Topic: AFCON 2023

[Rosario]

Pre tournament friendly and Mo played nearly 100 minutes in it. This tournament takes the piss so fucking much.

FIFA need to move one of their 2 week international breaks to coincide with the tournament or something so clubs aren’t missing players for 4-6 weeks.

[Elzar]

Asia cup is being shown on some random subscription site, so doubt much will be discussed about it, but worth sharing a thread with this?

[OsirisMVZ]

Thank Gawd Salah is away for a few weeks, so we can have someone else on penalties.

Get Joe on them

[Hestoic]

Pre tournament friendly and Mo played nearly 100 minutes in it. This tournament takes the piss so fucking much.

FIFA need to move one of their 2 week international breaks to coincide with the tournament or something so clubs aren’t missing players for 4-6 weeks.

Incorrect. Egypt's coaches take the piss.

[Hazell]

Fuck Manchester City. Africa Cup of Nations about to kick off here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcthree

[jillcwhomever]

I am looking forward to this, Hazell. 

[Hazell]

I am looking forward to this, Hazell. 

Me too. It's frustrating from our point of view that it's in the middle of the season and I hope Salah (and Endo) come back as soon as possible but you can tell international tournaments mean a lot to players. Plus, like the Copa America, it has a different vibe to the Euro's and the World Cup, which is always good.

[Bincey]

Fuck Manchester City. Africa Cup of Nations about to kick off here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcthree

Nice one. Ta.

[jillcwhomever]

Me too. It's frustrating from our point of view that it's in the middle of the season and I hope Salah (and Endo) come back as soon as possible but you can tell international tournaments mean a lot to players. Plus, like the Copa America, it has a different vibe to the Euro's and the World Cup, which is always good.

I will be honest here, I'm very caught between two stools with regard to Salah. I just think winning the AFCON would mean everything to him and it would boost his chance of winning the Ballon d'Or which is important to him. The other thing is if we continue to be unbeaten while he is away we will gain so much more confidence going forward as a team. But we'll see.

[In the Name of Klopp]

Does anyone know who the fella with the orange cap is?

[jillcwhomever]

Oh no we are back to VAR.

[In the Name of Klopp]

Up the Irish!!!

[Boaty McBoatface]

Boom!

[jillcwhomever]

Early goal, is always a good sign.

[Samie]

Just remember we have sent two of our scouts to AFCON. 

[MonsLibpool]

Good goal by Seko Fofana.

[Hazell]

I will be honest here, I'm very caught between two stools with regard to Salah. I just think winning the AFCON would mean everything to him and it would boost his chance of winning the Ballon d'Or which is important to him. The other thing is if we continue to be unbeaten while he is away we will gain so much more confidence going forward as a team. But we'll see.

I know what you mean but as much as winning the AFCON would mean more to him than anything he's won for us, I still selfishly want him back as soon as. But we could realistically win all our games whilst he's away so I'm worrying about it. Just take each game as it comes and hope we win it.

[rushyman]

Just remember we have sent two of our scouts to AFCON. 

They can go for a beer during this game...

[Boaty McBoatface]

Fofana smashes one against the bar!

Great save!

[Hazell]

Just remember we have sent two of our scouts to AFCON. 

Who are we scouting?

[jillcwhomever]

Great shot and great save.

[Boaty McBoatface]

Who are we scouting?

Sadio and Naby

[Boaty McBoatface]

If that's not a foul it's a poor finish.

[jillcwhomever]

He didn't touch him.

That was a great angle from behind, I hope there are a few more of those.

[Samie]

Who are we scouting?

No one in perticular, just general scouting.

[Boaty McBoatface]

2-0

[jillcwhomever]

2-0.

[Boaty McBoatface]

2-0.

Plagiarist!

[jillcwhomever]

Plagiarist!

No, you copied me first honest. 

[Hazell]

No one in perticular, just general scouting.

Would we even send scouts to international tournaments anymore? I'm highly doubtful.

[MonsLibpool]

Very good goal. This AFCON looks like it'll have a lot of goals.

[jillcwhomever]

Would we even send scouts to international tournaments anymore? I'm highly doubtful.

Don't spoil his fun! If I have to let him have his Mbappe dream, then you have to sacrifice something as well.

[Boaty McBoatface]

Karim Konate that's just come on is an exciting prospect.

[Hazell]

Sadio and Naby

If it's Sadio and Senegal win the tournament, I hope we do something for him, lest some Senegal fans get upset.

[Hazell]

Don't spoil his fun! If I have to let him have his Mbappe dream, then you have to sacrifice something as well.

I think Samie knows how much I respect him. I mean, I rate him higher than indy kalla when it comes to ITK info.

[jillcwhomever]

I think Samie knows how much I respect him. I mean, I rate him higher than indy kalla when it comes to ITK info.

You flatterer. 😄

Here's an interesting fact there are 78 different languages in the Ivory Coast. 😯

[Boaty McBoatface]

Would we even send scouts to international tournaments anymore? I'm highly doubtful.

Ibiza's in the off season, so they've got nothing better to do.

Most of the better players are, or already have been, in the top leagues. Mo, Sadio, Naby, Mahrez, Koulibaly, Pepe, Ziyech, Bissouma, etc.

A few to watch: Osimhen is an obvious one. West Ham's Kudus is another. Sehrou Guirassy has had a great first half of the Bundesliga season. Azzedine Ounahi is a talented Morrocan player at Marseille. Algeria's Mohamed Amoura, who we played against in the Europa League (USG). Karim Konaté is an exciting prospect for Cote d'Ivoire.

From a Liverpool point of view, I'd be looking out for defenders:

Wilfried Singo (Monaco), Ousmane Diomande (Sporting), Odilon Kossounou (Leverkusen) - Cote d’Ivoire.
Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolves) - Algeria.
Edmond Tapsoba (Leverkusen), Adamo Nagalo (Nordsjælland) - CB's for Burkina Faso

Our scouts will already know who to watch, but how they perform in the upcoming high pressure games, is good info to add.

[Hazell]

Ibiza's in the off season, so they've got nothing better to do.

Most of the better players are, or already have been, in the top leagues. Mo, Sadio, Naby, Mahrez, Koulibaly, Pepe, Ziyech, Bissouma, etc.

A few to watch: Osimhen is an obvious one. West Ham's Kudus is another. Sehrou Guirassy has had a great first half of the Bundesliga season. Azzedine Ounahi is a talented Morrocan player at Marseille. Algeria's Mohamed Amoura, who we played against in the Europa League (USG). Karim Konaté is an exciting prospect for Cote d'Ivoire.

From a Liverpool point of view, I'd be looking out for defenders:

Wilfried Singo (Monaco), Ousmane Diomande (Sporting), Odilon Kossounou (Leverkusen) - Cote d’Ivoire.
Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolves) - Algeria.
Edmond Tapsoba (Leverkusen), Adamo Nagalo (Nordsjælland) - CB's for Burkina Faso

Our scouts will already know who to watch, but how they perform in the upcoming high pressure games, is good info to add.

I see what you mean but like you say, our scouts will know about most if not all the players that are in this tournament and can watch them whether they're playing in Africa or Europe playing for their clubs, which is a much better guide than international football.

Thanks for a list of the names, heard a few of them but haven't really watched them play so will keep an eye out for them.

[disgraced cake]

No Asia cup thread? Endo laid one on for Minamino before in Japan's win against Vietnam

[Boaty McBoatface]

No Asia cup thread? Endo laid one on for Minamino before in Japan's win against Vietnam

Make one yourself you lazy sod