22A Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 Last season someone on here pointed out that City always played badly following an International break. A few weeks ago, City won four on the bounce playing the traditional Sat - Tue - Sat - Tue. Recently we've had games switched to a Friday night and a Sunday lunch time "to give the players extra rest & recovery time" and we're now on a winless streak. Could it be that professional players at Championship level have a Sat - Tue - Sat mindset meaning their body clock is out when that rhythm is broken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 Maybe play more young lads like Kelly and Da Silva because they put the likes of Baker and Pack to shame. Baker, in particular, is stealing a living at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snufflelufagus Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 I think there is something in this. Footballers are simple folk and like routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gifford Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 I like routine and watching city play on Saturdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Bladder Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 I'm a season ticket holder and could not make today. When I bought my season ticket I arranged my work / life around being free on a Saturday afternoon. I have already missed more games this season than the whole of last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 2 hours ago, 22A said: Last season someone on here pointed out that City always played badly following an International break. A few weeks ago, City won four on the bounce playing the traditional Sat - Tue - Sat - Tue. Recently we've had games switched to a Friday night and a Sunday lunch time "to give the players extra rest & recovery time" and we're now on a winless streak. Could it be that professional players at Championship level have a Sat - Tue - Sat mindset meaning their body clock is out when that rhythm is broken? We wouldn't have been playing today if we were Tuesday instead of Wednesday midweek but we didn't get much of an option about playing Wednesday seemingly with Sky splitting fixtures so they can show them live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 5 hours ago, 22A said: Last season someone on here pointed out that City always played badly following an International break. A few weeks ago, City won four on the bounce playing the traditional Sat - Tue - Sat - Tue. Recently we've had games switched to a Friday night and a Sunday lunch time "to give the players extra rest & recovery time" and we're now on a winless streak. Could it be that professional players at Championship level have a Sat - Tue - Sat mindset meaning their body clock is out when that rhythm is broken? I see what you're getting at with the thrust of your post, but if you're talking about the 4 game winning streak this season, the Blackburn game was on a Sunday and the last game before the international break- and the last one of those wins (Sheff Utd)- though a traditional 3pm Saturday, was after the international break? However, the fixtures have been all over the place a bit this season- sign of the modern game though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 And sadly our next home game is Wednesday again, which is always tough for me. REALLY hate the Sunday lunchtime games though. Seems to **** the whole day up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 I think there's something in this. LJ keeping on about recovery time like midweek football is a new thing. I think all this messing about, some of which isn't his fault but some is, has had an effect, all the talk of tiredness has made them tired. We need to get back to basics in a lot if what we do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Slack Bladder said: I'm a season ticket holder and could not make today. Looking around the ground you were not alone, there seemed loads of gaps. Standing area looked a bit sparse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonRed305 Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 The only silver lining for me is that I live away from Bristol most of the season and so I am able to pay the tenner it costs to stream the game. ....However these non-Saturday games would piss me off if I was still in Bristol and able to go down to the gate on the regular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappers Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: And sadly our next home game is Wednesday again, which is always tough for me. REALLY hate the Sunday lunchtime games though. Seems to **** the whole day up. No, todays home game was Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 Didn't we stuff Blackburn on a Sunday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonPark Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 11 hours ago, Drew Peacock said: Looking around the ground you were not alone, there seemed loads of gaps. Standing area looked a bit sparse A lot of younger lads play Sunday league football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undy English Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 Hate Sunday fixtures. Would rather they played at 10AM in the bl**dy morning and got it out of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 19 hours ago, 22A said: Last season someone on here pointed out that City always played badly following an International break. A few weeks ago, City won four on the bounce playing the traditional Sat - Tue - Sat - Tue. Recently we've had games switched to a Friday night and a Sunday lunch time "to give the players extra rest & recovery time" and we're now on a winless streak. Could it be that professional players at Championship level have a Sat - Tue - Sat mindset meaning their body clock is out when that rhythm is broken? Given the opposition were playing at the same time as us and would equally have been disrupted from their usual rhythm, you’d have to say this is a dubious theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 17 hours ago, Slack Bladder said: I'm a season ticket holder and could not make today. When I bought my season ticket I arranged my work / life around being free on a Saturday afternoon. I have already missed more games this season than the whole of last season. As well as a Tuesday night, not a Wednesday night. I sat in the Dolman and there were huge areas of empty seats in the Lansdown, the family sections in particular looked pretty sparse, why did it need to be a 1.30 KO? 20,000 attendance, I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 Why did we play on a Wednesday night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snufflelufagus Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 10 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said: Why did we play on a Wednesday night? Some were suggesting this was a Sky thing. Split the fixtures so more red button choice over 2 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Snufflelufagus said: Some were suggesting this was a Sky thing. Split the fixtures so more red button choice over 2 days. Thanks. Totally unnecessary then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 1 hour ago, ChippenhamRed said: Given the opposition were playing at the same time as us and would equally have been disrupted from their usual rhythm, you’d have to say this is a dubious theory. I agree. Although Sheff W didn't really look very enthusiastic; they only won by accident! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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