might sneak one past Namibia). Worth a shout in KO stages, if they get there…

Voodoo Factor: zero – on the receiving end I’m afraid

Guinea

Attack: 3 Defence: 5 Overall: 3

Odds: 25/1

My view: On a great run and fantastically underrated. Surprise package for those not in the know…

Voodoo Factor: *** can hold their own

Namibia

Attack: 15 Defence: 16 Overall: 16

Odds: 66/1

My view: Genuine minnows – early doors…

Voodoo Factor: zero – inexperienced…

Group B

Nigeria

Attack: 10 Defence: 7 Overall: 8

Odds: 6/1

My view: Same old story - great players on paper, low team spirit, financial problems – never changes…possible early ‘tro-tro’ back

Voodoo Factor: **** don’t mess

Ivory Coast

Attack: 1 Defence: 2 Overall: 1

Odds: 4/1

My view: As good as you think? YES and playing at home too (near enough). Champions elect and they have my money…

Voodoo Factor: ** moderate users, but **** in penalty shoot-outs

Mali

Attack: 6 Defence: 4 Overall: 6

Odds: 22/1

My view: Great team, great football. Can’t wait for Mali v Ivory Coast in Accra. A lot of smart money going on Mali, good value.

Voodoo Factor: **** quite a scarey outfit altogether

Benin

Attack: 12 Defence: 12 Overall: 14

Odds: 150/1

My view: Honestly, these squirrels aren’t bad…tough group though. Put an advert out last month for ‘new’ players – most of the French second division has responded…

Voodoo Factor: ***** top of the pile. How else did they beat Togo 4-1 to qualify?

Group C

Egypt

Attack: 13 Defence: 6 Overall: 10

Odds: 14/1

My view: This ANC is not in Cairo – end of discussion…

Voodoo Factor: zero – doesn’t work outside the pyramids

Cameroon

Attack: 7 Defence: 9 Overall: 9

Odds: 6/1

My view: Definitely a lay at these odds – reputation going before the fall…

Voodoo Factor: ** out of practice

Zambia

Attack: 11 Defence: 11 Overall: 12

Odds: 25/1

My view: Southern African teams in West Africa = lost money, leave alone

Voodoo Factor: * different chickens in West Africa

Sudan

Attack: 8 Defence:13 Overall: 13

Odds: 200/1

My view: Club teams have had a great season the African champions league. 200/1!!! Got to be joking – should be around 28/1 – sneaking feeling this team will make the quarters…

Voodoo Factor: unknown – but they must have something

Group D

Tunisia

Attack: 5 Defence:10 Overall: 7

Odds: 14/1

My view: Always a well organized, good team – but will come unstuck against the big West African’s later in the tournament.

Voodoo Factor: zero – just when will these North Africans join the modern game?

Senegal

Attack: 4 Defence:8 Overall: 4

Odds: 14/1

My view: Watch out for Senegal – I think they’ll go well here, and a nice group to start with. Back to the best of a few years back, and every chance once the KO stages start.

Voodoo Factor: **** don’t touch the team bus

South Africa

Attack: 14 Defence: 14 Overall: 15

Odds: 28/1

My view: 1000/1 South Africa have been rubbish for ages, hosts of 2010 WC are still experimenting and running out of time…potential embarrassment.

Voodoo Factor: ** faith in Ghana immigration to stop this lot

Angola

Attack: 2 Defence:15 Overall: 11

Odds: 33/1

My view: I just don’t rate this team, but they keep on getting the results. Time for Angola to take a fall – first flight out…

Voodoo Factor: zero – it’s run out…

Summary

I’m waiting to see the squads, and read around a bit more before lumping on…but up to now I say…

Winners – Ivory Coast Was hoping they were overrated – as Joe Public will be on these – but this side really does stand up to the hype. A great team in all areas and it will take a lot to beat them. Odds are a little short, but shop around and there is better…

Great Value – Senegal I think they have a cruise into the quarters, and they’re another team who is difficult to crack. Should get better and better as the tournament goes on.

Lay – Ghana Hate to say it, seeing as I’m in Ghana for this one, but Ghana are going to fail. Looked very shaky against Benin in a recent friendly, and hammered 5-0 by Saudi Arabia a month or so ago. Essien is by some local accounts an arse, and team spirit plummets when the chips are down. Far too short a price, I’d have Ghana around 9/1.

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Re: African Nations Cup 2008 - Outright A list of players from the Premiership who will play at the African Cup of Nations (total of 35) - according to Eurosport: Arsenal - Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast), Emmanuel Eboue (Ivory Coast), Alex Song (Cameroon) Birmingham - Richard Kingson (Ghana), Mehdi Nafti (Tunisia), Radhi Jaidi (Tunisia) Blackburn - Aaron Mokoena (South Africa) Bolton - El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal), Abdoulaye Meite (Ivory Coast) Chelsea - Michael Essien (Ghana), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast), John Obi Mikel (Nigeria) Everton - Joseph Yobo (Nigeria), Ayegbeni Yakubu (Nigeria), Steven Pienaar (South Africa) Fulham - Diomansy Kamara (Senegal) Liverpool - Mohamed Sissoko (Mali), ? Nabil El-Zhar (Morocco) ? Manchester United - new signing Manuco Goncalves (Angola) Middlesbrough - Mohammed Shawky (Egypt), Newcastle - Geremi (Cameroon), Obafemi Martins (Nigeria), Habib Beye (Senegal), Abdoulaye Faye (both Senegal) Portsmouth - John Utaka (Nigeria), Sulley Muntari (Ghana), Bouba Papa Diop (Senegal), Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria) Reading - Emerse Fae (Ivory Coast), Andre Bikey (Cameroon), Ibrahima Sonko (Senegal) Sunderland - Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria) Tottenham - Didier Zokora (Ivory Coast) West Ham - John Pantsil (Ghana), Henri Camara (Senegal) No players involved for Manchester City, Aston Villa, Wigan and Derby.

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Re: African Nations Cup 2008 - Outright Senegal squad: Goalkeepers: Tony Sylva (Lille), Bouna Coundoul (Colorado Rapids), Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye (Creteil) Defenders: Habib Beye (Newcastle United), Ibrahima Faye (Troyes), Guirane Ndaw (Sochaux), Abdoulaye Diagne Faye (Newcastle United), Ibrahima Sonko (Reading), Mohamed Adama Sarr (Standard Liege), Souleymane Diawara (Girondins Bordeaux), Lamine Diatta (no team) Midfielders: Bayal Sall (St-Etienne), Pape Bouba Diop (Portsmouth), Ousmane Ndoye (Academica Coimbra), Malick Ba (Basel), Pape Waio Ndiaye (Genoa), Babacar Gueye (Metz), Diomansy Kamara (Fulham), Frederic Mendy (Bastia) Strikers: El Hadji Diouf (Bolton Wanderers), Mamadou Niang (Olympique Marseille), Henri Camara (West Ham United), Modou Sougou (Uniao Leiria).

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