Best African XI to play for City

[onekeithweller]

With AFCON underway I thought I'd look at this.

Apologies if it's been done before. 

Here's my offering. 

 

Ikeme             Nigeria 

Pantsil.          Ghana

Bamba           Ivory Coast 

Benalouane  Tunisia

Schlupp.        Ghana

Ndidi.             Nigeria 

Mendy.           Senegal 

Gradel.           Ivory Coast

Iheanacho.    Nigeria 

Yakubu.          Nigeria

Mahrez          Algeria 

 

Yes, Molla Wague didn't make the cut. 

 

[Fox42]

5 minutes ago, onekeithweller said:

With AFCON underway I thought I'd look at this.

Apologies if it's been done before. 

Here's my offering. 

 

Ikeme             Nigeria 

Pantsil.          Ghana

Bamba           Ivory Coast 

Benalouane  Tunisia

Schlupp.        Ghana

Ndidi.             Nigeria 

Mendy.           Senegal 

Gradel.           Ivory Coast

Iheanacho.    Nigeria 

Yakubu.          Nigeria

Mahrez          Algeria 

 

Yes, Molla Wague didn't make the cut. 

 

I have to say, that’ll be a very fun team to watch.

[Stuntman_Mike]

1 minute ago, Fox42 said:

I have to say, that’ll be a very fun team to watch.

That's exactly what I was thinking!

[FoxesWalk]

If it’s not a 442 with Akinbiyi and Elvis Hammond up top, I’m not interested 

[moore_94]

Carl Ikeme - Nigeria

 

Yohan Benalouane - Tunisia

Alie Sesay - Sierra Leone

Molla Wague - Mali

Zoumana Bakayoko - Ivory Coast

 

Rachid Ghezzal - Algeria

Daniel Amartey - Ghana

Khanya Leshabela - South Africa

Ahmed Musa - Nigeria

 

Ade Akinbiyi - Nigeria

Elvis Hammond - Ghana

 

 

@FoxesWalk There you go 

Edited 15 January 2024 by moore_94

[pmcla26]

Musa and Slimani dream team up top. That night in Sheffield 

[Gravel]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

Carl Ikeme - Nigeria

 

Daniel Amartey - Ghana

Yohan Benalouane - Tunisia

Molla Wague - Mali

Zoumana Bakayoko - Ivory Coast

 

Rachid Ghezzal - Algeria

Neil Danns - Guyana

Khanya Leshabela - South Africa

Ahmed Musa - Nigeria

 

Ade Akinbiyi - Nigeria

Elvis Hammond - Ghana

 

No Slimani?

[westernpark]

17 minutes ago, onekeithweller said:

With AFCON underway I thought I'd look at this.

Apologies if it's been done before. 

Here's my offering. 

 

Ikeme             Nigeria 

Pantsil.          Ghana

Bamba           Ivory Coast 

Benalouane  Tunisia

Schlupp.        Ghana

Ndidi.             Nigeria 

Mendy.           Senegal 

Gradel.           Ivory Coast

Iheanacho.    Nigeria 

Yakubu.          Nigeria

Mahrez          Algeria 

 

Yes, Molla Wague didn't make the cut. 

 

Bit harsh on Amartey that. 

[FoxesWalk]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

Carl Ikeme - Nigeria

 

Daniel Amartey - Ghana

Yohan Benalouane - Tunisia

Molla Wague - Mali

Zoumana Bakayoko - Ivory Coast

 

Rachid Ghezzal - Algeria

Neil Danns - Guyana

Khanya Leshabela - South Africa

Ahmed Musa - Nigeria

 

Ade Akinbiyi - Nigeria

Elvis Hammond - Ghana

 

 

@FoxesWalk There you go 

Nobody is leaving at 85 minutes watching that team, nice job 

[moore_94]

Just now, Gravel said:

No Slimani?

Ahead of Ade or Elvis? No chance!

[onekeithweller]

Just now, moore_94 said:

Carl Ikeme - Nigeria

 

Daniel Amartey - Ghana

Yohan Benalouane - Tunisia

Molla Wague - Mali

Zoumana Bakayoko - Ivory Coast

 

Rachid Ghezzal - Algeria

Neil Danns - Guyana

Khanya Leshabela - South Africa

Ahmed Musa - Nigeria

 

Ade Akinbiyi - Nigeria

Elvis Hammond - Ghana

 

Not bad except that Guyana is in South America 

[moore_94]

Just now, onekeithweller said:

Not bad except that Guyana is in South America 

Ah balls 

[MPH]

No Fatawu for Ghana, guys?

[Fox92]

Elvis Hammond. Just how. Didn't we pay something like £200,000 for him. Good grief.

[moore_94]

3 minutes ago, onekeithweller said:

Not bad except that Guyana is in South America 

Sorted!

 

Big Dan Amartey steps up into midfield and Alie Sesay in at centre back (never played a senior game but shush) 

[pmcla26]

Just now, moore_94 said:

Sorted!

 

Big Dan Amartey steps up into midfield and Alie Sesay in at centre back (never played a senior game but shush) 

If you wanted to use a more successful ex-academy player that never played for us you could put Cedric Kipre in there  

[Guest Electric Yetis]

Not a mention of Momo Sylla. Such disrespect.

[onekeithweller]

11 minutes ago, westernpark said:

Bit harsh on Amartey that. 

True, I'll stick him in next time. 

[onekeithweller]

7 minutes ago, Rain King said:

Not a mention of Momo Sylla. Such disrespect.

Momo Sylla. 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Where is Ademola Lookman?

 

Edited 15 January 2024 by SouthStandUpperTier

[jayfox26]

1 hour ago, moore_94 said:

Carl Ikeme - Nigeria

 

Yohan Benalouane - Tunisia

Alie Sesay - Sierra Leone

Molla Wague - Mali

Zoumana Bakayoko - Ivory Coast

 

Rachid Ghezzal - Algeria

Daniel Amartey - Ghana

Khanya Leshabela - South Africa

Ahmed Musa - Nigeria

 

Ade Akinbiyi - Nigeria

Elvis Hammond - Ghana

 

 

@FoxesWalk There you go 

Rodgers would choose this team but would shoe horn in Danny Ward and hope nobody notices 

[Sly]

It’s slim pickings …….

 

 

GK - Ikeme

CB - Amartey

CB - Bamba

CB - Benalouane

DM - Mendy

DM - Ndidi

CAM - Mahrez

LCM - Schlupp

RCM - Ghezzel

FW - Iheanacho

FW - Daka

 

Subs - Slimani, Musa, Lookman, Bakayogo, Akinbiyi, Fatawu, Pantsil, Hammond, Gradel, Diabate, Wague, Kamara, Leshabela, Aubrey Mandy, Sylla, Maswanhise, Yakubu, 

 

Manager - Toure

 

 

As an aside …… @Mark, Carl Ikeme is missing from our list of Nigerians on the player nationalities section of the site. 

[HybridFox]

19 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Where is Ademola Lookman?

 

Agree I'd put Lookman over Gradel

[PhillippaT]

1 hour ago, Fox42 said:

I have to say, that’ll be a very fun team to watch.

It all depends on whether Benny's had his Weetabix or not  

[It'sblueupnorth]

2 hours ago, onekeithweller said:

With AFCON underway I thought I'd look at this.

Apologies if it's been done before. 

Here's my offering. 

 

Ikeme             Nigeria 

Pantsil.          Ghana

Bamba           Ivory Coast 

Benalouane  Tunisia

Schlupp.        Ghana

Ndidi.             Nigeria 

Mendy.           Senegal 

Gradel.           Ivory Coast

Iheanacho.    Nigeria 

Yakubu.          Nigeria

Mahrez          Algeria 

 

Yes, Molla Wague didn't make the cut. 

 

Bamba and Benalouane at cb would be sensational viewing