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African Cup of Nations - Advantage Liverpool & United ?

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The group phase matches will take place from January 10–21, followed by the second stage set for January 24-25. The semi-finals have been fixed for Thursday, January 28 in Luanda and Benguela, with the third place match slated for Benguela two days later on 30th January.

Luanda will host the final on Sunday, January 31.

Assuming the players' named countries make the finals.

THE UPDATED VERSION YOU FUCKING KNOW-IT-ALLS !

Chelsea will lose FOUR : Drogba (Ivory Coast), Essien (Ghana), Kalou (Ivory Coast) & Mikel (Nigeria).
Matches during the ACN (looks like they have dodged a bullet - or maybe not if they drop points to teams they would be expected to beat easily) : Sat 9th (Away - Hull), Sat 16th (Home - Sunderland), Wed. 27th (Home - Birmingham), Sat 30th (Away - Burnley).

Arsenal will lose TWO : Song (Cameroon) & Eboue (Ivory Coast).
Matches during the ACN : Sat 9th (Home - Everton), Sat 16th (Away - Bolton), Wed. 27th (Away - Villa), Sat 30th (Home - United)

Liverpool will lose ONE : Nabil El Zhar (Morocco)

United will lose : Nobody.

Citeh will lose THREE: Kolo Toure (Cote d’Ivoire), Adebayor (Togo), Benjani (Zimbabwe).
Matches during the ACN : Sat 9th (Home - Blackburn), Sat 16th (Away - Everton), Wed. 27th (Away - Stoke), Sat 30th (Home - Portsmouth)
 
[quote author=Frogfish link=topic=35921.msg945962#msg945962 date=1253297215]
The group phase matches will take place from January 10–21, followed by the second stage set for January 24-25. The semi-finals have been fixed for Thursday, January 28 in Luanda and Benguela, with the third place match slated for Benguela two days later on 30th January.

Luanda will host the final on Sunday, January 31.

Assuming the players' named countries make the finals.

Chelsea will lose SIX : Bosingwa (DR Congo), Drogba (Ivory Coast), Essien (Ghana), Kalou (Ivory Coast), Malouda (French Guiana) & Mikel (Nigeria).
Matches during the ACN (looks like they have dodged a bullet - or maybe not if they drop points to teams they would be expected to beat easily) : Sat 9th (Away - Hull), Sat 16th (Home - Sunderland), Wed. 27th (Home - Birmingham), Sat 30th (Away - Burnley).

Arsenal will lose TWO : Djourou (Ivory Coast) & Eboue (Ivory Coast).
Matches during the ACN : Sat 9th (Home - Everton), Sat 16th (Away - Bolton), Wed. 27th (Away - Villa), Sat 30th (Home - United)

Liverpool will lose : Nobody.

United will lose : Nobody.

Citeh will lose FIVE: Kolo Toure (Cote d’Ivoire), Song (Cameroon), Adebayor (Togo), Benjani (Zimbabwe), Bellamy (Wales) & Onuoha (Nigeria).
Matches during the ACN : Sat 9th (Home - Blackburn), Sat 16th (Away - Everton), Wed. 27th (Away - Stoke), Sat 30th (Home - Portsmouth)
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Are you sure Wales is in Africa?
 
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[quote author=Frogfish link=topic=35921.msg945962#msg945962 date=1253297215]
The group phase matches will take place from January 10–21, followed by the second stage set for January 24-25. The semi-finals have been fixed for Thursday, January 28 in Luanda and Benguela, with the third place match slated for Benguela two days later on 30th January.

Luanda will host the final on Sunday, January 31.

Assuming the players' named countries make the finals.

Chelsea will lose SIX : Bosingwa (DR Congo), Drogba (Ivory Coast), Essien (Ghana), Kalou (Ivory Coast), Malouda (French Guiana) & Mikel (Nigeria).
Matches during the ACN (looks like they have dodged a bullet - or maybe not if they drop points to teams they would be expected to beat easily) : Sat 9th (Away - Hull), Sat 16th (Home - Sunderland), Wed. 27th (Home - Birmingham), Sat 30th (Away - Burnley).

Arsenal will lose TWO : Djourou (Ivory Coast) & Eboue (Ivory Coast).
Matches during the ACN : Sat 9th (Home - Everton), Sat 16th (Away - Bolton), Wed. 27th (Away - Villa), Sat 30th (Home - United)

Liverpool will lose : Nobody.

United will lose : Nobody.

Citeh will lose FIVE: Kolo Toure (Cote d’Ivoire), Song (Cameroon), Adebayor (Togo), Benjani (Zimbabwe), Bellamy (Wales) & Onuoha (Nigeria).
Matches during the ACN : Sat 9th (Home - Blackburn), Sat 16th (Away - Everton), Wed. 27th (Away - Stoke), Sat 30th (Home - Portsmouth)
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Are you sure Wales is in Africa?
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Yes, (or maybe it should be) hence I left it in !
 
[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=35921.msg945963#msg945963 date=1253297316]
I thought Onuoha was sticking to England?
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Ah maybe. I went by the player's country of birth but they may be more Evra's (Senegal - France) in the list I've missed.
 
hahaha alot of those players aren't playing for their country of birth. And Song's an Arsenal player.
 
From the offal: Steven Gerrard predicts the Africa Cup of Nations will have a big impact on this season's Barclays Premier League title race.

The likes of Chelsea and Manchester City will lose key players when the tournament takes place in Angola between January 10-31.

Carlo Ancelotti will be without Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, John Obi Mikel and Salomon Kalou, while Mark Hughes will miss the services of summer signings Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure.

Elsewhere, Arsenal could be without duo Alex Song and Emmanuel Eboue for their showdown with Manchester United on January 30.

Gerrard, who has helped Liverpool to three successive wins after a mixed start to the campaign, told Liverpoolfc.tv: "Everyone will have blips and some of the teams lose important players with the African Nations. It's a long season - there are a lot of games and a lot football to be played yet.

"Chelsea, Tottenham and Man City have got off to good starts but there is a long way to go before you start predicting who will be up there at the end."

Next up for Liverpool is a potentially hazardous trip to Upton Park on Saturday tea-time.

Gerrard claims he and his teammates will travel south with their confidence restored following early defeats to Tottenham and Aston Villa.

However, the No.8 thinks there is far more to come from Liverpool as the season progresses.

"The confidence is slowly starting to filter back into the side," he said. "Obviously we were disappointed to lose those two games close together but we are building slowly.

"We know we are a good team, we know we have good players. It does take a while to get back to your best after losing two games you don't expect to lose but we're happy with the progression. Now we've got to go get a good win on Saturday.

"We know it's very early and we know when the prizes are given out - at the end of the season. But it was important to recover and get back to where we want to be - and now we're close to that.

"We've also got some players coming back from injury. Fabio Aurelio has a lot of quality and is a very experienced player, so it'll be nice to get him back. And Alberto Aquilani looks a very exciting player. It will be nice to have the option of playing him, though he's not ready just yet."

Victory for Liverpool would see them gain ground on some of the front-runners, with the Manchester derby being followed by Tottenham versus Chelsea on Sunday.

Gerrard added: "There's a couple of big fixtures, so if we concentrate on our own performance and get a win, hopefully the table will look more in our favour come Monday.

"Upton Park has always been a tough place to go. We got a good win there last year when we were well organised and dangerous on the counter-attack. I'm sure that will be the plan again at the weekend."
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[quote author=ILD link=topic=35921.msg945995#msg945995 date=1253300219]
Froglish this is an epic fail or else we're all being whoosed here.

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Epic fail I'm afraid *holds head in shame*

I shall never trust the BBC again !
 
[quote author=ILD link=topic=35921.msg945995#msg945995 date=1253300219]
Froglish this is an epic fail or else we're all being whoosed here.


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[size=14pt]Irony Alert![/size]
 
[quote author=Vanbasten84 link=topic=35921.msg946017#msg946017 date=1253303212]
how did bellamy end up in there tho
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That is indeed a mystery.
 
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[quote author=Vanbasten84 link=topic=35921.msg946017#msg946017 date=1253303212]
how did bellamy end up in there tho
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That is indeed a mystery.
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Hopefully giggs will come out of international retirement and go too
 
[quote author=Vanbasten84 link=topic=35921.msg946017#msg946017 date=1253303212]
how did bellamy end up in there tho
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For just this reason 😉
 
This is highly racist. Just because a few of the lads are black they assume they are African. Except Bellamy.
 
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[quote author=ILD link=topic=35921.msg945995#msg945995 date=1253300219]
Froglish this is an epic fail or else we're all being whoosed here.


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[size=14pt]Irony Alert![/size]
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I always thought he was Froglish not frogfish, sorry FF.

A few typo's don't really constitute an irony alerts V. Get back in your box. Ha.
 
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[quote author=vantage link=topic=35921.msg946022#msg946022 date=1253304034]
[quote author=Vanbasten84 link=topic=35921.msg946017#msg946017 date=1253303212]
how did bellamy end up in there tho
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That is indeed a mystery.
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Hopefully giggs will come out of international retirement and go too
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Wonder does John Hartson know where his boots are, he might get game.
 
[quote author=Vanbasten84 link=topic=35921.msg946023#msg946023 date=1253304244]
[quote author=vantage link=topic=35921.msg946022#msg946022 date=1253304034]
[quote author=Vanbasten84 link=topic=35921.msg946017#msg946017 date=1253303212]
how did bellamy end up in there tho
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That is indeed a mystery.
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Hopefully giggs will come out of international retirement and go too
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He'd have more of a case for being on this list than Bellamy seeing as his grandfather was from Sierra Leone.
 
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