We're really bad at keeping the ball.
Arsenal vs Manchester United (Sun 28th July, 01:00 UK time)
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Maguire played today. He was shit.
Are McTominay etc not good enough for Europa league and league cup.
And it won't ever change with ETH.
Makes one wonder how slow the Bundesliga really is, if Sancho thrives in it.
Everyone practically cleared the runway for Martinelli there. So fecking passive.
Well, that's annoying.
I feel bad for Scanlon now. 
Rashford is not good enough to shine Martinelli's shoes. Sad but a fact
Not sure what Fish is doing there. Way too passive.
2-1 Arsenal, awful half from us and some awful performances from a few senior players who shouldn't be at the club.
What is Oyedele doing ? Martinelli is 1 on 1 with Scanlon - and he does nothing to help him
We need to build a way of playing first. We can't just throw money at everything and expect it to work.
There's no style of play, which should be apparent from the first team all the way down to the youth team.
Is it that fecking hard to make a player go down the goal line instead of inside? How fecking stupid are defenders ffs.
It’s also just very open. Defending is optional at times.
Agree. Not the football I want to watch tbh.
I stand corrected. Only 10 players missing then. Not 11. Squad depth is fecked.
That Right back for us not ready, doesnt even look like a right back.
Same for Wheatley, all need to remain in the u-23s, not ready for men football
Same for Wheatley, all need to remain in the u-23s, not ready for men football
To win those? Absolutely not
17 year old attacking midfielder left alone against the best dribbler in the league far too much. Disappointing with Fish there.
Fish or Scanlon? Edit: Fish didn't help him out, got it.
He's shown much, much more in his career to date.
Such a poor defending, he knocked the ball so far into the box and no one intercepted it, extremely poor by Fish and the rest.
We've been, umm, terrible.
Commentator shitting on Evans when he had nothing to do with it 
He's not a fullback. Playing out of position as cover
Nobody wants to make a fecking block or get to the ball first nowadays. So infuriating.
Fish seemed to get stuck in two minds there...poor.
Funny that
Oh feck off.
Duh. Chill out. Scanlon is not a defender. I don't think he ever played at RB for the u-18s. He needs more help from his midfielders and Antony as he's left 1v1 against a very experienced PL winger in Martinelli.
Yeah we haven't spent enough money for this manager to build a side that can string 5 passes together.
Totally out of his depths
It's a limited ceiling unless you've got loads of world class players capable of individual brilliance and that's not realistic either.
Hopefully with a settled XI, we see improvements during the season, but I doubt it.
This season is going to be another of suffering isn't it.
Fish just pussed out of that tackle/challenge
I know that but I just can't wrap my head around it. Professional football players getting their body all square and allowing a dangerous player going inside. Just show them the runway down to the goal line and deal with them there.
Ball watching when he should clear it to row Z
We played well for 15 minutes and that was it. It's very similar to what we saw last season.
Obviously, it's only pre season and we're missing a few players, but as I said before, it would be nice to see a style or play that is made apparent even when we haven't got our full first team.
Really pointless friendly this. Mostly players who aren’t going to get anywhere near the first team squad this season, thousands of miles away, on an amateur level pitch that has already knackered two of our most important players.
Waste of time other than for commercial interests.
I mean what are we going to learn from watching Martinelli run at an out of position scanlon, and Fish?
Waste of time other than for commercial interests.
I mean what are we going to learn from watching Martinelli run at an out of position scanlon, and Fish?