ElGato
Player Valuation: £25m
Something to do with the weather maybe?
Whole world shouldn't revolve around Europe
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Whole world shouldn't revolve around Europe
Course it should.
These are the gems which keep me coming back to this forum
ElGato
Player Valuation: £25m
Why the change habit of a lifetime
'Why is AFCON played in January' is so daft it doesn't even need addressing.
'Why is it played every two years' almost none of the continent's top players play for clubs in Africa. It's their only opportunity to play on home turf, and fans only opportunity to see their country's football heroes. Every 2 years feels about the minimum for that.
Moaning about AFCON is so arrogant and entitled
'Why is it played every two years' almost none of the continent's top players play for clubs in Africa. It's their only opportunity to play on home turf, and fans only opportunity to see their country's football heroes. Every 2 years feels about the minimum for that.
Moaning about AFCON is so arrogant and entitled
toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
I'm not buying that one - plenty of European nations have most of their national team playing outside their home country
The January bit is self-explanatory, but I've never seen a convincing argument about the 2 year cycle
Because those are different people who set up their cup differently mate. Odd question!So why is the Asia Cup every 4 years since all of this applies to those nations too
A huge Merlin Rohl fan from Germany (I may be reaching a bit here...) and a Senegalese chap who idolises Gueye have slightly different opportunities to see their hero.
Then there's all the UEFA competitions where players play all across Europe.
Most African national team players left the continent when they were still teenagers and play every single game of their careers bar AFCON thousands of miles and multiple flights away. If a player's peak career is usually around 10 years, 5 opportunities to play on their home *continent*, not even country, seems understandable.
Flavour of the month for the last 12 - 18 months, that's a pretty sweet taste..
No, but it certainly plays a factor in the appeal of signing them. You would think the players would look at it the same way, though you're not going to turn down a call up to your national team..
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Not entitled at all. It should be every 4 years like the other major international tournaments. Loads of countries see their top players move to different leagues, it’s a nonsense argument.
It’s inconvenient to every other league as well as the Premier League. It just doesn’t need to be every 2 years, it’s ridiculous.
W84 Dum Freeze
Player Valuation: £10m
African football has added so much star quality to the premier League over the last few decades and it's not as if people don't know AFCON is held every two years when they sign a player.
Other confederations should be allowed to hold tournaments and not cow-tow
to the global power brokers.
We play in the Euros a massive tournament in the two yearly interval between the world cup.
I for one will be watching our players, cheering them on and hoping they do their country proud and hope they replicate the joy they bring the supporters of this great club.
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
I mean they all played 10 World Cup qualifying games too..
