AFCON.. games affected.

[weller54]

Coventry A

Ipswich H

Swansea H

Stoke A

Watford A

Possibly Sheffield W ...H.

Home games all winnable without some of our best players (even Ipswich who, as last night proved aren't that great!)

Tricky games away at Coventry, Stoke and Watford though.

 

[grobyfox1990]

Swansea will get called off. Both clubs got winnable 3rd round ties so will likely be in the 4th round on the day 

[whoareyaaa]

Surely we will be signing one or two players 

[Lad1966]

The worst case scenario is if our players reach the latter stages of the competition. What are the chances of that happening with our players who are involved?

I am hoping the Zambia gets knocked out early, so that we can get Daka back!

Nigeria look strong, I would image they will go far, not so sure about Ghana!

 

[Trev3939]

1 minute ago, Lad1966 said:

The worst case scenario is if our players reach the latter stages of the competition. What are the chances of that happening with our players who are involved?

I am hoping the Zambia gets knocked out early, so that we can get Daka back!

Nigeria look strong, I would image they will go far, not so sure about Ghana!

 

Well they have Dan Amartey so they’ll be rock solid at the back 

[Ric Flair]

Still think Fatawu will end up staying.

[VG Fox]

1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

Still think Fatawu will end up staying.

god I hope so

[UniFox21]

Also to consider is Kasey and Callum Doyle both returning shortly. 

 

 

[sm1]

Ndidi will be the real miss. Daka we may be able to muddle through with Vardy and Cannon, but without Ndidi we are exposed. 

[RowlattsFox]

30 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Swansea will get called off. Both clubs got winnable 3rd round ties so will likely be in the 4th round on the day 

Not usually something I say but if Swansea go through, and we go out, I'd not be overly bothered. Get the weekend off and one less league game without the afcon players. 

[smudger63]

Just now, sm1 said:

Ndidi will be the real miss. Daka we may be able to muddle through with Vardy and Cannon, but without Ndidi we are exposed. 

Depends on Vardys injury, and how he is,  if/when he comes back from it. 

The concern is, we may end up completely reliant on Cannon, with no back up, unless we sign someone.

Ndidi is a massive loss, and there is quite a drop off in his position when he isn't on the pitch.

Again, whether we sign someone to fill the gap I'm not sure.

Going back to previous seasons when we have been going into the January window, in a position of strength, the club have seemed to be reluctant to strengthen, thinking we've got enough, only for it to blow up in our faces by the end of the season.

[phoneticerror]

37 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Also to consider is Kasey and Callum Doyle both returning shortly. 

 

 

Doyle was on the bench last night

[cruzFOX]

Enzo will have to find a way with the players we have and those coming back from injuries. It’s certainly not ideal as we have gained real momentum now with a consistent team. Losing possibly 4 of our key players is gonna hurt. We are gonna have to grind out some wins and draws in the January fixtures and keep progressing albeit in an ugly way  

[adejo92]

Yeh, the only one I'm worried about is Ndidi and he's likely to be there for the duration. 

 

Sure Ipswich are missing Chaplin to that Asia cup or something? Same we are losing Souttar.

 

Chaplin will be a big miss to them. Probably more so individually than any of ours. 

[DJ Barry Hammond]

When do the squads actually travel and join up? 
 

I know Nigeria’s first game is the 14th January, but wouldn’t they be there at least a week beforehand… which would cast doubt on related players for the Millwall game?

[Chelmofox]

Do we know when squads are likely to be announced?

[DJ Barry Hammond]

Just now, Chelmofox said:

Do we know when squads are likely to be announced?

Provisional’s squads already announced - final squads 3rd January  

[cropstonfox]

2 hours ago, sm1 said:

Ndidi will be the real miss. Daka we may be able to muddle through with Vardy and Cannon, but without Ndidi we are exposed. 

Move kdh inside and play Albrighton wide right he'll never let us down
Need to sign cover with one eye on the prem though.

[Qwerty]

Ndidi is the loss that worries me most.  The only 2 games we've lost this season were when he was injured, and Casedei just isn't up to it. 

[KFS]

Mavididi stays

Fatawu I think will stay 

Iheanacho dont care 

Daka will miss three league games 

Ndidi is the real worry. As seen yesterday 

[ThorpeAstleyFox]

3 minutes ago, KFS said:

Mavididi stays

Fatawu I think will stay 

Iheanacho dont care 

Daka will miss three league games 

Ndidi is the real worry. As seen yesterday 

Is that because he is English? 🤣😂🤣

[KFS]

Just now, ThorpeAstleyFox said:

Is that because he is English? 🤣😂🤣

There was a lot of chatter about DR Congo. They mentioned it on my stream last night 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

That's a lot of games to have some very influential players out for. 

[K789]

4 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Still think Fatawu will end up staying.

Kamaldeen is injured so think he'll ho won't he?

[South Shire Fox]

4 hours ago, sm1 said:

Ndidi will be the real miss. Daka we may be able to muddle through with Vardy and Cannon, but without Ndidi we are exposed. 

Need to sign a ball playing CDM this window

Edited 27 December 2023 by South Shire Fox