Group C: Argentina, Cote d'Ivoire, Serbia & Montenegro, Holland

[Craig]

What was the most valuable commodity in Côte d'Ivoire?

 

[TT Boy]

The Ivory Coast/Serbia & Montenegro game was an absolute cracker. Didn't get it live here, but I caught the replay before bed, and it was one of the finest of the tournament.

Taken it was entertaining but both teams really did defend appallingly and it was a game where no one gave a ****. Everyone had license presumably because both managers were off after the game.
Ivory Coast just launched an all out assault from the start whilst the Serbians who employed a rather effective two lines of four tactic in Dutch game, abandoned such notions and the Serbian players were popping up here, there and everywhere. It really was peculiar game of football.

 

[TT Boy]

What was the most valuable commodity in Côte d'Ivoire?

In the 20th century it was coffee and cocoa.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

and ivory.

 

[TT Boy]

and ivory.

Not really, as I said before the British coined the term sarcastically, Ivory was not that important to the French or even the Europeans. It was more of extravagant luxury.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

I see. Jolly good.

 

[luckyeddie]

and ivory.

and Merchant

oh no sorry, wrong country, wrong elephants.

(wrong continent actually). James Ivory was born in America.

 

[roseboy64]

Even Andy Cole scored a shedload of goals playing upfront in that team.

So now you're saying Andy Cole is crap or rather was because he's very close to that now?

 

[marc71178]

It's not now, I said it back in the time as well, he wasn't as good as his number of goals suggested.

 

[roseboy64]

Well defences back then must have been real crap then and Shearer wasn't as good as we thought. Mind you, I'm not saying he was world class but not as bad as you're making out.