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I have just seen the fixture list for next one month and it doesn't look good.
Thanks to Europa league & League cup, starting with Partisan Belgrade, we will be playing 8 games in 24 days. After 20th Dec, we have 6 day break & then have the Christmas-New year pile up.
Few concerns :
I) Going by latest ITK, we fielded 2 academy players in bench against Hull, because Poch had a trust issue with few players. If that's true, bench strength is going to be a big concern, especially given, we don't even know our best XI
II) Poch does not have prior experience (being in Europe) in dealing with such fixture pile up, nor does his coaching staffs
III) There are no easy games -
a) Newcastle cup game will be looked upon as revenge game by most, given the way we lost.
b) Back to back Everton home, Chelsea away and Swansea away - as tough as it can be;
c) Besiktas away - decides group topper
One thing going for us though, is our improving injury situation. There are no real long term injuries. Walker & Nabil are back in first team training - that should really help out the squad.
This next one month is uncharted territories for Poch as a manager and would tell us a lot about Poch long term. This one month could make or break the season.
Fingers crossed. COYS
Fixture list for next 24 days :
Thanks to Europa league & League cup, starting with Partisan Belgrade, we will be playing 8 games in 24 days. After 20th Dec, we have 6 day break & then have the Christmas-New year pile up.
Few concerns :
I) Going by latest ITK, we fielded 2 academy players in bench against Hull, because Poch had a trust issue with few players. If that's true, bench strength is going to be a big concern, especially given, we don't even know our best XI
II) Poch does not have prior experience (being in Europe) in dealing with such fixture pile up, nor does his coaching staffs
III) There are no easy games -
a) Newcastle cup game will be looked upon as revenge game by most, given the way we lost.
b) Back to back Everton home, Chelsea away and Swansea away - as tough as it can be;
c) Besiktas away - decides group topper
One thing going for us though, is our improving injury situation. There are no real long term injuries. Walker & Nabil are back in first team training - that should really help out the squad.
This next one month is uncharted territories for Poch as a manager and would tell us a lot about Poch long term. This one month could make or break the season.
Fingers crossed. COYS
Fixture list for next 24 days :
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