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moosey_club
July 19, 2017, 1:29pm
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Surely there's a happy medium though, we've  not played and Conference/North/South sides would they not have been an ideal level for tune ups?


We have played a Championship side by choice, we have entered the Lincs Cup so have to play whoever we are drawn against ( not our fault Scunny sent a youth team) , Clee Town and GY Boro are now traditional, so really not that many free dates left, plus we have Blackburn and Wigan to come...(Wigan potentially a spin off of the Bogle deal ?).
So its not as though we have freely  "chosen" that many of our games in reality.  Barnsley, Blackburn and the two games on tour in Devon are about as free willed as Slade could get i imagine.


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July 19, 2017, 2:35pm

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Pretty decent mix of friendlies I'd say. A lot of lower league teams but also Barnsley, Blackburn and Wigan too. As Moosey says, you don't want to be getting hammered every pre-season friendly and wins, no matter who it's against, will breed team confidence.


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July 19, 2017, 2:39pm

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Also, it's nigh on impossible to play Premier League clubs because they're all on tour on Mars or somewhere.


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Also, it's nigh on impossible to play Premier League clubs because they're all on tour on Mars or somewhere.


I'm sure all off to Malaysia or the US of A.

Why Devon though, why not go somewhere there are a couple of Conference sides and give the players something closer to our standard to deal with. The bonding bit can be done anywhere there is a travel lodge 😉
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I think part of the attraction of Devon is the road trip aspect and being about as far away from home as you can get without going abroad. It's as much about bonding as playing footy, though whether it has any long term benefit, i don't know.
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There seems to be loads of clubs heading out to Austria this summer across the various divisions. Seems a relatively unusual choice of destination. I wonder if they've done some sort of a marketing scheme to try and attract clubs out there?

Perhaps Cleethorpes should do the same next year!
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There seems to be loads of clubs heading out to Austria this summer across the various divisions. Seems a relatively unusual choice of destination. I wonder if they've done some sort of a marketing scheme to try and attract clubs out there?

Perhaps Cleethorpes should do the same next year!


A quick google (last year but probably the same reasons): http://www.squawka.com/news/wh.....#35YyDxdychgPm8kt.97
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Quoted from Maringer
There seems to be loads of clubs heading out to Austria this summer across the various divisions. Seems a relatively unusual choice of destination. I wonder if they've done some sort of a marketing scheme to try and attract clubs out there?

Perhaps Cleethorpes should do the same next year!


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