Revised preseason

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

I was just checking what dates Wolves are free to play now the Korea tour is cancelled. Stumbled upon this...

AS Roma pre-season friendlies: fixtures, dates 2024/25

Football

www.vbetnews.com

Where I assume it once said Roma v Wolves, it now reads Villa v Wolves July 29 with the venue TBD. Do they know something we don't? Are we "hijacking another tour where different clubs are congregated?

Villa are due to play Brentford in Maryland on July 30, so perhaps DC United at the same time?

Newcastle and Fulham are also on the east coast at that time too. Would seem a shame playing PL opposition but perhaps a more useful exercise than playing an MLS team.

In fact Brighton and Chelsea are also in the US at the same time, so possibly playing any of six PL teams?

 

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

I was just checking what dates Wolves are free to play now the Korea tour is cancelled. Stumbled upon this...

AS Roma pre-season friendlies: fixtures, dates 2024/25

Football

www.vbetnews.com

Where I assume it once said Roma v Wolves, it now reads Villa v Wolves July 29 with the venue TBD. Do they know something we don't? Are we "hijacking another tour where different clubs are congregated?

Villa are due to play Brentford in Maryland on July 30, so perhaps DC United at the same time?

Newcastle and Fulham are also on the east coast at that time too. Would seem a shame playing PL opposition but perhaps a more useful exercise than playing an MLS team.

In fact Brighton and Chelsea are also in the US at the same time, so possibly playing any of six PL teams?

Anyone with any insider knowledge heard anything about our preseason plans?

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Given what we now know about the finances of the Korean trip, you'd like to imagine someone would have been working on a backup plan.

 

[McSteen]

I was just checking what dates Wolves are free to play now the Korea tour is cancelled. Stumbled upon this...

AS Roma pre-season friendlies: fixtures, dates 2024/25

Football

www.vbetnews.com

Where I assume it once said Roma v Wolves, it now reads Villa v Wolves July 29 with the venue TBD. Do they know something we don't? Are we "hijacking another tour where different clubs are congregated?

Villa are due to play Brentford in Maryland on July 30, so perhaps DC United at the same time?

Newcastle and Fulham are also on the east coast at that time too. Would seem a shame playing PL opposition but perhaps a more useful exercise than playing an MLS team.

In fact Brighton and Chelsea are also in the US at the same time, so possibly playing any of six PL teams?

To me it looks like there's just a typo in the article (Predictive text maybe) I think it was supposed to say AS Roma - Wolves, not Aston Villa -Wolves.
Also the article is dated 14 june, before Roma and Wolves pulled out:

"Their opponents will be Premier League clubs Tottenham and Wolves. Later, On August 1, they will face off against the South Korean side Incheon.

July 26, AS Roma vs Tottenham (National Stadium (Kallang))
July 29, Aston Villa vs Wolves (TBD)
August 1, AS Roma vs Incheon (TBD)"

 

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

To me it looks like there's just a typo in the article (Predictive text maybe) I think it was supposed to say AS Roma - Wolves, not Aston Villa -Wolves.
Also the article is dated 14 june, before Roma and Wolves pulled out:

"Their opponents will be Premier League clubs Tottenham and Wolves. Later, On August 1, they will face off against the South Korean side Incheon.

July 26, AS Roma vs Tottenham (National Stadium (Kallang))
July 29, Aston Villa vs Wolves (TBD)
August 1, AS Roma vs Incheon (TBD)"

Lol. Nothing to see then. Close thread.

 

[Golden Arrow]

Still hopeful for a Crewe, Shrewsbury, Stafford Rangers or Walsall gig, but equally wouldn't mind an Ibrox, Celtic Park or Pittodrie fixture, as was the norm in previous times.
Not only that, but a bloody darn sight cheaper than what would have been a Korean Air return flight to Seoul.

 

[Berlin Wolf]

Still hopeful for a Crewe, Shrewsbury, Stafford Rangers or Walsall gig, but equally wouldn't mind an Ibrox, Celtic Park or Pittodrie fixture, as was the norm in previous times.
Not only that, but a bloody darn sight cheaper than what would have been a Korean Air return flight to Seoul.

I had planned to see the games on WolvesTV for a fraction of the cost GA.
Did think about going on an Official Wolves package. Everything is arranged for you, which makes it a darn sight easier. But yes, the cost of a tour would have been sky high, official or not.

 

[1972 i began]

Still hopeful for a Crewe, Shrewsbury, Stafford Rangers or Walsall gig, but equally wouldn't mind an Ibrox, Celtic Park or Pittodrie fixture, as was the norm in previous times.
Not only that, but a bloody darn sight cheaper than what would have been a Korean Air return flight to Seoul.

I wouldn’t mind a Scottish one away.

 

[1972 i began]

Preferably one that lets in loads of goals lol

 

[kidder_wolf_II]

Preferably one that lets in loads of goals lol

Can we play ourselves lol

 

[lobodelsur]

Come down to sunny Spain or Portugal (again).

 

[1972 i began]

Very disappointed with last years friendly in Portugal if I’m honest.Red hot and they had us lined up in one section only to be told once at the search entrance,that we were in the wrong section.Not happy bunnies I can tell ya.Anyone would have thought it was a sell out but there were only about 7000 in there.And just to top it off the police are like Robo cops.

 

[lobodelsur]

Very disappointed with last years friendly in Portugal if I’m honest.Red hot and they had us lined up in one section only to be told once at the search entrance,that we were in the wrong section.Not happy bunnies I can tell ya.Anyone would have thought it was a sell out but there were only about 7000 in there.And just to top it off the police are like Robo cops.

Sounds like Braga (a) but with better weather...

 

[1972 i began]

Sounds like Braga (a) but with better weather...

I was there as well,one of the Robo cops tried tekin me inhaler off me.But luckily there was a wolves rep nearby who explained to them what it was for.Thick ****ers.

 

[Perton Wolf]

Sounds like Braga (a) but with better weather...

Minus the pepper spray.....

 

[Dr Wolfenstein]

Can we play ourselves lol

That used to be the norm back in the day (50s, early 60s). Probables v possibles.

 

[lets all have a disco]

Very disappointed with last years friendly in Portugal if I’m honest.Red hot and they had us lined up in one section only to be told once at the search entrance,that we were in the wrong section.Not happy bunnies I can tell ya.Anyone would have thought it was a sell out but there were only about 7000 in there.And just to top it off the police are like Robo cops.

Had no problems at all in faro....queuing was quite big but it soon went down...

 

[Golden Arrow]

I had planned to see the games on WolvesTV for a fraction of the cost GA.
Did think about going on an Official Wolves package. Everything is arranged for you, which makes it a darn sight easier. But yes, the cost of a tour would have been sky high, official or not.

I did think seriously about Korea as it's a country that I'd not visited before, plus it would have been easier to travel to other Asian countries once there. I've always enjoyed the overseas pre-season stuff, whether that's been Ireland, Switzerland or Portugal.

I'm sure we'll be doing something, but just right now I'd settle for Darlington, Exeter or Halifax.

 

[Mardenboroughs Shoulder]

Can't Lopetegui use his contacts and arrange games against Sevilla, Real Madrid and the Spain national team?