You’re so odd.

Interesting if true. I can’t be d to dig into the data myself, so I’ll take your word for it. I would suggest though, that the data set over the past 3 seasons is a relatively small sample to draw any conclusions on, and there are certainly other variables involved.

As google seems to be beyond the realms of your capabilities.....
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The reality is that if you leave on Friday at 10.35 am on the sponsors flight, you will arrive at 6.35pm on your time, but actually 4 hours earlier......I am a seasoned international traveler and no matter what precautions you take (hydration/ eating the right foods etc) this will mess with your body because when the home team are sitting down to their evening meal at 7pm local time, your body thinks it's 11pm.......
Day 2, Saturday you'll wake up feeling fresh and fine, but your body and mind will tire quickly and you'll be knackered again by 7pm local time.....and Day 3 is normally when the worst of the Jet Lag hits.....day three or as we call it GAME DAY! There are 5 Time Zones crossed between Manchester and London.....even at the high end estimate of 2 a day, you still come up short in recovery time for visiting side.

I'm no doctor, but the sites that popped up when I googled this seem to agree with me.....and as I say, I travel internationally on a regular basis.

Just lol, utter tripe, there's no empirical studies that prove performance drops off, basically you have no concept as to how prepared/professional people deal with a minor 4-5 hour time diff. You're as likely to be effected emotionally than directly physiologically. Even a basic 30-60 min shift in sleep for 4 days would negate the time diff totally.

Not an ideal situation, id have hoped theyd have taken a couple of games on the Road to other places in Canada or the USA to grown RL.

But at least its better than the rumour on Facebook that they were going to play some ‘home’ games at Odsal! That would have been an shocker!

Well it looks as though they are planning to play some of their "home" games in Manchester as the ground in Toronto will still not be ready for the allocated matches despite the 11 away games initially

Then Toronto should fall into the accepted home then away structures as travelling will have no impact on them?

I also accept that often the mental element is the greatest issue

Sooo not paying attention at all to the fact that the stadium isn't owned by us and isn't available until late April thing are ya?

Growing pains as its our first crack at the new schedule with the earlier start to the season. It’s unbalanced and we will see what the negative impacts of it are on us and the other teams but it is what it is.

As far as the whole travel thing football teams travel for UCL/EL games to Russia and come back for weekend games in PL. Players travel, it’s a thing, they still perform as they are professionals. Yes it’s going to be tough on the semi pro teams but we are a Pro team meant for SL and we are earning our spot. If we were dropped in SL people would be ed that we got bumped up without earning it.

Canada loves the sport, we hope that we can contribute to the game as whole and everyone prospers through bigger TV contracts but for now deal with the growing pains.

Bro in law has lived in a Canada a number of years, so I get you didn't understand the sarcasm

Sorry....did I stutter?
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Happy to discuss this further once you've let us know where you received your degree and doctorate from and in what area of the medical sciences you specialise?
"Utter Tripe" it is not.....a Medical Fact however, it is!

I watched an NBA game last year. The commentator said Utah (from Salt Lake City) who were playing at home, had played in Boston the night before and then we’re going back to the East coast for two games b2b two days later, then a three day gap before two home games in theee days

Professional athletes are well accustomed to this routine....specially as they have their own jets to get them there in the ultimate comfort. Butchers and Tyre fitters from Batley on the other hand...........sorry, but this gives Toronto a massive advantage in their home games.