Blades v Hull City - Friendly Match - International Break

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Wilderat Heart said:
I think a friendly in the middle of a 3 week break sounds a good idea. 3 weeks for fucks sake. I don't doubt some of our players really need a rest but I also think some need matches. The trick is working out who needs what.
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Our lot need to be having a second pre-season on the training ground.
 
Gimli said:
There’s lots of things to be having a go at Wilder for right now, arranging a friendly half way through a 3 week international break is not one of them
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He is the one saying players needed a rest and he wanted to work with them during the international break.
 



Wilderat Heart said:
I think a friendly in the middle of a 3 week break sounds a good idea. 3 weeks for fucks sake. I don't doubt some of our players really need a rest but I also think some need matches. The trick is working out who needs what.
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Good idea? You do know we'll probably pick up another 2-3 injuries where Wilder will slag of the fixture list.

Today's players are made of glass, especially at our club.
 
Bladesman said:
He is the one saying players needed a rest and he wanted to work with them during the international break.
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Sure, but I don’t think 1 friendly in 3 weeks is a bad thing.

You can still have a rest during that time.
 
surely some need some games and a bootcamp to get fit so they're not blowing out their arses after a few minutes on the pitch ?
 
A match midweek of International Break is a good thing. Keeps the players "match fit". Many a time we come back looking like we havent played for months. Wilder was complaining about the match schedule with 3 games in a week. One game in 3 weeks is not what he was complaining about and will be seen as part of the planning of what he wants to do during the break. Its also been said One and Seriki will be back after the break too so what better way to have them get back to speed is via a proper match which lets be honest half the side of Hull is ex Sheffield United players so its going to be a friendly match.
 
Varkanoid said:
A match midweek of International Break is a good thing. Keeps the players "match fit". Many a time we come back looking like we havent played for months. Wilder was complaining about the match schedule with 3 games in a week. One game in 3 weeks is not what he was complaining about and will be seen as part of the planning of what he wants to do during the break. Its also been said One and Seriki will be back after the break too so what better way to have them get back to speed is via a proper match which lets be honest half the side of Hull is ex Sheffield United players so its going to be a friendly match.
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It’s a fine line. It is the best part of a month off game time. If they work on tactics then having a genuine team to practice against rather than just themselves can only be positive, provided we don’t get injuries but then that is part of football.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see other teams follow suit (though Wednesday will no doubt claim they invents this idea!).
 
The better idea would be the club getting the manager all the players he need going into pre season training so they are fit for the first game, not needing to recruit eight players (should be more) going into a new season. If you can marry that to not selling your best three players that were actually in situ at the start of pre season, that can surely only help too. But then how do you get the money for the eight loans/frees? Quite the quandary

Apologies for the post not fitting the agenda by the way👍

Just so you know: the choice next season is renewing a plie of shite or signing closer to 15-20 players when our better remaining permanents are picked off (could be Jan actually) and the dross is out of contract and hopefully not renewed. I'm sure they'll all be here for the start of preseason 🤣. If not it will 100% be the managers fault when we're getting run over this side of Christmas with a dearth of both talent and fitness. PrESeAsON

I've copied some of the above post for next season so I can pass them off as my own work . Tempted to keep them for the following season too. I think they'll be needed.

Anyway, I'm off to google "Structural Problems".
 
nopigfansintown said:
The better idea would be the club getting the manager all the players he need going into pre season training so they are fit for the first game, not needing to recruit eight players (should be more) going into a new season. If you can marry that to not selling your best three players that were actually in situ at the start of pre season, that can surely only help too. But then how do you get the money for the eight loans/frees? Quite the quandary

Apologies for the post not fitting the agenda by the way👍

Just so you know: the choice next season is renewing a plie of shite or signing closer to 15-20 players when our better remaining permanents are picked off (could be Jan actually) and the dross is out of contract and hopefully not renewed. I'm sure they'll all be here for the start of preseason 🤣. If not it will 100% be the managers fault when we're getting run over this side of Christmas with a dearth of both talent and fitness. PrESeAsON

I've copied some of the above post for next season so I can pass them off as my own work . Tempted to keep them for the following season too. I think they'll be needed.

Anyway, I'm off to google "Structural Problems".
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Send them to the army camp, Dave Bassett style!
 
I do this on Football Manager all the time, though usually against non League team to get a bit of confidence with some goals.

The sad thing is with us it's too much of a risk to play a weaker team as the meltdown would be epic if we don't get the right result even in a friendly
 



WTF has got into society since the wibbly wobbly world of t'interweb took us by storm 30 odd years ago? What with AI bots, pig fans in disguise and just WUMs in general, football "fans" have gone mental.

Since when did a FRIENDLY in the middle of a 3 week break be a bad thing? Anybody who does any fitness/running races will know there is a massive difference between a training run and an actual race. Friendlies (especially against a better side) are designed to sharpen you up for peak performance - ie an actual match.

Kin ell there are lots of proper things to moan about these days, and although I do see and empathise with his predicament, Wilder is rightly under scrutiny too. But ffs guys and gals, either get in the real world or stay off whatever they call the games you pseudo football experts play these days.
 
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