Lush Vlad Posted August 11, 2024 Share Posted August 11, 2024 2 minutes ago, janpawel said: Seen how the likes of Tottenham, Chelsea etc have played some elite teams in this pre season Reckon it's much of an advantage to them, getting tested against opposition? Our last 2 pre seasons seemed to go pretty well when transitioning to start of the season I must say, I'd love to see us against Bayern or Madrid in pre season! Not really sure it matters much either way and you can’t read too much into pre-season results. So long as the conditioning, tactics and all of that jazz are correct and the off season has gone well otherwise. I’d say that’s more important. Didn’t we have an amazing pre-season under Allardyce results wise. Then we were utter shite after 3-4 games into the season. Got a fair few Spurs mates and I’m sure they had a few seasons in a row where their pre-season results against big teams were impressive. But the season proper was anything but! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted August 11, 2024 Share Posted August 11, 2024 6 hours ago, janpawel said: Seen how the likes of Tottenham, Chelsea etc have played some elite teams in this pre season Reckon it's much of an advantage to them, getting tested against opposition? Our last 2 pre seasons seemed to go pretty well when transitioning to start of the season I must say, I'd love to see us against Bayern or Madrid in pre season! think going to japan may have limited us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted August 11, 2024 Share Posted August 11, 2024 7 hours ago, janpawel said: Seen how the likes of Tottenham, Chelsea etc have played some elite teams in this pre season Reckon it's much of an advantage to them, getting tested against opposition? Our last 2 pre seasons seemed to go pretty well when transitioning to start of the season I must say, I'd love to see us against Bayern or Madrid in pre season! Granted Girona didn't put up much of a fight, but on paper, albeit not "glamourous" in the way a Juventus, Lyon, Atletico etc would have been, both Girona and Brest were very very solid tests of where we are for the start of the season. Don't think a team that has played against Bayern or Madrid has any advantage over us in terms of preparations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 9 hours ago, Conjo said: Granted Girona didn't put up much of a fight, but on paper, albeit not "glamourous" in the way a Juventus, Lyon, Atletico etc would have been, both Girona and Brest were very very solid tests of where we are for the start of the season. Don't think a team that has played against Bayern or Madrid has any advantage over us in terms of preparations. Surprising that both are in the CL this season… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I'm about to be extorted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Looks like Singapore confirmed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) 11 minutes ago, cubaricho said: Looks like Singapore confirmed. Ugh against Arsenal. Will go if can get tickets/ prices arent scandalous. It's a tiny market mind and most people support one of the sky six. Edited April 11 by r0cafella Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Bonus fun fact which has me thinking. Arsenal actually used to have an office here in Singapore, it was opposite the office which I used to work in. Wonder if Peter has him a thing on the side over here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyeyzzon Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Think my wallet's in trouble. Singapore is the closest NUFC will ever be to Manila Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 11 minutes ago, Dyeyzzon said: Think my wallet's in trouble. Singapore is the closest NUFC will ever be to Manila Hope you have deep pockets Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Shite for thos fans who only want to travel to York Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Trying to win a piece of work in Jakarta at that time, business development trip to our Asian corridor incoming… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 3 minutes ago, Nucasol said: Trying to win a piece of work in Jakarta at that time, business development trip to our Asian corridor incoming… I haven't been yet but I hear the traffic is awful in JKT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theregulars Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 10 minutes ago, r0cafella said: I haven't been yet but I hear the traffic is awful in JKT. Confirmed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Arsenal good choice of oppo. Will mean the participation money is about as high as it can be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Just now, Shays Given Tim Flowers said: Arsenal good choice of oppo. Will mean the participation money is about as high as it can be. Yeah from that point of view they are. All the cockney banners who are in Singapore and HK can go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 just remembered the team Eddie put out in the second Australia game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 We're not doing another one of those daft games a week after the season finishes, are we Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Just now, Dr.Spaceman said: We're not doing another one of those daft games a week after the season finishes, are we No, this game is July. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Just now, r0cafella said: No, this game is July. Yeah, I get that, I was just assuming this Singapore trip wasn't all we were doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) Woah, gonna cause some damage to my wallet! I still remember the last time Newcastle visited. I was there and was hoping to see record signing Shearer play! (He didn't.) Edited April 11 by LRD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) I’m never a fan of playing fellow Premier League teams in pre-season friendlies. I suppose it’s the way money is earned now though. Edited April 11 by Stifler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Nowt wrong with playing top level opposition in pre-season, like. I'm sure we'll have a local jaunt to Pools, Darlow, Gateshead, Carlisle etc to start with and maybe some Championship opposition in the UK too but may as well coin it in on these tours if we can. The key difference to the Ashley era far-flung jaunts is that they'll be just as conducive to getting the lads ready for mid-August as they will be to making money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 How much is a pint in Singapore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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