Very nice goal. Everyone picked the right pass at the right time, good to see.
Manchester United 2:2 Steven Gerrard's Villa (Sat 23rd July, 10:45 UK time)
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We need Frenkie in on this alongside Martinez and Eriksen. He will take us to a new level. The composure and control he’ll bring is something none of our other central midfielders can offer.
Not having to rely on individual brilliance all the time is great to see.
I know players need more than 45 mins now but this pitch is so dreadful I’d get this team off at half time. Think it’s more important we get through the game with no injuries
especially the Sancho/Martial/Rashford trio
especially the Sancho/Martial/Rashford trio
21 in May
Just realized Villa's kit is a very very annoying shade of blue
Considering the pitch we are doing pretty well. VdB does absolutely nothing though.
Personally I hope we sign #21 sooner
You could actually start the video from before this. Every player involved (apart from vdb)
Donny is having a shocker really.
The only 2 pre seasons we've had remotely close to this since probably 2010 was that 11/12 pre season and then Van Gaals pre season. Genuinely been excellent football and good intensity, and playing as a team.
Please share
Bummer
Rashford working hard.
VDB looks completely lost.
Donny's movement makes the goal.
Come to the realisation it's really just him, not the coach, his teammates or the circumstances
He is playing very high, a couple of nice first touch passes when the ball gets to him but struggling to get on the ball consistently.
Have they had an extremely wet summer? No excuses for having a pitch like this in a country where the sun generally is beaming down all day.
Really good to see
donny looks like a ‘make a wish’ kid and plays like one.
VDB is completely lost out there, an absolute passenger.
Van de Beek = dead food.
Don’t call @Samid that. He’s just the messenger!
I wondered why they were wearing coats on this tour myself to be honest. You make a great point. Could be the impact of global warming I imagine.
Boring game. May be the pitch.
OMG you didn't put white text!!!!!!
Donny a bit of a 0 at this point. Our build up very Bruno centric so you have Shaw and rashford a lot more involved than Sancho and Dalot.
Swap Donny for Eriksen here... Much more of a 433 and less a 4231
Swap Donny for Eriksen here... Much more of a 433 and less a 4231
It’s their winter.
Him and Shaw have always had a good connection. I don't know how often they even played together last season
Nothing new there then
Every. fecking. Time.
The pitch is a fecking disgrace. Great goal though.
Blimey. Rash is working really hard. ETH effect?
Very likely, it is very close to start of season and players will not want to get injured in a pre-season friendly because of a pitch.
Ffs bruno
State of that pitch. Blow it up ref.
He does, he really demands the most of players and seems to have a very good idea of how to coach it into the players.
I think they'll all do really well, they were some of the best players in good Ajax teams so they are ballers. Martinez might miss some height and Eriksen might miss some speed. But they are modern, gifted players, tactically strong and willing to follow the instructions of the manager. I think Martinez will surprise many, and de Jong when used correctly is just a top 10, maybe top 5 midfielder in the world. No one knows how to use him better than Erik Ten Hag.