Port Said Red Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 (edited) All back to the HPC tomorrow, we will start to see social media content of the first few days training and discussions will start about who's there and who isn't. It just feels like the new season starts from now. It will be good to see if Benarous, Kalas and King are involved, how Dickie and McCrorie and Roberts look to be settling in and who might be pushing for a place from the U21's. I always enjoy the people studying pictures and videos looking for unfamiliar faces hoping to have uncovered a secret triallist or two. Here we go.... Edited June 25 by Port Said Red 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Very much so. Always feels like a drag for the new season, but then also feels like a week from the season ending to the players returning for pre season. Whenever watching the videos of the players turning up from their short drives from Portishead/Long Ashton/nice flat in the centre to be paid to play footy with your mates in 25 degree heat I think….god you must feel good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 11 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: All back to the HPC tomorrow, we will start to see social media content of the first few days training and discussions will start about who's there and who isn't. It just feels like the new season starts from now. It will be good to see if Benarous, Kalas and King are involved, how Dickie and McCrorie and Roberts look to be settling in and who might be pushing for a place from the U21's. I always enjoy the people studying pictures and videos looking for unfamiliar faces hoping to have uncovered a secret triallist or two. Here we go.... Point of order: McCrorie won’t be there as was with Scotland this week. Think also absent (to avoid anyone going full tinfoil hat if they’re not seen on the photos) due to international reasons will be Conway, Scott, Mehmeti, Bajic, Sykes Kalas is the interesting one for me. I don’t see him not being there if that’s the case as confirmation he’s off, but it’d certainly be a sign of intent if he did attend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: Point of order: McCrorie won’t be there as was with Scotland this week. Think also absent (to avoid anyone going full tinfoil hat if they’re not seen on the photos) due to international reasons will be Conway, Scott, Mehmeti, Bajic, Sykes Kalas is the interesting one for me. I don’t see him not being there if that’s the case as confirmation he’s off, but it’d certainly be a sign of intent if he did attend. Thought a few (Bajic is another) will be off because they are either at or have played in, internationals recently. King is certain to be there, he signed his contract extension last year on June 30th & I expect him to follow suit this year. Hopefully Benarous is fit enough now to be fully involved. Can’t see any point in Kalas being there if he’s signing for someone else this week, so agree, if he’s there then he’ll be sticking around. Edited June 25 by GrahamC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 If Kalas is now out of contract, there would be no reason for him to be there. He’s no longer an employee! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 2 minutes ago, Rocky said: If Kalas is now out of contract, there would be no reason for him to be there. He’s no longer an employee! I thought contracts ran to the end of June? But not really sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 (edited) 9 minutes ago, REDOXO said: I thought contracts ran to the end of June? But not really sure. They do. They expire on 30 June, so this Friday. Edited June 25 by tin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Just now, tin said: They do. They expire on 30 June, so this Friday. So I guess Kalas could well be at training regardless of his intentions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 22 minutes ago, REDOXO said: So I guess Kalas could well be at training regardless of his intentions. He'll also want to stay fit to attract potential new employers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman_Stand Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 1 hour ago, REDOXO said: So I guess Kalas could well be at training regardless of his intentions. The club may even allow his to use the facilities after this Friday even if he hasn't signed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziderarmy Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Same with Massengo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 2 hours ago, Dolman_Stand said: The club may even allow his to use the facilities after this Friday even if he hasn't signed I think in this case where they may well allow him to train until Friday, they won't allow him to train beyond that if he isn't going to sign. Whilst it's not uncommon for clubs to allow well liked players to train with them, in this instance if he were to sign for another club then he would be rejecting us in the process so I just can't see us getting a player fit for another club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Humble Realist Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 (edited) Are we expecting Benarous to be available for the first game or do we think any involvement will just be part of his rehab with a later return date? I think maybe Atkinson wont be back til oct/november too? Edited June 26 by The Humble Realist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 Players: Can’t wait to be back Rennie: MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 7 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said: I think in this case where they may well allow him to train until Friday, they won't allow him to train beyond that if he isn't going to sign. Whilst it's not uncommon for clubs to allow well liked players to train with them, in this instance if he were to sign for another club then he would be rejecting us in the process so I just can't see us getting a player fit for another club. Not to mention getting inside information which could be used against us at his new club. Splitter ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 14 hours ago, Silvio Dante said: Kalas is the interesting one for me. I don’t see him not being there if that’s the case as confirmation he’s off, but it’d certainly be a sign of intent if he did attend. Surely, as a current employee, he still has to turn up for work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said: Players: Can’t wait to be back Rennie: MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I love Rennie’s slightly sinister take on pre-season! 2 hours ago, The Humble Realist said: Are we expecting Benarous to be available for the first game or do we think any involvement will just be part of his rehab with a later return date? I think maybe Atkinson wont be back til oct/november too? There was a little rumour that he was doing a mini pre-season to be ready for pre-season, so fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTIDhc Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 Whatever you do do not look at the new training kit in the Twitter video just released ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negan Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 (edited) There's still so long before football starts though... christ I miss it. Summer without international football sucks ass, been spoilt the last 2 years Edited June 26 by Negan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 1 minute ago, Negan said: There's still so long before football starts though... christ I miss it. Summer without international football sucks ass, been spoilt the last 2 years U21s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 56 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: Wells to Man City. That one went under the radar. 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityal Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 3 hours ago, SecretSam said: Surely, as a current employee, he still has to turn up for work? If he is staying, or there is a good chance he will stay, then yes, I'd expect he will be there with the rest of the squad. I'd assume however, if he is leaving, and has already communicated that to Pearson and the coaching team, then he may have been told "you do not need to come in". Maybe even he has been told "please do not come in". Possibly with a time given to come and say goodbyes to colleagues. While I think he is probably an excellent professional, and I'd highly doubt he'd be disruptive. There would not seem like a lot of point of having him around in pre-season to measure fitness just until his contract expires on Friday - It is hardly like the club are going to get their "money's worth" by keeping him there just for this week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 There might be some really boring stuff to do on leaving that might require a visit, maybe a tablet or laptop to hand in, access pass etc. Just like normal jobs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 The sky blue is unsettling. A bit of trim is fair enough, but it does feel odd to see players in an all blue shirt, and that's nothing to do with Gas or anything...it's just I'm so used to red, white, purple or black. I don't like the CITY either. It's a shame, in recent seasons I've been buying a training shirt for the gym as it's been a nice way to get a shirt without a sponsor on it, but I won't be getting this one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 Knowing our media team, if Kalas is there they'll consciously avoid putting out anything with him in it, increase the speculation and all that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negan Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 2 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: U21s Doesn’t hit the same. Have as much interest in that as I do soccer aid. Only really has my interest if we’ve got one of our own in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 15 minutes ago, Northern Red said: Knowing our media team, if Kalas is there they'll consciously avoid putting out anything with him in it, increase the speculation and all that. I’d say it’d be extremely difficult not to, especially the running stuff they’ll do at the Bears. Wouldn’t be surprised if the club have asked him not to report until next week as a hard deadline, where it’ll be announced he’s staying/going either way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NcnsBcfc Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 3 hours ago, And Its Smith said: A brand new logo for the fever pitch team, just like the Robin one?. Ah, no. I remember this one from our programmes back in the 70/80s Top left there. Another rehash... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 (edited) Interesting to see Raphael Araoye is training with the first team. Actually, scrap that, mistaken identity. Edited June 26 by Betty Swallocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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