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Even Onana signing this summer does not inspire confidence in me. He will miss 2 important months with us if he goes AFCON.
Because he is now playing for Man United and they want him back such a hypocrites
Onana back in the Cameroon squad | Will likely be gone for AFCON
- Thread starter CantonaManc
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Even Onana signing this summer does not inspire confidence in me. He will miss 2 important months with us if he goes AFCON.
Because he is now playing for Man United and they want him back such a hypocrites
Rough calculation but still you get the point .2 months?
The entire competition lasts less than a month.
I don’t.
2 important months is a big difference from the truth, that if we assume he makes the semis then he’ll miss what? at most 3 PL games & an FA Cup 3rd & 4th round match.
People always go OTT about AFCON, but the FA Cup starting in Jan ensures they usually miss just a couple of league games.
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The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Côte d'Ivoire between January 13 and February 11, 2024 and if you include all the group qualification games before this, the rough calculation is 2 months.
If he decide to play in all the matches even the ones in the group stage period (which is almost over for this AFCON but there is always next one) , will be a big problem for us.
And he will miss more than 3 PL games in my opinion. Hopefully you're right that he'll only miss that much, but AFCON doesn't give me that much confidence.
I'm sure that our board and Ten Hag thought they were taking Onana without the African cup bonus.
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Eh?
The final group qualifier is during the international break man
Then we have 3 PL games between 1st Jan & 9th Feb, and 2 early FA fixtures. Even he goes all the way to the final (very unlikely) he misses 4 games.
Not sure you have a clue what you’re talking about here, reckon he’ll miss 2 PL games and 1-2 FA cup matches that he wouldn’t even have played in.
Whats romero doing these days? Greatest backup keeper ever.
there's a perfectly good player performance thread for discussing Onana. *thread closed*
Aren't AFCON qualifiers usually during international breaks and the summer break? If Onana is to miss 3-4 league games every other season, that's a pretty minor issue.
Eh?
The final group qualifier is during the international break man
Then we have 3 PL games between 1st Jan & 9th Feb, and 2 early FA fixtures. Even he goes all the way to the final (very unlikely) he misses 4 games.
Not sure you have a clue what you’re talking about here, reckon he’ll miss 2 PL games and 1-2 FA cup matches that he wouldn’t even have played in.
I'm just worried that he'll miss important games for us in which we will need him, that's all.
If he goes to AFCON he will definitely miss,
Home game vs Spurs
Away game vs Wolves
If Cameroon get to the final he will miss,
Home game vs West Ham
Away game vs Villa
Home game vs Spurs
Away game vs Wolves
If Cameroon get to the final he will miss,
Home game vs West Ham
Away game vs Villa
Wolves' forward line sighs in relief.
You’ve got my vote to replace gb.
Damn it I knew this would happen.
Still look on the bright side, you never know we might be glad to see him take a break.
Still look on the bright side, you never know we might be glad to see him take a break.
ugh... of course this happens
I'm sure the team will cope just fine...what's the point of having a no.2 if he never gets a game.
But add it to the pile of stuff we can moan about.
But add it to the pile of stuff we can moan about.
Damn it... When we sign African players we really need to consider the pros and afcons.
Hopefully, he gets into a fight again with Song.
Bloody hell RABEh?
The final group qualifier is during the international break man
Then we have 3 PL games between 1st Jan & 9th Feb, and 2 early FA fixtures. Even he goes all the way to the final (very unlikely) he misses 4 games.
Not sure you have a clue what you’re talking about here, reckon he’ll miss 2 PL games and 1-2 FA cup matches that he wouldn’t even have played in.
, that's one way to shut down the hysteria and hyperbole!Tbf it does take players a while to get back into their normal form. Noticed it with Salah and Sane there’s usually a drop for a few matches after they return.2 months?
The entire competition lasts less than a month.
Also we should have seen it coming. Cameroon are not going to not select a player who plays for one of the biggest club brands in the world. It does them and the competition more good.
Then you have the footballing side of things. He was Inter’s best player Vs City, and not because he was making save after save but because he was the one creating all their chances.
Depends. If it’s a good song I oppose this.
This was always going to happen.
It doesnt matter much anyway as our team isnt able to play in a way that utilize his strengths. Hopefully that changes by January.
It doesnt matter much anyway as our team isnt able to play in a way that utilize his strengths. Hopefully that changes by January.
He has not yet confirmed he is available so there is hope, they also have not qualified for AFCON yet so come on Burundi!
He’s a keeper though innit.
i'm sold, all i want for Christmas is a Burundi away kit.
Weird considering he wasn't reintegrated while at Inter ?
Yeh and that's why it's so hard to find topics, because it all gets lumped in there. This is clearly quite a different topic to his performances. I'd have probably only found out about this when he'd have gone missing in Jan for a few weeks had it not been it's own thread
Miss that guy. Won our last European cup with him
Surely they would've (or at least should've) considered the very real possibility that he'd end up back in the squad eventually?
I don't like the unease I feel when Europeans are discussing African players heading home for AFCON and missing European games. Strangely, teams with very important African players have been winning the league consistently these past few years. Calm your tits and stop acting like African players are being sentenced to exile and will return unfit and unable to match the tempo of the European game. Its one month of international football and they will be playing football not shooting darts all through. Jeez!
ffs
Ain’t that a bitch!
If Dave doesn’t have a club bring him back for a short term loan in January.
Agreed. I'll obviously miss Onana when he's away for the month but I'm genuinely hoping Cameroon can perform as serious contenders for AFCON. We want winners at our club don't we? Our players winning international tournaments feeds that winning environment we want to see here.
The good news just keeps flowing
Tbf people largely shit on all internationals breaks on this forum, so no wonder some get a bit worked up with internationals running concurrently with our actual season.
I agree, we should keep him even if he plays in the Afcon