| I know they shouldn't but... 08:31 - Jul 24 with 5455 views | BondiBlue |
...pre-season results are making me nervous. We've had a good run, the best for many years. Surely it's time for it to start going horribly wrong now. |  |
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| I know they shouldn't but... on 10:55 - Jul 24 with 1698 views | GavTWTD |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 10:32 - Jul 24 by BondiBlue |
Great stuff. Keep them coming! |
pls read
 McKenna: Today Was About Accumulating Minutes 22nd Jul 2023 18:43Manager Kieran McKenna’s main concern was his players accumulating minutes from this afternoon’s friendlies at Cambridge United and Stevenage with the results and performances not the main focus.  19
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| I know they shouldn't but... on 10:58 - Jul 24 with 1680 views | J2BLUE |
Log out and go outside. |  |
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| I know they shouldn't but... on 10:59 - Jul 24 with 1676 views | BondiBlue |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 10:58 - Jul 24 by J2BLUE |
Log out and go outside. |
It's dark and cold.
I'm halfway through the washing up. Could log out and finish it. | |
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| I know they shouldn't but... on 11:49 - Jul 24 with 1612 views | The_Major |
See also Mick Stockwell's testimonial - beating Champions League semi finalists the previous season, and Portuguese Cup holders Porto, managed by Sir Bob, and crammed with internationals.
That'll be pre season 1994/95 then. |  | | |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 12:05 - Jul 24 with 1592 views | peterleeblue |
Its not the way football works. Our trajectory is upwards. I suspect to mid table premiership. We go into the Championship with a much better Squad than Sunderland won the play offs with the year before. We should be aiming for the playoffs. Hopefully the Chelsea Lad is our Amad Diallo. |  | | |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 12:29 - Jul 24 with 1555 views | Churchman |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 09:39 - Jul 24 by The_Flashing_Smile |
Also, unless my memory's failing me, didn't we lose 6-0 at Charlton in a final pre-season game under Mick... and then go undefeated for 5/6 games when the season started to go top of the Champ? |
We were terrible pre season in 1991/92 and that turned out ok.
As long as McKenna gets from pre season what he wants from it, nothing else matters, including results.
Nothing to worry about. |  | | |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 13:49 - Jul 24 with 1511 views | BondiBlue |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 12:05 - Jul 24 by peterleeblue |
Its not the way football works. Our trajectory is upwards. I suspect to mid table premiership. We go into the Championship with a much better Squad than Sunderland won the play offs with the year before. We should be aiming for the playoffs. Hopefully the Chelsea Lad is our Amad Diallo. |
I don't know - football can be pretty random. And you could use the momentum argument as a reason to worry about cambridge and stevenage. What if it rocks our confidence and everything snowballs etc etc | |
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| I know they shouldn't but... on 13:54 - Jul 24 with 1503 views | bluelou |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 11:49 - Jul 24 by The_Major |
See also Mick Stockwell's testimonial - beating Champions League semi finalists the previous season, and Portuguese Cup holders Porto, managed by Sir Bob, and crammed with internationals.
That'll be pre season 1994/95 then. |
I was at that Porto game, we were sat in the middle of the Pioneer stand and spent the whole game trying to get a wave out of Booby | |
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| I know they shouldn't but... on 13:59 - Jul 24 with 1485 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 13:49 - Jul 24 by BondiBlue |
I don't know - football can be pretty random. And you could use the momentum argument as a reason to worry about cambridge and stevenage. What if it rocks our confidence and everything snowballs etc etc |
What part of "not proper games" are you struggling with? |  |
| Trust the process. Trust Phil. |
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| I know they shouldn't but... on 14:13 - Jul 24 with 1476 views | BondiBlue |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 13:59 - Jul 24 by The_Flashing_Smile |
What part of "not proper games" are you struggling with? |
The bit where a footballer goes home after a game he's played badly in and his team has lost and it doesn't dent his confidence one jot because it's 'not a proper game' according to someone on the internet. He doesn't worry about his place in the team at all. He goes to training the next day a bundle of joy, his first touch is perfect and everything he hits flies straight into the top corner. It's like it never happened. | |
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| I know they shouldn't but... on 14:20 - Jul 24 with 1466 views | J2BLUE |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 14:13 - Jul 24 by BondiBlue |
The bit where a footballer goes home after a game he's played badly in and his team has lost and it doesn't dent his confidence one jot because it's 'not a proper game' according to someone on the internet. He doesn't worry about his place in the team at all. He goes to training the next day a bundle of joy, his first touch is perfect and everything he hits flies straight into the top corner. It's like it never happened. |
Finally you're getting it. | |
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| I know they shouldn't but... on 14:37 - Jul 24 with 1445 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 14:13 - Jul 24 by BondiBlue |
The bit where a footballer goes home after a game he's played badly in and his team has lost and it doesn't dent his confidence one jot because it's 'not a proper game' according to someone on the internet. He doesn't worry about his place in the team at all. He goes to training the next day a bundle of joy, his first touch is perfect and everything he hits flies straight into the top corner. It's like it never happened. |
Yep, that's pretty spot on (unlike the sarcasm you were attempting).
"His team lost" - again, this isn't "his team". Playing for half an hour, with people of varying levels of fitness, mass changes, youths he's never played with. No, it's not his team.
Also, how fragile do you think our players are?!
If anyone goes home upset and doubting their own ability after a loss in a pre-season friendly it's a bloody miracle they made it as a professional footballer. | |
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| I know they shouldn't but... on 15:01 - Jul 24 with 1430 views | itfcsuth |
I hate losing any match, just my nature.
However, I also appreciate and recognise that pre season is purely about building minutes ready for the 6th August, and getting as many people as possible, as fit as possible for the season.
I've also been around football long enough to realise pre season results have absolutely no correlation to how your season will play out. |  | | |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 15:09 - Jul 24 with 1415 views | Herbivore |
| I know they shouldn't but... on 14:13 - Jul 24 by BondiBlue |
The bit where a footballer goes home after a game he's played badly in and his team has lost and it doesn't dent his confidence one jot because it's 'not a proper game' according to someone on the internet. He doesn't worry about his place in the team at all. He goes to training the next day a bundle of joy, his first touch is perfect and everything he hits flies straight into the top corner. It's like it never happened. |
I'm replying to this post but it applies equally to all of your posts in this thread: stop being such a massive, daft fanny. |  |
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