Who is this 'Erikson' chap that I see so many of our fans talking about?
Pardon my intrusion, I’m sure they meant to say Ericksson.
Who is this 'Erikson' chap that I see so many of our fans talking about?
Oh Yeah iqbal as well. It was nice to see that he didnt seem to have a problem with the phsysical side if the game.Yes. I felt he and Iqbal looked tidy. I'd like to see them partnered with Fred/McTominay next game.
Do you know what "sarcasm" means?Do you not know what 'treble' means?
Nah, come on. Our first team against their second scored three goals. Our second team against their all star lineup, including their super duper new £85million striker, scored another. And that's before our supposedly team strengthening signings come in.
We weren't perfect, it's a friendly, the heat and humidity looked tortuous, Liverpool were clearly having a shite day. But if you look at the individual performances, we were almost, to a man, calm and collected on the ball, well drilled, and communicating brilliantly on the pitch. Seeing Sancho and Martial have the confidence to try and beat their man, and often doing it, was also great.
It'll still be Liverpool versus City for the league but I don't see us embarrassing ourselves against them like we did last season!
Robbie Savage: I'd praise myself on message boards under false nameSavage looked good.
Surely it's ErickhssonPardon my intrusion, I’m sure they meant to say Ericksson.
Pellistri = pre-season Figo
Same with the Amad comments, all from 1 half of a pre-seaon game'Pellistri has played this half on his arse' 'this front three won't make it at this club'
Cue a devastating counter attack
Perfect timing to pipe down a few bizarre comments.
Who is this 'Erikson' chap that I see so many of our fans talking about?
Pellistri = pre-season Figo
Life under Erik eh?
Liked the fitness, work rate. Impressive that Uniteds B team beat a first choice Liverpool 1-0 in the final 30 minutes. Bailly especially in beast mode..
Roll on game two of the pre season..
There was the pre-seaon where we bossed Madrid and then had to play for the Super Cup (or something) against them a matter of weeks later and they played us off the parkJust makes me think of the preseason where we tanked Real Madrid then immediately shit the bed in the league (was it Swansea) in the league a week later.
Didn’t notice till after I posted as working, but what I said still stands he was shocking even with simple passes.He's playing CB - give the guy a break.
I agree he should be sold, but not on tonights evidence.
Hoping the name on that shirt is the name of the person who'll buy us from the Glazers (Jeff) B(r)ezos
This got a lot of likes yesterday. The price tag will mean the pressure only grows on him.
Robbie Savage: I'd praise myself on message boards under false name
https://www.espn.com/soccer/english...d-praise-myself-on-message-boards-under-false-name
Has or had the potential to be world class, a 3x combo of bad managers, injuries and his personality (clumsy and rash) have not helped him. Maybe this is the year?Don't mean to bring down your optimism, but a "good player" is the one that can do well all season, in 30+ games. Even Pogba was world class for one game a season I think Bailly is a good example here. He was amazing today, but when the season starts he will probably be injured most of it and we will never benefit from his goodness. So he needs to be sold, despite clearly being very talented.
Signing him would have been a nightmare.
What about Iqbal - thought he looked a really good talent. Thought Martial outshone Rashford today too - which is a worryI know it's preseason and shouldn't be judged as what we're capable of come August but hopefully it's an omen of things to come.
Some observations :
Martial showed some shades of his past self with some glittering displays scattered in that short period and it would be wonderful if we could make any use of him this season especially considering the situation with Ronaldo and lack of talented strikers in the market but I still would sell if an offer came knocking by.
Rashford still has some work to do.
Shaw seemed to have gotten back some of his form, his first touch is still impeccable, hopefully he gets back to his best.
Bruno seemed a lot more composed although those wayward passes were still there, he probably should be played higher up on the pitch, im sure ten hag will get a tune out of him.
Malacia had a pretty decent debut, I have high hopes for the kid.
Bailly is the same old same old Bailly , a creature of habit and a mad man, he really is wonderful in his day but then again I don't think much needs to be said about his glass made body, even though it pains me to say I think we should offload him, he's rather old and will never not be injury prone, shame.
Zidane showed some promise, had a nice nifty touch and operated well under pressure, he could be of much use under the new direction which we're heading towards, could be a backup to de jong i think if we get that over the line.
VDB unfortunately looked rather underwhelming , he seems to be a nice lad bit to be brutally honest I don't think he's getting anything better than a part time role even under his former manager.
Amad looks neat but then he always does when given the chance, he isn't really a pace merchant neither does he have much physicality but his technique is awesome, hopefully ten hag helps him in taking that next step.
Fecundo looked impressive but he still needs to do a ton of work before getting a sniff at the first team.
I felt that we seemed a lot more direct and composed (the second half mayhem notwithstanding considering that the entire team was replaced) but I don't feel comfortable saying that it should definite improvement as to be honest I could see us having such an outlier performance under Ole but then it would also be too much to ask to have completely revamped our style seeing our players limitations and ten hat's lack of time in drilling such a change.
I expect massive improvements come September and I think new additions such as de jong will be imperative in achieving such results, having someone world class such as him connecting defense to the final third will do use wonders and immediately enhance our overall play with his driving runs.
Anyway I liked what I saw.
I did refer to Zidane in my post, he looked extremely promising , more than the previous time I saw him.What about Iqbal - thought he looked a really good talent. Thought Martial outshone Rashford today too - which is a worry
May be. But I honestly think we also need to start thinking like ruthless winners and stop giving players endless "second" chances.Has or had the potential to be world class, a 3x combo of bad managers, injuries and his personality (clumsy and rash) have not helped him. Maybe this is the year?
Injured apparently.Great result and especially in the first half you could see that the training was starting to knit the team. We were second best overall, but that was expected. Thought Bailley was Motm for Utd and Sancho played well as well. Iqbal stood out for the kids. I couldnt understand why Garner didnt get a game