Pre-Season 2015/16

[sl1k]

So United just beat San Jose Earthquakes 3-1. Mata and Depay netted in the first half, Pereira scoring a nice header off a Jesse Lingard cross after the break.

Lined up 4-4-1-1 in both halves:

rooney
depay
young carrick schneiderlin mata
shaw blind jones darmian

wilson
pereira
januzaj bastien herrera lingard
blackett evans smalling mcknair

I don't get why LVG is playing a natural winger at #10 and a natural #10 on the flanks. Even though Depay showed a great predatory instinct when taking his goal, his movements looked off at times and didn't get to utilise his pace & dribbling in positions you'd want. And wagwan for Blind at CB though.

Bastien's passing range was on show here Anchored the midfield beautifully with Herrera pushing on, gave the youngsters stability. Didn't see as much of Januzaj and Wilson as I'd like, the latter having to be a passenger most of the time due to a lack of service. Pereira though is gonna be absolute class!

 

[Bilo]

If you're gonna insist on calling a new signing by his first name as if he's your mate, at least get the spelling right.

 

[sl1k]

I just didn't fancy typing Schweinsteiger everytime. Just realised I wrote 'Mcknair' too

 

[G-Dragon]

LOL watching Chelsea vs NYRB...did Chelsea bring enough lube? Getting scored on by 16 year olds.

 

[G-Dragon]

 

[Whitechapel]

Well, if you can't even beat an energy drink in pre-season games.

Happy birthday BlueBee

 

[Ebeneezer Goode]

they got scored on

 

[thespus]

Bastien's passing range was on show here Anchored the midfield beautifully with Herrera pushing on, gave the youngsters stability.

Not sure if you were being sarcastic, but Van Gaal disagrees: "The second half we played very badly, a lot of ball losses and the only highlight was the goal from Andreas Pereira. I think we don’t give many chances away, but we give possibilities away, it was a threat always, and that was not necessary. Our positions in midfield were not as good as in the first-half. He [Schweinsteiger] was also bad. Players can play bad, especially when they only have six days training in your legs and you have to play 45 minutes. Everyone can think it is easy to step in, but it’s not. The first match he played very well and now he played badly, but that is also a process when you only have one week of training." Source: http://www.skysports.com/football/n...ticises-bastian-schweinsteiger-after-tour-win

 

[footballfanwars]

Any of youse see Leeds in their preseason game? The fans kicked off big time. We have an article about it:
http://footballfanwars.com/fights-leeds-united-vs-eintracht-frankfurt/

 

[Jamie_SFC]

Just beat Feyenoord 3-0. Pelle, Yoshida and Juanmi with the goals.

50,000 Feyenoord fans there. Great support.

 

[sl1k]

Not sure if you were being sarcastic, but Van Gaal disagrees: "The second half we played very badly, a lot of ball losses and the only highlight was the goal from Andreas Pereira. I think we don’t give many chances away, but we give possibilities away, it was a threat always, and that was not necessary. Our positions in midfield were not as good as in the first-half. He [Schweinsteiger] was also bad. Players can play bad, especially when they only have six days training in your legs and you have to play 45 minutes. Everyone can think it is easy to step in, but it’s not. The first match he played very well and now he played badly, but that is also a process when you only have one week of training." Source: http://www.skysports.com/football/n...ticises-bastian-schweinsteiger-after-tour-win

I can't say whether LVG saw something that I didn't or it was a 'no player is exempt from criticism' kinda thing, but he actually kept things tidy and always gave our iffy backline an option. There was a lot of passing it backwards and sidewards in the second half, losing possession an awful lot too so considering the circumstances, I didn't think he did "badly" as LVG put it. Probably had 1 or 2 passes that didn't reach their intended target, but that's about it.

I may have been kind describing the whole thing as beautiful though, cos generally the overall performance was frustrating. That slow overly-methodical build up . Guess I was just gassed to see a world class CM among our ranks again

 

[AFCB_Mark]

U21 built on their draw with Arsenal by drawing again with Southampton last night.

First team go to Nantes this weekend.

 

[thespus]

I may have been kind describing the whole thing as beautiful though, cos generally the overall performance was frustrating. That slow overly-methodical build up . Guess I was just gassed to see a world class CM among our ranks again

Schweinsteiger isn't world class any longer. He'd still be at Bayern if that was true. He's a good player who will have some tidy games, but will also struggle with fitness and have a few shockers. It's been his M.O. the last two seasons. He's historically been overwhelmed in games with a high press from opposing midfields. I've watched every Bayern vs BVB match of the last decade sans 1 or 2 - he had one noticeably good game in the Klopp era among 2-3 dreadful performances. To his credit, he has shined in some big matches, like the WC final. Schneiderlin is closer to world class at this point.

 

[NITIN KAWALE]

I guess only manchester United , Arsenal and Liverpool ... are showing signs that this year they are gonna beat chelsea to title ?

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

I guess only manchester United , Arsenal and Liverpool ... are showing signs that this year they are gonna beat chelsea to title ?

what are you basing this on?

 

[G-Dragon]

Delph injured in his City Debut

Spoiler: Grotty snake

 

[Bilo]

Dude get fucked that picture is horrible. At least put a spoiler alert on it or something, most people won't want to see that.

 

[Blitzballer]

Delph stretchered off after 17mins into his Man City debut , fucked his hamstring . Oh well shit happens

 

[G-Dragon]

come on gys lets not be so soft

 

[Stevencc]

As Delph was coming off injured...

 

[MatchedBetters]

Liverpool seems to bid for everyone! Pretty much half of the Southampton team in there now...

 

[Mr.Andrews]

James Pearce ✔ @JamesPearceEcho
This should be a proper rout. I'm going for 8-0 #LFCTour
1:48 PM - 24 Jul 2015

liverpools full strength side struggled to a 1-1 draw actually james.

 

[Storzy]

Well for all the talk of Delph's injury, no one has mentioned this lovely strike from Benzema.

Arsenal could do with a player like that upfront

 

[thespus]

Giroud does that in his sleep mate.

 

[Ebeneezer Goode]

In his dreams, yeah.

 

[Stevencc]

Benzema: "Step aside Ronaldo, I got this".
Ronaldo: "Ok boss, I'm calling you boss because I have more respect for you than our shitty manager".
Benzema: "Fair point Ronnie mate, nice goal I just scored wasn't it?"
Ronaldo: "Decent one that, mate".

Giroud: "How did he do that?"

 

[thespus]

Benzema: "Step aside Ronaldo, I got this".
Ronaldo: "Ok boss, I'm calling you boss because I have more respect for you than our shitty manager".
Benzema: "Fair point Ronnie mate, nice goal I just scored wasn't it?"
Ronaldo: "Decent one that, mate".

Giroud: "How did he do that?"

I reckon he's talking about Ronaldo's hair.

 

[Bilo]

This ones better:

 

[Stevencc]

"This video contains content from LiverpoolFC, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds"

"...for the upcoming 2016 DVD - We Told You He Was Better Than Raheem".

 

[smat]

4-0 up agin Lyon at half-time.