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Gynnsthetonic

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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NEWS: Preston North End home game re-arranged

Coventry City’s Sky Bet Championship match against Preston North End has been re-arranged.
www.ccfc.co.uk
 
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play_in_skyblue_stripes

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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To be expected but still painful and annoying as cant attend now Millwall and Preston. Two games lost from Half season ticket.
Where does this leave Legends day now?
Also incredibly annoying for Preston fans too.
Totally shafted by decision to play on a Monday. Last season 4 games Tuesday and 4 games Wednesday. This affects so many people, for what gain?

Nice business Practice by Preston
Any supporters who bought tickets and/or club coach travel for this fixture and cannot attend on the new date, can obtain a full refund in person at the ticket office, by calling 0344 856 1966, and by emailing ticketoffice@pne.com. All refunded tickets must be returned before 5pm on Thursday 22nd February.
 
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Frank Sidebottom

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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play_in_skyblue_stripes said:
To be expected but still painful and annoying as cant attend now Millwall and Preston. Two games lost from Half season ticket.
Where does this leave Legends day now?
Also incredibly annoying for Preston fans too.
Totally shafted by decision to play on a Monday. Last season 4 games Tuesday and 4 games Wednesday. This affects so many people, for what gain?
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Yeah it's a piss take really... in part caused by the WBA game being brought forward to the Friday which meant our game could've only been the Tuesday anyway. Feel for the Preston fans who've bought train tickets or whatever already.
 
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napolimp

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Are Maidstone going to be forced to play of Saturday?
 
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skybluericoh

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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£ talks. It’s a shame that the cup game wasn’t selected for later in the week but suppose the WBA game dictated we had to play Monday. The premiership caused this though by demanding that the 5 round is midweek. If it was the weekend then the Preston game would have moved anyway
 

MalcSB

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  • Feb 7, 2024
  • #6
napolimp said:
Are Maidstone going to be forced to play of Saturday?
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They aren't elite athletes so don’t suffer from fatigue.
 
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Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Why is it midweek and has been for the past few years? It was always on a Saturday, where in the football calendar has the fixture list forced this change?

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Balli001

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  • Feb 7, 2024
  • #8
skyblue1991 said:
Why is it midweek and has been for the past few years? It was always on a Saturday, where in the football calendar has the fixture list forced this change?

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It's called the premier league big 6
 

slowpoke

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  • Feb 7, 2024
  • #9
I’ve missed the reason, Why are all fifth round ties being played mid-week ?
 

ccfc1234

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Balli001 said:
It's called the premier league big 6
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How many of the big 6 are still in the cup and also Europe! The big 6 are notorious for hovering up talent yet whinge that they have not got the players to play lower league teams or suggest it's in some way unfair. They do protest too much consisting their extreme levels of privilege.
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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MalcSB said:
They aren't elite athletes so don’t suffer from fatigue.
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Balli001

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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ccfc1234 said:
How many of the big 6 are still in the cup and also Europe! The big 6 are notorious for hovering up talent yet whinge that they have not got the players to play lower league teams or suggest it's in some way unfair. They do protest too much consisting their extreme levels of privilege.
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It's the whole premier league in truth. Basically forced the fa to agree to that to protect replays
 
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Cov kid 55

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Are we happy that we’re playing Friday/Monday? I know people will feel we should beat Maidstone with half a team, but Preston will be tough, and I don’t want to see MR resting loads of players because they’re ‘fatigued’…….
 

skybluepm2

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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I wish they’d just do away with half of the international breaks, would save all the bollocks of cramming in fixtures.. although I do like going to 2 games a week tbh.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Balli001 said:
It's the whole premier league in truth. Basically forced the fa to agree to that to protect replays
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Fuck em. What are they gonna do? Not enter? Fine. Well have a Championship club in Europe.
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Theres no need for so many international breaks, and the carabao cup should just be fucked off now tbh
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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slowpoke said:
I’ve missed the reason, Why are all fifth round ties being played mid-week ?
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Klopp insisted on it.

I don’t think there are replays either?
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Saddlebrains said:
Theres no need for so many international breaks, and the carabao cup should just be fucked off now tbh
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Without wanting to start another debate, the international break would have more meaning to it if the fixture list wasn’t filled with pointless ties like the Malta, Andorra, and San Marino’s of the world.

Let the ‘lesser’ nations pre-qualify for qualification. Reduce the calendar of the higher ranked teams.
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Mucca Mad Boys said:
Without wanting to start another debate, the international break would have more meaning to it if the fixture list wasn’t filled with pointless ties like the Malta, Andorra, and San Marino’s of the world.

Let the ‘lesser’ nations pre-qualify for qualification. Reduce the calendar of the higher ranked teams.
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Agreed

I hate 'friendlies' aswell

Why?

No one gives a shit
 
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procdoc

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Saddlebrains said:
Agreed

I hate 'friendlies' aswell

Why?

No one gives a shit
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The players that play for the likes of Liverpool always pull out through ‘injury’ but make a miraculous recovery for the next league game
 

Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Balli001 said:
It's called the premier league big 6
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I still don't understand, is the season a week earlier or something? Why are we playing the weekend of the Preston game?

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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Saddlebrains said:
Agreed

I hate 'friendlies' aswell

Why?

No one gives a shit
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I don’t really believe in the top nations having to qualify for the major tournaments - with the Euros to be expanded again, it’s even more redundant.

Personally, there’s unfulfilled potential with the UEFA Nations League. At the minute it’s just ‘another’ tournament.

I’m thinking out loud here, but perhaps a league structure with promotion and relegation would work? So the best teams are constantly competing with one another and League A status actually means something and the best teams should qualify automatically.

It’s not the most developed plan because I’m just an ordinary guy.

We’re the only confederation that doesn’t have pre-qualification rounds iirc. Therefore, having the absolute minnows compete against the best teams year on year is pointless for both teams and doesn’t develop those nations either.

International football should be the pinnacle of football and it just isn’t. One of the main reasons for this is because half the fixtures are pretty pointless for the top teams.
 
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Gynnsthetonic

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Maidstone fixture schedule very congested the week leading up to the game. Away on Sat 17th Feb, Away Monday 19th Feb, Home 24th Feb, Away to the City 26th Feb
 

JAM See

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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For fucks sake peeps!

Successful Championship team has game moved because they are doing well.

This is the new normal.

Deal with it!
 
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SBAndy

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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Saddlebrains said:
Theres no need for so many international breaks, and the carabao cup should just be fucked off now tbh
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Get rid of the League Cup, or make it an EFL cup with Champ-L2 and bin off the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy, or simply remove the teams from it that qualify for Europe.

There are a few fairly simple options to ease the burden across the board.
 
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MalcSB

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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JAM See said:
For fucks sake peeps!

Successful Championship team has game moved because they are doing well.

This is the new normal.

Deal with it!
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Deal with it means people buying a season ticket and not getting to all the games. So fuck off.
 
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JAM See

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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MalcSB said:
Deal with it means people buying a season ticket and not getting to all the games. So fuck off.
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That's the modern game unfortunately.

I'm lucky, I live locally and don't have a job, so changes to kick off times don't really affect me.

I feel for fans who are more affected than me, but that's the way it is these days.
 
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MalcSB

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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JAM See said:
That's the modern game unfortunately.

I'm lucky, I live locally and don't have a job, so changes to kick off times don't really affect me.

I feel for fans who are more affected than me, but that's the way it is these days.
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I don’t live locally but I’m retired so doesn’t affect me personally all that much( although I decreasingly enjoy driving at night). I just don’t think it acceptable or fair to continue to use the ”fixtures may change without liability’ condition which used to be the exception but which is now the norm. How many home Saturday 3pm games have there been?
 
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JAM See

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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MalcSB said:
I don’t live locally but I’m retired so doesn’t affect me personally all that much( although I decreasingly enjoy driving at night). I just don’t think it acceptable to use the
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Oh you tease...
 

MalcSB

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  • Feb 7, 2024
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JAM See said:
Oh you tease...
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Sorry, site locked up. You now have the benefit of my thoughts
 
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oakey

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  • Feb 8, 2024
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MalcSB said:
I don’t live locally but I’m retired so doesn’t affect me personally all that much( although I decreasingly enjoy driving at night). I just don’t think it acceptable or fair to continue to use the ”fixtures may change without liability’ condition which used to be the exception but which is now the norm. How many home Saturday 3pm games have there been?
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4 at home.
11 away so far.
Happy to be corrected

Footnote - 2 of those 4 home games were in the 6 week summer holidays so lots of children/families were away and missed one or both.
 
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MalcSB

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  • Feb 8, 2024
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oakey said:
4 at home.
11 away so far.
Happy to be corrected
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Thanks, pretty shit really, isn’t it,
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 16, 2024
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Been warned about there chants I think by the EFL/FA I think!
 
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SBbucks

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  • Feb 16, 2024
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Cov kid 55 said:
Are we happy that we’re playing Friday/Monday? I know people will feel we should beat Maidstone with half a team, but Preston will be tough, and I don’t want to see MR resting loads of players because they’re ‘fatigued’…….
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Friday/Monday is hardly different to playing Saturday/Tuesday which we do on a regular basis, so not sure what the problem is or why we would be unhappy.
Maidstone are playing Saturday/Monday, I can understand why they would complain about that. Longish trip back from Taunton on Saturday evening too.
 
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Calista

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  • Feb 16, 2024
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Mucca Mad Boys said:
It’s not the most developed plan because I’m just an ordinary guy.
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Too modest for this forum Mucca, too modest
 
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