AFCON 2023 / 2024
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Algeria are purring
Their no 8 looks like quite a player
Their no 8 looks like quite a player
Angola!
I'm going with Mali myself, although it's a pity Cheick Doucoure is out. A player I've rated since his days with Lens.
They could be a good underdog.
Until a moment of stupidity to give a gift to Angola. Algeria always play decent football but are the international equivalent of Arsenal, no mentality and personality.
Wild
The moody former Fulham player Aboubakar Kamara.
such a dreadful tournament.
Mali are so slow and awful attacking
This has to be the most boring tournament in the whole of football.
Maybe he also raps.
I didnt wanna have a go at the African Cup or whatever, but who give a feck? Onana should just stay in Manchester. I mean i don't really care that much since he aint that great but wtf.
Africa.
Hmm probably Africans...
Similar to how nobody other than North Americans give a feck about the Gold Concacaf cup. Only difference is you won't find Africans complaining about it....
You think i give a feck about the gold cup?
If we had an american player worth a crap, i'd be pissed if he trotted off to play in such a half baked tournie.
Africans of course, give your head a wobble
And you speak for all Americans that do give a feck about it ?You think i give a feck about the gold cup?
If we had an american player worth a crap, i'd be pissed if he trotted off to play in such a half baked tournie.
Did i say i did? Can you read? Go jump off yourself.
I can count with one finger the amount of times I watched either of these two teams.
I’ve been catching the afcon highlights on YouTube most evenings now and it’s good fun to watch. Sure, in some matches the quality isn’t there but there are some good goals and the players are fans are clearly up for it.
It’s a big deal for African players and the continent. A lot of them prefer to win it over the UCL.
I’m not sure why this tournament gets a lot of stick. More so than any other. If it’s because it’s in January, the Asian cup is also on at the same time.
Caught all the highlights so far and bit of various games live but first match I'm watching in full is Morocco v Tanzania
Mazraoui is the main miss for Morocco as he's injured, Amrabat starts after his injury for us
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They get away with it because they don’t take as many players away from the top European leagues. The AFCON 2021 did use 405 UEFA players, including 227 from the top 5 leagues.
In comparison this years Asian Cup has 116 UEFA player, including 40 players form the top 5 leagues.
Are the laser pointers out in full force?
My country Cameroon reminds me of United; a faded force trying to stay relevant (despite a shocking AFCON win relatively recently in 2017, come to think of it united did manage to win 2 mickey mouse cups that same year after many years in the wilderness so they really are a lot a like).
Let's see what they can do tomorrow vs the reigning champions Mane and co.
Let's see what they can do tomorrow vs the reigning champions Mane and co.
Solid win for Morocco - Tanzania didn't put up much of a fight with 11 and then it was a matter of how many goals when they went down to 10 men
Amrabat was decent - he just needs to adjust to the pace of the PL, but probably he won't get the time to do so
Amrabat was decent - he just needs to adjust to the pace of the PL, but probably he won't get the time to do so
I got a soft spot for Cameroon since the days of Roger Milla and Thomas N’Kono. They were great to watch. Should have really beat England in the QFs in 1990.
Good to see the club celebrating its rich heritage of African players.
This is the first time ever we had 3 players who could have been at AFCON - usually we had none
I think Quinton Fortune is the only one to have an AFCON medal and that's bronze
I've heard it said in the past we avoided signing African players due the AFCON, I suspect it's more likely we just couldn't get into that market and stubbornly gave up while rival clubs found some excellent players.
Already posted but worth another look !
You aren't the centre of the universe you pleb, but you are from the US so you probably think you are.You think i give a feck about the gold cup?
If we had an american player worth a crap, i'd be pissed if he trotted off to play in such a half baked tournie.
Wtf how after all these years did I not know Djemba-Djemba was from Cameroon, I thought we was from Senegal
Fergie did say he regretted not signing Michael Essien as a kid (work permit issues) and we did actually sign Jon Obi Mikel so I don't think he was necessarily against it
There are a few others who have passed through like Odion Ighalo and Mame Biram Diouf
The other United connections are Bébé & Zaha but were officially Portuguese/English when with us - Zaha is not at AFCON anyway
Wenger's Arsenal had a corner on the French market for years, which we know is a back channel into much of Africa (for other reasons)
But yeah that part of the market wasn't Fergie's specialty. I don't think he cares much about the AFCON. It's only recently we see this mass exodus of players from top leagues every 2 years.