Man Utd updated schedule - 4 games in 8 days | Roma, Villa, Leicester, Liverpool

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So there’s the punishment. Take it out on the players.
 

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Not a problem at this stage. We've got CL qualification secured already, so we can rest players without having to worry.
 

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Hopefully Ole will be forced to rest Rashford & Bruno, should see some playing time in the PL for Amad too.
Though Maguire playing every minute of every match this season is now unlikely to happen, surely?
 

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Damn Leicester and Liverpool 48 hours apart will be no joke. That whole run looks horrific for fatigue. Concerning with (hopefully) a final on the horizon. Need second place wrapped up ASAP.
 

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Protest again on 13th and get the game suspended...

:angel:
 

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Be interesting to see a comparison of Liverpool's fixtures during the same period.
 

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Like not getting a game postponed?
:rolleyes:

Not a problem at this stage. We've got CL qualification secured already, so we can rest players without having to worry.
Agreed. Realistically we just need to win one game to get Champions League football due to our goal difference, so whatever.


Protest again on 13th and get the game suspended...

:angel:
This is the strangest thing about the scheduling. How many people do they think are going to be busy on a Thursday night in lockdown? If they wanted to avoid any protests they'd have done it at 3pm on a weekday when everyone's at work.
 

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Reminds me of Rangers run the year they made the Europa Final in 2008 & were forced to play 5 games in 10 days!
 

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Pathetic scheduling by the PL.

I suppose protests and passion for your club is only favoured in certain contexts within the Premier League.

Anyways, as mentioned we win the first two games we won’t have much need for the second two barring a huge City collapse.
 

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No big deal. Top 3 is secure and Roma is a nothing game now.
 

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Stop complaining - once that match was postponed, something like this was bound to happen.
 

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Likely done like this because of the talk of more protests so chance of more games needing rescheduling... though I think if another game were to be postponed they'd give the three points to the opposition rather than rescheduling again.
 

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Absolute joke. Seems premeditated to discourage this from happening again as they could've just moved Liverpool's game against West Brom
 

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That‘s ridiculous. How can we play Tuesday and Thursday. 2nd place could be gone now I think.
 

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They should've just rescheduled Liverpools game vs West Brom to midweek. Though I guess can't have United vs Liverpool distract from the FA Cup final...
 

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Prepare for disjointed games with a couple of losses that’ll surely make this place toxic