Reply With QuoteMan City,ah well it'll have to do.
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Instead we are playing PL champions Manchester City behind closed doors at their academy on Saturday evening .
https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/20...wfc-cancelled/
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Man City,ah well it'll have to do.
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Another rubbish side ! We need tuffa opposition ! Helic fo Stoounz straight swap ,,
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Live if anyone interested.
https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ma...adium-63762651
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Watford have just recently played West Brom in a friendly by the way, so maybe they didn't want anymore connections with Barnsley lol.
As for Man City, Id rather have seen us playing Halifax or Frickley!!.
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ev Normanton gorra teeum ? " Normy Nuttas" a remember laikin ageeunst a teeum frum art that way , Hark to Mopsy was name of pub also Pineapple Inn , odd name's Odd fooark them Yorki westunnuz !!Originally Posted by Acido
Watford have just recently played West Brom in a friendly by the way, so maybe they didn't want anymore connections with Barnsley lol.
As for Man City, Id rather have seen us playing Halifax or Frickley!!.
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Yes the Mopsey is still there but the Pineapple has been converted into a house now.
Im guessing this will be Man City's third string team against us, and not their superstars who demand at least million just to get out of bed each day!.
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Av 'erd The Pineapple is now yet another Normanton crack den. Turf Wars going on led by a Mr Big called "Acid" or summat sarnding like that.
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Watford are used to being left heartbroken by Manchester City, but being outmuscled for a pre-season fixture is a first.
The Athletic has learnt why Barnsley made a last-minute switch from travelling to Vicarage Road on Saturday to instead opting to play the Premier League champions. It’s a tale that involves anger, high pressing and a few favours along the way.
On Tuesday afternoon, the news broke that the pre-season game between Watford and Barnsley had been cancelled. In a short statement, Watford outlined that tickets would be refunded and they would now “revert to training plans for this weekend.” Barnsley, meanwhile, thanked Watford for “their patience and understanding in this matter” as they revealed they would now play Pep Guardiola’s side behind closed doors at City’s academy stadium on the same day. But that’s only half of the story.
Behind the scenes, The Athletic has learnt that Watford are disappointed that City have “thrown their weight around”, as one source put it, and Barnsley have reneged on an arrangement that not only leaves Watford out of pocket but also, and more importantly, without an opponent to practise against as they ramp up preparations for the start of their Premier League season on August 14. Roughly 3,000 tickets had been expected to be sold, meaning a loss of somewhere between £20,000 and £30,000. It’s unlikely another team will be able to fulfil a fixture.
City were originally due to play French side Troyes, one of their sister clubs, this weekend but when UK travel restrictions made that unworkable they went in search of an alternative.
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A wo thinking that's a sh1t thing to do on Watford. Agree to play a fixture, let them sell tickets and then renege on the agreement at the last minute to play a so called more glamorous fixture. And then a thought--Who is temporary CEO until this new bloke arrives ? Conway. What an arseoyle.
A source at Watford described the action a "disgrace". It is understood the City Group agreed to allow El Ahmad early release if Barnsley could extracate themselves from the Watford fixture and play them instead.
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