I was looking at the number of games played. December and January at 9 and 8, were the most demanding months. In February we only have 5 games. March is 6 + 1 FA Cup match if we get past Wigan. There was a freshness about the team against Leicester and Basel which probably came from the drop off in the schedule.
April is 4 PL games + 1 Champions League (if we get to the semis) and 1 FA cup (if we get to the semis).
So, we have come through the most demanding schedule and sit 16 points ahead in the league.
The schedule ahead is much less demanding, fixture-wise: February; 5, March; 7, April; 6 (March and April assuming maximum progress in cups).
There can be little doubt that the league is in the bag. The days are getting longer, the players are getting more time for recovery, and injured players are returning.
Looking good.
I was looking at the number of games played. December and January at 9 and 8, were the most demanding months. In February we only have 5 games. March is 6 + 1 FA Cup match if we get past Wigan. There was a freshness about the team against Leicester and Basel which probably came from the drop off in the schedule.
April is 4 PL games + 1 Champions League (if we get to the semis) and 1 FA cup (if we get to the semis).
So, we have come through the most demanding schedule and sit 16 points ahead in the league.
The schedule ahead is much less demanding, fixture-wise: February; 5, March; 7, April; 6 (March and April assuming maximum progress in cups).
There can be little doubt that the league is in the bag. The days are getting longer, the players are getting more time for recovery, and injured players are returning.
Looking good.
No way should we nor will we be throwing games to try and contribute to their downfall. If it happens naturally then it'd be fun but it wouldn't be professional or principled of us to do it intentionally.The thing is we can have a potentially large say in this happening -
Obviously first and foremost we need to beat them at Etihad.....
But us losing to Spurs and Chelsea would certainly help the cause....
Now would we be happy to lose 2 more games if it meant them finishing outside top 4 ????????? Hmmmmm
I was looking at the number of games played. December and January at 9 and 8, were the most demanding months. In February we only have 5 games. March is 6 + 1 FA Cup match if we get past Wigan. There was a freshness about the team against Leicester and Basel which probably came from the drop off in the schedule.
April is 4 PL games + 1 Champions League (if we get to the semis) and 1 FA cup (if we get to the semis).
So, we have come through the most demanding schedule and sit 16 points ahead in the league.
The schedule ahead is much less demanding, fixture-wise: February; 5, March; 7, April; 6 (March and April assuming maximum progress in cups).
There can be little doubt that the league is in the bag. The days are getting longer, the players are getting more time for recovery, and injured players are returning.
Looking good.
What a predicament to be in, I'm loving it....!I think you’ll find April’s schedule will dwarf what has gone before if we reach the FA and CL Semi Finals. It will be a game every 3/4 days with some high profile extremely important fixtures to boot.
Brighton in the League would likely be rearranged inbetween Spurs away and an FAC Semi Final.
We could end up playing Spurs/Scum in 3 competitions over the space of 3 weeks. Or we could get Madrid/Barca/Bayern/PSG and know we are in for 180 minutes of physical and mental torture.
Thankfully as you say, we’ve done the hard graft in the league to allow us some breathing space there but I think April is set up for a monster month of important knock out fixtures which for me would be seen as the most demanding of the season, perhaps mentally more than physically as the big prizes appear closer on the horizon.
this is the oneWin it as soon as possible as we have two more competitions to focus on