Poyet keen on Friday night clash with Stoke.

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can we not just forget the sky money and move the Plymouth game back 24 hours?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

can we not just forget the sky money and move the Plymouth game back 24 hours?

Don't Plymouth get a cut of the Sky money? They are desperate for any kind of payout as they're back in court this Wednesday.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

can we not just forget the sky money and move the Plymouth game back 24 hours?

You'd think it would be easy with three weeks notice, but re-arranged games always seem to be put back months. There must be a reason for this, so my guess is that moving a date - even by just one day - is not as easy as you and I would think it ought to be.

 

[B.W.]

Fri is best for BHA (the club), so let's go for it...

 

[kingcole]

Good for me, Will prob try and grab a travel lodge so dont have to drive back same night

 

[Giraffe]

Not good for any fan, would be dash to pick up Giraffe Jnr from school and then leg it up there, but if Gus thinks it's for the best then so be it. Frankly if he said it would be good for us to play at 6am on Thursday I'd still think it was right thing to do!!!

 

[severnside gull]

I think it would be a good move. If we can keep the Monday night game it will prevent our fixture pile up getting any worse.

I'm lucky as it's not far for me to travel but it would be tough on most of our away fans

In principle though it's an excellant idea to keep the fixture backlog down

 

[Giraffe]

As I said a while ago, the Sky Plymouth game is probably set in stone. You're forgetting that Sky run football not the FA.

Although frankly really can't see the difference between playing Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Arguably the strain on the body of getting back in the early hours of Saturday morning rather than normal time on Saturday night must mitigate the 16 hours extra recovery time from the match?

 

[Spiros]

Won't give a toss when its on.....worse draw we could have got.
1) Won't make any money out of it
2) Likely to lose
3) Shit ground
4 ) Ghastly oppo fans
5) Terrible record there....never got a point in god knows how many visits.
6) Horrible team to play against....big and physical and hammer you at set pieces.
Horrible, horrible draw...no reward...just the ultimate kick in the guts.
I ask you, Stoke...for Christs sake, poxy Stoke...hate it, hate it....can't stand them, their poxy town or their shit football.
Could have thrown my bottle of scotch thru the tv....frigging awful....indescribably terrible....and bloody Crawley get United!
What have we done to get Stoke......Orient get bloody Arsenal....what do we get...Pulis and his bloody were-wolves... cold, horrible, dismal Stoke...they should have condemned the place years ago.
The euphoria of Watford gone in a moment......no chance to savour a plum tie, just a horrible 3 weeks waiting for that shit to come round.
Roll on Orient.

Exactly how I felt when I saw the draw

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Won't give a toss when its on.....worse draw we could have got.
1) Won't make any money out of it
2) Likely to lose
3) Shit ground
4 ) Ghastly oppo fans
5) Terrible record there....never got a point in god knows how many visits.
6) Horrible team to play against....big and physical and hammer you at set pieces.
Horrible, horrible draw...no reward...just the ultimate kick in the guts.
I ask you, Stoke...for Christs sake, poxy Stoke...hate it, hate it....can't stand them, their poxy town or their shit football.
Could have thrown my bottle of scotch thru the tv....frigging awful....indescribably terrible....and bloody Crawley get United!
What have we done to get Stoke......Orient get bloody Arsenal....what do we get...Pulis and his bloody were-wolves... cold, horrible, dismal Stoke...they should have condemned the place years ago.
The euphoria of Watford gone in a moment......no chance to savour a plum tie, just a horrible 3 weeks waiting for that shit to come round.
Roll on Orient.

What a completely bizarre post.

If you hate Stoke you should enjoy getting the chance to beat them, just like beating Palace?

and their fans have proved to be some of the most supportive in the country.

Man Utd would be a worse draw, well, except for a load of part-time fans who could go and bask in the wonderfulness of Old Trafford whilst our plucky boys put on a brave show. f*** that.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Won't give a toss when its on.....worse draw we could have got.
1) Won't make any money out of it
2) Likely to lose
3) Shit ground
4 ) Ghastly oppo fans
5) Terrible record there....never got a point in god knows how many visits.
6) Horrible team to play against....big and physical and hammer you at set pieces.
Horrible, horrible draw...no reward...just the ultimate kick in the guts.
I ask you, Stoke...for Christs sake, poxy Stoke...hate it, hate it....can't stand them, their poxy town or their shit football.
Could have thrown my bottle of scotch thru the tv....frigging awful....indescribably terrible....and bloody Crawley get United!
What have we done to get Stoke......Orient get bloody Arsenal....what do we get...Pulis and his bloody were-wolves... cold, horrible, dismal Stoke...they should have condemned the place years ago.
The euphoria of Watford gone in a moment......no chance to savour a plum tie, just a horrible 3 weeks waiting for that shit to come round.
Roll on Orient.

Think how amazing it will be being in the quarter finals of the fa cup and reading that post.... *prays*

 

[severnside gull]

I would be happy if it was played Friday but didn't realise that Vale were at home that night. They can't be made to change it and no reason why they would anyway. Pretty sure the police won't allow both games to go ahead on the same night as they don't have resources to cover both so I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the idea is a non-starter.

The Beeb seem to have removed Monday night's game from their fixture list already. I guess it's now down to us whether we want to play 2 games in 3 days or 8 in 9 weeks?

 

[BensGrandad]

As regards the trains what happend to the old idea that we had in the 60s when the club chartered a train is that still possible with all the different companies etc. Could ask the Steam Railway society to put on a steam train Stoke to Brighton non stop

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

As regards the trains what happend to the old idea that we had in the 60s when the club chartered a train is that still possible with all the different companies etc. Could ask the Steam Railway society to put on a steam train Stoke to Brighton non stop

Borrow one from Bluebell Railway!

 

[Gwylan]

As I said a while ago, the Sky Plymouth game is probably set in stone. You're forgetting that Sky run football not the FA.

Pretty sure the police won't allow both games to go ahead on the same night as they don't have resources to cover both so I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the idea is a non-starter.

So in a few days we'll know who runs football in this country, whether it's Sky or the police. I remember a time when it was the FA - how things change.

 

[BensGrandad]

Borrow one from Bluebell Railway!

Thats what I was thinking of with the steam train but quite often there is one comes from London to tfhe West country through Sussex.

 

[BensGrandad]

So in a few days we'll know who runs football in this country, whether it's Sky or the police. I remember a time when it was the FA - how things change.

The police made the FA change the rules regarding replays because they said they couldnt organise theovertime to covetr thew matches . I am sure that you can remember when the replay was always on the Tuesday or Wednesday following the original game.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Indeed it was the police that put an end to endless replays.

 

[strings]

This would really suit me. I live about 40 minutes away from Stoke and cannot make Saturday or Sunday.

Having said that - I know I am in the minority.

 

[Mendoza]

the last train home from Stoke on a Friday night is 21.53. That gets back to Brighton at 02.23 the next morning.

That would mean everyone from Sussex would have to drive or get a coach, or worst still spend a night in Stoke