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June 18, 20241 yr Ah, home to Man City, what a lovely start. I'll be on my way home from Florida for this one, unfortunately... or fortunately, depending on how it goes!
June 18, 20241 yr Tough run here: Sat Oct 19 Liverpool (Away) Sat Oct 26 Newcastle United (Home) Sat Nov 2 Manchester United (Away) Sat Nov 9 Arsenal (Home) and the run in is tricky as well: Sat May 3 Liverpool (Home) Sat May 10 Newcastle United (Away) Sun May 18 Manchester United (Home) Sun May 25 Nottingham Forest (Away)
June 18, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, ROTG said: Nice start against his old boss Opportunity for a massive early statement.
June 18, 20241 yr 9 minutes ago, east lower said: Nasty old last month of the season. 2 really annoying bits: Sat Oct 19 Liverpool (Away) Sat Oct 26 Newcastle United (Home) Sat Nov 2 Manchester United (Away) Sat Nov 9 Arsenal (Home) AND And this game weeks 35-37: Sat May 3 Liverpool (Home) Sat May 10 Newcastle United (Away) Sun May 18 Manchester United (Home)
June 18, 20241 yr Conference League matches: Play-offs: 22 & 29 August 2024 When are the 2024/25 Conference League League stage matches? Matchday 1: 3 October 2024 Matchday 2: 24 October 2024 Matchday 3: 7 November 2024 Matchday 4: 28 November 2024 Matchday 5: 12 December 2024 Matchday 6: 19 December 2024 When is the 2024/25 Conference League knockout stage? Knockout round play-offs: 13 & 20 February 2025 Round of 16: 6 & 13 March 2025 Quarter-finals: 10 & 17 April 2025 Semi-finals: 1 & 8 May 2025 Final: 28 May 2025
June 18, 20241 yr 48 minutes ago, My Blood Is Blue said: Opportunity for a massive early statement. Arguably the best time to play them. They tend to build momentum, to the point the last few games they steamroller everyone.
June 18, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, CarefreeMuratcan said: 2 really annoying bits: Sat Oct 19 Liverpool (Away) Sat Oct 26 Newcastle United (Home) Sat Nov 2 Manchester United (Away) Sat Nov 9 Arsenal (Home) Was thinking the same, we are going to have to hit the ground running early on in the season before we get to the 19th October. Otherwise Maresca could be enjoying a nice relaxed Christmas at home with the family
June 18, 20241 yr On the subject of "aspiring to mediocrity" may I please take a quick straw poll? Petrovic, Sanchez, Bettinelli James, Gusto Chillwell, Cucurella W Fofana, Disasi, Badiashile, Adarabioyo, Gilchrist Lavia, Caicedo, Ugochukwu Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Santos, Fernandez Mudryk, Olise Sterling, Palmer, Madueke Jackson, Nkunku, Duran Would you be happy going into this coming season with the above squad?
June 18, 20241 yr I'm going into this season with a renewed vigour , I was optimistic when we hired Pochettino , enjoyed pre season and then the scales fell from my eyes before our late resurgence . I'm really hoping Maresca is the one to get us back in the top four and Champions League where we can show those gooner bozo's who the top club in London are all over again .
June 18, 20241 yr Just now, Morgs said: On the subject of "aspiring to mediocrity" may I please take a quick straw poll? Petrovic, Sanchez, Bettinelli James, Gusto Chillwell, Cucurella W Fofana, Disasi, Badiashile, Adarabioyo, Gilchrist Lavia, Caicedo, Ugochukwu Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Santos, Fernandez Mudryk, Olise Sterling, Palmer, Madueke Jackson, Nkunku, Duran Would you be happy going into this coming season with the above squad? I think that would do me , we'd have reasonable strength in depth with players with similar qualities ready to fill in for the players in the first team so it wouldn't be " Drogba is off , here comes Zola to replace him" and the side has to then play a totally different way ( which from memory they didn't) so yeah , I'd rather on balance want young hungry players over money motivated journeymen , I'd be happy .
June 18, 20241 yr As others have said, really tough end of October through to November, and really tough run in. Suppose the flipside is that we should be better placed to build momentum outside of those periods.
June 18, 20241 yr Without looking I feel we've had much tougher starts before (albeit City being the first game). We should have a settled team by the time we have that difficult run of games in October. If I recall correctly we had a tough run last season and came out better than expected (Spurs 4-1 and City 4-4 in the mix). Not really relevant but I've just seen West Ham don't play outside the capital until November. Never seen that happen before.
June 18, 20241 yr You'll always have a tough run or two throughout the season the good thing with ours is they come at a time when the teams we play will most likely be far more bothered about the mid week European games than we are. Very favourable rum of games after City, and I'd rather play them early than later on, could and probably should win all 6 games. Getting off to a good start is going to be very important and we have the perfect opportunity to do that.
June 18, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Morgs said: On the subject of "aspiring to mediocrity" may I please take a quick straw poll? Petrovic, Sanchez, Bettinelli James, Gusto Chillwell, Cucurella W Fofana, Disasi, Badiashile, Adarabioyo, Gilchrist Lavia, Caicedo, Ugochukwu Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Santos, Fernandez Mudryk, Olise Sterling, Palmer, Madueke Jackson, Nkunku, Duran Would you be happy going into this coming season with the above squad? Have you forgotten Colwill or have you sold him?
June 18, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Morgs said: On the subject of "aspiring to mediocrity" may I please take a quick straw poll? Petrovic, Sanchez, Bettinelli James, Gusto Chillwell, Cucurella W Fofana, Disasi, Badiashile, Adarabioyo, Gilchrist Lavia, Caicedo, Ugochukwu Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Santos, Fernandez Mudryk, Olise Sterling, Palmer, Madueke Jackson, Nkunku, Duran Would you be happy going into this coming season with the above squad? I hope we keep Gallagher and Chalobah (and Colwill). I think we will loan two of Ugochukwa/Casadei/Santos. We should also loan Gilchrist to a Championship team. Olise is a great player, but with Madueke and Palmer already in the squad, plus two left-footed right wingers to join in summer 2025 I don't see the need for him. Isak would be the dream forward for me. All in all, I think it's a squad that should make the top 4. 2-4 more signings next summer then hopefully turns it into a squad that can challenge for the title, especially as we can hope that Guardiola will leave City!
June 18, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, My Blood Is Blue said: Tough run here: Sat Oct 19 Liverpool (Away) Sat Oct 26 Newcastle United (Home) Sat Nov 2 Manchester United (Away) Sat Nov 9 Arsenal (Home) and the run in is tricky as well: Sat May 3 Liverpool (Home) Sat May 10 Newcastle United (Away) Sun May 18 Manchester United (Home) Sun May 25 Nottingham Forest (Away) Im actually quite happy with timing of both sets of those fixtures. The Oct/Nov set comes early enough for us to recover if we get a string of bad results. Bette then, than have a difficult run in Feb/March. The last four. I predict Liverpool will be out of the title race by then but will have secured top four, so they won't be as fired up. Newcastle won't have much to play by then. Utd making up the top 6 but nothing more. Forest to have secured safety by then.
June 18, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, martin1905 said: Very favourable rum of games after City, and I'd rather play them early than later on, could and probably should win all 6 games. Getting off to a good start is going to be very important and we have the perfect opportunity to do that. I say Bit of a contradiction of your posting on the transfer thread.
June 18, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, McCreadie said: Have you forgotten Colwill or have you sold him? Crikey, yes, sorry. Colwill deffo should be in there, apologies.
June 18, 20241 yr I always find this a bit odd. We're going to play everyone twice. If we have a tough period, there is an easier one elsewhere.
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