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Author Topic: Other Games 2025-26  (Read 704354 times)

Offline Dave

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14790 on: March 23, 2026, 04:08:40 PM »
With the 16 day break are the non-internationals in the squad being sent off to a training camp - not that there are too many of them - Tammy, Digne, Mings, Bogarde, Watkins, Barkley....

Digne's off with France.

Online kippaxvilla2

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14791 on: March 23, 2026, 04:13:48 PM »
With the 16 day break are the non-internationals in the squad being sent off to a training camp - not that there are too many of them - Tammy, Digne, Mings, Bogarde, Watkins, Barkley....

Digne's off with France.

They’re playing a friendly against Elche on Friday.

Offline Dave

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14792 on: March 23, 2026, 04:21:40 PM »
With the 16 day break are the non-internationals in the squad being sent off to a training camp - not that there are too many of them - Tammy, Digne, Mings, Bogarde, Watkins, Barkley....

Digne's off with France.

They’re playing a friendly against Elche on Friday.

I'd have thought France would pick someone trickier.

Offline paul_e

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14793 on: March 23, 2026, 04:36:04 PM »
With the 16 day break are the non-internationals in the squad being sent off to a training camp - not that there are too many of them - Tammy, Digne, Mings, Bogarde, Watkins, Barkley....

Digne's off with France.

And isn't Bogarde with the Dutch u21s?

Offline London Villan

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14794 on: March 23, 2026, 04:40:52 PM »
I was just assuming those were not off on international duty. Add Bizot, Garcia, Sancho?

Online AV82EC

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14795 on: March 23, 2026, 04:46:15 PM »
No Midlands. West Brom 3rd, then Derby.

Clubs that have finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Midlands each season.

Coventry have never been the top side in the Midlands.

Surely Forest should be in that Top 3?

Online kippaxvilla2

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14796 on: March 23, 2026, 04:48:59 PM »
With the 16 day break are the non-internationals in the squad being sent off to a training camp - not that there are too many of them - Tammy, Digne, Mings, Bogarde, Watkins, Barkley....

Digne's off with France.

They’re playing a friendly against Elche on Friday.

I'd have thought France would pick someone trickier.

Sorry I meant us.  France are playing Le Havre behind closed doors.

Offline ADVILLAFAN

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14797 on: March 23, 2026, 05:33:22 PM »
No Midlands. West Brom 3rd, then Derby.

Clubs that have finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Midlands each season.

Coventry have never been the top side in the Midlands.

Surely Forest should be in that Top 3?

No, they were pretty rubbish before Clough came along. Whilst they're 3rd in total titles with 15, they have way less top 3 appearances than Wolves, Baggies or Derby.

Actually West Brom have the 2nd most top 3 appearances, but only 10 titles.

Offline Pat McMahon

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14798 on: March 23, 2026, 06:47:46 PM »
No Midlands. West Brom 3rd, then Derby.

Clubs that have finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Midlands each season.

Coventry have never been the top side in the Midlands.

They've rarely been the top side in Coventry

Offline Mellin

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14799 on: March 23, 2026, 06:51:26 PM »
No Midlands. West Brom 3rd, then Derby.

Clubs that have finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Midlands each season.

Coventry have never been the top side in the Midlands.

Surely Forest should be in that Top 3?

No, they were pretty rubbish before Clough came along. Whilst they're 3rd in total titles with 15, they have way less top 3 appearances than Wolves, Baggies or Derby.

Actually West Brom have the 2nd most top 3 appearances, but only 10 titles.

Do you have this in full? Love this sort of stuff.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14800 on: March 23, 2026, 06:59:37 PM »
Depends how it's judged, is 15th and the LC thought of as better than 6th and no trophy?

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14801 on: March 23, 2026, 09:39:02 PM »
Purely based on League finishes.

Also have North and South sections.

Kind of regret not including Welsh and East Anglian sides in our bit though.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14802 on: March 23, 2026, 10:22:42 PM »
🚨 Aston Villa will take advantage of the international break & travel to Spain for a training camp at Pinatar Arena — a friendly against Elche has also been scheduled.
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Offline lovejoy

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #14803 on: March 23, 2026, 11:31:49 PM »
My mate has a place very near there, it’s a really quiet and relaxed coastal area. Elche is a bigger town half an hour up the road, lots of palm trees.

 


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