3 week break

[Tamesaint]

With Leicester’s involvement in the FA Cup and the international matches we will have a 3 week break between 9th and 29th March. Some players will be on international duty but what a great time to prepare ourselves for the run in. A bit of coaching here, a bit of tweaking the system there. Moreover Fraser should be fit again, niggling injuries sorted out and the team refreshed. Lovely jubbly. 

[East Kent Saint]

Hopefully a lot of work will be done on what to do in the final third and not too much of tippy tappy in their own penalty area !

[Kenilworthy]

When is the Leicester game likely to move to - is it possible they could move it forward in the week it is currently scheduled for from the Friday to Tuesday or Wednesday?

[trousers]

1 hour ago, Kenilworthy said:

When is the Leicester game likely to move to - is it possible they could move it forward in the week it is currently scheduled for from the Friday to Tuesday or Wednesday?

I'm not sure but I can't ever remember a game being rescheduled for a date before the original game was due to take place.... I think the earliest possible reschedule date is Tues 23rd April (11 days before the end of the season....)

Edited 29 February, 2024 by trousers

[trousers]

6 hours ago, Tamesaint said:

With Leicester’s involvement in the FA Cup and the international matches we will have a 3 week break between 9th and 29th March. Some players will be on international duty but what a great time to prepare ourselves for the run in. A bit of coaching here, a bit of tweaking the system there. Moreover Fraser should be fit again, niggling injuries sorted out and the team refreshed. Lovely jubbly. 

Could be urban myth territory but don't we usually have a poor track record in games follwoing an international break....? (It doesn't follow that history is certain to repeat itself, of course....)

Edited 29 February, 2024 by trousers

[OldNick]

33 minutes ago, trousers said:

I'm not sure but I can't ever remember a game being rescheduled for a date before the original game was due to take place.... I think the earliest possible reschedule date is Tues 23rd April (11 days before the end of the season....)

Last 2 games could be Leicester and Leeds away lol

[Wade Garrett]

2 hours ago, East Kent Saint said:

Hopefully a lot of work will be done on what to do in the final third and not too much of tippy tappy in their own penalty area !

No, that’s ‘brave’.  Russ loves that.

Unfortunately, so does the opposition.

[JRM]

2 hours ago, OldNick said:

Last 2 games could be Leicester and Leeds away lol

We'll get to give them both a guard of honour and listen to their fans sing about promotion for 90 mins. 

Hopefully not too many international call ups but we do often lose quite a few of the squad, Brooks will be involved for Wales as well now. 

Leicester could be rearranged for same week potentially, think Liverpool did that for their league Cup final fixture playing Luton Wednesday before, is possible, but more likely in April I reckon. 

[Badger]

1 hour ago, JRM said:

Leicester could be rearranged for same week potentially, think Liverpool did that for their league Cup final fixture playing Luton Wednesday before, is possible, but more likely in April I reckon. 

Do TV get a say in rearranging of the fixture ? 

[Lord Duckhunter]

11 minutes ago, Badger said:

Do TV get a say in rearranging of the fixture ? 

I think they do if the original game was scheduled for TV 

[JRM]

4 minutes ago, Badger said:

Do TV get a say in rearranging of the fixture ? 

Good point, as selected for TV already I reckon they probably do. 

[Whitey Grandad]

More importantly, what are we all going to do with the three weeks?

[Master Bates]

2 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

More importantly, what are we all going to do with the three weeks?

Have debates.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Martin: Good news! We've got in a specialist to show us how to maximise the advantage you get with a big break between games.

Consultant: Hello, my name's Nathan. This PowerPoint presentation will show you why I'm pound for pound the best in Europe at maximising things! Especially changing things up given plenty of time before the next game. After another session about me in the afternoon, filmed for you tube, we can have 5 minutes to focus on you.

[trousers]

47 minutes ago, Master Bates said:

Have debates.

I'm sure there's a punchline there somewhere but can't put my finger on it... 

[HarvSFC]

1 hour ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Martin: Good news! We've got in a specialist to show us how to maximise the advantage you get with a big break between games.

Consultant: Hello, my name's Nathan. This PowerPoint presentation will show you why I'm pound for pound the best in Europe at maximising things! Especially changing things up given plenty of time before the next game. After another session about me in the afternoon, filmed for you tube, we can have 5 minutes to focus on you.

Then you all get to go on holiday, see you in three weeks.

[Eric The Red]

9 hours ago, trousers said:

I'm not sure but I can't ever remember a game being rescheduled for a date before the original game was due to take place.... I think the earliest possible reschedule date is Tues 23rd April (11 days before the end of the season....)

23rd/24th April would certainly work best for us in terms of not having to play back to back midweek games but as JRM says Sky will probably have a big say in the actual date.

[Master Bates]

Can we have a longer break like the Covid times, I miss thoses days. Something special about them.

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, Master Bates said:

Can we have a longer break like the Covid times, I miss thoses days. Something special about them.

Please don’t remind me ☹️

Killed any business I had left.

[Weston Super Saint]

14 hours ago, HarvSFC said:

Then you all get to go on holiday, see you in three weeks.

Don't forget to watch a couple of videos of the games, not all of them mind, wouldn't want to spoil the ending.

[bangkoksaint]

I remember when we had a new manager and a mid season break due to a WC to prepare the team……that went well 😂😂