Ghost of Clough Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 23 minutes ago, Tamworthram said: No room for sentiment for me and, apart from a potential money spinner, I don’t see the point of a game against a lower half team from one of the European leagues. I’d prefer we played against teams that are going to help prepare us for life in league one. Maybe one of the teams promoted to the championship or one that that just missed out in the play offs from league 2. Final game at home against Sunderland, Rotherham or Wigan. Not as glamorous as some might like but, depending on what teams we both put out, a decent test against an upper end league 1 team. Given we would have been an average championship team without the points deduction, such a game may also be attractive to one of those three teams. Although, again, the team we would put out might not bare much resemblance to the one that played last season. I'd play all games away. Iron out why things hadn't been working out for us on the road. Local warm-up matches - Alfreton, Chesterfield, Notts County Lower L1 quality - loser of Mansfield and Port Vale Top L1 quality - Wigan Pre-season finale - Forest Tamworthram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie20 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Ghost of Clough said: I'd play all games away. Iron out why things hadn't been working out for us on the road. Local warm-up matches - Alfreton, Chesterfield, Notts County Lower L1 quality - loser of Mansfield and Port Vale Top L1 quality - Wigan Pre-season finale - Forest I thought the pre-season finale was supposed to be a 'glamour' match? jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Wolfie20 said: I thought the pre-season finale was supposed to be a 'glamour' match? And play who? Man Utd U23s? What benefit is that to us as we won't even get a half full Pride Park We're in L1 next season, so we'll play sides who will help us prepare for the season. The best sides we'll face will be Championship quality. Tamworthram and jimtastic56 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 49 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: And play who? Man Utd U23s? What benefit is that to us as we won't even get a half full Pride Park We're in L1 next season, so we'll play sides who will help us prepare for the season. The best sides we'll face will be Championship quality. Half the premiership then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 I wouldn't want us to play Forest when we're still bedding in what may be a completely new squad, or at the very least a significantly different one. For all the possible boost of beating them, it's just another opportunity for them to gloat over our status and for their snide element to injure some of our key players pre-season in what would be a massive grudge match. I'd rather wait until we get the chance to play them in a competitive match further down the line when the position of both teams could be very different, and forget the BC Trophy. We played Stoke pre-season the last time we got promoted and got our best player nobbled - I don;t want that to happen again. Indy, angieram, LeedsCityRam and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihangel Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said: I'd play all games away. Bit of a problem there, we may have 15 new players who've never played at PPS! jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie20 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said: And play who? Man Utd U23s? What benefit is that to us as we won't even get a half full Pride Park We're in L1 next season, so we'll play sides who will help us prepare for the season. The best sides we'll face will be Championship quality. Lighten up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 On 13/05/2022 at 05:49, Mucker1884 said: Won’t it be at DW Sports, on their 5-a-side pitch? ?♂️ You are assuming we will have enough players jimtastic56 and Mucker1884 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said: I'd play all games away. Iron out why things hadn't been working out for us on the road. Local warm-up matches - Alfreton, Chesterfield, Notts County Lower L1 quality - loser of Mansfield and Port Vale Top L1 quality - Wigan Pre-season finale - Forest I'd agree with all of those and, thinking about it, also play them all away except perhaps Forest. To be honest, I wouldn't mind if we skipped the BC trophy this year especially if there was any risk it might disrupt our pre-season prep. Indy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich84 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) Wouldn't be surprised if the BC trophy was played during the World Cup, they won't have league games and I suspect will look to keep the rest of their squad match fit. Edited May 28, 2022 by Rich84 Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Just now, Rich84 said: Wouldn't be surprised if the BC trophy was played during the World Cup, they won't have league games and I suspect will look to keep the rest of their squad match fit. But we will have! Sparkle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich84 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 31 minutes ago, angieram said: But we will have! I know, but I doubt we'll have games every midweek, just don't think it will be organised as a pre season game. I am curious though, what will happen if a LG1 team has 3 players at the WC, I think 3 is the limit to postpone games. Not saying we will have 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 19 minutes ago, Rich84 said: I know, but I doubt we'll have games every midweek, just don't think it will be organised as a pre season game. I am curious though, what will happen if a LG1 team has 3 players at the WC, I think 3 is the limit to postpone games. Not saying we will have 3 If it's anybody but Derby, they'll be allowed to postpone. We'll just have to carry on and play under 18s if necessary. ??♀️ Colchester United got a game called off for one NZ international and two African under 16s last season. No idea how they got away with that. Surprisingly, they had a bit of an injury crisis and were supposed to be playing FGR league leaders at that time. ?♀️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Rich84 said: Wouldn't be surprised if the BC trophy was played during the World Cup, they won't have league games and I suspect will look to keep the rest of their squad match fit. Not a chance of that happening - unless they paid us ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouRams Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Deffo not Forest the fixtures gone stale imo we need a break from it, United or Everton as the last home one for me get some ticket money in. jimtastic56 and LeedsCityRam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, YouRams said: Deffo not Forest the fixtures gone stale imo we need a break from it, United or Everton as the last home one for me get some ticket money in. Yes to giving the Forest game a rest. No to United or Everton B teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 How about burnley we are a due a pay back on them grrr grrr grrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, B4ev6is said: How about burnley we are a due a pay back on them grrr grrr grrr. What would be the point of playing Burnley? Not a money spinner, not remotely interesting opposition and no help in our preparation for life in League 1. jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 On 13/05/2022 at 00:21, ollycutts1982 said: Boro, Wycombe, Leeds, Bristol City and Forest. ?? Now THAT's what I call friendly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram59 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 9 hours ago, Rich84 said: Wouldn't be surprised if the BC trophy was played during the World Cup, they won't have league games and I suspect will look to keep the rest of their squad match fit. I think we'll be on sky a few times during the world cup break, especially if we're challenging towards the top of the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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