The new season's coming

[PIRATE OF ZARAGOZA]

Am I the only one who finds it odd we've only announced four friendlies so far?

Could be worse, we could be Wrexham who are playing Nantwich and Macclesfield away and weeks ago announced that they were going to play 2 matches in Spain, this week after lots of Wrexham fans booked up for the "tour" the club announced it was down to one match and that was Nottingham Forest U23s with limited capacity of 300 at a tennis club, Wrexham Red passion forum went into meltdown unsurprisingly.

[Phil]

Hednesford friendly tomorrow. 1pm KO

It appears that James McQuilkin is on trial there and other former Reds playing for them are Martin Riley and Josh Webb.

I won't be there sadly but all chat about the game in here please.

[harriershane]

If anyone goes, can they keep an eye on two players for me?

Forward Riley O’Sullivan
18/19 year old centre half Harvey Portman

Thanks in advance!

[PIRATE OF ZARAGOZA]

Nathan Cameron playing for Hednesford today

[Harrier1994]

5 back

Tolley Bastable Pearce NKP Trialist
Lowe Martin
Ceesay Freemantle TOE

[PIRATE OF ZARAGOZA]

Another good workout, 5-1 to the Harriers

[TWG85]

[Sheffield Harrier]

Nathan Cameron playing for Hednesford today

Bizarre.

[Swansea Harrier]

Strangely I didn't see Cameron in the footage for Ceesay's goal (very nicely taken with very little backlift for what it's worth). Did he only play the second half? I agree Sheff, it is so strange. I guess we'll never know what's really gone on.

Could anyone enlighten me re: the Harriers XI for the second half? I've stupidly been blocked from Twitter since last autumn (not my stupidity I hasten to add) and can't find it anywhere...

A very encouraging result against a team only one division below us and at least a week ahead of us in terms of pre-season preparations!

[Harrier1994]

Strangely I didn't see Cameron in the footage for Ceesay's goal (very nicely taken with very little backlift for what it's worth). Did he only play the second half? I agree Sheff, it is so strange. I guess we'll never know what's really gone on.

Could anyone enlighten me re: the Harriers XI for the second half? I've stupidly been blocked from Twitter since last autumn (not my stupidity I hasten to add) and can't find it anywhere...

A very encouraging result against a team only one division below us and at least a week ahead of us in terms of pre-season preparations!

Second half XI
Emery
Foulkes Leak Trialist Richards
Hemmings Lissimore (Harland) Byrne Trialist
Brown
Trialist

Lissimore went off injured early on and academy player Harland came on in his place

[PIRATE OF ZARAGOZA]

Nathan Cameron playing for Hednesford today

Bizarre.

Rumour is that he went to the US at the end of the season hoping to sign for the team Ed Williams was playing for, at the same time Harriers offered him a new contract but he wanted to sign for the US team and that fell through and Harriers looked elsewhere

[Phil]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK-A66VZ4E4

[jamestheimpaler]

Some scintillating Flash-ball from 01:05 onwards there...

[harry211]

Nathan Cameron playing for Hednesford today

Bizarre.

Rumour is that he went to the US at the end of the season hoping to sign for the team Ed Williams was playing for, at the same time Harriers offered him a new contract but he wanted to sign for the US team and that fell through and Harriers looked elsewhere

Hmm. Not sure. Did see him doing preseason training abroad with Cyrus Christie, who he'll know from his time at Cov, but don't think it was in the US. Could be wrong and Pirate usually had good sources.

[PIRATE OF ZARAGOZA]

Off the Hednesford forum..............

Easily beaten by a good Harriers outfit in a game we were second best in from the off. Other than a 10/15 minute spell in the second half, we looked suspect at the back and short of ideas up front, very much echoing some of last season’s performances

All too easy for Kiddy in the first half, stroking the ball about well and utilising the space between our defenders for likes of Fremantle and Ceesay to run into time and again. We forced Palmer into a couple of saves low down but nothing that overly troubled him. Cuff struggled to get into the game, as did Bennett. I actually forgot Rowe was playing as he barely got a kick in the first half

As has been the case in most of our pre-season games, we were a little more attack minded and direct in the second half and had two or three really good chances at 2-0 to get back into it, only for more adverse defending late on allowing Harriers to fill their boots

Not much in the way of impressive individual displays; Parker was arguably the pick of the bunch, always wanting the ball, whilst the triallist from Tuesday night looked useful on the ball again. Other than that, not very inspiring. Don’t think either of our keepers covered themselves in glory; it’s becoming a position that is generating a lot of discussion on the terraces as we are conceding far too many sloppy, unforced and frankly saveable goals.

Kiddy were a step up on Hereford and I’d expect them to do well this term - they move the ball well, have pace up top and look solid at the back