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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: peter w on January 21, 2011, 06:27:32 PM
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How many African midfielders can we name that have come into the English game and been successful?Okocha is one. Pienaar to a lesser degree is another. Anyone else?
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Essien
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Mikel, Song
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Muntari, Yaya Toure
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Hadji & Kachloul not with us obviously. Bouba Diop is another.
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Sissoko at Liverpool
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Zakora at Spurs.
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Essien is a definite. Zakora? A success? Sissoko? Muntari may have been but Portsmouth cashed in as soon as they could.
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Patrick Vieira wasn't too shabby.
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Am I on pubquiz.com?
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Nii Lamptey
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But of course one of the most hated players ever to play in premiership ....El-Hadji Diouf!!!
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Patrick Vieira wasn't too shabby.
French.
Don't care where he was born.
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Can't believe no-one's mentioned Eric Djemba Djemba!
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Salifou, obviously.
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Marc Vivien Foe
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Charlie Ntamark & John Keister were a legends at Walsall.
Mulumbu at WBA doesn't look too bad a player, if he can string enough games together without being suspended.
Peter Ndlovu was more a striker but pretty useful all the same.
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lucas radebe! is this another dig post because i dont want to be involved with anything negative whatsoever about the club at the mo!
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Radebe was a defender.
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he was, you are right, i thought it was about africans in general! Sorry
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Slightly O/T but does anyone remember the South African striker who played for Leeds. Phil Masinga I think.
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Essien is a definite. Zakora? A success? Sissoko? Muntari may have been but Portsmouth cashed in as soon as they could.
Didn't he go to Inter Milan? You have to be pretty good to play for them.
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Drogba, yakubu (ish), Yobo, Adebayor, Kanu, pantsil.
The not so hots: Atouba, Bouba diop, Diao, djemba-djemba......and salifou
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The not so hots: Atouba, Bouba diop, Diao, djemba-djemba......and salifou
Bouba Diop was very good for most of his time in England.
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Just personal opinion, but I've thought he's been pretty nothingy since he scored that goal on his debut if I'm remembering correctly, but yeah I see your point he's not the worst.
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So basically there's been plenty apart from Salifou and Djemba Djemba!
Hoping Makoun going to make it third time lucky for us :0)
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half the french team of the last 10 years.
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Disappointing thread considering Peter's usual standard.
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I think a player should be based on his performance rather than were he is from
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How many Spanish or Italian midfielders have been a success in the prem?
Alonso, Fabregas....
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Arteta, Di Matteo, Zola, Lombardo
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Feraresi
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that's 2 Italian strikers...
my point is you can say the same of every bationality/continent, for every Fabregas there's an Aquilani.
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Eranio for Derby and Campo for Bolton.
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Disappointing thread considering Peter's usual standard.
I'm giving it a 3 out of 10.
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Come on Campo was a centre back who played DM when his legs went. You bunch of pedants =P.
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Come on Campo was a centre back who played DM when his legs went. You bunch of pedants =P.
Never played anywhere for Bolton other than central-midfield. And he joined Bolton when he was 27, he was hardly drawing his pension.
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So basically there's been plenty apart from Salifou and Djemba Djemba!
Hoping Makoun going to make it third time lucky for us :0)
Well he's the first out of those three with any pedigree.
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One more for the african midfielders, Diame from wigan? Looks a reasonable player
edit: Another 'French' one after doing a google search