No thread on todays pre-season game with Forest Green Rovers?

Finished 1-1. Looks like City put out a strong team in the 1st half and made full changes in the 2nd half. The prolific Gary Madine scored Cit's equaliser.

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

Finished 1-1. Looks like City put out a strong team in the 1st half and made full changes in the 2nd half. The prolific Gary Madine scored Cit's equaliser.

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jon1959 mentioned it in the pre-season games thread.

That slipped under the radar :hehe:

Good to hear GM notching, won't do his confidence any harm at all.
Bit early to start hoping he might be the answer up top but it will be good to have competition.

There's a report on the FGR website. All it says about City is that Etheridge and Morrison started, Day played later on and Madine scored. Game played as a behind closed doors friendly.

Shame it was behind closed doors as I would have liked to have gone.

I've got a soft spot for Forest Green Rovers and I like their eco-friendly policy.

I don't know how much notice we should take of a locked doors friendly but it's a bit worrying given our big ambitions if we can only manage a draw with Forest Green , especially since I believe we had a lot of first team players on the field.

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Originally Posted by RonnieBird

I don't know how much notice we should take of a locked doors friendly but it's a bit worrying given our big ambitions if we can only manage a draw with Forest Green , especially since I believe we had a lot of first team players on the field.

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Etheridge Reid and Morrison first half I believe then a lot of changes made for the second half.

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Originally Posted by RonnieBird

I don't know how much notice we should take of a locked doors friendly but it's a bit worrying given our big ambitions if we can only manage a draw with Forest Green , especially since I believe we had a lot of first team players on the field.

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Relegation is coming.

It's a training session mate in the second week back, absolutely nothing more.

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Originally Posted by RonnieBird

I don't know how much notice we should take of a locked doors friendly but it's a bit worrying given our big ambitions if we can only manage a draw with Forest Green , especially since I believe we had a lot of first team players on the field.

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f**ks sakes :hehe:

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Originally Posted by RonnieBird

I don't know how much notice we should take of a locked doors friendly but it's a bit worrying given our big ambitions if we can only manage a draw with Forest Green , especially since I believe we had a lot of first team players on the field.

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I think Day is yet to put on his scoring boots. :hehe:

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Originally Posted by B. Oddie

Shame it was behind closed doors as I would have liked to have gone.

I've got a soft spot for Forest Green Rovers and I like their eco-friendly policy.

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It wasn't at Nailsworth. It was played at Woodbury Park Golf Club, Exeter , where FGR are based pre-season. I guess the lads went up on Neil's Tractor & Trailer :golf:

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Originally Posted by RonnieBird

I don't know how much notice we should take of a locked doors friendly but it's a bit worrying given our big ambitions if we can only manage a draw with Forest Green , especially since I believe we had a lot of first team players on the field.

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Warnock Out! :-)

We struggled to only a 1 nil win against Taffs Well in pre-season 2017 and lost to ruddy Shrewsbury 2-1 in the July as well

The team only managed to finish on 90 points and get promoted that season but I'm with you Corporal Jones a training session behind closed doors with both teams using it for fitness reasons and to let every player stretch their legs is every reason to be concerned

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Originally Posted by binman

Warnock Out! :-)

We struggled to only a 1 nil win against Taffs Well in pre-season 2017 and lost to ruddy Shrewsbury 2-1 in the July as well

The team only managed to finish on 90 points and get promoted that season but I'm with you Corporal Jones a training session behind closed doors with both teams using it for fitness reasons and to let every player stretch their legs is every reason to be concerned

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Hold on !

I did start that post by saying I didn't know that we should take much notice of a game like that.

That's hardly panicking or naysaying is it ?

If anything , I'm thinking that if we're intending to continue our impressive progress then even a reserve team should really have run in a few goals in a game like that. Of course, it's very likely that Sir Neil was trying out a few things and I'm not for one moment suggesting that we should regard it very seriously

It actually finished 2-1 to Cardiff!!
0-0 half time and Forest Green opened the scoring
The Pantomime villain Gary Madine scores twice both good headers to be fair
It was played at Exeter’s ground
Cheers 🍻

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Originally Posted by Padraig1968

It actually finished 2-1 to Cardiff!!
0-0 half time and Forest Green opened the scoring
The Pantomime villain Gary Madine scores twice both good headers to be fair
It was played at Exeter’s ground
Cheers ��

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Were you at the game - or seen a different match report? Both Gloucestershire Live and Wales Online say it was a 1 - 1 draw. So does the FGR official site.

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.u...forest-3073559

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...riker-16557914

https://www.fgr.co.uk/news/july-2019...cardiff-city-1

They’re wrong lol
Don’t shoot the messenger!!

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Originally Posted by Padraig1968

They’re wrong lol
Don’t shoot the messenger!!

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Bang.

The highlights & interview are on FGR's twitter feed. Defo. 1-1 & played at Woodbury Park. 7 of City's starting 11 finished the game at Old Trafford.

Gary Madine scored TWO
Both Headers
After Forest Green took the lead
0-0 Half Time
Boooom

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Originally Posted by Padraig1968

It actually finished 2-1 to Cardiff!!
0-0 half time and Forest Green opened the scoring
The Pantomime villain Gary Madine scores twice both good headers to be fair
It was played at Exeter’s ground
Cheers ��

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Perhaps it was the same referee as we had for the Chelsea match ?

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Originally Posted by Padraig1968

Gary Madine scored TWO
Both Headers
After Forest Green took the lead
0-0 Half Time
Boooom

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Would it be hard to comprehend that maybe one of those headers was disallowed?

Also I heard it was in the car park at Argos in Swindon