African Cup of Nations 2015

Shedite27 · 10-12-2014 10:53am #1

Starting my planning for January wildcard and did a bit of research on the ACON.

GW21/22 - Group Stage
The group stages will mean players definitely miss GW21 and GW22. Group stage finishes 3-7 days before GW23 so some players might only miss two PL games.

GW23 - Quarter Finals
QF's take place on GW23, so losers here will be back by GW24.

GW24
Semi final and Final teams will miss GW24 but back by GW25.

Here's the list of players who will likely be in squads (high ownership players in bold)....

Riyad Mahrez (Leicester/Algeria)
Mehdi Abeid (Newcastle/Algeria)
Nabil Bentaleb (Spurs/Algeria)
Benoît Assou-Ekotto (Spurs/Cameroon)
Alex Song (West Ham/Cameroon)
Youssouf Mulumbu (West Brom/DR Congo)
Jeff Schlupp (Leicester/Ghana)
Christian Atsu (Everton/Ghana)
Kolo Touré (Liverpool/Ivory Coast)
Yaya Touré (Man City/Ivory Coast)
Wilfried Bony (Swansea/Ivory Coast)
Cheick Tioté (Newcastle/Ivory Coast)
Mohamed Diamé (Hull/Senegal)
Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham/Senegal)
Papiss Cissé (Newcastle/Senegal)
Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke/Senegal)
Sadio Mané (Southampton/Senegal)
Diafra Sakho (West Ham/Senegal)
Emmanuel Mayuka (Southampton/Zambia)

The Asian Cup also happens in January
Group Stage players will miss GW21 and GW22 (GW20 is 9 days before the start so possibly this too?
Quarter Finalist should be back by GW23
Semifinalists will likely miss GW23
Finalists will definitely miss GW23

Players affected:

Yun Suk-young (South Korea/QPR)
Jason Davidson (West Brom/Australia)
Chris Herd (Villa/Australia)
Mile Jedinak (Palace/Australia)

PARlance · 10-12-2014 11:01am

Will the players not miss GW 20 as well?

GW 20 is the weekend before the ACON kicks off, I would have thought that they would be with their countries by that stage?

Shedite27 · 10-12-2014 11:27am

PARlance wrote: »

Will the players not miss GW 20 as well?

GW 20 is the weekend before the ACON kicks off, I would have thought that they would be with their countries by that stage?

GW20 is 1st Jan, most players won't leave till after the Cup weekend on 3rd/4th Jan

PARlance · 10-12-2014 11:30am

Shedite27 wrote: »

GW20 is 1st Jan, most players won't leave till after the Cup weekend on 3rd/4th Jan

Perfect, got mixed up there and forgot about the 2 week break between GW 22 & 23.

10-12-2014 11:37am

Might be worth renaming this as not just African Nations? There's a few Aussie players who will be missing from Jan onwards too.

CorkyLFC · 10-12-2014 11:46am

Kolo Toure retired from int football last week

Not many people might have him in their squad but he's had a run in defence for Liverpool as of late

Local_Chap · 10-12-2014 11:58am

CorkyLFC wrote: »

Kolo Toure retired from int football last week

Not many people might have him in their squad but he's had a run in defence for Liverpool as of late

I'm fairly sure he's retiring after the ACON?

Edit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30293503

Shedite27 · 10-12-2014 12:24pm

Dónal wrote: »

Might be worth renaming this as not just African Nations? There's a few Aussie players who will be missing from Jan onwards too.

Great call! Hadn't realised this was on, and had Yun from QPR seriously earmarked for the wildcard.

I'll update later

Lemlin · 10-12-2014 6:01pm

Shedite27 wrote: »

GW20 is 1st Jan, most players won't leave till after the Cup weekend on 3rd/4th Jan

I remember in the past though some players needed special dispensation from their national associations to stay until after January 1st.

Maybe worth keeping an eye on in case any country takes a hard line.

Hococop · 10-12-2014 10:08pm

is it still going ahead, i remember there was talks to postpone it over the Ebola problems

Rikand · 11-12-2014 2:57pm

Hococop wrote: »

is it still going ahead, i remember there was talks to postpone it over the Ebola problems

Yep, still going ahead.

Morocco pulled out of hosting because of the Ebola, but Equatorial Guinea stepped in and are hosting it now instead

Michael D Not Higgins · 12-12-2014 3:25pm

Ki Sung-yeung for Swansea too.

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 27-12-2014 7:41pm

I have yun bony Jedinak and Sakho! Better start moving them out!!

I only swapped Austin for Kane today! Wish now I had swapped him for sakho or bony

CSF · 27-12-2014 9:20pm

MrMac84 wrote: »

I have yun bony Jedinak and Sakho! Better start moving them out!!

I only swapped Austin for Kane today! Wish now I had swapped him for sakho or bony

If I were you I'd keep plugging away with your team for these potentially great fixtures and just wildcard early to get rid of these lads when they go.

G1032 · 27-12-2014 10:43pm

MrMac84 wrote: »

I have yun bony Jedinak and Sakho! Better start moving them out!!

I only swapped Austin for Kane today! Wish now I had swapped him for sakho or bony

Did you sell Austin before a home game v Palace? Or was it Kane you sold?

F1ngers · 27-12-2014 11:26pm

G1032 wrote: »

Did you sell Austin before a home game v Palace? Or was it Kane you sold?

I remember him saying in one of the other threads, Kane out and Austin in.

Shedite27 · 28-12-2014 12:24am

Update on squads announced to date. Players in green have been announced in squads (although some may not make final 23).

Shedite27 wrote: »

African Cup of Nations
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester/Algeria)
[*]Mehdi Abeid (Newcastle/Algeria)
[*]Nabil Bentaleb (Spurs/Algeria)
[*]Benoît Assou-Ekotto (Spurs/Cameroon)
[*]Alex Song (West Ham/Cameroon)
[*]Youssouf Mulumbu (West Brom/DR Congo) - Not yet announced
[*]Jeff Schlupp (Leicester/Ghana)
[*]Christian Atsu (Everton/Ghana)
[*]Kolo Touré (Liverpool/Ivory Coast) - Not yet announced
[*]Yaya Touré (Man City/Ivory Coast) - Not yet announced
[*]Wilfried Bony (Swansea/Ivory Coast) - Not yet announced
[*]Cheick Tioté (Newcastle/Ivory Coast) - Not yet announced
[*]Mohamed Diamé (Hull/Senegal)
[*]Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham/Senegal)
[*]Papiss Cissé (Newcastle/Senegal)
[*]Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke/Senegal)
[*]Sadio Mané (Southampton/Senegal)
[*]Diafra Sakho (West Ham/Senegal)
[*]Emmanuel Mayuka (Southampton/Zambia)

The Asian Cup
Yun Suk-young (South Korea/QPR)
[*]Ki Sung-yueng (South Korea/Swansea)
[*]Jason Davidson (West Brom/Australia)
[*]Chris Herd (Villa/Australia)
[*]Mile Jedinak (Palace/Australia)

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 29-12-2014 4:50pm

G1032 wrote: »

Did you sell Austin before a home game v Palace? Or was it Kane you sold?

I swapped out Kane
Shoulda kept him!!

hufpc8w3adnk65 · 29-12-2014 4:52pm

Shedite27 wrote: »

Update on squads announced to date. Players in green have been announced in squads (although some may not make final 23).

Is Yun out over injury?

kevinroche3333 · 29-12-2014 4:57pm

MrMac84 wrote: »

Is Hun out over injury?

Out for at least a month from different reports.

01-01-2015 9:10pm

http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/12/29/the-african-cup-of-nations-the-fantasy-football-managers-guide

Good article here (which is free for non-members)

FHFC · 05-01-2015 4:56pm

http://talksport.com/football/west-ham-without-song-until-february-midfielder-gets-late-africa-cup-nations-call

Alex Song with a late call up to this. Bad news for West Ham and potentially for Downing owners.....

FHFC · 05-01-2015 4:57pm

http://talksport.com/football/west-ham-without-song-until-february-midfielder-gets-late-africa-cup-nations-call

Alex Song with a late call up to this. Bad news for West Ham and potentially for Downing owners.....

Hococop · 05-01-2015 8:27pm

FHFC wrote: »

http://talksport.com/football/west-ham-without-song-until-february-midfielder-gets-late-africa-cup-nations-call

Alex Song with a late call up to this. Bad news for West Ham and potentially for Downing owners.....

Why bad for downing?

CSF · 05-01-2015 8:40pm

Hococop wrote: »

Why bad for downing?

West Ham will be less effective without arguably their best player

FHFC · 05-01-2015 9:32pm

CSF wrote: »

West Ham will be less effective without arguably their best player

Exactly. Song has been bossing the midfield for them, therefore allowing the creative players more freedom to do their thing.

Hococop · 06-01-2015 11:45pm

Song retired from international duty so will be available

Ziegler1988 · 27-01-2015 8:52pm

Senegal knocked out. Mane, Diouf, et al. should be available this weekend.

FHFC · 27-01-2015 9:11pm

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Senegal knocked out. Mane, Diouf, et al. should be available this weekend.

Elia gametime not secure now.

Scorpion Sting · 27-01-2015 10:06pm

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Senegal knocked out. Mane, Diouf, et al. should be available this weekend.

Are you sure? I would've thought they'd be back the following week. Less than 4 days to the Saturday games could be viewed as a bit too soon to return to competitive action after the exertions in the tournament and all the travel as well.

Ziegler1988 · 27-01-2015 10:14pm

jebforever wrote: »

Are you sure? I would've thought they'd be back the following week. Less than 4 days to the Saturday games could be viewed as a bit too soon to return to competitive action after the exertions in the tournament and all the travel as well.

Not sure if they'll be fit for selection but it's similar to an international break if they fly back tomorrow.

African Cup of Nations 2015

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