Weird isn’t it? And it’s been so for years; certainly well before Fergie retired. You’d think they would at least put a shift in and make their presence felt.
Club Friendlies - Aston Villa vs Man United on 12/09/2020
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The whole purpose of these frendlies before season start must be to train the interactions between the best players (those who are mostly going to play in all matches).
Playing a match like this with the bench players doesn't give any meaning and is a waist of time and a missing opportunity to let the best players improve their interactions.
Playing a match like this with the bench players doesn't give any meaning and is a waist of time and a missing opportunity to let the best players improve their interactions.
Needed this friendly like a hole in the head ...now having to play catch-up and I suppose another midweek game
The whole purpose is fitness, particularly for those who didn't play for their country, as Ole said before the game.
So you'd prefer to go into a new season having had no pre-season games?
So was this game definitely 1-0 to Villa?
Who knows
It's just a friendly for some fitness work, who cares. Shock that in said friendly our back ups lost to a strong Villa line up.
I wasn't complaining just interested. That said our backups should be able to beat Villa imo. Its yet another indicator they aren't good enough
Everyone losing their head.. didn’t we lose 2-1 to West Brom at Home before the restart? It’s a friendly. It doesn’t matter.
People are weird
I couldn't imagine devoting 1% of care to what happens in a friendly.
The line up but I think it could be shopped
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1599932195
Dean Henderson preferred in goal for Manchester United in behind closed doors defeat to Aston Villa
Dean Henderson preferred in goal for Manchester United in behind closed doors defeat to Aston Villa
If we really lost with that lineup then rip
Not really, pre season games are about raising revenue and giving players match time. Look at pre-season last year, whole bunch of kids played, even Jones got matches.
As we've only made 1 addition to the first team, it's hardly as though they need to get used to playing with each other. The bench players hardly got a kick toward the end of the season, they obviously need a work out.
Can't believe people are getting worked up about a closed doors match, simply ridiculous reactions to a nothing game
Confirms that Pogba and Fernandes are our two most important players. Maybe Martial too.
The line up but I think it could be shopped
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1599932195
Dean Henderson preferred in goal for Manchester United in behind closed doors defeat to Aston Villa
Under these circumstances ....yes
Why? Why play any pre-season games ever if that's your view?
It is a friendly with players getting match fitness. The result is irrelevant.
It might have given some of those players fitness, but some it won't have given them talent.
Let's just hope it quickens the obvious ones out of the door.
Of course pre season games are important, but not when the league has already started
It hasnt started for us
The line up but I think it could be shopped
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1599932195
Dean Henderson preferred in goal for Manchester United in behind closed doors defeat to Aston Villa
Thats a stronger side than I expected but Rashford at CAM? What exactly was Ole thinking there.
You got laughed at because you wanted to throw away the chance of a trophy.
Plenty of preparation time, Palace have had one game more than us. Hardly a massive advantage.
You realise we dropped points against them last season right? With a full strength team....
Exactly, and now we have to play catch-up when the other teams are resting
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Line up confirmed at 8:58
Still a horrendous lineup. Stuff for nightmares. McT and VdB in central midfield with Rashford the CAM? Lord have mercy. And that frontline...
Friendly games aren't just for fitness. They're also about building momentum and fluidity in your play so that when the season begins your psychological, mental and physical confidence is high going into the first game. Pre-season games matter in terms of how they build confidence, not just how they build fitness.
Palace have had 2 friendlies at least and a full PL game mate. How's that 1 more game?
Europa was always worth going for during the actual season. When it got moved to post season and we'd already got CL football it just became a massive headache in my opinion.
To be honest, the bitter reality is that those players are lucky to be playing in the Premier league. We overrate them based on the name of our club. We are 6 signings away from being a very good team again. And yes that's a number I plucked from the air.
Maybe: it's a friendly, I'll try something new because the result is irrelevant?
Can't even see one zebra. Do not want.
Judging from the line up he just looks to be playing mainly people who didn’t play international games.
The line up but I think it could be shopped
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1599932195
Dean Henderson preferred in goal for Manchester United in behind closed doors defeat to Aston Villa
What's with the different starting teams posted up online, can journalists not get it right the first time around?
Nice to see Sancho get a few minutes at the end.
They may put the line up like that doesn't mean players would be in that positions.
Can very happen to be:
Ighalo
Rashford Lingard Dan James
I wonder if Palace fans thought the worst when they drew against Brondby the other week?
Did you see Palaces lineup against Millwall? How many played against Brondby?
Seriously, you are so negative its untrue, you are the match day thread personified....
I hope that we beat Palace or the excuses will flow. Saw a headline that ‘United fans demand more signings after defeat at Villa’ . Well we always want more signings but the right signings. Paul Merson called Donny a ‘panic buy’. A panic buy with a month to go in the window ffs. Still need a quality Centre Half and Left Back in my view and as for Sancho, who do you drop to fit him in. Is he that good? £100m good?