Even Ten Hag is saying it wasn’t good enough. It’s not the end of the world but there are still standards.
Rosenborg vs Manchester United (Mon 15th July, 17:00 UK time)
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If we put out that team I would agree.
It's not just about the poor performance for me, it's about how everyone was playing it safe. No one was showing for the ball, no one was taking any risks and it's pre-season. Make big mistakes, concede goals, who cares? They pressed high and no one wanted to drop deep and take responsibility for moving the ball forward. We just kept passing it between the centre-backs and the goalkeeper until one of them got bored and passed it to a full-back, which ended in either losing the ball or just hoofing it forward and losing the ball.
If you're not attempting things in pre-season, if you're not taking risks now, then when?
If you're not attempting things in pre-season, if you're not taking risks now, then when?
Exactly, we've seen us in first season games but this was particularly horrid
Collyer will get games this season.
You’ve done me!
To be fair to him, he's only been saying that for 12-18 months now.
Been here a whole season and you don’t know his name yet?
Is it the one from a couple of weeks ago or a new one?
(I still have no idea what Snapdragon do)
Not based on this game but in general, any chance we can ship Rashy off? His always depressed bad mood state infects the whole team.
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This comment was actually the best thing about the game.
How was Casemiro? I’m guessing slow and lethargic, but hoping for an energetic display.
How did we set up lads, Formation wise?
Collyer, Fletcher, Ennis not far off.
And zero players featured in the second half will be starting any games for us this season.
It's a continuation of last season, just less fit.
With better players we will of course play better, but if we don't change the shape of the team or how we play, it will be another bad season.
With better players we will of course play better, but if we don't change the shape of the team or how we play, it will be another bad season.
They help Fletch put the cones out, and iron Micky Phelans shorts.
He was slow and lethargic. But just a bit better than Rashford and Hannibal who, in my view, were terrible.
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Good to know and only first game of pre season against a team in the middle of their season but you’d still expect players to put the effort in. ETH really has to be flogging them in to shape this preseason or he’ll be gone by Christmas.
Plenty of the players were playing last season in our under 21s that finished 12th. Its not too surprising that they werent as good as Rosenborg who are playing their league season. I was just dissappointed in how few good moments there were. Even in defeat you'd hope for a few flashes of promise in otherwise under par performances.
Sverre Halseth Nypan (their number 41) is going to go far. He glides like Modric.
We're linked to him, right?
Been linked for almost a year now. I’d snap him up right now and loan him back. His raw technical ability is already certainly better than McTominay, Hannibal and the current Casemiro’s, but he needs to play week in week out.
Now, this part I’m not sure of, but according to Football Manager, his release clause is £3.4m. That is utterly ridiculous when you consider that Hannibal cost us £10m.
As soon as I saw the squad I knew this would be a nothing game not worth watching. Seems I was right.
Scandinavians are pretty cheap
The best player in the league (Danish) just went for up to £12m and that is a record fee. Nypan's agent is Pimienta, so he has probably been brought up during the MdL discussions.
Can he please not get on about "not good enough" already.
Just respond with something like "It was a good chance to get some minutes in the legs for the youngsters and some of the starters, the pre-season is going well and we are looking forward to the Premier League rolling around again"
That is only reserved for when we are getting battered by relegation fodder with close to a full squad.
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I don’t agree to be honest. I though while we as a team were poor at playing out from the back, the 3 or 4 times we did it well he was a key part of the plays. That was the reason I originally said he impressed me - because he looked the only player in either half who was doing the right things in that exact respect.
That was a bad game. Vitek & Ennis looked decent. Collyer was ok. The rest were terrible
He’s not. He’s like this in every thread.
Oh it’ll definitely be that and not how he does in those loans or how he performs with the first team in training.
Yes of course he was involved in the 2 times we did it okay, as were all the other players who did it poorly overall
His name isn't Amadou mate, you know what I mean!
We play this friendly, in this manner, against similar opposition with a similar squad every fecking year, and people are legitimately complaining?
They never look like footballers until they go on tour, and even then it’s only 45 mins worth.
They never look like footballers until they go on tour, and even then it’s only 45 mins worth.