Premier League friendly 20th July

[Hoover Attack]

https://www.leytonorient.com/news/2024/ ... re-season/

[Bergen]

"Full details of the encounter will not be made public in advance of the game" What a load of rubbish.

[The Reverend]

Bizarre

[Rubex Kube]

Liverpool?

[Long slender neck]

Spuds?

[Lifelongfan]

Liverpool

[Rich Tea Wellin]

God forbid we get to see us play a non park team in a friendly.

Was always a feature of our pre season 10-15 years ago which I always enjoyed.

[gshaw]

God forbid we get to see us play a non park team in a friendly.

Was always a feature of our pre season 10-15 years ago which I always enjoyed.

Same, lots of underwhelming opposition just hope the pitches are of decent standard

[LeighO]

Harrold’s Bournemouth kids?

[Hoover Attack]

Harrold’s Bournemouth kids?

Wouldn’t be the secrecy.

Liverpool would be my guess too. But it’s really weird.

Wish I was one of the Superfans now

[Currywurst and Chips]

It’ll be a a reserve team, like West Ham A or similar

[Sid Bishop]

It’ll be a a reserve team, like West Ham A or similar

Yes more than likely.

[y o y o y]

It will be Ipswich
El Miz will return home with us on the team coach

[The Reverend]

It’ll be a a reserve team, like West Ham A or similar

If it were a reserve team I’d expect the opposite: the club would be highly advertising the fixture against a “Premier League” club charging £20 to watch a friendly against what turns out to be a load of teenagers.

The strange secrecy around this fixture makes me think it’ll be a squad of genuine Premier League players who want to test their squad out post-Euros behind closed doors.

[Hoover Attack]

It’ll be a a reserve team, like West Ham A or similar

If it were a reserve team I’d expect the opposite: the club would be highly advertising the fixture against a “Premier League” club charging £20 to watch a friendly against what turns out to be a load of teenagers.

The strange secrecy around this fixture makes me think it’ll be a squad of genuine Premier League players who want to test their squad out post-Euros behind closed doors.

Yep, agreed.

Can you hire those flats for an afternoon?

[Omygawd]

It’ll be a a reserve team, like West Ham A or similar

If it were a reserve team I’d expect the opposite: the club would be highly advertising the fixture against a “Premier League” club charging £20 to watch a friendly against what turns out to be a load of teenagers.

The strange secrecy around this fixture makes me think it’ll be a squad of genuine Premier League players who want to test their squad out post-Euros behind closed doors.

Yep, agreed.

Can you hire those flats for an afternoon?

Are you going to take the Rev out to lunch first?

[Story of O]

Could they be working on the stadium

[Hoover Attack]

It will be Ipswich
El Miz will return home with us on the team coach

This could have some legs.

Us laying on all this on for a team obviously comes with a cost, as well as the revenue we're missing out on.

It's either Travis doing a favour to his Liverpool mates (but the location doesn't make sense), Spurs or West Ham bunging as a few quid to host it, or Ipswich as part of the terms of selling us Idris (Ipswich will have 7 London away games next season, this could be a full dress rehearsal for that).

[Proposition Joe]

They're playing us to acclimatise themselves for away games at Spurs and West Ham?

[Hoover Attack]

They're playing us to acclimatise themselves for away games at Spurs and West Ham?

And Arsenal. And Chelsea. And Fulham. And Palace. And Brentford.

[Proposition Joe]

I'm sure it would prove invaluable for all their squad members who have never been to London before and would otherwise be blindsided by it's unique cultural quirks.

[Hoover Attack]

For the logistics of getting to the game.

(Although not sure why they’d want the secrecy - that does point to a bigger club).

Has anyone checked the premier league teams pre season schedules?

[BIGRON]

A mate of mine who's wife works at Arsenal reckons it's them

[Long slender neck]

Part of the deal to sign that loan striker who ive forgotten the name of already.

[Hoover Attack]

Part of the deal to sign that loan striker who ive forgotten the name of already.

Edwards? No chance.