[Albion] The FLOOD of football

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Will there still be international breaks? They will feel like an eternity now that we're conditioned to virtually daily Prem/FA Cup footie.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

It's been great but....

After this week it's back to 1 a week by and large until the end of the season (assuming we get knocked out the cup). The Euro trash kicks in soon where we all kick our heels all week and get used to Klopp and Pep moan about how many games they've got whilst we play 1 a week. I really hope lockdown is over by 27th March as that is an international weekend where I assume we have a double header against Macedonia and Lithuania or some other such tripe.

It's been like the Championship recently with the Sat / Midweek / Sat games. Shame it is just about to end.

 

[timbha]

No complaints but I’m looking forward to this week’s PL break because I’m exhausted at looking at the league table every day to check that the gap between us and the bottom 3 hasn’t shrunk.

It also helps that the Albion have picked up recently. Imagine being a fan of a bottom 3 team having to watch all these matches knowing your team will be even further adrift by the end of the day.

 

[Seasidesage]

Not really enjoying it as much as I used to in all honesty. Without crowds its just not the same and although I'm watching all our games I'm no longer watching every game which is a departure for me...

 

[Iggle Piggle]

The International weekend is actually worse than my guesses

San Marino and Albania for a bit of International racially abusive bantz.

Pass me the meths.

 

[Wardy's twin]

Not really interested in watching other teams, watching Brighton games satiates my needs.

Crazy we have had all these fixtures when we are going into a meaningless international break.

 

[A1X]

It's been great but....

After this week it's back to 1 a week by and large until the end of the season (assuming we get knocked out the cup). The Euro trash kicks in soon where we all kick our heels all week and get used to Klopp and Pep moan about how many games they've got whilst we play 1 a week. I really hope lockdown is over by 27th March as that is an international weekend where I assume we have a double header against Macedonia and Lithuania or some other such tripe.

It's been like the Championship recently with the Sat / Midweek / Sat games. Shame it is just about to end.

A point on this (and I know it's something they'd never consider binning for the financial side of things), but during a pandemic does it even make sense to be playing European or International football? I know Liverpool have already been barred from playing in Germany, surely there must be something in that. It's not like the cricket tours going on at the moment where they all form bubbles for two weeks prior to playing.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

A point on this (and I know it's something they'd never consider binning for the financial side of things), but during a pandemic does it even make sense to be playing European or International football? I know Liverpool have already been barred from playing in Germany, surely there must be something in that. It's not like the cricket tours going on at the moment where they all form bubbles for two weeks prior to playing.

They had it right last year with the one off games played elsewhere which also had the added bonus of upsets thrown in (Man City V Lyon prime example)

The current proposed Euro-21 of playing all around Europe is absolutely barking mad.

 

[Acker79]

With project restart I barely watched any initially. After watching a couple of ours I got into a familiar routine of putting the games on in the background, but not really paying attention. I'm finding more and more I'm skipping games watching films/shows online instead. I think the only FA cup games I've watched this season have been ours.

 

[blue-shifted]

I'm loving all the football.

Plus there is rugby, plus cricket.

I'm having to work very very hard to keep myself up to date

 

[SeagullinExile]

Yeah, although my wife now watches and enjoys Albion games as there is no argument that I am watching those, she’s not so keen on watching a game that doesn’t involve the Albion. It is a little selfish and potentially row inducing to insist on watching all of them

This is why every Englishman needs a garden shed

 

[Machiavelli]

When I watched the Burnley game I felt a little bit like the players looked. Tired in body and brain, difficult to see details and nuances. No complaints though, I need my fussball.

The contrast is the key. We're enjoying it, but I can't help thinking it must be too much for the players. I don't have the stats to hand, but there must be more muscle injuries players are suffering at present, and I wonder whether Solly would have picked up his season-ending injury if the fixtures weren't so relentless.

 

[blue-shifted]

The contrast is the key. We're enjoying it, but I can't help thinking it must be too much for the players. I don't have the stats to hand, but there must be more muscle injuries players are suffering at present, and I wonder whether Solly would have picked up his season-ending injury if the fixtures weren't so relentless.

Trouble with Potter is that he doesn't rotate his players around enough

 

[vagabond]

Football is playing an important role in getting us through these lockdowns.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Six Nations & Cricket now too

Wonderful!

 

[Pavilionaire]

I can see a potential problem on the horizon if the Albion continue to gradually pull away from the danger zone.

In my household the missus has been content with me watching matches involving the bottom three on the basis that we are in a relegation dogfight, however if we cease to be in danger of the drop yet are miles off a European place will I really have an excuse to watch this vast plethora of matches?

Watching Southampton vs Leeds on the pretext that we might climb above whoever loses into 12th position does sound a bit desperate.

 

[elwheelio]

Are the Euros going ahead this year? I really feel there's a strong case for just cancelling them. Knackered players, empty stadia etc

 

[amexer]

Surely there are no friendly international games coming up

 

[zefarelly]

Football saturation . . . . . so much so that after our game I did some decorating to break the monotony!

 

[Badger]

I was FORCED to buy myself a new TV in order to do justice to the sheer volume of football on offer.