dune Posted 20 December, 2010 Share Posted 20 December, 2010 Is this a good thing for us? Looking at it objectively i'd say it works to our advantage because when you compare us to the likes of Wallsall it should hurt them much more through lost revenue and the added demands it'll put on their already stretched squads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 20 December, 2010 Share Posted 20 December, 2010 Depends how(if) we strengthen the squad in January in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudamore Posted 20 December, 2010 Share Posted 20 December, 2010 Good in that we can get players back and fit for the games. Bad in that playing three games a week later on all those players will get injured again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 20 December, 2010 Share Posted 20 December, 2010 Is this a good thing for us? Looking at it objectively i'd say it works to our advantage because when you compare us to the likes of Wallsall it should hurt them much more through lost revenue and the added demands it'll put on their already stretched squads. Walsall is irrelevant it's a game we should win fairly easily anyway.The whole effect of the "fixture backlog" on Saints is that we have now 3 away midweek games instead of 3 week-end games.As I've noted before we must be the team in the division who have played the most home games and +3 midweek away games is the only factor that needs to be taken into consideration.15 away games in 19 weeks is already a tall order, intersperse 13 home games (inc Blackpool Cup Game) into the mix and it becomes a very tall order for a side that is already behind in the points/games ratio.We shall need 56/60 points from our remaining 27 games the fact that we need to get them midweek at Hartlepool and Oldham doesn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 20 December, 2010 Share Posted 20 December, 2010 Good in that we can get players back and fit for the games. Bad in that playing three games a week later on all those players will get injured again! This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 20 December, 2010 Author Share Posted 20 December, 2010 Good in that we can get players back and fit for the games. Bad in that playing three games a week later on all those players will get injured again! But it's worse for the noddy teams. At least when we pick up injuries we should have decent cover. Many other teams will have to dip into their youth teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 20 December, 2010 Author Share Posted 20 December, 2010 Walsall is irrelevant it's a game we should win fairly easily anyway.The whole effect of the "fixture backlog" on Saints is that we have now 3 away midweek games instead of 3 week-end games.As I've noted before we must be the team in the division who have played the most home games and +3 midweek away games is the only factor that needs to be taken into consideration.15 away games in 19 weeks is already a tall order, intersperse 13 home games (inc Blackpool Cup Game) into the mix and it becomes a very tall order for a side that is already behind in the points/games ratio.We shall need 56/60 points from our remaining 27 games the fact that we need to get them midweek at Hartlepool and Oldham doesn't help. Well it's up to NA to turn this into a positive. Our away form hasn't been good enough and they now have a nice run of away games to put it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 20 December, 2010 Share Posted 20 December, 2010 But it's worse for the noddy teams. At least when we pick up injuries we should have decent cover. Many other teams will have to dip into their youth teams. We are carrying a large amount of injuries ATM though, but yeah, IMO it should do us a favour, in fact i said to the guys at work last week that i was hoping Walsall was called off so that we could get some players fit again. Perhaps it will do us a favour, but you also have to factor in the fact that breaking down teams that park the bus expends a lot of energy and so seeing as we are the ones likely to be going for the win our game plan will always be more difficult then the noddy teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 20 December, 2010 Share Posted 20 December, 2010 A few people on here have said that the more time we have between games, the worse we play. If that's the case then surely this must be a good thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docker-p Posted 20 December, 2010 Share Posted 20 December, 2010 I worry about my form in the Prediction league. Too many games too close together can make accurate predictions awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 20 December, 2010 Share Posted 20 December, 2010 Is this a good thing for us? Looking at it objectively i'd say it works to our advantage because when you compare us to the likes of Wallsall it should hurt them much more through lost revenue and the added demands it'll put on their already stretched squads. Depends on who you mean by "us". If you mean the 1st team, then it will depend on those coming back from injury (e.g. Barnie) and signings in January. If you mean the fans, then I would say "no", because it messes around with the fixtures at Xmas which I rely on happening as my lads are too far away to come to a re-arranged match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 20 December, 2010 Share Posted 20 December, 2010 Depends how(if) we strengthen the squad in January in my view. Agree. Barnard/Connolly can't play that many games in a row, and out wide, you could argue that our only cover for Lallana & Chambo are Butterfield & Dickson (Who are basically full-backs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 20 December, 2010 Share Posted 20 December, 2010 Agree. Barnard/Connolly can't play that many games in a row, and out wide, you could argue that our only cover for Lallana & Chambo are Butterfield & Dickson (Who are basically full-backs). But once Barnard has been "fixed" surely he'll be able to play more often?? Although his career statistics wouldn't back that up really. Couldn't his "injury problem" have been sorted out when he very foolishly got a red card in a game which didn't matter?? Not much of season for Barney really is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 25 December, 2010 Share Posted 25 December, 2010 Is this a good thing for us? Looking at it objectively i'd say it works to our advantage because when you compare us to the likes of Wallsall it should hurt them much more through lost revenue and the added demands it'll put on their already stretched squads. YES ..and we'll need a good squad to handle two games a week until the season is ended --in mid May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picard Posted 25 December, 2010 Share Posted 25 December, 2010 Looking at rivals I see Sheffield Wednesday have their next three matches postponed already (burst pipes at their ground) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano6 Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 A few people on here have said that the more time we have between games' date=' the worse we play. If that's the case then surely this must be a good thing?[/quote'] Surely if someone said it then, yes, it must be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 Backlog increasing.... need some new players.... hope Huddersfield match is not off or I will be incandescent. Incandescent, I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 Interestingly, again, almost all L1 games are off. So the backlog is increasing for everyone, not just us. We should be able to cope with it better too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 Interestingly, again, almost all L1 games are off. So the backlog is increasing for everyone, not just us. We should be able to cope with it better too. As some else pointed out we have a bad in balance between home and away fixtures played. and away games so far has not been a strong point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 As some else pointed out we have a bad in balance between home and away fixtures played. and away games so far has not been a strong point. to most of our fans all games are equal. Obviously they aren't .Now if Huddersfield goes ahead today and they win,they'll just need to come here for a draw on tuesday and they'll have a 4 point Xmas which will suit them.As they know how to defend and we're not so hot on breaking down that sort of side they'll probably get the point they'd be aiming for.As it now stands we have 28 games in 130 days,of these 15 are away games and at least 4 are now midweek.I've seen plenty of sides in with championship and promotion prospects simply implode under the weight of fixture backlogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 to most of our fans all games are equal. Obviously they aren't .Now if Huddersfield goes ahead today and they win,they'll just need to come here for a draw on tuesday and they'll have a 4 point Xmas which will suit them.As they know how to defend and we're not so hot on breaking down that sort of side they'll probably get the point they'd be aiming for.As it now stands we have 28 games in 130 days,of these 15 are away games and at least 4 are now midweek.I've seen plenty of sides in with championship and promotion prospects simply implode under the weight of fixture backlogs. Oh God! It's a bloody disaster! We are bound to implode under the weight of the fixture backlog! This is sh*t! We are totally f*cked! Wait... what if Huddersfield don't win today or get a point on Tuesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 Oh God! It's a bloody disaster! We are bound to implode under the weight of the fixture backlog! This is sh*t! We are totally f*cked! Wait... what if Huddersfield don't win today or get a point on Tuesday? I don't know why I bother sometimes. Huddersfield will probably win today that's all. Our fans always tend to underestimate the enormity of the tasks that face us. Why last season the number that believed that we would win our last 15 or so games on the trot to make the play-offs was incredible. The fixture backlog that's building up for us won't help us and our squad isn't all that strong,look at the Brentford game we had 7 subs but the manager didn't see fit to use any of them until the 80th minute even though we were 2-0 down and had little left to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egreog Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 Just hope Saint's ability to "restart" the season is better than their ability to start a season in August!!.......if there is any similarity its going to take weeks to build any momentum and by then the play offs will be the target at best.!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 Huddersfield will be kicking themselves - they've just lost at home 1-0 to Hartlepool, what a random league this is. Big game on Tuesday now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 I don't know why I bother sometimes. Huddersfield will probably win today that's all. Our fans always tend to underestimate the enormity of the tasks that face us. Why last season the number that believed that we would win our last 15 or so games on the trot to make the play-offs was incredible. The fixture backlog that's building up for us won't help us and our squad isn't all that strong,look at the Brentford game we had 7 subs but the manager didn't see fit to use any of them until the 80th minute even though we were 2-0 down and had little left to lose. Huddersfield lost. What happens now? I am all confused by this confusing world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Fandango Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 Everyone is having games postponed so we aren't any worse off than the rest of the teams in our league. We're probably better off in fact because our training facilities are better than many in league 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 So, we're all agreed that this fixture backlog is the best/worst thing that could possibly happen to us then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jeweller Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 manager of the month will be interesting this time! will anyone have played more than twice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 Anyone that has played more than twice should get Manager of the Month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 If the Football League have any brains about them they will extend the season by a few weeks rather than try and fit as many in as possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlelat17 Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 If the Football League have any brains about them they will extend the season by a few weeks rather than try and fit as many in as possible! And in there lies the answer to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 I'd be quite happy to get into the transfer window and provided we are going to strengthen the team, leave as many games as possible until we bring in reinforcements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M271 Posted 26 December, 2010 Share Posted 26 December, 2010 If the Football League have any brains about them they will extend the season by a few weeks rather than try and fit as many in as possible! There are 6 or 7 mid week opportunities between mid March and the end of the season on 7th May to fit in any more postponements, more than enough unless all our scheduled matches in January are postponed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 27 December, 2010 Share Posted 27 December, 2010 There are 6 or 7 mid week opportunities between mid March and the end of the season on 7th May to fit in any more postponements, more than enough unless all our scheduled matches in January are postponed. ...or we have a cup run with replays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 27 December, 2010 Share Posted 27 December, 2010 ...or we have a cup run with replays we can't afford a cup run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 27 December, 2010 Share Posted 27 December, 2010 So, we're all agreed that this fixture backlog is the best/worst thing that could possibly happen to us then? At the moment it is neither a 'best thing' nor a 'worst thing', it is just a 'thing' ! HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 27 December, 2010 Share Posted 27 December, 2010 If the Football League have any brains about them they will extend the season by a few weeks rather than try and fit as many in as possible! Perhaps they are clever than you think as they would have to reschedule the playoffs and make certain there was a full programme of league games on the last weekend of the proper season so as to give no club an unfair advantage - not an easy task Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 27 December, 2010 Share Posted 27 December, 2010 (edited) Perhaps they are clever than you think as they would have to reschedule the playoffs and make certain there was a full programme of league games on the last weekend of the proper season so as to give no club an unfair advantage - not an easy task But if the bad weather continues some clubs will soon start getting behind with their re-arranged fixtures as well. If you take Oldham for example,they're already 5 games behind (counting tomorrow) plus the fixture correspondent to the FA Cup 3rd round game with us.We're only in December as yet and most of the fixtures lost in previous seasons have been in January and February.All these holiday season games being postponed must be playing havoc with cash-flow as well.Staff still have to be paid whether you sell any beer or pies or not. Edited 27 December, 2010 by Window Cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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