Fixture Pile up

[Harry Squatter]

At least no cunts can moan at us for pulling out. If we get beat then we dont have to play the two legged semi in January which should have been scrapped ages ago for a one off game at a neutral venue. 

 

 

[aws]

I assume we take our first team and a few youngsters out to play the semi on the Wednesday. Use a team similar to the side who played Arsenal to play Villa on the Tuesday and then fly most of them out on the Wednesday to supplement the squad for the Saturday game. 

[Caramac]

Yes! I’ve been asked to assist Alex Inglethorpe with the team!! https://t.co/tYlKvCDrrr

— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) November 5, 2019

[dockers_strike]

 

7 minutes ago, aws said:

I assume we take our first team and a few youngsters out to play the semi on the Wednesday. Use a team similar to the side who played Arsenal to play Villa on the Tuesday and then fly most of them out on the Wednesday to supplement the squad for the Saturday game. 

Not going to give the players time to get acclimatised to the local conditions in Doha though. Id be majorly surprised if the club did this.

[aws]

1 minute ago, dockers_strike said:

 

Not going to give the players time to get acclimatised to the local conditions in Doha though. Id be majorly surprised if the club did this.

That's a good point but I expect they'd only be on the bench. 

[Megadrive Man]

It basically means that we will have to play the same sort of under 21 team that lost all 3 games in the EFL trophy including a 5-2 Thumping to Accrington Stanley!

Its an absolute shoe in of a victory for Villa!

[Lee909]

20 minutes ago, aws said:

I assume we take our first team and a few youngsters out to play the semi on the Wednesday. Use a team similar to the side who played Arsenal to play Villa on the Tuesday and then fly most of them out on the Wednesday to supplement the squad for the Saturday game. 

I assuming Klopp wanted to give the squad players and kids starts in the semi final first game in Doha. Won't want the main players playing twice in a few days 

[J-V]

Fuck the League Cup off.

[Lee909]

Just now, J-V said:

Fuck the competition off.

Personally I'd fuck both competitions off as I've said before. Give the big players a rest for a week

[Bjornebye]

27 minutes ago, Caramac said:

Might need to play him 

[El Rojo]

From the Guardian:

 

The European champions have given a commitment to the EFL to field a team in the quarter-finals “that is largely consistent with those that have participated in earlier rounds of this season’s competition” and meets the competition’s selection requirements

[elvis]

14 minutes ago, J-V said:

Fuck the League Cup off.

Nah it's an old favorite of ours , it was good enough for Sir Bob and co so it's good enough for me . 

Plus the semis are gonna be tasty and I want to be in amongst them 

 

The world club fiasco should be us against the south American champions , never mind all the other bollocks 

[Anubis]

Put the U12s out at Villa.

 

”You see that lad with the stupid greasy hair, kids? Forget the game and all of you just kick the fuck out of him.”

[aws]

22 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

I assuming Klopp wanted to give the squad players and kids starts in the semi final first game in Doha. Won't want the main players playing twice in a few days 

I'm sure that was the original idea but I can't see how he's going to avoid the seniors  playing twice in a week now.  We've promised to play a side at Villa of similar strength to our previous League Cup games so that probably means leaving the likes of Gomez, Milner, Keita, Lallana and Origi behind.  And assuming everyone in the squad is fit we'd travel with the first team plus Lovren, Shaq, Ox and kids for the bench. 

[moof]

And we have Leicester away 2 days after we arrive home from Qatar. Cunts

[Lee909]

9 minutes ago, moof said:

And we have Leicester away 2 days after we arrive home from Qatar. Cunts

Games on the 22nd. Reckon the club will fly them back hours later surely. Especially with Xmas and Leicester games. 

 

Final will be done and finished by 9pm. Surely the club will fly them back that night so they can train at home on 24th

[moof]

6 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Games on the 22nd. Reckon the club will fly them back hours later surely. Especially with Xmas and Leicester games. 

 

Final will be done and finished by 9pm. Surely the club will fly them back that night so they can train at home on 24th

Fair play. It’s still a massive ball ache though. If we come through that period still in first place then I don’t think anything will stop us 

[Butch]

It's a Cluster fuck. 

[Lee909]

1 minute ago, moof said:

Fair play. It’s still a massive ball ache though. If we come through that period still in first place then I don’t think anything will stop us 

Yeah the next month or two is mental and will really stretch the squad. Brewster has not looked close to helping in league games from what I've seen in the cup games either. Could really do with whatever the fucks going on with Shaqiri to get sorted and another forward but I doubt it will happen. 

 

Could do with City not beating all the big sides they've got coming up. 

 

 

Oh and a win for us and Napoli tonight will help. Then play out a nice friendly draw at Anfield and game 6 doesn't matter

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29 minutes ago, moof said:

And we have Leicester away 2 days after we arrive home from Qatar. Cunts

Makes you wonder if the club will keep them in Doha for a warm weather training stint then literally just fly back before the Leicester game?

 

It would only happen in England where the football authorities would screw up the reigning European Champions, going for the World Club title and domestic title. Spain, Germany, Italy would all suspend the relevant league games for 'their' club but England? Nah, let's screw them in a domestic cup competition, make it harder for them to win the World Club title and make the bastards play a competitive league fixture 2 days after they get back.

 

Fucking bunch of cunts.

[Stickman]

If fucking Phil Collins can play twice in less than 24 hours then surely professional athletes can manage it 

[aws]

Another option would be to send the League Cup side to Qatar and keep the first team fresh for Leicester and the Xmas period.  

[rb14]

No good that will come from this. Unnecessary games in a contrived FIFA cup in a blazing hot country (that bans homs and lezzas just in case any such fans - or players or staff - were considering travelling), and a tricky league cup tie in the middle of fixture congestion that is already asking too much of our players. 

 

If we lose the "Club Cup" we won't care, just as nobody else will care if we win it. We should be fielding the U23s in the League Cup anyway. 

 

Seriously, if you wanted to put the components in place to derail our chances of winning the Premier league title... 

[John102]

A win against Napoli in the next game means we are top doesnt it. That should allow us to rest the players in Salzburg too. Has to just be the u23s in those games, including players like Davies Christie, Tony Gallagher, the lot.

[Grinch]

10 hours ago, aws said:

Another option would be to send the League Cup side to Qatar and keep the first team fresh for Leicester and the Xmas period.  

 

Not a chance £££