Bamba makes IC 23 (merged)

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>Goalkeeper

16 Aristide Zogbo
23 Vincent Angban
Boubacar Barry

>Defender

2 Benjamin Angoua
26 Sol Bamba
15 Arthur Boka
23 Abdoulaye Meite
20 Guy Demel
28 Kolo Toure

>Midfielder

19 Emmanuel Kone
7 Jean-Jacques Gosso
18 Cheik Tiote
24 Yaya Toure
15 Siaka Tiene
27 Emmanuel Eboue
8 Didier Zokora
14 Emerse Fae

Striker

27 Gervinho
14 Bakari Kone
21 Salomon Kalou
24 Aruna Dindane
11 Didier Drogba
Kader Keita

[CallumLaidlaw]

Brilliant news!!

Well done Sol!

[down-the-slope]

Well done Sol would have been harsh if he had not made the cut

PS - great feature on http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/ wher every team in WC has info on squads. You can see here each 30 or 23 if they have already been reduced...will help learn a bit about teams before they play

[Craig_in_Prague]

let the bidding begin.

starting offers at 4M please.

well done though to Sol and I will certainly be watching Ivory Coast very closely and wishing him all the best!
it was all down to Mixu.

[CallumLaidlaw]

how weird are their numbers?! Only 4 players have a number between 1 and 11

[lyonhibs]

"Petrie here - KER-CHING!!!!!"

[CallumLaidlaw]

Oh the irony

Hearts fans are promised World Cup stars.
Kingston has cost Hearts a small fortune over the last few years and gets cut.
Bamba cost hibs £50k, and will be playing against Brazil and Portugal (hopefully)

:notworthy::notworthy:

[basehibby]

Congratulations Sol - knock em dead!

[Hibernian Verse]

Where's the article?

[HibbyAndy]

Well done big man

Get a game and have a cracking world cup.


£££££££££££££££££££££££

[down-the-slope]

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Where's the article?

No article - see post #3...its not England so no fanfare

Just look at teams you are interested in...and count...some have the full 30 (like England as not reduced / announced) others have the 23 as noted to FIFA

[Hibernian Verse]

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No article - see post #3...its not England so no fanfare

Just look at teams you are interested in...and count...some have the full 30 (like England as not reduced / announced) others have the 23 as noted to FIFA

Ok thanks.

[Hibernian Verse]

Not meaning to be sceptical but both Sky Sports and BBC Sport and following all squads and they haven't been mentioned yet.

BBC

[grammyb111]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...10/8675479.stm

[Hibernian Verse]

Bamba made it over Meite of West Brom...obviously we're better than we think.

[down-the-slope]

BBC is so slow ...need to keep up


http://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?1...ba-makes-IC-23

[down-the-slope]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...10/8675479.stm

Beeb catch up

[holyrood hibbie]

Now to buy my Ivory Coast top, £40 in JJB

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Now to buy my Ivory Coast top, £40 in JJB

There is another thread somehere on here about buying tops - you can get an IC one with Bamba, 4 and WC patches for £24.99

[Lucius Apuleius]

Elder son informs me he has bought the away one and had Bamba on the back. Not the best thin to walk around Carricfergus in I don't think

[Spike Mandela]

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"Petrie here - KER-CHING!!!!!"

Any truth in the rumour Rod dressed as a Sheik and offered Sven money in a sting to ensure Bamba
made the squad.

[MWHIBBIES]

Well done sol

On a side note does this mean there front 3 could be kalou kone kieta if drogba gets injured.
The kkk

[Cocaine&Caviar]

From my knowledge, based mainly on FM, their strongest XI would be:

___________Barry

Eboue___Toure___Bamba___Demel

____________Toure
______Zakora______Romaric
Gervinho_________________Kalou
____________Drogba

[mim]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...10/8675479.stm

Beeb catch up

They may have caught up, but they still have the squad wrong.
The write-up says Bakary Kone has been axed, but they still list him in the squad at the bottom
and they have omitted Seydou Doumbia, who earlier they say is in the squad.

[jacomo]

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Oh the irony

Hearts fans are promised World Cup stars.
Kingston has cost Hearts a small fortune over the last few years and gets cut.
Bamba cost hibs £50k, and will be playing against Brazil and Portugal (hopefully)

:notworthy::notworthy:

How many Hearts players will be at the World Cup then?

[PaulSmith]

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Oh the irony

Hearts fans are promised World Cup stars.
Kingston has cost Hearts a small fortune over the last few years and gets cut.
Bamba cost hibs £50k, and will be playing against Brazil and Portugal (hopefully)

Good point Callum.

I remember almost every Hearts fan I spoke to slagging us for signing a bombscare and indeed that wee Hertz pr!k Allan Preston actually pishin himself on the BBC 'through the night' programme.

Now we have a genuine "World Cup star" who will play for one of the outside bets for the WC.

[Mellow Hibee]

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Good point Callum.

I remember almost every Hearts fan I spoke to slagging us for signing a bombscare and indeed that wee Hertz pr!k Allan Preston actually pishin himself on the BBC 'through the night' programme.

Now we have a genuine "World Cup star" who will play for one of the outside bets for the WC.

Hopefully a warning to potential signings:

Hibs - (Bamba) Nurtured at club, treated in a proffesional manner, off to WC with best wishes of club and fans.

Hearts - (Goncalves) Blackmailed by club, left out of squad despite being best player, left out of WC and hated by sycophantic fans.

[Wotherspiniesta]

Gaun yersel big man!

Personally, I dont think he will be in the starting XI for their first match....and there are question marks over his ability to play at that level. But what an achievement for him. He deserves his place after some outstanding performances for us earlier on this season.

[RoYO!]

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Good point Callum.

I remember almost every Hearts fan I spoke to slagging us for signing a bombscare and indeed that wee Hertz pr!k Allan Preston actually pishin himself on the BBC 'through the night' programme.

Now we have a genuine "World Cup star" who will play for one of the outside bets for the WC.

Don't remember that particular programme but I do remember hearing the beeb pretty much laughing their heads off during the first few games he played


Maybe that's worth a wee phone in to remind them ;)

[Ozyhibby]

Well done Mixu, great signing.