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On the flip side if our five come back as World Cup winners they'll be absolutely flying i am sure!
 

stormfly

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I’m worried Kane will be tired and not able to score throughout the whole month of August ;)
 

Westmorlandspur

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If it’s an England v Belgium final on jul 15 we’ll have a reserve team out against Newcastle on Aug 11. Not even 4 weeks.
 

southlondonyiddo

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Lets face it, if England and Belgium go all the way we are screwed until about Xmas

They both need to lose asap and get on a beach so they are ready for the important stuff...
 

coys200

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Lets face it, if England and Belgium go all the way we are screwed until about Xmas

They both need to lose asap and get on a beach so they are ready for the important stuff...

You realise the final is next Sunday. Even if they both go out this weekend it’s only an extra week. Can also add Son to the list as well. Newcastle team could be.
Vorm
Aurier Sanchez ? Foyth davies
Winks wanyama
Eriksen Lamela moura
Llorente

Probably still beat Newcastle. You’d hope there will be at least a couple signed not in World Cup. Actually makes me think a quality kane back up is essential to give him plenty rest this season.
 

Saoirse

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Worth noting that once you reach the semi-final, as Belgium have, you have two matches left regardless since the losers get to play the third-place playoff.
 

LexingtonSpurs

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If it’s an England v Belgium final on jul 15 we’ll have a reserve team out against Newcastle on Aug 11. Not even 4 weeks.
It won't even take that - all teams in the Semi-finals will play one more game - the losers play in the 3rd place match next Saturday.

So Belgium and France are already locked in for 1 more week, if England beats Sweden, they will be in Russia another week.
 

coys200

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Will be very interesting to see what Poch and med team do if England beat Sweden. We could have 9 players not returning till the mon/tues before the season starts. Highly unlikely any of those will take part in Newcastle game maybe Lloris. If I were a betting man a punt on Newcastle right now might not be so stupid I’d imagine their price will drop
dramatically. Bookies can be so asleep to this stuff.

Newcastle currently 7/2. Can imagine them being 2/1 or shorter if we are missing 9.
 
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hellava_tough

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For various different reasons, I think our players will be fine physically.

It's the mental break that they'll need.
 

coys200

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May have to just accept start of our season is gonna be pretty f**ked. World Cup and stadium. If we manage to scramble 8/9 pts from first 4 games we’ve done very well. If ever there was a season to make early transfers and have 2 or 3 ready to hit ground running this was it. Our season won’t really start till sept 15th.

What’s the loan situation date wise for players like Onomah Ccv can we hang onto them past August 9th and sort a loan later ?
 
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SandroClegane

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May have to just accept start of our season is gonna be pretty f**ked. World Cup and stadium. If we manage to scramble 8/9 pts from first 4 games we’ve done very well. If ever there was a season to make early transfers and have 2 or 3 ready to hit ground running this was it. Our season won’t really start till sept 15th.

What’s the loan situation date wise for players like Onomah Ccv can we hang onto them past August 9th and sort a loan later ?
There's over a month until the first premier league match and preseason hasn't started yet, but sure.
 

coys200

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There's over a month until the first premier league match and preseason hasn't started yet, but sure.

They have to take 3 weeks off. So earliest they will all return is August 6/7 th. Can’t see anyone starting that’s been in pre season for 5 days.
 

beats1

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On the flip side if our five come back as World Cup winners they'll be absolutely flying i am sure!
Agreed but I dont think it would be a good idea to play them as they will get tired next season
 

glospur

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On the flip side if our five come back as World Cup winners they'll be absolutely flying i am sure!
Or they'll come back in a perpetual state of hangover.

Shit, even if my country won the World Cup and I was watching from home, let alone actually playing in it, I'd be celebrating and partying for months.
 

mkkid

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It’s actually hard to think of another sport where athletes have to perform at 100% 9/10 months a year and every 3 or 7 days under such scrutiny like the PL .If a player is even 5% off these days he will get called out. Maybe tennis is closest but then it’s only you that suffers not a team. Rugby cricket I reckon you can get away with a bit if you’re not 100% physically at it. Must be hugely mentally draining to get yourself up for big game after big game. And that’s without all the outside media pressures. It’s not surprising only the very few maintain consistent high levels.


NHL.84 game season plus play offs and it’s an actual contact sport..
 
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