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Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 11:22 am
by Hadrian
Of course not! Just comes across as petty.
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 11:57 am
by mall
Falstaff wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 10:09 am
mall wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 10:00 am
I agree with you there Pedro. Never forget.
And don't forget Carlisle never lifted a finger to help us either.
But is it fair 20+ years on to blame a club for the decisions and opinions of its custodians and officials at that time? Most if any of whom are probably no longer involved . What about the clubs who voted us out in 72?
A Foolish man forgives and forgets.
A naïve man will not forgive or forget.
The wise man forgives but doesn't forget.
So I forgive them.
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 2:08 pm
by jaycarter
I don't think we need to play Lancaster we are now a league club and should be looking teams at Least National League and above I would like us to form some sort of arrangement with Preston, I have always been puzzled why we don't seem to have any link-up with them at all in pre season.
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 2:54 pm
by Pedro
mall wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 10:00 am
Pedro wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 11:14 pm
We should avoid them like the plague.
When Vaughan pulled the plug and we managed to stay up but the Conference demoted us,they lobbied for us to be relegated down two leagues.
Talk about kicking someone when they are down.
Radio Carlisle had the representative of Workington think it was the Chairman spouting bile about our predicament .
I agree with you there Pedro. Never forget.
And don't forget Carlisle never lifted a finger to help us either.
Yep while the likes of Kettering and Morecambe backed us.
I like the quote Forgive your enemies and remember their names
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 4:02 pm
by McMark
jaycarter wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 2:08 pm
I don't think we need to play Lancaster we are now a league club and should be looking teams at Least National League and above I would like us to form some sort of arrangement with Preston, I have always been puzzled why we don't seem to have any link-up with them at all in pre season.
It is primarily about gaining fitness and increasing intensity gradually as they go so it doesn’t really matter who we play within reason. As long as we hit the ground running when the season starts!
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 4:20 pm
by Adam29
McMark wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 4:02 pm
jaycarter wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 2:08 pm
I don't think we need to play Lancaster we are now a league club and should be looking teams at Least National League and above I would like us to form some sort of arrangement with Preston, I have always been puzzled why we don't seem to have any link-up with them at all in pre season.
It is primarily about gaining fitness and increasing intensity gradually as they go so it doesn’t really matter who we play within reason. As long as we hit the ground running when the season starts!
Exactly this
On the same reckoning that your saying if playing Lancaster is beneath us now (3 divisions lower) then surely it’s the same for a premier league (3 divisions higher) or championship side (2 divisions higher) sending a team to play us
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 4:43 pm
by HenneysKnee
When we were a Unibond team we would have wanted football league teams to visit us for pre season friendlies.....
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 4:51 pm
by blue nige
HenneysKnee wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 4:43 pm
When we were a Unibond team we would have wanted football league teams to visit us for pre season friendlies.....
Plus the fact that they will try harder against us !
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 4:54 pm
by LewisBAFC1901
Pedro wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 11:14 pm
We should avoid them like the plague.
When Vaughan pulled the plug and we managed to stay up but the Conference demoted us,they lobbied for us to be relegated down two leagues.
Talk about kicking someone when they are down.
Radio Carlisle had the representative of Workington think it was the Chairman spouting bile about our predicament .
And we’ve played them in leagues and friendlies since, whose arsed
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 5:12 pm
by AugustusCorpa
I enjoy the Lancaster away trips. Nice easy drive for me.
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 6:36 pm
by A.B.
I thought we were behind those days of playing the likes of Lancaster & Workington in friendlies.
Surely we can organise games against opposition with a bit more credibility, considering we’re a Football League side.
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 8:00 pm
by Alley_Cat
Bolton at home
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 8:31 pm
by Hadrian
A.B. wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 6:36 pm
I thought we were behind those days of playing the likes of Lancaster & Workington in friendlies.
Surely we can organise games against opposition with a bit more credibility, considering we’re a Football League side.
Surely we can but surely we shouldn't adopt the 'European Super League'-type attitude of forgetting where we have come from?
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 8:49 pm
by rigsby68
i was just about tp say how about giving us an away match at glentoran due to the bobby burns connection and maybe shamrock rovers as well then someone mentioned the 'European Super League !!
Re: Pre season friendlies
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 9:26 pm
by PerthBluebird
Blackpool , preston , fleetwood , blackburn , morescum if they go up.
Any from that list would be noice.