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Pre season

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Park bantam, Jun 29, 2021.

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  1. Damo

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    Slight difference between a pre season friendly and a final though
     
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  2. hornseabantam

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    If you were a proper football manager, you'd be looking closely at every single thing the players were showing in the friendlies, not just fitness. You have a very reductive idea of what friendly matches are for. A new manager is looking for different skills and abilities from players, a reading of the game, that will help towards achieving what your plans as a manager are for the season ahead. It's very 1980s to think that friendly matches are just to get players fit. Fordy, football has moved on mate. Get with the new!
     
    #242 hornseabantam, Jul 17, 2021
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  3. Keefly Bantam

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    This from the man who posted that City were utter shite when beaten by Harrogate in a pre season friendly :laughing::laughing::laughing:

    Chill out and enjoy the weather.
     
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    #243 Keefly Bantam, Jul 17, 2021
  4. donhutchinsaffro

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    I can tell you summat Fordy I do like Songo.
     
    #244 donhutchinsaffro, Jul 17, 2021
  5. Mike Hunt

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    Doncaster are hardly Premier League, and they were a bit battered by Covid, but they finished 14th in League 1, City were 15th in League 2. Hardly Mickey Mouse.
     
    #245 Mike Hunt, Jul 17, 2021
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    well we were wasnt we..
     
    #246 bantam316, Jul 17, 2021
  7. Kevin1954

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    Results don’t matter, and those who think they do are just plain daft!:OO:

    There’s always a tweet!;)
     
    #247 Kevin1954, Jul 17, 2021
  8. Fordy117

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    Never said that.

    I don’t care for pre season results
     
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  9. Botswana Bantam

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    Fortunately, from reading Parker's articles, it does sound like he wants one too.
     
    #249 Botswana Bantam, Jul 17, 2021
  10. Botswana Bantam

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    @Doodle@Doodle - can you do the honours and embarrass Mr hypocrite @Fordy117@Fordy117 again please.
     
    #250 Botswana Bantam, Jul 17, 2021
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  11. Tennesseebantam

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    Lifted from T&A blog :
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    Boom! Songo'o crunches Rowe to win a challenge on halfway. The Donny winger certainly felt that

    Sounds like something we've been missing.
     
    #251 Tennesseebantam, Jul 17, 2021
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  12. hornseabantam

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    I do, mate. It helps build a momentum towards the start of a season, when a new squad is winning and gelling well. Tis commonsense!
     
    #252 hornseabantam, Jul 17, 2021
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  13. Fordy117

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    Like that!
     
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    #253 Fordy117, Jul 17, 2021
  14. Keefly Bantam

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    Not the point.
     
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    #254 Keefly Bantam, Jul 17, 2021
  15. Fordy117

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    Its about fitness.

    The results are a bonus.
     
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    #255 Fordy117, Jul 17, 2021
  16. Jab88

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    I've heard Staunton played exceptionally well in midfield today. Does anyone think Adams will continue to play him there? and could he surprise a few this season in that position?
     
    #256 Jab88, Jul 17, 2021
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  17. Fordy117

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    Honestly hard to judge against BPA and a weak Donny side.

    I think the key question in Adams head is do we need another midfielder.
     
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    #257 Fordy117, Jul 17, 2021
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  18. hornseabantam

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    Dinosaur land Fordy. It's never just about fitness. The modern manager has the opportunity in friendlies to look closely at how players respond to situations and react to the game plans you've given them. The fitness should already be a given before the friendlies come along. What he's looking for is which players can start to deliver his game plan. And that's what the friendlies do. Honestly Fordy, your insistence that pre season is just about getting players fit is so unbelievably old school. This is not the way it is anymore!
     
    #258 hornseabantam, Jul 17, 2021
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  19. Park bantam

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    Just got back from an enjoyable afternoon don’t know who there two central defenders were but they were massive and a great workout for Cook and later Angol Eisa was the pick but it was a good run out for all on a hot afternoon it was great to be back at VP after all this time
     
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    #259 Park bantam, Jul 17, 2021
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  20. Tennesseebantam

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    Glad you enjoyed it Park, bit of a trek for a friendly but well done. sir.
     
    #260 Tennesseebantam, Jul 17, 2021
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