.....I'm surprised to get a few extra pounds the Premiership and the Championship aren't suggesting that any fan who can prove they have tested negative will be allowed to attend matches. Maybe that's the next thing they come up with....
If that comes about then there could be a roaring market in counterfeit papers!
Our first friendly prior to restarting the Championship was played today (10/06) against Premiership West Ham and resulted in a 4 - 1 defeat.
Warburton managed to give game time to 23 QPR players including several from our U23 team. The game was more about getting players fit and will apparently not appear in any record books.
Our first friendly prior to restarting the Championship was played today (10/06) against Premiership West Ham and resulted in a 4 - 1 defeat.
Warburton managed to give game time to 23 QPR players including several from our U23 team. The game was more about getting players fit and will apparently not appear in any record books.
Given that we are a week behind them in fitness & match-preparation then the scoreline against a Premiership side is not that bad. I just hope that Eze showed them his best! Presumably the Canaries this weekend or Monday...?
Last Edit: Jun 11, 2020 11:42:41 GMT by kingfisher
Our first friendly prior to restarting the Championship was played today (10/06) against Premiership West Ham and resulted in a 4 - 1 defeat.
Warburton managed to give game time to 23 QPR players including several from our U23 team. The game was more about getting players fit and will apparently not appear in any record books.
Given that we are a week behind them in fitness & match-preparation then the scoreline against a Premiership side is not that bad. I just hope that Eze showed them his best! Presumably the Canaries this weekend or Monday...?
There is a rumour that Eze actually played for West Ham although I think that is just wishful thinking by the West Ham fans. Whether it's true or not it does seem to imply he got some minutes which is good for both him and us.
The games against West Ham, Norwich and then Chelsea are just classed as training games and because they are played behind closed doors there is very little information that will be circulated. I suppose its just about the players staying safe and getting fit.
Some of the pictures from the training match against West Ham show Jack Clarke playing for us. I have to say I'm a bit surprised because in my opinion he doesn't warrant a place in our squad and I would have sent him back to Spurs.
We have enough wingers and with the Development players being our future I would be looking at progressing their experience rather than keeping Clarke on loan.
Some of the pictures from the training match against West Ham show Jack Clarke playing for us. I have to say I'm a bit surprised because in my opinion he doesn't warrant a place in our squad and I would have sent him back to Spurs.
We have enough wingers and with the Development players being our future I would be looking at progressing their experience rather than keeping Clarke on loan.
btw If the match against the Canaries is still going ahead then I am guessing the expected starting XI against Barnsley will play together.
Last Edit: Jun 12, 2020 15:41:49 GMT by kingfisher
Some of the pictures from the training match against West Ham show Jack Clarke playing for us. I have to say I'm a bit surprised because in my opinion he doesn't warrant a place in our squad and I would have sent him back to Spurs.
We have enough wingers and with the Development players being our future I would be looking at progressing their experience rather than keeping Clarke on loan.
btw If the match against the Canaries is still going ahead then I am guessing the expected starting XI against Barnsley will play together.
I'm not sure because I think we have another behind closed doors training game against Chelsea and it's possible he might keep his Barnsley starting line up for maybe the first half of that game. Although I don't suppose it will matter too much as long as they are all fit and ready to play.
We did indeed have another pre-Restart match and it was against Chelsea. as is usual with the Premiership-centric press they listed the goal-scorers for Chelsea but, again as for the WHU match, they failed to list who scored the consolation goal for us..... Out of interest, whilst we lost to Chelsea 7-1, Brentford beat them! I am aware you should not read too much into these matches but it would be good to have scored more!!
Hopefully we are still managing to get up to speed in these games and our confidence isn't taking a battering!! 11 goals shipped inside a few days. Hope we are learning from our mistakes too!
Warburton was quoted as disappointed at the results and mentioned specifically that the ball did not flow quickly between players. It sounds as if we are back to where we were at the beginning of the season, needing to understand team-mates better and make measured passes. I can only hope other Championship sides are suffering as much....
Last Edit: Jun 14, 2020 21:46:29 GMT by kingfisher
I wouldnt read to much in to the losses, we have no idea who played for how long, what positio etc. Hopefully we have got the cobwebs out of the system and we can get up and running.
