Anyone thinking we are playing too many games?

[n wales eagles]

Has your sheep got a good looking sister?

And brother Want pics

 

[adelaar]

No. I love it. Constant games to look forward to. We most likely won't have this again for a long time, so enjoy it! It's a sign of how far we've come.

I do wish Glasner would rotate more. I'm of the theory that fringe players need game time to improve. Would like to see more of Esse, Eddie, Uche and Canvot. Munoz, Sarr and Mateta in particular are getting run into the ground which feels like a disaster waiting to happen.

I think we are going to see these on Wednesday!
We won't be prioritising the Carabao Cup this season. We enter it every year. What we don't do every year is be in Europe.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Esse, Canvot, Uche and Eddie, with Sosa and Benifez, all playing Liverpool.

 

[MrRobbo]

I think we are going to see these on Wednesday!
We won't be prioritising the Carabao Cup this season. We enter it every year. What we don't do every year is be in Europe.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Esse, Canvot, Uche and Eddie, with Sosa and Benifez, all playing Liverpool.

Agree, give the fringes a go. I wouldn't even bother putting the first team regulars on the bench.

 

[Inquisitive Aquila]

Would it matter if we lost that game against Liverpool midweek? A game every 3 days is too much for the team of our size. Something has got to give or our League position will suffer.

Yes it would matter we are not a club that pick and choose which competitions it takes seriously, last season proved that.
Lets say we lose on Wednesday because we did not respect the competition, the quarter final draw then sees Liverpool drawn at home to the winner of the Wrexham v Cardiff tie. Our naivety in Europe continues to cost us and we fail to make the knock out stages. The third round FA Cup draw results in an away trip to Manchester City, all of a sudden in early January the only competition Palace are still in is the Premier league. Would anybody be happy?
Alternatively a strong team is picked on Wednesday and qualifies for the quarter final, winning at Anfield and knocking Liverpool out of a cup is always enjoyable. The quarter final draw then sees us at home to the winner of Wrexham v Cardiff, which would likely see us rotate. Then in January a semi final hopefully the second leg at Selhurst. Would anybody be unhappy?

 

[cryrst]

Yes it would matter we are not a club that pick and choose which competitions it takes seriously, last season proved that.
Lets say we lose on Wednesday because we did not respect the competition, the quarter final draw then sees Liverpool drawn at home to the winner of the Wrexham v Cardiff tie. Our naivety in Europe continues to cost us and we fail to make the knock out stages. The third round FA Cup draw results in an away trip to Manchester City, all of a sudden in early January the only competition Palace are still in is the Premier league. Would anybody be happy?
Alternatively a strong team is picked on Wednesday and qualifies for the quarter final, winning at Anfield and knocking Liverpool out of a cup is always enjoyable. The quarter final draw then sees us at home to the winner of Wrexham v Cardiff, which would likely see us rotate. Then in January a semi final hopefully the second leg at Selhurst. Would anybody be unhappy?

We have a winner 👍

 

[Davepalace707]

As long as we stay a healthy distance above the bottom 3 then it’s all good. If we start dropping down the table then we might have to compromise

 

[RubinsCube]

If we enjoy winning trophies and want to win more then we have to get used to playing most midweeks. A win on Wednesday puts us into the QFs. Yes, it's likely there'll be another so-called big team awaiting us there (it was Arsenal last year at that stage) but let's enjoy the ride (or would you prefer reverting to mundane seasons in which we finish somewhere between 10th and 14th with little else happening apart from the occasional victory over that South Coast team)?

I feel the same way. Whilst we are in competitions we need to treat them and our opponents with the requisite respect and, within the bounds of managing injury, workload and player development, go all out for each of the four competitions.

At the end of the day it's a fantastic problem to have.