10:00 Introduction
Folks – things are only about to get weirder, much much weirder. I tried to establish some house rules so that the “literal of hearted” would realize that typographical and factual perfection do not dominate my ethos.
This is a blog, not a newspaper. This is a blog, not a dictionary. This is a blog, [...]

James Brown “The Boss”

Alright, time to establish some house rules. First off, my ironic style of writing is not for the literal of hearted. If you want some dry match recaps, I suggest the always accurate ESPN. Second off, I am a blogger, not a journalist. My qualifications? I am a homo sapien with a computer. So if [...]

So, everyone is in agreement that the Ivory Coast is one of the most talented teams in the African Cup of Nations. With EPL stalwarts Didier Drogba, Emmanuel Eboue, Yaya Toure, and Kolo Toure, they boast a strong spine that is the toast of the town. But, what people often overlook is simple yet crucial [...]

The Ivory Coast blog is back in time for the African Cup of Nations! I am super excited to be writing for the offside and…wait. Wait. The African Cup of Nations is not until…January? Oh geez, my first major soccer blog gig and I start off with a factual mistake. Well let’s just cover [...]

Well there is not much that I can really say here to make myself feel any better.  Yesterday’s game reminds me a bit of a prizefight where the heavy weight champ gets knocked around a little bit early on and never really recovers, and in this case gets plain KO’d in the end.  The Elephants [...]

The Elephants dispatched
Guinea in a five goal drubbing yesterday.  The Elephants attacked in waves early and often and it was only a matter before the floodgates and the goals starting raining in.  A Kalou double with Drogba adding a goal as well was more than enough, but the attack just kept on going. As other [...]

THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES TO ULI
Thoughts and well wishes out to the family of former Cote d’Ivorie coach Uli Stielke who lost his son this week, Uli had left the team to cope with the family situation. It seems a bit unfair that Uli had really put in the time in effort to the Elephants, [...]

Nine minutes into the match Didier Drogba made a stamp on the group stage of the African Cup of Nations, scoring the sixth goal of the tournament for the Ivorians, and the only goal needed to defeat upstarts Mali. But the elephants did not stop there, they added two more goals one from Marko [...]

The Elephants are on a role. Two matches, six points and a sure spot in the next round means that the boys in orange are doing exactly as expected, win. As I said earlier on it would be very shocking if this team did not get through and further continue through to the [...]