Why is such a big thing being made of the coach trips

[Stat Brother]

'Fulham & Liverpool have finally made it after 17 & 23 hour trips'.

Blimey it's not like they had to walk, or horse and cart it.

They've been sat on luxury transport, both trips have been over 2 days, so there's a stay in a luxury hotel as well.

Anyone would think without air travel we've gone back to the stone-age.

 

[Starry]

exactly. i saw a picture on one of the news websites of the inside of the liverpool coach and that isn't a coach as i know it. all flat screen tvs, leather seats that recline and heat/massage pads, full fridges etc. the hardship!

 

[Durlston]

Was that Runcorn to London Euston train private or did they have to run the gauntlet with the general public?

The thought of Rafa Benitez losing his train ticket when the inspector comes round. "Of course, there's still 90 minutes left. I can guarantee i'll find it before we reach Euston."

 

[Slough Seagull]

They are just getting their excuses in early if it all goes wrong on the pitch. If that doesn't work then they can start to blame the pitch, manager, opposition's tactics, UEFA, referee etc etc.

As is usual for this country it is always somebody else's fault...

 

[Nottseagull]

I thought this thread was about the tv programme (which I've never seen). So, why is such a big thing
being made of the Coach
Trip programme?

 

[footychick]

I thought this thread was about the tv programme (which I've never seen). So, why is such a big thing
being made of the Coach
Trip programme?

That's what I thought

 

[Gazwag]

I remember the Liverpool team getting a train to Brighton for a first division match, they arrived in Brighton quite late on the Friday evening for the match on Saturday. They would probably have crossed London on the tube well.

Modern footballers are so pampered they live in a different world to the rest of us.

 

[Half Man Half Biscuit]

We would have won if we'd have travelled over by private jet has to be one of the more lame excuses I've heard for not winning a football match.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

They had a private carriage on the train, with a security guard on the door so (god forbid) they weren't disturbed by any of the little people.

 

[Perkino]

As long as they are fine to beat Chelsea then I don't give a rat's arse

 

[Easy 10]

Liverpool will lay down and die in front of Chelsea. The bindippers will be ROARING the blues on to victory at Anfield. Guaranteed.

 

[Was not Was]

I was wondering the same thing as the OP.

If you're a mere mortal, then avoiding the stress and blandness of airports and cutting out the waiting time for planes compensates for the extra journey time a train takes on short-haul journeys.

But I bet, when Liverpool fly, they don't have to fanny about with parking and a bus from the car park, queue at passport control, hang around for two hours as the airline says to get there early, etc, etc. In other words, apart from the CO2 emissions, they avoid all the crap bits of flying.

So for them, coach/train travel probably does feel like hardship.

I'm not sympathetic, though - and neither should the journalists who've been running this story.

 

[beorhthelm]

but its *so* tiring sitting on a coach for 12, 18 hours or more. unlike, say training

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

it's not like they're going by megabus is it? they're going by luxury coach which is probably as comfortable as flying......it just takes longer

boo f***ing hoo

 

[e77]

A Joe Allon pointed out on the Coca Cola Football League Podcast last week, Hartlepool have a 500 mile coach journey every other weekend.

 

[Bad Ash]

Liverpool will lay down and die in front of Chelsea. The bindippers will be ROARING the blues on to victory at Anfield. Guaranteed.

With them being in 7th and Everton only a place behind them, I'm sure there will be some split emotions...