grep Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 It is hard to manage a team who is forced to play for several months till 3-4 times per week. Does it happen also in the reality ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 How often is this happening? It may be due to fixture congestion, if the team is doing well in a number of competitions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
santy001 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 It does happen, teams often have 3 or 4 games in the week after christmas. Man Utd have something like 5/6 games coming up in 13 or so days and Villa have the same, its hard but its part and parcel of real football. I can imagine at some points during the spanish season it gets just as bad with the winter break they have over there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillwallLion08 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Spurs have something like 6 games in 17 days coming up (inc. Shaktar) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4457 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Certainly shouldn't be happening for "several months" like the OP says though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
santy001 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 It can all be down to postponements and all sorts, on last years FM I had 3 games in 3 days because of teh world club championship and the african nations because it ravaged my squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Certainly shouldn't be happening for "several months" like the OP says though. True, but I find it hard to have any sympathy for anyone who has fixture congestion. If it's a product of success, i'm envious, not sympathetic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
x42bn6 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Yes it does happen. It happens because the stupid FA decided to make the League Cup worth something, so now English teams in an already tiring and fast league play in two cups. In addition, the FA Cup is more prestigious to English teams than the Coppa Italia or Copa Del Rey, so teams actually have a go at it. And the fact that the FA Cup drags on and rather irritatingly inserts itself in convenient times between European games. There is no winter break in England - if there was, there'd be no room to put it in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonezzz Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I hate the league cup. Knackering, injury-inducing 120-minute away ties in poor conditions really don't help matters, especially when you can end up losing on penalties anyway. I've only played as Arsenal so far, but I keep stupidly putting first-team players out. I think I might do what Wenger does and just see if my youngsters can get through it from now on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAK Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 i always do a wenger in league, just through out the back up and youth players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Outside of the Premier League, it can be an even bigger problem. You have a league of 24 teams, as opposed to 20, plus various cup competitions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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