African Cup of Nations

[Borderhibbie76]

Dom on the bench again

[DownInAlbion]

Hurry up and bring the big man on!

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Dom on the bench again

They're saving him for the final. You'll see.

"Hibs' Hat-Trick Hero Returns In Glory. I Owe It All To Alan Stubbs, he says."

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Now 2-1 Congo.

2-0 Equatorial Guinea.

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Congo win 2-1 FT. Go through as top of their section.

[bringbackbenny]

Congo through. Horrendous error by the Burkina Faso keeper

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Congo through. Horrendous error by the Burkina Faso keeper

Now if Tommy Craig was still around ER he'd be wanting us to sign him.

[micksoo]

Next round on Saturday

[bingo70]

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Next round on Saturday

Who will they be playing?

[hibsbollah]

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Who will they be playing?

The runnerup in group B. We'll find out tomorrow, could be any of the four teams, Tunisia, Cape Verde, Zambia or Congo DR.

[Ronniekirk]

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Hurry up and bring the big man on!

At this rate he won't be match fit by the time he returns his miss in the first game in as cost him game time possibly

[Ozyhibby]

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At this rate he won't be match fit by the time he returns his miss in the first game in as cost him game time possibly

So long as he's not injured I'm happy.

[Danderhall Hibs]

This tournaments a load of ***** and should be moved to every 4 years.

[ionahibby]

Looks like we will be without malonga a little while yet. Congo scrape through to quarter finals!

[Sir David Gray]

So the Republic of Congo will play the Democratic Republic of Congo in the quarter finals on Saturday.

Confused? You should be.

[CropleyWasGod]

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Looks like we will be without malonga a little while yet. Congo scrape through to quarter finals!

Think you're confused. They won their group :)

[lord bunberry]

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So the Republic of Congo will play the Democratic Republic of Congo in the quarter finals on Saturday.

Confused? You should be.

Mon the Congo

[ekhibee]

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So the Republic of Congo will play the Democratic Republic of Congo in the quarter finals on Saturday.

Confused? You should be.

For some of us, maybe. Slight difference in the populations though lol

Population of Republic of Congo- just over 4 million
Population of Democratic Republic of Congo- over 77 million!

[Sir David Gray]

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For some of us, maybe. Slight difference in the populations though lol

Population of Republic of Congo- just over 4 million
Population of Democratic Republic of Congo- over 77 million!

Yeah I know.

I know the difference between the pair of them as well, it's just a bit more difficult when you're referring to them both by name!

[hibsbollah]

The best nickname has gone. The Zambia Copper Bullets finish bottom of their pish easy group

[ekhibee]

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Yeah I know.

I know the difference between the pair of them as well, it's just a bit more difficult when you're referring to them both by name!

Totally agree, you were quite right to say it was confusing. I think I'm right in saying that DR Congo was formerly known as Zaire, for 25 years or so, after the break up of Belgian Congo. I know that doesn't make it any easier though!

[Sir David Gray]

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Totally agree, you were quite right to say it was confusing. I think I'm right in saying that DR Congo was formerly known as Zaire, for 25 years or so, after the break up of Belgian Congo. I know that doesn't make it any easier though!

It was.

DR Congo was a Belgian colony and Congo was a French colony, both until 1960.

[Billy Whizz]

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For some of us, maybe. Slight difference in the populations though lol

Population of Republic of Congo- just over 4 million
Population of Democratic Republic of Congo- over 77 million!

So who's the favourite

[Sir David Gray]

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So who's the favourite

Has to be Republic of Congo.

They won two out of their three group matches and finished top, whereas DR Congo drew all three of their matches and finished second.

DR Congo are slightly higher ranked in the FIFA rankings though.

[Ozyhibby]

Hope Malonga's Congo get pumped quick sharp and he back here ASAP. We need to keep winning.

[Sir David Gray]

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Hope Malonga's Congo get pumped quick sharp and he back here ASAP. We need to keep winning.

It probably won't matter when they get knocked out from now on to be honest.

Their quarter final is played on Saturday so that will rule him out of the Raith Rovers game. He is suspended for the following match against Arbroath anyway so considering that the final is being played on Sunday 8th February, he'll probably be back in time for the Sevco game, regardless of how Congo gets on.

He could have played on Saturday if Congo had been eliminated in the group stage.

[hibsbollah]

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It probably won't matter when they get knocked out from now on to be honest.

Their quarter final is played on Saturday so that will rule him out of the Raith Rovers game. He is suspended for the following match against Arbroath anyway so considering that the final is being played on Sunday 8th February, he'll probably be back in time for the Sevco game, regardless of how Congo gets on.

He could have played on Saturday if Congo had been eliminated in the group stage.

Added to that, imagine the psychological high he'll get if Congo actually win the thing and he contributes. His exposure to high quality opposition, dealing with high pressure matches, can only benefit us as a club.

We should stop moaning and cheer on the Red Devils (this will come as second nature to trig already of course...)

[AK86]

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This tournaments a load of ***** and should be moved to every 4 years.

I agree. Nobody seems truly up for it. It really is a tournament without a true vocation now.

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Added to that, imagine the psychological high he'll get if Congo actually win the thing and he contributes. His exposure to high quality opposition, dealing with high pressure matches, can only benefit us as a club.

We should stop moaning and cheer on the Red Devils (this will come as second nature to trig already of course...)

Yup. How long is it since we had a player in a major international tournament? This is good for us and good for Dom.

And it's not as if we've been struggling to score in his absence ....

Though I do agree with those who say the tournament should be every 4 years like the Euros and the World Cup. The games I've watched have shown every sign of spectator overkill - too much of a theoretically good thing, IMO.

[hibsbollah]

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Yup. How long is it since we had a player in a major international tournament? This is good for us and good for Dom.

And it's not as if we've been struggling to score in his absence ....

Though I do agree with those who say the tournament should be every 4 years like the Euros and the World Cup. The games I've watched have shown every sign of spectator overkill - too much of a theoretically good thing, IMO.

I was reading that there isn't much of a culture of away fans travelling in African football, for lots of different reasons, cost, dodgy infrastructure, wars etc. So unless the hosts are involved the atmosphere can be a bit flat.