jtc1 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Home to Villa 7pm Thursday, Sheff Wed game now Sunday 27th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew me Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 13 minutes ago, jtc1 said: Home to Villa 7pm Thursday, Sheff Wed game now Sunday 27th. Work with three villa fans who believe it will be a walk in the park for them.... Come on City, we can do this!!! Villa aren't any great shakes, I'll take a 1-1 and pens Roll on next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Bit shit that we are having to re-arrange our game just because they have one on Monday. Seeing as they will probably make 9 or 10 changes, have a squad of about 35 & have signed at least 2 more players this week, I think it should have been kept to the Wednesday myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Is the Carabao cup TV an off shoot of Sky by any chance? We were constantly reminded last night that it was because we were playing a "Premier league " team as if this would be some kind of treat for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Just now, Midred said: Is the Carabao cup TV an off shoot of Sky by any chance? We were constantly reminded last night that it was because we were playing a "Premier league " team as if this would be some kind of treat for us! Yeah I doubt Premier League Big Boys Aston Villa have never heard of Lowly Bristol City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted September 17, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 28 minutes ago, jtc1 said: Home to Villa 7pm Thursday, Sheff Wed game now Sunday 27th. Where has this been confirmed @jtc1? Not announced by City or Villa yet? Interesting that Sky are yet to announce their two Thursday kick offs next week, and 7pm is not one of their slots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman_Stand Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, phantom said: Where has this been confirmed @jtc1? Not announced by City or Villa yet? Interesting that Sky are yet to announce their two Thursday kick offs next week, and 7pm is not one of their slots Lincoln v Liverpool is the Sky game on Thursday and kicks off at 7.45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted September 17, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Just now, Dolman_Stand said: Lincoln v Liverpool is the Sky game on Thursday and kicks off at 7.45 That's been changed since this morning Sky were advertising that as the Wednesday originally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 11 minutes ago, phantom said: Where has this been confirmed @jtc1? Not announced by City or Villa yet? Interesting that Sky are yet to announce their two Thursday kick offs next week, and 7pm is not one of their slots https://www.efl.com/carabao-cup/fixtures-and-results/fixtures/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted September 17, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Just now, bcfc01 said: https://www.efl.com/carabao-cup/fixtures-and-results/fixtures/ Thank you Odd neither side has announced / confirmed this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 39 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Bit shit that we are having to re-arrange our game just because they have one on Monday. Seeing as they will probably make 9 or 10 changes, have a squad of about 35 & have signed at least 2 more players this week, I think it should have been kept to the Wednesday myself. They played the likes of grealish and Watkins against burton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman_Stand Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Lrrr said: They played the likes of grealish and Watkins against burton That was their first competitve game of the season so would have been used as a final tune up before their first league game on Monday, I fully expect a weakened Villa side next Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, Dolman_Stand said: That was their first competitve game of the season so would have been used as a final tune up before their first league game on Monday, I fully expect a weakened Villa side next Thursday. I don’t, realistically it’s their best chance of being in a European competition next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, Lrrr said: I don’t, realistically it’s their best chance of being in a European competition next season Ours as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 58 minutes ago, phantom said: Where has this been confirmed @jtc1? Not announced by City or Villa yet? Interesting that Sky are yet to announce their two Thursday kick offs next week, and 7pm is not one of their slots Is Bristol City v Villa not a big enough game for Sky not to re organise their entire schedule and move their slot to fit the game in ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Super said: Ours as well. Yes but this is about what strength team villa will put out, I don’t think villa will make a lot of changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 19 minutes ago, Lrrr said: I don’t, realistically it’s their best chance of being in a European competition next season I suspect that they maybe over UEFA FFP in the event they win this tournament- hope UEFA deal with them accordingly if it comes to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Villa have a premiership game on Monday, then City on Thursday, then another premiership game the next monday. I would think they'll use their most of the their first team for the monday games and a squad team for the Thursday. Looking at the EFL cup - the winners don't automatically go into the EUFA cup as normal this season, there are preliminary games to qualify. I don't know how many but the EFL winners enter into qualifying round two with the minnows of Europe. With those additional games it may make the EFL cup a bit of an irrelevance and a distraction to teams in the premier league and they may use it for squad utilisation. Bit like the EFL trophy for their u21 teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 11 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: Villa have a premiership game on Monday, then City on Thursday, then another premiership game the next monday. I would think they'll use their most of the their first team for the monday games and a squad team for the Thursday. Looking at the EFL cup - the winners don't automatically go into the EUFA cup as normal this season, there are preliminary games to qualify. I don't know how many but the EFL winners enter into qualifying round two with the minnows of Europe. With those additional games it may make the EFL cup a bit of an irrelevance and a distraction to teams in the premier league and they may use it for squad utilisation. Bit like the EFL trophy for their u21 teams. Not quite. Winners don't even go into the Europa League proper - they get a spot in the final play-off round for the new "UEFA Europa Conference League", a new third tier competition sitting below the Europa League proper. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54133192 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: Not quite. Winners don't even go into the Europa League proper - they get a spot in the final play-off round for the new "UEFA Europa Conference League", a new third tier competition sitting below the Europa League proper. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54133192 Thanks for that - read a different article that was obviously out of date. For an EFL club the novelty of European competition is a big incentive but is it now the same for premier league clubs, especially the bigger ones ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: Thanks for that - read a different article that was obviously out of date. For an EFL club the novelty of European competition is a big incentive but is it now the same for premier league clubs, especially the bigger ones ? Yeh for a club like us it would be huge. I'm not sure exactly who goes into this new UEFA tournament but it'll presumably be all those weird European clubs that normally litter the group stages of the Europa League. Not sure how many prem clubs would relish trips to Gibraltar, Estonia, and others. Add in that the games are being played at the same time as the "real" Europa League and you really wonder were the prestige is in this new competition. Having said all that I still think that a club like Villa would take the kudos of winning the League cup though, so I'm expecting a string team from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markman Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Just now, ExiledAjax said: Yeh for a club like us it would be huge. I'm not sure exactly who goes into this new UEFA tournament but it'll presumably be all those weird European clubs that normally litter the group stages of the Europa League. Not sure how many prem clubs would relish trips to Gibraltar, Estonia, and others. Add in that the games are being played at the same time as the "real" Europa League and you really wonder were the prestige is in this new competition. Having said all that I still think that a club like Villa would take the kudos of winning the League cup though, so I'm expecting a string team from them. perhaps we need a new thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Just now, Markman said: perhaps we need a new thre There was one discussing this new comp on here a few days ago. It's probably tucked away in page 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt_ Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: There was one discussing this new comp on here a few days ago. It's probably tucked away in page 6. Think the new thread thing was a joke about a 2nd String team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Burt_ said: Think the new thread thing was a joke about a 2nd String team. Ah. right. I meant to say strong. I expect a strong team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markman Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, Burt_ said: Think the new thread thing was a joke about a 2nd String team. I apologise - but as you say it was a little levity after a rubbish day at work (I always mistype things so I was not being critical) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted September 17, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Interesting to see Tottenham's fixture problems They have Southampton on Sunday, Orient on Tuesday and then a trip to Macedonia to play Shkendija on Thursday. If they win both the cup matches they will have the same schedule the following week too, be a bonus for whoever gets Spurs in the next round of the cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Markman said: I apologise - but as you say it was a little levity after a rubbish day at work (I always mistype things so I was not being critical) No offence taken here. Sorry you had a bad day. Watch the highlights from last night to cheer you up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride of the west Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 I think they will play the reserves but to be fair to villa, even though I hate them with a passion, their reserves will still be £10mil plus players. More than likely out to impress to force their way into the first team. I dont think it will make things easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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