A reminder of the African Cup of Nations affect on fantasy premier league

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Before you rush in to your game week 17 transfers here’s a reminder that the the African Cup of Nations “ACON” is soon to be with us.  Here’s  the fantasy premier league affect and some of the better scoring players to avoid.

The ACON kicks off in South Africa on the 19 January and concludes with the final on February 10.  That’s 3 weeks although some players will return before the final.       Under FIFA laws the clubs have to let players leave 14 days before.  That will probably mean game week 22 will be missed.   February 10 means game week 26 will be missed for those in the final.  Therefore potentially 5 game weeks

Here’s the teams that have qualified from the BBC web site:

2013 Nations Cup line-up

  • South Africa (qualify as hosts)
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cape Verde
  • DR Congo
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Ivory Coast
  • Mali
  • Morocco
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Zambia
1.  The squads haven’t been announced yet but some of the more notable players likely to be going  are:
Here’s some of the more popular players that will be affected plus a note of who could benefit from their absence
Gervinho – Arsenal and the Ivory coast
Good for Giroud and Walcott
Ya Ya Toure – Man City and Ivory Coast
Good for all the City midfield may mean Silva takes on a more central creative role
K Toure  – Man City and Ivory Coast
Good for Nastasic although he’s way ahead anyway
Kone – Wigan and Ivory Coast
Good for Di Santo
Anichebe – Everton and Nigeria
Mulumbu – WBA and Congo
Moses – Chelsea and Nigeria
Good for Oscar
Obi Mikel – Chelsea and Nigeria
Good for Luiz playing in midfield
Maiga – West Ham and Mali
Taarabt – QPR and Morroco (see below though)
Good for Hoilett
El Ahmadi – Villa and Morocco
Good for Westwood and Bannan
Ameobi – Newcastle and Nigeria
Diarra – Fulham and Mali
Good for Sidwell, karagounis and Baird
Tiote – Newcastle and the Ivory Coast
Good for Anita and Perch
Diakite  – QPR and Mali
Good for Derry
Odemwingie – WBA and Nigeria
Difficult to assess the beneficiary here
2.  The most notable players NOT going are
Demba Ba and Pappa Cisse of Senegal and also BAE of Cameroon
3.  Those where there is some uncertainty
Adebayor – refusing to play due to a dispute over money.  So at the moment he’s not going but this may be resolvable.  Defoe would be a huge beneficiary
Tarrabt – under major pressure from Harry not to go.  Wengers not doing the same for Chamakh surprisingly
Pienaar – Apparently getting some emotional blackmail to play bearing in mind it is in South Africa.  Naismith would probably the beneficiary here or maybe Oviedo

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