blueparsman
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FA cup is the penultimate w/e as in 17 may. They already announced it
Fixtures Calendar - 2023/24
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It's absolutely criminal that the cup final is not the last game of the season.Looks like 17 May ... presumably the teams involved then have to postpone that weekend's PL game to the midweek before the PL last day on 25 May.
I hope they've left spare midweek for 6th round and semi final postponements.
Not being arrogant, but say we manage to beat a PL team in the semi on Saturday - guaranteed that's who we are drawn against, on the back of Champions league, fighting Arse for the PL, usual tiredness and injuries. Then to have to shift focus for the FA Cup final, its totally ill thought out and benefits only mid table clubs - step forward Rags and the underdogs.
It's a rubbish decision.
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The Premier league / FA / whoever, always seem to want to make it as hard as possible for any club going deep into competitions, unlike in Europe where fixtures are moved to help
cptaidan88
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Led to believe the Carabao Cup final will be a bit later (mid March) due to the extra UEFA games.
Yes it is ... and the two legs of semi-final are a month apart.
Already have my next season calendar in the works ;)
Here's a sneak preview:
We won’t be in the latter stages anyway, Pep will be playing a very much second string, we’ve just got to sacrifice the League cup next season, absolutely no choice with 2 more Champions League games, players back late from the Euro’s and the World Club Championship next summer. The players are going to be absolutely knackered, also bear in mind the PL ridiculous new financial rules we’re at potentially crisis point.
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I see that the Football League have announced that when their fixtures are published for next season on the 26th June, that all TV matches up until the 3rd Round of the FA Cup in January ‘25, will be already chosen and announced at the same time.
I appreciate that with the draw for the Champions League group stages not done until the 29th August, it would be impossible for the Premier League to follow the exact same timetable.
But surely once those European draws have being completed, there’s no real reason why the Premier League can’t follow suit and get all matches for the calendar year sorted and announced in one go?
I appreciate that with the draw for the Champions League group stages not done until the 29th August, it would be impossible for the Premier League to follow the exact same timetable.
But surely once those European draws have being completed, there’s no real reason why the Premier League can’t follow suit and get all matches for the calendar year sorted and announced in one go?
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I don't like making a habit of defending the broadcasters and the way they treat fans with disdain but I don't think it's ideal for all TV games up to the turn of the year being confirmed as early as August. More often than not there will be a team or two that surprises everyone and is worthy of having a few more games on TV than people would have expected. Last season it was Villa - their form until Christmas took everyone by surprise and they were being talked about as title contenders after they beat us and Arsenal within the space of a few days in December. Similarly they may be a team that was expected to contend but has a surprisingly poor start to the season (for example the dippers in 2022-23) - that team's games become a lot less attractive than they originally looked.
All I ask of Sky and TNT is to stick to the calendar deadlines when confirming upcoming TV games and do it a calendar month at a time rather than a week or two. I doubt either of those will happen however.
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Obviously once you get past New Year and heading towards Easter, the league is taking shape and any unexpected challengers will be picked more than they otherwise might.
But for the first half of the season, I don’t really see it as an issue. I didn’t notice Tottenham suddenly popping up more than you’d expect in the second or third picks last season, because they made a bright start.
You can pretty much predict which games are going to be shown anyway. Just not when.
Just about all games involving two of City, Arsenal, Liverpool, United, Chelsea, Tottenham will be live.
The likes of Villa and Newcastle will be shown a fair bit but not as much as the above
The promoted teams will get a couple of early games. Most likely mainly home ones.
And the rest will get the odd game here and there. Generally against one of the top group, so there’s at least a bit of interest outside of fans of the two clubs.