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From the Scottish weather to the League Cup format.
July 9, 2008
Why am I really talking about the weather? I know that preparatory work is taking place at the Academy in order to sow the seed for the new pitch. The grass grows remarkably quickly when it’s down but the wet weather doesn’t help at present in fact it’s a hindrance.
Despite everything that’s happened over the last week we want to get into our new home as soon as possible but not at the expense of the playing surface.
If we get a fixture list which maps out the proposed league games and cup dates for the whole season I don’t really care how they set the League Cup out tomorrow evening. Don’t get me wrong I preferred the old sections of 4 with 2 Premier and 2 First Division sides where you could bed in and give all your signed players a couple of starts but I’ll go with the flow.
I think the two biggest problems last season other than the weather (it always comes back to the weather) was not playing mid-week games at the start of the season when it was still light enough and not having fixtures on a Saturday because Scotland were playing. I think we could probably have fitted in at least another half dozen games each before Christmas and that would have helped come April and May.
Anyway, like everybody else I’m looking forward to the fixtures coming out. Working with football players is therapeutic as it helps you forget disappointments and takes away the worries of your real world. The season can’t come quick enough, in fact Thursday and Falkirk Under 19’s can’t come quick enough.
Now where’s that team Jimmy told me to start?
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