Pre Season Friendlies 2023/24

[Saint Matty 76]

Manning looking good and very active, him and Amo-Ameyaw probably the only decent performers as of yet.

[macca155]

How come Lyanco who is doing his job gets a load of stick, when Lavia and Moussa have been terrible and nothing is said.

Lyanco isn't the answer agreed, but for goodness sake look elsewhere for the main problems.

Edited 25 July, 2023 by macca155

[Convict Colony]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

Any, idea why Charles is being played where he is? 

Mccarthy has breeze block feet

[Bad Wolf]

Great save from McCarthy there.

Somewhere there's a decapitated chicken sprinting around that the rest of the coup are talking about as "a Djenepo"

[Simo is back]

Why the fuck are we still playing players who we expect to leave we can't be starting slow in the championship we need to be on it from game one so should only be playing players who are committed and will play for us next season.

[AlexLaw76]

Come on, it is all about...

Minutes in the tank

Licking our wounds

Picking ourselves up  and Dusting ourselves off

Going again

Experimenting with new ideas

Result does not matter

 

[gammon cheeks]

All the goals we have conceded pre season have been sunday league defending .

[Saint Matty 76]

1 minute ago, macca155 said:

How come Lyanco who is doing his job gets a loaf of stick, when Lavia and Moussa have been terrible and nothing is said.

Lyanco isn't the answer agreed, but for goodness sake look elsewhere for the main problems.

There were 8 posts on the previous page about how poor Lavia and Djenepo are playing.

[bpsaint]

22 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

Dean Hammond really should have been Dave Merrington's replacement on Solent.

That would have been great, likewise if it had been Franny. I like JT but he just does not have an enjoyable voice to listen to.

[S-Clarke]

1 minute ago, macca155 said:

How come Lyanco who is doing his job gets a loaf of stick, when Lavia and Moussa have been terrible and nothing is said.

Lyanco isn't the answer agreed, but for goodness sake look elsewhere for the main problems.

If doing his job is flapping his arms around and celebrating a challenge he had to make, yet consequently conceding two goals, then I'd hate to see him not doing his job.

Bloke is inept.

Lavia has been sloppy, giving the ball away, caught in possession - but you can kind of understand why, and he's given us a hell of a lot more than Lyanco ever has.

[Saint_clark]

I've always hated the mismatched sides in pre-season. I'd much prefer we do first half first choice, second half reserves. At least then our strongest line up (if the manager knows what it is) gets plenty of minutes together.

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

Manning looking good and very active, him and Amo-Ameyaw probably the only decent performers as of yet.

That's good because only Manning out of that entire defence should be playing the first game. 

[Lighthouse]

1 minute ago, Simo is back said:

Why the fuck are we still playing players who we expect to leave we can't be starting slow in the championship we need to be on it from game one so should only be playing players who are committed and will play for us next season.

Makes us look weaker if we don’t, as if we’re resigned to selling them.

[The Kraken]

2 minutes ago, macca155 said:

How come Lyanco who is doing his job gets a loaf of stick, when Lavia and Moussa have been terrible and nothing is said?

Go back and read the last page or two, both of those players have been commented on negatively on multiple occasions.

[Convict Colony]

Have to say Charles has ice in his veins, super calm on the ball, i like what i see.

[S-Clarke]

Alcaraz has been really, really poor today too. He's better than this, doesn't seem too sure of his position and is being crowded out too much.

[Saint Matty 76]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

That's good because only Manning out of that entire defence should be playing the first game. 

If that. I'd imagine if nobody goes out the door by next Friday, it'd still probably just be Alcaraz who starts from todays lineup.

[miserableoldgit]

4 minutes ago, macca155 said:

How come Lyanco who is doing his job gets a loaf of stick, when Lavia and Moussa have been terrible and nothing is said.

Lyanco isn't the answer agreed, but for goodness sake look elsewhere for the main problems.

 

[macca155]

3 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

There were 8 posts on the previous page about how poor Lavia and Djenepo are playing.

Fair one I'm at the game so not had chance to see all posts.

[Bad Wolf]

Just now, macca155 said:

Fair one I'm at the game so not had chance to see all posts.

Lavia has woken up a bit since Bournemouth scored their second.

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

If that. I'd imagine if nobody goes out the door by next Friday, it'd still probably just be Alcaraz who starts from todays lineup.

Agreed this team is basically our reserves. 

[Convict Colony]

Major issue is that when bournemouth mark up man for man they know mcarthy will always go long rather than try and bring the ball out to draw in a attacker and leave a spare man to pass to.

Martin must be doing his nut in 

[Saint_clark]

Just now, macca155 said:

Fair one I'm at the game so not had chance to see all posts.

Ah you're just a fair weather forum poster, criticising posts on the forum without really watching the thread to get the full picture of what's going on. Maybe if you stayed home instead of going to the game i'd give some merit to what you're saying but you've just completely discredited yourself. 

[Bad Wolf]

Manning looks SO intelligent

[Saint86]

When is it too early to write bree off? Don't even want him in match day squads. No positional sense at all (it's actually shocking how bad he is for this), too slow, too timid, can't pass, bad crossing. He didn't offer anything last season and he's been gash all pre season so far. I know he was cheap (only redeaming attribute?) but was an awful buy. Mane it's vs prem opposition that he struggles, but do we really want to go through the season with an injury risk Tino and bree as our two rbs?

Edited 25 July, 2023 by Saint86

[Saint_clark]

Just now, Bad Wolf said:

Manning looks SO intelligent

Wearing glasses or running round with a diploma in his hand? 

[Convict Colony]

Nothing attacking from Bree or manning so far

[obelisk]

If the plan is to put people off eyeing up Alcarez then so far it's working to perfection.

[The Kraken]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

That's good because only Manning out of that entire defence should be playing the first game. 

Don’t think you’ll find many to disagree with that. Like the look of Manning. Charles looks like he’s got something too, but not at CB, at least not yet. Would prefer Stephens in there and Charles alongside Lavia. As Deano just said, when he haven’t got the ball we’re far too easy to play against.

This is close to a second string side for us (I’d have Lavia and Alcaraz, maybe Manning) but they look extremely vulnerable to the press and counter.

[S-Clarke]

1 minute ago, Convict Colony said:

Nothing attacking from Bree or manning so far

Both have been pegged back by Bournemouth to be fair, we're struggling to get out.

Manning has looked decent though, covering and defending well. Looks pretty switched on.

[Dan Johnson]

1 minute ago, Bad Wolf said:

Manning looks SO intelligent

He’s on a different level to half our team and it’s very clear.

 

[coalman]

Decent strength on the turn there by Edozie. Ref should've played advantage

[whelk]

3 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Wearing glasses or running round with a diploma in his hand? 

I was picturing him with thumb and index finger on his chin looking upwards

[coalman]

Get in

[Saint Matty 76]

Manning to Charles!

Great header.

[Convict Colony]

Get in Shea

[coalman]

Charles. Good nod

[S-Clarke]

Best two players of this half.

Manning > Charles.

Tidy.

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

5 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

Manning looks SO intelligent

not even sure what this is supposed to mean

[Saint86]

9 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Nothing attacking from Bree or manning so far

I see what you did here. Great motivational style 😂

Edited 25 July, 2023 by Saint86

[obelisk]

Good free kick. Good header. Back in it.

[Micky]

Great header.

[coalman]

I'm not used to us scoring from a cross.

Edited 25 July, 2023 by coalman

[The Kraken]

Meatball header.

[St Louis]

53 minutes ago, Simo is back said:

Why the fuck are we still playing players who we expect to leave we can't be starting slow in the championship we need to be on it from game one so should only be playing players who are committed and will play for us next season.

Because it isnt a Football Manager video game. Any of these players could be with us this season, deals collapse, etc at last minute and we would want them fit. And if we are negotiating to sell the stars, then the buying clubs also wouldn't want a player with no fitness or game time (and an injury risk).

We also have a game on Saturday and start the season next Friday, we need to use the squad and not burn players out, they all need minutes, but not too many.

Edited 25 July, 2023 by St Louis

[bobby_charles]

Bree was always a stop filler anyways, we need to hang onto kwp as tinos injury is a worry

[macca155]

7 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Ah you're just a fair weather forum poster, criticising posts on the forum without really watching the thread to get the full picture of what's going on. Maybe if you stayed home instead of going to the game i'd give some merit to what you're saying but you've just completely discredited yourself. 

Let myself down 🤣 Need to put some sofa time in.

[obelisk]

Seconds left just put it in the box FFS.

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Don’t think you’ll find many to disagree with that. Like the look of Manning. Charles looks like he’s got something too, but not at CB, at least not yet. Would prefer Stephens in there and Charles alongside Lavia. As Deano just said, when he haven’t got the ball we’re far too easy to play against.

This is close to a second string side for us (I’d have Lavia and Alcaraz, maybe Manning) but they look extremely vulnerable to the press and counter.

Missing Elyanoussi?

[bennyev]

Corner routine would be quite smart if Bree could get it off the ground.