Carling Victory Postpones Merseyside Clash
Filed under: Premier League Fixtures - Posted by: Andy
While the Anfield faithful celebrate their Carling Cup semi-final victory over Man City, the minds of Fantasy football managers have already moved on to more pressing matters.
Following on from their 3-2 aggregate win this evening, we have another blank fixture looming, with the promise of a double Gameweek to come.
Prior to this evening, Liverpool were set to play host to rivals Everton in Gameweek 26, on Saturday February 25. However, with a trip to Wembley to face Cardiff in the final on the Sunday now secured, this league fixture will be postponed.
As a result, Liverpool’s upcoming fixtures (wlv, TOT, mun, blank, ARS) tell a fairly grim tale, while their Merseyside rivals have an equally unappealing slate ahead of them (MCY wig, CHE, blank, qpr).
The flipside of this, of course, is that this fixture will need to be rearranged and will undoubtedly, at some point, give both of these teams a double Gameweek. It’s now down to the Premier League to find the most appropriate date to reschedule the clash.
For now, we can only really speculate when the double Gameweek will fall. With both sides uninvolved in European competitions, there will certainly be many midweek slots available. We will, of course, share the news of the rescheduled fixture as soon as word breaks.
While the Carling Cup has made the impact on the Merseyside, the FA Cup will likely be the major factor behind all impending double Gameweeks this season. With such a tight schedule ahead of the European Championship, fixture congestion awaits.
Every FA Cup game from the quarter-finals, through to the Wembley showpiece, will take place on a Premier League weekend. The last eight of the competition will be contested in Gameweek 29, so we can expect plenty more rescheduling and double Gameweeks to arrive for the sides who make it through the next two rounds and beyond.
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January 25 at 10:47 pm
The3rdTurd says:
Will Lindegard go up tonight?
January 25 at 10:48 pm
Hobo says:
Will be close but imagine tomorrow
January 25 at 10:49 pm
PUSH THE BUTTON says:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/crackthecode.php
January 25 at 10:47 pm
GreenWindmill says:
Even more reason to ignore Liverpool and Everton players!
January 25 at 10:48 pm
RASPUTIN says:
Yep other than enrq
January 25 at 10:50 pm
GreenWindmill says:
Missed the boat on getting him cheap so ditched him in the wildcard – I am completely merseyless, just call me Ming!
January 25 at 10:49 pm
The3rdTurd says:
until their dgw.
January 25 at 11:07 pm
Pork Pie Sausage Roll - Proud member of the Double Digit Club says:
I still think I’m going to hold on to Enrique. Yes his fixtures are diabolical for a month or so, but then they are immense until the season’s close. I’ll lose .4 million on him if I sell and inevitably want to buy him back for their sexy run
January 25 at 10:48 pm
andy85wsm says:
Thoughts on this team lads?
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-.....team1.png/
Got enough cash for Adebayor to Kun.
January 25 at 10:51 pm
Optimus says:
hope you still have w/c?
January 25 at 10:54 pm
andy85wsm says:
That is my wildcard team
January 25 at 10:52 pm
Mac says:
You playing it this week? Ba won’t be back til Villa surely? Even if they are out.
January 25 at 10:55 pm
andy85wsm says:
Yeah it’s already played. Was sick of my team
Maybe Ba won’t be back, I’ll see if he’s going to fall in price again. If not I can afford to bench him. My midfield have pretty good fixtures to play 3-5-2.
January 25 at 10:58 pm
Mac says:
I’m sure somebody can correct me on this but I thought he was certain not to be back?
I like it though, especially the Ade > Aguero part.
January 25 at 11:01 pm
andy85wsm says:
I’ll look into it then. If he’s not going to be back I may just get Aguero for the next game even though Spurs have Wigan with a view to getting Ba back in after.
January 25 at 11:04 pm
Mac says:
Perhaps downgrade a midfielder to Sess then do Ba > Aguero and then do Ade > Ba the week after?
January 25 at 10:53 pm
PUSH THE BUTTON says:
I would do Adebayor to Aguero and then Ba to Helguson until he gets back personally
January 25 at 10:57 pm
andy85wsm says:
I’ve thought about Helguson. Surely though, Ba will be back for the one after next for sure. In which case I’d rather not spend another transfer on it.
January 25 at 11:12 pm
PUSH THE BUTTON says:
True, I also want to know when Ba is back so I can edit my squad
January 25 at 10:49 pm
Henry Hill says:
Ramos red card
January 25 at 10:53 pm
Crouch Potato says:
QPR in talks with Moses,
January 25 at 10:58 pm
Henry Hill says:
Where did you hear that?
January 25 at 11:00 pm
Crouch Potato says:
Mail online football,
January 25 at 11:05 pm
Henry Hill says:
They are regularly linking us to various players, be decent enough addition I suppose. Onuoha seems close to being wrapped up but Alex going to PSG
January 25 at 11:09 pm
Crouch Potato says:
Yeah shame about Alex, reckon we could have 2 or 3 more before deadline.
January 25 at 11:13 pm
Henry Hill says:
Hopefully, decent striker still needed. Pity Chelsea match isn’t on TV, promises to be stormy. Can’t wait to see reaction Terry gets!
January 25 at 11:18 pm
Crouch Potato says:
Shouldn’t be allowed play at Loftus Rd, I hope Ferdinand refuses his handshake. Oh to win that game.
January 25 at 11:24 pm
Henry Hill says:
Apparently the club have asked Anton to shake hands with him, they should leave it up to him to decide. Whole team should refuse JT’s hand I think!
January 25 at 10:49 pm
G-G-Granville says:
Busquets gets Ramos sent off.
January 25 at 10:50 pm
ViperStripes says:
Mignolet, Vorm
Brown, Kompany, De Laet, AFerdinand, Simpson
Silva, Bale, Sess, Dempsey, Barton
RVP, Aguero, Zamora
Current wildcard team, but 0.1 short of Mignolet > Lindegaard (hopes Fletcher rises again & Linde doesn’t)
January 25 at 10:56 pm
timski8000 says:
Linde up tomorrow (possibly tonight).
Why De Laet? Surely Kelly from Fulham would be a better decsion at 0.1 more? At least he has a chance of playing.
Also 3 sunderland might not look so great after this week.
Barton is also a bit of a gamble imo.
January 25 at 10:58 pm
ViperStripes says:
No spare cash at all, De Laet 3rd place bench warmer
Might stick with Moses instead of Barton
January 25 at 10:52 pm
EVERYTHING BLACK ON BLACK, YOU KNOW I BE STRAPPIN' THAT says:
god madrid are scum
January 25 at 10:52 pm
msimms89 says:
This match descending into a farce as usual.
January 25 at 10:52 pm
Holy see says:
El Classico is such theatre. Love em or hate em, you can’t beat the drama.
January 25 at 10:56 pm
Manani says:
leave the drama for yo mama
January 25 at 10:52 pm
G-G-Granville says:
Last 3 years – Barcelona red card count 1, opponents 37.
January 25 at 10:54 pm
msimms89 says:
Referees biased, Surely not!
January 25 at 10:56 pm
Hate that rotation says:
Its the only way. They dont kick messi hard enough I say. Need more andy wilkinson giving him no nonsense.
January 25 at 10:53 pm
ViperStripes says:
Ditching Enrique, bought at 5.2 so get 5.6 for him.
January 25 at 10:54 pm
Anorak says:
Welcome back, Sir.
The next DGW certainly can’t be as bad as the last one.
January 25 at 10:57 pm
timski8000 says:
My main opponent’s goalkeeper scored more goals than my strikers in the last one…booger.
January 25 at 10:58 pm
The Parmtree says:
With Everton involved i’m not so certain.
January 25 at 11:11 pm
Andy says:
It’s like the monsoon following the arid dry summer (errr, winter?). Nothing for well over a month: now two!
January 25 at 11:32 pm
No Luck says:
I’m still shivering…
January 25 at 10:55 pm
mosstapha says:
FT good 4 : evil 3
January 25 at 10:57 pm
msimms89 says:
Come to the dark side, we have cookies.
January 25 at 10:56 pm
Mull says:
Thoughts on my team for GW23. I have 1FT to get rid of Lampard if he isn’t starting.
Lindegaard
Richards, Senderos, Kelly
Lampard, Bale(VC), Valencia, Sessegnon
RVP, Aguero, Morison
Subs: Sorensen, Williamson, Walters, ShawX
January 25 at 11:00 pm
4vets says:
Deja vu
No need for me to comment 
January 25 at 11:01 pm
Optimus says:
i like it alot apart from the ful double act
January 25 at 11:16 pm
Wessex Warrior says:
look no further than Dempsey or Silva
January 25 at 10:56 pm
MJ6987 says:
WC v3:
Linde* – Krul
Kompany – BAE – Evans* – Shotton* – Simpson
Silva – Bale – Dempsey – Valencia – Sessegnon
RVP – Aguero – Helguson (= Ba soon)
£2.3m in bank
You like?
*if they start the Man U v Stoke game (we will see the line ups hopefully)
January 25 at 10:57 pm
Seal says:
barcelona are just disgusting to watch in big games, why do they have to play act and con the officials.
really no need for it
January 25 at 10:58 pm
DRIZZY #THEBOSS #KINGOFFIFA says:
goes for both teams.
January 25 at 10:58 pm
PUSH THE BUTTON says:
Looks like its back to the classic proven blend of (Jagielka + Osman) x DGW = BIG POINTS.
January 25 at 10:58 pm
hillbillypete: Don't ya wish your right back was Kieran Lee says:
christ not another Everton double. Cant wait to get Drenthe for the 3rd time this season
January 25 at 10:58 pm
applebonkers says:
ughr, this sentence is horrid: “Every FA Cup game from the quarter-finals, through to the Wembley showpiece, will take place on a Premier League weekend”
i don’t like double gameweeks
January 25 at 11:02 pm
Hate that rotation says:
Looking forward to them.
January 25 at 11:02 pm
Mull says:
Well City are dodging them quite nicely.
January 25 at 11:03 pm
Syd says:
60% plus of the PL clubs will be out by then
January 25 at 11:09 pm
Andy says:
40% of Premier League clubs being in the FA Cup can lead to 80% of Premier League games in a round being postponed, in the “worst case” scenario.
January 25 at 11:13 pm
Syd says:
Thats true… There will be a max of 10 PL clubs left after this round…
January 25 at 11:12 pm
Pork Pie Sausage Roll - Proud member of the Double Digit Club says:
I love DGWs; they demand better planning. As such they should be times when people like us who obsess over this game should make ground on everybody else.
January 25 at 11:54 pm
Low-Life says:
-1,000,0000.
Bring ‘em on. Christ, I need something to rescue me.
January 25 at 10:59 pm
piers says:
Congratulations to Liverpool for reaching the Crap Cup Final.
As a Spurs supporter I have an intimate understanding of the strange mixture of happiness and sadness felt at reaching a cup final yet wishing that your team was good enough to challenge for something worthwhile.
January 25 at 11:01 pm
applebonkers says:
they beat chelsea and man city to get there and it’s still a trophy. should be nothing but happiness, the least sought after trophy is still a sought after trophy
January 25 at 11:02 pm
Manani says:
so what u reckon spurs are getting this year??
the best improving team award???
January 25 at 11:02 pm
hillbillypete: Don't ya wish your right back was Kieran Lee says:
as an Oldham supporter im pleased to have been knocked out by a finalist.
January 25 at 11:18 pm
Wessex Warrior says:
As an Oldham supporter, you’re still in the real Crap Cup
January 25 at 11:02 pm
4vets says:
As a Liverpool fan, I concur.
January 25 at 11:02 pm
RoysCallerAnne says:
Good man Piers, well said, a lot of weird Liverpool hating on here tonight (I’ve just skimmed through comments)
January 25 at 11:00 pm
jkisthe1 says:
wc draft 1647387474
Lind/Schwarzer
Richards, Verm, Santon, Cahill, _______
Valenica, Silva, Bale, Barfa, McClean
Zamora, RvP, Aguero
4.9 for the last space, any thoughts
If Ba is back for GW24 (when I wc) Verm becomes Huth, Zamora becomes Ba and Barfa becomes Etherington
January 25 at 11:04 pm
Mull says:
Senderos.
January 25 at 11:11 pm
jkisthe1 says:
double Fulham, not so sure.
January 25 at 11:04 pm
SuperDunny says:
i liked 1647387471 better
January 25 at 11:08 pm
jkisthe1 says:
any other thoughts?
January 25 at 11:05 pm
RoysCallerAnne says:
I’ve been counting, this draft is definitely number 1647387475.
Give me a few minutes to be happy and I’ll get back to you.
January 25 at 11:06 pm
4vets says:
Taiwo… BOOM!
January 25 at 11:08 pm
jkisthe1 says:
thinking the same if he comes in under 5.
January 25 at 11:08 pm
Holy see says:
You’ve been at this lark a few seasons now JK, why dya think your doin so much better this season? Well done incidentally. May as well stick Evans in the blank.
January 25 at 11:10 pm
jkisthe1 says:
well the good folks here at FFS have helped by showing a different way of looking at things. Also this year I seem to have managed to catch players at the right time much better (VdV being a prime example) Although I’ve taken a few hits this year, I’ve taken far less than ever before.
January 25 at 11:11 pm
4vets says:
This is the first year I have actually applied myself to fpl, been totally casual, but enthusiastic, in previous years. I have a similar history to JK so assume we may be the same.
January 25 at 11:12 pm
jkisthe1 says:
well I tried last year as it was the first time I’d done a work ML, but as i’d been casual it took me time to get going, this year I’ve pushed on.
January 25 at 11:16 pm
4vets says:
Ditto. I found FFS about a 1/3 into last season and lurking for a while helped bundles. Sorting wheat from chaff is what counts here for me.
January 25 at 11:20 pm
Doosra says:
Lindegaard/Krul, you pillock – in the nicest possible way!
January 25 at 11:23 pm
jkisthe1 says:
Doos if your playing Lind every week I see no point in having Krul, I trust newc for CS more than Ful, but I expect Schwarzer to compensate with saves. What would you do with my defence though, I think if Ba is back, Barfa should go, Verm is probs too much, but I want a scoring defender who keeps CS.
January 25 at 11:04 pm
huzzle101 says:
So i see senegal are out in the first round, that means Demba Ba and cisse are back early right ? Excuse me if someone posted this already …
January 25 at 11:04 pm
Ronaldo-The Great One not the other guy says:
Ba really needs to fall tonight
January 25 at 11:08 pm
4vets says:
He should do.
January 25 at 11:09 pm
championblades_21years says:
looks like he will
January 25 at 11:07 pm
GERVINHO's FOREHEAD = ♥ says:
Guys why the Liverpool hate? We beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Man City at Etihad then bring City back to Anfield and knock em out. Liverpool deserve to be in the final. No need for the hate.
January 25 at 11:10 pm
Syd says:
I don’t hate Liverpool…. Don’t think that anyone on this site hates them…
January 25 at 11:12 pm
Optimus says:
ah there is a few who hates them i reckon
but syd it wasnt a bad game could have went either way
January 25 at 11:17 pm
Syd says:
Liverpool deserved to go through
January 25 at 11:11 pm
Random_Guy says:
Are you a Liverpool or Arsenal supporter?
January 25 at 11:12 pm
GERVINHO's FOREHEAD = ♥ says:
Liverpool
January 25 at 11:11 pm
RoysCallerAnne says:
+1 . Hope you’re doing well after your bad news last week. Me and the kids said a prayer for her at bedtime as promised
January 25 at 11:13 pm
GERVINHO's FOREHEAD = ♥ says:
Coping much better now. Thanks a million, really appreciate it
January 25 at 11:12 pm
Mull says:
It’s not hate, it’s jealousy
January 25 at 11:14 pm
GERVINHO's FOREHEAD = ♥ says:
January 25 at 11:11 pm
Demi says:
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.u.....um=twitter
Oh ffs
January 25 at 11:12 pm
SuperDunny says:
Looks like i’m wildcarding a week early…
January 25 at 11:13 pm
Optimus says:
my knee jerk last week from nani to val doesnt seem too bad now
January 25 at 11:13 pm
SL8 says:
Fergie gotta spend some cash before the deadline now surely?
January 25 at 11:14 pm
msimms89 says:
Good, Valencia is nailed on now.
January 25 at 11:20 pm
4vets says:
An injury is NEVER good
January 25 at 11:22 pm
Doosra says:
Well said, 4Vets!
January 25 at 11:16 pm
huzzle101 says:
ah boi, injuries keep racking up
January 25 at 11:18 pm
hvsauce says:
uh oh…not looking good. if this is true, do you think valencia will be as effective FPL-wise (and in real life) or better to look away from united?
January 25 at 11:24 pm
applebonkers says:
lame
January 25 at 11:25 pm
applebonkers says:
meh, no quotes or sources anywhere. gonna wait to see what man utd say
January 25 at 11:28 pm
AP says:
Your avatar could play left wing at a push. Young, Fabio, and Giggs with 5 redbulls could probably also play there too.
C’mon a billion injuries but still in the mix!
January 25 at 11:12 pm
Bumblebee says:
mignolet(NOR)
kompany(eve) kelly(WBA) bae(WIG)
silva(eve) bale(WIG) valencia(STO) sess(NOR) dempsey(WBA)
rvp(bol) dzeko(eve) sturridge(swa)
subs : krul(bla) simpson(bla) shotton(mun)
1) RMWCT
2) who C & VC
3) pick one more to bench for GW23
January 25 at 11:14 pm
Random_Guy says:
Is anyone holding onto Vorm? Getting rid of him is a one-way ticket…
January 25 at 11:17 pm
Doosra says:
Not so many …
January 25 at 11:22 pm
4vets says:
I am! But can get rid for Lindy in gw28 if need be, just before De Gae makes a come back
January 25 at 11:14 pm
Mike says:
any of you Fifa players? If so do you find it really annoying when you come up against annoying t**ts that are really unsporting like waiting ages for everything and switching off half way through?
January 25 at 11:16 pm
DRIZZY #THEBOSS #KINGOFFIFA says:
tell me about it, especially at the start right up to the team sheets.
January 25 at 11:17 pm
Midnight Rambler says:
I’ve not played it online. Is there some kind of experience point system where you are compensated for their wasting of your time?
January 25 at 11:19 pm
huzzle101 says:
you get EXP for watchin all the visuals, i hate it but people do it
January 25 at 11:15 pm
8-2 says:
My WC team:
Hart Vorm
Kompany Enrique BAE Evans Simpson
Sess Dempsey Valencia Silva Bale
RVP Adebayor Morrison
Thoughts?
January 25 at 11:17 pm
Mike says:
really nice except I would downgrade BAE and Enrique and spend it up top. Also too much spent in goal, you dont need Vorm if you have hart.
January 25 at 11:20 pm
8-2 says:
I got Vorm cheap, 4.0 I think. BAE is holding until Ba gets back then it’s BAE > Shotton and Morrison > Ba.
January 25 at 11:15 pm
Midnight Rambler says:
Can’t decide whether it’s worth keeping Enrique, having bought him at 5.0. What do we all reckon?
January 25 at 11:20 pm
kraftwerk says:
I’m getting rid. Can’t see Liverpool keeping many clean sheets with the fixtures they have coming up.
Huth looks a good replacement for GWs 24-27.
January 25 at 11:21 pm
kraftwerk says:
Should add I also bought him for 5.0.
January 25 at 11:24 pm
Midnight Rambler says:
Interesting. My head says get rid, my heart thinks he’s a decent player at the price I got him and he will come good with decent fixtures. Actually it’s probably my head thinking both.