*** Pre-season Friendlies Thread ***

[Robbo]

No doubt many of us will be watching the pre-season friendlies over the next few weeks, so I thought we should have a thread to discuss them in.

This thread is not limited to Premier League teams only, it's for everything.

Friendlies and kick-off times for Premier League teams: Link & Link (Times in BST)

Unfortunately most of them won't be properly televised so you'll have to suffer a stream.

Popular teams (from above link):

Arsenal

July 14: Southampton/Anderlecht (45-min matches,St Mary’s)

July 24: Malaysia XI (Kuala Lumpur)

July 27: Manchester City (Beijing)

July 29: Kitchee (Hong Kong)

Aug 5: Nigeria (Abukja)

Aug 12: Cologne (A)

Chelsea

July 18: Seattle Sounders (A)

July 22: Paris Saint-Germain (New York)

July 25: MLS All-Stars (A)

July 28: AC Milan (Miami)

Aug 4: Brighton (A)

Liverpool

July 21: Toronto (A)

July 25: Roma (Boston)

July 28: Tottenham (Baltimore)

Aug 5: Bray Wanderers (Liverpool XI, A)

Aug 7: Crusaders (Liverpool XI, A)

Aug 12: Bayer Leverkusen (H)

Manchester City

July 27: Arsenal (Beijing)

July 30: Malaysia XI (A)

Aug 12: Chelsea (Community Shield, Villa Park)

Manchester United

July 18: AmaZulu FC (A)

July 21: Ajax Cape Town (A)

July 25: Shanghai Shenhua (A) TBC

Aug 5: Valerenga (A)

Aug 8: Barcelona (Gothenburg)

Aug 11: Hannover 96 (A)

Newcastle United

July 13: Chemnitzer (A)

July 16: Monaco (Landsberg am Lech)

July 21: Fenerbahce (Sopron)

July 27: Olympiakos (Faro)

July 28: Braga (Faro)

Aug 11: Cardiff (A)

Tottenham Hotspur

July 17: Stevenage (A)

July 24: LA Galaxy (A)

July 28: Liverpool (Baltimore)

July 31: NY Red Bulls (A)

Aug 4: Watford (Spurs XI, A)

Aug 9: Valencia (A)

Aug 10: Southend (Spurs XI, A)

 

[Robbo]

Manchester United will kick-off their pre-season tour with a match in Durban against AmaZulu FC tonight at 19:00 (BST).

Kagawa starting I believe! Streams will be available at the usual places, hopefully they'll be fairly good.

 

[Robbo]

I shall be watching the game tonight live in glorious high definition, thanks to the fact that TV2 in Norway have it on the main football channel.

(Man City on now, ESPN)

 

[Robbo]

No Kagawa

 

[Robbo]

Anyone know who's on the bench? Couldn't find it on the Utd website

Valencia, Anderson, Powell, Kagawa, Johnstone, Bebe, Vermijl, Blackett, Petrucci, Tunnicliffe

 

[Robbo]

Forgot we were playing tonight

How's Kagawa doing? Anyone got a link so I can watch?

He's on the bench. Can't you find a stream? There's a few.

 

[Robbo]

Did anyone see that control from Berbatov just then? Sublime.

 

[Robbo]

Don't leave, Berbatov.

 

[Robbo]

Were there any half time subs?

Just Vermijl on for Veseli.

 

[Robbo]

Brady has looked good.

Front three are starting to look a little tired, would be nice if we had a Japanese person to come on.

 

[Robbo]

Anderson and Blackett coming on.

 

[Robbo]

Worst. Penalty. Decision. Ever.

Though it's a free kick now.

 

[Robbo]

Berbatov is just a joy to behold.

 

[Robbo]

On comes the Shinj.

 

[Robbo]

FOUL SOMEONE PLEASE.

 

[Robbo]

What time do Chelsea kick off against the Sounders?

2am I believe.

 

[Robbo]

Chelsea are off to a flyer! Shame we couldn't score more than one against what are effectively a Sunday league team.

 

[Robbo]

Manchester United vs Ajax Cape Town

Kicking off in 30 minutes (2pm BST).

MUFC XI vs Ajax Cape Town: Amos; Vermijl, Wooton, Ferdinand, Blackett; Valencia, Scholes, Carrick, Anderson; Kagawa, Hernandez.

 

[Robbo]

Kagawa having a hard time keeping the ball. He is just really small.

Shouldn't judge him now though. Not untill after his first season at UTD. Just hope he brings the same form he had in Germany.

He's been good whenever he's had the ball. His size isn't an issue.

Unfortunately we've looked largely clueless. :/

 

[Robbo]

We've come out with a bit more purpose in this second half.