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Africa Cup of Nations

Posted on 1/17/12 at 3:12 pm
Posted by RedPop4
Santiago de Compostela
Member since Jan 2005
14384 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 3:12 pm
Starts on Saturday.
Any ideas on how to find and watch the matches?
Posted by joey barton
Member since Feb 2011
11468 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 3:32 pm to
Posted by LSUSOBEAST1
Member since Aug 2008
28614 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 3:33 pm to
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
155234 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 3:53 pm to
here's to all the players returning to their clubs safely without any traces of malaria.
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28419 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 3:59 pm to
F YEAH. I'm watching all of this, I'm deciding it right now, every match.

Big question though: who should I root for? Do I pick a team now and go with it or do I watch a few games and decide which team "fits" me? Or should I just go with the one that most war torn, downtrodden, raped and pillaged country and root for that one as a cool sort of underdog?
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28419 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 4:01 pm to
Also I notice that the red-flagged teams totally got screwed on being the home team.
Posted by joey barton
Member since Feb 2011
11468 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 4:03 pm to
Most white people
Posted by Fratastic423
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2007
5990 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 4:08 pm to
quote:

Also I notice that the red-flagged teams totally got screwed on being the home team.


There are a few countries that do not play home games. Home stadiums must be shitty.
Posted by MrPackSix
Lakeview/God's Country
Member since Oct 2009
8220 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 4:15 pm to


Black Stars

Posted by NewtonReb
Member since Aug 2011
737 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 4:28 pm to
Don't pick Ghana. They keep putting the US out of the World Cup.

Don't be a hipster and pick someone other than Ivory Coast. They will win this thing. They are the only country in that tournament other than Ghana that plays any football, and they will most certainly win the cup.
Posted by BraveTiger225
Atlanta, GA
Member since May 2008
17662 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 4:37 pm to
Botswana ftw
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28419 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 4:45 pm to
quote:

Most white people

Nah man, that would be racist somehow.
quote:

Ghana

Are you retarded?
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19475 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 6:16 pm to
I've never understood why no part of ACN is covered on TV here.

It seems like AT LEAST the semis and final would draw SOME interest.
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
116071 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 6:19 pm to
quote:

They are the only country in that tournament other than Ghana that plays any football, and they will most certainly win the cup


Egypt can be tough.
Posted by BigBossMan
Caplewood
Member since Oct 2011
1277 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 6:26 pm to
WSS has ivory coast jerseys for like forty bucks. Thinking about scooping a yaya shirt
Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
29-24 #BlewDat
Member since Dec 2010
31058 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 10:29 pm to
frick Ghana.

I hope they all die of AIDS.

Not sure if acceptable to say, since it could actually happen.
Posted by hendersonshands
Univ. of Louisiana Ragin Cajuns
Member since Oct 2007
160104 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 10:31 pm to
If you aren't rooting for Bob Bradley, then frick you.
Posted by NewtonReb
Member since Aug 2011
737 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 11:41 pm to
I'd root for Egypt if they were in it. This is the weakest AFCON field in some time. No Cameroon, Egypt, Algeria, or even South Africa. The cup is Ivory Coast or Ghana's to lose.
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19475 posts
Posted on 1/18/12 at 7:32 am to
quote:

Or should I just go with the one that most war torn, downtrodden, raped and pillaged country and root for that one as a cool sort of underdog?


That doesn't really narrow the list much, to be honest.
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28419 posts
Posted on 1/18/12 at 7:38 am to
quote:

That doesn't really narrow the list much, to be honest.

That's kind of the problem.
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