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But over all, rather a poor display. Yes, I wonder if our new signings are looking at the fine print to see if they have 28 days to cancel their contracts!
So in what way is it not going to plan?
#notthemessiah
Not sure how pre-season red cards work anyway.
Martinez and Rice seem to have emerged as genuine match day squad players which is a real positive of this pre-season, but the results have been far from encouraging.
I'm trying not to worry too much about the results and the performances, and am conscious that we're missing Kouyate, Antonio, Lanzini and Carroll, but I would have liked to have seen some decent wins
Think we look much more solid with 3 at the back and even with the strong number of attacking mids we got doesn't matter if we can't Keep out goals
We have the players to play a number of formations so I'm not too concerned about how we've lined up in pre-season. I think our priority now should be not to get thumped by City on Friday, because that could affect our confidence ahead of United.
Seriously, how motivated would you be to beat a lower league German team on a Tuesday afternoon?
Old Trafford will be a little more inspiring and I for one can't wait.
Hope Martinez and Rice stay on the fringes of the team.
Performances don't count IMO, for the reason I've already said, which is that the motivation is at zero.
How much you want to win a game makes an enormous difference.
And as for Liverpool-Bayern, I think that only confirms my point. If they meet in the Champions League this season, Bayern will without doubt trounce them.
One minute 'Results may be meaningless, but the performances do count' then the next 'Liverpool are playing in Germany on a Tuesday evening and are 2-0 up'
So what?
You don't let let team your mates down
So what's happening ?
At least try
Or a case Of Europey cup again?
To me, that suggests that some teams can get motivated for pre-season games.
I still thought he oozed class though. Kind of player that gets me excited - he sees things, tries things that others don't. He's both strong and skilful, and even if not everything he tried came off, he shrugged off the oppo tonight with a confidence that West Ham players should show against such lowly oppo, yet none of the rest really did (until Obiang stepped up a gear in the second half).
I don't agree that pre-season is only about fitness. Playing a fourth tier German side is also a chance to try things, get confidence. It nearly happened for Snodders, who seemed to be buzzing immediately after his assist, but his adventurous dribble didn't come off, and he vanished from the game again and was probably not a great deal more confident when he came off than before the game. But there was the opportunity for him to turn his form around. Others will have gone backwards in confidence after playing so poorly and getting an embarrassing result.
You can't say they didn't care - you only had to see how they were arguing with the ref and not showing the slightest sign of amusement at the situation.
Not sure about Chicharito's performance - too little too early in his pre-season to judge. But would have been great if he'd hit his big chance harder and not given the defender running back a chance. Would have helped his confidence no end as well, and probably the whole team.
It's about fitness; that's all.
We've had great pre-seasons and rubbish starts, and vicky verky.
How can you sort out formation or tactics when fielding scratch sides?
Imo, it is because we wanted to gain confidence and enjoy our football before a long hard season.
Have we managed to do this? No.
Our defence looked today as if they'd never met before for the most part.
I hope it all clicks on 13th but I'm beginning to have doubts.