***Official*** English Football Season 2017/18

[Cabinet96]

The decisions against us in away games this season have been an absolute joke.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Backing Arsenal to win 1-0 with a Sanchez first goal went well then.

 

[vcs]

West Brom-Arsenal game was brutal in terms of quality. This period is always busy in England, but it feels like the schedule has been even more tightly packed than usual this year, and there are so many injuries and suspensions and lots of terrible football. Think it might be better to give the players a week's break.

 

[GIMH]

West Brom-Arsenal game was brutal in terms of quality. This period is always busy in England, but it feels like the schedule has been even more tightly packed than usual this year, and there are so many injuries and suspensions and lots of terrible football. Think it might be better to give the players a week's break.

Are you trolling?

This is the best football time of the year.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Are you trolling?

This is the best football time of the year.

Is when you are getting points, if you are in a bad run it is a nightmare. We have 7 points from the 3 games so far so a win today will be a brilliant christmas run and a draw a very good one. Need the win to keep the pressure on Wigan and Blackburn though.

Tranmere flying now, long way to catch Macclesfield though.

 

[GIMH]

Yeah it’s rough if you’re in a rut, but as a fan it’s great having a flurry of games. Boxing Day football in particular is one of my favourite traditions. Last year was rubbish with Xmas falling at the weekend, don’t think we had games scheduled in between Boxing Day and NYD.

As for the gap to Macc - not as far as it looks. We’ve got a winnable game in hand and they’ve still got to come to us. Plus they have a history of falling away after Christmas. Tough fixture for us today though. First game I’ve missed in a while and I’m miffed.

If we win today I think we’ll do it.

 

[Furball]

Yeah no football on Boxing Day is just wrong.

Thanks SPFL.

I'm always jealous of the amount of football that gets played in England this time of year, our schedule isn't quite as crazy.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Do you still have a couple of week break up there?

 

[vic_orthdox]

A couple of handy draws over the past bit - probably need a few wins soon though with our last five games being pretty tough.

 

[Furball]

Do you still have a couple of week break up there?

Yeah, 3 week shutdown.

Which I'm supportive of - winter football is kinda rubbish at the end of the day - but I also love the insane schedule at Christmas. It's one of the best things about this time of year.

 

[GIMH]

Wouldn’t work here, at least Championship and below. Hard enough to fit the games in.

We were Tuesday-Sat pretty much for the last three months last season. Granted our early exit from the Trophy should avoid that happening this season.

 

[andruid]

Get to actually watch Leeds United in action for a change. Hope it's the good Leeds, and not the bad one that got shagged by Birmingham.

 

[Furball]

Wouldn’t work here, at least Championship and below. Hard enough to fit the games in.

We were Tuesday-Sat pretty much for the last three months last season. Granted our early exit from the Trophy should avoid that happening this season.

Yeah but you play an utterly insane amount of games in England. 46 league games, plus possibly playoffs and 2 or 3 Cup competitions is nuts.

For the Premier League, cutting out FA Cup replays and moving the 4th, 5th and 6th rounds of the FA Cup to midweek games could allow a winter shutdown for a couple of weeks post Christmas.

 

[Furball]

Who the **** are AFC Fylde btw?

 

[Furball]

lol Stoke

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yeah but you play an utterly insane amount of games in England. 46 league games, plus possibly playoffs and 2 or 3 Cup competitions is nuts.

For the Premier League, cutting out FA Cup replays and moving the 4th, 5th and 6th rounds of the FA Cup to midweek games could allow a winter shutdown for a couple of weeks post Christmas.

Yeah, my lot have already played 25 league games and 8 cup matches and have 21 league games without the playoffs left and next week we have West Ham on Sunday in the Fa Cup 3rd round and Blackpool in the quarters of the Checkatrade. Could do with losing at least one of them even if they are great for momentum.

 

[Furball]

I think the filth have played 38 games this season, but in fairness 12 of those have been in Europe.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yeah but they have squads of 24+ clubs at our level have far less.

We basically have 15 good players and a spare keeper and one of the good ones is out for the season so needs replacing in January. Been so lucky with injuries.

We have 2 keepers, 2 right backs, 3 centre halves, no fit left back, 4 central midfielders (we play 3 every game) 2 wingers and 2 strikers. January window is huge for our promotion chances and the cup money from West Ham game will help.

 

[Pothas]

Yeah it’s rough if you’re in a rut, but as a fan it’s great having a flurry of games. Boxing Day football in particular is one of my favourite traditions. Last year was rubbish with Xmas falling at the weekend, don’t think we had games scheduled in between Boxing Day and NYD.

As for the gap to Macc - not as far as it looks. We’ve got a winnable game in hand and they’ve still got to come to us. Plus they have a history of falling away after Christmas. Tough fixture for us today though. First game I’ve missed in a while and I’m miffed.

If we win today I think we’ll do it.

Yeah Boxing day is great, we got messed about with playing in the evening this year but it was still great, don't really feel the same way about New Year football though.

Bees have had a great Christmas, having our schedule messed about with has helped as well as it has given us bigger gaps between games.

 

[GIMH]

Who the **** are AFC Fylde btw?

Never heard of them

(One of those bankrolled non league sides on the rise as seems to be the modern way)