Bye Traore for a Month..Add Taarabt

[Macmoish]

Confirmed called up for Senegal for African Cup of Nations

Presumably Taarabt will be as well - (if he's still with us)

Demba Ba confirmed in Senegal squad for African Cup of Nations


By Lee Ryder, Evening Chronicle chief sports writerDec 27 2011
DEMBA BA'S place in the Senegal squad for the African Cup of Nations for next month's finals in Guinea and Gabon has been confirmed.

Alan Pardew has already revealed he will attempt to retain Ba until January 15 and it is yet to be decided if he will participate in the clash at home to Queens Park Rangers.

Senegal face Guinea, Zambia and Libya in Group A of the tournament and Ba could be missing until mid-February meaning he will miss out on some crucial Premier League games and possibly the fourth round of the FA Cup should Newcastle defeat Blackburn.

Full Senegal squad:

Goalkeepers: Khadim Ndiaye (ASC Linguere), Bouna Coundoul (New York Red Bulls, USA), Pape Latyr Ndiaye (Ouakam) ,

Defenders: Kader Mangane (rennes, France), Souleymane Diawara (Marseille, France), Lamine Sané (Bordeaux, France), Jacques Faty (Sivasspor, Turkey), Moustapha Bayal Sall (St Etienne, France), Pape Malickou Diakhaté (Granada, Spain) , Cheikh Mbengue (Toulouse, France), Armand Traoré (QPR, England), Omar Daff ( Brest, France)

Midfielders: Rémi Gomis ( Valenciennes, France) , Mouhamed Diamé ( Wigan, England), Guirane N'Daw ( Birmingham City, England) , Ndiaye Dème Ndiaye ( Arles-Avignon, France)

Forward: Issiar Dia ( Fenerbahce, Turkey), Moussa Sow ( Lille, France), Papiss Demba Cissé ( Freiburg, Germany), Souleymane Camara (montpelier, France), Mamadou Niang ( Al Sadd, Qatar), Demba Ba ( Newcastle United, England), Dame N'Doye ( FC Copenhagen, Denmark)

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2011/12/27/demba-ba-confirmed-in-senegal-squad-for-african-cup-of-nations-72703-30018840/#ixzz1hkqWgvOu

[RoryTheRanger]

Buggerations

[klr]

He should be a left winger, good at attacking & can cross! cannot defend & makes some very "naive" defensive decisions, but overall a promising progressive player IMO.

[cowleyhoop]

I agree with klr and would go as far as replacing him at leftback in january then when he comes back he can fight it out for a place on the wing. He has enough quality to play in midfield without a doubt

[RoryTheRanger]

His crossing ability is actually scary and is possibly the best crosser we have in the squad.

[harlowranger]

Yep hes pretty versatile and thats what we like at QPR !
Think he will grow at our Club like Young and Ferdinand when fit .
Shame that Young was partly to blame for their goal , has been pretty solid of late but all defenders will make the odd mistake part and parcel .

Anybody know why Gabbidon was left out today , injury? but he was a sub wasnt he?

[mikehunt]

left out cos hes rubbish at football.

[harbo]

he was a sub and as mike said he is shiiiiiite! the bench is too good for gabbidon.

[Macmoish]

QPR Official Site

TARBS & TRAORE CALLED UP

Posted on: Thu 29 Dec 2011

Adel Taarabt and Armand Traore have been called up to represent Morocco and Senegal respectively in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Taarabt has been named in the Moroccan squad for the showcase in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, whilst Traore has been called up to a strong Senegal squad.

Both players will join up with their respective countries ahead of the tournament which starts on January 21st and runs through to February 12th.

Neil Warnock told http://www.qpr.co.uk: "Unfortunately we're going to lose Armand and Adel after the FA Cup tie at Milton Keynes.

"Whilst we're all hoping they return as soon as possible, I fancy Senegal to reach the Final of the tournament, which would mean we'd be without Armand until mid-February."

www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~2559532,00.html