Africa's best hope! Cote D'Ivoire World Cup Squad

[Jaidi]

The squad:

Goalkeepers: Copa Barry (Lokeren), Gbohouo Sylvain (Sewe Sport), Sayouba Mandé (Stabaek), Badra Ali (ASEC Mimosas).

Defenders: Kolo Touré (Liverpool), Bamba Souleyman (Trabzonspor), Jean Daniel Akpa Akpro (Toulouse), Arthur Boka (Stuttgart), Serge Aurier (Toulouse), Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille), Didier Zokora (Trabzonspor), Benjamin Angoua Brou (Valenciennes), Ousman Vieira (Caykur Rizespor).

Midfielders: Cheick Tioté (Newcastle), Yaya Touré (Manchester City), Romaric (Bastia), Max-Alain Gradel (St Etienne), Ismaël Diomandé (St Etienne), Didier Ya Konan (Hannover 96), Constant Djakpa (Eintracht Frankfurt), Geoffroy Serey Dié (Basel).

Strikers: Wilfried Bony (Swansea), Didier Drogba (Galatasaray), Gervinho (Roma), Giovanni Sio (Basel), Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow), Lacina Traoré (Monaco), Salomon Kalou (Lille).


I predict a quarterfinal appearance for this squad. I hope Lamouchi grows a backbone and gives Bony pitch time!

[bamenda boy]

That defense get as ei be. Too old.

[Jaidi]

How is Romaric doing at Bastia? Seems like he's been getting automatic call ups for a decade but never actually plays.

[DAgrin]

How is Romaric doing at Bastia? Seems like he's been getting automatic call ups for a decade but never actually plays.

He has played more games this season than Gabriel Reuben - that is for sure.

[juventuss]

The team looks loaded on paper.

[King Futcha]

How is Romaric doing at Bastia? Seems like he's been getting automatic call ups for a decade but never actually plays.

he's always in and out of their squad, the guy has a bad attitude

[King Futcha]

Serge Aurier (Toulouse)

won't be long before he's world class... I expect a great WC for him(in their three games)

[Jaidi]

Serge Aurier (Toulouse)

won't be long before he's world class... I expect a great WC for him(in their three games)

He's gonna be our Sagna replacement

[metalalloy]

The team looks loaded on paper.

Looks old on paper.

[Jaidi]

I see three old players. Zokora, Drogba, and Kolo. Not a guarantee all three will start either. Other than that the team is young or players in their prime.

[metalalloy]

I see three old players. Zokora, Drogba, and Kolo. Not a guarantee all three will start either. Other than that the team is young or players in their prime.

They have quite a few legs close to 30 and over. Apart from Yaya who is 31 but a freak of nature and in the best form of his life, the rest below are a bit on the older side of things
Copa Barry- 34. Weakest point in the team. Old and a waste pipe even when he was young. When queenie proclaimed him as the best keeper in Africa, that was the final confirmation of his utter uselessness
Romaric- 30 year old midfielder
Arthur Boka 31 year old defender
You also have a few people like Die -29, Kalouseless -28 who are close to 30.

Anyway, ill be rooting for them. This generation deserves to do something worth remembering as one of the top African teams of our time. This is the last time for them to prove it.

[Rawlings]

No French division III players on the squad .... Good!

[Jaidi]

I see three old players. Zokora, Drogba, and Kolo. Not a guarantee all three will start either. Other than that the team is young or players in their prime.

They have quite a few legs close to 30 and over. Apart from Yaya who is 31 but a freak of nature and in the best form of his life, the rest below are a bit on the older side of things
Copa Barry- 34. Weakest point in the team. Old and a waste pipe even when he was young. When queenie proclaimed him as the best keeper in Africa, that was the final confirmation of his utter uselessness
Romaric- 30 year old midfielder
Arthur Boka 31 year old defender
You also have a few people like Die -29, Kalouseless -28 who are close to 30.

Anyway, ill be rooting for them. This generation deserves to do something worth remembering as one of the top African teams of our time. This is the last time for them to prove it.

I can't stand Kalou either, its maddening that he's been a mainstay for them forever. If Lamouchi is smart he's picking Aurier ahead of Boka.

Agreed that Copa Barry is beyond useless. How is it that they've yet to develop a keeper to replace him?

[Metho scorpion]

The squad:

Goalkeepers: Copa Barry (Lokeren), Gbohouo Sylvain (Sewe Sport), Sayouba Mandé (Stabaek), Badra Ali (ASEC Mimosas).

Defenders: Kolo Touré (Liverpool), Bamba Souleyman (Trabzonspor), Jean Daniel Akpa Akpro (Toulouse), Arthur Boka (Stuttgart), Serge Aurier (Toulouse), Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille), Didier Zokora (Trabzonspor), Benjamin Angoua Brou (Valenciennes), Ousman Vieira (Caykur Rizespor).

Midfielders: Cheick Tioté (Newcastle), Yaya Touré (Manchester City), Romaric (Bastia), Max-Alain Gradel (St Etienne), Ismaël Diomandé (St Etienne), Didier Ya Konan (Hannover 96), Constant Djakpa (Eintracht Frankfurt), Geoffroy Serey Dié (Basel).

Strikers: Wilfried Bony (Swansea), Didier Drogba (Galatasaray), Gervinho (Roma), Giovanni Sio (Basel), Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow), Lacina Traoré (Monaco), Salomon Kalou (Lille).


I predict a quarterfinal appearance for this squad. I hope Lamouchi grows a backbone and gives Bony pitch time!

...paper lion for you...

[GREENWHITEGREEN]

The team looks loaded on paper.

"As they always do about this time." I used to be a Cote D'Ivore groupie and used to think that CE skeptics were talking rubbish. It took me a couple of ANCs and WC to be proved wrong.

[King Futcha]

I see three old players. Zokora, Drogba, and Kolo. Not a guarantee all three will start either. Other than that the team is young or players in their prime.

They have quite a few legs close to 30 and over. Apart from Yaya who is 31 but a freak of nature and in the best form of his life, the rest below are a bit on the older side of things
Copa Barry- 34. Weakest point in the team. Old and a waste pipe even when he was young. When queenie proclaimed him as the best keeper in Africa, that was the final confirmation of his utter uselessness
Romaric- 30 year old midfielder
Arthur Boka 31 year old defender
You also have a few people like Die -29, Kalouseless -28 who are close to 30.

Anyway, ill be rooting for them. This generation deserves to do something worth remembering as one of the top African teams of our time. This is the last time for them to prove it.

look at this google search analysis, no surprise coming from Luigi... you're saying the Belgian Keeper of the Year in 2009 is useless and a wastepipe? Vincent is just now winning his first award, Copa was doing that when Vince was lost in Israel.

[Jaidi]

I see three old players. Zokora, Drogba, and Kolo. Not a guarantee all three will start either. Other than that the team is young or players in their prime.

They have quite a few legs close to 30 and over. Apart from Yaya who is 31 but a freak of nature and in the best form of his life, the rest below are a bit on the older side of things
Copa Barry- 34. Weakest point in the team. Old and a waste pipe even when he was young. When queenie proclaimed him as the best keeper in Africa, that was the final confirmation of his utter uselessness
Romaric- 30 year old midfielder
Arthur Boka 31 year old defender
You also have a few people like Die -29, Kalouseless -28 who are close to 30.

Anyway, ill be rooting for them. This generation deserves to do something worth remembering as one of the top African teams of our time. This is the last time for them to prove it.

look at this google search analysis, no surprise coming from Luigi... you're saying the Belgian Keeper of the Year in 2009 is useless and a wastepipe? Vincent is just now winning his first award, Copa was doing that when Vince was lost in Israel.

You cannot deny Copa has often had shocking performances at CAN.

[King Futcha]

I see three old players. Zokora, Drogba, and Kolo. Not a guarantee all three will start either. Other than that the team is young or players in their prime.

They have quite a few legs close to 30 and over. Apart from Yaya who is 31 but a freak of nature and in the best form of his life, the rest below are a bit on the older side of things
Copa Barry- 34. Weakest point in the team. Old and a waste pipe even when he was young. When queenie proclaimed him as the best keeper in Africa, that was the final confirmation of his utter uselessness
Romaric- 30 year old midfielder
Arthur Boka 31 year old defender
You also have a few people like Die -29, Kalouseless -28 who are close to 30.

Anyway, ill be rooting for them. This generation deserves to do something worth remembering as one of the top African teams of our time. This is the last time for them to prove it.

look at this google search analysis, no surprise coming from Luigi... you're saying the Belgian Keeper of the Year in 2009 is useless and a wastepipe? Vincent is just now winning his first award, Copa was doing that when Vince was lost in Israel.

You cannot deny Copa has often had shocking performances at CAN.

like when he kept a clean sheet throughout the entire 2012 tournament only for Drogba to kill two birds with one stone

[Cmoke]

No Eboue?

No who will translate from N. Korean to the team nah?

Cmoke

[metalalloy]

I see three old players. Zokora, Drogba, and Kolo. Not a guarantee all three will start either. Other than that the team is young or players in their prime.

They have quite a few legs close to 30 and over. Apart from Yaya who is 31 but a freak of nature and in the best form of his life, the rest below are a bit on the older side of things
Copa Barry- 34. Weakest point in the team. Old and a waste pipe even when he was young. When queenie proclaimed him as the best keeper in Africa, that was the final confirmation of his utter uselessness
Romaric- 30 year old midfielder
Arthur Boka 31 year old defender
You also have a few people like Die -29, Kalouseless -28 who are close to 30.

Anyway, ill be rooting for them. This generation deserves to do something worth remembering as one of the top African teams of our time. This is the last time for them to prove it.

look at this google search analysis, no surprise coming from Luigi... you're saying the Belgian Keeper of the Year in 2009 is useless and a wastepipe? Vincent is just now winning his first award, Copa was doing that when Vince was lost in Israel.

Psst... we are in the year 2014...

FYI. in the same year while your yeye copa wastepipe was winning goal keeper of the year, Enyeama was winning FOOTBALLER (not just gk) of the year in Israel

[metalalloy]

I see three old players. Zokora, Drogba, and Kolo. Not a guarantee all three will start either. Other than that the team is young or players in their prime.

They have quite a few legs close to 30 and over. Apart from Yaya who is 31 but a freak of nature and in the best form of his life, the rest below are a bit on the older side of things
Copa Barry- 34. Weakest point in the team. Old and a waste pipe even when he was young. When queenie proclaimed him as the best keeper in Africa, that was the final confirmation of his utter uselessness
Romaric- 30 year old midfielder
Arthur Boka 31 year old defender
You also have a few people like Die -29, Kalouseless -28 who are close to 30.

Anyway, ill be rooting for them. This generation deserves to do something worth remembering as one of the top African teams of our time. This is the last time for them to prove it.

look at this google search analysis, no surprise coming from Luigi... you're saying the Belgian Keeper of the Year in 2009 is useless and a wastepipe? Vincent is just now winning his first award, Copa was doing that when Vince was lost in Israel.

You cannot deny Copa has often had shocking performances at CAN.

like when he kept a clean sheet throughout the entire 2012 tournament only for Drogba to kill two birds with one stone

nah like this..

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[Ekorian]

I don't know when Africans will learn that success in football takes more than assembling household names. Strongest on paper and the weakest group according to pundits but underrate Colombia, Greece and Japan at your own peril...

[metalalloy]

I don't know when Africans will learn that success in football takes more than assembling household names. Strongest on paper and the weakest group according to pundits but underrate Colombia, Greece and Japan at your own peril...

There is also the danger of overrating the opposition as well. CIV has some players who have been together for almost 10 years now. They have a true game changer in Yaya Toure who is in the prime of his career, and they have avoided being placed in impossible group for the first time since they started qualifying for the WC. I really like their chances in that group. Any 2 of the 4 can qualify out of that group.