| Africa Cup of Nations 11:17 - Dec 16 with 6894 views | Devz00 |
Barrow isn't going as Gambia didn't qualify. Which means we are 1 of 6 prem sides who won't be missing anyone for this tournament.
Looking at some of our main rivals, they are going to be weakened.
Bournemouth -
Max Gradel
Hull -
Elmohamady
Mbokani
Palace -
Sako
Appiah
Zaha - potentially, if he gets his FIFA clearance
West Ham -
Kouyate
Sakho
Ayew
Feghouli
Sunderland -
Kone
Khazri
Djilobodji
Ndong
Full list -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/12/16/premier-league-team-will-hit-hard [Post edited 16 Dec 2016 11:18]
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:27 - Dec 16 with 5663 views | SgorioFruit |
quite interesting
hope it contributes to these clubs dropping points |  |
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:28 - Dec 16 with 5661 views | dcd14 |
Palace losing Zaha would be a big blow.
West Ham will miss Kouyate & Hull will definately miss Elmohamady.
Sunderland look like they'll take the biggest impact though. |  | | |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:34 - Dec 16 with 5642 views | Loyal |
Some of them reckon its a god send these players are going, give their back up a run out, can't be any worse. I tend to agree. |  |
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:49 - Dec 16 with 5610 views | A_Fans_Dad |
I expect most of them will buy temporary replacements in January. |  | | |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 12:09 - Dec 16 with 5589 views | Devz00 |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:34 - Dec 16 by Loyal |
Some of them reckon its a god send these players are going, give their back up a run out, can't be any worse. I tend to agree. |
I understand where you're coming from but any squad missing first teamers will be weaker so it's still good for us. A couple of injuries and you're suddenly struggling a lot more.
Zaha is definitely a biggy with the form he is in. | |
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 12:14 - Dec 16 with 5571 views | Cooperman |
Wow at Sunderland! That's going to hurt them. |  |
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 12:58 - Dec 16 with 5487 views | Jango |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 12:14 - Dec 16 by Cooperman |
Wow at Sunderland! That's going to hurt them. |
Isn't that their first choice centre back pairing? | | | |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 13:08 - Dec 16 with 5466 views | yescomeon |
Bad for Hull, don't they have like 13 senior players, and two of them will be away. |  |
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 10:58 - Dec 17 with 5277 views | Devz00 |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 12:58 - Dec 16 by Jango |
Isn't that their first choice centre back pairing? |
Yes I think they play 3 in the back - Oshea, Kone and Djilobodji. So that is going to kill them! They have to ship players out before they can bring any in too. Their finances aren't good by all accounts.
Yescomeon - Good point on Hull too. I forgot about the low squad numbers. [Post edited 17 Dec 2016 10:59]
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:02 - Dec 17 with 5269 views | pencoedjack |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:28 - Dec 16 by dcd14 |
Palace losing Zaha would be a big blow.
West Ham will miss Kouyate & Hull will definately miss Elmohamady.
Sunderland look like they'll take the biggest impact though. |
I used to think Zaha was very overrated having a decent season to be fair |  | | |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 14:47 - Dec 17 with 5189 views | karnataka |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 10:58 - Dec 17 by Devz00 |
Yes I think they play 3 in the back - Oshea, Kone and Djilobodji. So that is going to kill them! They have to ship players out before they can bring any in too. Their finances aren't good by all accounts.
Yescomeon - Good point on Hull too. I forgot about the low squad numbers. [Post edited 17 Dec 2016 10:59]
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Kone was absolutely dreadful down here last weekend, they'd be better off without him if that's his usual standard. Worst player in a very poor team. |  | | |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 10:46 - Jan 4 with 5102 views | Devz00 |
An updated list -
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/10711193/afcon-2017-the-premier-lea
Looks like Zaha and Sako are going to be a huge loss for Palace if last night is anything to go by. | |
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 10:52 - Jan 4 with 5082 views | NeiltheTaylor |
When do we play Sunderland again?
Not sure who will be weakened if the teams we're due to play? | |
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 10:59 - Jan 4 with 5055 views | Devz00 |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 10:52 - Jan 4 by NeiltheTaylor |
When do we play Sunderland again?
Not sure who will be weakened if the teams we're due to play? |
We've got Arsenal, Liverpool, Southampton and City while the tournament is running. So in terms of direct impact to our games, Liverpool will be missing Mane and Southampton might be missing Boufal which is no big deal. The fact Mane isn’t around is awesome for us though. | |
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 10:59 - Jan 4 with 5054 views | dcd14 |
Re-looking at that list and teams are going to struggle!
Leicester & West Ham both losing 3 first team players.
Hull, Palace, Watford & Sunderland losing 2 first team players.
Interesting. | | | |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:00 - Jan 4 with 5046 views | dcd14 |
Some KEY players missing from our rivals. | | | |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:04 - Jan 4 with 5025 views | MrSwerve |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:00 - Jan 4 by dcd14 |
Some KEY players missing from our rivals. |
We have a Ki player who's been missing for 2 years now. |  |
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:11 - Jan 4 with 5000 views | Whiterockin |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:04 - Jan 4 by MrSwerve |
We have a Ki player who's been missing for 2 years now. |
He was much better yesterday evening, looking for a transfer? |  | | |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 12:46 - Jan 4 with 4857 views | dcd14 |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:11 - Jan 4 by Whiterockin |
He was much better yesterday evening, looking for a transfer? |
HA! I actually said to myself during the game "now that is a man who wants big wages in China".
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 14:07 - Jan 4 with 4771 views | Swan91 |
I'm more curious about the big teams we will play whilst this tournament is happening. Yes they will have very good replacements but all it takes is 2/3 big players missing and swans can be in for a shock draw/win.... we need all the luck/help we can get. | | | |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 14:21 - Jan 4 with 4750 views | Devz00 |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 14:07 - Jan 4 by Swan91 |
I'm more curious about the big teams we will play whilst this tournament is happening. Yes they will have very good replacements but all it takes is 2/3 big players missing and swans can be in for a shock draw/win.... we need all the luck/help we can get. |
See my last post. | |
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| Africa Cup of Nations on 14:57 - Jan 4 with 4672 views | TheKirkyLife |
The Cherries are absolutely not a main rival this campaign. We can ignore them without even considering they only lose Gradel in the period.
I'd be tempted to ignore West Ham too but those loses are pretty big. Kouyate always finds himself doing a lot of work in the middle of the park whilst Ayew, Feghouli and Sakho are all good attacking options. Weaker at both ends of the pitch then.
Hull aren't significantly weakened. Mbokani is a worse version of Gomis whilst Elmohamady is hardly stellar as a wingback. Very prone to cheating/mistakes.
Palace will miss only Zaha I feel. Sako was decent yesterday but hardly featured this campaign. Appiah is one for the future.
Sunderland are by far the biggest targets then. Kone and Djilobodji are TWO first team CBs out. Ndong pivitol in the midfield whilst Khazri has it in him to change a game or two. Would be very disappointed if they didn't capitulate from here unless they sign some big names in the window.
If I may I'd throw Leicester in to consider. Mahrez, Amartey AND Slimani all gone. |  | | |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 15:44 - Jan 4 with 4622 views | HugeEnkins |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 11:11 - Jan 4 by Whiterockin |
He was much better yesterday evening, looking for a transfer? |
If we can suitably replace him, which on recent form shouldn't be difficult, then yeah - cash in on him 100% |  | | |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 15:46 - Jan 4 with 4616 views | HugeEnkins |
| Africa Cup of Nations on 14:57 - Jan 4 by TheKirkyLife |
The Cherries are absolutely not a main rival this campaign. We can ignore them without even considering they only lose Gradel in the period.
I'd be tempted to ignore West Ham too but those loses are pretty big. Kouyate always finds himself doing a lot of work in the middle of the park whilst Ayew, Feghouli and Sakho are all good attacking options. Weaker at both ends of the pitch then.
Hull aren't significantly weakened. Mbokani is a worse version of Gomis whilst Elmohamady is hardly stellar as a wingback. Very prone to cheating/mistakes.
Palace will miss only Zaha I feel. Sako was decent yesterday but hardly featured this campaign. Appiah is one for the future.
Sunderland are by far the biggest targets then. Kone and Djilobodji are TWO first team CBs out. Ndong pivitol in the midfield whilst Khazri has it in him to change a game or two. Would be very disappointed if they didn't capitulate from here unless they sign some big names in the window.
If I may I'd throw Leicester in to consider. Mahrez, Amartey AND Slimani all gone. |
The more teams dragged in to it the better. Let's hope West Ham do suffer. Must be why they are keen on Defoe? double whammy. They get goals while Sunderland go down  | | | |
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