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    Less African Teams for WC

    FIFA needs to reset the number of African teams at the WC. This is the second successive WC with only 1 team from Africa advancing to the 2nd round. Ivory Coast will advance and that's about it!

    1 additional slot for South America & top 4 finish for Concacaf.
    Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi
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    Sadly, I have to agree. They are not impressive.

    Even without the red card, Cameroon was not going to win. Like Ghana, weak defense and poor finishing.
    "‎It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglass

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Hortical View Post
      This is the second successive WC with only 1 team from Africa advancing to the 2nd round.
      Second successive?

      If it doesn't happen this time it will be the eighth successive.

      In fact, there hasn't been a WC yet to feature more than 1 African team in the 2nd round.
      "Donovan was excellent. We knew he was a good player, but he really didn't do anything wrong in the whole game and made it difficult for us."
      - Xavi

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      • #4
        They are a real disappointment.
        Hey .. look at the bright side .... at least you're not a Liverpool fan! - Lazie 2/24/10 Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015

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        • #5
          Ghana will advance
          THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

          "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


          "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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          • #6
            i usually share your views but not this time... After you calm down you wont think the same. I am not please with cameroon but a so it guh

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            • #7
              Nope! ...encourage disciplined play!
              Re-visit the games Cameroon played. Talent Abounds! ...lack of discipline holds back a fulfilling of potential.
              "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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              • #8
                Sigh. Abundance of talent can be like natural resources, more of a curse than a blessing.

                Despite many more top league professional players , the African teams are doing no better than they did in 1990. It is very disappointing.
                "‎It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglass

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                • #9
                  Advance to Accra you mean?
                  "‎It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglass

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                  • #10
                    I knew lots of talented youths in primary school. I try to hide from them on vacation, and when they see me they often beg fi a $50US.
                    Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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                    • #11
                      anybody see Shatta Cleve????
                      • Don't let negative things break you, instead let it be your strength, your reason for growth. Life is for living and I won't spend my life feeling cheated and downtrodden.

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                      • #12
                        It happen to Spain tuh!

                        Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Hortical View Post
                          FIFA needs to reset the number of African teams at the WC. This is the second successive WC with only 1 team from Africa advancing to the 2nd round. Ivory Coast will advance and that's about it!

                          1 additional slot for South America & top 4 finish for Concacaf.
                          Additional slot for SA for what? CAF have a membership of about 30 teams, CONMEBOL have 10 teams. You think any of the other teams, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia etc would have done any better than the African teams?

                          Yes they have been disappointing with the exception of Ghana who is in a tough group and Ivory Coast that is in an easy group. Taking away places from Africa wouldn't give us a better team.
                          "Jamaica's future reflects its past, having attained only one per cent annual growth over 30 years whilst neighbours have grown at five per cent." (Article)

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                          • #14
                            Careful, this is a reckless statement. As the pool of teams increases so does the difficulty of advancing. The qualification process is proving to be very good in terms of letting through only quality teams. As you can see with Belgium/Algeria no team will be given a free pass.

                            The African teams must raise their game to the next level as Klinsman did with the US. The Africans must figure out how to put economic issues behind them before going to the WC.

                            Cameroon is a talented team. If klinsman had their starting eleven for the US he would win the WC in Brasil. Talent alone won't cut it.

                            BTW what assurance do you have that more than one CONCACAF team will make it to the play offs?

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                            • #15
                              Africa reached a milestone today as, for the first time in World Cup history, we have more than one African team in the knockout stages.

                              Congrats to Nigeria and Algeria.
                              "Donovan was excellent. We knew he was a good player, but he really didn't do anything wrong in the whole game and made it difficult for us."
                              - Xavi

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