Good news for our Striking options in january!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19967065

Cisse and Ba wont be going anywhere in January then!

 

To make it easier for those that may be at work and can't open links, here's the opened link. Not sure but I think it might have been mentioned already though.
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Senegal have been disqualified from the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after a riot forced the abandonment of Saturday's home tie with Ivory Coast.

It is not yet clear whether the Confederation of African Football will take further action against Senegal.

The match in Dakar was called off after 74 minutes, with Ivory Coast 2-0 up on the night and 6-2 ahead on aggregate.

Caf has officially confirmed the result as a 2-0 win for Ivory Coast, sending them through to next year's tournament.

Senegal manager Ferdinand Coly said on Sunday that "Senegal will accept the sanctions". He also apologised to Ivory Coast.

Trouble flared after striker Didier Drogba scored his side's second goal from the penalty spot.

Visiting supporters were forced to leap down on to the pitch to escape as violence erupted, with home fans throwing missiles, stones, bottles and firecrackers.

Ivorian players took refuge in the centre circle while the security forces used tear gas to disperse the rioting fans.

The match was suspended for 40 minutes while police tried to restore order but the referee was forced to call off the second-leg, final-round qualifier.

Caf says its decision to ban Senegal is in accordance with the provisions of article 16 paragraph 20 of their regulations of the competition, which states:

"If the referee is forced to stop the match before the end of the regular time because of invasion of the field or aggression against the visiting team, the host team shall be considered loser and shall be eliminated from the competition, without prejudice to the sanctions existing in the regulations."

Ivory Coast had already been included in Monday's seedings draw for the 2013 Nations Cup , which will be held in South Africa between 19 January and 10 February.

 

Good that this is confirmed. As much as any team misses a player of Tiotes quality, we'd be seriously short of striking options if we lost the front two!

 

Agree with this.

 

Also good news that Ba and Cisse won't be off to the ACON, as Shola is likely to be called up by Nigeria. Guess this means that it is easier for him to go if he wants too. No club versus country dilemma.
If he does l wish him good luck, Shola deserves his call up. I wonder if Sammy will be considered ?

 

Thanks, however I've not been in hybernation.

We more than likely will lose Ba in January forever by the way.

 

Great news

 

Who'd have thought the ACN could have a negative impact on Liverpool's finances.