Pre Season friendlies
The season is over, the World Cup kicks off in a couple of weeks (Brazil V Argentina final people), the sun will soon be blazing down on us all (arf) and soon the age old tradition of pre season friendlies will be upon us.
I have never really seen the point of the pre season friendlies, apart from the fact that you get to visit new countries and cities (USA in 2003 and 2004,) new grounds, places you would never usually visit etc, but apart from that, there is no point to them.
Players don't really want to get too involved in them as they are finding their fitness after a month of going on holiday and getting pissed up on cheap Spanish rioja and lager and chomping on big fat kebabs, and managers use then to give the YTS lad who was the next Wayne Rooney at 15, but at 17, more like the new Ian Ormandroyd a game, in order to put him in the shop window and mug some other clown of a manager that he can do some wonderous things for his team.
But these days, pre season is different.
Its our preseason, as its our team. It gives us the chance to see who Margy has brought in for the forthcoming season, a chance to tighten up the defence (but please Karl, no Joz there!!) and a visit to Halifax (erm...ok) and the historic Sheffield FC as well as a return trip to Radcliffe and the infamous Last Orders pub (though I feel that the infamous night is like the Loch Ness monster, people talk about it, but it never actually existed)
Add into this pre season the fact that there is a reserve team to watch and more new players to learn about and also a trip to Alty (hope the BBQ is on again) and its hats on the back of the head time once June and the WC is out of the way
Roll on.........
I have never really seen the point of the pre season friendlies, apart from the fact that you get to visit new countries and cities (USA in 2003 and 2004,) new grounds, places you would never usually visit etc, but apart from that, there is no point to them.
Players don't really want to get too involved in them as they are finding their fitness after a month of going on holiday and getting pissed up on cheap Spanish rioja and lager and chomping on big fat kebabs, and managers use then to give the YTS lad who was the next Wayne Rooney at 15, but at 17, more like the new Ian Ormandroyd a game, in order to put him in the shop window and mug some other clown of a manager that he can do some wonderous things for his team.
But these days, pre season is different.
Its our preseason, as its our team. It gives us the chance to see who Margy has brought in for the forthcoming season, a chance to tighten up the defence (but please Karl, no Joz there!!) and a visit to Halifax (erm...ok) and the historic Sheffield FC as well as a return trip to Radcliffe and the infamous Last Orders pub (though I feel that the infamous night is like the Loch Ness monster, people talk about it, but it never actually existed)
Add into this pre season the fact that there is a reserve team to watch and more new players to learn about and also a trip to Alty (hope the BBQ is on again) and its hats on the back of the head time once June and the WC is out of the way
Roll on.........
posted by Steven Wood at 1:43 am
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