Behind Closed Doors

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

No -sorry about that - but in a moment of madness I decided to check out quite how local Cambridge was compared to other 4th Division teams that we could have played against.

everyone loves a new ground so Barnet would be ideal for a friendly

 

[Floval Flyer]

Photo posted on CPs twitter feed looks like the game v Patrick Thistle is being played in a park?

 

[Floval Flyer]

Blues first half: Oxley, White, Ferdinand, Kyprianou, Coker, Ansah, Leonard, Yearwood, McLaughlin, Cox, Acquah

Who is Acquah?
Yearwood? U21 player... any good?

Blues second half: Smith, Bwomono, Trialist, Matsuzaka, Hendrie, McGlashan, Bedford, Timlin, Cotton, Bridge, Robinson

Who's the trialist??

 

[RobM]

Acquah's first name is Walter. Possibly.

 

[Floval Flyer]

Acquah's first name is Walter. Possibly.

haha,

If it's Emile Acquah then he is the son of one of the teachers my wife works with...

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I wonder whether the secret behind closed doors stuff is Phil trying to be a bit cute. We've tended to start seasons poorly since he's been at the club, then pick up form later. This is partly due to late transfer business but I wonder whether he has felt that tactics we was testing out in friendlies had been nobbled by scouts from the sides we faced early in the season? The likes of Gills who were ***** last year pasted us twice early on, and could well have seen several local friendlies. They can still see Brighton of course but one game won't necessarily give all his ideas away...

For me, I'd rather we kept our cards close to our chest and got off to a flier.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Blues first half: Oxley, White, Ferdinand, Kyprianou, Coker, Ansah, Leonard, Yearwood, McLaughlin, Cox, Acquah

Who is Acquah?
Yearwood? U21 player... any good?

Blues second half: Smith, Bwomono, Trialist, Matsuzaka, Hendrie, McGlashan, Bedford, Timlin, Cotton, Bridge, Robinson

Who's the trialist??

Could be Turner?

 

[Floval Flyer]

Ended 0-0 !

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Ended 0-0 !

We had no Nile, MAF or Kightly so maybe we were a bit disjointed going forward. Either that or maybe we couldn't see where they put the jumpers :smile:

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

We had no Nile, MAF or Kightly so maybe we were a bit disjointed going forward. Either that or maybe we couldn't see where they put the jumpers :smile:

It's all about the fitness and getting up to speed of course ........

 

[Leoblue]

Blues first half: Oxley, White, Ferdinand, Kyprianou, Coker, Ansah, Leonard, Yearwood, McLaughlin, Cox, Acquah

Who is Acquah?
Yearwood? U21 player... any good?

Blues second half: Smith, Bwomono, Trialist, Matsuzaka, Hendrie, McGlashan, Bedford, Timlin, Cotton, Bridge, Robinson

Who's the trialist??

Wheres Turner and MK? Anyone else ive missed out?

 

[Leoblue]

Photo posted on CPs twitter feed looks like the game v Patrick Thistle is being played in a park?

Looks a nice park though, but why not Boots and Laces...... Odd one.

 

[philtalkin]

haha,

If it's Emile Acquah then he is the son of one of the teachers my wife works with...

Yep goes to southend high for boys, just finishing the lower 6th form so will be around 18 years old. Nice lad, smart too.

 

[tommy tucker]

Has Turner signed a contract or not Thought it was a done deal from what Pb was saying while they was in spain .

 

[Jam_Man]

They knew all about this before they went to Spain.

The police are unlikely to be strongly interested!

Doesnt matter if they are interested or not, any game needs policing.

Plus staff, stewards, catering and everything else that goes with match day.

As someone else alluded to the pitch may not even be ready to play on and the game wasnt even played in a stadium.

It was a training exercise no more.

 

[getintoem]

Just for the record guys I can tell from the photograph the match was played at the Five Lakes Hotel training pitch. I saw them coming off the pitch as I was driving away from the complex after a round of golf today.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

I can't see why people are getting het up about us playing Partick Thistle in a behind closed doors match away from Roots Hall. We have 23 home league matches to watch very soon and as many away games as you want to go to.

 

[Mick]

It's more to do with fitness, both clubs wanted to play different 11s in both halves to give all their players a run out, think they might even be doing it as three sections of 30 minutes.

If gates are open then it has to abide by FIFA rules which limit it to six subs and two halves of 45.

That, combined with Partick being based in Colchester, probably meant it was better and easier for all involved so early on in the pre-season schedule.

I'm pretty sure that is not the case !

 

[mfurok]

I'm pretty sure that is not the case !

In fact it's utter nonsense.

 

[mfurok]

Doesnt matter if they are interested or not, any game needs policing.

Plus staff, stewards, catering and everything else that goes with match day.

As someone else alluded to the pitch may not even be ready to play on and the game wasnt even played in a stadium.

It was a training exercise no more.

Of course it wasn't played in a stadium. That would have meant an administrator putting in some effort like they reluctantly have to for Essex Senior Cup games.

Plenty of police at those games too.