Are the lads back in training yet?

sglowrider said:
Cheers! 2 days after coming back. No more running hills for sure.
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Yeah so those who will come back two days before the first match will not be involved in it but will focus on tests and fitness in their first days.
 
Pre season gets me really excited to see the impressive potential of our youth players who will eventually never get a chance to play the coming season.
 
bringbackbebe said:
Fernandez, Diallo, Mejbri, Isak, Shoretire. Last season, it was Iqbal and Savage!
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Iqbal surprised me during preseason and my expectation just skyrocketed. Isak and Mainoo will hopefully make a mark.
 
There’s no news on pornhub yet. Are you guys sure they are back in training soon?
 
KikiDaKats said:
Iqbal surprised me during preseason and my expectation just skyrocketed. Isak and Mainoo will hopefully make a mark.
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Could be off, but I think Mainoo is basically first team ready and part of ETH's plans already - similar to what Garnacho was last season. The others will have to show something more in pre-season & in training.
 
Lots of pictures from the Qatar Airways Training Complex today
 
bringbackbebe said:
Could be off, but I think Mainoo is basically first team ready and part of ETH's plans already - similar to what Garnacho was last season. The others will have to show something more in pre-season & in training.
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I’d like to think he is ready. It all comes down to trust from the manager with young players and we are still in transition for the manager to make some adventurous calls. At least Mainoo has shown he can be trusted at some point.
 
Red Royal said:
We really do need to find a way to give some minutes to the best youth prospects through the season.
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I believe ETH will try to do that more this season because he’ll know the team better now. He also had to put out a lot of fires last season and there were no clear opportunities to give out more game time.
 
Are the lads back in training yet?
 
izak said:
Are the lads back in training yet?
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It really shows how far behind we have fallen, our players don’t even train anymore. Shambles.

I’ve also read that Liverpool and Arsenal have exotic organic orange juice for breakfast, while we overpay for ours at Tesco

I blame Fletcher and De Gea for it
 
top1whoisman said:
The first group returned to Carrington yesterday, and the rest are apparently due to report back on Thursday.
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So what you reckon the first group did yesterday and today?
 
izak said:
So what you reckon the first group did yesterday and today?
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I believe EtH locked them in a dungeon and made them watch Weghorst highlights from last season.

Don’t know, probably some meetings and I’d guess fitness training. A bit weird that there’s no pictures going around, but there were of them arriving to Carrington.
 
bringbackbebe said:
Could be off, but I think Mainoo is basically first team ready and part of ETH's plans already - similar to what Garnacho was last season. The others will have to show something more in pre-season & in training.
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I hope I'm wrong...

But I'm willing to bet that Mainoo hardly gets any minutes again this season. Perhaps in some domestic cup games, in a weakened side against lower level opposition. But then again, Ten Hag fielded strong teams in every competition last season.

Whenever I've watched him he has been fairly press resistant, with good athleticism and decent passing. But that has been against low-level opposition or during minutes in a low-tempo/low-stakes pre-season match.

It would be a hard blow to find out that he is yet another of our academy players who is overrated. I don't necessarily think that is the case, but it wouldn't surprise me either.
 
izak said:
So what you reckon the first group did yesterday and today?
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Bit like the first day back at school, showing off their new backpacks to each other, talking about what they got up to over the summer holidays, pissing about at dinner break and little else.
 
Disappointing not to see a certain players return.

Such a poorly run club to have not made a statement about the players future involvement.
 
sure they cant train without goalies, everyone would just be shooting from everywhere, it would be complete chaos
 
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