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Post by oldnotdecrepit on Dec 24, 2017 17:35:19 GMT
Apparently they’ve been given Christmas Day off.............really?
The day before a match day when team preparation is vital even not considering the magnitude of the match - we’ve not been relegated yet! When the Manager demanded they went full time he starts dishing out-days off. Just a couple of hours in the morning preparation, bit of a Christmas mince pie each but detailed preparation for the Guiseley game and rebuild a bit of confidence and up and at ‘em on Boxing Day!!
Give the fans something to shout about, but No lads, stay at home where we can’t monitor what you’re going to eat and drink (Ryan) and rock up on match day then we’ll see who’s fit and up for a bit of a match.
If this is is true that they’ve the day off then the players are not to blame, they’ve signed for Fred Karno’s Circus!
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Post by navajo on Dec 24, 2017 17:41:08 GMT
Fucking incredible. You couldn't make it up! Get sucked 4-0 and get the day off before the first game of a 12 point double headed, genius!
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Post by South Wirral Blue on Dec 24, 2017 17:43:31 GMT
I'm beyond caring. As Lobster said on another thread, this crop of players are an absolute shower. They're an embarrassment to professional footballers everywhere.
Their lack of professionalism has guaranteed that we'll 100% be in the Conf North next year so they can drink themselves silly as far as I'm concerned.
From now on I go because I'm a Chester fan. Not because I believe in the awful board or our dreadful players.
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Post by Lobster on Dec 24, 2017 17:47:32 GMT
I don't really want to stick up for the players, but have we ever trained on Christmas Day? I think that's pretty much unheard of at this level.
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Post by oldnotdecrepit on Dec 24, 2017 17:49:39 GMT
Yes definitely. More often than not.
Harry McNally will be spinning..............
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Post by sqzl on Dec 24, 2017 17:51:22 GMT
I don't really want to stick up for the players, but have we ever trained on Christmas Day? I think that's pretty much unheard of at this level. We haven't since reforming but I must admit I expect at least a few hours training given the performance at the Shay, bitterly disappointing. |
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Post by rcb on Dec 24, 2017 18:30:43 GMT
...I thought yesterday was their day off !
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Post by Rio Doherty on Dec 24, 2017 18:35:49 GMT
Tranmere are training tomorrow I have heard, yet they beat Sutton 3-1 yesterday. Meanwhile, we got mauled 4-0 at Halifax and aren’t even in. Maybe Christmas is about family time which I fully understand, but certain managers would force them to train tomorrow. I would have them in if I was manager, instead of the players drinking alcohol. Tuesday’s game will be one of our most important this season, yet they will have very little preparation for it.
The players should have been training today at the very least, but to not even have a session before Guiseley is ridiculous.
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Post by hackett on Dec 24, 2017 18:44:31 GMT
The decision was made before yesterday, and I'm confident Bignot reminded them of how lucky they are. Should leave it as that.
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Post by g1 on Dec 24, 2017 18:44:57 GMT
After that performance I would make them train for 12 hours but the clueless one gives them a day off and people still defend this joker baffling
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Post by Anders on Dec 24, 2017 18:52:57 GMT
The decision was made before yesterday, and I'm confident Bignot reminded them of how lucky they are. Should leave it as that. Aye, listened to Bignot talking about it to the press a few days ago. I was fine with it when it was announced and will stick to the same view now, despite yesterday. |
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Post by jb on Dec 24, 2017 18:58:59 GMT
The majority of them look like they’ve never done a day’s training in their life.
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Post by durdy on Dec 26, 2017 11:08:47 GMT
Maybe Biggers just fancies the day off,I've just got this dreadful feeling that they will take Boxing day off as well
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Post by devaboyreturns on Dec 26, 2017 11:20:41 GMT
Maybe Biggers just fancies the day off,I've just got this dreadful feeling that they will take Boxing day off as well Make a change if they gave the fans something to cheer. |
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Post by Hannibal on Dec 26, 2017 13:00:57 GMT
Tranmere are training tomorrow I have heard, yet they beat Sutton 3-1 yesterday. Meanwhile, we got mauled 4-0 at Halifax and aren’t even in. Maybe Christmas is about family time which I fully understand, but certain managers would force them to train tomorrow. I would have them in if I was manager, instead of the players drinking alcohol. Tuesday’s game will be one of our most important this season, yet they will have very little preparation for it. The players should have been training today at the very least, but to not even have a session before Guiseley is ridiculous. Agree Rio. After that abject performance at the Shay they need to sort themselves out. How are they going to do that? A 5 minute chat before the game is hardly going to work is it? |
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Post by hackett on Dec 26, 2017 13:35:30 GMT
As has already been said, decision was already made before the Halifax game.
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Post by blue4life on Dec 26, 2017 13:58:01 GMT
As has already been said, decision was already made before the Halifax game. And? Could of easily cancelled they’re day off. |
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Post by MOC on Dec 26, 2017 14:07:42 GMT
It’s a bigger issue this year due to the way the days fall, with a match on the 23rd followed by Christmas Eve being on the day off of a Sunday and then Christmas Day being the only day left before a key home match. I guess we will see this afternoon how well prepared we are.
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Post by Lobster on Dec 26, 2017 14:13:43 GMT
As has already been said, decision was already made before the Halifax game. And? Could of easily cancelled they’re day off. It's not that easy though, when you really think about it though is it? Being told with two days' notice that you're now working Christmas Day? I don't think many people would put up with that, even if they knew their work had been shit. |
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Post by oldnotdecrepit on Dec 26, 2017 14:43:18 GMT
And? Could of easily cancelled they’re day off. It's not that easy though, when you really think about it though is it? Being told with two days' notice that you're now working Christmas Day? I don't think many people would put up with that, even if they knew their work had been shit. It is if your manager knows what he’s doing........ ”Right lads, Halifax today, let’s put a performance in and then we can enjoy Christmas Day with our families”........... No self respecting experienced manager gives players a day off before a big game ‘in advance ‘ Also it’s professional football (hard to believe I know) a results based business, not shop assistant at Next. The vast majority of full time footballers didn’t just train on Christmas Day but EXPECT to train on Christmas Day........ |
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Post by bluesince79 on Dec 26, 2017 14:49:17 GMT
The fitness of the squad this season has been pathetic anyway. Even if they did train yesterday it would've been pointless. We don't seem to know what we're doing from one game to the next - all this talk of "roles and responsibilities" from Bignot when he arrived seems to just be a load of old tosh - we are 11 individuals during a game, not a team. Its been said elsewhere, but today is make or break. Win and we have hope, lose and we're gone.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Dec 26, 2017 17:24:57 GMT
Tranmere are training tomorrow I have heard, yet they beat Sutton 3-1 yesterday. Meanwhile, we got mauled 4-0 at Halifax and aren’t even in. Maybe Christmas is about family time which I fully understand, but certain managers would force them to train tomorrow. I would have them in if I was manager, instead of the players drinking alcohol. Tuesday’s game will be one of our most important this season, yet they will have very little preparation for it. The players should have been training today at the very least, but to not even have a session before Guiseley is ridiculous. Agree Rio. After that abject performance at the Shay they need to sort themselves out. How are they going to do that? A 5 minute chat before the game is hardly going to work is it? It certainly didn’t work Hannibal. We are doomed. |
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