Comments on: Shock Scores In Friendlies, But Do The Results Really Matter? http://www.epltalk.com/shock-scores-in-friendlies-but-do-the-results-really-matter/2718 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:00:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matt http://www.epltalk.com/shock-scores-in-friendlies-but-do-the-results-really-matter/2718#comment-17383 Matt Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:16:55 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/shock-scores-in-friendlies-but-do-the-results-really-matter/2718#comment-17383 "Crewe, Macclesfield and Doncaster may be reveling in their victories over their Premier League counterparts" Or NOT. Nobody gives a shit about friendly results, only moronic fans who get worked up over what managers and players see as nothing more than a fitness training session. To quote Phil Brown himself: "'I'm not really bothered about football and the organisational side until early August when we play Hearts and Osasuna. The friendlies prior to that are me trying to get 90 minutes under their belts.'" “Crewe, Macclesfield and Doncaster may be reveling in their victories over their Premier League counterparts”

Or NOT.

Nobody gives a shit about friendly results, only moronic fans who get worked up over what managers and players see as nothing more than a fitness training session.

To quote Phil Brown himself: “‘I’m not really bothered about football and the organisational side until early August when we play Hearts and Osasuna. The friendlies prior to that are me trying to get 90 minutes under their belts.’”

]]> By: AtlantaPompey http://www.epltalk.com/shock-scores-in-friendlies-but-do-the-results-really-matter/2718#comment-17358 AtlantaPompey Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:13:51 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/shock-scores-in-friendlies-but-do-the-results-really-matter/2718#comment-17358 It matters only in that everbody would prefer to win rather than lose. If they played well, individual players got the playing time they need to be ready for the opening of the season, and no one got injured, then a loss is not that big a deal. It matters only in that everbody would prefer to win rather than lose. If they played well, individual players got the playing time they need to be ready for the opening of the season, and no one got injured, then a loss is not that big a deal.

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