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Sam_Parker  |  Nov 2 2007, 17:13 PM |
 Group: Contributor Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 11 2007 Status: Offline | Hello all, Gainsborough Trinity winger Chris Hall will be here to answer your questions between noon and 1pm on Friday, November 9. You can leave questions in this thread and Chris will try to answer as many as possible. All posts will be moderated for foul and abusive language and inappropriate content. Thanks, Sam Parker. |
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| happyimp | Nov 3 2007, 23:06 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 25 2007 Status: Offline | Chris, you've played against Manchester United when with Burton Albion in the FA Cup. How did you rate them and are they worth their wage packet? |
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| EssexImp | Nov 4 2007, 08:29 AM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 4 2007 Status: Offline | Hi Chris, I've seen a couple of games this season and been really impressed with the way Trinity play. How much does your manager Paul Mitchell stress that he wants to see free-flowing football? It's been exciting to watch and especially when you guys get the ball out wide and attack the wings - a bit of fresh air in a level where it can be a bit of lumping the ball forward at times. |
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| Trinityfan | Nov 4 2007, 15:44 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Sun Nov 4 2007 Status: Offline | Chris First of all welcome to Gainsborough Trinity and the Northolme. I hope your settling in well with the rest of the squad, my question is this what are the differences between Burton in the Conference National and Trinity the Conference North. Good luck for saturday and hopefully you can repeat your heroics in the FA Cup again. Andy |
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| holyblues | Nov 5 2007, 12:27 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Fri Oct 19 2007 Status: Offline | do you have any aspirations of making it in the footballl league and how likely do you think this is? also what football team do you support and how did you get into the game? |
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| Question | Nov 5 2007, 16:14 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon Nov 5 2007 Status: Offline | Chris, I've heard people calling you Coco from the sides at Trinity. Is that your nickname? Where did that come from? |
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| ash_imps | Nov 5 2007, 20:31 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon Nov 5 2007 Status: Offline | Hi Chris. Firstly, I must say that when I have been to Northolme to watch Gainsborough Trinity, you have been one of the best players every time. My question for you is do you feel you have become a better player since you arrived at Gainsborough and what areas do you feel you have improved ? Hope that Trinity can play some good attacking football this season and get up the league Ashley |
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| jimmystars | Nov 6 2007, 13:15 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Thu Aug 2 2007 Status: Offline | Having played against you in the mid lincs league I remember you as a central forward for Hykeham - do you prefer playing as a central forward or down the right hand side? |
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| matt450 | Nov 6 2007, 22:21 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Thu Aug 2 2007 Status: Offline | Hey Chris! I was at the Man Utd match, you played in for Burton Albion, which you did well in! How did you and the team prepare to play in front of a crowd of nearly 50,000? Also with myself been a young player looking to go further in my football, how did you get into football and what advice would you give me for achieving this? Good Luck to you and Trinity this season! Matt |
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| martin472 | Nov 9 2007, 10:08 AM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Fri Nov 9 2007 Status: Offline | Hi Chris, no question, i just wanted to wish you and the rest of the players a great day on Sunday. This is Trinitys cup final having already gone through 3 rounds, the ground will be packed,make us and yourselves proud. UP THE BLUES!! |
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| Chris_Hall | Nov 9 2007, 12:03 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Fri Nov 9 2007 Status: Offline | Quote: happyimp at Nov 3 2007, 23:06 PM wrote Chris, you've played against Manchester United when with Burton Albion in the FA Cup. How did you rate them and are they worth their wage packet? "It was amazing. They are all world-class players, with regards to their wages, with football being the multi-million business, their entitled as they bring in a lot of the money. Comparing it to such things as emergency services, suppose it seems a bit silly. I played against Mikele Silvester and Kieron Richardson - everything about them is so quick, their touch is excellent, they rarely make a mistake. Their international players. I got Giggs's shirt, I'm still meaning to get it framed. Yo8u could tell it was so easy for them. The first game they had to play on our pitch and levelled things out somewhat, they could not play their normal game. At Old Trafford we were at their home ground and we knew it was going to be different. They won 5-0 and it could have been more. I could probably say they did not get out of third gear. There was 55,000 there, when your used to playing front of a couple of thousand, to play at Old Trafford is out of this world." |
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| Chris_Hall | Nov 9 2007, 12:07 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Fri Nov 9 2007 Status: Offline | Quote: EssexImp at Nov 4 2007, 08:29 AM wrote Hi Chris, I've seen a couple of games this season and been really impressed with the way Trinity play. How much does your manager Paul Mitchell stress that he wants to see free-flowing football? It's been exciting to watch and especially when you guys get the ball out wide and attack the wings - a bit of fresh air in a level where it can be a bit of lumping the ball forward at times. "Paul Mitchell stresses before evey game to play football, that's exactly what he wants us to do. Sometimes other things dictate how we play, sometimes we have to play more direct. We all enjoy playing football the right way. We try and get the ball down and wide as much as we can, I think that is where we get most of our success from and it's good to play under a manager like Paul who likes to play football. He does not go really that much in depth, he just tells us to enjoy it. If I can cut inside and get a shot in, I will. There have been a couple of very physical sides but nothing I have been surprised about. The Conference was physical as was the UniBond, so it has not been anything untoward. We have got quite a physical side ourselves." |
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| FrintonImp | Nov 9 2007, 12:10 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Wed Jun 6 2007 Status: Offline | Hi Chris, Who is the best - and worst - dressed player at Trinity? |
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| Chris_Hall | Nov 9 2007, 12:11 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Fri Nov 9 2007 Status: Offline | Quote: Trinityfan at Nov 4 2007, 15:44 PM wrote Chris First of all welcome to Gainsborough Trinity and the Northolme. I hope your settling in well with the rest of the squad, my question is this what are the differences between Burton in the Conference National and Trinity the Conference North. Good luck for saturday and hopefully you can repeat your heroics in the FA Cup again. Andy "The obvious one is the fact that with Burton it was based on more full-time football. With Trinity we train once hopefully twice a week and obviously stadium-wise, we had a brand new stadium. It was more of your job at Burton, it was case of playing for the club but you also had off-the field activities and functions to attend and it took up the majority of your week. The new stadium was really nice, facilities were excellent, I think it held about 7,000. You have got clubs like Oxford and Torquay, former league clubs in the Conference Premier, so stadiums tend to be bigger and I suppose you get bigger crowds." |
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| Chris_Hall | Nov 9 2007, 12:18 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Fri Nov 9 2007 Status: Offline | Quote: holyblues at Nov 5 2007, 12:27 PM wrote do you have any aspirations of making it in the footballl league and how likely do you think this is? also what football team do you support and how did you get into the game? "To play in the league has always been a dream of mine and until I stop playing, it always will. I do not really think about it too much, I am enjoying my football at Trinity and that is the main thing, I had a seasonn out last year and I just wanted to get back this year and emnjoy my football, which is what I am doing. I did my cruciate ligament, avoiding a challenge. Before my operation they told me my knee might not be the same, but everything is fine, physio went really well and now it feels great. "I support Chelsea, I have done ever since I was nine, not just since they started winning things. My dad and my uncle both supported them, with me playing Saturday's now though I don't really get to watch them. Disappointed about Mourinho going, he was our most successful manager, Grant has done well the last few games though and the way we are playing now is a bit more eciting than it was in the past. Hopefully we can win the Premiership and the Champions League. "I started playing when I was nine, for Lowlands, then it carried on from there, I used to train a lot with my dad and I just enjoyed it. Then I went to Leeds United academy for a couple of years and then I came back at about the age of 13-14 and carried on playing youth football. When I was about 18, I went to Lincoln United in the youth team then I joined Grantham with John Wilkinson and then went with him to Lincoln United." |
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| Chris_Hall | Nov 9 2007, 12:22 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Fri Nov 9 2007 Status: Offline | Quote: Question at Nov 5 2007, 16:14 PM wrote Chris, I've heard people calling you Coco from the sides at Trinity. Is that your nickname? Where did that come from? "That came about in my first season at Burton, we were playing Northwich and I think we lost 4-0 away. We came in at the end and the manager was not particularly pleased with me, I tried to do some skills in the corner, and he told me in no uncertain terms that if I wanted to do tricks, I should become a circus clown. All the lads started calling me Coco. "When I came down to Trinity and Eric Graves who was with me at Burton came, the name followed me." |
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| Chris_Hall | Nov 9 2007, 12:25 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Fri Nov 9 2007 Status: Offline | Quote: ash_imps at Nov 5 2007, 20:31 PM wrote Hi Chris. Firstly, I must say that when I have been to Northolme to watch Gainsborough Trinity, you have been one of the best players every time. My question for you is do you feel you have become a better player since you arrived at Gainsborough and what areas do you feel you have improved ? Hope that Trinity can play some good attacking football this season and get up the league Ashley "I have become a more confident player since being at Trinity and that is through the manager giving me a licence to play how I want to play and giving me that confidence. "With the three years I spent at Burton, I can see I improved a lot there. That was down to the players I played with, people like Nigel Clough, Mark Robins and Darryl Clare. There were a lot of players there that had league experience." I think every aspect of my game has improved, my touch, passing, shooting and just gaining experience really." |
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| Chris_Hall | Nov 9 2007, 12:28 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Fri Nov 9 2007 Status: Offline | Quote: jimmystars at Nov 6 2007, 13:15 PM wrote Having played against you in the mid lincs league I remember you as a central forward for Hykeham - do you prefer playing as a central forward or down the right hand side? "I think I prefer playing as a winger, due to the fact that you see more of the ball. I loved playing as a forward when I was younger and I still do, I've played up front for Trinity on a few occassions, but sometimes you will not see much of the ball as a forward, whereas a midfielder, you tend to see more of the ball. "My time at Burton I was always tracking back as a wide player, but at Gainsborough I am told to stay forward more. "I get more enjoyment out of making things happen in the last third, but if I was told to play at the back I would be more than happy to do it." |
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| Chris_Hall | Nov 9 2007, 12:31 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Fri Nov 9 2007 Status: Offline | Quote: FrintonImp at Nov 9 2007, 12:10 PM wrote Hi Chris, Who is the best - and worst - dressed player at Trinity? "The best-dressed has to be me. "Worst dressed, you have got Nathan (Forbes-Swindells) or Smudger (Jamie Smith) - he tends to wear his going-out clothes for training, so I don't know what he actually goes out in." |
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| happyimp | Nov 9 2007, 12:33 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon Jun 25 2007 Status: Offline | Chris, how is the knee these days? Did you get back sooner than you expected? |
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