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croydon proud Flag Any european country i fancy! 02 Dec 17 9.43pm

Just heard roy on sky saying the team left euston for a 90 minute train trip to wba and it took over 5 hours, train broke down with no electric, toilets etc, said it was a bad omen, cant have helped today!

 

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chateauferret Flag 02 Dec 17 9.47pm

Hodgson said in his post-match interview that they had been stuck on a train that was f***ed and that this had affected the team's preparation for this match. I can well believe it; once I went to London on the West Coast and was 3 hours late going down and 4 hours coming back up. Ridiculous, HTF are you supposed to play Premier League football when you're being f***ed about like that?

Maybe a phone call to the MD of the TOC along the lines of "Do you know who I am?" would have helped.

I thought football teams went everywhere in a bus, though.

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Originally posted by croydon proud

Just heard roy on sky saying the team left euston for a 90 minute train trip to wba and it took over 5 hours, train broke down with no electric, toilets etc, said it was a bad omen, cant have helped today!

Mentioned on BBC Radio London during their commentary this afternoon. Crap railway network we have ... too much emphasis on making high returns on too little investment. Still they would have got 25% of their extortionate fare back and a free cup of coffee in the unlikely event there was a trolley on the train!

 


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so why did they leave it so late to go their should of gone the day before and stayed in hotel this is what other clubs do or once train broke down switch to coach. (everyone know public transport is unreliable so you have to factor in worst case backups)

i can tell you now if a train breaks down you are no way going to be stuck in that thing without being able to go toilet or have a drink the law suits would be huge and asking someone i know who works on those lines they know how long it takes to fix issues so they would of been informed


 


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croydon proud Flag Any european country i fancy! 02 Dec 17 10.53pm

Originally posted by grumpymort

so why did they leave it so late to go their should of gone the day before and stayed in hotel this is what other clubs do or once train broke down switch to coach. (everyone know public transport is unreliable so you have to factor in worst case backups)

i can tell you now if a train breaks down you are no way going to be stuck in that thing without being able to go toilet or have a drink the law suits would be huge and asking someone i know who works on those lines they know how long it takes to fix issues so they would of been informed



Just what roy said mate!

 

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chateauferret Flag 02 Dec 17 11.02pm

Originally posted by grumpymort

so why did they leave it so late to go their should of gone the day before and stayed in hotel this is what other clubs do or once train broke down switch to coach. (everyone know public transport is unreliable so you have to factor in worst case backups)

i can tell you now if a train breaks down you are no way going to be stuck in that thing without being able to go toilet or have a drink the law suits would be huge and asking someone i know who works on those lines they know how long it takes to fix issues so they would of been informed


It's almost impossible to sue a TOC for breach of contract because it's a regulated industry with prescribed liabilities and compensation arrangements.

 


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Originally posted by grumpymort

so why did they leave it so late to go their should of gone the day before and stayed in hotel this is what other clubs do or once train broke down switch to coach. (everyone know public transport is unreliable so you have to factor in worst case backups)

i can tell you now if a train breaks down you are no way going to be stuck in that thing without being able to go toilet or have a drink the law suits would be huge and asking someone i know who works on those lines they know how long it takes to fix issues so they would of been informed


They left on Friday at 15.30.
Pretty sure that's the day before.

 


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Good. Poor loves on £70k a week now know what normal people have to put up with. They should have been made to get a night bus home from Euston too.

 


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So they having to take the train because they still havnt fixed what happened to the bus last season ?

Blown away they are taking the train, no, really, blows me away.

 

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Originally posted by twist

So they having to take the train because they still havnt fixed what happened to the bus last season ?

Blown away they are taking the train, no, really, blows me away.

Teams do it all the time. Usually without any issues.

 


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Originally posted by Dangermouse

They left on Friday at 15.30.
Pretty sure that's the day before.


if it is the day before which it is i really do not see how this has an effect they had training session before getting train so if they had all that time they could of gone over some tactics to kill time.

i just read that the hotel they booked had a wedding which kept the players up until early hours still don't see a problem ear plugs or move hotels.

these players have just experienced what us real world people deal with everyday (buses and train travel i spend this much time traveling for work)

 


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chateauferret Flag 03 Dec 17 1.58am

Originally posted by grumpymort


if it is the day before which it is i really do not see how this has an effect they had training session before getting train so if they had all that time they could of gone over some tactics to kill time.

i just read that the hotel they booked had a wedding which kept the players up until early hours still don't see a problem ear plugs or move hotels.

these players have just experienced what us real world people deal with everyday (buses and train travel i spend this much time traveling for work)

Well one thing I don't have to deal with every day is playing premier league football.

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