Tekel Towers » English friendlies in July

Tek · 26/5/2022 11:58 pm

3 English sides playing us in July, supposedly.

Preston away - 9th July
Sunderland home - 16th July
Fleetwood away - 23rd July

Arabdownsouth · 27/5/2022 2:22 am

Tek wrote:
3 English sides playing us in July, supposedly.

Preston away - 9th July
Sunderland home - 16th July
Fleetwood away - 23rd July

I'll be having a bit of those away games, only down the road for me 👍

Snacks94 · 27/5/2022 6:22 am

Won’t make the away games but will be at Sunderland game. Assume we’ll have a couple other games in Scotland

dufc2019 · 27/5/2022 8:28 am

Northampton as well apparently

dufc5 · 27/5/2022 9:22 am

dufc2019 wrote:
Northampton as well apparently

Home or away?

dufc2019 · 27/5/2022 6:15 pm

dufc5 wrote:
dufc2019 wrote:
Northampton as well apparently
Home or away?

home I think

dufc5 · 27/5/2022 6:39 pm

dufc2019 wrote:
dufc5 wrote:
dufc2019 wrote:
Northampton as well apparently
Home or away?
home I think

Cheers nice change looking forward to some friendlies rather than the league cup group stage!

RogerTheAlien · 27/5/2022 9:52 pm

Hearing Preston game might not be happening.

Arabdownsouth · 28/5/2022 12:52 am

RogerTheAlien wrote:
Hearing Preston game might not be happening.

Fuckin hell, had plans for this one too

RogerTheAlien · 28/5/2022 1:27 pm

Arabdownsouth wrote:
RogerTheAlien wrote:
Hearing Preston game might not be happening.

Fuckin hell, had plans for this one too

Fingers crossed it does mate I’d be gutted if it didn’t.

Just heard yesterday it’s not, let’s hope I heard wrong.

kdyteejay · 31/5/2022 1:30 pm

RogerTheAlien wrote:
Hearing Preston game might not be happening.

Aren’t they involved in talks with Seigrist? Is he not signing perhaps or am I stretching it a bit?

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Tek · 31/5/2022 8:45 pm

kdyteejay wrote:
RogerTheAlien wrote:
Hearing Preston game might not be happening.
Aren’t they involved in talks with Seigrist? Is he not signing perhaps or am I stretching it a bit?

They are.

So are Blackpool supposedly.

No offence to either but thought he'd leave us for better than either.

CCX2 2010 · 31/5/2022 9:49 pm

Hopefully the club will be in a position to confirm these friendly games soon to give us as much time to book. I think they will be great for the whole club and one the fans will defo enjoy.

On the Benji issue, maybe it’s the right time for him to move on and football wise, what a high to go out on. From a personal side though and this is pure hearsay but maybe he just wants to get away from the situation which has developed over the last wee while.

Tek · 07/6/2022 3:04 am

Hopefully Utd confirm these this week.

Folk need to plan at this time of year (round holidays etc).

Finn Seemann · 07/6/2022 9:12 am

CCX2 2010 wrote:
Hopefully the club will be in a position to confirm these friendly games soon to give us as much time to book. I think they will be great for the whole club and one the fans will defo enjoy.

On the Benji issue, maybe it’s the right time for him to move on and football wise, what a high to go out on. From a personal side though and this is pure hearsay but maybe he just wants to get away from the situation which has developed over the last wee while.

Agreed, sounds like we need to offload both 'participants' and get back to a happy squad.

AlonsMosely · 07/6/2022 9:18 am

Mibbees bit tin hat on here, but I'm not surprised at teams coming in for him. Think most teams would want a 6 ft plus keeper to at least attempt to come for a cross now and again.....

Finn Seemann · 07/6/2022 10:08 am

AlonsMosely wrote:
Mibbees bit tin hat on here, but I'm not surprised at teams coming in for him. Think most teams would want a 6 ft plus keeper to at least attempt to come for a cross now and again.....

It is a weakness and I don't see that being trained out of him now. However, if you already have a CH who dominates in the air then the shot stopping of Siegrist should be attractive.

kiwiarab · 07/6/2022 10:29 am

AlonsMosely wrote:
Mibbees bit tin hat on here, but I'm not surprised at teams coming in for him. Think most teams would want a 6 ft plus keeper to at least attempt to come for a cross now and again.....

A lot of goalkeeping coaches are now training keepers to stay on their line, as the modern footballs have so much swerve in them, it's the safer option.

Personally, I disagree, when a team is under pressure, its brilliant to see a keeper come out and claim the ball.

AlonsMosely · 07/6/2022 11:20 am

You could be right, I must be at an age when the goalie took everything in front of him out if in the 6 yard box.....

Shakey Isles Arab · 07/6/2022 11:52 pm

kiwiarab wrote:
AlonsMosely wrote:
Mibbees bit tin hat on here, but I'm not surprised at teams coming in for him. Think most teams would want a 6 ft plus keeper to at least attempt to come for a cross now and again.....
A lot of goalkeeping coaches are now training keepers to stay on their line, as the modern footballs have so much swerve in them, it's the safer option.

Personally, I disagree, when a team is under pressure, its brilliant to see a keeper come out and claim the ball.

Hadnae heard that one, weird but no surprise.
But then dropping a man off a post is a mystery to me.
Import of foriegn goalkeepeers who lack the bravery, instinct and coaching likewise.
Gone are the days of Mackay and Davie.
Banks, Shilton, Clemence, Montgomery etc etc.
.... grumble grumble.

Tek · 08/6/2022 12:14 pm

Tek wrote:
Hopefully Utd confirm these this week.

Folk need to plan at this time of year (round holidays etc).

Confirmed.

Sunderland at Tannadice on July 16th

Fleetwood away July 23rd.

dufc5 · 08/6/2022 12:34 pm

Short pre-season tour being mooted to. Two closed-door friendlies in early July.

RogerTheAlien · 24/6/2022 10:56 am

Sunderland getting 3000 tickets for the friendly, with another 500 kept behind.

RogerTheAlien · 04/7/2022 9:26 am

Fleetwood Town tickets on sale this morning. Got mine over the phone. Who else is going?

dufc5 · 04/7/2022 10:18 am

RogerTheAlien wrote:
Fleetwood Town tickets on sale this morning. Got mine over the phone. Who else is going?

Got mine to, absolute shambles that the club still haven't announced that they are on sale.