The Wire The Wire Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Town were defeated by Blue Square Bet Premier side Barrow 3-1 tonight after fielding 26 players in total! What are your thoughts on the game? Formby follow on Tuesday while a Stoke City XI come to Cantilever Park on Thursday. Both kick off at 7:45pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianR Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 7:30 or 7:45? I missed the first 10 mins tonight as thought it was 7:45. Not that it mattered much. haven't a clue as to who most of the yellow team were and knew none of the red team. I appreciate pre-season is to work out who will be in the squad etc, but at £5 per game and seeing 20 ish unknown players, its not exactly appealing. I presume this is going to settle down at some point and we are going just see rotation around the eventual squad? If so when? the number 11 in the yellow team looked handy with plenty of pace and the goal was finished well by the no 10 in the red team. Not overly impressed by the keeper but its just game one. Apart from that, i didn't learn much tonight. I hope the boss did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 7:30 or 7:45? I missed the first 10 mins tonight as thought it was 7:45. Not that it mattered much. haven't a clue as to who most of the yellow team were and knew none of the red team. I appreciate pre-season is to work out who will be in the squad etc, but at £5 per game and seeing 20 ish unknown players, its not exactly appealing. I presume this is going to settle down at some point and we are going just see rotation around the eventual squad? If so when? the number 11 in the yellow team looked handy with plenty of pace and the goal was finished well by the no 10 in the red team. Not overly impressed by the keeper but its just game one. Apart from that, i didn't learn much tonight. I hope the boss did. You mean you didn't recognise Rob Hardwick, Liam Shipton and Ged Kinsella from last season? As a game of football I actually thought it was petty good value for a fiver and a bigger attendance than some league games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianR Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 i said most of the yellow team - i did recognize some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianR Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Looks like i'm picking the wrong games to attend. Last night was poor again (Marine) and the Defence in particular. However the Stoke game apparently was if you excuse the pun a totally different ball game. The number 9 looked a hand full (ashe?) as did the number 20 who came on 2nd half. He got stuck in and had pace to burn. 2nd half was better then first. Hope before Colwyn Bay / Everton, we have a good idea of the final 18 and they have started to play together/ gel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topshot Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Football is a funny old game! We 'let a player go' because he was not good enough for the Joey Dunn team (Connor Millington) and yet, here he is biting our heels, playing for a team in a league higher than us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WireWarrior97 Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Hope before Colwyn Bay / Everton, we have a good idea of the final 18 and they have started to play together/ gel. I've had the impression that the teams for the Stoke game and last night were practically the same, and we were starting to build our lineup together. I didn't go last night but I did go on Thursday, so I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I've had the impression that the teams for the Stoke game and last night were practically the same, and we were starting to build our lineup together. I didn't go last night but I did go on Thursday, so I'm not sure. WW97, A number of players that played in the Stoke match were missing from last nights game. Kinsella and Rob Hardwick to mention just two. Very dissapointing performance last night and one that wont get us to the play offs in a hurry. Agree with Adrian that it did improve when they added 5 off the bench but a total contrast to the performance I witnessed against Stoke. Hoping for better things when the league matches start. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theinsider Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I knew i shouldn't have made such positive noises after the Stoke game! Didn't attend last night but a lot of so called experts including Joey Dunn say there is not much difference between the standards in Division One North and the Premier Division - so if they got whooped by Marine not much hope of promotion! But hey on a positive note it is only a pre-season friendly and still plenty of time to get it right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WireWarrior97 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 a lot of so called experts including Joey Dunn say there is not much difference between the standards in Division One North and the Premier Division - so if they got whooped by Marine not much hope of promotion! The top-half of the D1N is probably as good as the bottom-half of the Premier. You wouldn't see the likes of Cammell Lairds or Prescot in the Premier. Watching how Fylde and Witton do this season will probably be a good measure of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WireWarrior97 Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Marine today drew 2-2 against Tranmere Rovers who are in League 2. So Theinsider, does that make Marine good enough to play in League 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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