Preseason Thread

[Lee909]

1 minute ago, niallers said:

Official is a right finicky cunt isn't he? Arsenal look a bit fitter than we do, or we've done more intense work before this game.

If i was a fan in the ground, I'd be down at the nearest tittie bar as its a bit boring.

 

 

Ref was shit in the last game to. Looked like he was PGMOL trained, ignored rough stuff one way and a possible pen for us. Blew up everytime a Beth's player went down screaming

[niallers]

We need changes. Don't want any unnecessary injuries. Good few look tired

[TD_LFC]

Here's where Arsenal win the game and their fans claim the title.

[3 Stacks]

Endo would be good in the Spearing role for the u23's.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Is Bobby Clark injured?

[TD_LFC]

5 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

Is Bobby Clark injured?

 

Yeah, didn't go on the tour.

[Trojan1892]

Clark is injured yes.

[niallers]

Back injury from last part of last season.

[Lee909]

Great tackle Morton

[Lee909]

Good hit Nyoni

[Lee909]

Very passive second half but the shape has been pretty good all things considered and with changes etc. Hardly had the ball but not really conceded many chances against what's not far off their first 11

[Lee909]

That'll do pig, that'll do

[Binomial]

Harsh lesson that for the young lads, on the end of a bad hammering from the mighty Arse. It’s only pre-season though, just about raising those fitness levels.

[niallers]

Results in preseason don't mean a fucking thing, as we all know. However with the new manager and a squad missing the majority of the first team, wins like this really helps to ease the angst amongst the fan base.

 

 

[Chris]

Pretty good that. Thought the starters looked comfortable and expressed themselves (shout outs to Harvey and Carvahlo) and the young lads looked really keen. Good stuff. 

 

Not too keen on how many touches of the ball the goalie had with his feet though.

[Red Shift]

On the whole, that’s a reasonable performance. The win was built on a solid 1st half, Arsenal got much more possession 2nd half, but really did nothing with the ball.

[Salou]

First half nice and entertaining even with some clumsy touches and passes around the back. Second half understandably very different without a recognised striker and the under 21's on for most of it but pretty decent keeping a clean sheet.

 

All, in all a very decent workout. Main worry so far from this season us how undercooked the international players will be from a lack of time with the new coach ahead of the first game against Ipswich, hopefully we have enough about us to get through that first month. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

6 hours ago, Trojan1892 said:

The Greek is wank.

You would say that being a Trojan. 

[Code]

Who won the penalties? 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Nice twist on "Can I have your shirt" - Harvey gave his shirt to someone who named their cat after him.

 

[chrisbonnie]

My plan of waiting for us to "lose" our 3 preseason games in the US before putting 20 euro on us to win the league game gone quite to plan..... 

 

But I'm happy to go into the season with mere 5/1 odds.... 

 

Another good win

[Paulie Dangerously]

Fuck Arsenal and fuck their El Jmmy Carro manager. Great stuff

[manwiththestick]

5 hours ago, Chris said:

Pretty good that. Thought the starters looked comfortable and expressed themselves (shout outs to Harvey and Carvahlo) and the young lads looked really keen. Good stuff. 

 

Not too keen on how many touches of the ball the goalie had with his feet though.

Agree on that last point, I would argue that Kelleher is more comfortable with the ball at his feet than Ali, I fear we're going to get targeted pretty quickly if we insist on playing that way.

[gkmacca]

8 hours ago, Chip Butty said:

This new suicide passing approach at the back, is really paying dividends. 

 

I know why we're doing it, but I guess the value, or lack of it, will be determined by how many more goals we score than we concede, because we WILL concede some playing that way, even if we get swifter and sharper at it. 

 

For me, part of the problem is that they work on it in training as a simple short routine, whereas in a real game situation it's part of a much longer and more elaborate process, and it usually breaks down when the first phase of playing out from the back ends with a defender failing to find a route into midfield, so we start over again, the attackers press more, and we lose it. There's rarely a middle way with it - it either works very well or it hands opponents a chance.

 

I'd prefer it if, when the first sequence fails to find a way forward, we go for a longer ball out of defence. It's when we get drawn into ever-decreasing circles of play that we mess up. And that's sheer torture to watch multiple times every game.

[El Rojo]

Does this suit Kelleher’s game a bit better than Alisson’s?