AFCON 2017

Algeria have a good chance to win

The janitor in my building is Egyptian and he does a good job... very consistent and affable man. Therefore, i will be rooting for Egypt !

In fact, i am not very enthusiastic about this, as always. Some clubs lose important players for a month, in the middle of the season, and there are risk of injuries. Teams from Ligue 1 are decimated once AFCON starts

My knowledge about weather conditions in Africa is very limited... is it too hot or too rainy to be held in the summer ?

For example

Leicester loses Mahrez and Slimani
Roma will lose Salah, their best player, for a month
We lose Benatia, Lemina and Asamoah
... and the list goes on

Talk about an unnecessary headache for the coach

We'll lose Mane
United will lose Bailly
Sunderland will get relegated

Looking forward to the tournament, if you look closely at those groups they are evenly matched. Anyone can beat anyone but I see Senegal or Egypt winning this as dark horses. Algeria would be favourites but they don't have even have a manager at the moment and they struggled against a Cameroon team which is in transition.

Glad Matip broke his ties off with Cameroon.

I'm excited about this. Africans teams are getting better and the groups are pretty even. I don't care if some clubs lose a player for 3-4 games.

Nigeria looking really good for the AFCON.

LeBéninois wrote:I'm excited about this. Africans teams are getting better and the groups are pretty even. I don't care if some clubs lose a player for 3-4 games.

Says the guy who supports Arsenal, a team that won't lose important players
If you are from Benin i respect the excitement you feel, after all it's the most prestigious competition in Africa.

But seriously, they should schedule the tournament in the summer.

RealGunner wrote:Nigeria looking really good for the AFCON.

They didn't qualify

VAGI

Damn everyone with a Nigerian player is celebrating.

Will be supporting Algeria, Tunisia and main man Tatenda Taibu Zimbabwe.

Lol. We are pretty shit atm. Don't even expect us to qualify re th group stage until our primadonas and FA start acting like they want it

Warrior wrote:

LeBéninois wrote:I'm excited about this. Africans teams are getting better and the groups are pretty even. I don't care if some clubs lose a player for 3-4 games.

Says the guy who supports Arsenal, a team that won't lose important players
If you are from Benin i respect the excitement you feel, after all it's the most prestigious competition in Africa.

But seriously, they should schedule the tournament in the summer.

Summer in Africa is either perching hot or hot & humid. I would say it would be diabolical to have AFCON during summer. BTW, even the WC 2022 is being scheduled for winter.

Nishy wrote:Will be supporting Algeria, Tunisia and main man Tatenda Taibu Zimbabwe.

They should do it in South Africa every year then, it worked for the WC2010. Seriously this makes no sense at all.

Nishankly wrote:We'll lose Mane
United will lose Bailly
Sunderland will get relegated

Will loose Ndong, Kone and Djilobodji. Would have lost Anichebe as well had Nigeria made it. Unreal mess!

Nice is going to lose Belhanda and Serri , 2 of their best players. Cyprien and Pléa will have to carry the team even more.

Half of the players will be back within 2 weeks and half as they won't make it to the K.O round.

Salah will be a big miss for Roma.

We'll lose Benatia, Asamoah, Lemina not that the later 2 do too much.

Who are the top 5 favorites for the win?

1. Algeria
2. Morroco
3. Ghana
4. Senegal
5. Egypt

Gabon has a decent line up but they won't it make past round 2.

Warrior wrote:They should do it in South Africa every year then, it worked for the WC2010. Seriously this makes no sense at all.

If you remember there were 3 drinks break every match excluding the half time. Summer tournament isn't possible in 99% of the countries in Africa and they aren't supposed to adjust for the sake of club football of all concerns lol.

This is cool:

Whoscored top 10 youngsters to watch in the AFCON

https://www.whoscored.com/Articles/WiNHSczXjEu8T71OnSR-6Q/Show/REVEALED-Ten-of-the-best-youngsters-to-watch-at-AFCON-2017

Its got some description and stats and stuff, this is the list in order of the group they play in

Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso, Ajax on loan from Chelsea)
Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria, Rennes)
Marvelous Nakamba (Zimbabwe, Vitesse)
Tino Kadewere (Zimbabwe, Djurgarrden)
Keita Balde (Senegal, Lazio)
Jordan Ikoko (DR Congo, Guinamp)
Franck Kessie (Ivory Coast, Atalanta)
Youssef Ait Bennasser (Morocco, Nancy)
Ihlas Bebou (Togo, Dusseldorf)
Ebenezer Ofori (Ghana, AIK)