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We are about to embark on a run from the last day of November to the 2nd last day of December (30 days) which encompasses 10 games. That's literally a one game every three days for a month. I mean, that's just fucking bonkers and I honestly can't remember the club every having a run like this whilst I've supported them. It gets worse though cos then we have County at home on the second of January so it's actually an 11 game in 33 day run... Which is also a one in 3 average just for longer. Joy. Obviously, this is going to be quite the test for the squad and the management. I suspect this is what Robson and Agnew have been talking about when they say everyone has a role to play in the campaign despite lack of game time. Rotation becomes a necessity now and perhaps even players like Besuijen will be feeling tired come the bells of Hogmanay. The big question marks for me are over dadia, Williams and gueye as these guys have come with something resembling a reasonable pedigree but the few appearances between them have not inspired any praise. It's not all bad though, including the County game 6 of the 8 league games are at home and they are all very winnable. The two away are Easter road (which is this Sunday) and the fun away on the 23rd. They are very winnable games also..... though I concede hibs away is defo not easy after coming back from Helsinki. They are also very far apart as dens is not until the 23rd and we will play at home for 3 league games, 1 European game and then a trip to hampden before that. It's impossible to predict how this is going to go. Key players getting injured seems fairly inevitable though even with plenty rotation..... but then it's not guaranteed either. We might get lucky and avoid anything more serious than a few minor knocks to the likes of Dante Polvara and Esper Sokler. If there is an advantage of playing so many games it's that if you get a few results and performances on the bounce you can get some cracking momentum and given the fixtures we have that is far from out of the question. As such there may be more riding on this Helsinki game than the pride and the 500k for the win it appears to be on first glance.

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Number of games is mental. Europe obviously plays a part in it but we have two mid week fixtures in the league because of the winter break. Cannot see what benefit winter break brings if players are having to play this number of games in a short period to fit it in. Be interesting to see how Robson copes with the squad rotation as don’t think he has after European games so far.