The pre- pre-match thread!

[flangejackrabbit]

I doubt Coulson will be ready to start given his limited pre season minutes, would assume a starting 11 the same as what we saw vs Norwich.

 

[The Late One]

Linnet here in peace. First of all shocked by the amount of tickets you lot have shifted..amazing Those spouting there maybe trouble will just be fighting with plod..they will be in force.. one of your lot even wrote King's Lynn have a firm that turn up 10 mins into every game.. Thanks for that. Made me giggle.i have been going for 30 years and hav nt seen our firm yet.. .the ground is 2 minutes from the train station, 3 minutes from bus station. 5 minutes from town centre.. We had a similar crowd against York before lockdown, so my advice is avoid town centre pubs as they will be packed to the rafters and you will q for ale.. I suggest St James St.. 5 mins walk from stadium. White Hart (don't smash it up, it's my local) and the wenns. Both good beer. Don't expect beer or food in the ground.. U will be ripped off.. Also u won't outnumber the home fans, this is big for us, despite our rip off chairman there will be 3k home supporters. For a small town its our biggest league game for 60 years. As for shrimpers buying tickets in home sections, our chairman is greedy, you will get more tickets. We are boxing well above our weight and very badly run, but u will have a great day I'm sure..

We have our own rip off chairman, maybe they can compare notes & plans

 

[rigsby]

Worrying that most of the obvious choices have got so few minutes of playing time under their belts at this late stage. It really does make you wonder what is going on behind the scenes as we look to be unprepared for the kick off yet again..

We did not look underprepared at all v Norwich. Unless anything changes that will be at least 9 of the team that starts.

All the hard work has been done on the training ground friendlies are just to confirm 90% of what the management all ready know.

Coulson instead of White and possibly Ferguson are the doubts.

I watched Ferguson with a bit of interest on Tuesday. His work rate was Ok but he is one of those players who likes to have the ball just the half a second longer than he needs, even when he knows what the option is. At other times he looked round for another pass rather than the obvious. Dunne and Ogogo stick out as the tough midfielders all us fans love but they all so give the ball quickly without fuss. Thats why the likes of Bridge will be able to make positive runs as he knows he will be rewarded.

I'm sure Dennis will be on board by next week so expect to see him also being fed the ball at the right times.

 

[henry18]

Linnet here in peace. First of all shocked by the amount of tickets you lot have shifted..amazing Those spouting there maybe trouble will just be fighting with plod..they will be in force.. one of your lot even wrote King's Lynn have a firm that turn up 10 mins into every game.. Thanks for that. Made me giggle.i have been going for 30 years and hav nt seen our firm yet.. .the ground is 2 minutes from the train station, 3 minutes from bus station. 5 minutes from town centre.. We had a similar crowd against York before lockdown, so my advice is avoid town centre pubs as they will be packed to the rafters and you will q for ale.. I suggest St James St.. 5 mins walk from stadium. White Hart (don't smash it up, it's my local) and the wenns. Both good beer. Don't expect beer or food in the ground.. U will be ripped off.. Also u won't outnumber the home fans, this is big for us, despite our rip off chairman there will be 3k home supporters. For a small town its our biggest league game for 60 years. As for shrimpers buying tickets in home sections, our chairman is greedy, you will get more tickets. We are boxing well above our weight and very badly run, but u will have a great day I'm sure..

Good Morning, do you know if we can park in the station car park, I am coming in my van and doesn’t fit in any multi story car parks as previously advised, Thanks in advance

 

[rigsby]

Linnet here in peace. First of all shocked by the amount of tickets you lot have shifted..amazing Those spouting there maybe trouble will just be fighting with plod..they will be in force.. one of your lot even wrote King's Lynn have a firm that turn up 10 mins into every game.. Thanks for that. Made me giggle.i have been going for 30 years and hav nt seen our firm yet.. .the ground is 2 minutes from the train station, 3 minutes from bus station. 5 minutes from town centre.. We had a similar crowd against York before lockdown, so my advice is avoid town centre pubs as they will be packed to the rafters and you will q for ale.. I suggest St James St.. 5 mins walk from stadium. White Hart (don't smash it up, it's my local) and the wenns. Both good beer. Don't expect beer or food in the ground.. U will be ripped off.. Also u won't outnumber the home fans, this is big for us, despite our rip off chairman there will be 3k home supporters. For a small town its our biggest league game for 60 years. As for shrimpers buying tickets in home sections, our chairman is greedy, you will get more tickets. We are boxing well above our weight and very badly run, but u will have a great day I'm sure..

Excellent post Bob. It is also a big game for us. Not only a new ground tick but our first away day for 18 months.

Plenty of Shrimpers be in town early on as we like to catch the early trains but don't worry we are not the ICF or 657 crew. They are more interested in real ale so any recommendations will be appreciated. I'm sure it will be a great day for both sets of fans, with a narrow win for us of course.

 

[overseas shrimper]

We have our own rip off chairman, maybe they can compare notes & plans

We don't really. Just compare our season ticket prices to those of Kings Lynn. We have a chairman who is woeful at running a football club but tried to do it all for too long. He's also delusional at times, makes poor decisions and is creative with the truth. All in my personal opinion.

 

[overseas shrimper]

Excellent post Bob. It is also a big game for us. Not only a new ground tick but our first away day for 18 months.

Plenty of Shrimpers be in town early on as we like to catch the early trains but don't worry we are not the ICF or 657 crew. They are more interested in real ale so any recommendations will be appreciated. I'm sure it will be a great day for both sets of fans, with a narrow win for us of course.

And our first non-league fixture in 101 years!

 

[Cricko]

And our first non-league fixture in 101 years!

Definitely not something to celebrate.

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

If the opening day results of the last seven relegated League Two sides is anything to go by, this doesn't bode well.

Barnet were the only side to scrape a 0-0 draw.

Five of the rest lost: Hartlepool, Orient, Yeovil, Notts Co and Chesterfield - and Macclesfield never got started, as we know.

Notts were beaten 1-0 by Eastleigh in 2019, watched by 3,000 of their supporters in contrast to the 900 home supporters.

There is plenty of incentive to knock over the 'big boys' from the EFL.

 

[overseas shrimper]

Definitely not something to celebrate.

Why? Unlike you, the rest of us don't know what that's like.

 

[Tommy2holes]

If the opening day results of the last seven relegated League Two sides is anything to go by, this doesn't bode well.

Barnet were the only side to scrape a 0-0 draw.

Five of the rest lost: Hartlepool, Orient, Yeovil, Notts Co and Chesterfield - and Macclesfield never got started, as we know.

Notts were beaten 1-0 by Eastleigh in 2019, watched by 3,000 of their supporters in contrast to the 900 home supporters.

There is plenty of incentive to knock over the 'big boys' from the Ellie.

All due respect to kings Lynn. They are punching well above their weight and are expecting a very tough season to avoid relegation.

As poor as we have been, I'd expect us to be going for 3 points and would be dissapointed with a draw.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

If the opening day results of the last seven relegated League Two sides is anything to go by, this doesn't bode well.

Barnet were the only side to scrape a 0-0 draw.

Five of the rest lost: Hartlepool, Orient, Yeovil, Notts Co and Chesterfield - and Macclesfield never got started, as we know.

Notts were beaten 1-0 by Eastleigh in 2019, watched by 3,000 of their supporters in contrast to the 900 home supporters.

There is plenty of incentive to knock over the 'big boys' from the EFL.

In many repects, King's Lynn away wouldn't have been my ideal choice as an opening fixture. If we win, some will start getting exaggerated expectations about walking this league, whilst, if we lose, all sorts of alarm bells will start ringing! With no disrespect to KL, I'd have prefered to face a stronger side, even if the result didn't end up exactly as we would have wished.

 

[MisterStubbs]

In many repects, King's Lynn away wouldn't have been my ideal choice as an opening fixture. If we win, some will start getting exaggerated expectations about walking this league, whilst, if we lose, all sorts of alarm bells will start ringing! With no disrespect to KL, I'd have prefered to face a stronger side, even if the result didn't end up exactly as we would have wished.

To be fair, after King’s Lynn we then face back to back home games vs the two teams that seem to be tipped heavily for promotion. With that said, 3 points is a must as I don’t see us taking maximum points from our first two home games.

 

[overseas shrimper]

To be fair, after King’s Lynn we then face back to back home games vs the two teams that seem to be tipped heavily for promotion. With that said, 3 points is a must as I don’t see us taking maximum points from our first two home games.

Don't we face Wealdstone away after our first home game?

 

[Somerset Ex-TTB]

Don't we face Wealdstone away after our first home game?

Yes bank holiday Monday!

 

[MisterStubbs]

Don't we face Wealdstone away after our first home game?

We do yeah, I was talking about the first two home games being very difficult

 

[Barling Magna]

The importance of beating Kings Lynn in our opening fixture, and beating them decisively, can't be overstated because we then face Stockport and Wrexham within our next three games both of whom will be severe tests for us. Fortunately we meet them both at home and our fans need to carry us through against them. By 5 o'clock on 4th September we will have a much better idea of our hopes for this season.

 

[duncan bulgaria]

Based on what I saw on Tuesday night I'd go with the following:

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​	​	​	Arnold​	​	​	​
​	Hobson​	​	Coulson​	​	Ralph​	​
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​	​	Phillips​	​	Ogogo​	​	​
Demetriou​	​	​	Dunne​	​	​	Bridge​
​	​	Dalby​	​	Murphy​	​	​

I feel that the midfield three can easily rotate their positions and help each other out as the game goes on.

The likes of Egbri, Rush & hopefully Dennis to come off the bench later in the game.

That team will win a lot more than it will lose in this division , if we can keep them all fit of course , good spine which is what we have been missing , id maybe bring white in for one of the back 3 to shore us up

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Unless things go terribly wrong, we need to give the sqaud at least 6 games before we start coming to conclusions about the season - in the old days, the leagues weren't even published to start with as "common sense" said that the early games can be a lottery & are not always indicative of how the season pans out ..........

............. on the other hand, just thinking about our first few games last season .......

 

[Somerset Ex-TTB]

Unless things go terribly wrong, we need to give the sqaud at least 6 games before we start coming to conclusions about the season - in the old days, the leagues weren't even published to start with as "common sense" said that the early games can be a lottery & are not always indicative of how the season pans out ..........

............. on the other hand, just thinking about our first few games last season .......

And the season before that, and the one before that.........