Looked handy last night I thought, big unit, but really good touch
AFCON
Some observations/complaints that Guessand will miss games in Dec/Jan.
Here's the number of AFCON eligible players by club. Might change
0 Arsenal, Leeds, Toon
1 Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool
2 Bournemouth, Brentford, Everton, Fulham, Man City, Spurs
3 Brighton Palace
4 Burnley, ManU, West Ham, Wolves
6 Forest
7 Sunderland
Ghana, Guinness, Guinea-Bissau haven't qualified.
AFCON is 21 Dec - 18 Jan. Fixtures during that periid:
20 Dec ManU H
27 Dec Chelsea A
30 Dec Arsenal H
3 Jan Forest H
7 Jan Palace A
10 Jan FAC 3
12 Jan EFL s/f 1st Leg
17 Jan Everton H
It’s small beer for those non qualifiers
Sunderland and Forest 13 between them. Wow! We are playing Forest too.
No wonder Sunderland have bought 11 new players.
It’s small beer for those non qualifiers
They didn't provide very stout opposition that's for sure.
It’s small beer for those non qualifiers
They didn't provide very stout opposition that's for sure.
They should look to draught in some youngsters and rebuild.
Sunderland and Forest 13 between them. Wow! We are playing Forest too.
AFCON is 21 Dec - 18 Jan, these are our fixtures over thst period
20 Dec ManU H 4 players at AFCON
27 Dec Chelsea A 1
30 Dec Arsenal H nobody
3 Jan Forest H 6
7 Jan Palace A 3
10 Jan FAC 3rd rnd
12 Jan EFL s/f 1st Leg
17 Jan Everton H 2
There’s only really Aina in their 1st 11 that’s going though. Sangare to a lesser extent I suppose. Does mean they won’t be able to rotate for EL though so will be a tough month for them.
Palace losing Sarr is good though.
Do we play Palace while it's on? Sarr has haunted us more than anyone since... Robbie Keane?
We would only avoid playing Sarr if Senegal make at least the last sixteen and possibly the quarter-final. Seem to remember the useless twats getting knocked out in the groups a few years ago so that Ba and Cissé could play, and inevitably score, against us for Newcastle.
Assuming SaddVillan fixture list is accurate we do…
My thoughts exactly. United lose a few decent players too actually, Mbeumo, Amad, Mazraoui, Onana
Group Stage: 21st-31 December
Round of 16: 3rd-6th January
Quarter-Finals: 9th-10th January
Semi-Finals: 14th January
Pointless 3rd Place Game: 17th January
Final: 18th January
The Ivory Coast won it in 2015 and then didn't get passed the group stage in the following tournament. Hopefully the pattern repeats itself and we get him back early.