The Great Preseason Thread

adam cool dude · 12 Jul 2022 at 15:52

fez said:
Liverpool going through another final without scoring.

PMSL.

Pigeon_Killer · 12 Jul 2022 at 15:52

How long after the match finishes will the United season review be available?

Why is the commentator calling him Nune-iez? :mad:

Tombstone · 12 Jul 2022 at 15:52

Hopefully the next betting round will go as well as that one. All helps towards the increased energy bills

chroniclard · 12 Jul 2022 at 15:53

Remember watching a pre season game at anfield, we had a new signing Bruno cheyrou, French lad, the next zidane, played great, looked great. Was trash. :cry:

Robbo · 12 Jul 2022 at 15:54

Certainly positive signs for a first game, Liverpool may as well not have bothered turning up though really

fez · 12 Jul 2022 at 15:55

Pigeon_Killer said:
How long after the match finishes will the United season review be available?

Why is the commentator calling him Nune-iez?

The highlights reel is already on order.

Tombstone · 12 Jul 2022 at 16:01

Pigeon_Killer said:
How long after the match finishes will the United season review be available?

Why is the commentator calling him Nune-iez?

Probably their attempt to pronounce the tilde over the N , his name should be pronounced nuniyez

C Kent · 12 Jul 2022 at 16:07

Tombstone said:
Probably their attempt to pronounce the tilde over the N , his name should be pronounced nuniyez

Or you know, Darwin

Totally forgot this was on, seems everyone in the squad got a kickabout. Was it still the usual 4-3-3 for the last 30?

Pigeon_Killer · 12 Jul 2022 at 16:10

C Kent said:
Or you know, Darwin

Totally forgot this was on, seems everyone in the squad got a kickabout. Was it still the usual 4-3-3 for the last 30?

Usual 4-3-3 come 2-5-3.

BaZ87 · 12 Jul 2022 at 16:54

It's never good to lose, particularly to Utd but given that most of our senior players had their first training session on Sunday, I'm not going to be overly concerned with that. I didn't manage to watch the 2nd half but it was interesting to see Carvalho playing in the midfield 3.

omnomnom · 12 Jul 2022 at 18:34

Couldnt care less about the result. Carvalho looked bright from what i saw.

32 subs is a bit mad lol.

Converge · 12 Jul 2022 at 19:12

I’m glad ETH wanted to stress that we were alright but we made a ton of mistakes. A hard taskmaster is just what is needed

adam cool dude · 15 Jul 2022 at 11:31

Maguire back in the team and 1-0 down to Melbourne Victory.

fez · 15 Jul 2022 at 11:44

Sack EtH, losing to Aussie nobodies.

A useful game for the players honestly because MV are defending like England at the Euros with 9 players, something we have struggled with in recent years. You can see the kernels of what EtH is starting to encourage but its still very alien to most of the team. Unsurprisingly the likes of Sancho are looking the most comfortable with the new setup.

fez · 15 Jul 2022 at 11:52

Martial with arguably both goals. Ice cold.

Shamikebab · 15 Jul 2022 at 11:52

2-1 now. They've parked the bus but a deflected goal and a Martial poach. Martial playing well again, as is Sancho

fez · 15 Jul 2022 at 12:21

Zidane is looking pretty good. Wonder how many minutes he will get this season.

Shamikebab · 15 Jul 2022 at 12:27

Our youth midfielders have the best names Savage, Zidane and Hannibal

fez · 15 Jul 2022 at 12:31

These "second XI" teams are a good example of just how much work EtH has to do in order to change the culture at the club. There is such a lack of cohesion as soon as the guys that play with each other every week are gone. Even in the first half against Liverpool you could see how their second string wanted to play because Klopp wants everyone to know what their role at Liverpool will be.

fez · 15 Jul 2022 at 12:43

Great finish from Rashford. Hopefully he can pick himself up from last season.