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Post by Rio Doherty on Jul 6, 2018 6:46:21 GMT
Welcome to the first match thread of pre-season as we open up our pre-season campaign by playing against Liverpool tomorrow in our first home game of pre-season. It should be a brilliant spectacle with the likes of Naby Keita and Fabinho both taking part with Jurgen Klopp. On the other side however, I’m really looking forward to watching our new squad for the first time as well as Bern and Jonno’s first match in our dugout.
Obviously, the only down side of this match is that it clashes with England’s World Cup Quarter Final which has lead to a lot of people voicing their opinions on this forum from both sides. Still though, it’s not every week we see Chester FC play against a team whose last game was in the Champions League Final, which is why I’ve opted to attend tomorrow’s match instead. It should be a great occasion and one that we should relish.
Come On You Blues!
Score: Chester FC (Burton) 1-3 Liverpool (Solanke, Keita, Fabinho)
Attendance: 4,337 (1,500 Liverpool)
COYB!
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Post by Rio Doherty on Jul 6, 2018 6:48:39 GMT
My match preview:
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Jul 6, 2018 7:03:52 GMT
Chester 0-6 Liverpool
Chester the winners though... £££££££££££££££££££
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Post by MOC on Jul 6, 2018 7:12:46 GMT
Still though, it’s not every week we see Chester FC play against a team whose last game wasn’t in the Champions League Final That is what happens every week! |
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Post by Rio Doherty on Jul 6, 2018 7:27:52 GMT
Still though, it’s not every week we see Chester FC play against a team whose last game wasn’t in the Champions League Final That is what happens every week! *was sorry 😀. Stupid autocorrect. |
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Post by dmcnally on Jul 6, 2018 8:02:27 GMT
Chester 0-3 Liverpool. Origi, Milner, Keita. Attendance 3,134.
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Post by uptheseals on Jul 6, 2018 13:45:30 GMT
Chester to win 3-0 and Steve Howson to injur both keita and Fabinho
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Post by sqzl on Jul 7, 2018 16:13:41 GMT
To be fair you can’t actually tell much from that game how we’re shaping up for next season because of the incredible talent they lined up with. It was a good showing for a half hour spell and the talent difference started to show for the remainder. Some great income, and a nice day for the fans and some of the players in many senses.
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Post by midfieldgeneral on Jul 7, 2018 16:45:17 GMT
Agreed. Liverpool had pace and quality all over the field.
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Post by Rimmer on Jul 7, 2018 16:45:53 GMT
Chester to win 3-0 and Steve Howson to injur both keita and Fabinho Jesus Christ 😳 |
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Post by avfo on Jul 7, 2018 17:03:17 GMT
Around £180 million in transfer fees alone in those LFC lineups. Looks like Klopp had a good time - "It is fantastic. The reception was brilliant and the people were really nice and I tried to sign as many shirts and programmes as possible. It was wonderful weather and we showed up for neighbours for us. I like to go around the corner to find football and to play football games as it helps all of us and makes more sense." chesterchronicle.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fc-boss-jurgen-klopp-14879336 |
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Post by 54321 on Jul 7, 2018 18:33:26 GMT
Absolute brilliant day all goals against the run of play lol.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Jul 7, 2018 18:46:21 GMT
Despite us losing 7-0, I really enjoyed that game. I was rather surprised that it took Liverpool 40 minutes to score a goal as I was quite impressed with how we kept our shape. We looked relatively solid until they scored, but to be honest no one expected the score to be that close.
Liverpool just had far too much quality for us to cope with in the second half and we just evaporated away. Still though, we shown some positive signs today and I’m happy with how we coped. Let’s face it, if this friendly was played a year back the score would be well over double figures. With a couple more additions up front and an extra goalkeeper, I believe that our squad will do well this season and will provide us with a competitive platform. Once again, I enjoyed today’s game and we should appreciate Liverpool’s kind gesture. It would be great if this can be an annual fixture in the future. Nice to be back at it!
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Post by rjshbdhmtrm on Jul 7, 2018 18:47:54 GMT
Were many of the new shirts sold, did programmes sellout, was there enough food. In other words, did we do OK from a financial angle.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Jul 7, 2018 18:52:33 GMT
Were many of the new shirts sold, did programmes sellout, was there enough food. In other words, did we do OK from a financial angle. I think we did do well financially today. I bought my shirt and there were quite a few off the shelves already. I also noticed a lot of people wearing our new kit in the stands so I’m sure that went well. I would imagine that our programmes sold well along with the food. I heard off somebody that Dougherty And Allen had to order another deliver during the game to provide more food and drink due to the first lot selling out. |
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Post by 54321 on Jul 7, 2018 18:55:52 GMT
RIO GREAT ANALYSIS.
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Post by bing on Jul 7, 2018 19:23:01 GMT
Programmes sold out. It was a larger print run too - 1250.
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Post by dmcnally on Jul 7, 2018 20:22:11 GMT
Any idea who those trialists were today?
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Post by bluearmy on Jul 7, 2018 20:29:59 GMT
Think Scott Burton will be the perfect Captain for us he's a proper leader and showed that today
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Post by sadlebone on Jul 7, 2018 21:57:01 GMT
Who were the 2 trialists?
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Post by uptheseals on Jul 8, 2018 2:46:13 GMT
Chester to win 3-0 and Steve Howson to injur both keita and Fabinho Jesus Christ 😳 Not my best prediction |
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Post by rjshbdhmtrm on Jul 8, 2018 9:04:36 GMT
Who were the 2 trialists? Trialist A and Trialist B |
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Post by Rio Doherty on Jul 8, 2018 18:21:06 GMT
Match highlights:
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Post by glanaber1 on Jul 9, 2018 16:05:11 GMT
Thank you to Liverpool for showing us respect and honour by bringing most of there first team
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Post by norwegianblue on Jul 9, 2018 20:59:24 GMT
Thank you to Liverpool for showing us respect and honour by bringing most of there first team I think Klopp is a man of his word and a man who cares about the game rather than images and ego's. |
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