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Chievo friendly in doubt ? (Cancelled, Bolton away now)

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  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    Henry Irving said:

    jakecafc said:

    So why are we travelling to Bolton rather than them travelling to us? Worst friendly you could imagine.

    I imagine the two clubs tossed a coin and we won.

    If there is a friendly worse, as a spectacle for fans, than Bolton away it is Bolton at home.

    As a test of our championship mettle it should be a lot better than Chievo
    That also makes it a bit of an elephant trap, don't you think?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,223
    Airman Brown said:

    Henry Irving said:

    jakecafc said:

    So why are we travelling to Bolton rather than them travelling to us? Worst friendly you could imagine.

    I imagine the two clubs tossed a coin and we won.

    If there is a friendly worse, as a spectacle for fans, than Bolton away it is Bolton at home.

    As a test of our championship mettle it should be a lot better than Chievo
    That also makes it a bit of an elephant trap, don't you think?
    Yes but more for them as they play white (obscure chess reference there).

    Doubt either club would have played a team in their own division by choice but with everyone else already tied up it was Hobson's choice.

    And we're still playing Dagenham I believe.

    Maybe Luzon knows that as most of the new players won't arrive until after the Bolton game it won't matter :-)
  • C_Jensens_Love_Child
    C_Jensens_Love_Child Posts: 1,598
    jakecafc said:

    So why are we travelling to Bolton rather than them travelling to us? Worst friendly you could imagine.

    Police were concerned by the uproar it would cause on Bolton Life.
  • altrinchamaddick
    altrinchamaddick Posts: 935
    Bugger, already purchased advanced train tickets from Crewe, which are non refundable. So much for forward planning to save a few quid!
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255
    Apparently the motorways will be hell as the police have had a number of bomb threats from the IRA, could be touch and go for the fans travelling up there
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,037
    WSS said:

    Maybe Guy has a festival to go to like he did yesterday...

    "two months without football for me is too much"
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,738
    Does anyone know the away allocation for the Bolton game? Will season ticket holders and Valley Gold get priority?
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,037
    It's a shame we couldn't have found a way to play it on the Saturday instead
  • c4fcdenmark
    c4fcdenmark Posts: 2,041
    Think I will go to this. Interesting to see how many travel to this one.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    altrinchamaddick said:

    Bugger, already purchased advanced train tickets from Crewe, which are non refundable. So much for forward planning to save a few quid!

    Look on the bright side. You can have a day out in London instead, without the disappointing bit.
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  • sm
    sm Posts: 2,958
    Those who have read Tim Park's excellent book on Italian football will know that Chievo are just a village side that could not be trusted.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,039
    sm said:

    Those who have read Tim Park's excellent book on Italian football will know that Chievo are just a village side that could not be trusted.

    They're from Verona from memory of the book.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,631
    Reminds me of playing championship manager, asking everyone for a friendly game, then when someone says yes, you flick them.
  • sm
    sm Posts: 2,958
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    sm said:

    Those who have read Tim Park's excellent book on Italian football will know that Chievo are just a village side that could not be trusted.

    They're from Verona from memory of the book.
    Hellas yes - but Chievo is a village nearby that shares the stadium
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,223
    At the risk of sounding like a school marrm... Please don't talk grubby about our manager's wife. You wouldn't like it said about your own.

    By the way it's arse! Not ass unless you're American.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,148
    He looks like I feel when my wife says lets go for a dance "feck off"
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    oohaahmortimer said:

    He looks like I feel when my wife says lets go for a dance "feck off"

    Why does she call you "feck off"?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    edited July 2015
    There's only one good thing about this fixture; it's away so there'll be no feeling of compulsion to go.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    I'm still confused why we are playing a preseason game against a team in the same division as us?
  • CAFC_Norfolk
    CAFC_Norfolk Posts: 359
    Mendonca In Asdas said:

    I'm still confused why we are playing a preseason game against a team in the same division as us?

    Do keep up
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  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    I understand the reasons, but it seems a daft idea, why not somewhere a bit more local, I'm sure there'd be plenty of lower league clubs who'd love to play against us (Millwall) for a start.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    Mendonca In Asdas said:

    I understand the reasons, but it seems a daft idea, why not somewhere a bit more local, I'm sure there'd be plenty of lower league clubs who'd love to play against us (Millwall) for a start.

    I'm sure there would be but as our last pre-season game would you really want us playing Dartford or Heybridge Swifts etc? There is a reason why we play Welling first.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765
    edited July 2015
    Mendonca In Asdas said:

    I understand the reasons, but it seems a daft idea, why not somewhere a bit more local, I'm sure there'd be plenty of lower league clubs who'd love to play against us (Millwall) for a start.

    The only reason Bolton were free that weekend is because Chievo also cancelled on them.

    Millwall will already have opposition for that weekend. As will Palace and every other small club in London. ;-)
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,229
    Mendonca In Asdas said:

    I understand the reasons, but it seems a daft idea, why not somewhere a bit more local, I'm sure there'd be plenty of lower league clubs who'd love to play against us (Millwall) for a start.

    If you plan your pre season friendlies correctly as a football club, then ideally you want to gradually build up by playing stronger opposition as you go along. Okay, that does not always happen (and hasn't worked out this time) but to go into playing your last friendly against a serie a team, and then to have play a League One/Two at short notice is daft.

    Playing a Bolton side, that we won't meet again until the middle of December is an excellent replacement at short notice.

    Though I'm surprised the alarm bells were not ringing at the football club, when Verona had announced 3 friendlies in 3 days! Hope we didn't send them an appearance fee.
  • cafc4life
    cafc4life Posts: 4,632
    My Chievo supporting mate aint happy about this at all.Had flights and hotel booked for ages.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,855
    Said on Sky Sports News cancelled due to Operational Difficulties.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Was told this morning Bolton are paying all expenses (coach/hotel etc.) and letting Charlton use their training ground the day before and on the day of the game.

    Good for the players as well if you ask me. If they leave after the game on Friday night, they'll get home at say 2am and be able to spend the rest of the weekend with their families.

    Not ideal for our fans, but a good run out and test for the players a week before the season starts.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    MrOneLung said:

    Said on Sky Sports News cancelled due to Operational Difficulties.

    That's a new train of thought.

  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    No decent signings, a purple!! Kit, and now an away trip to Bolton.

    I do hope Katrien's on the train home from 't'Reebok'.
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Mine On

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