Pre season friendlies at Macc, Preston, Tranmere and Dale

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Re: Pre season friendlies at Macc, Preston, Tranmere and Dal

Post by bobo the clown » Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:42 am

Worthy4England wrote:
bobo the clown wrote: Trottter played and was maybe just a little out of his depth.

My biggest issue was that they played with 1-11 on their backs and no names so, to be blunt, quite a few I watched with no idea who they were..
Was wondering how you picked him out, with no number, then it all came flooding back, just look for the one with the same mobility as a telephone box.
Huge black bloke, slight beard, carrying a bit of weight, sort of hung around in the centre circle following the game rather than being involved in it ... and size 14 or so orange boots.

I hope to fck it was him or we have two of the sods.
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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Post by thebish » Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:18 pm

bobo the clown wrote:Huge black bloke, slight beard, carrying a bit of weight, sort of hung around in the centre circle following the game rather than being involved in it ... and size 14 or so orange boots.
Kevin Nolan? :conf:

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Re: Pre season friendlies at Macc, Preston, Tranmere and Dal

Post by bobo the clown » Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:33 pm

Not fit to hold the laces for the man lacing his boots.
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Re: Pre season friendlies at Macc, Preston, Tranmere and Dal

Post by wigan white » Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:51 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
bobo the clown wrote: Trottter played and was maybe just a little out of his depth.

My biggest issue was that they played with 1-11 on their backs and no names so, to be blunt, quite a few I watched with no idea who they were..
Was wondering how you picked him out, with no number, then it all came flooding back, just look for the one with the same mobility as a telephone box.
Huge black bloke, slight beard, carrying a bit of weight, sort of hung around in the centre circle following the game rather than being involved in it ... and size 14 or so orange boots.

I hope to fck it was him or we have two of the sods.
Sign him up straight away. Seems he's got all the necessary attributes to be our no.1 choice centre half :mrgreen:
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Post by Relentless09 » Sat Aug 02, 2014 2:18 pm

I had taken time off from here after the end of the season, back now feeling slightly optimistic.

How have we been performing in pre season ?

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Re: Pre season friendlies at Macc, Preston, Tranmere and Dal

Post by jonnycooper » Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:13 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
bobo the clown wrote: Trottter played and was maybe just a little out of his depth.

My biggest issue was that they played with 1-11 on their backs and no names so, to be blunt, quite a few I watched with no idea who they were..
Was wondering how you picked him out, with no number, then it all came flooding back, just look for the one with the same mobility as a telephone box.
Huge black bloke, slight beard, carrying a bit of weight, sort of hung around in the centre circle following the game rather than being involved in it ... and size 14 or so orange boots.

I hope to fck it was him or we have two of the sods.
Has Zat been given anotheZr go??? Please say it ain't so!

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Re: Pre season friendlies at Macc, Preston, Tranmere and Dal

Post by malcd1 » Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:08 pm

Right. Taking my 5 year old son to his first match tomorrow. It better be good or else I may lose him to some Premier League team.

Sorry son. I know it will end up with years of hurt and disappointment.
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Post by wigan white » Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:48 am

malcd1 wrote:Right. Taking my 5 year old son to his first match tomorrow. It better be good or else I may lose him to some Premier League team.

Sorry son. I know it will end up with years of hurt and disappointment.
Doing the same with my 4 yr old daughter tomorrow by taking her to her first game. My 7yr old lad has had a season ticket since he was 4 and hes now hooked on the Wanderers (like a good parent, I gave him no choice) and now he wants to be Boltons goalie when hes older.
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Re: Pre season friendlies at Macc, Preston, Tranmere and Dal

Post by Enoch » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:58 am

How tall are you?

How tall is Mrs wigan white?

How tall is your milkman?

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Re: Pre season friendlies at Macc, Preston, Tranmere and Dal

Post by Norpig » Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:20 am

Took my son when he was younger ......he now lives in Durham and refuses to come home!!

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Post by TKIZ! » Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:33 am

My dad took me to my first game aged 6. Never looked back. I sometimes ask him if he thinks it was cruelty? :)
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Post by wigan white » Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:48 pm

Enoch wrote:How tall are you? 6'2"

How tall is exMrs wigan white? 5'4"

How tall is your milkman?
I got the milk from Tesco so theoretically the milkman is me haha

On a side note, my lad is amazing keeper but not sure where he gets it from as I was the world's worst goalie!!!
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Post by wigan white » Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:50 pm

TKIZ! wrote:My dad took me to my first game aged 6. Never looked back. I sometimes ask him if he thinks it was cruelty? :)
I was 4 for my first game and be nice every season since (38 now).
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Post by TKIZ! » Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:55 pm

wigan white wrote:
TKIZ! wrote:My dad took me to my first game aged 6. Never looked back. I sometimes ask him if he thinks it was cruelty? :)
I was 4 for my first game and be nice every season since (38 now).
I'm mid thirties so we started very much at the bottom and worked our way up from there
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Post by wigan white » Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:40 pm

TKIZ! wrote:
wigan white wrote:
TKIZ! wrote:My dad took me to my first game aged 6. Never looked back. I sometimes ask him if he thinks it was cruelty? :)
I was 4 for my first game and be nice every season since (38 now).
I'm mid thirties so we started very much at the bottom and worked our way up from there
That's a proper roller coaster ride we've been on :lol: Wrexham & Halifax away upto the Allianz arena :lol:
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Post by bobo the clown » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:06 pm

My dad took me to my first game ....A night match against Stretford. We stood on a packed Embankment, beneath the Signal Box, on shale kept in by railway sleepers. We lost 0-2..It was 1963. I've supported them.ever since. Seen lows and moderate highs, lows and great highs. We're in a moderate low now I think.

I couldn't contemplate supporting anyone else. Not even.a 'second team', not even the town I've lived near for 30 years. I take an interest, but when I watch I really can't care.

My elder brother, around 1968, as we slid further down decided to support Citeh ... Thevery good one with Lee, Bell, SSummerbee etc. Just decided to. I was bemused. How can you do that ?
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Post by Abdoulaye's Twin » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:14 pm

I took myself to my first game. Old Man is a City fan and took me to watch Bury for my first game :crazy: 2 of my brothers support a team that play in red and took me to some games in the hope of signing me up (TBF, they were all born in Manchester. I'm a Heywood lad). I wasn't having a bar of it and once old enough to persuade my Mum I could go alone I got the bus to Burnden. I must have been about 12, can't remember who it was against now (Might've been Port Vale), but standing on Burnden Terrace I knew I was home :mrgreen:

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Re: Pre season friendlies at Macc, Preston, Tranmere and Dal

Post by TKIZ! » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:32 pm

0-1 down to Vit Arnhem
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Post by wigan white » Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:04 pm

My 4 yr old has just proclaimed "Daddy, Bolton are rubbish . I'm going to play Sophia the first on my tablet!". I think this one is a lost cause, but can't argue with her.
WTF are Pratley and Beckford doing? They're fecking shite.
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Re: Pre season friendlies at Macc, Preston, Tranmere and Dal

Post by officer_dibble » Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:38 pm

The negative side of me can see 0-1 being a common scoreline at home this season if we dont sign someone who can score, or help us get the best of beckford.

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