Fixtures Calendar | Latest Update - Pg 28 (and Pg 1)

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From the above, it is clear that unless City take an early exit from the FA Cup or the Champions League they will have four mid-week slots with five matches to fit it.

The free slots will be:

16/17 February
2/3 March
20/21 April
14/15 May

The matches include:

Everton A (Postoned 28 December)
Southampton H (EFL Final 24 April)
Wolves H (FA Cup QF 20 March)
Villa A (FA Cup SF 17 April)
Brighton A (FA Cup F 15 May)

The only options will be:

Before International Break (23/24 March)
Post Season (25/26 May)

So what happens if there are any more call-offs? It is likely that this will happen. There may even be a circuit-breaker gap which is being talked about in certain government circles. It wouldn’t surprise me if the French Government halt their season. The rate of infections in Germany, particularly Bavaria could cause issues there

So if, the almost inevitable happens, the only options will be to either dump the European Championships or cut the season short.

I would go for the first option.
 
JGL07 said:
From the above, it is clear that unless City take an early exit from the FA Cup or the Champions League they will have four mid-week slots with five matches to fit it.

The free slots will be:

16/17 February
2/3 March
20/21 April
14/15 May

The matches include:

Everton A (Postoned 28 December)
Southampton H (EFL Final 24 April)
Wolves H (FA Cup QF 20 March)
Villa A (FA Cup SF 17 April)
Brighton A (FA Cup F 15 May)

The only options will be:

Before International Break (23/24 March)
Post Season (25/26 May)

So what happens if there are any more call-offs? It is likely that this will happen. There may even be a circuit-breaker gap which is being talked about in certain government circles. It wouldn’t surprise me if the French Government halt their season. The rate of infections in Germany, particularly Bavaria could cause issues there

So if, the almost inevitable happens, the only options will be to either dump the European Championships or cut the season short.

I would go for the first option.
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We'll play 4 games a week before either of those are considered. We'd probably play 7 games in a week before those were considered - too much money at stake.

Tottenham played Sunday Tuesday Thursday Sunday earlier in the season (twice in fact). We would have to do something similar.

Its not necessary at the minute though and there's no guarantee we will continue to progress in each competition either, so may not be an issue anyway.
 
JGL07 said:
From the above, it is clear that unless City take an early exit from the FA Cup or the Champions League they will have four mid-week slots with five matches to fit it.

The free slots will be:

16/17 February
2/3 March
20/21 April
14/15 May

The matches include:

Everton A (Postoned 28 December)
Southampton H (EFL Final 24 April)
Wolves H (FA Cup QF 20 March)
Villa A (FA Cup SF 17 April)
Brighton A (FA Cup F 15 May)

The only options will be:

Before International Break (23/24 March)
Post Season (25/26 May)

So what happens if there are any more call-offs? It is likely that this will happen. There may even be a circuit-breaker gap which is being talked about in certain government circles. It wouldn’t surprise me if the French Government halt their season. The rate of infections in Germany, particularly Bavaria could cause issues there

So if, the almost inevitable happens, the only options will be to either dump the European Championships or cut the season short.

I would go for the first option.
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cptaidan88 said:
We'll play 4 games a week before either of those are considered. We'd probably play 7 games in a week before those were considered - too much money at stake.

Tottenham played Sunday Tuesday Thursday Sunday earlier in the season (twice in fact). We would have to do something similar.

Its not necessary at the minute though and there's no guarantee we will continue to progress in each competition either, so may not be an issue anyway.
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Well there’s 6 mid weeks clear till the end of season ... 4 clear ones and 2 more if we are allowed to use when other CL round of 16 ties are being played, not ours obviously ...

We already have two postponed games (Everton and Saints) ... so if we anticipate an all the way FA Cup run and we should then we should ideally leave those last three midweek free slots for those last three rounds of FA Cup ... and use the first available three (including the CL R16 midweeks) to schedule those two that are already postponed ... issue with Southampton is since it wasn’t due till end April, it will need special dispensation by the league to pre-pone it and hold it earlier ... given the season and how things are only makes common sense that we play ASAP whatever is pending as in future even if cup run doesn’t materialise there could be other Covid related postponements ... but then when have the league shown common sense in the past that they would now?

I’m just hoping someone reads this thread and shows the calendar to someone where it matters ... I’d be very worried and surprised if City and Pep don’t already have a similar calendar of their own already on their wall and I just hope they’re banging PL and FA and whoever’s doors every day to get the postponed games rescheduled in the earliest possible slots (get that permission from UEFA to play in those round of 16 mid weeks) and not get to a situation where we end up having to play 4 games in a week - because they will make us without doubt like they already have Spurs twice this season ...

A similar calendar by Spurs fans of their fixtures is doing rounds on social media (which made me put all our fixtures together and make this) and they already anticipate a further two such weeks (4-games-a-week) given their current postponements and their Europa league commitments.
 
I am concerned whether the villa match will go ahead next Wednesday . Allegedly they have already asked for the postponement of Sundays game v Neverton
 
JGL07 said:
From the above, it is clear that unless City take an early exit from the FA Cup or the Champions League they will have four mid-week slots with five matches to fit it.

The free slots will be:

16/17 February
2/3 March
20/21 April
14/15 May

The matches include:

Everton A (Postoned 28 December)
Southampton H (EFL Final 24 April)
Wolves H (FA Cup QF 20 March)
Villa A (FA Cup SF 17 April)
Brighton A (FA Cup F 15 May)

The only options will be:

Before International Break (23/24 March)
Post Season (25/26 May)

So what happens if there are any more call-offs? It is likely that this will happen. There may even be a circuit-breaker gap which is being talked about in certain government circles. It wouldn’t surprise me if the French Government halt their season. The rate of infections in Germany, particularly Bavaria could cause issues there

So if, the almost inevitable happens, the only options will be to either dump the European Championships or cut the season short.

I would go for the first option.
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If the situation in Europe stays bad I could see the CL being called off
 
mag said:
Well there’s 6 mid weeks clear till the end of season ... 4 clear ones and 2 more if we are allowed to use when other CL round of 16 ties are being played, not ours obviously ...

We already have two postponed games (Everton and Saints) ... so if we anticipate an all the way FA Cup run and we should then we should ideally leave those last three midweek free slots for those last three rounds of FA Cup ... and use the first available three (including the CL R16 midweeks) to schedule those two that are already postponed ... issue with Southampton is since it wasn’t due till end April, it will need special dispensation by the league to pre-pone it and hold it earlier ... given the season and how things are only makes common sense that we play ASAP whatever is pending as in future even if cup run doesn’t materialise there could be other Covid related postponements ... but then when have the league shown common sense in the past that they would now?

I’m just hoping someone reads this thread and shows the calendar to someone where it matters ... I’d be very worried and surprised if City and Pep don’t already have a similar calendar of their own already on their wall and I just hope they’re banging PL and FA and whoever’s doors every day to get the postponed games rescheduled in the earliest possible slots (get that permission from UEFA to play in those round of 16 mid weeks) and not get to a situation where we end up having to play 4 games in a week - because they will make us without doubt like they already have Spurs twice this season ...

A similar calendar by Spurs fans of their fixtures is doing rounds on social media (which made me put all our fixtures together and make this) and they already anticipate a further two such weeks (4-games-a-week) given their current postponements and their Europa league commitments.
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Yeah Tottenham have it worse than us because they're in the Europa which means two extra games as you've said.

I think UEFA will acknowledge the difficulties domestic leagues face and not block any fixture clashes, but I'd imagine there might be a compromise of us kicking off at 6pm those weeks so not to cause a direct clash with UCL games at 8pm. They want their Euros and Champions League to take place as planned.
 
cptaidan88 said:
Yeah Tottenham have it worse than us because they're in the Europa which means two extra games as you've said.

I think UEFA will acknowledge the difficulties domestic leagues face and not block any fixture clashes, but I'd imagine there might be a compromise of us kicking off at 6pm those weeks so not to cause a direct clash with UCL games at 8pm. They want their Euros and Champions League to take place as planned.
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I think this rule ended a few years ago, City played Stoke on a champions league night from memory.
 
cptaidan88 said:
Yeah Tottenham have it worse than us because they're in the Europa which means two extra games as you've said.

I think UEFA will acknowledge the difficulties domestic leagues face and not block any fixture clashes, but I'd imagine there might be a compromise of us kicking off at 6pm those weeks so not to cause a direct clash with UCL games at 8pm. They want their Euros and Champions League to take place as planned.
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The best and most logical decision football can take all around is to cancel Euros, it’s already been cancelled one year, cancel this year too ... maybe play next summer as a prelude to the winter World Cup ... but cancelling that this year would mean all leagues and Champions Legaue and Europa can just finish ... if not as original plan then they have the option to stretch the leagues out to summer ... that should also cancel the stupid international break in March and give everyone a couple of more possible gameweeks to fit in ... if then things get worse and they have to pause seasons then CL and EUropa can happen like mini tournament over summer like last year ... but then common sense isn’t all that common especially amongst footballing suits.
 
bluesmith said:
I think this rule ended a few years ago, City played Stoke on a champions league night from memory.
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The rule isn’t around playing, it’s around playing on Live TV while CL games are being broadcast too ... something to do with the Uefa and their broadcast agreements demanding exclusively over their competition and thus excluding/prohibiting any participating leagues to show their league or cup games at the time ... no wonder CL can dish out such big prize money and has hefty broadcast deals ... so playing won’t be an issue but all games are on TV these days so that would be what would require City and the other team to first ask PL who will then ask UEFA who will then ask their broadcast partners (around the globe, not just the UK one) and then allow it back ... very difficult I think as we know how TV companies are ... they’d want rebates and then when UEFA is asked for money you know where it’ll end.
 
mag said:
The rule isn’t around playing, it’s around playing on Live TV while CL games are being broadcast too ... something to do with the Uefa and their broadcast agreements demanding exclusively over their competition and thus excluding/prohibiting any participating leagues to show their league or cup games at the time ... no wonder CL can dish out such big prize money and has hefty broadcast deals ... so playing won’t be an issue but all games are on TV these days so that would be what would require City and the other team to first ask PL who will then ask UEFA who will then ask their broadcast partners (around the globe, not just the UK one) and then allow it back ... very difficult I think as we know how TV companies are ...
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https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/so...ay-games-on-champions-league-nights-1.3032723
I don't think that's the case anymore. The link is from 2017 when I think it changed. I'm certain it's happened fairly recently that the premier league was on sky whilst an English team played in the Champions League.

There may well be a sort of Gentleman's agreement that the matches dont happen at the same time where possible still though, but this wouldn't stop getting the Everton and Southampton game played on champions league nights.
 
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bluesmith said:
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/so...ay-games-on-champions-league-nights-1.3032723
I don't think that's the case anymore. The link is from 2017 when I think it changed. I'm certain it's happened fairly recently that the premier league was on sky whilst an English team played in the Champions League.

There may well be a sort of Gentleman's agreement that the matches dont happen at the same time where possible still though, but this wouldn't stop getting the Everton and Southampton game played on champions league nights.
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No agreement of any sort. UEFA tried it on an attempted to stop the Premier League, the Bundesliga, La LIga, and Serie A from playing matches on a Champions' League night or if they did to move the kick-off times earlier. That broke down several years back and City have certainly played a televised match on Sky on a CL night.
 
JGL07 said:
No agreement of any sort. UEFA tried it on an attempted to stop the Premier League, the Bundesliga, La LIga, and Serie A from playing matches on a Champions' League night or if they did to move the kick-off times earlier. That broke down several years back and City have certainly played a televised match on Sky on a CL night.
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I thought so.

Just Googled it - West ham at home last season on Sky Sports, Spurs played same time on BT against Leipzig.
 
mag said:
The best and most logical decision football can take all around is to cancel Euros, it’s already been cancelled one year, cancel this year too ... maybe play next summer as a prelude to the winter World Cup ... but cancelling that this year would mean all leagues and Champions Legaue and Europa can just finish ... if not as original plan then they have the option to stretch the leagues out to summer ... that should also cancel the stupid international break in March and give everyone a couple of more possible gameweeks to fit in ... if then things get worse and they have to pause seasons then CL and EUropa can happen like mini tournament over summer like last year ... but then common sense isn’t all that common especially amongst footballing suits.
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They wont be cancelling the Euros again. UEFA have contracts to fulfill with broadcasters, which ultimately benefits the FA and every other countries football association. Failure to fulfil those contracts will ultimately lead to football associations collapsing because they are reliant on this funding.

There is currently no requirement to cancel it either. We can fit in all our games, and other European leagues are able to as well.

Clubs need to follow the protocols to prevent outbreaks occurring and if they aren't following the protocols, forfeiting should be an option on the table. Its unacceptable.

However, calendar congestion is not a new issue. We have a thread on it most years. Depending on your viewpoint, fortunately/unfortunately it never becomes an issue because we get ourselves knocked out in the CL quarter finals.
 
MAG said:
Updated after the TV picks for February ... still no sign of the two postponed games though.


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A useful spreadsheet many thanks, it also helps indicate the matches after the March international break that could be effected if our Brazilian and Portuguese players are forced to quarantine, 10 days extra!

Let's hope it gets resolved with exemptions before then.
 
Plain Speaking said:
A useful spreadsheet many thanks, it also helps indicate the matches after the March international break that could be effected if our Brazilian and Portuguese players are forced to quarantine, 10 days extra!

Let's hope it gets resolved with exemptions before then.
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The CL QF both legs and Leicester (A) ... wow, I didn't realize that's even a thing ... Brazilians not being able to play when they're back ... in which case simply don't send them ... well, will have to feign some small injuries though, but Fergie used to do it every single international break so maybe take a page out of that handbook for once ...

Here's the updated table below ... how good does our January look btw ... I haven't even had to use the Draw or Lose symbols I put aside when creating this ... only the green ticks for us - long may it continue!


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Plain Speaking said:
A useful spreadsheet many thanks, it also helps indicate the matches after the March international break that could be effected if our Brazilian and Portuguese players are forced to quarantine, 10 days extra!

Let's hope it gets resolved with exemptions before then.
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If it isn’t resolved, the players will be stopped from travelling?
 
JGL07 said:
If it isn’t resolved, the players will be stopped from travelling?
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www.dailymail.co.uk

City and Liverpool could lose South American stars for the title run

EXCLUSIVE BY JAMES SHARPE: Man City and Liverpool could lose their South American stars for matches in the title race if they are forced to travel to play in the international break in March.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
"Sources close to the Brazilian federation say they expect clubs to have to release their players and have no concerns about calling up (players)"
 
MAG said:
The CL QF both legs and Leicester (A) ... wow, I didn't realize that's even a thing ... Brazilians not being able to play when they're back ... in which case simply don't send them ... well, will have to feign some small injuries though, but Fergie used to do it every single international break so maybe take a page out of that handbook for once ...

Here's the updated table below ... how good does our January look btw ... I haven't even had to use the Draw or Lose symbols I put aside when creating this ... only the green ticks for us - long may it continue!


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they have to pull out. If they don't, they should be fined and, in my view, fired for breach of contract from the games missed by not being available for matches on their return. None of our players should be leaving the country at this stage unless it's to Gladbach and back with no quarantine invoked.

FIFA has to cancel that international break, it just has to.
 
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