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It was good to visit this stadium, which is probably the best in Slovenia, though with no rail system after 7pm, there was no way of getting the train back. it cost over 100 euros to get back to the hotel !!! this after the slowest train journey to Celje in the first place. Good to meet Isleworthranger in Celje, even though he had a trip from hell too, having his flight cancelled and then at the last minute being able to get the flight.
Onto the game, this Faulin will be class. You can tell by the way he sprayed the ball left and right, he will be a good acquistion. Man of the match would have been Balanta, but Faulin would not have been far behind in only his first game for the club. The team we played were far better than Aldershot and a clear step up for the players and in the first 40 minutes, we were the superior team. It has been very hot out here, Ageymang was either succumbed by the heat or these freindly matches don,t mean too much to him, Have to say this was the second friendly he has been out of sorts. Helgusson was far better of the front two and had a couple of good chances, which he missed, but Balanta on the left was the player who was taking on the Celje players with ease. Faurlin knows how to do the cross field pass and found Routledge more than once. Have to say Routledge who played both wings, showed tremendous pace and was the best I,ve seen him play for a long time (abeit on a friendly) Not sure, who played left back (speaker system was not good and you guys probably know more than me at the moment) have to say he was nothing special. Hard to tell, but Borrowdale who came on the second half played just as well.
I,m sure another defender came on in the second half that I did not reconise!!. I think he slotted into right back and it was not Oastler. Getting any team news out here is pretty difficult.
It became a little disjointed in the second half, with so many subs, but poor old Helgusson hit the bar in the second half with a great header and we had a goal disallowed in the final minute for no apparant reason. I have managed to film parts of the game and got our two goals on film and the disallowed goal, no doubt QPR World will get in first but it will enable you at first hand to see both Faulin and the new left back. After the journey from hell yesterday, not sure if I will make my way to Croatia which promises to be an even longer trip, but if I hear anything I will let you know what is going on. We had one substiute who as on the bench, that did not come on. It was not someone familar to me, but he was defiinitely a player and not a coach or assistant.
Some of the players were sitting central and I did not see a couple of players, though they were probably all there. I,m sure Cook is not here and I did not see Buzsacky or Blackstock. This does not mean anything, its just I did not see them!!. Isleworthranger his wife, Debbie and I met the Celje president and he showed us around the trophy room and gave us a brief history of Celje football club. I have videoed bits of the day and hope to have this up soon.
Onto the game, this Faulin will be class. You can tell by the way he sprayed the ball left and right, he will be a good acquistion. Man of the match would have been Balanta, but Faulin would not have been far behind in only his first game for the club. The team we played were far better than Aldershot and a clear step up for the players and in the first 40 minutes, we were the superior team. It has been very hot out here, Ageymang was either succumbed by the heat or these freindly matches don,t mean too much to him, Have to say this was the second friendly he has been out of sorts. Helgusson was far better of the front two and had a couple of good chances, which he missed, but Balanta on the left was the player who was taking on the Celje players with ease. Faurlin knows how to do the cross field pass and found Routledge more than once. Have to say Routledge who played both wings, showed tremendous pace and was the best I,ve seen him play for a long time (abeit on a friendly) Not sure, who played left back (speaker system was not good and you guys probably know more than me at the moment) have to say he was nothing special. Hard to tell, but Borrowdale who came on the second half played just as well.
I,m sure another defender came on in the second half that I did not reconise!!. I think he slotted into right back and it was not Oastler. Getting any team news out here is pretty difficult.
It became a little disjointed in the second half, with so many subs, but poor old Helgusson hit the bar in the second half with a great header and we had a goal disallowed in the final minute for no apparant reason. I have managed to film parts of the game and got our two goals on film and the disallowed goal, no doubt QPR World will get in first but it will enable you at first hand to see both Faulin and the new left back. After the journey from hell yesterday, not sure if I will make my way to Croatia which promises to be an even longer trip, but if I hear anything I will let you know what is going on. We had one substiute who as on the bench, that did not come on. It was not someone familar to me, but he was defiinitely a player and not a coach or assistant.
Some of the players were sitting central and I did not see a couple of players, though they were probably all there. I,m sure Cook is not here and I did not see Buzsacky or Blackstock. This does not mean anything, its just I did not see them!!. Isleworthranger his wife, Debbie and I met the Celje president and he showed us around the trophy room and gave us a brief history of Celje football club. I have videoed bits of the day and hope to have this up soon.
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