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Town gear up for Weston test
           
           


  TOWN boss Paolo Di Canio is hoping his side’s hastily arranged friendly at Weston-super-Mare will give his players the chance to quickly re-acclimatise to English conditions.

           

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Its the Big Bird Derby.....anyone from here going?

Can't make it in time from work. Don't forget your bucket and spade. Oh wait, this is Weston-Super-Mud, forget it.

I've no idea what that means.

I won't be going but it will be interesting to see how many make the trip. A fair few I would guess.

I'm going.  It's been way too long since I've seen any live football.  It will be nice to see the new players in action.

Robins vs. Seagulls.

Ill be there.

Fair play to those that are going, but I can't see the attraction in a 2 1/2 - 3 hour round trip to a dump of a ground in the pissing rain to watch a pointless friendly against a shite side on a wednesday evening.

I can understand attending pre-season friendlies, but not when there's so much travel involved. Doesn't seem worth it

I will be there of course Mr Pumbaa, hoping the weather will improve for the game.

Pfft. 55 minutes each way on a good run.

Of course.

For some reason, I saw 'Big Bird' and thought of this...

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I live in WSM and can get to the CG in about an hour. Bogus Dave has a point though.....

Beware of the roadworks on the M4/M5 around Bristol and allow extra time if you're travelling from Swindonia later.

My future father-in-law  offered to take me and I duly accepted. He's a City fan so I was quite surprised.

Im off to this with a shitty supporting mate from uni, treat him to some good football for once

You've seen Weston play before then, obviously.

I shall be in attendance, 4-0 Town, Ritchie Hat Trick

Perfect with the Bisthole Shitty scouts there watching ;)

I don't think they're in a good position to be offering cash for players to be honest; didn't they make a £10M+ operating loss last FY? I wouldn't trust the colour of their money.

Had that thought myself, although I think he would be put off by their new home kit to be honest

I read a few on a brizzle forum they don't seem to rate Ritchie much though. Again I can't really see him going to any championship clubs that'll be in the bottom half next season, I could see him going to somewhere like Burnley/Blackpool/Brum but only if the right bid came in though.

Ipswich were heavily linked with him last season, I had a field day winding up their fans on the Ipswich forum

I've just realised who you used to be. Come say hello (I'll be stood in JJ's shadow.....if the sun's shining)

I'm going with a couple of mates. Seems a good excuse to get pissed for no reason.

Trust me it won't be :)

Apparently there is free parking at some industrial estate which is about 200 yards on from the ground, so the Weston based dad in law tells me anyway

Better, they made £10M+ loss for the last two consecutive seasons.