One Team In Keynsham Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Gave up looking at the league table weeks ago, but noticed tonight that Crawley have 6 games in hand on us: how did that happen? How come they have had so many games postponed? Cup rearrangements? Waterlogged pitch? Biblical plagues of locusts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman-is-god Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Gave up looking at the league table weeks ago, but noticed tonight that Crawley have 6 games in hand on us: how did that happen? How come they have had so many games postponed? Cup rearrangements? Waterlogged pitch? Biblical plagues of locusts? League one club with a conference pitch. Must be the worst in the league. Total quagmire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Good things is they'll have a game saturday, tuesday, saturday tuesday, and I'm guessing because they are a smal club with a small budget they will have a thin squad, hopefully we have new relegation fodder buddies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Good things is they'll have a game saturday, tuesday, saturday tuesday, and I'm guessing because they are a smal club with a small budget they will have a thin squad, hopefully we have new relegation fodder buddies Had 22 first team and reserve players at the start of the season. Can only be good for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoke_Gifford_Red Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 League one club with a conference pitch. Must be the worst in the league. Total quagmire. Plus they have 2 home games in the next week; with the weather being as bad as it has been in the south I can imagine those two being postponed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red white and red Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 End of April will come along and Crawley will have about 9 games left.... All home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry2157. Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 But on heavy pitches and two games a week for at least 6 weeks.... rather us than them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Our last game with them could be interesting. They've got to play 21 games in just under three months; that would stretch even the strongest squad, so will be interesting to see what happens. There next two matches (both at home) are interesting for us, being against Carlisle and Tramere. Will be a good judge of what kind of team they really are; a top half team just unable to get on the pitch, or a relegation contender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 They must have had 2 or 3 postponements against the G*s in the Cup, I guess that's where their backlog started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Enormous Turnip Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Crawley have to play Saturday - Tuesday - Saturday for the next NINE WEEKS. We've just had it for 3 weeks and it's been bad enough! Having all these games in hand is one thing... getting any points out of them is another.. you'd imagine they will be absolutely crocked as a squad by the end of March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Crawley have to play Saturday - Tuesday - Saturday for the next NINE WEEKS. We've just had it for 3 weeks and it's been bad enough! Having all these games in hand is one thing... getting any points out of them is another.. you'd imagine they will be absolutely crocked as a squad by the end of March. In one month (between 15 Feb and 15 Mar) they play NINE games, and that is with February being a short month. That will either boost them right out of trouble or, if not, likely be crushing for moral, considering. The fact the next game after that brutal run is Wolves shows how relentless it'll be for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 In one month (between 15 Feb and 15 Mar) they play NINE games, and that is with February being a short month. That will either boost them right out of trouble or, if not, likely be crushing for moral, considering. The fact the next game after that brutal run is Wolves shows how relentless it'll be for them. And that's assuming the pitch is playable for those games. It isn't getting any drier. Also, those home games that they do play will be on a quagmire and extra tiring. I wouldn't wish it on the Gas - well, I would, really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 And that's assuming the pitch is playable for those games. It isn't getting any drier. Also, those home games that they do play will be on a quagmire and extra tiring. I wouldn't wish it on the Gas - well, I would, really Yeah, of course, and of those nine five are at home. Thing is, even if they DO have to delay, they still have to play another nine the following month. Out of interest; what happens if we are approaching the end of the season and a team simply cannot play back-logged home games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Yeah, of course, and of those nine five are at home. Thing is, even if they DO have to delay, they still have to play another nine the following month. Out of interest; what happens if we are approaching the end of the season and a team simply cannot play back-logged home games? Dock the points, clearly - can't say fairer than that, squire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 No point they'll have another game called off in the 3 months of having games in hand.. Our survival could depend on listening to Crawleys games on a Tuesday What a horrible though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Dock the points, clearly - can't say fairer than that, squire But that can't work; what if the points we'd have got against them on the last day of could save us? Them being given -3 is no help. Surely, if Coventry can play elsewhere Crawley could too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 But that can't work; what if the points we'd have got against them on the last day of could save us? Them being given -3 is no help. Surely, if Coventry can play elsewhere Crawley could too? Naturally, we'd get the three points as a reward for not playing on a swamp. Simples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Everybody has to play everybody else home and away in a season. Yes the weather has been exceptional, but most teams are facing battles to maintain their pitches not just them. Maybe they simply haven't invested in the pitch and are now paying the price of postponements. Yes they had a cup run which caused delays, but that was extra revenue too. They would have had the benefit of going into some games fresher than their opposition at times too, now they have to take the other side of the coin. I guess they have to hope it doesn't rain or snow for the next few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 They must have had 2 or 3 postponements against the G*s in the Cup, I guess that's where their backlog started not like the Gas to do us favours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 12, 2014 Admin Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Out of interest; what happens if we are approaching the end of the season and a team simply cannot play back-logged home games? They will end up playing Saturday, Monday, Thursday. Happens to teams lower down the leagues most seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 They will end up playing Saturday, Monday, Thursday. Happens to teams lower down the leagues most seasons Interesting. That is a brutal schedule. Cannot see this benefiting their fight for survival, considering the size of their squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMWANG50 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Did they even have a game this mideweek couldn't see any postponments mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 That might benefit other teams around us that are playing them so I don't think you can worry too much about it. Just got to concentrate on getting to those 50 points as that will enough I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Believesham Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 They now have a full schedule bar 15 & 29 April looking at it. More than one game goes and its 3 games in a week as they are home to Orient on Friday 18 April Agree with Alex, if we get 50 points, we will stay up that's 6 wins and 1 draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 That might benefit other teams around us that are playing them so I don't think you can worry too much about it. Just got to concentrate on getting to those 50 points as that will enough I think. I can only see us as the winners here as a team could be playing Saturday Monday Saturday because of Crawley. Especially if they play teams around us that will tire them out We have to play them on the final day so I assume they will all have to be finished by then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semblar Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 They still have one midweek "slot" between the last two saturdays - beyond that they will have to do two midweek games I expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_bristol Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 The key to our survival may be how many of our relegation rivals still have to face Crawley at their place, hopefully not many Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 They still have one midweek "slot" between the last two saturdays - beyond that they will have to do two midweek games I expect. Apparently the Conference have already considered extending their season as many of their clubs have postponed games. In the Football League all teams must finish on the same day to avoid any one team knowing the required result on the last day. Therefore if the season had to be extended for just a few clubs, the rest of us would have a few blank dates to sit through whilst they played catch up. Last season the Isthmian League announced their final day, so Lowestoft's last 10 games became Sat - Tue - Thur - Sat - Tue - Thur - Sat - Tue - Thur - Sat. If Crawley with their small squad do something similar, it could be to City's advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoke_Gifford_Red Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 That might benefit other teams around us that are playing them so I don't think you can worry too much about it. Just got to concentrate on getting to those 50 points as that will enough I think. Interestingly most clubs around us have games in hand; so they all will have a higher degree of fixture congestion, albeit not as bad as Crawley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted February 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Interesting. That is a brutal schedule. Cannot see this benefiting their fight for survival, considering the size of their squad. Different sport, but back when I lived in Manchester, worked with a lad who was a Wigan rugby league fan: due to a backlog of their own one season, they faced a run-in of 8 games in 18 days (just Googled and see that they played Tuesday, Friday, Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday). Hopefully Crawley get the same back-log, but prove less successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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