| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison 08:54 - Jul 16 with 3740 views | unstableblue |
A lot of our championship rivals seem to have lined up pre-season games against notable European side and a Premier League side:
Villa - Vitesse Arnhem, Malaga, Watford
Brentford - Celts Vigo, Southampton
Forest - Girona, Burnley
Norwich - Brighton
Sunderland - Celtic
Fulham - Chelsea, West Ham, Wolfsburg
Preston - Burnley
Derby - Hoffenhein, Kaiserslautern
It seems only Neal Warnocks Cardiff are going with a similar low key approach to Town.
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| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:14 - Jul 16 with 3647 views | clive_baker |
It's completely meaningless. Peterborough and Charlton away will be good tests. It's all about fitness and sharpness and getting a feel for playing together. There's little value in chasing shadows against Chelsea IMO. |  |
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| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:20 - Jul 16 with 3626 views | itfcjoe |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:14 - Jul 16 by clive_baker |
It's completely meaningless. Peterborough and Charlton away will be good tests. It's all about fitness and sharpness and getting a feel for playing together. There's little value in chasing shadows against Chelsea IMO. |
It would be nice to have a decent home friendly the week before the season to ramp it up and give the fans something to watxh |  |
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| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:23 - Jul 16 with 3607 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:20 - Jul 16 by itfcjoe |
It would be nice to have a decent home friendly the week before the season to ramp it up and give the fans something to watxh |
It would be, but at the same time getting arses whooped by Chelsea (Fulham lost 8-2 yesterday) isn't a great prep for players and fans either
Agree it is a mistake not having a home friendly, especially when some membership options had a free ticket for a home friendly as part of the offer |  | | |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:27 - Jul 16 with 3575 views | clive_baker |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:23 - Jul 16 by ElderGrizzly |
It would be, but at the same time getting arses whooped by Chelsea (Fulham lost 8-2 yesterday) isn't a great prep for players and fans either
Agree it is a mistake not having a home friendly, especially when some membership options had a free ticket for a home friendly as part of the offer |
That's a real PR balls up, but it's a different issue. From a team preparation perspective I don't think it matters. if it means the pitch is in better condition for the season then great. The club of course shouldn't have offered that perk and not backed it up. | |
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| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:46 - Jul 16 with 3480 views | Dolly2.0 |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:27 - Jul 16 by clive_baker |
That's a real PR balls up, but it's a different issue. From a team preparation perspective I don't think it matters. if it means the pitch is in better condition for the season then great. The club of course shouldn't have offered that perk and not backed it up. |
They did state "if there is a home friendly". |  |
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| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:47 - Jul 16 with 3483 views | itfcjoe |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:23 - Jul 16 by ElderGrizzly |
It would be, but at the same time getting arses whooped by Chelsea (Fulham lost 8-2 yesterday) isn't a great prep for players and fans either
Agree it is a mistake not having a home friendly, especially when some membership options had a free ticket for a home friendly as part of the offer |
Fulham friendly was behind closed doors at Chelsea training ground so not quite the same - and this early in pre season is just a warm up | |
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| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 10:51 - Jul 16 with 3344 views | SWGF |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:20 - Jul 16 by itfcjoe |
It would be nice to have a decent home friendly the week before the season to ramp it up and give the fans something to watxh |
Probably to give the pitch more time to recover following Elton's shenanigans |  |
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| Not many teams in the league this year then..... on 10:57 - Jul 16 with 3322 views | Bloots |
.....top 10 finish looks nailed on.
#agenda |  |
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| Agreed on 11:01 - Jul 16 with 3303 views | Dyland |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:23 - Jul 16 by ElderGrizzly |
It would be, but at the same time getting arses whooped by Chelsea (Fulham lost 8-2 yesterday) isn't a great prep for players and fans either
Agree it is a mistake not having a home friendly, especially when some membership options had a free ticket for a home friendly as part of the offer |
It would be nice getting a German or Scandinavian team over for a late pre-season homer. |  |
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| Agreed on 11:02 - Jul 16 with 3296 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Agreed on 11:01 - Jul 16 by Dyland |
It would be nice getting a German or Scandinavian team over for a late pre-season homer. |
Brighton stole our Fortuna game this summer! 😳 | | | |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 13:06 - Jul 16 with 3140 views | christiand |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 09:14 - Jul 16 by clive_baker |
It's completely meaningless. Peterborough and Charlton away will be good tests. It's all about fitness and sharpness and getting a feel for playing together. There's little value in chasing shadows against Chelsea IMO. |
Spot on Clive Baker, its about getting the players ready and match sharp for the new season. I'd prefer us to play League 1 sides, as it is more likely they'll put out their strongest sides. |  |
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| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 13:25 - Jul 16 with 3094 views | PhilTWTD |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 10:51 - Jul 16 by SWGF |
Probably to give the pitch more time to recover following Elton's shenanigans |
I know that was discussed, as was asking for the first game being played away, but ultimately they decided that was unnecessary and they were looking at a game. However, the game they were lining up broke down due to issues at the other end and I think Mick wanted the programme sorted out early this year - it ended up being very last minute last year for similar reasons - so they opted to play at Charlton in the final game. |  | | |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 12:25 - Jul 17 with 2639 views | blueblood66 |
yep, utter dross from MM as per... |  | | |
| Weak pre-season is looking poor in comparison on 12:41 - Jul 17 with 2585 views | StokieBlue |
Are you saying we aren't having the Lazio friendly this year?
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