The international break can throw the best laid plans and contingency strategies into disarray, for even the most experienced Premier League managers. With all league action suspended until the 4th of April, the Analyst examines the sides and players hit the hardest. Arsenal Call Ups: Welbeck, Walcott, Gibbs (England), Giroud, Koscielny (France), Sanchez (Chile), Paulista…
International Departures: Africa Cup of Nations and Asian Cup
The Analyst’s Guide to the Africa Cup of Nations and Asian Cup. English football has become an increasingly cosmopolitan affair over the past two decades, so the impact and destabilising effect of mid-season tournaments such as the Africa Cup of Nations and the Asian Cup weigh hugely on Premier League challengers and relegation strugglers alike.…
November International Break Review
Now that the international break is finally over we can turn our attention back to the Premier League and fantasy football. We take a look at which players excelled for their country and which ones will be returning to their club feeling sorry for themselves. The Hits Wayne Rooney PlayON Price: £13.6m GW11 Points: 850…
International Break: Heroes and Zeros
For Premier League managers, international duty is at best a nuisance, and at worst a chronic debilitating hardship; rolling around every few months to wreak havoc on carefully laid plans and meticulous preparations. However, For fantasy football players it is a chance to examine which Premier League players may have found or lost form heading…