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Post by chickenandbaconpie on Jul 8, 2017 11:32:38 GMT
Who's going? Me and my boy are pretty pumped!! Tranmere at home seems ages ago now.
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Post by Nick on Jul 8, 2017 16:37:26 GMT
only a pre season friendly but 0-5 was still a shade disappointing
our midfield was swept aside in the first half with Paxman and Prestedge both looking well off the pace
defence under pressure for much of the time, without much support, it was always going to leak goals
didn't think more than a couple of the trialists on offer did much to further their prospects
second half the intro of 'proper' full backs (Seth and Joe) did help the defending and Lokko looked solid as ever
not sure who the guy was alongside him, but he had a decent match (not named in notes)
as always Stuart Lewis makes such a difference when he came on
we didn't create a great deal up front but Sam-Yorke and Pigott both showed some quality
also first sighting of Mitchell Dickinson, he looks fairly promising
and our number 7 in the second half, presumably a trialist, looked very useful too, but who was he ?
thought his name was Tyler something but could not see him in the team notes
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Post by steveh21 on Jul 8, 2017 16:43:56 GMT
Not the best but result means nothing. All about match fitness and looking at potential signings. Tyler looked good on the right side second half. Good crowd of about 800 for a friendly. Barnet fans were very complimentary about our ground.
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Post by northstandupper on Jul 8, 2017 17:06:35 GMT
only a pre season friendly but 0-5 was still a shade disappointing our midfield was swept aside in the first half with Paxman and Prestedge both looking well off the pace defence under pressure for much of the time, without much support, it was always going to leak goals didn't think more than a couple of the trialists on offer did much to further their prospects second half the intro of 'proper' full backs (Seth and Joe) did help the defending and Lokko looked solid as ever not sure who the guy was alongside him, but he had a decent match (not named in notes) as always Stuart Lewis makes such a difference when he came on we didn't create a great deal up front but Sam-Yorke and Pigott both showed some quality also first sighting of Mitchell Dickinson, he looks fairly promising and our number 7 in the second half, presumably a trialist, looked very useful too, but who was he ? thought his name was Tyler something but could not see him in the team notes Tyler Campbell, previously of Enfield Town. |
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Post by stonelacro on Jul 8, 2017 17:29:37 GMT
Tonked !
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Post by jdl on Jul 8, 2017 17:36:13 GMT
Well, it was a friendly, so I guess you don't expect much, but that was pretty awful.
Barnet just scored at will and I don't think we troubled their keeper once. Players changed so often that I had no idea who half the team were most of the time (they even reused numbers!!) I've been looking forward to this game for weeks, but the only bit I enjoyed was the 'free' beer - and I couldn't even take that back to my seat... And the players weren't just not wearing squad numbers, they weren't even in the new strip!
I know friendlies don't mean much, but Barnet are only one division above us - it looked more like League v Ryman South. They were fit and fast, they ran at us in numbers, they scored FIVE times (and it could easily have been more), they stopped us getting anywhere near scoring with ease, and there wasn't a duff player in the entire squad they used today.
Oh, and just to make it even more bizarre, the police had to use considerable force to eject one 'fan'...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2017 17:37:11 GMT
Saw some crowd trouble in the north stand.
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Post by daveu on Jul 8, 2017 17:55:49 GMT
Let's not forget they've been training for a couple of weeks and we've only been back a week. First half trialists did themselves no favours, but as has been said the 7 in the second half was definitely worth another look. The second half keeper needs to work on his distribution, out the defence under pressure a few times but apart from that only made one real mistake. Don't think to much can be read into the game really and not sure what some of you were expecting.
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Post by chickenandbaconpie on Jul 8, 2017 18:53:47 GMT
Let's not forget they've been training for a couple of weeks and we've only been back a week. but as has been said the 7 in the second half was definitely worth another look Pretty much my thoughts. |
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Post by tim on Jul 8, 2017 19:05:17 GMT
That game means nothing
Warm up for the players
Social for the supporters
Anyone that reads anymore into it is an idiot!
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Post by Ant on Jul 8, 2017 19:18:16 GMT
Scrolling up, there's some logic to that final sentence.
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Post by toonarmy on Jul 8, 2017 20:14:58 GMT
only a pre season friendly but 0-5 was still a shade disappointing our midfield was swept aside in the first half with Paxman and Prestedge both looking well off the pace defence under pressure for much of the time, without much support, it was always going to leak goals didn't think more than a couple of the trialists on offer did much to further their prospects second half the intro of 'proper' full backs (Seth and Joe) did help the defending and Lokko looked solid as ever not sure who the guy was alongside him, but he had a decent match (not named in notes) as always Stuart Lewis makes such a difference when he came on we didn't create a great deal up front but Sam-Yorke and Pigott both showed some quality also first sighting of Mitchell Dickinson, he looks fairly promising and our number 7 in the second half, presumably a trialist, looked very useful too, but who was he ? thought his name was Tyler something but could not see him in the team notes Tyler Campbell, previously of Enfield Town. A very good player by all accounts, had trials last season at Brentford |
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Post by jdl on Jul 8, 2017 22:24:33 GMT
That game means nothing Warm up for the players Social for the supporters Anyone that reads anymore into it is an idiot! Today wasn't just a "pre-season friendlies mean nothing" game, it was a larruping by a team that looked far more than one division above us. And, with very few exceptions, our players looked very poor. Not saying it means anything, just, personally, it was very disappointing. But I've been watching pre-season games for over 35 years and I can't recall one as disappointing as this. |
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Post by jakeyboi on Jul 9, 2017 6:23:12 GMT
Yes it was only a pre season friendly, but it still leaves a nasty taste in your mouth every time we lose a game regardless of the importance. And what the hell was all that police activity for, if it really was for 1 person what the hell will happen if 100,s kicked off. Was it really needed.
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Post by ronaldostone on Jul 9, 2017 7:10:58 GMT
Yes it was only a pre season friendly, but it still leaves a nasty taste in your mouth every time we lose a game regardless of the importance. And what the hell was all that police activity for, if it really was for 1 person what the hell will happen if 100,s kicked off. Was it really needed. i heard it was over facebook. one guy saying comments over the other guys girlfriend/wife and first time he had seen him since.... |
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