Fixture pile-up

[Linz]

I've had a quick squizz and the first Tuesday/Wednesday available is 1st/2nd April.

I don't envy the person responsible for sorting out the fixture list!

 

[Sothall_Blade]

We have four spare midweeks in April.
By Sunday teatime we will probably be sat wondering what all the fuss was about.

 

[Linz]

We have four spare midweeks in April.
By Sunday teatime we will probably be sat wondering what all the fuss was about.

But have the people we're playing got those days free?

 

[SBSP]

7 or 8 weeks of 2 games per week, hope they're indoors at the academy doing some fitness work.

 

[shorehamview]

But have the people we're playing got those days free?

Fuck 'em if not, we win by default.
Easy three pointers.

 

[Selly]

But have the people we're playing got those days free?

brentford are playing crawley on the 8th April

Leaving the1st, 15th (Good Friday Week) and the 29th free

 

[Sothall_Blade]

But have the people we're playing got those days free?

Apart from Brentford all our matches are already scheduled in aren't they?
Matches that could potentially be postponed if we continue in the cup are Rotherham and Oldham.
They are both pretty much up to date with their fixtures, so we can slot them in easily enough.

If we draw in the Quarter Final and need a replay, the Preson game could be brought forward to Sat 15th March.
If we draw against Forest, the Colchester game would be postponed which could potentially give us and them a problem, fair enough.

I still think it's highly unlikely we will need to play 4 more matches in the Cup.
If we do, bringing the Preston game forward is a possible solution.
If we had played on the pitch tonight and ruined it, it could have made future postponements more likely.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

I've had a quick squizz and the first Tuesday/Wednesday available is 1st/2nd April.

I don't envy the person responsible for sorting out the fixture list!

Does the cup final have to be played at the end of the season?

Can see them having to put it back to accommodate us

 

[cooperblade]

Apart from Brentford all our matches are already scheduled in aren't they?
Matches that could potentially be postponed if we continue in the cup are Rotherham and Oldham.
They are both pretty much up to date with their fixtures, so we can slot them in easily enough.

Swindon will be off as well if they beat Peterboro' in the JPT.

If Swindon win and Forest is PP'd on Sunday and then drawn and then won, we've got major problems. That could leave us needing to re-arrange 4 or 5 matches.

 

[cooperblade]

If we draw in the Quarter Final and need a replay, the Preson game could be brought forward to Sat 15th March.

Would that be the first time ever when the football authorities had said 'Sorry Mr Murdoch but you can't do what you want'?

 

[Toronto Blade]

Lots of possible dates as above but these postponements have to stop.February and March can bring frozen grounds especially in the third tier with no underground heating to help them. The police even cancel games for surrounding walkways being slippery.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

Swindon will be off as well if they beat Peterboro' in the JPT.

If Swindon win and Forest is PP'd on Sunday and then drawn and then won, we've got major problems. That could leave us needing to re-arrange 4 or 5 matches.

Even in that unlikely scenario we can fit them in and the players would get the Swindon weekend off to recover.

Would that be the first time ever when the football authorities had said 'Sorry Mr Murdoch but you can't do what you want'?

I thought that cup replays took precdence over league games. Even televised ones?

 

[Linz]

The early forecasts are for a worse storm next Thursday. My OP was assuming the weather continued as it was, or turned to snow meaning further postponements.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I've had a quick squizz

Me too. Countdown has just been on.

 

[Oreyt]

Me too. Countdown has just been on.

Two from the top and one from the bottom?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Two from the top and one from the bottom?

Something like that.

 

[DazBlade88]

7 or 8 weeks of 2 games per week, hope they're indoors at the academy doing some fitness work.

I hope not! They need to rest as much as they can between games when it's like this. Matches are the fitness training.

 

[Sirius]

I've had a quick squizz and the first Tuesday/Wednesday available is 1st/2nd April.

I don't envy the person responsible for sorting out the fixture list!

If the person sorting the re-arranged fixtures does not have a crystal ball. or even two, Bless him.her Why should it have to be ended by a date on the calendar? Lots of time before we mount our assault to the next league (or not)

 

[HoodedClaw]

Looks like the football gods are giving us a glimpse of their plans

 

[Oreyt]

Looks like the football gods are giving us a glimpse of their plans

Aye, that's what i thought.

"Have they had death by Fixture Pile Up yet? Thought not. In that case reserve Operation Shoreham Sinkhole for League 2...."

 

[IOM Blade]

Looks like the football gods are giving us a glimpse of their plans

I wager they are mirroring your avatar's sinister plotting expression as we speak.

 

[Linz]

See... we've got to rearrange the Rotherham match now as well!

 

[highpeakblade]

Getting annoying now can't they just award it like they do on the pools......"Sheffield United v Rotherham....Home win"

 

[Linz]

Our next free slot is 8th April so I'm guessing it'll be then (Rotherham haven't got a game pencilled in either).