13th Jul - Sandhurst Town (a) - Match Thread

[GarySTFC]

Pulling through from one of the ideas suggested in the forum discussion thread earlier on in the summer. Please use this thread for all pre/during/post discussion of the Sandhurst Town friendly.

 

Bottom Meadow is a short walk from Sandhurst train station (and also my house!) and will be a great venue for our first pre-season friendly under the new management team.

 

Link to the ground:

http://www.sloughtownfc.net/directions/408

 

 

Parking at the ground is limited, so if you are travelling by car it may be best to find some street parking (Wellington Road would be quite good.) The Wellington Arms is a great venue for a pre match drink which is just along the A321 from the ground.

 

As Jon has mentioned in another thread, we'll be given a warm welcome by the Sandhurst officials, there's a BBQ being planned and it has a huge park surrounding it including a good play area for little ones. Given the predictions for weather over the weekend, it may be worth noting there's not many covered areas within the ground for shade.

 

For those that could not attend the Q&A last night, Neil and Jon have indicated they will be using the first three friendlies to have a look at all of the players in the squad at present, so there will be lots of half time changes. Players and scores will be distributed by the clubs twitter account throughout the afternoon (http://www.twitter.com/sloughtown) and I'm sure we'll be spending much time identifying our new players throughout the course of the first few friendlies!

 

Hope you all have a safe journey over and see lots of you there tomorrow.

Edited July 12, 2013 by GarySTFC

[Rebel_Glen]

You live in the train station?

[epicrebel]

So who going to guess the starting 11,.,.,.,.,.,.

[Neil Baker]

I reckon I could have a good guess ;-)

[Mark44stfc]

Somerville

 

Hollis foulser Woozley lake

 

Harris mcclurg logie wheeler

 

Smith harris

[Neil Baker]

Logie is not available tomorrow due to work commitments.....

[Rebel_Glen]

Somerville

 

Lake Foulser Hollis Harrison

 

Wheeler McClurg Short W. Harris

 

Smith S. Harris

[Neil Baker]

Squad tomorrow is as follows:

 

Jake Somerville, Ashleigh James, Wes Harrison, Jack Broome, Guy Hollis, Adam Foulser, Dave Woozley, Ryan Lake, Ryan Blake, Warren Harris, Ollie Burgess, Ben Edwards, Jamie McClurg, George Short, Darren Wheeler, Dan Read, Eddie Smith, Aaron Lansiquot, Scott Harris, Johnnie Dyer (work dependant)

Edited July 12, 2013 by Neil Baker

[Hammer_rebel]

That's a lotta men.....

[Flint700]

Ashleigh James, left back, late of Camberley town reserves, with the occasional first team outing, far better than that.

[Neil Baker]

Afraid it is a different Ashleigh James...

[Flint700]

Apologies Neil

[Chris]

Neil is or has Michael Blount been training with us?

[Neil Baker]

yes he has, he is recovering from a pretty serious knee injury, so although he has been joining in aspects of training, he is not quite ready for matches....

 

Blounty is a top lad, who we picked up at the back end of the season who did really well for us before the injury, and at 24 is still learning as a defender.....

[Chris]

Cool, thought so. Cheers.

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

Did your old lot do a whip round for him at the g v slough game? Or did I imagine that?

[Neil Baker]

nope, we called it off before the game, as the first diagnosis was that he had torn his anterior cruciate, however the specialist who did the MRI Scan (which all the lads paid clubbed together and paid for) gave him better news that the ACL was in fact intact and that it was a tear of the MCL which meant he was in a knee brace for about 10 weeks, but that he would not need an operation.

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

But it was planned wasn't it? Still a horrible injury did my mcl twice and hammy at same time. How long til he's at full strength and flex with it.

[Neil Baker]

yep was planned after the first diagnosis, as we wanted to try and raise the money for a private ACL reconstruction, but luckily it was not needed....

 

He is getting stronger all the time, he has been doing most of the training in the last week, having spent the first week with Kev, however he is still feeling it at times, and is not 100% confident in turning and sprinting flat out etc, but that will come.

[readingrebel]

Ashleigh James, left back, late of Camberley town reserves, with the occasional first team outing, far better than that.

 

 

I think it's the Ashleigh James the full back from SYCOB.