| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! 22:59 - Jan 7 with 4066 views | Nutkins_Return | Wtf. We Play Brighton Thursday and then Man City Sunday. They Play Tuesday/Sunday. That's a huge advantage for them who really don't need giving an advantage. That's crazy. Almost certainly means we'll need to make changes for the City game. |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:04 - Jan 7 with 3723 views | pointofblue | Yeah, I think we have field our strongest team against Brighton and almost 'throw' the City match. Three points out of six will be a good return from those two. |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:06 - Jan 7 with 3726 views | MattinLondon | I thought that clubs matches were staggered during Dec-Jan. A sort of half arsed winter break where some teams get more of a rest in December whilst others are more rested in January. Or I could well be making stuff up. |  | |  |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:27 - Jan 7 with 3628 views | Garv |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:04 - Jan 7 by pointofblue | Yeah, I think we have field our strongest team against Brighton and almost 'throw' the City match. Three points out of six will be a good return from those two. |
Are you serious? |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:27 - Jan 7 with 3630 views | Nutkins_Return |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:04 - Jan 7 by pointofblue | Yeah, I think we have field our strongest team against Brighton and almost 'throw' the City match. Three points out of six will be a good return from those two. |
I agree on fielding our strongest team against Brighton. But City at home isn't impossible depending which one turns up. It has got a lot harder. We have to try and win it but he'll make changes. Cajuste probably can't do 2 games in 3 days. Same for player slike Broady. I guess we'll see what happens and whether Hutch, Hirst etc are back. |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:41 - Jan 7 with 3555 views | stonojnr |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:06 - Jan 7 by MattinLondon | I thought that clubs matches were staggered during Dec-Jan. A sort of half arsed winter break where some teams get more of a rest in December whilst others are more rested in January. Or I could well be making stuff up. |
wait till you see March... |  | |  |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 00:22 - Jan 8 with 3403 views | pointofblue |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:27 - Jan 7 by Garv | Are you serious? |
Yes. Still go for the win against City, of course. Got to try and win every game if we can. But even when the opposition has had an equal break to ourselves in games, we end up weaker when subs are made. City having two days extra on us with exacerbate that. |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 01:12 - Jan 8 with 3345 views | vinceg |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:04 - Jan 7 by pointofblue | Yeah, I think we have field our strongest team against Brighton and almost 'throw' the City match. Three points out of six will be a good return from those two. |
O'Shea to man mark Haaland out of the game and we get minimum a point |  | |  |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 05:08 - Jan 8 with 3217 views | SitfcB |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:06 - Jan 7 by MattinLondon | I thought that clubs matches were staggered during Dec-Jan. A sort of half arsed winter break where some teams get more of a rest in December whilst others are more rested in January. Or I could well be making stuff up. |
That ‘winter break’ was scrapped this season. |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 06:14 - Jan 8 with 3144 views | Wacko |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 05:08 - Jan 8 by SitfcB | That ‘winter break’ was scrapped this season. |
Why aren't there Prem fixtures on March 1st / 2nd? Is that kind of a break? |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 07:17 - Jan 8 with 2997 views | Dennyx4 |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 23:27 - Jan 7 by Nutkins_Return | I agree on fielding our strongest team against Brighton. But City at home isn't impossible depending which one turns up. It has got a lot harder. We have to try and win it but he'll make changes. Cajuste probably can't do 2 games in 3 days. Same for player slike Broady. I guess we'll see what happens and whether Hutch, Hirst etc are back. |
Phillips can’t play against Man City, so he may get the nod to start v Brighton? |  | |  |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 07:22 - Jan 8 with 2979 views | NedPlimpton | We had an extra two days rest before we played Bournemouth. Didn't do us any favours! |  | |  |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 07:24 - Jan 8 with 2971 views | WestStanderLaLaLa |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 06:14 - Jan 8 by Wacko | Why aren't there Prem fixtures on March 1st / 2nd? Is that kind of a break? |
A break for those that don’t make the 5th round of the cup |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 07:25 - Jan 8 with 2963 views | ParisBlue |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 06:14 - Jan 8 by Wacko | Why aren't there Prem fixtures on March 1st / 2nd? Is that kind of a break? |
FA Cup weekend. As is 29/30 March. No prem fixtures either weekend. With an international break thrown in for weekend of 22/23 March. |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 07:27 - Jan 8 with 2941 views | SitfcB |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 06:14 - Jan 8 by Wacko | Why aren't there Prem fixtures on March 1st / 2nd? Is that kind of a break? |
FA Cup round dates… Third Round Proper - Saturday 11 January 2025 Fourth Round Proper - Saturday 8 February 2025 Fifth Round Proper - Saturday 1 March 2025 Quarter Final - Saturday 29 March 2025 Semi Final - Saturday 26 April 2025 Final - Saturday 17 May 2025 |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 07:43 - Jan 8 with 2844 views | Nutkins_Return |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 07:17 - Jan 8 by Dennyx4 | Phillips can’t play against Man City, so he may get the nod to start v Brighton? |
Good point! I think we will see Morsy and Phillips in that game then perhaps like you say. Although in reality I imagine he will just pick the side he thinks has the most chance of beating Brighton and worry about Man City after. |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 07:47 - Jan 8 with 2803 views | Nutkins_Return |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 07:22 - Jan 8 by NedPlimpton | We had an extra two days rest before we played Bournemouth. Didn't do us any favours! |
That's true I suppose. I would say it did do us a favour but we weren't able to turn it into a point or 3. We should have done having been 1-0 until the death |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 08:11 - Jan 8 with 2702 views | Bellevue_Blue | They also play PSG in a must win Champions League on the Tuesday so I wouldn't worry too much, they'll be resting certain key players. |  | |  |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 08:32 - Jan 8 with 2560 views | hillbillies | We had it in December, We played on the Tuesday and Bournemouth played on the Thursday night before coming here on the Sunday. That went well. |  | |  |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 08:36 - Jan 8 with 2525 views | smithy69 | Swings and roundabouts |  | |  |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 12:04 - Jan 8 with 2139 views | IPSWICHFANITFC | I think we've had a couple of fixtures go in our favour though similarly. Bournemouth at home was one where we played on Tuesday and they played on Thursday. You could argue we got lucky with an extra day for the Arsenal away game too. Advantage or not, they'll find an extra % as it's Man City at home and one of the big boys. |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 12:14 - Jan 8 with 2085 views | SheffordBlue | With Phillips unavailable to play against Man City I think it's quite likely we see him start against Brighton. It will be interesting to see who he starts with. Do we start Morsy/Phillips against Brighton and Morsy/Cajuste against City or Phillips/Cajuste against Brighton and Morsy/Cajuste against City? Cajuste has tended to be subbed off at 60/70 minutes so maybe we manage his minutes over two games. |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 12:23 - Jan 8 with 2036 views | pointofblue |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 07:22 - Jan 8 by NedPlimpton | We had an extra two days rest before we played Bournemouth. Didn't do us any favours! |
It seemed to until they made their subs. |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 12:26 - Jan 8 with 2021 views | Battersea_Blue | They’re away both games, so travelling twice. We’re at home both games, no travelling. That doesn’t totally even things up but it helps. |  | |  |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 12:26 - Jan 8 with 2022 views | Trequartista | As Bournemouth and Newcastle showed against us, it doesn't make much difference as long as there is 72 hours recovery time. |  |
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| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 15:18 - Jan 8 with 1720 views | Wacko |
| Just realized Man City get extra 2 days rest!! on 06:14 - Jan 8 by Wacko | Why aren't there Prem fixtures on March 1st / 2nd? Is that kind of a break? |
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