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Beery 7:20 Mon Jan 18
Fixture Congestion

Culminating with the Everton game a few weeks ago, we played Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, the only club to do so that week.

On Sunday 31st Jan we play Liverpool at home and then on the Tuesday it's Villa away. There should be no reason that game can't be played on the Wednesday and I hope the club has kicked off about it. We all know what certain managers would say if it were them...

Faux Bare 8:35 Wed Jan 20
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joyo bang on as usual.

joyo 8:27 Wed Jan 20
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Told ya

Fortunes Hiding 7:44 Wed Jan 20
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Our game is now on Wednesday vs Villa.

BT sport

Come On You Irons 10:03 Tue Jan 19
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Yeah, and if my aunt had bollocks she'd be my uncle

Alfs 4:07 Tue Jan 19
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Tiny margins do matter at such an elite level. Yes, we beat Everton but with more rest, we may have hammered them, improved our GD.

Mike Oxsaw 3:40 Tue Jan 19
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This subject gets raised every time the 3rd round of the FA Cup kicks in.

It's almost as if the regular annual appearance of matches in the world's oldest cup competition comes as a surprise every single year.

Manuel 3:38 Tue Jan 19
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Feb tv games must be getting announced very soon?

joyo 3:11 Tue Jan 19
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Bit early to moan about February games as most on Tues 2nd will be moved to the Wed/Thur for TV

nychammer 12:25 Tue Jan 19
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Isn't it better for us AND Them if we play Wednesday? - Common sense should prevail here.

Come On You Irons 11:57 Mon Jan 18
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Norflundon 9:40 Mon Jan 18
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The fact we beat Everton when they had the rest just shows what a load of bollox these whinging managers talk

Agree 100%

gank 11:25 Mon Jan 18
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So we'll get a break later in the season when others won't. We all play the same number of games from the first day to the last. Moaning cunt.

Beery 10:15 Mon Jan 18
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I do think that managers moan too much BUT 2 days is a fast turnaround and Villa are getting three which is a significant advantage. Neither of us are playing again until the following Saturday, so why is this not on the Wednesday?

AKA ERNIE 10:12 Mon Jan 18
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Joyo nope its 8 days as not playing this midweek unlike everyone else would have been 5 days as out cup not 8

eswing hammer 9:58 Mon Jan 18
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ortunes Hiding 9:17 Mon Jan 18
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When villa play us, someone highlighted last week, it will be their 5th game in 13days

If that’s right then playing them on the Tuesday instead of the Wednesday will be better for us , surely?

Norflundon 9:40 Mon Jan 18
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The fact we beat Everton when they had the rest just shows what a load of bollox these whinging managers talk

gph 9:25 Mon Jan 18
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Winning games is a lot less tiring than losing them.

I know this from personal experience, and also know that it works for professional footballers, from the wise words of Martin Peters, to the papers, at some point when West Ham were doing well.

Just keep winning...

Fortunes Hiding 9:17 Mon Jan 18
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When villa play us, someone highlighted last week, it will be their 5th game in 13days.

But why we can’t play villa on the Wednesday?

joyo 9:11 Mon Jan 18
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Ernie... Palace have 8 days off because they got knocked out of the cup!!! Would you prefer to be in their position or ours?

Gaffer58 8:51 Mon Jan 18
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They always say it’s better to be playing games then training, so just a gentle work out and then give it all in the games,simple.

4ever-blowin-bubbles 8:48 Mon Jan 18
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they should all be fit enough to play all them games

Burnhammeronsea 8:32 Mon Jan 18
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Are Villa going to get a team together at all?

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