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Post by onefindunford on Dec 11, 2023 21:30:09 GMT
One bad smash up on the M5/M6 and you’ll be arriving very late. Yep, explaining this sort of stuff is a waste of time Jamie Mackie at Oxford had a 2 hour back massage before every game to get on the pitch, he has his spine fused. We wouldn’t make a 4 hour bus journey and start that journey start that evening! It’s a 3 hour bus journey, explaining that seems a waste of time! Like anything in life you leave yourselves plenty of time, so they will probably leave at 1:00pm. |
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Post by onefindunford on Dec 11, 2023 21:32:49 GMT
Guys, we are fans, let’s try and not be sports scientists now! The management don’t understand the decision, all clubs stay over the night before a midweek game who can afford it. And as for this staying in your bed stuff, the big clubs all have their players stay in hotels Friday night now before a home game! Kids coming in at 2am to your bedroom is not good prep for a player! Exactly. I only hear of skint clubs travelling on the day of a game. Worrying that this is allegedly going against the wishes of the management too! Of course we’re a skint club. We play in the 3rd Division and our outgoings are a lot more than our income. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2023 21:33:25 GMT
Yep, explaining this sort of stuff is a waste of time Jamie Mackie at Oxford had a 2 hour back massage before every game to get on the pitch, he has his spine fused. We wouldn’t make a 4 hour bus journey and start that journey start that evening! It’s a 3 hour bus journey, explaining that seems a waste of time! Like anything in life you leave yourselves plenty of time, so they will probably leave at 1:00pm. It’s not what’s been happening for the last 2 years though! Do you not find ita little worrying they are allegedly making cuts? Ask any manager what they’d prefer and they’ll say an overnight stay the night before the game. There’s a reason all the top clubs do it. |
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Post by pirate on Dec 11, 2023 21:35:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2023 21:35:34 GMT
This 1pm theory also works for Saturday games, you could leave Bristol at 9am for a game at Oxford.
DC told Higgs travelling on the day of the game was killing the team in the Conference and Nick listened. They all know more about the game than you Dunny
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Post by onefindunford on Dec 11, 2023 21:36:34 GMT
It’s a 3 hour bus journey, explaining that seems a waste of time! Like anything in life you leave yourselves plenty of time, so they will probably leave at 1:00pm. It’s not what’s been happening for the last 2 years though! Do you not find ita little worrying they are allegedly making cuts? Ask any manager what they’d prefer and they’ll say an overnight stay the night before the game. There’s a reason all the top clubs do it. I certainly don’t find the overnight stay in Crewe before an evening game being cut as worrying. I think we should be making these cuts. Did we stay overnight before playing away at Reading? |
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Post by bridgwatergas on Dec 11, 2023 21:39:03 GMT
It's under 3 hours to Crewe on a bus. Morning session at the Quarters going through tactics etc a spot of lunch then on the bus around 2-2.30 to be there for 5ish. Maybe this is Taylors way of doing things who knows but again can't see this being an issue. And if this was the case that they were due to travel on Monday for a hotel how the hell were they supposed to be going to Dublin on the lash Sunday and still be back to then travel to Crewe to stay Monday night and be in a fit state to play Tuesday? All doesn't add up. One bad smash up on the M5/M6 and you’ll be arriving very late. Correct but that is still arriving at 5 which is nearly 3 hours before kick off. On a Saturday teams turn up 90 minutes before kick off so plenty of time even if they left at 2. Didn't the overnight hotel stays only start after JB came as pretty sure the team travelled to games on the day most of the time before he took over unless it was a long away day. Yes times have changed but surely its not that important to stay over for an evening game. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2023 21:39:29 GMT
It’s not what’s been happening for the last 2 years though! Do you not find ita little worrying they are allegedly making cuts? Ask any manager what they’d prefer and they’ll say an overnight stay the night before the game. There’s a reason all the top clubs do it. I certainly don’t find the overnight stay in Crewe before an evening game being cut as worrying. I think we should be making these cuts. Did we stay overnight before playing away at Reading? Reading is 1.5 hours up the road, gresty road on a good run is 3 There’s a reason all the big clubs do it, Klopp has big issues with 12:30 kick offs due to prep time being affected. |
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Post by onefindunford on Dec 11, 2023 21:39:44 GMT
This 1pm theory also works for Saturday games, you could leave Bristol at 9am for a game at Oxford. DC told Higgs travelling on the day of the game was killing the team in the Conference and Nick listened. They all know more about the game than you Dunny I’m sure that they know more about the game than me. For a Saturday game we should stay overnight, as it’s a much shorter travelling window to KO at 3pm. |
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Post by bridgwatergas on Dec 11, 2023 21:41:21 GMT
It’s a 3 hour bus journey, explaining that seems a waste of time! Like anything in life you leave yourselves plenty of time, so they will probably leave at 1:00pm. It’s not what’s been happening for the last 2 years though! Do you not find ita little worrying they are allegedly making cuts? Ask any manager what they’d prefer and they’ll say an overnight stay the night before the game. There’s a reason all the top clubs do it. Top clubs who have plenty of money. We are losing hand over fist and if it means for the shorter away days that luxury is taken away than so be it. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2023 21:41:21 GMT
One bad smash up on the M5/M6 and you’ll be arriving very late. Correct but that is still arriving at 5 which is nearly 3 hours before kick off. On a Saturday teams turn up 90 minutes before kick off so plenty of time even if they left at 2. Didn't the overnight hotel stays only start after JB came as pretty sure the team travelled to games on the day most of the time before he took over unless it was a long away day. Yes times have changed but surely its not that important to stay over for an evening game. The team stayed away under DC and Cogs as well. They stayed overnight at Derby as well a few weeks ago. Surely people can see a long day travelling isn’t beneficial when they could be working on shape and tactics for the game as a northern clubs training ground. This is basic common sense surely? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2023 21:42:19 GMT
It’s not what’s been happening for the last 2 years though! Do you not find ita little worrying they are allegedly making cuts? Ask any manager what they’d prefer and they’ll say an overnight stay the night before the game. There’s a reason all the top clubs do it. Top clubs who have plenty of money. We are losing hand over fist and if it means for the shorter away days that luxury is taken away than so be it. If we’ve got aspirations of being a club to get to the championship and staying there then they better get used to losing money! |
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Post by pirate on Dec 11, 2023 21:42:56 GMT
Correct but that is still arriving at 5 which is nearly 3 hours before kick off. On a Saturday teams turn up 90 minutes before kick off so plenty of time even if they left at 2. Didn't the overnight hotel stays only start after JB came as pretty sure the team travelled to games on the day most of the time before he took over unless it was a long away day. Yes times have changed but surely its not that important to stay over for an evening game. The team stayed away under DC and Cogs as well. They stayed overnight at Derby as well a few weeks ago. Surely people can see a long day travelling isn’t beneficial when they could be working on shape and tactics for the game as a northern clubs training ground. This is basic common sense surely? Obviously. |
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Post by onefindunford on Dec 11, 2023 21:44:04 GMT
I certainly don’t find the overnight stay in Crewe before an evening game being cut as worrying. I think we should be making these cuts. Did we stay overnight before playing away at Reading? Reading is 1.5 hours up the road, gresty road on a good run is 3 There’s a reason all the big clubs do it, Klopp has big issues with 12:30 kick offs due to prep time being affected. You said that they had been doing it for the past 2 years so took it that it was all games. Regarding 12:30 games and 15:00 I understand it 100%, but don’t see a problem with a 19:45 KO. |
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Post by bridgwatergas on Dec 11, 2023 21:44:25 GMT
This 1pm theory also works for Saturday games, you could leave Bristol at 9am for a game at Oxford. DC told Higgs travelling on the day of the game was killing the team in the Conference and Nick listened. They all know more about the game than you Dunny I'm pretty sure they only stayed overnight for the longer away days in the Conference. |
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Post by bridgwatergas on Dec 11, 2023 21:47:25 GMT
Correct but that is still arriving at 5 which is nearly 3 hours before kick off. On a Saturday teams turn up 90 minutes before kick off so plenty of time even if they left at 2. Didn't the overnight hotel stays only start after JB came as pretty sure the team travelled to games on the day most of the time before he took over unless it was a long away day. Yes times have changed but surely its not that important to stay over for an evening game. The team stayed away under DC and Cogs as well. They stayed overnight at Derby as well a few weeks ago. Surely people can see a long day travelling isn’t beneficial when they could be working on shape and tactics for the game as a northern clubs training ground. This is basic common sense surely? Again it wasn't a regular thing under DC and Cogs it was for the longer trips. It became a regular thing under JB |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2023 21:48:17 GMT
The team stayed away under DC and Cogs as well. They stayed overnight at Derby as well a few weeks ago. Surely people can see a long day travelling isn’t beneficial when they could be working on shape and tactics for the game as a northern clubs training ground. This is basic common sense surely? Again it wasn't a regular thing under DC and Cogs it was for the longer trips. It became a regular thing under JB It was a regular thing. My source is a player that played under both managers. Anything 3 hours or so away they’d be staying. 👍🏻 |
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Post by onefindunford on Dec 11, 2023 21:48:44 GMT
Correct but that is still arriving at 5 which is nearly 3 hours before kick off. On a Saturday teams turn up 90 minutes before kick off so plenty of time even if they left at 2. Didn't the overnight hotel stays only start after JB came as pretty sure the team travelled to games on the day most of the time before he took over unless it was a long away day. Yes times have changed but surely its not that important to stay over for an evening game. The team stayed away under DC and Cogs as well. They stayed overnight at Derby as well a few weeks ago. Surely people can see a long day travelling isn’t beneficial when they could be working on shape and tactics for the game as a northern clubs training ground. This is basic common sense surely? Derby was a 15:00 KO so I would expect an overnight stay. I can obviously see some benefits but certainly not all, but we are a 3rd Division team trying to watch our expenditure. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2023 21:50:11 GMT
Reading is 1.5 hours up the road, gresty road on a good run is 3 There’s a reason all the big clubs do it, Klopp has big issues with 12:30 kick offs due to prep time being affected. You said that they had been doing it for the past 2 years so took it that it was all games. Regarding 12:30 games and 15:00 I understand it 100%, but don’t see a problem with a 19:45 KO. I meant the players who are here now have been used to doing it for 2 years for games that are as far away as Crewe. Either way I see it as a worry that they’ve allegedly cut it and it’s something g else that will potentially cause some unrest amongst players who are already upset |
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Post by onefindunford on Dec 11, 2023 21:51:08 GMT
Again it wasn't a regular thing under DC and Cogs it was for the longer trips. It became a regular thing under JB It was a regular thing. My source is a player that played under both managers. Anything 3 hours or so away they’d be staying. 👍🏻 So under DC and Cogs they stayed overnight if the ground was 3 hours or more away, for an evening KO? |
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