Algeria's Future

[Jaidi]

This team has a very bright future. Many of the standouts from this World Cup are very young and have a core that is all in their early to mid 20's. They've also shown that it's been very easy for them to integrate fresh call-ups from France into their program as they did with Ben Taleb, Brahimi, Ghoulam, Mandi, and Taider, all players that very recently got their first caps with the NT and played central roles in their WC campaign. This is not mentioning the never-ending pipeline of Algerian talent in French academies that they'll have to call on in future years.

The key is that they get a worthy replacement for Vahid who has done a masterful job this World Cup. If they do this team will find itself back into it's rightful spot among Africa's giants.

[Lager-back]

Why is Vahid leaving ?

[blackjack]

Why is Vahid leaving ?

The FA president wanted vahid to renew his contract before the world cup in order to be prepared for the acn qualifiers,vahid refused to give his answer before the world cup so the fa already chose someone to replace him.It's gonna be gourcuff from lorient fc in france.

[kalani JR]

Why is Vahid leaving ?

The FA president wanted vahid to renew his contract before the world cup in order to be prepared for the acn qualifiers,vahid refused to give his answer before the world cup so the fa already chose someone to replace him.It's gonna be gourcuff from lorient fc in france.

That's a good coach.

[Cally]

Gourcoff is a very good coach that will make these young players even better. Very good choice by the Algerian FA.

Watch out for Algeria, moving forward!

[Altobelli]

Is that Yoann Gourcuff's old man Christian? Interesting stuff. Looks like Algeria is on to something real good. I wish them the best! The Desert Warriors' AFCON 90 team was the 1st team I fell in love with.... around the time I started watching football. Madjer, Menad, Oudjani, El Ouazani, Amani, Rahim etc. I've never seen a team abuse Naija so badly in a football game like the way those guys did in that AFCON 90 opening game.

Why is Vahid leaving ?

The FA president wanted vahid to renew his contract before the world cup in order to be prepared for the acn qualifiers,vahid refused to give his answer before the world cup so the fa already chose someone to replace him.It's gonna be gourcuff from lorient fc in france.

[blackjack]

Yes it's yohan's father,Christian.
Lorient developed great football under gourcuff despite being the lowest budget in ligue 1 for a decade.However coaching a club is not the same as coaching an nt(he coached only lorient for 3 decades).He will need to get accustomed to the fact that he'll only have 1 month a year to work with his players.He'll also need to be on the watch when it comes to discipline and professionalism and keep all the good habits vahid put in place such as:
-no shisha
-no clubbing before the games or after a lost game
-work hard during training
-no unnecessary training camps abroad when we have all the facilities we need at home.
-giving everything on the field even against minnows
-Most importantly:the player is here for the team not the opposite,if a player's level decreased he should not be called.Same goes for players who are good with their clubs but don't have the profile to fit in the coach's lineup.Before vahid the lineup was based solely on criterias such as seniority or the club the player belongs to.Saadane even said in an interview about players who didn't play a single game with their clubs during the season"I had to call them,they have an important status in our team".
About the so called status(status is pronounced like statue in french)a player once told Vahid "you can't bench me,i have an important status in this team".Vahid replied"What are you talking about?I didn't see any statue representing you."Vahid called only those he could get the most out of,he even prospected the local league to find some of the players he needed(that's how he found slimani,djabou,soudani and belkalem).His algerian predecessors always refused to call local players.

Vahid may not be the best tactician but he is a true leader who put in place professionalism,discipline and a mentality of winners in the algerian nt .The changes he brought need to be kept otherwise we won't achieve anything no matter how good of a tactician his successor is.

[Heliopolis]

Jaidi, havent you made enough failed predictions already?

African NTs are too inconsistent to predict. Algeria looked good in this WC but we know the deal with African NTs (arrogance, maintaining form, money disputes, etc).

Lets see if Algeria maintains the same level of determination at the 2015 ACN.

[African Star]

Algeria has always been my favorite North African team and they were the team that made me realize that African football can be among the best in the world as they struggled immensely against Sierra Leone to qualify for the 1982 wc, even trailing 2-0 in Freetown with 5 minutes left to play before tying the game. That same team with essentially the same players, legends like Ali Fergani, Raber Madjer, Belloumi, Assad, Zidane etc. And that team went on to beat the defending world cup champions West Germany and solidified my belief in the quality of African footie at a very young age and i have never wavered in that belief since then.

Qualifying out of Africa has been their problem especially when having to go through top west African teams but whenever they qualify they never fail to impress.

[The Eagle]

Is that Yoann Gourcuff's old man Christian? Interesting stuff. Looks like Algeria is on to something real good. I wish them the best! The Desert Warriors' AFCON 90 team was the 1st team I fell in love with.... around the time I started watching football. Madjer, Menad, Oudjani, El Ouazani, Amani, Rahim etc. I've never seen a team abuse Naija so badly in a football game like the way those guys did in that AFCON 90 opening game.

Why is Vahid leaving ?

The FA president wanted vahid to renew his contract before the world cup in order to be prepared for the acn qualifiers,vahid refused to give his answer before the world cup so the fa already chose someone to replace him.It's gonna be gourcuff from lorient fc in france.

Alotofbelly, mind yourself o. Stop rewriting history. The only thing that happened in 1990 is Nigeria won silver. We played Algeria once, in the final, and won silver. That is all that happened. Nonsense.

[Jaidi]

Jaidi, havent you made enough failed predictions already?

African NTs are too inconsistent to predict. Algeria looked good in this WC but we know the deal with African NTs (arrogance, maintaining form, money disputes, etc).

Lets see if Algeria maintains the same level of determination at the 2015 ACN.

I predicted they'd make it out of the group stage while you all marked them for dead after the Belgium game. AFCON 2015 will also be in Morocco so they'll have tons of travelling support. North African teams always do well when hosting, remember Tunisia 2004( I think it was 2004). Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria all made it to the semis IIRC.

[Chief Ogbunigwe]

Is that Yoann Gourcuff's old man Christian? Interesting stuff. Looks like Algeria is on to something real good. I wish them the best! The Desert Warriors' AFCON 90 team was the 1st team I fell in love with.... around the time I started watching football. Madjer, Menad, Oudjani, El Ouazani, Amani, Rahim etc. I've never seen a team abuse Naija so badly in a football game like the way those guys did in that AFCON 90 opening game.

Why is Vahid leaving ?

The FA president wanted vahid to renew his contract before the world cup in order to be prepared for the acn qualifiers,vahid refused to give his answer before the world cup so the fa already chose someone to replace him.It's gonna be gourcuff from lorient fc in france.

Alotofbelly, mind yourself o. Stop rewriting history. The only thing that happened in 1990 is Nigeria won silver. We played Algeria once, in the final, and won silver. That is all that happened. Nonsense.

altobadebelle has not changed. I remember the Saudis abusing Ghana....was it like 10-0? Where is 1naija sef?