The number of hours is totally irrelevant. It still is a big disadvantage. Teams down the bottom should be kicking off at the same time. There's no excuse for it not to be the case.
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The number of hours is totally irrelevant. It still is a big disadvantage. Teams down the bottom should be kicking off at the same time. There's no excuse for it not to be the case.
I’m not so sure that’s true.
I mean, it might be, but knowing what you need to do has value, too.
Seeing Burnley win on Saturday would’ve strengthened the desire to beat Chelsea.
And massively increased the pressure.
I think it's a very significant disadvantage. The only time Burnley lost recently was the week we played first, won against United and put the pressure on them. And they got played off the park by a dire Norwich side.
It absolutely has an effect. Very naive to think it's irrelevant.
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It isn't though, knowing the task in hand is better. Also, when there's a Sunday slot, the bigger teams tend to have the 'prime' 4.00pm kick off, not the earlier one.
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100%. We'd have more readily accepted a point on Saturday morning.
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You'd need to be a sports psychologist to know for sure. And a psychologist probably would give a straight forward answer. It'll be mostly down to the individual. There's added pressure but more urgency.
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It isn't. You're cherry picking an example. Didn't they play Southampton the night 'after' we played Leicester?
I wouldn't - home draws are zero use to us in our situation.
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...and they played West Ham the day after we played Man Utd, and earned a good point...missed a pen for 2-0 also.
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We didn't need to, as we knew the task in hand.
Nope they lost to Norwich. They couldn't cope with the pressure.
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Exactly. No manager is going to let their team take the foot off the gas until his team is mathematically safe, and even then each position is worth plenty of dough so they keep fighting. Beating Burnley home and away is survival and a push towards the top half.
If there was the slightest hint of Gerrard wanting Villa to go easy on either Burnley or the reds in the run in he’d lose his job and his career would be in tatters. No club or dressing room is going to tolerate a manager with interests elsewhere.
With Klopp’s new contract even if he viewed Villa as a stopgap they are the only gig in town for him now. He isn’t getting a bigger job if he messes this one up.
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You're right on that one. Week after was West Ham. They coped with the Southampton one though, as i stated above and, looking at that week, i'd have preferred playing Leicester after their game- as i don't think we played with any urgency that night, very flat.
I didn't say it was irrelevant, and please don't accuse me of naivety.
I said it wasn't necessarily a disadvantage. I stand by that. It's a motivator, as well as a pressuriser.
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