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Dons, Wendies and United for the Cup

lancashire lad
lancashire lad Posts: 15,725
edited December 2011 in General Charlton
2 years ago after 18 games Leeds had 45 points, they only just made promotion after a poor second half to the season, some say this was due to fixture conjestion caused by cup runs, they reached 4th round of the FA Cup, 3rd round of League Cup and Northern Final of JPT. Could a similar implosion happen this season.

IMHO our main rivals are MK Dons, Hudds and both Sheffields, I also reckon that the best any L1 team can do is reach round five of the FA Cup. So what might happen, here are the fixtures, where you also have to consider not only who is in the cup but games that might be postponed due to the opposition being in the cup. All these rivals are out of all other cup competitions
CAFC
away to Fulham in R3
R3 Bury  postponed
R4 Exeter  (out of cup)
R5 Stevenage  (R3 away to Reading so should be out by R5)
so if we loose to Fulham we will probably only have one game postponed

HUDDS
out of cup
R3 Wycombe  (out of cup)
R4 Tranmere  (out of cup)
R5 Exeter  (out of cup)
no postponements

WENDIES
home to West Ham R3
R3 Scunthorpe postponed
R4 MK Dons  (R3 home to QPR)
R5 Sheff Utd  (R3 home to Salisbury or Grimsby)
Whether they win or loose to WHU they could still have 3 postponements if MKD and United have good cup runs.

SHEFF UTD
home to Salisbury or Grimsby
R3 Yeovil postponed
R4 Scunthorpe (out of cup)
R5 Wendies
Should have 2 postponements, could have 3

MK DONS
home to QPR
R3 Stevenage postponed
R4 Wendies
R5 Bournemouth (out of cup)
Could have 2 or 3 postponements

So Huddersfield are in the best position, if we lose to Fulham it won't be too bad but both Sheffields and MK Dons are likely to have the most postponements and ensuing fixture conjestion.


Comments

  • johnnybev1987
    johnnybev1987 Posts: 11,466
    My head hurts cheers Lancs ;) 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,474

    Great work Lancs lad !!   Nice to see who's got whom  on rounds 3,4 & 5 and although I don't like to p**s on anyone's parade "fixture congestion" is not really an issue nowdays seeing as there is only one replay & then penalties and there are plenty of free midweeks between jan and april (without counting, I would reckon at least half a dozen).

    I think it would only become an issue if we had a month or so of bad weather around feb/march time and cup games, replays and the usual sat fixtures are postponed. 

  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,648
    cheers Lancs.  I don't think it will be a problem unless we start doing well and get a draw at Fulham win at home and get a quality away 4th round tie which diverts players attention.

    Another reason for Leeds was Beckford almost left for the Prm and was never the same for them for the rest of the season even though he voluntarily stayed. 
  • Plaaayer
    Plaaayer Posts: 9,011
    Someone had better call a doctor, I think LL has gone Statcrazy!
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,322

    It's more player fatigue (mental and physical) and the distraction factor that counts.

    Not easy for a player to motivate himself at say carlisle if you've just won at old trafoord and have white hart lane coming up.

    Which is why i have mixed feelings about Fulham. We have 5 important league games before then

  • adrian
    adrian Posts: 760
    Golfaddick, we've got seven games scheduled in march.  One more Cup game for any of  the four who are still in it and Hudds' chances will increase dramatically.
      
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,322

    I had really forgotton how bad Leeds run was.I have just checked their site

    Up until end of december and the manure gamethey had a record of P 23 , W 17, D 5 L1 pts 56

     

    they then went on a league run of P 16 W 3 D 6 L 7 Pts 15, which was relegation form. After beating manure they also got to a replay against spuds and got knocked out of JPt SF v Carlilse over 2 legs (on pens)

     

    They saved themselves by winning 7 of the last 9!

     

     

     

  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,474
    having read that I think I want us to lose against Fulham !!
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    edited December 2011
    yeah but we've got two teams, a league team and a cup team, so no problem!
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,912
    Charlton fans are very innovative in the manner of ways to find reasons why we should not win a cup. It's a good thing that we didn't do this 60-odd years ago because otherwise Crystal Palace would officially be more successful than us.

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  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,322
    If you really think we have a chance of winning the cup this year you really must have lost it

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