Cech told www.arsenal.com: “I always say it is a special competition”.
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Sunderland have lodged an objection to the scheduling of their games but, so far, that complaint has fallen on deaf ears.
His anger has been fuelled by Swansea being granted a request to switch the game to Wednesday instead of Tuesday, giving the Wearsiders a shorter turn-around before their trip to Tottenham.
West Brom could welcome Ben Foster back when they host Bristol City in the FA Cup third round at The Hawthorns on Saturday. “If the Premier League decides to put a stupid fixture midweek when they don’t bloody need to, then I haven’t got much choice”.
“Why put one in there?”
“We’re flogging the lads”. We have to play all three away games to begin with. It’s diabolical, it really is. “They want to be involved so if we can get them clubs and it’s right for them and right for us, then they’ll obviously move on”. It’s just unbelievable, but there you go.
Exeter memorably held Manchester United to a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford 11 years ago and manager Paul Tisdale, who joined the club a year later, has vowed that they will not be overawed by Liverpool.
Having secured a much-needed win over Aston Villa on Saturday, the Black Cats head into the rest of January four points adrift of the Premier League safety zone.
Allardyce will ring the changes as he attempts to manage the competing demands of a week which will involve around 1,800 miles of travel as well as the games, although he insists only one youngster – the clever money is on keeper Jordan Pickford following his return from a loan spell at Sky Bet Championship Preston – will start against the Gunners.
Sam Allardyce hammered the Premier League this week over the same thing. “Swansea probably won’t play their best team at Oxford, they’re likely to make changes”, Allardyce countered. Their league form is inconsistent and whilst they will certainly not have to worry about getting dragged into a relegation battle, they are unlikely to be finishing in the top six; couple that with their long trophy doubt and their fans are becoming restless, so Roberto Martinez and Everton are a team in need of winning the FA Cup.
“Our circumstances are greater”.
That 1-0 scoreline was a repeat of when the North London club visited St James Park earlier in the season, eight times in all the Gooners have beaten Newcastle by that score in the Premier League era.
But Albion travel to Chelsea in the Premier League next Wednesday night before playing Southampton away on the Saturday.
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Sunderland appealed this decision, but it was dismissed as “frivolous” by Premier League executive Chairman Richard Scudamore.
