*** 2014/15 Pre-season Friendly Thread ***

[Rids]

Sonogo is like a new Torres.

Pidgeon'd?

 

[Somnambulist]

5-0. Calm down.

 

[Robbo]

Steve Bates ‏@sbates_people
NEWS from #MUFC in Detroit:.am hearing lvg *CONSIDERING* playing Fletcher in a 3-man defence along with Keane and Evans v @realmadrid....

 

[The__Malteser]

Great! Hala Madrid

 

[shipinabottle]

Not the worst idea to try in my eyes, he no longer has the engine for a combative midfielder role.

 

[toshj]

We quite comfortably beat Palace's first team 3-2 today. We were taking the mick at 2-0 but they grabbed two niggly tap-ins before we got the winner. Our first goal was excellent, second goal was decent. Third goal was absolutely incredible - Odubajo controls it on his chest on the wing about 40 yards out, lobbed it over the oncoming defender, beat two defenders and calmly put it in the corner

Bad news is that it looks like our best player and L1 POTY last season may be off to Wigan. Booo.

 

[FrankJH]

With smalling injured, he doesnt really have many options to keep the same system (which really he has to do at this point, and all credit for doing that)

Fletcher also did 45 minutes in the same position against......was it Roma or LAG I cant remember which (hmm think it was LAG in which case its a completely different test but even so, good on LvG for sticking with the same formation)

 

[omnomnom]

With smalling injured, he doesnt really have many options to keep the same system (which really he has to do at this point, and all credit for doing that)

Fletcher also did 45 minutes in the same position against......was it Roma or LAG I cant remember which (hmm think it was LAG in which case its a completely different test but even so, good on LvG for sticking with the same formation)

You don't stick to the same formation if the personnel aren't there surely.

 

[Caseh]

You don't stick to the same formation if the personnel aren't there surely.

The players he has are **** in any formation, so he may as well use the formation he likes!

 

[Shamikebab]

You don't stick to the same formation if the personnel aren't there surely.

In this situation yes. It's a friendly and he wants to get the squad used to a formation they haven't played before this pre season.

 

[Robbo]

The teams:

Man Utd: De Gea; M Keane, Jones, Evans; Valencia, Herrera, Fletcher, Young; Mata; Rooney, Welbeck

Real Madrid: Casillas; Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos, Nacho, Carvajal; Illarra, Alonso, Modric; Bale, Isco

Fletcher in midfield then!

 

[Trusty]

Young at LWB then? Should be interesting against Bale.

 

[[TW]Sponge]

Where can I watch the game? It's not on Sky, It's not on BT.

 

[Robbo]

Where can I watch the game? It's not on Sky, It's not on BT.

MUTV.

 

[dmcg]

looks like most mu fans there

 

[FrankJH]

You don't stick to the same formation if the personnel aren't there surely.

The position is king more than the player with LvG

 

[bloodline76]

Nice win by Arsenal tonight. Even with mostly bench players played they looked threatening.

Well done to so-no-goal who got four. Campbell staying is also a huge boost to our attacking options.

Chambers looked good a CB too, might challenge mert for a starting place with a few more games.

 

[Jimbeam3678]

Where can I watch the game? It's not on Sky, It's not on BT.

Its on ruski 5HD

 

[FrankJH]

All the blogs are saying the cameras are mounted way too high up to get much detail

 

[Robbo]

Yeah the cameras aren't great.