What's that for 5 mins of kneeling or to allow Sky to spend an extra 5 mins talking about the previous game.Sheffield United game next sunday will now kick-off 5 minutes later at 2.05pm.
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What's that for 5 mins of kneeling or to allow Sky to spend an extra 5 mins talking about the previous game.Sheffield United game next sunday will now kick-off 5 minutes later at 2.05pm.
Written in the stars that we will play Wednesday on a Wednesday.
Mon 25/01/2021 19:45 Wycombe Wanderers FA CUP A Thu 28/01/2021 20:00 Liverpool H Sun 31/01/2021 19:15 Brighton A Thu 04/02/2021 20:00 Chelsea H Sun 07/02/2021 ? WBA H Wed? 10/02/2021? ? Everton/Wednesday FA CUP ? A Sat 13/02/2021 17:30 Manchester City A Thu 18/02/2021 17:55 Wolfsburger EUROPA A Sun 21/02/2021 ? West Ham United A Wed 24/02/2021 17:00 Wolfsburger EUROPA H Sun 28/02/2021 14:00 Burnley H
Tricky week 7/2/21 to 13/2/21 if we beat Wycombe.
And the OS has Wolfsburger home down as a Wednesday??
Good for me as i've got BT Sport but not Sky Sports.Just about worth forking out for BT Sport for the next month. FA Cup, Scousers and Chavs.
Aston Villa's game also PP and hopefully we can rearrange that match that weekend.Southampton game on 20th March now postponed due to the FA Cup.
There is a free midweek for catch up fixtures anyway scheduled, midweek commencing 2nd March.
Could well see us playing then, and FA Cup Quarter Final day, 21st March against Villa, first midweek of March for Fulham (which clashes with League Cup Final) or Southampton
I've tried to work this out and bare with
Man City play us on April 25th
In the Matchweek beginning April 17th Tottenham are due to play Everton and Manchester City are due to play Aston Villa.
If Everton beat Manchester City in the FA Cup Quarter-finals in March then Everton v Tottenham will be moved to the midweek so probably April 21st
If Manchester City beat Everton in the FA Cup Quarter-finals in March then Aston Villa v Man City will be moved to the midweek so probably April 21st.
If this scenario happens then Tottenham are very unlikely to have a fixture in midweek whereas Man City would have a fixture giving Tottenham an advantage. The only way I believe Tottenham could have a fixture in this scenario is if Bournemouth beat Southampton in the FA Cup Quarter-finals. If Bournemouth beat Southampton then their fixture wouldn't have to be re-arranged to the midweek meaning the already posponed Tottenham v Southampton fixture could be moved to that week.
Tottenham and Man City if both still in Europe will have midweek games on the Wednesday and Thursday after . Would Man City see the Champions league as a priority and rotate for the cup final? Maybe. But even if they rotate a bit their team is still so strong.
(By the way I might have made a big mistake with these fixture calculations , I assume they will just moved posponed fixtures due to the fa cup to the next available midweek but this may be an incorrect assumption and I'll delete this post if I get news that this isn't how it will work)
Nope I think its unlikely that we have a fixture advantage now unless the Premier league schedule it in a completly different way to what I would assume.
The best case scenario from what I can work out is this.Nope I think its unlikely that we have a fixture advantage now unless the Premier league schedule it in a completly different way to what I would assume.
We will have a chance if our first XI is available and we play to a very high level
1 last post here is what would happen in terms of fixturing to sum it upThe best case scenario from what I can work out is this.
Assuming City and Tottenham reach the QF'S of the Champions league and Europa league
Wednesday 14th - City play in the QF
Sunday 18th - City play in the FA Cup SF (If they beat Everton in the QF)
Wednesday 21st - City play Aston Villa in the Premier league
Sunday 25th - CUP FINAL
Thursday 15th - Tottenham play in the QF
Wednesday 21st - Tottenham play Everton in the Premier league (If Everton beat City in the QF'S)
Sunday 25th - CUP FINAL
So actually we could get a few extra rest days but in order for this best case scenario to happen we'd have to rely on Everton to beat City in the FA Cup Quarter-finals which is highly unlikely and then in fact even then it would mean that City just play their game v Aston Villa at the weekend and have no game in the midweek so its probably not even an advantage.
The fixture plan I just made actually is impossible to happen because it would require City to lose and win the same game which isn't possible
You know what there is no best case scenario.
Let's just see what happens both Spurs and City will have a very similar fixture schedule approaching this game - That's my conclusion. No advantage in terms of fixture scheduling.
The only minor advantage is that if both teams progress to the SF'S in Europe , City play Wednesday and Spurs play Thursday so perhaps that plays in City's mind and the Champions league is the holy grail for them now..
Tottenham | City |
15/4 - EL QF | 14/4 - CL QF |
18/4 - Everton in the Premier league | 18/4 - FA CUP SF |
21/4 - Southampton in the Premier league | 21/4 - Aston Villa in the Premier league |
25/4 - CUP FINAL | 25/4 - CUP FINAL |
Tottenham | City |
15/4 - EL QF | 14/4 - CL QF |
No weekend fixture | 18/4 - Aston Villa in the Premier league |
21/4 - Everton in the Premier league | No midweek fixture |
25/4 - CUP FINAL | 25/4 - CUP FINAL |
I hope with fans likely to be allowed into Villa game that they do not pander to the Media and play matches midweek at say 6pm. All tuesday/wednesday/Thursday. The broadcasters have multiple sports channels. Use them and do not inconvenience the supporters.Wolves game confirmed as a swap to Sunday but Villa still TBC:
Sat 08/05/2021 12:30 Leeds United A TBC TBC TBC Aston Villa H Sun 16/05/2021 14:05 Wolves H Sun 23/05/2021 16:00 Leicester City A