Can see this game being arranged for 28/29th January. There are no dates in February, otherwise it probably be in March dependent on Cup runs and international breaks.
Can see this game being arranged for 28/29th January. There are no dates in February, otherwise it probably be in March dependent on Cup runs and international breaks.
Although the EFL like games to be rescheduled as early as possible now, compared to years ago when they invariably ended up towards the end of the season, I believe it has to be agreed between the 2 clubs & I'm sure Chris Parkes will be ruling out anything in late Jan or early Feb.
So no game for Charlton on the weekend of the 25th.
Our remaining fixtures in January are WBA (H) 11/01 and Preston (A) 18/01.
Next game after that is 1st Feb, followed by 6 more games that month. A planned two week break taking the squad away to somewhere warm could be very timely particularly as there is a forecast of Jan-Feb 2020 being the coldest one for decades
Assuming it’ll be on a Tuesday, these are the possible dates for rearranged fixture:
-28th January -4th February (highly unlikely since this is 4th round replay week) -18th February Anything in January or February is not ideal if Charlton and Fulham work on a new date together. If it’s up to the EFL, I’ll expect the 28th Jan or 29th if Fulham’s cup is on Sunday.
-3rd March (we’d have to wait to see the outcome of Fulham’s 4th round game to avoid a possible clash with the 5th round ties so this is doubtful too) -10th March (first realistic date that I think both teams will like) -7th April (unlikely with a Good Friday fixture to follow it) -21st April -28th April (both of these last two seem a bit late in the season to be realistic choices, these should be saved in case of later postponements for weather etc)
In conclusion I think there are five possible dates, some more realistic than others:
-28th January (2) -18th February (3) -10th March (1) -21st April (4) -28th April (5)
Comments
Was lined up perfectly.
Looking at the bigger picture, however, anything which buys us time to rehabilitate injured players and bed new signings in is a plus....
Phillips
Matthews - Lockyer - Pearce - Purrington
Gallagher - Pratley - Cullen
Williams
Green - Hemed
-28th January
-4th February (highly unlikely since this is 4th round replay week)
-18th February
Anything in January or February is not ideal if Charlton and Fulham work on a new date together. If it’s up to the EFL, I’ll expect the 28th Jan or 29th if Fulham’s cup is on Sunday.
-3rd March (we’d have to wait to see the outcome of Fulham’s 4th round game to avoid a possible clash with the 5th round ties so this is doubtful too)
-10th March (first realistic date that I think both teams will like)
-7th April (unlikely with a Good Friday fixture to follow it)
-21st April
-28th April (both of these last two seem a bit late in the season to be realistic choices, these should be saved in case of later postponements for weather etc)
In conclusion I think there are five possible dates, some more realistic than others:
-28th January (2)
-18th February (3)
-10th March (1)
-21st April (4)
-28th April (5)
where 1 is most likely and 5 is least likely.
You heard it here first.