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Post by Kelkerstokie on Jan 3, 2008 15:47:52 GMT
I bet Boavista are v happy!!
Guinea name squad for African Nations Cup finals
CONAKRY, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Sambegou Bangoura and Ibrahima Yattara have been left out of Guinea's 23-man squad for this month's African Nations Cup finals, named by coach Robert Nouzaret in Conakry on Thursday.
Sambegou, a former Stoke City striker now playing at Boavista in Portugal, and Turkish-based Yattara are surprise omissions following Nouzaret's decision last month to leave former Arsenal and Olympique Marseille striker Kaba Diawara out of a preliminary list of 35.
"I had a list of 35 players and I was obliged to cut my choice down to only 23," he told Reuters in a telephone interview.
"Those that I kept have given me more satisfaction than the players I have had to drop."
"I know that we will be up against teams that are stronger than us on the paper but we are not going to the Nations Cup to make up the numbers," he added.
Only one of the squad members, back-up goalkeeper Naby Diarso, comes from a club within the west African country. Veteran goalkeeper Kemoko Camara is unattached and 19 players are from European-based clubs.
Guinea meet hosts Ghana in the tournament's opening match in Accra on Jan. 20. Their other first round opponents are Morocco and Namibia.
Guinea reached the quarter-finals of the last Nations Cup tournament in Egypt two years ago.
What a tosser that man is.
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Post by smigchop on Jan 3, 2008 16:04:19 GMT
Oh how things may have been different had this happened when he was at stoke.
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Post by trebor63 on Jan 3, 2008 16:57:47 GMT
What a waste of talent  If Sammy had the attitude to match his undoubted talent he could have been a cult hero at Stoke and he could have been playing in the Prem now (maybe with us) It goes to show TP is right to suss palyers attitudes and personalities out BEFORE forking out mega bucks! |
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Post by spiderpuss on Jan 3, 2008 17:12:18 GMT
In all fairness it was a pressurised Icelandic board which probably forced the purchase of Bangora. Last throw of dice for them really.
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Jan 3, 2008 17:23:27 GMT
"It goes to show TP is right to suss palyers attitudes and personalities out BEFORE forking out mega bucks"
Like Parkin you mean? OK he was somewhere between 1/2 and 1/4 of the price but he was obese when we signed him, and it was a bit harder to know about Sammy being a lazy absentee.
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Post by jarhead on Jan 3, 2008 18:55:30 GMT
...And the pending court case of Pericard that he new about after his deliberete lie to police on drink driving and blaming it on his father!
Then getting sent down for it!
Well done TP you sussed him out!!!
Did we still pay that wanker whilst the frausdter was in jail,but more importantly is he getting paid now?
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Post by jarhead on Jan 3, 2008 18:57:15 GMT
...And Sweeney who was done and banned for drink driving ffs!
Another sussed out player TP got us eh?
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Post by jarhead on Jan 3, 2008 18:58:14 GMT
...and Sidibe knowing that he can't score goals,oh shit he got that one right..Dam!!!
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Post by mark71 on Jan 3, 2008 19:17:45 GMT
OH god not this shit again.  |
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