posh79 Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 Why the hell are we not playing any friendlies (i dont count the one today at Darvel as it was fringe players playing). Rangers played another one today as well has having played in Europe the same time as us. By the time we will play them, they will have played 8 matches. I think we have only played 4 matches and as far as i know we dont have anymore planned. For a manager trying to implement his own system i would have thought match time would be essential. I'm not impressed by whats happened so far this season. Out of Europe, no signing of note, no open day, poor communication and lack of friendly matches. Very Very poor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter's Heeder Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 This obsession over playing friendlies is really quite something. -7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 The board are trying to get friendlies arranged according to Cathy Jamieson on social media. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
posh79 Posted July 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, Dieter's Heeder said: This obsession over playing friendlies is really quite something. obsession about being prepared for the start of the season considering we just lost a two legged play off against amateurs?? Wouldn't really call that an obsession. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebigguy68 Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 It would make sense to play a decent English team at rp next Saturday I would have though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangodog Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Thebigguy68 said: It would make sense to play a decent English team at rp next Saturday I would have though Unless we make a few quick signings I'm not sure playing a decent English team would do much for morale. Maybe playing a rubbish English team would be better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebigguy68 Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, Wrangodog said: Unless we make a few quick signings I'm not sure playing a decent English team would do much for morale. Maybe playing a rubbish English team would be better. Lol. It’s not that bad mate. It’s all up from here. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piffer Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 We should have had at least a couple arranged. Almost seems as if where we’ve used the league cup as pre season in recent years we’ve tried to use Europe this year. Only it’s backfired and we are sitting on our arse for two weeks before the first league game having served up a total shambles in Europe 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangodog Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Thebigguy68 said: Lol. It’s not that bad mate. It’s all up from here. Horrible vision of Tony Blair with D:Ream playing in the background. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 51 minutes ago, Dieter's Heeder said: This obsession over playing friendlies is really quite something. Its not really. The lack of games is concerning. Player's looked off the pace on Thursday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouser2 Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Its not really. The lack of games is concerning. Player's looked off the pace on Thursday. True Plus apart from helping get players match fit a friendly game could been useful in sorting out our shape and ways to play v Nomads etc... They prepared for the qualifying games by playing a game v Aberdeen ........ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojike and Bod Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 17 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Its not really. The lack of games is concerning. Player's looked off the pace on Thursday. Correct. The blame for which lies squarely at our very highly paid managers door. Another dereliction of duty from him. -7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piffer Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 6 minutes ago, Mojike and Bod said: Correct. The blame for which lies squarely at our very highly paid managers door. Another dereliction of duty from him. It could also be laid at the previous managers door for leaving without proper planning in place or it could be laid at the door of the assistant manager who was overseeing things with no gaffer in place. There are too many people it could be blamed on. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelesboots Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Dieter's Heeder said: This obsession over playing friendlies is really quite something. Aye, let's not bother playing any more games before Rangers turn up - see where that leaves us. I think we have been totally negligent in terms of preparation for the European matches and unless something happens quickly it will be the same again when we play Rangers on the 4th August. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetfitter Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 13 minutes ago, piffer said: It could also be laid at the previous managers door for leaving without proper planning in place or it could be laid at the door of the assistant manager who was overseeing things with no gaffer in place. There are too many people it could be blamed on. How can you attribute any blame to SSC? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piffer Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, carpetfitter said: How can you attribute any blame to SSC? I’m not but I’m saying it could be. When does planning for pre season start? I’m guessing it’s not the week before the players return. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter's Heeder Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 8 minutes ago, Pelesboots said: Aye, let's not bother playing any more games before Rangers turn up - see where that leaves us. I think we have been totally negligent in terms of preparation for the European matches and unless something happens quickly it will be the same again when we play Rangers on the 4th August. Who said anything about not bothering about playing any more? I was referring to our fans getting extremely worked up about them unnecessarily. We played 2 friendlies prior to our European humiliation, same as the Nomads had done. Rangers, Celtic and Aberdeen had all played 3 prior to their first European fixture. We *probably* banked on playing 2 more games against Partizan, both in terms of fitness and in terms of financial income. Obviously that's no longer happening so it's a lot of sorting out to do at fairly short notice. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelesboots Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 Just now, Dieter's Heeder said: Who said anything about not bothering about playing any more? I was referring to our fans getting extremely worked up about them unnecessarily. We played 2 friendlies prior to our European humiliation, same as the Nomads had done. Rangers, Celtic and Aberdeen had all played 3 prior to their first European fixture. We *probably* banked on playing 2 more games against Partizan, both in terms of fitness and in terms of financial income. Obviously that's no longer happening so it's a lot of sorting out to do at fairly short notice. I don't think we are getting worked up unnecessarily. Personally I am less than impressed with the way the club appears to have been run since Clarke left. We took far too long to appoint a manager and the lack of activity over new players, especially if we want to play a more expansive game, is extremely worrying. We waited 18 years for European football and have totally screwed up that experience - we should have been far better prepared in terms of appointing a manager, getting our match fitness, bringing in new players, working on tactics than we are. As a consequence we have also managed to deflate many of the support, especially those who had come back to watch us and lose the additional revenue that we should have earned. There is also no word coming out yet about any friendlies, something that I now believe is a priority, especially if we bring some new players in this week. IMO this close season has been a complete shambles. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdevoy Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 I myself personally think we need two or three games before the Sevco opening. Sadly it is probably a bit late now as everybody else will have their pre-season organised. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 8 hours ago, piffer said: I’m not but I’m saying it could be. When does planning for pre season start? I’m guessing it’s not the week before the players return. There were teams in our league who had friendlies announced before sesson had ended. Motherwell had been to Ireland for games before we went to Wales and they're flying in pre season. its no coincidence we've been s**te. Full preparations have been amateur hour from what i can see. Zero contingency and i fear the huns will embarrass us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piersquared Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Rangers will have played 8 games by the time we play them. They had 4 friendlies organised for July confirmed in May before the season ended. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 12 minutes ago, Piersquared said: Rangers will have played 8 games by the time we play them. They had 4 friendlies organised for July confirmed in May before the season ended. Correct whilst we've dithered about playing 2 closed door kick abouts and getting embarrassed against Welsh miners. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngonge88 Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Yep, seems to be our way. Betfred cup was similar last year. Massive difference between fitness and match sharpness. Second goal is the perfect example on Thursday, Broadfoot and Findlay are match sharp they dont get beat over the top like that, especially not Findlay 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killiefaetheferry Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 It’s a late managerial appointment leaving him very little time to assess his squad and recruit appropriately. One thing he could have been expecting is that a pre-season programme including a sensible amount of friendlies would already be in place. That’s not one we can hang on Alessio. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel4 Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 48 minutes ago, Piersquared said: Rangers will have played 8 games by the time we play them. They had 4 friendlies organised for July confirmed in May before the season ended. Can't really compare ourselves to them. They organise home friendlies to fleece more cash out their fans, no other reason 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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