As you all know, we are scheduled to play in the 3rd Qualifying round of the Champions League should we reach this far, and the 2nd leg happens to coincide with the Premiership encounter with Charlton. 3 days later, we are then scheduled to play in the Super Cup against CSKA Moscow as European Cup holders on a Friday, therefore the need to delay the Saturday Premiership encounter with Arsenal. That's already 2 match worth of points gone for a certain time, making us evidently lagging behind other Premiership teams.
At this early stage of the Premiership, we are already 2 match short of points. Though we still do have 2 games in hand, my main concern is the negative effects this might bring to the team as a whole, knowing that we will be 2 games behind all the other Premiership teams for a substantial part of the season. Could this affect team morale as a whole? Just like last year, all of us remained optimistic that we will capitalise on the games in hand and obtain maximum points. But the final result was disappointing, two draws at Anfield with Portsmouth and Blackburn.
What's worse, we are also scheduled to play in the World Club Championship on around winter time and this might potentially result in a further number of delayed Premiership games. Becuase of this, it looks likely that many crucial Premiership games (probably around 4 altogether) would have to be played during Midweeks, dampening stadium atmosphere. Seeing that our fixture list seem overly congested this season, do you think its a good idea to drop out of the World Club Cup, so that our Premiership form could turn for the good?
Share you opinions here.
EDIT: By the way, anyone know the difference between the World Club Cup and the World Club Championship?