- Dec 13, 2005
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Two FA Cup weekends where league games are never played, plus League Cup semis. January's always like this.
There is that ‘winter break’ as well.
Two FA Cup weekends where league games are never played, plus League Cup semis. January's always like this.
It's not all bad if it means they have tough away fixtures around CL games.Grrr.
Or we could pull off a blinder and win them all and all this doom and gloom will have been entirely pointless.4/6 being away first is weird. Start of our season could be a struggle …
Bearing in mind the style of football/instructions etc. will probably take a while to bed in to the players, and how toxic the stadium was for large swathes of the 2nd half of last season, 3 away games out of 4 to start with may not be a bad thing at all.
Yeah it’s quite ridiculous that some of the league will have 4 home games in their first 6, and others only 2. Haven’t checked everyone’s fixtures but us and West Ham can feel somewhat aggrieved at that. Arsenal been given every chance to build early momentum once again.4/6 being away first is weird. Start of our season could be a struggle …
If Postecoglou is able to work magic with the team, we will face that run having had no midweek fixtures all season.That April is absolutely brutal
I worry about those games, though, especially Burnley away. People expect to be beating Sheffield UTD and Bournemouth and if we struggle against Brentford and UTD and then drop points against one of, or both, Bournemouth and Sheffield we could go into the Liverpool and NLD really under pressure. I’m not expecting a 2 point from 8 game scenario but shit, that is a tough start especially with those away games initially.First 2 games are rough - Brentford are really decent at home - but I think the run of 3 games after that does make up for a it somewhat. You don't want to play the promoted teams in the first couple of games when they're really pumped but I think Burnley and Shef United games 4 and 5 is quite decent timing.
Need to pick up some points vs them and Bournemouth to get some confidence in Ange's methods.
Nope the middle is also brutal.Well if the beginning is a hard run of fixtures, and the end is a hard run of fixtures, the middle must be a piece of piss right. Right?
On the plus side, City will be over 5 years without scoring at the new stadiumThat April is absolutely brutal
Nope the middle is also brutal.
Praise the Lord!