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Ogbonna is back...
Our striker are Fletcher, Martinez.
OCS no mention of Samuelson.... ;hmm
Pretty sure almost all teams have had their first friendly by now, excluding maybe one or 2
Happy to see some of the younger players use this opportunity hopefully to impress especially Fletcher and Martinez who have no competition atm for the striker position at least for a couple weeks
Also hoping that Burke, Rice, Cullen, Browne, Hollan and Makasi can make an impression as they are probably closest to the first team right now
https://www.premierleague.com/summer-friendly-fixtures
9 other clubs are just the one game ahead of us:
Bournemouth, Brighton, Burnley, Chelsea, Palace, Everton, Newcastle, Saints, West Brom
(This is an update on my initial post, as I found better data ;ok )
Interesting the different route managers take, shows there is not an exact science to preseason.
See the match day squad has 24 players most of which are probably first teamers
Interested to see if he goes 3 or 4 at the back
Adrian
Zaba Rice Ogbonna Cressy
Cullen Kouyate Lanzini
Feghouli Fletcher Ayew
Randy
Byram Burke Collins Masuaka
Fernandes Noble Obiang
Snodgrass Martinez Holland
1st and 2nd half teams
For me, the difference is getting the information from the club, rather than the Internet equivalent of this bloke I know who knows the girlfriend of the driver of a bloke who knows...
Time will tell if, as per the rumour, he would not be fit for the start of the season.
As I said 2 weeks ago, he won't play at Man Utd IMO.
Get on with yer 'ollidays.
No one looked rubbish (being kind to Snodders) but no one made you think: Wow
It's a training game, and no one got hurt, so all good so far.
New 11 for the 2nd half.
Kick off
Offside!!!!
Final whistle
#onlyonewinner
And that is proof, if it were still needed, that millions of people who broadcast their views to the nation via twitter and other social media are utter twonks.
Pre-season games are mostly meaningless, especially the first few. They tell us nothing meaningful about the team/players.
A bunch of half-fit players, who aren't used to playing together. Half of whom are not 1st team players. All of whose priority is to not get injured. Playing in a game that nothing depends on. For 45 minutes until the 11 players get a go for the other half of the match. Against a team in a similar position.
1) no injuries
2) minutes for everyone
Yep. Success.
Just one however, Snodgrass.... ;hmm even his corners were poor...
On a positive I thought Burke look like a bit of player... Certainly seemed comfortable with a first time pass.