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Post by Gashead73 on Aug 25, 2020 12:12:42 GMT
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Post by baggins on Aug 25, 2020 12:14:00 GMT
What time is kick off or is it a secret still? Like Moonshine? |
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Post by james246 on Aug 25, 2020 12:15:16 GMT
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Post by seanclevedongas on Aug 25, 2020 12:24:52 GMT
Thank you - much appreciated |
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 25, 2020 12:28:34 GMT
Nice to see a few people are already prepared to completely write-off the performance and the result no matter what, purely because it's a pre-season friendly. Having witnessed pre season friendlies when we were awful and had decent seasons, and vice versa bit more chilled now, still dont know what our starting 11 is for Sunderland.New players new system, let's see 10 league games in where we are. Assuming everybody is fit then it'll most likely be 9 or 10 players from Saturday's game with either Rodman (was/is he injured?) or Hare at RWB and either Nicholson or Hargreaves on the right behind JCH. As far as pre-season apart from Buckle's era I can't recall many years where we had a good pre-season and then started the season well, not sure why as a club we find it so difficult to have a good pre-season. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2020 12:32:43 GMT
Its about fitness ffs, when we win at Sunderland everyone will want Ben knighted, then lose at home to Ipswich sacked, rollercoaster forum this, strap yourselves in, I feel some turbulence 😂😂 We’ll be the fittest side who can’t string a pass together. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2020 12:34:19 GMT
Its about fitness ffs, when we win at Sunderland everyone will want Ben knighted, then lose at home to Ipswich sacked, rollercoaster forum this, strap yourselves in, I feel some turbulence 😂😂 Nice to see a few people are already prepared to completely write-off the performance and the result no matter what, purely because it's a pre-season friendly. You can’t read anything into friendlies. Like the last time we conceded four to a team from the league below and went on to water the league |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2020 12:37:48 GMT
Nice to see a few people are already prepared to completely write-off the performance and the result no matter what, purely because it's a pre-season friendly. Having witnessed pre season friendlies when we were awful and had decent seasons, and vice versa bit more chilled now, still dont know what our starting 11 is for Sunderland. New players new system, let's see 10 league games in where we are. Isn’t that a worrying observation? To my mind friendlies should be about finding some working combinations and bedding them in. If nobody has stood out to claim a starting place we could find ourselves with a team of strangers lining up against Sunderland, who, if they have known what their game plan is from day one could be like a well oiled machine against our team of strangers. That’s why I’m not buying into this “friendlies are only about fitness” nonsense. They are a chance to get the team gelling so we don’t find ourselves trying to integrate half a squad of new players when we are 2-0 down at half time in the first fixture. |
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Post by james246 on Aug 25, 2020 12:37:51 GMT
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Post by baggins on Aug 25, 2020 12:42:44 GMT
Its about fitness ffs, when we win at Sunderland everyone will want Ben knighted, then lose at home to Ipswich sacked, rollercoaster forum this, strap yourselves in, I feel some turbulence 😂😂 We’ll be the fittest side who can’t string a pass together. Seasons not started yet, how about giving the negativity a rest for a bit. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2020 13:22:37 GMT
Having witnessed pre season friendlies when we were awful and had decent seasons, and vice versa bit more chilled now, still dont know what our starting 11 is for Sunderland.New players new system, let's see 10 league games in where we are. Assuming everybody is fit then it'll most likely be 9 or 10 players from Saturday's game with either Rodman (was/is he injured?) or Hare at RWB and either Nicholson or Hargreaves on the right behind JCH. As far as pre-season apart from Buckle's era I can't recall many years where we had a good pre-season and then started the season well, not sure why as a club we find it so difficult to have a good pre-season. Rodman was unwell at the weekend, hopefully recovered now. |
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Post by rememberhalifax on Aug 25, 2020 13:37:10 GMT
perhaps if forum members found room on there bedroom wall for the poem 'IF' it may help members keep a sense of perspective re Rovers and there fortunes! just find room among your Carol Vordeman, Rachael Riley, Beyoncé, J lo, Joanne Lumley, Glenda Jackson, Teresa May, Maggie Thatcher, Allan Car, Boy George, Photo's of Eastville , Harold, Alfie, Geof , Ben Garner, or what ever your fancy , read it after the latest diabolical or title winning performance and it would help to keep calm and move on, after all Rovers story is littered with 'IF' is it not? i am sure it would help, on the other hand...… UP THE ROVERS!! Rovers are summed up better by the word 'WHEN?'not forgetting the question mark. Don't know about that pirate, IF Geof hadn't broke his leg in the fifties we could be in the premier , IF we hadn't left Eastville and...…., IF Taylor(GARETH) had not missed that sitter at Wembley, IF the wheels hadn't come off the last 6 games under Ollie ,and so on..... but when's ok too! |
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Post by pucklegas on Aug 25, 2020 14:13:48 GMT
Assuming everybody is fit then it'll most likely be 9 or 10 players from Saturday's game with either Rodman (was/is he injured?) or Hare at RWB and either Nicholson or Hargreaves on the right behind JCH. As far as pre-season apart from Buckle's era I can't recall many years where we had a good pre-season and then started the season well, not sure why as a club we find it so difficult to have a good pre-season. Rodman was unwell at the weekend, hopefully recovered now. Hope it s not your cooking TT? 😂 well you are the new incider 😂 |
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Post by pirate on Aug 25, 2020 14:22:19 GMT
Hopefully the picture quality is similar to the Stockport-Salford game which is free on youtube. |
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Post by markczgas on Aug 25, 2020 14:53:36 GMT
Definitely need to see an improvement on FGR - the more pre-season matches we play, the better you'd expect us to get; better understanding of the tactics, better fitness etc. If our keeper doesn't concede too many direct free kicks we will have a good chance. hope Anssi's ready with this wind today  |
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Post by markczgas on Aug 25, 2020 14:57:13 GMT
Having witnessed pre season friendlies when we were awful and had decent seasons, and vice versa bit more chilled now, still dont know what our starting 11 is for Sunderland.New players new system, let's see 10 league games in where we are. Assuming everybody is fit then it'll most likely be 9 or 10 players from Saturday's game with either Rodman (was/is he injured?) or Hare at RWB and either Nicholson or Hargreaves on the right behind JCH. As far as pre-season apart from Buckle's era I can't recall many years where we had a good pre-season and then started the season well, not sure why as a club we find it so difficult to have a good pre-season. I think you mean start to a season. F*ck pre-season. |
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Post by markczgas on Aug 25, 2020 15:00:08 GMT
We’ll be the fittest side who can’t string a pass together. Seasons not started yet, how about giving the negativity a rest for a bit. What makes you happy gas365 ? What are your favourite Rovers' memories ? |
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Post by Gassy on Aug 25, 2020 15:37:22 GMT
Friendlies are incredibly important in showing how you'll perform in a season:
Remember 13/14? We beat everyone and only lost to derby. In the end we got relegated.
Remember 15/16? Losing to arsenal U21? Barely beating Mangotsfield 2-0? Lost 2-1 to Cheltenham too. We got promoted that season.
Yeah friendly results mean nothing, lighten up people.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2020 15:41:00 GMT
Seasons not started yet, how about giving the negativity a rest for a bit. What makes you happy gas365 ? What are your favourite Rovers' memories ? This is possibly a thread in it’s own right because this is going to be a long answer, but to answer your questions....... What would make me happy is Rovers being a well run club and not tin pot, since DC has left we’ve flailed around a lot under Wael racking up stupid debt on players like Bennett (signed by DC admittedly) and played some crap football under Coughlan and Garner. I’d like to see us playing progressive winning football but I just don’t see how that is going to happen under Garner who seems to me a tin pot appointment given his lack of experience. I felt he was appointed too soon considering the position Coughlan left us in and unfortunately he’s not been able to prove me wrong (so far). He also comes across a bit arrogant at times and seems unable to take responsibility for bad results. Maybe I was spoilt by having DC at the club so long, a far more likeable character who also won games. By contrast we seem to be going in the right direction off the pitch and I admit I thought Wael would disappear once the debts got too high so him paying them off and starting the training ground has got me eating humble pie and that’s good but on the pitch we seem to be going in the wrong direction through the choice of coaching staff. As for best memories: beating Dagenham at home under DC, it really felt like there was some weight to the chants aimed at City that day but we did not capitalise on the momentum. Getting promoted at Wembley under Trollope. Drawing 1-1 with City at Ashton Gate in the mid 90’s (I missed the 2-0 win) and beating Northampton 6-0 away a couple of seasons back was a good day out. There hasn’t been much else as we have been a basket case for long periods since I started following Rovers. Oh and beating Ipswich away last season. I couldn’t stand Coughlan as a person or his football, but that day I was just about to hold my hands up and admit I got it wrong about his style of football because historically we hardly ever got league results like that, beating a big club away from home, when he jacked it in. That’s the crux of my dissatisfaction right now in many ways. I felt we surrendered the progress Coughlan had made to gamble on a guy who was good at developing youngsters but had no pedigree as a manager. We went into decline almost immediately and squandered one of the best positions to reach the championship and league parity with City that we’ve had since we lost the league derby 20 years ago. Twenty years without a league derby is an utter disgrace, imo. |
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Post by curlywurly on Aug 25, 2020 15:56:02 GMT
Hopefully the picture quality is similar to the Stockport-Salford game which is free on youtube. .. 1-0 to Stockport. Cue meltdown on the Salford forum. |
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