East Wing Don wrote:
ReturnofMoo wrote:
East Wing Don wrote:
Alby39 wrote:
We aren't getting a top tier Premier League club at this stadium in this division, wish that away immediately.
However, I for one am glad it won't be Villa anyway. Weird club, weird fans
Really? I thought we'd really appeal to a Prem Club. Nice stadium & facilities, decent pitch, pretty easy to get to being central, lower league opposition (so they can play fringe).
It all depends on their planned pre-season tour. Otherwise, it's just a game against their kids.
True. Friendlies are now just a money spinner from Prem clubs anyway. They'd prefer to a 12 hour flight somewhere than play against an EFL team.
True - in terms of the money men making the decisions at those PL clubs anyway. Though clubs at
all levels base a lot of their thinking on financial reasons after all. Similarly, even on the football reasons, it's the same principle as
us sending what's been termed an "MK Dons XI" to the Chelmsford friendly. Teams at all levels tend to have friendlies against similar / higher teams that'll be for their first team, and some of the friendlies against lower teams are for the younger players / squad players. I don't think that's something to have a dig at the PL clubs for, as even the likes of us do it with our non-league friendlies.