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Re: Pre season

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Mon May 15, 2023 10:53 am

Spike wrote:
Tue May 02, 2023 12:23 pm
Somethings like JJ Watt are very transparent
Other things like accounts , slowest auditors in the world and pre-season for some reason must be kept secrets
:D :D

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Re: Pre season

Post by quoonbeatz » Mon May 15, 2023 11:15 am

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 10:52 am
Did he score against us for Orient ? Seeing his name makes me think that for some weird reason
Apparently never played for them. Turns out he was a masseur for England under Capello because he spoke Italian.

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Re: Pre season

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Mon May 15, 2023 11:19 am

quoonbeatz wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 11:15 am
Apparently never played for them. Turns out he was a masseur for England under Capello because he spoke Italian.
Googled him afterwards mixing up Orient n LIncoln I think

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sertori
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Re: Pre season

Post by ClaretTony » Mon May 15, 2023 11:20 am

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 10:52 am
Did he score against us for Orient ? Seeing his name makes me think that for some weird reason
Don't think he played for Orient. In his post playing days, he worked for Sam Allardyce at both Bolton & Newcastle.

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Re: Pre season

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Mon May 15, 2023 11:21 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 11:20 am
Don't think he played for Orient. In his post playing days, he worked for Sam Allardyce at both Bolton & Newcastle.
Think I am mixing them up with Lincoln, his name bugged me as a teenager presume he scored against us :D

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Re: Pre season

Post by thehistorylecturer60 » Mon May 15, 2023 4:43 pm

quoonbeatz wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 10:14 am
Near Caxias, just outside Lisbon.
Very near the stadium used for the 1967 European Cup Final and a rather charmless prison .

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Re: Pre season

Post by quoonbeatz » Mon May 15, 2023 4:59 pm

thehistorylecturer60 wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 4:43 pm
Very near the stadium used for the 1967 European Cup Final and a rather charmless prison .
Decent prison imo

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Re: Pre season

Post by iowalan » Mon May 15, 2023 5:09 pm

The sunny Isle of wight ? Been a while since the Clarets played a match over here ....I remember the Isle of man tournaments were also good days out !

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Re: Pre season

Post by thehistorylecturer60 » Mon May 15, 2023 5:33 pm

quoonbeatz wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 4:59 pm
Decent prison imo
I think some of our party found the inmates rattling the windows and lobbing rubbish around a bit off-putting 😂

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Re: Pre season

Post by thehistorylecturer60 » Mon May 15, 2023 5:37 pm

In Salazar’s time it was used to house and torture political prisoners

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Re: Pre season

Post by Foshiznik » Mon May 15, 2023 10:42 pm

thehistorylecturer60 wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 5:37 pm
In Salazar’s time it was used to house and torture political prisoners
One of the only known popular and stabilising dictatorships of the last 100 years I understand too. Not that that excuses torturing of political dissidents mind.

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Re: Pre season

Post by Blondeclaret » Wed May 17, 2023 10:19 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:46 pm
Training camp in Portugal but most of pre season behind closed doors. I hadn’t heard Bolton, just that there was likely to be one pre season away game for fans to attend.
Training camp sounds likely, maybe mid June. Could be quite a different pre season this year. Probably taking ideas from his Man City days.

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Re: Pre season

Post by shulgin » Fri May 26, 2023 4:15 pm

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Bolton pre season friendly

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Re: Pre season

Post by shulgin » Fri May 26, 2023 4:17 pm

Or maybe not. Bolton have changed it. Sent by a BWFC mate. Showing Bamber Bridge away. Unless that's a youth team. Confusing.

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Re: Pre season

Post by Lancasterclaret » Fri May 26, 2023 4:24 pm

Still haven't stopped laughing at the Toughsheet community stadium

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Re: Pre season

Post by ClaretTony » Fri May 26, 2023 4:27 pm

shulgin wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 4:17 pm
Or maybe not. Bolton have changed it. Sent by a BWFC mate. Showing Bamber Bridge away. Unless that's a youth team. Confusing.
Bolton have confirmed four first team friendlies today against Bamber Bridge, Curzon Ashton, Chester & Salford. No mention of a game against us.

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Re: Pre season

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Fri May 26, 2023 4:29 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 4:27 pm
Bolton have confirmed four first team friendlies today against Bamber Bridge, Curzon Ashton, Chester & Salford. No mention of a game against us.
Being mixed up with Barnsley is expected, being mixed up with Bamber Bridge feels dirty
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Re: Pre season

Post by Quickenthetempo » Fri May 26, 2023 4:34 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 4:27 pm
Bolton have confirmed four first team friendlies today against Bamber Bridge, Curzon Ashton, Chester & Salford. No mention of a game against us.
They have announced a home game against prem opposition and high standard foreign opposition.

I presume both clubs named further up are the clubs.
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Re: Pre season

Post by ClaretTony » Fri May 26, 2023 4:41 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 4:34 pm
They have announced a home game against prem opposition and high standard foreign opposition.

I presume both clubs named further up are the clubs.
When did they announce that?

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Re: Pre season

Post by bfcjg » Fri May 26, 2023 4:46 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 4:27 pm
Bolton have confirmed four first team friendlies today against Bamber Bridge, Curzon Ashton, Chester & Salford. No mention of a game against us.
Just think,10 years from now , we to can dream of playing teams of such quality, until then I suppose we'll have to endure international tours and friendlies.

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Re: Pre season

Post by burnmark » Fri May 26, 2023 4:47 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 4:41 pm
When did they announce that?
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/2 ... -friendly/

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Re: Pre season

Post by ClaretTony » Fri May 26, 2023 4:50 pm

It’s Marc Iles so it will be bang on but Bolton have just announced those other games today with no mention of anything else.

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Re: Pre season

Post by randomclaret2 » Fri May 26, 2023 5:00 pm

Will we be the first game at the Toughsheet Stadium? 😎

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Re: Pre season

Post by ClaretTony » Fri May 26, 2023 5:21 pm

randomclaret2 wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 5:00 pm
Will we be the first game at the Toughsheet Stadium? 😎
If so, let’s hope it’s not toughsheet.
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Re: Pre season

Post by Targetman » Fri May 26, 2023 5:37 pm

Our game on the image above says 8th July. In that Marc Iles article it says the end of July.

Think someone might have got confused?

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Re: Pre season

Post by Stevebfc40 » Fri May 26, 2023 5:38 pm

Bumped into someone on holiday connected with the club. They mentioned training camp in Portugal, no games. However returning to Portugal for a game. They only had those rough outline details. Nothing concrete yet.

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Re: Pre season

Post by 123EasyasBFC » Fri May 26, 2023 5:44 pm

On the new Bee hole end podcast today, one of the guys mentioned the squad going to a pre pre season trip to Portugal not long after FA Cup final for 10 days, then having 10 days off then back to the training ground for full pre season

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Re: Pre season

Post by ClaretTony » Fri May 26, 2023 6:05 pm

Targetman wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 5:37 pm
Our game on the image above says 8th July. In that Marc Iles article it says the end of July.

Think someone might have got confused?
They are playing Bamber Bridge on 8th July, the first of four games they’ve confirmed.

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Re: Pre season

Post by ClaretTony » Fri May 26, 2023 6:08 pm

123EasyasBFC wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 5:44 pm
On the new Bee hole end podcast today, one of the guys mentioned the squad going to a pre pre season trip to Portugal not long after FA Cup final for 10 days, then having 10 days off then back to the training ground for full pre season
I’ve posted this a couple of times. We are going to Portugal in June for a pre-pre-season training camp. The players then have another break of ten days before pre-season starts.

It’s because of the abnormally long period from the Cardiff game to the first game of next season. We will be going back to Portugal again during pre-season.

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Re: Pre season

Post by 1989_claret » Fri May 26, 2023 6:20 pm

1989_claret wrote:
Mon May 15, 2023 10:45 am
I believe we will be playing a friendly in Portugal either Saturday 22nd or Sunday 23rd July. Hopefully it is open for fans to fly out and enjoy a weekend and take a game in and not behind closed doors. No idea when it will be announced though.
Hoping what I have been told (above) is true. Imagine announcements will be made in the next two weeks.

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Re: Pre season

Post by 123EasyasBFC » Fri May 26, 2023 6:42 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 6:08 pm
I’ve posted this a couple of times. We are going to Portugal in June for a pre-pre-season training camp. The players then have another break of ten days before pre-season starts.

It’s because of the abnormally long period from the Cardiff game to the first game of next season. We will be going back to Portugal again during pre-season.
I think it’s a brilliant idea, especially for any early new signings and for the likes of foster, obafemi and Ekdal who only came in Jan

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Re: Pre season

Post by Blue Skies » Fri May 26, 2023 8:51 pm

It's a shame there isn't a game abroad that supporters cannot attend. Most Premier League clubs have high profile games all over the world. I don't buy the secret tactics thing, we surprised the Championship last season but VK is hardly going to revert to Sean's 4 4 2. The Club has bonded with supporters over the last year and should keep up the could the good work with an attractive away friendly. Not Horwich

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Re: Pre season

Post by Aclaret » Fri May 26, 2023 9:19 pm

Blue Skies wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 8:51 pm
It's a shame there isn't a game abroad that supporters cannot attend. Most Premier League clubs have high profile games all over the world. I don't buy the secret tactics thing, we surprised the Championship last season but VK is hardly going to revert to Sean's 4 4 2. The Club has bonded with supporters over the last year and should keep up the could the good work with an attractive away friendly. Not Horwich
Helmond would have been a cracker.

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Re: Pre season

Post by criminalclaret » Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:37 am

So all games are "behind closed doors" so far?

Shame, I loved the games in Ireland. 2018 I did the Ring of Kerry with family before then went to Cork for the game. Was cracking weather and a great trip.

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Re: Pre season

Post by Nori1958 » Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:41 am

Blue Skies wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 8:51 pm
It's a shame there isn't a game abroad that supporters cannot attend. Most Premier League clubs have high profile games all over the world. I don't buy the secret tactics thing, we surprised the Championship last season but VK is hardly going to revert to Sean's 4 4 2. The Club has bonded with supporters over the last year and should keep up the could the good work with an attractive away friendly. Not Horwich
Those high profile away games are organised by the club for money making opportunities
Fortunately our club let the manager decide our pre season schedule

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Re: Pre season

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:52 am

criminalclaret wrote:
Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:37 am
So all games are "behind closed doors" so far?

No - nothing has been announced one way or the other
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Re: Pre season

Post by Tribesmen » Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:56 am

criminalclaret wrote:
Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:37 am
So all games are "behind closed doors" so far?

Shame, I loved the games in Ireland. 2018 I did the Ring of Kerry with family before then went to Cork for the game. Was cracking weather and a great trip.
You want to see the weather this week on the West coast of Ireland 8-)

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Re: Pre season

Post by criminalclaret » Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:01 pm

I know :-D I'm East Coast though, still good but windy. I heard its unreal down there at present.

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Re: Pre season

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:06 pm

Tribesmen wrote:
Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:56 am
You want to see the weather this week on the West coast of Ireland 8-)
Wasn't the west coast but back in 2013 (is it really ten years ago?) we had outstanding weather in Cork.

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Re: Pre season

Post by Alanstevensonsgloves » Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:11 pm

IanMcL wrote:
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Accrington
Would be ideal for me. Could stay at my parents.
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