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[Football] Newcastle - up the creek?
- Thread starter The Wizard
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sydney
tinky ****in winky
sydney
tinky ****in winky
If the government says fans can be let in, they will be. End of.
Nope. It's up to the clubs
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/feb/23/premier-league-vote-fans-allowed-final-game
I think this was thought about and there were suggestions that one of the last round of midweek fixtures could be delayed and played during the last week of the season to allow all clubs to hold a home fixture with fans allowed ? Can remember the discussion but cannot remember where now ? Anyone else hear this or was I dreaming / having a nightmare following last week !
Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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true but we have been missing key players as well - 3 of the 5 first choice defenders all of whom also made bi contributions to our attacking capabilities.
There's talk of moving the penultimate round of games to the 17th so that each team will get the opportunity to have a crowd.
I don't know who Sophie is but I did once see a video with a nice young lady that sounds a bit like this..
No you are right but they only started talking about changing the penultimate round of games to midweek AFTER they'd announced fans returning for the final game due to complaints about it being an unfair advantage.
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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If they want themselves and the competition to be seen as fair then the Premier League shouldnt even let this go to a vote. Unless it was all 20 teams voting in favour of fans being let in then you're going to be ****ing over at least 1 club. They leave themselves open to a scenario where a team like Newcastle could rightly not want fans in the stadium for their last game away to Fulham, and having gained that small advantage Fulham win to send Newcastle down. Their fans would be fuming. Home advantage with fans in the stadium would no doubt give teams some benefit, so surely you cant play out a season without fans & then let them in for the final day deciders.
I thought it was the preceding midweek fixtures rather than the penultimate fixtures so you are probably correct which is just a continuation of our luck this year when you consider who our penultimate game is against.
Normandy seagull
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Exactly great point
OK, hadn't seen that. Potty idea IMHO.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...eve-Bruce-COWARD-training-ground-bust-up.html
Looks like publicly bashing players, like some on here suggest Potter should do, gets some negative consequences. Who would have known?
Looks like publicly bashing players, like some on here suggest Potter should do, gets some negative consequences. Who would have known?
keaton
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- Nov 18, 2004
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Indeed , Leeds without their good keeper and Phillips.
In the first West Brom they sold their best defender against the managers wishes on the day of the game
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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- Aug 18, 2013
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And in our win against Villa the then in-form Barkley got injured in the first few mins.
Romeu ran the game for Saints at The Amex, he's now out for the season.
Amazon published an injury table list yesterday, we are somewhere in the middle, unsurprisingly
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I'm not sure it's luck or otherwise, there have been loads of injuries for nearly all clubs in a totally jam packed winter schedule
Badger Boy
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- Jan 28, 2016
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To be fair to Matt Ritchie, it is very strange he isn't getting game time. He's a very uncomplicated footballer, he likes to put in crosses and play attacking passes and likes the odd goal here and there. What's not to like? I don't really understand why Bruce doesn't play him, especially given the form of his other players this season. Ritchie's a very useful left sided player.