Donut Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 On 4/15/2018 at 21:16, baker11 said: A European pre season tour of say Germany or Italy would be great if not all the games were behind closed doors. Bar that playing lower local league teams would also be nice. Thinking like your Notts County, Chesterfield, York type clubs. Just not another pointless cashcow trip to Thailand or Hong Kong. York's not very local. Bit of a random team to throw in when around here you have Northampton, Walsall, Lincoln, Mansfield etc I think youd want ideally, a pre season that had league 1 and 2 teams in it that you could beat fairly routinely, and then build up to end with a game or two against respectable opposition, to replicate what youd see in your opening few games of the season and to give your "first team" as you see it a solid work out and cohesion. Plans might be shortened a bit with the world cup though, some players returning a lot later than others etc
Bayfox Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 Didn't someone say there was a chance we would be touring holland this year. Can't remember where I heard it. But sure NAC Breda was 1 of 3 games planned. Which is a piece of piss to get to from Rotterdam on the train and the station is right outside the ground so I'd be well up for that as it's not a ground I've done yet. But I may have imagined it
fazzyfox Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 I'm looking forward to watching Maguire and Mahrez playing at the KP stadium in late July. Better book Man City or Chelsea in that case.
st albans fox Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 My missus booked a late July Baltic cruise which isn’t my use of a relaxing holiday but it occurs to me that we could have a preseason friendly in one of the stops !! That would piss her off so much !!!
CosbehFox Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 2 hours ago, Bayfox said: Didn't someone say there was a chance we would be touring holland this year. Can't remember where I heard it. But sure NAC Breda was 1 of 3 games planned. Which is a piece of piss to get to from Rotterdam on the train and the station is right outside the ground so I'd be well up for that as it's not a ground I've done yet. But I may have imagined it No long haul tour or trip to Holland but we will be going abroad on the now normal training camp
Fox92 Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 16 hours ago, Bert said: Valencia the home friendly Is that who you fancy Bert or inside info?
CosbehFox Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 Just now, Fox92 said: Is that who you fancy Bert or inside info? It’s what I’ve been told too 1
Fox92 Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said: It’s what I’ve been told too Decent. Cheers. Edited 22 April 2018 by Fox92
fazzyfox Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 Is it fair to say that being in Europe would have made a difference to the plans in a couple of senses - firstly that the qualifier comes so early it could be seen as a pre season exercise in itself, I remember West Ham treating them as such. Secondly if we had ambitions of going far in the tournament we may have prepared by arranging friendlies against Foreign sides as with the pre Champions League summer (which may have helped us get used to the type of opposition but hardly set us up well for our season and our visit to the mighty Hull "12 fit players, drivers and catering staff on subs bench" City.
brucey Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 16 hours ago, Tuna said: Nantes at home, Claudio return. Think they're getting rid of him at end of season.
Foxes1 Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 17 hours ago, Donut said: York's not very local. Bit of a random team to throw in when around here you have Northampton, Walsall, Lincoln, Mansfield etc I think youd want ideally, a pre season that had league 1 and 2 teams in it that you could beat fairly routinely, and then build up to end with a game or two against respectable opposition, to replicate what youd see in your opening few games of the season and to give your "first team" as you see it a solid work out and cohesion. Plans might be shortened a bit with the world cup though, some players returning a lot later than others etc Went there a couple of seasons ago when we had a Friendly up there. Some great pubs. 1
Bert Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 4 hours ago, Fox92 said: Is that who you fancy Bert or inside info? Was told yesterday, looking August 1st. 1
Dan Posted 22 April 2018 Posted 22 April 2018 8 hours ago, Bayfox said: Didn't someone say there was a chance we would be touring holland this year. Can't remember where I heard it. But sure NAC Breda was 1 of 3 games planned. Which is a piece of piss to get to from Rotterdam on the train and the station is right outside the ground so I'd be well up for that as it's not a ground I've done yet. But I may have imagined it Don't build my hopes up like that
The Wizard Posted 10 May 2018 Posted 10 May 2018 (edited) I've heard that Puel will still be there. Edited 10 May 2018 by The Wizard
Wrighty22 Posted 12 May 2018 Posted 12 May 2018 (edited) On 22/04/2018 at 20:08, Bert said: Was told yesterday, looking August 1st. Valencia at home on August 1st confirmed. Edited 12 May 2018 by Wrighty22
HybridFox Posted 12 May 2018 Posted 12 May 2018 1 hour ago, Wrighty22 said: Valencia at home on August 1st confirmed. Confirmed where?
1972 Fox Posted 12 May 2018 Posted 12 May 2018 5 hours ago, TK95 said: Confirmed where? Confirmed on here by @Wrighty22. #trustWrighty22 1
fazzyfox Posted 17 May 2018 Posted 17 May 2018 Always fancied a double header away to St Pauli and Hamburg (or a triple with Altona) but now that Hamburg have slipped down a league it might not match the mix of levels we need.
RonnieTodger Posted 17 May 2018 Posted 17 May 2018 Bring back 4 away games against Mansfield and that, then finish with a home game against a medium sized European team. 1
Voll Blau Posted 17 May 2018 Posted 17 May 2018 1 hour ago, fazzyfox said: Always fancied a double header away to St Pauli and Hamburg (or a triple with Altona) but now that Hamburg have slipped down a league it might not match the mix of levels we need. That might be the case, but there's certainly three different levels of hipster home support we'd get from a trip to those three.
les-tah Posted 17 May 2018 Posted 17 May 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said: Bring back 4 away games against Mansfield and that, then finish with a home game against a medium sized European team. the lower league separates wheat from the chaff and then the higher end European is just a good gauge to see where we are at. Im for it lets have 2 euro games though 1 home 1 away Edited 17 May 2018 by les-tah
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