League 2 preparation

[Brian Johnson]

Tell you now, Chesterfield are going to walk this league next season.

They have a manger that would have come here last summer, that is amongst one of the the best managers outside the Championship. He's proved it and proved time & time again.

They got new owners around 12 months ago who are brothers and they are estimated to be worth £500 million.

 

Great manger, great wealthy owners.

[Vtid]

Just stuck the Cheltenham & Posh game on. Come on Dazzler rooting for you 👊🏻 

[Vtid]

1-0 Cheltenham! The desire & intensity is what you’d demand from a relegation bound team. All over Posh albeit they’ve made quite a few changes. Bravery & passion, I’d expect nothing less from a Clarke team 

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[Guppys left peg]

2 minutes ago, Vtid said:

1-0 Cheltenham! The desire & intensity is what you’d demand from a relegation bound team. All over Posh albeit they’ve made quite a few changes. Bravery & passion, I’d expect nothing less from a Clarke team 

If Wycombe win at Cambridge tonight we might yet have a say in saving DC. Of course relying on our bumbling incompetents is a pretty forlorn task though.

[Vtid]

1 minute ago, Guppys left peg said:

If Wycombe win at Cambridge tonight we might yet have a say in saving DC. Of course relying on our bumbling incompetents is a pretty forlorn task though.

The fact they even still have a chance of survival is quite something. Done a remarkable job 👏 

[Vtid]

2-0 Cheltenham! Taylor at it again 

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[Guppys left peg]

3 minutes ago, Vtid said:

2-0 Cheltenham! Taylor at it again 

Felt at the time he was harshly criticised when with us. Yeah he missed a few but still had a goal output Uche and Loft combined couldn’t get close to. Suppose Burton could still go down and for the away day that’d be the preferable one. If Wycombe score now things get really interesting.

[Vtid]

14 minutes ago, Guppys left peg said:

Felt at the time he was harshly criticised when with us. Yeah he missed a few but still had a goal output Uche and Loft combined couldn’t get close to. Suppose Burton could still go down and for the away day that’d be the preferable one. If Wycombe score now things get really interesting.

1 in 4 at Vale. Probably 1 in 3 throughout his career. Scored everywhere he’s been & showing he can still bag at this level. Yeah he missed a few sitters but he doesn’t need many chances unlike our farmers up top! And just shows when he plays regularly he scores. Was coming off the bench at times for us 

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[Vtid]

Unlucky Taylor not to score again then! Lovely spin & gets his shot away & hits the post 

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[Doha]

That's what happens when you actually <ovf censored> sign a striker in January

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35 minutes ago, Vtid said:

1 in 4 at Vale. Probably 1 in 3 throughout his career. Scored everywhere he’s been & showing he can still bag at this level. Yeah he missed a few sitters but he doesn’t need many chances unlike our farmers up top! And just shows when he plays regularly he scores. Was coming off the bench at times for us 

And of course we got him in peak ‘Vale condition’ - injured, unavailable, and lacking fitness

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7 minutes ago, Doha said:

That's what happens when you actually <ovf censored> sign a striker in January

Or summer, or previous jan, or previous summer

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[Doha]

Saturday has the potential to be very, very funny

[MelbourneValiant]

Back to L2 prep. Ditch the Spanish holiday and have more meaningful friendlies. I feel that we have been totally unprepared for the last two seasons with stupid friendlies, I think we only played Doncaster last year that was of any use. It has been a complete shambles.

Start with 'easy' pre season friendlies and ensure that they get progressively harder.

[valeparklife]

3 hours ago, MelbourneValiant said:

Back to L2 prep. Ditch the Spanish holiday and have more meaningful friendlies. I feel that we have been totally unprepared for the last two seasons with stupid friendlies, I think we only played Doncaster last year that was of any use. It has been a complete shambles.

Start with 'easy' pre season friendlies and ensure that they get progressively harder.

Yeah agree.

Another area we've not been sensible in.

It's pretty standard to play teams "weaker than you" (Newcastle Town etc) so work on your forward play, then play teams "stronger than you" (ie Champ/Prem) to work on your defensive play, then play some teams at a similar level to put it all together.

Back to basics!