pre season

[max power]

when does pre season begin at the club and do we have any frendlies lined up ???

i'll be in town on the weekend of the 6/7 of march and would love if there was a game on

[Macy]

I hear there's one pencilled in for the 8th March...

[max power]

that was too fast, it was as if you were waiting for me to post, that was freaky. 8th sweet, i'm off that day with a hangover

[Macy]

Originally posted by max power
that was too fast, it was as if you were waiting for me to post, that was freaky. 8th sweet, i'm off that day with a hangover
Actually it might be the 9th.... ;)

[max power]

i think i get a hangover that day too, a week of birthday celebrations is the only way

[Macy]

Actually think it might be 13th....

[max power]

eh eh thats only a 6 days after my birthday so its still reason to celebrate !!!

[techs]

Heard we had Sligo, Kildare County,Bray and UCD lined up for friendlies (don't know the dates yet)...Over the past few years we played Athlone, wonder why we are not this time round???

[Wiseguy]

I haven't heard much about pre season friendlies but i hear Sunderland could make an appearance in the Summer

[max power]

no thanks.

[Macy]

Originally posted by Wiseguy
I haven't heard much about pre season friendlies but i hear Sunderland could make an appearance in the Summer
LOL and people thought I abused Micky Adams that Brighton game.... :D

[Longfordian]

Sunderland wouldnt cost much to bring over, Mick McCarthy would do it as a favour to the club and Donald Keogh in particular whom he's known for years, ever since we sold Dave Savage to Millwall. If you got a half decent crowd you could make a few quid. Dont know if it'll happen though as the only pre season dates they can fit us in on are around the time of the European matches and Alan wouldnt have anything disrupting preparations for that. Rightly so too..

[max power]

well i'd go just to roar abuse at him and that fool mcateer, freedom of speech and all that .

[Longfordian]

Originally posted by max power
[B]well i'd go just to roar abuse at him and that fool mcateer, freedom of speech and all that .

Could be a good selling point if the game happens! Set up a stall selling Anti-Mick/McAteer merchandise outside

[RiffRaff]

McCarthy does town a favour and brings Sunderland over and yuz want to go and shout abuse at him?

[Macy]

Originally posted by RiffRaff
McCarthy does town a favour and brings Sunderland over and yuz want to go and shout abuse at him?
Yeah...... Although I do that to all the opposition anyway - friendly or not.... :D

[max power]

yes, a lot of us don't want him anywhere near the flansiro. and a lot of these friendlies don't make any money for the home club anyway.

[RiffRaff]

I'm not sure why you wouldn't want him at Flancare but thats probably a topic thats been discussed too many times on this board!
Aside from the finances, I think it would be a good test if it could be arranged before the european matches - Sunderland have an experienced team. If we wern't in the UEFA it probably wouldn't be worth it.

[max power]

i haven't seen too many town fans being very positive about this maybe fixture, i have no time for the man and personally would not like to see him or mcatawt set foot in the flansiro.

[Macy]

I'm just surprised the cnut know's the eL exists, considering he was rarely at any games....

[max power]

well said macy.

[Martinho II]

To be honest lads, i have no problem with mickmccarth coming to ltfc at all. After all it was 10 years ago that Mick paid £15000 to sign DAVE SAVAGE for Millwall and this money plus the money earned for each cap for the irish team ensured survival for us for a few years at least.

I am pretty sure that Sorbo will AGREE with me as both of us came home early on a cycling holiday by a day in order to make the Millwall preseason friendly.


I know that Mick did not cap anyone at all but he did call up Stephen Geoghegan and Glenn crowe to the full time squad on a few occasions. And surely it was up to the players to impress him?

Everyone at all sides made mistakes- it was not just Mick.

:confused:

[Macy]

Originally posted by MARTINHO II
I know that Mick did not cap anyone at all but he did call up Stephen Geoghegan and Glenn crowe to the full time squad on a few occasions. And surely it was up to the players to impress him?

How could they impress him if he was never at any games? Whatever about Geoghegan, Crowe was only called to train with the team and was never part of the squad.... Besides that's not the point - Kerr may never Cap an eL player, but he'll sure as hell be at a lot of games......

On the money issue, it may be so that the money kept us going, but that doesn't mean that Savage wasn't massively undervalued compared to what he would've gone for from the English semi-pro ranks.... He wasn't doing us a favour by signing him!

[max power]

the milwall board paid for savage, not mccarthy. he did us no favours at all, he seena player he wanted and he asked the board to purchase him, it would not have mattered what club he was playing for at the time.

[Xlex]

who da fúck are we to turn down a few quid?? I'll welcome any potiential to make money and if Sunderland do it for us then fine....

[Wiseguy]

I don't like Mc Carthy myself, actually i hate the tool but Sunderland would be a good match as it may put a few bums on seats and a match like that at the right time could be a good warm up for a european tie.As for Davy Savage, i was involved in the u16 squad at the time so i had some info on what was going on and Millwall were the only club with a serious interest in him so the curly haired ones transfer fee saved our arse as a club big time.Mind you, some of the people involved in the club at the time may have had a "few" drinks from the money brought in from it.Thankfully those days as a mickey mouse outfit club are a thing of the past.Incidently, Savo still checks up on us from time to time so he hasn't forgot where he came from.On a seperate issue anyone know anything on the outcome of the whole LTFC ceased trading as a company sh1t.Nothing has been mentioned in a while on the issue.