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Post by runtothehills on Oct 11, 2023 18:27:29 GMT
Promotion from L2 is the only objective. If we can have a good FA Cup run along the way then great, if not then it's one less opportunity for us to pick up injuries. Most of our injuries come in training don't they?! I'd love a good cup run, couple of non league teams or league 1 then a nice plum tie at home for me in round 3
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Post by suedehead on Oct 11, 2023 18:35:07 GMT
Whoever we get, I hope it’s the Friday or Sunday anyway. It’s Mrs sue’s 40th on the Saturday. I get a very free reign to go to 98% of games over a season, not sure I’ll get away with an FA Cup 1st round game on her birthday. Mrs sue and I share a birthday then. I know a ridiculous amount of people with the same: my sister in law, my great aunt, my cousin's daughter, my year 3 teacher, a friend in my year at school, a friend the year below me at school, and more. What is it about November 4th? Just to ruin the mood, it’s also the day my mum died. Her dad almost got his own back, he died a day after my birthday, which was also his birthday, and is my son’s birthday. Riddle me that.
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Post by des on Oct 11, 2023 18:47:57 GMT
FA Cup is still magical. Bolton was absolutely the catalyst for us winning promotion in 2021-22.
The argument for resting players (more from the Premier League to be fair) is ridiculous. Even 3 games a week is only four and a half hours work. Makes me laugh the debate about resting players when there’s nurses and all sorts of jobs doing 60-70 hours a week.
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Post by Barmy Blue Army on Oct 11, 2023 18:54:53 GMT
FA Cup is still magical. Bolton was absolutely the catalyst for us winning promotion in 2021-22. The argument for resting players (more from the Premier League to be fair) is ridiculous. Even 3 games a week is only four and a half hours work. Makes me laugh the debate about resting players when there’s nurses and all sorts of jobs doing 60-70 hours a week. It's not comparable. Firstly, they don't sit with their feet up either side of games but the main point is you can't be at peak physical performance 24/7. That's common across all sports. You don't get cricket, rugby, whatever, players playing every day. Marathon runners need weeks between competitions and that's only a "couple of hours work". The 100m in the Olympics doesn't get done in a day despite each round lasting only 10 seconds. There's an argument about 2 games a week, but I'd suggest that the EPL has thrown plenty of money into medical/physio research to maximise the use of their £100m+ assets and that clearly shows there's limitations. Edit - You can argue the same for mental performance or other professions but the cold reality is that there isn't the money in it (at least for most professions) to work a couple of days a week or reduced hours for the vast majority. Footballers are immensely privileged in that respect but as fans we also demand the highest quality "product" which needs players at their best.
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Post by albybeliever on Oct 11, 2023 18:57:27 GMT
Mrs sue and I share a birthday then. I know a ridiculous amount of people with the same: my sister in law, my great aunt, my cousin's daughter, my year 3 teacher, a friend in my year at school, a friend the year below me at school, and more. What is it about November 4th? Just to ruin the mood, it’s also the day my mum died. Her dad almost got his own back, he died a day after my birthday, which was also his birthday, and is my son’s birthday. Riddle me that. I’m sorry for your losses and baffled by your statistical improbabilities.
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Post by hedleyverity on Oct 11, 2023 19:06:05 GMT
Promotion from L2 is the only objective. If we can have a good FA Cup run along the way then great, if not then it's one less opportunity for us to pick up injuries. Most of our injuries come in training don't they?! I'd love a good cup run, couple of non league teams or league 1 then a nice plum tie at home for me in round 3 I'd like to go much further than the 3rd round
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Oct 11, 2023 19:10:39 GMT
Mrs sue and I share a birthday then. I know a ridiculous amount of people with the same: my sister in law, my great aunt, my cousin's daughter, my year 3 teacher, a friend in my year at school, a friend the year below me at school, and more. What is it about November 4th? Just to ruin the mood, it’s also the day my mum died. Her dad almost got his own back, he died a day after my birthday, which was also his birthday, and is my son’s birthday. Riddle me that. The universe has a cruel sense of humour
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Post by des on Oct 11, 2023 19:22:10 GMT
FA Cup is still magical. Bolton was absolutely the catalyst for us winning promotion in 2021-22. The argument for resting players (more from the Premier League to be fair) is ridiculous. Even 3 games a week is only four and a half hours work. Makes me laugh the debate about resting players when there’s nurses and all sorts of jobs doing 60-70 hours a week. It's not comparable. Firstly, they don't sit with their feet up either side of games but the main point is you can't be at peak physical performance 24/7. That's common across all sports. You don't get cricket, rugby, whatever, players playing every day. Marathon runners need weeks between competitions and that's only a "couple of hours work". The 100m in the Olympics doesn't get done in a day despite each round lasting only 10 seconds. There's an argument about 2 games a week, but I'd suggest that the EPL has thrown plenty of money into medical/physio research to maximise the use of their £100m+ assets and that clearly shows there's limitations. Edit - You can argue the same for mental performance or other professions but the cold reality is that there isn't the money in it (at least for most professions) to work a couple of days a week or reduced hours for the vast majority. Footballers are immensely privileged in that respect but as fans we also demand the highest quality "product" which needs players at their best. I don’t see any issues with playing 3 a week. Saturday, midweek, Saturday.
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Post by Barmy Blue Army on Oct 11, 2023 19:24:56 GMT
It's not comparable. Firstly, they don't sit with their feet up either side of games but the main point is you can't be at peak physical performance 24/7. That's common across all sports. You don't get cricket, rugby, whatever, players playing every day. Marathon runners need weeks between competitions and that's only a "couple of hours work". The 100m in the Olympics doesn't get done in a day despite each round lasting only 10 seconds. There's an argument about 2 games a week, but I'd suggest that the EPL has thrown plenty of money into medical/physio research to maximise the use of their £100m+ assets and that clearly shows there's limitations. Edit - You can argue the same for mental performance or other professions but the cold reality is that there isn't the money in it (at least for most professions) to work a couple of days a week or reduced hours for the vast majority. Footballers are immensely privileged in that respect but as fans we also demand the highest quality "product" which needs players at their best. I don’t see any issues with playing 3 a week. Saturday, midweek, Saturday. That isn't 3 per week or you could say playing every Saturday (i.e. every week) is twice a week. I'm sure players can play Sat/Tues (and they do), what I'm saying that - at the level the game is now played - that will catch up with some leaving them fatigued so not as effective or at an increased risk of injury. If that wasn't the case, top PL clubs wouldn't rotate all season and just play their best players every game.
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Post by Nik on Oct 11, 2023 19:28:31 GMT
Whoever we get, I hope it’s the Friday or Sunday anyway. It’s Mrs sue’s 40th on the Saturday. I get a very free reign to go to 98% of games over a season, not sure I’ll get away with an FA Cup 1st round game on her birthday. Mrs sue and I share a birthday then. I know a ridiculous amount of people with the same: my sister in law, my great aunt, my cousin's daughter, my year 3 teacher, a friend in my year at school, a friend the year below me at school, and more. What is it about November 4th? Lots of Valentine's Day coitus with the subsequent babies being born at 38 weeks?
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Post by Sina on Oct 11, 2023 20:03:10 GMT
Mrs sue and I share a birthday then. I know a ridiculous amount of people with the same: my sister in law, my great aunt, my cousin's daughter, my year 3 teacher, a friend in my year at school, a friend the year below me at school, and more. What is it about November 4th? Lots of Valentine's Day coitus with the subsequent babies being born at 38 weeks? Ha. I was just typing something out, which was a little less dignified and thought...wonder if Nik has posted here.
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Post by des on Oct 11, 2023 21:51:32 GMT
I don’t see any issues with playing 3 a week. Saturday, midweek, Saturday. That isn't 3 per week or you could say playing every Saturday (i.e. every week) is twice a week. I'm sure players can play Sat/Tues (and they do), what I'm saying that - at the level the game is now played - that will catch up with some leaving them fatigued so not as effective or at an increased risk of injury. If that wasn't the case, top PL clubs wouldn't rotate all season and just play their best players every game. Probably just my grumpy view of football as I’m getting older. Every single part of football was better in the 90s than it is today.
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Post by orkneyhatter on Oct 11, 2023 22:05:53 GMT
It's not comparable. Firstly, they don't sit with their feet up either side of games but the main point is you can't be at peak physical performance 24/7. That's common across all sports. You don't get cricket, rugby, whatever, players playing every day. Marathon runners need weeks between competitions and that's only a "couple of hours work". The 100m in the Olympics doesn't get done in a day despite each round lasting only 10 seconds. There's an argument about 2 games a week, but I'd suggest that the EPL has thrown plenty of money into medical/physio research to maximise the use of their £100m+ assets and that clearly shows there's limitations. Edit - You can argue the same for mental performance or other professions but the cold reality is that there isn't the money in it (at least for most professions) to work a couple of days a week or reduced hours for the vast majority. Footballers are immensely privileged in that respect but as fans we also demand the highest quality "product" which needs players at their best. I don’t see any issues with playing 3 a week. Saturday, midweek, Saturday. I know they are professional athletes but when training for a half marathon I was told how important rest days in between training were.There is such a thing as overtraining and imagine this applies too to playing without an adequate break to allow the body to recover. I did exercise physiology as part of my degree course.
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Post by Bredburyhatter on Oct 11, 2023 22:51:51 GMT
As others have said... lowest ranked teams at home til 3rd or maybe even scrawp 4th round, and then a juicy game v Man Utd/City in 5th round.
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Post by Durango95 on Oct 11, 2023 22:57:24 GMT
Let’s get to the 4th round and have a big day out somewhere via a big 3rd round win. It’s way overdue.
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