Diogenes wrote:According to today's HDM it is possible we might be having only two pre-season friendlies - Doncaster and Rovers.

It was only a few years ago that a former coach said that we were going into the season "undercooked" having played only two friendlies.

Personally I think that while four is too many I don't think two is enough. Three is about right - and none of them should be against Rovers. That fixture appears to be played for just commercial considerations and in the past has led to lengthy injury absences.

Smiggs wrote:The undercooked statement had nothing to do with how many games we played pre-season but the fact that the coach allowed too many players so much time off when they should have been back at the club training, imo.

Diogenes wrote:According to today's HDM it is possible we might be having only two pre-season friendlies - Doncaster and Rovers.

It was only a few years ago that a former coach said that we were going into the season "undercooked" having played only two friendlies.

Personally I think that while four is too many I don't think two is enough. Three is about right - and none of them should be against Rovers. That fixture appears to be played for just commercial considerations and in the past has led to lengthy injury absences.

Standee wrote:KR friendly again.. people are starting to tire of them!

ComeOnYouUll wrote:I guess both clubs reckon that there'll be 8/9k there (I think that was about what the attendance was at the friendly in January).

I didn't go this year and won't next but if they can get that sort of figure then the pre-season derbies will continue I would imagine.

*1865* wrote:I think a derby would ready both teams for the intensity of SL far more than any other fixture, maybe that's the reason they persist?

Standee wrote:it's nothing to do with readiness, it's down to ££££'s, any sane person knows that.