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Post by Everton News. on Oct 1, 2022 16:08:13 GMT
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Post by rugbytoffee on Oct 4, 2022 9:12:52 GMT
The reasoning for Manchester United and Everton's unusual kick-off time, scheduled for 7pm on Sunday night, has finally been explained. Question marks were raised when it was revealed that Erik ten Hag's side would travel to Goodison Park late on a Sunday - which is rarely seen in the Premier League. However, with the game initially scheduled for Saturday, it's now been revealed that it's been rescheduled as part the league's new rules surrounding the Saturday 12.30 pm kick-off. BT Sport are typically given the broadcasting rights for the Premier League's 12:30pm kick-off on a Saturday, but once it was announced that that game would be Everton vs Man United, a decision was made to change it. This is because Erik ten Hag's side will be in Cyprus on Thursday as they face Omonia Nicosia in their Europa League group stage game - and so need a greater time to recover before travelling to Merseyside. This comes as part of the Premier League's new ruling that clubs playing in European competitions on either Wednesday or Thursday will not be eligible to play in the 12:30pm Saturday slot. A late Sunday kick-off is common across Europe's other leagues and could soon be something that English football fans are familiar with. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was one of the first managers to raise concerns with the fixture scheduling back in 2020, when he claimed he wouldn't 'finish the season with 11 players' if things didn't change. After the Reds' game with Leicester two years ago, Klopp said: 'I'm afraid to say but I think it (running out of steam) could happen not only to us but to other teams as well. 'You (BT Sport) my special friends ask us to go on Saturday at 12.30pm, which is nearly a crime to be honest. It has nothing to do with the game tonight but congratulations for that.' Klopp continued: 'It was never about us when I spoke about it. It's about all the players, England players, players who play next summer in the European Championship. 'But if you [Sky] don't start talking to BT then we're all done. Sky and BT have to talk because if we keep playing on Wednesday and then Saturday [at] 12:30pm, I'm not sure if we will finish the season with 11 players - all the top seven.' www.dailymail.co.uk/
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Post by empresstouch on Oct 4, 2022 19:40:14 GMT
Nothing to do with this specific fixture, but can anyone remember going into the last three fixtures of the 2020-21 season - with European qualification a realistic success - IF we were able to give the bottom-of-the-table Sheffield United a good hiding at Goodison?
Except a glorious Mersey Sunday afternoon kick-off was put forwards to 7:30pm - and ieucchu da.
An early concession and a 0-1 defeat left us needing all three points at The ETIHAD. It didn't happen.
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Post by rugbytoffee on Oct 6, 2022 7:24:37 GMT
Fairly optimistic about this one for a change.
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Post by Everton News. on Oct 7, 2022 7:57:56 GMT
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