[Albion] Man United have 3 games in 6 days

[Change at Barnham]

And we're their third game in the six days.
That's helpful.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Depends how they do in their first two, I suppose.

Win them both and they'll be itching to play us.

 

[Sheebo]

Good point - will put a strain on their fitness you’d think.

 

[RM-Taylor]

FA Cup game at Norwich so very unlikely to make any difference, suspect they’ll play a completely different 11 in that and still win fairly comfortably.

 

[Official Old Man]

They have to travel on the day now so tomorrow, Old Trafford with 6pm KO, home in someones bed by 10pm.
Saturday 5:30 KO in Norwich. Fly home so in someones bed by 11pm
Tuesday fly down. Relaxed on duty free!

 

[warmleyseagull]

Doubtful. Play reserves in FA Cup, then it is two in 6. Normal service.

 

[Knocky's Nose]

Doubtful. Play reserves in FA Cup, then it is two in 6. Normal service.

This... They'll put the Under 11's out against the Canaries.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

This... They'll put the Under 11's out against the Canaries.

Under the current regulations, can they? Won't the players involved have to involved in the training and testing regimes to be eligible?

 

[warmleyseagull]

Under the current regulations, can they? Won't the players involved have to involved in the training and testing regimes to be eligible?

Liverpool's starting line up v Shrewsbury. Clearly all these relative unknowns were eligible:

62 C Kelleher
76 N Williams
51 K Hoever
72 S van den Berg
46 A Lewis
84 L Clarkson
68 P Chirivella
80 J Cain
67 H Elliott
49 L Millar
48 C Jones (c)

 

[blockhseagull]

Liverpool's starting line up v Shrewsbury. Clearly all these relative unknowns were eligible:

62 C Kelleher
76 N Williams
51 K Hoever
72 S van den Berg
46 A Lewis
84 L Clarkson
68 P Chirivella
80 J Cain
67 H Elliott
49 L Millar
48 C Jones (c)

I think his point was under current regs regarding Covid.

If the players aren’t part of the testing regime they won’t be eligible to play.

If Utd are testing their whole development and academy teams then all players would be eligible to play obviously, but if it’s just the first team squad then OGS will only have them to pick from.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Doubtful. Play reserves in FA Cup, then it is two in 6. Normal service.

Hard to imagine anyone giving a shit about the FA Cup this season.

Playing in an empty Wembley...yay.

 

[Icy Gull]

Hard to imagine anyone giving a shit about the FA Cup this season.

Playing in an empty Wembley...yay.

I didn’t give a shit about it last season either, worst and dullest semi final I’ve ever watched. I went but the whole day felt like a chore once the football started

 

[Acker79]

Hard to imagine anyone giving a shit about the FA Cup this season.

Playing in an empty Wembley...yay.

One of the arsenal TV lads suggested they give up on the league and focus on winning a cup. Doesn't it get you into europe too? That might be motivation for the clubs. And I'm sure most players are more interested in trophies than attendances. Given the choice between winning an FA cup in an empty stadium and not winning anything, I'd go for the empty stadium win.

 

[Peter Grummit]

Under the current regulations, can they? Won't the players involved have to involved in the training and testing regimes to be eligible?

Really good point. They can rotate but they can't play the kids.

It's forecast to be 31C at ko in Manchester tonight, still 30C at 8pm. Won't be easy playing in that.

OP point I agree with, but it's actually 3 games in 7 days.....

 

[Papa Lazarou]

I think his point was under current regs regarding Covid.

If the players aren’t part of the testing regime they won’t be eligible to play.

If Utd are testing their whole development and academy teams then all players would be eligible to play obviously, but if it’s just the first team squad then OGS will only have them to pick from.

Yes, that was my point. They would have to havw been isolated, tested etc from the start to be available. Have we included all of our u23s in our post Covid squad?

 

[blockhseagull]

Yes, that was my point. They would have to havw been isolated, tested etc from the start to be available. Have we included all of our u23s in our post Covid squad?

I don’t think so, I was under the impression a few of them were now included Roberts was one I remember hearing was now training with the first team.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Probably more importantly, Norwich have 4 games in 10 days - and we´re the fourth.