This was always going be an issue with how they structured the league, internationals should have been moved to the end then you could have swapped it around. Now there is absolutely no space whatsoever.
It might come down to leagues just being completed and then seeing what else can be finished.
Testing in the lower leagues is no longer compolsery, so a lot of the Prem clubs are paying for the lower league club they are drawn against - we are doing similar for Lincoln Utd did the same for Luton.
4 wins takes you to the final this time, letās see.
Multiple games against Arsenal in a few days doesnāt sound so good (memories of 06/07, apart from Crouchieās hattrick!), but weāre due a good old slapping against them after the last two games we lost.
Will keep an eye on Tottenham vs Chelsea. Chelseaās new keeper is starting, will be interesting to see him. Chelseaās team looks unsurprisingly strong compared to Tottenham. Will also keep an eye on Ferencvaros vs Molde in the Champions League Play Off. First match ended 3-3, so Molde only has a very slim chance. But you never know.
I guess I am hoping for a real tough battle between Chelsea and Tottenham, the kind of match where a couple of hamstrings gets pulled
To be fair, even though I want this game to tire and tax both teams, I wouldnāt mind a massacre and a humiliation for either of them. Both sides losing 5-0 would do nicely. Dejected and defensive Lampard or hysterical Mourinho, both works in terms of what is acceptable levels of Schadenfreude that would soothe my dark soul.