Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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If you take the starting point for the Christmas schedule as the 7.45pm k.o between Arsenal and Liverpool on Friday 22nd December and the finishing point as roughly 10.00pm on Thursday 4th January, when Spurs and WHU finish their game, you have approximately 316 hours for all PL teams to play 4 games.
BHA played 4 games in roughly 214 hours. By the time they finish tonight v Chelsea, Arsenal will have played 4 games in approx 294 hours.
After Spurs finished their game with Saints on Boxing Day, BHA played 3 games before Tottenham played again. Three games in approx 144 hours!! Leicester played 4 times over Xmas in approx 211 hours and even Man Utd, 4 games in about the same us ( 214 hours )
Pardew is complaining like mad about tired players not giving of their best and Pep is also talking about the injuries and pressure they have suffered ( WBA + Man C 4 games each in approx 246 hours ) We all feel there is probably one game too many at this time of year ( 4 games for us in less than 9 days and then no league match for 12 days ) and it clearly affected some of our players on Monday, who were running on empty in the second half. Howe commented on how it affected his players but hang on, we had to go to Newcastle and back, for a very draining encounter and kick off 43.5 hours later v Bmuff ( who had just had a home game on the South Coast )
Surely time for the PL to either spread the games a little more favourably or even dispense with one, over the festive period. Considering the gaps between a lot of PL fixtures this season ( 16 days once with us ) this schedule has done no-one ( bar the TV companies, of course ) any favours.
BHA played 4 games in roughly 214 hours. By the time they finish tonight v Chelsea, Arsenal will have played 4 games in approx 294 hours.
After Spurs finished their game with Saints on Boxing Day, BHA played 3 games before Tottenham played again. Three games in approx 144 hours!! Leicester played 4 times over Xmas in approx 211 hours and even Man Utd, 4 games in about the same us ( 214 hours )
Pardew is complaining like mad about tired players not giving of their best and Pep is also talking about the injuries and pressure they have suffered ( WBA + Man C 4 games each in approx 246 hours ) We all feel there is probably one game too many at this time of year ( 4 games for us in less than 9 days and then no league match for 12 days ) and it clearly affected some of our players on Monday, who were running on empty in the second half. Howe commented on how it affected his players but hang on, we had to go to Newcastle and back, for a very draining encounter and kick off 43.5 hours later v Bmuff ( who had just had a home game on the South Coast )
Surely time for the PL to either spread the games a little more favourably or even dispense with one, over the festive period. Considering the gaps between a lot of PL fixtures this season ( 16 days once with us ) this schedule has done no-one ( bar the TV companies, of course ) any favours.
