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 Kermit8  Hevon 01 May 17 8.40am |
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Originally posted by miss smith
southampton ,man city ,man u, and us palace only had 2 rest days between games and all did not win that is not a coincidence Yep Southampton's missed last minute penalty for the three points was because they had to sweat a bit a few days earlier. And it's very unusual for teams fighting for their lives at the end of the season to pick up points so Swansea and Borough not losing had to be down to their opponents playing another football match three days earlier too. And Burnley have a sh1te manager so no way they should have won. It's all bloody Sky's fault.
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PALACE FOR EVER  London 01 May 17 11.49am |
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The biggest problem is the growth in European Club Games via the Champians League & Europa Cup and excluding PL games not to be played when there are European Club Games. A small reason is there aren't any PL matches planned for FA Cup 5th round day like there used to be.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 01 May 17 11.54am |
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I had a conversation with an old chap last night about us looking drained after 3 games in 6 days. He wasn't having it, saying that in the old days they used to play with heavy balls on horrible pitches and never complained about fatigue ! Needless to say we had a fiesty exchange of views and my wife intervened to put a stop to our contretemps.
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| chateauferret 01 May 17 11.58am |
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Originally posted by Willo
I had a conversation with an old chap last night about us looking drained after 3 games in 6 days. He wasn't having it, saying that in the old days they used to play with heavy balls on horrible pitches and never complained about fatigue ! Needless to say we had a fiesty exchange of views and my wife intervened to put a stop to our contretemps. The weight of the ball and the state of the pitch affect both teams the same. We played a tough match on Wednesday. Burnley didn't.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 01 May 17 12.06pm |
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Originally posted by chateauferret
The weight of the ball and the state of the pitch affect both teams the same. We played a tough match on Wednesday. Burnley didn't. Yes I agree. The chap whom I spoke to was just a miserable old git who was living in the 'Dark ages'. He was going on about brown balls and laces and clawing mud on pitches etc etc ! He was an 'Evertonian' in his 70s - surprised he never mentioned 'Dixie Dean'. ! Edited by Willo (01 May 2017 12.09pm)
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| Jonnyg121 Tunbridge Wells 01 May 17 12.08pm |
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The midweek games have nothing to do with Sky/BT? It's no secret that teams that haven't played mid week, compared to those who have, have an advantage in the following game, but it's not exactly a game changer.
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 Michaelawt85 Bexley 01 May 17 12.09pm |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
It is absolutely bonkers to expect finely tuned fit and healthy sportsmen to work 3 hrs out of 72. Truly scandalous indeed. The Tour De France (clean) riders do five hours in the saddle, every day for three weeks but I bet they couldn't run, jog, walk around a football pitch for 90 mins twice in three days. No sir-ee But they are sat on their arse for most of it.. doddle
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| alaneagle1 Dunstable,Bedfordshire.England 01 May 17 12.22pm |
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Its the two week International breaks that have reduced available dates.
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| chateauferret 01 May 17 12.42pm |
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Originally posted by Jonnyg121
The midweek games have nothing to do with Sky/BT? It's no secret that teams that haven't played mid week, compared to those who have, have an advantage in the following game, but it's not exactly a game changer. We have often seen the consequences of having insufficient cover in key positions but we provided ourselves with five centre-backs FFS. Five. And we're still down to our bare bones with them after losing one per match. One due to luck, one due to the schedule, and one due to a thug in a red shirt who bl**dy well should have been dismissed.
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| sa_eagle Just outside Cape Town 01 May 17 1.44pm |
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Originally posted by glaziermart
I think it is scandalous that recently some teams have had to play Thursday and Sunday. It is obviously all about the TV money in this greed league!!! I noticed quite a few on here were criticising Man United's performance today and saying how good Swansea were. Well United had put everything into their Derby game against City last Thursday and are also currently decimated by injuries, meaning that quite a few of their players are playing pretty much every game. If anything i think Swansea missed out on a chance of putting more pressure on ourselves and Hull, by failing to win today Of course, three international breaks in the first 12 weeks had nothing to do with any fixture congestion.
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 grumpymort  US/Thailand/UK 01 May 17 2.00pm |
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The TV games on Thursday are a choice Palace had this choice with a game and said we need the extra day so they did not appear on tv. You can't compare other sports due to fitness requirements are not the same. I find it interesting looking at fixtures how all the lower leagues in this country play 2-3 games a week throughout the season and no moaning from them but in the prem it's like the end of the world has come with the so called best players in the world can't cope (the fitness levels should be better) Footballers are too soft now they live in this bubble of luxury.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 01 May 17 2.06pm |
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Originally posted by grumpymort
The TV games on Thursday are a choice Palace had this choice with a game and said we need the extra day so they did not appear on tv. You can't compare other sports due to fitness requirements are not the same. I find it interesting looking at fixtures how all the lower leagues in this country play 2-3 games a week throughout the season and no moaning from them but in the prem it's like the end of the world has come with the so called best players in the world can't cope (the fitness levels should be better) Footballers are too soft now they live in this bubble of luxury. It's the fact that one team that's just played a midweek game vs one that hasn't changes the balance. In the lower leagues there's 8 more games so you can afford to drop points and a given that points get dropped. You cannot afford that in the prem. Every point is gold dust or Sam would've rested players v Spurs. Look at the odd results midweek in the championship. Plus there's more time and space on the ball in slower matches.
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