Liverpool scouts - At african cup of nations ?

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Postby mark the red » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:40 pm

thats why they play well, as for all of the good arfican  players, we will be unable to compete for the top talent but at the same time we are closing the gap on the top teams.
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Postby mark the red » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:42 pm

JBG wrote:International competitions, and the African Nations in particular, should be taken with a pinch of salt IMHO.

True, they can be interesting for a scout, but I wouldn't buy a player from what I saw in a tournament alone. The best way is to have him watched over the course of a season or two in domestic football.

it is first class stuff this african nations business, speaking to a lad from kenya and he said that politics still has an overbearing influence over there, and that the football suffers becuase of it
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Postby Dundalk » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:44 pm

The problem with signing one of these boys is that every year he has to go back over and play in the bloody thing and your without him for a month!
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Postby woof woof ! » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:52 pm

mark the red wrote:i understand your point but i feel that signing players just on their international performances can prehaps give you unreal expectations as that is there shop window, a chance for them to get out of their aids invested country and earn some money

Fair comment , and your earlier statement re Houlliers failure to track (if that was the case) rightly bears out the pitfalls of "impulse" buying . Many of the players on display however are already playing outside of their (as you quaintly put it ) "aids infected country " ( whats that smell ? ) and it shouldn't be to difficult to research and monitor a player who is showing signs of real ability .
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Postby JBG » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:57 pm

mark the red wrote:
JBG wrote:International competitions, and the African Nations in particular, should be taken with a pinch of salt IMHO.

True, they can be interesting for a scout, but I wouldn't buy a player from what I saw in a tournament alone. The best way is to have him watched over the course of a season or two in domestic football.

it is first class stuff this african nations business, speaking to a lad from kenya and he said that politics still has an overbearing influence over there, and that the football suffers becuase of it

Its pot luck really. Often in competitions you only see a player for a couple of games.

Oleg Salenko (or whatever his name is) scored 5 goals for Russia against Cameroon in USA 1994 but that didn't mean he was a Shevchenko or Van Basten.

Plenty of players do well in tournament and then go on to have average to poor club careers.

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Postby drummerphil » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:15 pm

I would hope the only reason that we  have people there is because we want to find the people that recommended Diouf and Diao and kick the :censored: out of them. :D
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Postby Proudy » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:30 pm

Dundalk wrote:The problem with signing one of these boys is that every year he has to go back over and play in the bloody thing and your without him for a month!

I think it's every 2 years and I believe Fifa are tryin to bring it in line with are European Championships every 4yrs. However they are againest this, as they wouldnt get as much tv time ETC.
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Postby kopite_1232002 » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:13 pm

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mark the red wrote:are they difficult to obtain permits for, and after diao and diouf i think we keep away from africa

You obviously havent seen some of the players on display fella!!
Just because Diouf and Diao did,nt cut it that does not mean that we should not look for talent in Africa or does it in your head??

There are some very very talented unheard of players over there that we could pick up on the cheap...so why not ??

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Postby azriahmad » Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:34 am

Samuel Eto'o was signed by Real Madrid at 15 or 16 and was subsequently sold to Mallorca (if I am not mistaken) with Madrid holding an option to buy him back but they did not exercise that option.

They did not buy him after a scintiliting performance at the African Nations' Cup.
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Postby 66-1120597113 » Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:28 am

So then we should not bother apparently???

Right OK,yes,players DO shine in tournaments and play outta their skin!!
But talent is talent.....or not as some seem to think on here!!
There are too many negative posters i feel of late and being honest i feel sick of them,people that come on here with 5 or 50 posts and seem to 'go with the grain' to feel part of something!!

Or you can have the opposite???

Wan.kers that come on and try to make a name by being insulting and obnoxious...like a kinda im here,i've landed,this is me!!!
My message is FU>CK OFF!!!!!!

This site used to be,and still is by far the best LFC forum online and cannot be spoilt by idiots!!

OK yes there are people that will say'thats rich coming from you' and so be it!!
BUT i care deeply about everything LFC always will!!
But basically im sick of bumb bandits coming on here and wrecking a good thing!!

Yes im ranting but then again yes i feel i should ,i see it as a place that i can come to,not as often as i like to talk and release...sometimes in the wrong way and for that i am sorry!!!
Basically i see this place as a shower that can clean me from everyday life!!
When i was banned i felt like i had lost an arm..Yes sounds silly!!

Wot im trying to say is ffs mods please stop these wan.kers shi.ting in the best shower around???
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Postby Kukilon » Sat Feb 04, 2006 11:18 am

Have you been watching the same games as I have?

I think this African Nations Cup has been the worst one that I have seen ever.
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Postby woof woof ! » Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:39 pm

Kukilon, to be honest I haven't watched that much of the current competition , in fact Egypt v Congo was the only game I've watched for the full 90 mins . This thread is not about the quality of ths competition but rather the fact that there is some excellent individual talent taking part and are we (lfc) monitoring it .
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Postby ynwa » Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:44 pm

i dont think we need any scouts over there.  they might be skillful but can they prove that  they  can be succesful in the prem
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