Pre-season Football 2011/2012 Season

drunkenmaster · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:32

syke said:
Fabio, and tbh it was a decent header, Jones just lost out in the air, the rest were beaten by the ball..so kinda not their fault

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Wasn't a bad header, but Jones should have been the other side of the attacker, you'll lose the header more often than not when being the wrong side of the attacker, and both defenders were same side, with attackers "nearer" to the ball, if Smalling and Jones were either side, you box them in and make it very hard to win the header and even if you do, a player's shoulder hitting you from both sides makes it even harder to control.

Tom84 · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:32

de Gea

Fabio
Smalling
Jones
Evra

Obertan
Carrick
Cleverley
Welbeck

Berbatov
Diouf

SUBS: Lindegaard, Amos, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, J Evans, Nani, Young, Park, Anderson, Giggs, Rooney, Owen, Macheda.

Shamikebab · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:34

Tah, well hopefully we'll see some proper wingers in the second half!

This looks like a really nice stadium.

HarryPainful · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:35

Not too impressed with Cleverley up to now.

Does look bloody hot though.

Shamikebab · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:36

Think Carrick might still be on holiday.

BaZ87 · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:37

HarryPainful said:
Not too impressed with Cleverley up to now.

Does look bloody hot though.

You might want to make it clear you're talking about the weather in your 2nd sentence and not Cleverley :eek:

At least I hope you're talking about the weather.

HarryPainful · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:37

Nice move from Obertan.

Shamikebab · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:38

Obertan is the most hot and cold player I've ever seen, that flick was lovely but the shot was dire.

Bucket · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:38

Shamikebab said:
Think Carrick might still be on holiday.

Has been our best player on tour according to Caf seemingly.

drunkenmaster · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:38

lol, Fergie looks like he's dying on the bench. Anyone know what the temps are like, I know a lot of the US is in a heatwave right now, I think its mostly the central states but they were hitting like 51c the last couple days, crazy crazy temps out there at the moment.

Good touch to go around the defender there, but absolutely blasted it, Obertan is really just all power, on precision, even just passing 5-10 yards he's absolutely blasting it.

syke · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:38

Welbeck's linking up well...then comes to his job and air shots.

Apparently 93f there or something :/

Tom84 · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:38

LOL @ Obertan, he's even worse than Bellion :eek:

Tom84 · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:40

Bucket said:
Has been our best player on tour according to Caf seemingly.

He's certainly been one of, great in the first match, good cameo from the bench in the second. Obviously the opposition hasn't been the best though

andi · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:40

Bit harsh on Obertan, that ball took a nasty bounce, had a lot of spin on it. Did well to get it anywhere near and with power too..

syke · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:42

andi said:
Bit harsh on Obertan, that ball took a nasty bounce, had a lot of spin on it. Did well to get it anywhere near and with power too..

Yup, if he had scored that, it'd be a wonder goal

Shamikebab · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:42

Could have been 2-0 there, pretty poor so far.

Tom84 · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:43

Just seen Arsenal's new striker on Sky News scoring for them today, his head is even more odd than Obertans

Tom84 · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:44

Berbatov fails to beat the keeper in another one on one

Offside but still

Shamikebab · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:46

De Gea looks quite comfortable with the ball at his feet.

Fabio looks shattered, didn't even try and chase that guy.

Eatchipz · 23 Jul 2011 at 22:47

Jones looks like he is melting lol.