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Post by warehamgas on Mar 4, 2024 12:23:03 GMT
Thought the mix last season was excellent. Starting at Melksham and progressing to Brentford B, Chesterfield and Swansea with an overseas trip to Portugal. Sadly didn’t help us to get off to a flyer did it? Agree kent. But I guess although we didn’t get off to a ‘flyer’ we did ok didn’t we? A good performance to start at Pompey, and good performances home to Barnsley and at Charlton. The Cambridge defeat and a poor performance after those seemed to affect us. UTG! |
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Mar 4, 2024 12:57:17 GMT
But , forgive me if this seems naive, isn’t the point of preseason games to both try out players and test them against competitive teams ? Yes it is but I’m not sure what was in my post to make you think I wasn’t saying this. 🤔 If the implication is that games against ‘local teams’ may not be competitive then another reason for pre-season games has to be the need to get fit after the summer lay off, play football against teams who may not be that competitive in the first few games before getting more competitive as pre-season progresses. That seems to be what we’ve done over the past few years, a few non league games followed by harder games just before we start seriously. UTG! Oh I was not having a dig at you, not in any way. I just think that we maybe would be better off playing more competitive teams is all but we seem to play a fair few games V Bath and Citencester, historically speaking. Just thinking out loud is all |
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Mar 4, 2024 13:09:25 GMT
Not sure it's reasonable to expect the club to plan their pre season around helping out local non league clubs. Surely it's more about how they can team build etc at the lowest cost. We have played pre season friendlies at Melksham recently, which seems a bit random (even if they have decent facilities) as we don't really have any connections with them. DC is good friends with some of the people involved in running Melksham Town. He took the squad there for the opening of their new stadium, since then it has been a popular pre-season outing for Rovers fans. A shame that the traditional pre-season game at Twerton Park did not happen last year. |
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 4, 2024 15:28:02 GMT
Yes it is but I’m not sure what was in my post to make you think I wasn’t saying this. 🤔 If the implication is that games against ‘local teams’ may not be competitive then another reason for pre-season games has to be the need to get fit after the summer lay off, play football against teams who may not be that competitive in the first few games before getting more competitive as pre-season progresses. That seems to be what we’ve done over the past few years, a few non league games followed by harder games just before we start seriously. UTG! Oh I was not having a dig at you, not in any way. I just think that we maybe would be better off playing more competitive teams is all but we seem to play a fair few games V Bath and Citencester, historically speaking. Just thinking out loud is all No problem. I never thought you were!! All good. 👍 UTG! |
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 4, 2024 15:52:17 GMT
If the owners really want to cut costs then looking at the cost of our foreign pre-season tours could be a good place to start? This will almost certainly get cut Hasnt helped us start the seasons well have they?! This season we started off OK, we just lost our way after the first 3 league games! |
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Post by Gasshole on Mar 4, 2024 17:50:25 GMT
Conference south sides playing Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday at the mo. Big ask for part timers. Bath City were only able to field 3 Subs last weekend. Even after picking up 3 loanees In recent weeks.
Tough times out there for plenty of local sides. But definitely a pre season game against the Romans would be a huge financial boost for them. They are a footballing side as well not cloggers.
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Post by gas2 on Mar 4, 2024 18:28:12 GMT
Bring back the third division North and South leagues
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Post by nottsgas on Mar 4, 2024 19:05:37 GMT
Not sure it's reasonable to expect the club to plan their pre season around helping out local non league clubs. Surely it's more about how they can team build etc at the lowest cost. We have played pre season friendlies at Melksham recently, which seems a bit random (even if they have decent facilities) as we don't really have any connections with them. DC is good friends with some of the people involved in running Melksham Town. He took the squad there for the opening of their new stadium, since then it has been a popular pre-season outing for Rovers fans. A shame that the traditional pre-season game at Twerton Park did not happen last year. Fingers crossed MT's Bath links will help that! Especially now they have the two bars behind the goals meaning you can have a drink on the terrace whilst watching the game. |
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Post by poorblue on Mar 4, 2024 19:49:27 GMT
Preseason should be all about what helps us prepare for the season ahead - if that includes playing a local non league side then fine but we shouldn’t go out of our way to do anyone else favours. Any visits to non league grounds should be carefully planned for those with decent pitches - last thing we want is players rolling ankles or twisting a knee. we have regularly in the past played manty preseason friendlies against multiple non ague sides at various levels. Yeovil, Forest Green, Cheltenham, Bath, Clevedon, Cirencester, Slimbridge, Yate, Bitton, Mangotsfield, Gloucester, Melksham, Cadbury Heath etc Does anyone really believe the extra money filtering down from the Prem will help. Of course not it simply means more money for exactly the same players and back room staff and probably more on the price of tickets for good measure. |
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Post by playtowin on Mar 5, 2024 11:15:35 GMT
We should arrange our u21 side to play friendlies against local clubs throughout the season. They can barely get their own games in with the weather. Could invite them to play at the Quarters ? |
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Post by chewbacca on Mar 5, 2024 11:18:24 GMT
They can barely get their own games in with the weather. Could invite them to play at the Quarters ? No floodlights, fixture congestion and what's in it for those clubs? |
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Post by playtowin on Mar 5, 2024 12:01:46 GMT
Could invite them to play at the Quarters ? No floodlights, fixture congestion and what's in it for those clubs? Sunday afternoon game ,gives their players a game if the league one has been postponed. They get to play on a good surface ,they get to play in front of BRFC staff who might feel a player worth signing. Whereby the player and non league club certainly make a financial gain. When the quarters is complete other club players and staff get to see and use the facilities . Get to ask questions about training regimes and match preparations etc. Maybe even get taken on a training session by our staff. Builds links ,respect ,chances ,share information for starters. How keen would Rovers be to play a fixture against Man City u21s if the sweetner was we got to tour and ask questions at their training setup and get a training session from their top staff ? Might make the EFL trophy a bit more palatable. |
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Post by chewbacca on Mar 5, 2024 13:35:45 GMT
No floodlights, fixture congestion and what's in it for those clubs? Sunday afternoon game ,gives their players a game if the league one has been postponed. They get to play on a good surface ,they get to play in front of BRFC staff who might feel a player worth signing. Whereby the player and non league club certainly make a financial gain. When the quarters is complete other club players and staff get to see and use the facilities . Get to ask questions about training regimes and match preparations etc. Maybe even get taken on a training session by our staff. Builds links ,respect ,chances ,share information for starters. How keen would Rovers be to play a fixture against Man City u21s if the sweetner was we got to tour and ask questions at their training setup and get a training session from their top staff ? Might make the EFL trophy a bit more palatable. I simply don't see how there's any benefit at all for NL. They won't even get any money unless the player is contracted, and then we can only do business during transfer windows. |
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Post by wsmjohn on Mar 5, 2024 14:57:06 GMT
It would be great to come to Weston, crowds are a lot bigger now a days.
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Post by yattongas on Mar 5, 2024 14:58:51 GMT
It would be great to come to Weston, crowds are a lot bigger now a days. Enjoyed going there a few yrs ago watching the Gas preseason. Nice little set up. |
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Mar 5, 2024 16:41:59 GMT
No floodlights, fixture congestion and what's in it for those clubs? Sunday afternoon game ,gives their players a game if the league one has been postponed. They get to play on a good surface ,they get to play in front of BRFC staff who might feel a player worth signing. Whereby the player and non league club certainly make a financial gain. When the quarters is complete other club players and staff get to see and use the facilities . Get to ask questions about training regimes and match preparations etc. Maybe even get taken on a training session by our staff. Builds links ,respect ,chances ,share information for starters. How keen would Rovers be to play a fixture against Man City u21s if the sweetner was we got to tour and ask questions at their training setup and get a training session from their top staff ? Might make the EFL trophy a bit more palatable. The "smaller" clubs are run along professional lines these days. Allowing for recovery time etc, I doubt that they would want to put a team out on a Saturday and Sunday. |
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Post by playtowin on Mar 7, 2024 0:12:14 GMT
Sunday afternoon game ,gives their players a game if the league one has been postponed. They get to play on a good surface ,they get to play in front of BRFC staff who might feel a player worth signing. Whereby the player and non league club certainly make a financial gain. When the quarters is complete other club players and staff get to see and use the facilities . Get to ask questions about training regimes and match preparations etc. Maybe even get taken on a training session by our staff. Builds links ,respect ,chances ,share information for starters. How keen would Rovers be to play a fixture against Man City u21s if the sweetner was we got to tour and ask questions at their training setup and get a training session from their top staff ? Might make the EFL trophy a bit more palatable. The "smaller" clubs are run along professional lines these days. Allowing for recovery time etc, I doubt that they would want to put a team out on a Saturday and Sunday. The Sunday at the quarters would be for when a teams normal saturday game was cancelled due to their home pitch being unfit for a game. The ideal would be a mix of playing at the Quarters and at the local clubs grounds. |
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Post by playtowin on Mar 7, 2024 0:14:51 GMT
Sunday afternoon game ,gives their players a game if the league one has been postponed. They get to play on a good surface ,they get to play in front of BRFC staff who might feel a player worth signing. Whereby the player and non league club certainly make a financial gain. When the quarters is complete other club players and staff get to see and use the facilities . Get to ask questions about training regimes and match preparations etc. Maybe even get taken on a training session by our staff. Builds links ,respect ,chances ,share information for starters. How keen would Rovers be to play a fixture against Man City u21s if the sweetner was we got to tour and ask questions at their training setup and get a training session from their top staff ? Might make the EFL trophy a bit more palatable. I simply don't see how there's any benefit at all for NL. They won't even get any money unless the player is contracted, and then we can only do business during transfer windows. Would depend if they had any ambition to grow or learn i guess. |
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Post by chewbacca on Mar 7, 2024 9:02:30 GMT
I simply don't see how there's any benefit at all for NL. They won't even get any money unless the player is contracted, and then we can only do business during transfer windows. Would depend if they had any ambition to grow or learn i guess. with all due respect what's a 31 year old plasterer going to learn about chasing a 19 year old round a training ground for an hour and a half? The only favour being done would be by the NL side. |
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Post by playtowin on Mar 7, 2024 12:43:38 GMT
Would depend if they had any ambition to grow or learn i guess. with all due respect what's a 31 year old plasterer going to learn about chasing a 19 year old round a training ground for an hour and a half? The only favour being done would be by the NL side. Well...might give an insight on how to play against other 19 year olds of a lesser ability. If you recall ,i also mentioned q and a and training session . The player may learn how to improve either skill or fitness. Unless of course they are confident they can do absolutely nothing to improve themselves. There are other people involved lets not forget,like managers coaches directors etc . They may feel its an opportunity to learn and improve (?) Like i said its about the whole package. Never going to happen anyway |
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