Pre Season Matches.

Bluewolf · Tuesday at 6:01 PM

MikeH72 said:
Get in, another one to add to our ever growing list of senior players @Bluewolf we are stacked!!!

Were getting there brother!

Ready to set this league a light!

UltraVires · Tuesday at 6:02 PM

I see port vale have released their lineup and subs on their website but no info on ours.

Considering the size of our media team compared to theirs, seems pretty poor to me.

If it gives me another reason to argue for Prentice out then I’m fine with it.

BlueStevie35 · Tuesday at 6:09 PM

siddharth said:
Any idea if the summer series of pl matches are covered in the same providers as normal pl matches?

Yes Sky have rights for all 6 fixtures

siddharth · Tuesday at 6:10 PM

BlueStevie35 said:
Yes Sky have rights for all 6 fixtures

Thanks

Benicetoourboys · Tuesday at 6:11 PM

UltraVires said:
I see port vale have released their lineup and subs on their website but no info on ours.

Considering the size of our media team compared to theirs, seems pretty poor to me.

If it gives me another reason to argue for Prentice out then I’m fine with it.

Is it because it was behind closed doors do you think? I don't know if we normally hear what the teams are when its b c d.

UltraVires · Tuesday at 6:46 PM

Benicetoourboys said:
Is it because it was behind closed doors do you think? I don't know if we normally hear what the teams are when its b c d.

Im not expecting a team sheet an hour before like a PL game.

However, Port Vale with its much more limited resources provided its fans with an in depth write up accompanied by their first half team and second half team.

The fact they fielded completely different teams in each half and we only won 2-1 could be alarming on its own…

Billy Liar · Tuesday at 6:54 PM

No we lost 1-0 to Chester at Finch Farm when Dyche was the manager.

Gwladys St. Glory · Wednesday at 2:49 AM

At least they won the first game...closed doors or not.

14_dollars · Wednesday at 7:01 AM

The US tour is going to be a difficult watch with such a depleted squad.

The only positive is that 3 (likely) defeats should put pressure on TFG to strengthen the team.

ToffeeTim · Wednesday at 8:46 AM

I am concerned about these next three games in America. We don't have enough senior players to get through the matches, especially with the likely very warm conditions. There have also been some issues in the past with the pitches at these venues, particularly at Metlife. So I hope we don't end up with injuries due to players being overworked.

And our only solution to help prevent injuries is to rotate and use young players and squad players who we know will never play for us in the league. It's frustrating to see players get a lot of minutes when we know they won't be part of the plans during the season.

It's a very bad situation to be in at this stage of pre-season, and I don't think it is going to go well. Serious questions need to be asked of the recruitment team at this point, as to why they did not have a number of players lined up before the start of pre-season when they knew how few players we have. I don't see any plan or strategy here and I don't understand how we expect to start a season well with this squad. We need more players than the other clubs around us, so we can't compare our recruitment so far with other teams.

BlueStevie35 · Wednesday at 9:46 AM

I think the games will go better than some are fearing in all honesty, we’re a game ahead in fitness on Bournemouth, 2 ahead on West Ham and likewise on United

We have Barry to come in, likely debuting on Saturday, JP will make his first appearance of pre season at the weekend and could possibly have Tarks back playing by the end of the tour