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Match Thread Rotherham EFL Trophy

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Birky Bantam, Nov 18, 2024.

  1. Birky Bantam

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    It will be interesting to see what type of team Alexander goes for, I'm expecting a lot of changes to protect some of the players as much as anything. A win in 90 minutes is the only way we can top the group and get a home tie in the next round. If we top the group the list of possible opponents are:
    • Tranmere
    • Port Vale
    • Wigan
    • Aston Villa u21
    • Crewe
    • Huddersfield
    • Lincoln
    If we finish 2nd it will be one of:
    • Stockport
    • Wrexham
    • Morecambe
    • Bolton
    • Blackpool
    • Doncaster
    • Chesterfield
    For me the biggest concern over this match is if we do the same at the Liverpool game last season and play on a pitch that is freezing and kill the grass. Last thing we need is to do damage to the pitch and throw away all of the work gone into it over the summer and the last couple of weeks.
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  2. NorthernMonkey

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    Don't worry about the grass, we don't use it much under Alexander anyway.
     
  3. Kevin1954

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    The odious one returns? They did forecast snow tomorrow, I thought they meant on the pitch, not the ball;)

    Perhaps we should get the ground staff to fork the box at the Bradford End for 45 minutes prior to kick off ?
     
  4. Dratsab taf

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    It's early days I know but I'm not actually convinced the pitch is all that.

    It already looks rather soft and like it could easily cut up whilst still having the same visibly bare areas as previous.

    I certainly wouldn't be in a rush to risk playing on a slush covered pitch, fair enough get the covers on and see if it's playable but I'd rather it be fit for Saturday onwards. If that's means buggering up the EFL cup schedule then so be it
     
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  5. Tony Wilkinson

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    Also it's live on Skysports+ , doubt there will be many above 1000 in attendance on a cold november tuesday for this ...
     
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  6. Birky Bantam

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    The worry for me would be that the covers will have to come off a couple of hours before kick off for the ref to do the routine pitch inspection, that will be at the same time as the temperatures start to fall quickly and by kick off it's forecast to be -1 and feels like -6 so it will be very cold on the pitch and likely the ground will start to freeze, if the frost gets into the ground during the match we could struggle to get it out by Saturday with the temperatures forecast.
    The next round isn't until w/c 9th Dec so for me the sensible thing for both clubs and the EFL is to all agree to postpone the match for a week to protect the pitch ahead of Saturday and the rest of the season as well as reducing the risk to the players of playing on an icy pitch.
     
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    I can barely contain the excitement for this one....
     
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  8. Rhino66

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    Perhaps we should get the ground staff to fork the box at the Bradford End for 45 minutes prior to kick off ?[/QUOTE]

    It's Alexander, Rupp, Sparks and the useless rest that we need to fork off
     
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  9. bantamlad92

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    There's no way this goes ahead.
     
  10. Petrov

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    Unbelievable tweet. Who on earth though that was a good idea?
     
  11. Storck

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    when is the next round?
     
  12. Loyalbantam

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    When is the draw?
    Would be useful to call the game off and know who we’ve got.
    A third away trip to Morecambe and for me they can just forfeit it.
     
  13. Birky Bantam

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    The draw date hasn't been confirmed yet but they are normally Friday evenings so it will probably be this Friday evening.

    Week commencing 9th December
     
  14. DimitriPayet

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    Vadaine Oliver up front is enough to put me off watching this tinpot cup
     
  15. Loyalbantam

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    Having absolutely zero goal threat from anyone other than Cook is putting lots of people off.
     
  16. Storck

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    Rearranged game would have to be next Tuesday then
     
  17. Loyalbantam

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    Why? Why not the 10th Dec?
     
  18. bantamlad92

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    That's when the next round is taking place.
     
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    I guess they’ll play the game tomorrow then on a frozen pitch and ruin it for the rest of season.
     
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    It's a Bantams thing.
     

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