Manchester United vs Liverpool (Sun 4th August, 00:30 UK time)

AWB pulling up. He looked gassed after 30 minutes.
 
Really hoping Zirkzee proves to be somewhat clinical. Sancho as a false false 9 ain't it (he ain't it in general), and I'm not particularly keen seeing Rashford up top either. Still feels like this side couldn't hit a barn door.
Zirkzee scored 9 goals in open-play in the league for Bologna last season.
 
I was in North Carolina a few years ago in early August. It felt like someone was pouring boiling water on me…even at 9am.

The genius who decided to play a match in that part of the US in August should be taken to the woodshed.
Meanwhile a couple of no-nothing London teams are playing in an actual city at the moment. Literally no redeeming value to Columbia, SC.
 
He is but he’s still going to cost us goals at elite level, he’ll be ready in a year as he develops defensively. ETH without at least 4 or 5 new squad players is going to be looking at a 40% loss rate again this season so I can see him gone by November if he doesn’t change his stubborn nature, a 50/50 game that we just can’t score is totally indicative of last season.and fans don’t think we need a proper number 9 like Toney are insane?
We're missing what are likely to be all our top goalscorers next season - Hojlund, Zirkzee, Bruno, Garnacho and Rashford only played 45 minutes.

Nothing like overreacting because we can't score in one pre-season game. We scored 3 in the last one. It's a bit meaningless.

Our biggest issue is that we usually don't create any chances. If we always create the amount of chances that we have in this game we'd score bucketloads across a season.

The opportunity to sign Toney has gone. If we were going down that route, we'd had have to have signed Toney over Zirkzee, not both.
 
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Meanwhile a couple of no-nothing London teams are playing in an actual city at the moment. Literally no redeeming value to Columbia, SC.
It's a college town known for their college american football team. Maybe they are banking on gaining the support of the college kids?
 
AWB playing without being subbed? Feels like an undue risk for a player that we are reported to being close to sell..
Well we have got to help West Ham out to bring AWB up to match fitness to get ready for their new season.
 
Without a new proper DM and another CM there is no chance we are finishing top 4. Casemiro/Eriksen/McT are not going to do anything for us.
 
We need midfield signings, hopefully we manage to seal some soon-ish. Get Rabiot and Ugarte in, feck it.

In pre season of course you can with abit of common sense.

"I can't call"

"yes you can"

please don't be weird. I've not even been critical of anyone today
 
This tour has me absolutely chuffed to watch the lads this season! All it took as one more summer and now Ten Hag has them playing some great stuff.
 
He is not 'miles' better and has a poor poor injury record. It stupid to get a crock like him to add to our injury prone defense, especially at FB.
Not to mention we clearly need to be spending the money elsewhere, DM and CB (and maybe even a striker) for example
 
Our ball progression is just fecking atrocious.

ETH really doesn't care about getting players to play in midfield. Nobody comes short, forcing Onana to go long.

Edit: And there goes AWB off injured :lol:
 
Soon-to be-sold AWB down in the 83rd minute of a friendly. This ten Hag guy is some feckin Einstein.
 
Good he's off before he's knackered and we are lumbered.
 
Under Fergie we were never very good in the preseason but started the season well...so there's hope.
Hope is all we have for the last 11 years, I hope we finish higher than 8 and not get trash badly by City, Liverpool or Arsenal.
 
Eriksen and Casemiro can feck off
We really just need to give them both away we can’t have either on the pitch this season but both together we will see five and six nil defeats, seriously terrible pre season and tour, Not getting at least 3 or 4 players in who could make the tour was suicide!
 
Really shit pre-season besides Amad showing his quality & Amass. Rashford has been good generally.

For the rest it's the same shit. Case, Lindelof, AWB, McTom, Sancho, Mount, Harry, Onana, Antony all a bit meh.
 
It's a college town known for their college american football team. Maybe they are banking on gaining the support of the college kids?
Oh I’m familiar with the Gamecocks and that influences my opinion. College kids are broke, and University of South Carolina isn’t exactly the prestigious institution of the south.

Tampa on the other hand has two universities, one of which has students loaded with money, and diverse community of ethnicities and income. West Ham - Palace game is practically empty… I’ve seen higher attendances at a WNBA game.
 
He is not 'miles' better and has a poor poor injury record. It stupid to get a crock like him to add to our injury prone defense, especially at FB.
The injury record is a valid concern. However there’s absolutely zero doubt he is in fact miles better as an actual player.
 
Onana plays hoofball every game to a forward line that are incapable of challenging in the air and holding the ball up. It's just clueless all round.
 
Would Antony even start for a bottom tier PL team? I'm serious. I can't think of a single good quality he has, except his tenacity I guess which isn't exactly you're most desired quality for a winger. I actually think he'd be a half decent left back or wing back
 
Really shit pre-season besides the Amad showing his quality & Amass. Rashford has been good generally.

For the rest it's the same shit. Case, Lindelof, AWB, McTom, Sancho, Mount, Harry, Onana, Antony all a bit meh.
Only Mount and Onana deserve another season. We just can't find buyers for the others.
 
Really shit pre-season besides Amad showing his quality & Amass. Rashford has been good generally.

For the rest it's the same shit. Case, Lindelof, AWB, McTom, Sancho, Mount, Harry, Onana, Antony all a bit meh.
Mount has been good