Posted on January 31st, 2010 by
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3-1 … hhhmmm that’s a pretty decent scoreline if you are a Manchester United fan… I wonder if that’s not blown the stuffing out of Arsenal for the rest of this season? They had homeground advantage and they still couldn’t make it count. But on a happier note Egypt came through for me with a [...]
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Posted on January 29th, 2010 by
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Well it has been a bit of a charmed run for Nigeria and it came to an end against Ghana in the AFCON semi-finals last night. Egypt however have looked brilliant and after crushing Algeria last night, they must be the favourites to bring home the silverware. 4-0 to Egypt is an impressive scoreline but [...]
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Posted on January 26th, 2010 by
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It wasn’t a convincing performance and Nigeria played the last 10 minutes of extra time with just 10 men, but somehow they Super Eagles have snuck through to the semi finals… That means that my first pick Egypt take on Algeria and Nigeria gets Ghana. Would be brilliant (for me) to get a Nigeria / [...]
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Posted on January 25th, 2010 by
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I won’t lie – I was a little nervous when I switched on the TV and I saw that Cameroon were 1-0 up against Egypt. When it got to 1-1 I had this sneaky suspicion that Cameroon were going to get a breakaway goal and my AFCON cup pick would be blown out the water. [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2010 by
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We tipped Egypt and Nigeria as the teams to watch in this years AFCON tournament and so far it looks like things are going to plan. (at least a little more to plan than Arsenals bid for silverware in the FA Cup!). Egypt have an interesting fixture against Cameroon and they’ll have their work cut [...]
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Posted on January 9th, 2010 by
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I haven’t followed African football too closely but with the AFCON cup here I thought I’d take a look at the betting and see if there was any value bets floating around. Two bets jumped out at me – Egypt (8/1) and Nigeria (7/1) on World Sports Betting looks like they offer some value. The [...]
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