Cardendenger
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Pretty disappointed by this.
We play derby on 28th July at Ibrox. Club have confirmed it's the final friendly.
Would much prefer a decent trip.
Do in other words you want an away trip on the bevy?
Pretty disappointed by this.
We play derby on 28th July at Ibrox. Club have confirmed it's the final friendly.
Would much prefer a decent trip.
Al for friendly the visiting team normally get paid a fee for playing the game
Fans wanting a day out following the club to enjoy themselves, how dare they.
I'm sure fans of every club in Britain hoped their team arranged an away friendly. Only on here do people not understand why that is. Bunch of Debbie Downers!
Rangers have ruined my piss up away day plans
Raging here, how dare they
Good news for our Pubs and ClubsGood news for those of us in bar72
More about fans wanting the best prep for the team rather than not wanting an away trip.
This is a big year.
Aye mate, there'll be plenty of Derby fans willing to drink them all dry. There's real excitement about this fixture, so many people desperate to experience Ibrox and everything that goes with it.Good news for our Pubs and Clubs
There's another argument that they need to be accustomed to the demands of travelling in the middle of a busy schedule...
Tell me how travelling a few hours to the north of England differs from travelling a few hours to the north of Scotland.
What’s more important - having the players well rested and prepared for the qualifiers or the fans having a day out?
If you cam PM me contact details, I'll make sure they know their welcome.Aye mate, there'll be plenty of Derby fans willing to drink them all dry. There's real excitement about this fixture, so many people desperate to experience Ibrox and everything that goes with it.
I'm sure they'll love them mate. Will PM my details pal.If you cam PM me contact details, I'll make sure they know their welcome.
Downside is they need to eat the pies
Geez peace. . Derby away day £100. European away £500 plus. Reality is most fans cant afford to go away and spend that. You do realise a lot of guys on here earn 20 grand a year? An away day in England is always welcomed.Go to the Euro trips if yer that bothered about a swally.
The players rest time is far more important.
I’ve no idea what guys on here earn.Geez peace. . Derby away day £100. European away £500 plus. Reality is most fans cant afford to go away and spend that. You do realise a lot of guys on here earn 20 grand a year? An away day in England is always welcomed.
CheersI'm sure they'll love them mate. Will PM my details pal.
4. It's an opportunity to raise Rangers' profile at a time when our league is viewed as being beneath League 1 in England.
If people have different views, fine. As I said in the OP, I'm a bit disappointed.
It was posted on here that we look at having Preston away only for Lancashire Police to blocked it since it fell on a weekend date
Preston distance wise would have been fine
its not an argument at all theres no need to put undue strain on or players before any crucial gamesThere's another argument that they need to be accustomed to the demands of travelling in the middle of a busy schedule...
Not for the fans that can't make midweek European away trips. An away friendly in England would have been perfect for the players and fans. Would get the players accustomed to playing away from Ibrox.There will be enough travelling for the players mate,not to mention the fans.
Some of the potential Europa draws involve a fair bit of travelling.
Preston have had their away friendly moved from a Saturday to a Friday night with Fleetwood as Blackpool are playing Blackburn on the same Saturday.
No way would Lancs Constabulary be able to cope with thousands of Gers fans whether it was supposed to be on the same day as that or not.
Living locally I know how useless they are.
Not for the fans that can't make midweek European away trips. An away friendly in England would have been perfect for the players and fans. Would get the players accustomed to playing away from Ibrox.
The amount of positive comments that came from our first trip to Sheffield Wednesday and our past trip to derby meant more people would want to come to Ibrox to sample the atmosphere.In what way does it raise our profile to play a meaningless away friendly somewhere like Plymouth , Preston or Derby ?
I’m sorry but I’m not buying that .
Don't know which date it was meant to be but yesterday Preston announced a home friendly with Southampton on July 20th, reckon it would have been that weekend?
Find some fans reaction to no away friendlies bizarre, the point of these matches is to build fitness not to give everyone a great day out.
With potential long flights to Eastern Europe in the qualifying stages, the last thing the squad needs is to then travel down south for a friendly.
That is the only weekend North End had free so if it wasn't that then PNE are saying they will announce another home game on the Tue or Weds of that week so that was the only other option.
Either way Lancs Constabulary strike again
It’s often hard to get tickets for away games and travel during the week in the europa league. Jumping on a train/car/bus down south is a lot easier.
Also fucking derby. Doesn’t exactly make the mouth water.
We're not travelling to the North of Scotland though?Tell me how travelling a few hours to the north of England differs from travelling a few hours to the north of Scotland.
We do what's best for us as a Club. If the fans get a jolly out of it then all well and good but that's not the primary concern.Pretty disappointed by this.
We play derby on 28th July at Ibrox. Club have confirmed it's the final friendly.
Would much prefer a decent trip.
3rd time that a game in the North-West of England had been blocked the other 2 were
Bolton 2006 announced then scrapped
Manchester United 2010 for Gary Neville Testimonial
both under Greater Manchester Police remit
Blackpool went ahead on a midweek July 2011? and we have had a couple of Legends games in the area as well
If we had a free midweek then maybe Preston would have went ahead?
But we don't
Imagine Waghorn will get quite a good reception.
Sensible, plus it gets bodies through the turnstyles and generates cashRangers explained that as we’ll be kicking off euro qualifiers really early they didn’t want to tire the players with travelling for friendlies.
ThisRangers explained that as we’ll be kicking off euro qualifiers really early they didn’t want to tire the players with travelling for friendlies.