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Post by lordb on Jun 10, 2018 8:37:09 GMT
I can't tell if you are serious or not. How on earth would Stoke City generate 'huge income' during 10 spare days in February? Maybe by "sponsored" "Friendly" tournaments? I bet we made a few bucks doing that Asian trophy thing And no matter what they say I bet there will be loopholes that lawyers can figure out how to exploit so MAn Utd can play Liverpool in NYC or China -- disguised as a friendly in some way What's the difference between a "training game" and a competitive fixture? The difference is training games are not played at the same intensity, players with injuries aren't risked e.t.c. Pressure isn't there. That's what the break is from: pressure. Again: playing friendliness IS a rest. This what the Germans do,it works.
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Post by Hiram on Jun 10, 2018 8:59:14 GMT
Did anyone bother reading the guardian link? All seems fair enough to me. FA cup's changed loads over the years and this.
"A Uefa study published in 2013 indicated that a player is four times more likely to be injured in the final three months of the Premier League season than over the same period in other European leagues"
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Post by woodstein on Jun 11, 2018 5:23:07 GMT
Re: Carabao cup - What's the ABBA penalty format anyway? I can't remember Benny in nets for any but suppose it's all down to Money, Money, Money.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 5:54:37 GMT
Re: Carabao cup - What's the ABBA penalty format anyway? I can't remember Benny in nets for any but suppose it's all down to Money, Money, Money. Instead of the normal way of taking penalties ie team A then team B, team A team B, it was changed to team A then team B, followed by team B again then team A, then team A etc. It was supposedly to remove any advantage one team had by going first or second all the way through the 5 penalties. Anyway it been scrapped so back to the AB, AB, method.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 10:16:24 GMT
I think I can just about manage to keep pounding my keyboard without a mid season break …...still would give us time to dig out more bullshit to post^
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