Pre season friendlies

[Rockford's Love Child]

Usually,

The make up of the first couple of pre season friendlies, will be two different elevens as the players build up their match fitness and get some minutes and miles in their legs. It won't be first eleven to start, it will be a mixture of young and old.

I know, but you usually still get an indication of the shape of the team and where certain players will feature.

For example, last season we played a 532 in the majority of the pre-season games, which is the system we used at the start of the season proper.

 

[Boz]

Never been to Vauxhalls before and this the only pre-season I’m likely to make this year.
It’s suggested elsewhere that there’s still a creative midfielder in the pending arrivals, so he might be with us for this. Agree it will be interesting to see how Rovers line up, will Hemmings feature and guessing the identity of any trialists.
Just hope no repeat of last season when Jolley and Morris both badly injured in one of these games.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Never been to Vauxhalls before and this the only pre-season I’m likely to make this year.
It’s suggested elsewhere that there’s still a creative midfielder in the pending arrivals, so he might be with us for this. Agree it will be interesting to see how Rovers line up, will Hemmings feature and guessing the identity of any trialists.
Just hope no repeat of last season when Jolley and Morris both badly injured in one of these games.

I think the Warrington friendly has been ditched because of the Morris incident. Awful tackle by Gumbs.

 

[Ian]

I just can't get too excited about friendlies but it will be good to see some new faces.

 

[Am on mobile]

Yea glad too we need to support some of our locally based teams to get the boys going

 

[ADD]

Looking forward, as others have said, to seeing how we set up and how the new players go. Won't be able to make it sadly but hope see some video after the game and look forward to reports.
I am assuming that we will have all first team squad players play 45 minutes so will be nice to have Jolley back again playing and see how he looks after such a serious injury and such a long lay off. Also will be interesting to see how Taylor goes - the forward line is of course much stronger than last but I would still think it likely Hemmings will go. Taylor I think looked a really good prospect in his few minutes at end of season and may as such be challenging Jolley for the first forward bench spot. At the back would be nice to see the young keeper get some minutes - has he got a contract or still at the Academy does anyone know as looks like he was training full time with McGee?
Presumably Hockenhull will get his chance to convince Dawes he is good enough to step in when either Davies or Turnbull are injured. We shall see.

 

[Am on mobile]

I will be at the game looking forward to it

 

[bigmart]

It will be interesting to see if there are any trialists are involved and if all of the injured players are involved

 

[Boz]

The weather forecast isn’t looking great for tomorrow afternoon.

 

[Sparky]

The weather forecast isn’t looking great for tomorrow afternoon.

I was just thinking that Boz. Thunder and lightning due in the afternoon. Hopefully it won’t come to much. Most if not all of Vauxhalls is exposed to the elements I think

 

[Sparky]

The weather forecast isn’t looking great for tomorrow afternoon.

I was just thinking that Boz. Thunder and lightning due in the afternoon. Hopefully it won’t come to much. Most if not all of Vauxhalls ‘ground’ is exposed to the elements I think

 

[O4anotherplayoff]

Vauxhalls has plenty of cover and seats, more than enough for the 315 tickets they’d sold @ 5pm! They were VNL North not too many years ago.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

I was just thinking that Boz. Thunder and lightning due in the afternoon. Hopefully it won’t come to much. Most if not all of Vauxhalls ‘ground’ is exposed to the elements I think

I would imagine the attendance will be about 1,000. The covered seated stand at Vauxhall's is not that big, so probably worth getting there early if you want to sit down.

 

[Sparky]

Tom Davies skippers the side. McGee starts in goal and There is a start for mikey Davies plus a Triallist starts I’m guessing at RB and 3 others on the bench.

 

[Boz]

Trains have been a nightmare not going to make ko. Hope I’ll be able to get in and see some of the game…

 

[Boz]

Only missed the first ten minutes

 

[Am on mobile]

Not missed much poor from rovers glad its only pre-season

 

[Am on mobile]

Now the Thunder is starting wilk the second half be played

 

[Am on mobile]

Also if Eithan is being sold why play him today

 

[Am on mobile]

This is 1 boring game