African Cup of Nations 2010

JPA

Are any of these group matches televised?
I know the semis and final are on BBC.


edit, I see it is on Eurosport.

Bukman13

Kanoute header 4-2

Bukman13

Keita makes it 4-3 with a sweet volley.

1min left though

Bukman13

Haha

4-4 95th min

Angola coasting at 4-0 with 10 mins to go.

Then 4 goals in the last 10mins from Mali.

flahavaj

Good to see the stereotype of African teams being exuberant and irresistable on the attack but totally inept in defence is alive and well anyway.:eek::pac:

Ush1

flahavaj wrote: »

Good to see the stereotype of African teams being exuberant and irresistable on the attack but totally inept in defence is alive and well anyway.:eek::pac:

Just generally disorganised, apart from the North African teams.

JPA

WTF? I stopped checking the score at 4-0. :eek:

GLaDOS

JPA wrote: »

WTF? I stopped checking the score at 4-0. :eek:

They think it's all over........ they're wrong!

machiavellianme

dreamers75 wrote: »

Stupid time for the tournament, but always some great games. Almost all end out being high scoring due to utterly useless defenders


tip:


Get €50 by whatever means necessary open an online betting account and make 20 single €5 bets on the 1st 20 games being 4 goals or over.

You will have a lot more than €50 by the end of the 20 games

Did you actually do this?
Anyone have the 4-4 draw?

dreamers75

machiavellianme wrote: »

Did you actually do this?
Anyone have the 4-4 draw?

yup bet 1 got me 33 quid so im winning no matter


wonder what 8+ was :eek:

flahavaj

dreamers75 wrote: »

yup bet 1 got me 33 quid so im winning no matter


wonder what 8+ was :eek:

Keep us updated on this regularly, you may have stumbled on something here. What are the typical odds on 4+ goals anyway?

dreamers75

flahavaj wrote: »

Keep us updated on this regularly, you may have stumbled on something here. What are the typical odds on 4+ goals anyway?

Ivory coast match morrow is 4-1 atm , odds vary between 2-1 and 9-1 during the tourny they will drop significantly as 4 goals will be the average.



PP read this forum tho

flahavaj

dreamers75 wrote: »

Ivory coast match morrow is 4-1 atm



PP read this forum tho

And whats your stake per game, a fiver?

dreamers75

flahavaj wrote: »

And whats your stake per game, a fiver?

yup start with 50 quid then see what i have after the groups.

L'prof

CHD wrote: »

Well done Einstein.

If that's the best you can come back with, don't bother!

CHD

jasonorr wrote: »

If that's the best you can come back with, don't bother!

I will refrain from praising you in the future then.

glanman

What do people think about todays game? Algeria one of the stronger teams but under performed in world cup qualifying, scrapping through in the end. they are on the way up though...

Malawi are a team I know very little about bar them being very organised defensively, if that is possible...

Spiritoftheseventies

did anyone hear about the punter who placed 4,500 on Angola Mali game last night.
Went horribly wrong
http://forum.fm-view.com/topic/10912-i-admit-it/

LiamMc

bayviewclose wrote: »

did anyone hear about the punter who placed 4,500 on Angola Mali game last night.
Went horribly wrong
http://forum.fm-view.com/topic/10912-i-admit-it/

That is unlucky. I feel a little better about losing by €5.00. Only a little mind. Because I didn't win I now have to cut back on my stake for the next games, I can go about €2.75.

Spiritoftheseventies

LiamMc wrote: »

That is unlucky. I feel a little better about losing by €5.00. Only a little mind. Because I didn't win I now have to cut back on my stake for the next games, I can go about €2.75.

Stick it on Joses team. His teams (Porto, Chelsea, Inter) havent lost at home since 2002. May put a small bet on myself just to jinx him and inevitably it always seems to turn out that way.

Bukman13

glanman wrote: »

What do people think about todays game? Algeria one of the stronger teams but under performed in world cup qualifying, scrapping through in the end. they are on the way up though...

Malawi are a team I know very little about bar them being very organised defensively, if that is possible...

I dunno how you can say Algeria underpreformed in qualifying, I mean they topped the group consisting of current African cup of nations champions Egypt. And qualified for the world cup, something which Algeria haven't qualified for since 1986. They also missed out on the last two ACNs so if anything it was a surpise they qualified.

As for the game today, I would expect Algeria to win. Probably a "relativley" low scoring match 2-0.

That_Guy

I can't see anything but an Algeria win to be honest. I just hope the noise of the crowd doesn't get to them.

Bukman13

Shambolic defending.

Malawi 1 -0

That_Guy

Malawi up 1-0.

Russel - 17 mins

glanman

1 nil to malawi:eek:... Keeper messes up, what a surpirse... through ball, defender and striker chasing close to edge of box...

Keeper comes out but elects to KICK rather than go down on it... deflects of one of the other two and the Malawi guy finished it well enough from a tight enough angle to be fair...

That_Guy

glanman wrote: »

1the Malawi guy finished it well enough from a tight enough angle to be fair...

It was a pretty good finish. I actually thought he was gonna blast it over the bar.

Algeria have been caught out at the back twice now. Belhadj is playing in the centre of defence but he keeps going forward and isn't getting back quickly enough.

I suppose that's what happens when you put a midfielder in defence. Needs to be more disciplined though.

glanman

should have equalised, algerian was afraid to take a hit...

Ush1

That_Guy wrote: »

It was a pretty good finish. I actually thought he was gonna blast it over the bar.

Algeria have been caught out at the back twice now. Belhadj is playing in the centre of defence but he keeps going forward and isn't getting back quickly enough.

I suppose that's what happens when you put a midfielder in defence. Needs to be more disciplined though.

Belhadj is naturally a left back, even though he plays on the left wing for Portsmouth.

That_Guy

Ush1 wrote: »

Belhadj is naturally a left back, even though he plays on the left wing for Portsmouth.

Algeria must be short of centre backs. They've not even got a full bench alotted to them.

Ush1

The stadium sounds so quiet and empty. I'm rooting for Malawi now!

That_Guy

Ush1 wrote: »

The stadium sounds so quiet and empty. I'm rooting for Malawi now!

Should've given tickets to school kids really to generate some sort of atmosphere.

I kinda feel sorry for them..... they're actually gonna hear all the insults fans are shouting at them.

Ush1

That_Guy wrote: »

Should've given tickets to school kids really to generate some sort of atmosphere.

I kinda feel sorry for them..... they're actually gonna hear all the insults fans are shouting at them.

Insults?
Any idea what the temp is there, the pace of the match is so pesetrian?

Liam O

:eek:

Headshot

yessssssssssssssss

Get the **** in there

That_Guy

2-0 to Malawi now.

What a fantastic header. Great delivery too.

Kafoteka was the goalscorer with 36 minutes gone.

Ush1

Cracker!!!
Is Malawi Muslim or Christian, just wondering because of the goal celebrations?

glanman

I cant believe this.. but they are not a bad team, defensively good and what a header!

That_Guy

Ush1 wrote: »

Insults?
Any idea what the temp is there, the pace of the match is so pesetrian?

Oh yeah, I forgot tis not the EPL.

Temperature:31 °C
Comfort level:38 °C
Dew point:25 °C
Barometer:1007 millibars
Humidity:70%
Wind:15 km/h from 260° West

glanman

algeria are all flicks and think they are so much better but malawi are just getitng stuck in and not letting them have too much time on the ball in the final 3rd...

That_Guy

glanman wrote: »

algeria are all flicks and think they are so much better but malawi are just getitng stuck in and not letting them have too much time on the ball in the final 3rd...

They're closing down very well. Getting to the second ball quicker than Algeria.

Belhadj has put in a few decent crosses into the box but as you say, Algeria think they're better than they are. They're being caught out in possession over and over again.

Bukman13

First goal was a disaster from an Algerian point of view. I still wouldn't bet against them yet. Ziani looked like he could pick out a pass throughout the whole first half. If Algeria score early they will probably win.

Ush1

3-0 to Malawi.:)

glanman

3 nil, as was said in last nights game, african keepers living up to their big reputations...:rolleyes:

JPA

This looks like easy money. where's my credit card...

dreamers75

CMON the 4th!!!!!!!!!

That_Guy

3-0 to Malawi. Unbelievable stuff. Algeria look clueless at times.

Banda tucked it away after a scramble in the box.

That_Guy

Algeria are just resorting to long shots. Malawi's defence is very well organised. They're having trouble breaking them down.

That_Guy

I thought that was a 4th.

redout

Malawi emerge 3 - 0 victors.

The quality of that game was quite poor in fairness and the stadium is empty!

Honest to god I would be surprised if there was 1,000 inside it.

That_Guy

Full time:

Malawi 3-0 Algeria

Malawi's first win in the African Nations Cup according to Eurosport commentators.

Here's hoping the Ivory Coast can do the job and get some points for my fantasy football.