Sunderland game on the 9th ??

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Dublintoff said:
What?

Everyone plays 2 games on easter weekend. The ****e have blackburn away on the tuesday night.
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7th April 3pm
9th April 3pm

7th April 3pm
10th April 8pm

Not quite the same thing. We're either going to have to massively rest players, probably dropping 3 points in the process, or risk injuring our players 5 days before the Semi Final.

The Easter weekend fixtures have and always will be stupid, and that's if you don't have any other games that week.
 

Brennan91 said:
7th April 3pm
9th April 3pm

7th April 3pm
10th April 8pm

Not quite the same thing. We're either going to have to massively rest players, probably dropping 3 points in the process, or risk injuring our players 5 days before the Semi Final.

The Easter weekend fixtures have and always will be stupid, and that's if you don't have any other games that week.
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So they play 29 hours after us?

Whats the problem here, field the under 18s, we cant win the League, who even cares about crappy league games.
 
If anything we get more of a rest for the derby, there complaining of fixture congestion and tiredness so if anything they might do the same. Hopefully the pressure from their clueless fans for them to get 4th means they dont though and we go into the semi the fresher of the two sides.

There's not alot to play for in the league, i'd split the squad between the two games & give some fringe players like gueye, coleman (if fit), rodwell (if fit), Jags, Anichebe, Barkley etc. a chance to earn a place in the team for the semi's.

I wouldnt play Fellaini in any of these games incase he gets a booking - he's on 9 now i think so after west brom i'd rest him - we cant risk him getting a booking and missing the semi, hes far too important to us. Might be worth giving that Fransico Junior kid a go in his place to see what he brings to the team.
 

Kanchelskis17 said:
If anything we get more of a rest for the derby, there complaining of fixture congestion and tiredness so if anything they might do the same. Hopefully the pressure from their clueless fans for them to get 4th means they dont though and we go into the semi the fresher of the two sides.

There's not alot to play for in the league, i'd split the squad between the two games & give some fringe players like gueye, coleman (if fit), rodwell (if fit), Jags, Anichebe, Barkley etc. a chance to earn a place in the team for the semi's.

I wouldnt play Fellaini in any of these games incase he gets a booking - he's on 9 now i think so after west brom i'd rest him - we cant risk him getting a booking and missing the semi, hes far too important to us. Might be worth giving that Fransico Junior kid a go in his place to see what he brings to the team.
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£1m per position. Fellaini's on 8 bookings.
 
Its about 800k per place & i'd rather get to an FA cup final than potentially get an extra 800k+ - finishing 7th/8th rather than 9th/10th isn't exactly an achievement .. a place in the cup final would guarantee europe for next season & offer a chance of silverwear.

Is Fellaini only on 8? Moyes was asked about him being close to suspension in his press conference today so i assumed it was 9. I'd still rest him against Sunderland at least, a fresh Fellaini would run the show at Wembely!
 
I'm just looking forward to the match preview for the Sunderland game. I can see it now

/preview starts

We're playing Sunderland again, at home.

/preview ends
 
Kanchelskis17 said:
Its about 800k per place & i'd rather get to an FA cup final than potentially get an extra 800k+ - finishing 7th/8th rather than 9th/10th isn't exactly an achievement .. a place in the cup final would guarantee europe for next season & offer a chance of silverwear.

Is Fellaini only on 8? Moyes was asked about him being close to suspension in his press conference today so i assumed it was 9. I'd still rest him against Sunderland at least, a fresh Fellaini would run the show at Wembely!
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As would anybody else, but you said there isn't much to gain from the league which isn't really true. It was £850k 2 years ago at the end of the last TV rights deal, you can guarantee it will be closer to £1m now.

At the end of the day the league is very close this season, 4 points can be the difference between finishing 8th and finishing 14th, at least £5m down the drain if you're not careful. For a club like ours £5m is massive.

And yes, Fellaini is definitely on 8 bookings in all FA related competitions. He was booked once this season playing for Belgium but obviously that doesn't count.
 
Brennan91 said:
At the end of the day the league is very close this season, 4 points can be the difference between finishing 8th and finishing 14th, at least £5m down the drain if you're not careful. For a club like ours £5m is massive.
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This is a good point. However, at this point I'd like to suggest we give the likes of Duffy, Barkley and Vellios some game time against Sunderland. It'll never happen, but it would be nice to see. Obviously Pienaar should play agianst both Norwich and Sunderland and I wouldn't be unhappy to see Jageilka play in one of the games. I'd draw the line at playing Mucha though.
 

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