Christmas Football Fillings
First up on Boxing Day we have our closest rivals Leicester
City who have an outstandingly overwhelmingly brilliant manager who has
injected some excitement and drive back into the Foxes. This is going to be a big challenge for the
lads after returning to England as the Worlds best football club (which we all
already new, but now we have a trophy to prove it). It’s not just a big game against an Ex-coach
but the 3 points are invaluable (well technically they are valued at 3 points), giving us a 13 point lead over Leicester and 11
points over Man City and we still have a game in hand to play.
3 days later we come up against a team that is fighting for
a top 4 spot against Sheffield United and Chelsea. So on the 29th of December we play
Watford Wolves away and yet again this will bring out our squad depth and
injuries.
The new year brings Sheffield United to Anfield on 2nd
of January which like our previous game see's us face-off against a team striving
for a top 5 and possibly a top 4 spot.
Sheffield are the surprise package so far this year and it’s always
great to see a newly promoted team giving it a red hot go.
That then brings us to a break from the EPL and to the
magnificent FA Cup on 5th of January where we play our lonely old
neighbours Everton at Anfield. This game
concerns me, not Everton themselves and not if we play our full strength team, but
what I mean should we play a full strength team to ensure we go through to the
next round. I’m all for winning breeds
winners and all but we have already won 2 trophies this season and are still in
for another 3 including the FA cup so would it be the end of the world if we
were to miss out on the FA cup and then concentrate on the Champions League and
the EPL title. My biggest sticking point
is its Everton and I just don’t want to lose a game to them but the main thing
is we need to avoid their filthy dirty tackles.
Saturday 11th of January takes us to Spurs new
ground and the Special One. I can only
guess what the league table will look like by this time with the exception of
one certainty that we will be top, so I will guess Spurs, ManU and Arsenal are
all battling it out for spots 6, 7 and 8 as Sheffield and Wolves would have
pulled away from them. I was unable to
catch the Spurs loss to Chelsea but I read tigger1703 thoughts on the game and
here they are “They were soundly beaten, the old mourinho came out today ...
Too defensive in a home game. That's a loss to Chelsea and United both of his
former clubs... That must not of gone down well” aww poor old Maurinho.
We then get a gigantic 8 day break before OGS brings his
traveling band of misfits to Anfield on the 19th of January where we will
hopefully be putting the final nail in their season, but not OGS glorious
coaching position may that continue.
That brings us to the end of a fun and hopefully winning
festive season where we may also get a glimpse of our new signing the Japanese
wonder Takumi Minamino aka Taki.
Here are the fixtures
for Man City and Leicester for the same period, who do you think has the
toughest run and where/who do you think might drop points.
MANCHESTERY CITY
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LEICESTER CITY
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27th Dec
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Wolves (A)
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26th Dec
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LFC (H)
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29th Dec
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Sheffield United (H)
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28th Dec
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West Ham (A)
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1st Jan
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Everton (A)
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1st Jan
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Newcastle (A)
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4th Jan
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Port Vale (H) FA Cup
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4th Jan
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Wigan (H) FA Cup
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7th Jan
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ManU (A) League Cup
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9th Jan
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Aston Villa (H) League Cup
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12th Jan
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Aston Villa
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11th Jan
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Southampton (H)
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So to all from the UK to USA to Canada to Australia to Asian countries and back to Germany and those in-between may you have a wonderful Christmas
and title winning new year and let’s hope the future is bright and filled with
good tidings and happier days.
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