Cybereagles

joao wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 3:01 pm Is the wife easier to please than the mother?

Tbite wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:36 pm Your argument might at least get off the ground if we didn't have repeat winners of the AFCON like Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria. The fact that you have such a group of countries, means that the AFCON is certainly not a roll of the dice. That means that the AFCON for decent African teams is more than attainable.

Then there is the second part of your argument, which is the WC. By the results, the WC is not attainable for African teams...

So the argument falls flat. Now if I try to save your argument, perhaps you are suggesting that were an African team very competitive, they would find it easier to win the WC than AFCON?

But even this is a poor argument because I believe that an African team of such calibre would also steam roll African opposition.

As far as the World Cup goes, what tends to happen is that African teams are too one-dimensional. The World Cup is not about being good, it is about being able to be good and adaptive. You have to be able to win high level matches under very dynamic circumstances. What tends to happen is that a good African side, with a narrow tactical vantage can have some success in isolated contexts, but fail at some hurdle along the way. The level of tactical variability in Africa, or at least technical proficiency, is however limited to the point that, you do not need to be as tactically deep. It could very well be that there is increased convergence on the African continent, but this would represent equally narrow teams cancelling each other out (for the most part). The most technically astute teams on the continent would however still edge it out.

So your argument really only has merit in terms of AFCON becoming harder, but unfortunately, that does not translate to African teams being more tactically robust. Could there be some sort of footballing arms race? Perhaps a better argument for you could be that this convergence might have positive effects down the line. But in the immediate term, no, African teams have no real shot at the World Cup, and no, the World Cup appears to be is deceptively 'straightforward' to attain.

It is incredibly complex due to the depth of teams. The World Cup might be an easier task to scale if you were to limit it somehow, lets say geographically for instance.

I think Africa's best bet to somehow close the gap, would be to innovate. You have to introduce a brand of football that surprises the world. I would like to expand on this on another date.

Kabalega wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:46 pm Do you guys realize that in the current format, a team can win a World Cup by drawing all their 7 games in regular and extra time. Then win on Peñas in the knockout stages?

It’s just riskier to play for a draw at the group stage.

joao wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 3:01 pm Is the wife easier to please than the mother?

EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:25 am Mods, pls roll this mugu’s total posts to 100k, He’s only about 500 posts away, Abeg dash am 500 posts so he’ll stop harassing us with ignorance.

Synopsis wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 1:39 pm

EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:25 am Mods, pls roll this mugu’s total posts to 100k, He’s only about 500 posts away, Abeg dash am 500 posts so he’ll stop harassing us with ignorance.

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