World Cup and the impact on the squad

[mat]

Can't wait for Southgate to fuck up Kyle and John for the season...

 

[Fordyboy46]

If our players are fucked now, a world cup being played in 35 degree heat doesn't bear thinking about when we resume late December

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Hopefully they will all be knocked out by the QF.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Hopefully they will all be knocked out by the QF.

What literally, lol

 

[Corky]

I think the Swiss will be out at group stage, Germany to go out in the last 16.

Portugal, England, Spain and Neds to fall in the last 8.

2 Dec - Akanji (1)
6 Dec - Gundogan (2)
9 Dec - Ake, Laporte, Rodri (5)
10 Dec - Stones, Walker, Phillips, Foden, Grealish, Cancello, Dias, Silva (13)
17/18 Dec - Alvarez, Bruyne, Ederson (16)

 

[Crooked_rain]

People are way overthinking it, especially predicting results and how it’ll impact us.

The most any team is gonna play is about 3 games in a week, once. No different to a champions league game in between two premier league weekends. If anyone wins it, they’ll play about 7 games in a month, again, not much different to playing Premier League and a couple of champions league games.

And the reality is the majority of teams were talking about will play about 4 or 5 games max before they’re coming home.

I don’t see it having any huge impact on club teams aside from if players pick up injuries but that happens at club level too.

I’d argue pre World Cup made more of a difference because players had one eye on that. Afterwards, most teams will settle back into league football with full concentration on that and most players will have played a similar amount of games in the next month as they normally would at club level anyway.

 

[stonie]

All teams should have boycotted the shit corrupt excuse for a World Cup.

tbh I usually look forward to the euros or the world cup but this from day 1 of it been given to Qatar has been a joke, I know money talks but no money should of allowed it to be played here not to mention the premier League being halted to accommodate this sham, the hypocrisy of it is though I will watch and want England to win but can't wait for it to finish and resume normal football and spank the dippers on the 22nd

 

[chaddblue]

There's a train of thought that PL teams who don't have any or many players out there could suffer the most as it will take them weeks to get going again. Teams that have lots of players out there will keep their momentum and match fitness going, obviously providing their players don't get flogged to death or injured

Not saying I agree with it but its a valid argument

 

[Champions Again Ole Ole]

Players are used to playing this often this time of the season. It's only thr champions league games that have been squashed together and we rested our first team in the last 3 2/3 games.

It'll be at the end of the season that it might start to take its toll. That's why we desperately need arsenal to drop their form so we can overtake them and then go a bit easier in the league towards the end of the season

 

[mayo31]

City will struggle to win the league this season if we in all competitions

We have been poor most of it if we are honest as a team. After the world cup players will be fucked or use it as an excuse for poor performances

Truly hope I am wrong