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New pitch: so next year can we have some home friendlies please?

cafcfan
cafcfan Posts: 11,234
in General Charlton
Okay, next pre-season our pitch will be in fine fettle, right?
So does it not make sense to arrange some pre-season friendlies on it to get (new) players used to the idea of playing at The Valley?
For a number of years now, we've only ever had a maximum of one home game pre-season. This year, obviously, none.
In my opinion, we should also be testing ourselves against better quality opposition. Playing against lower level teams proves nothing other than whether the players can run about a bit after their summer holidays.

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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Bit early to be arranging pre-season friendlies for next year isn't it?
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,234
    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    Bit early to be arranging pre-season friendlies for next year isn't it?

    If the Swindon debacle is anything to go by - no.

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    But seriously, if you wanted a top quality team to turn up I guess you'd have to be thinking about it pretty early.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,708
    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    Bit early to be arranging pre-season friendlies for next year isn't it?


    Nothing like forward planning , would be interesting to play Standard Liege at home in the Summer of 2015 , wonder what the score would be, anybody?
  • Shag
    Shag Posts: 4,577
    edited July 2014
    I bloody hope its not on 25th July cos I cant make that day
  • SilentAddick
    SilentAddick Posts: 1,603
    Was thinking of SL academy and the ground there, couldn't it be transformed into a non league stadium and we play our home friendlies there? It also would encourage more of us to go and watch the youth games too...
  • Fiiiiiish
    Fiiiiiish Posts: 1,671
    Mendonca In Asdas said:

    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    Bit early to be arranging pre-season friendlies for next year isn't it?


    Nothing like forward planning , would be interesting to play Standard Liege at home in the Summer of 2015 , wonder what the score would be, anybody?
    Charlton 3 - 3 Standard

    Hatrick of own goals by Thuram and a left foot, right foot and header hatrick by Jordan Cousins for Standard.....oops i've said too much!
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,336
    Shag said:

    I bloody hope its not on 25th July cos I cant make that day

    Getting married that day?
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,346
    SilentAddick said:

    Was thinking of SL academy and the ground there, couldn't it be transformed into a non league stadium and we play our home friendlies there? It also would encourage more of us to go and watch the youth games too...

    I read through this about 5 times wondering why we'd play home friendlies at the Standard Liege academy before I realised what you were saying
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,092
    Maybe we can book in to play Reading as our glamour home friendly.
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,147
    MrOneLung said:

    Maybe we can book in to play Reading as our glamour home friendly.

    Or Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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  • Its_Hamer_Time
    Its_Hamer_Time Posts: 1,565
    New Zealand at home again would be good......maybe Bolanos would like to come back for it

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