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@chadders, African Cup of Nationa isn't pointless, this years is to put it onto an odd year schedule so you don't get what you had last year of ACN, Euro's or World Cup in the same season. The solution to have two ACN's back to back to change the schedule wasn't the greatest but the other option was to wait till 2015, which I'm thinking none of the African associations wanted.
Also if you buy African players know that they will be away for the ACN, they want to play for their country and win their big cup as much as any other European or south American player. I quite like the fact that it sits where it does, it forces European leagues and clubs to work round Africa's needs for once every two years, rather than vice versa..