 | 3-1 ... hhhmmm that's a pretty decent scoreline if you are a Manchester United fan... I wonder if that's not blown the stuffing out of Arsenal for the rest of this season? They had homeground advantage and they still couldn't make it count. But (More) |
| ... I see that Togo have been banned from the next two AFCON cups in 2012 and 2014 because they elected to pull out of the 2010 event. That's a bit harsh considering they had just been mown down by AK47 wielding terrorists who happened to kill two (More) |
| Well it has been a bit of a charmed run for Nigeria and it came to an end against Ghana in the AFCON semi-finals last night. Egypt however have looked brilliant and after crushing Algeria last night, they must be the favourites to bring home the silv (More) |
| It wasn't a convincing performance and Nigeria played the last 10 minutes of extra time with just 10 men, but somehow they Super Eagles have snuck through to the semi finals... That means that my first pick Egypt take on Algeria and Nigeria gets G (More) |
| I won't lie - I was a little nervous when I switched on the TV and I saw that Cameroon were 1-0 up against Egypt. When it got to 1-1 I had this sneaky suspicion that Cameroon were going to get a breakaway goal and my AFCON cup pick would be blown (More) |
| We tipped Egypt and Nigeria as the teams to watch in this years AFCON tournament and so far it looks like things are going to plan. (at least a little more to plan than Arsenals bid for silverware in the FA Cup!). Egypt have an interesting fixt (More) |
| I haven't followed African football too closely but with the AFCON cup here I thought I'd take a look at the betting and see if there was any value bets floating around. Two bets jumped out at me - Egypt (8/1) and Nigeria (7/1) on More) |
