Smiley Culture Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Orient beat the second worst side of the 9th tier, Burnham Ramblers (they're a football team, not a group of enthusiastic walkers), 10-0 last night. It should have been a youth friendly but Orient had issues with the game the first team should have been playing so ended up sending a full squad to Burnham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted July 19, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted July 19, 2017 Our game was drab. Thought we were definitely on top first half but were noticeably poorer when we changed our team. First friendly though, in rubbish conditions, and we have won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Cute to see Wenger still using the 3 at the back system. Conte and Poch have a great influence on him. Like an annoying little brother copying everything his older brothers do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Blue Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Really excited for saturday, i missed football. Still i don't recall us having this few games in any of the tours going back a few years? Three official and one behind closed doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Christensen looking to start against Arsenal. Hope he makes a great impression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Know it's only preseason, but lol at City's defending. Some things will never change with Pep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pep Talk Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 43 minutes ago, Cicero said: Know it's only preseason, but lol at City's defending. Some things will never change with Pep It's pre-season for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 13 minutes ago, Pep Talk said: It's pre-season for a reason. Only taking the piss mate. Not a massive influx of City fans on here to fish for. Although, you guys were dull and clear lack of cohesion compared to United, who in reality have already played 2 games before this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pep Talk Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 50 minutes ago, Cicero said: Only taking the piss mate. Not a massive influx of City fans on here to fish for. Although, you guys were dull and clear lack of cohesion compared to United, who in reality have already played 2 games before this. Managed to catch abit of it but to be honest It's hard to get into pre-season games. I know as football fans we should enjoy any kind of football but still. Agreed United looked sharp. Looked more up for it. However defending i imagine will be our downfall if we do not live up to expections. As going forward that shouldn't be an issue. I think working from the back is always risky at times so no matter how much we spend on defenders the risk will always be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Pep Talk said: Managed to catch abit of it but to be honest It's hard to get into pre-season games. I know as football fans we should enjoy any kind of football but still. Pre season games are shite and mean very little. They're just all about fleecing thousands of weirdos in the US or far East for the Premier League clubs. And before that, say 15-20 years so, probably longer, no one gave a shit about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 42 minutes ago, LFCMike said: Pre season games are shite and mean very little. They're just all about fleecing thousands of weirdos in the US or far East for the Premier League clubs. And before that, say 15-20 years so, probably longer, no one gave a shit about them. This. Then come October time, a manager of a big club will moan about players being tired due to the amount of travelling they're doing due to Europe and Internationals but failing to mention the ghastly money making exercise of a World Tour they embark on in pre-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Chelsea v Arsenal is currently live on ITV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Typical.... Nothing for 40 odd minutes and I pop down stairs for a second and come back and we have scored 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Batshuayi has a decent left peg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Bloody Arsenal holding up proceedings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Another for Batshuayi... both really well taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Have to admire Conte's methods on fitness and work ethic during pre-season. We look so sharp and fit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted July 22, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted July 22, 2017 Genk v Everton at 3pm. Line-up - Pickford, Holgate Williams Keane Baines, Schneiderlin Gueye Dowell, Rooney Sandro Klaassen. Last friendly before competitive action against the Slovakians on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Cicero said: Have to admire Conte's methods on fitness and work ethic during pre-season. We look so sharp and fit Yea. no-one looking tired or off the pace which has not always been the case in the past.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted July 22, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted July 22, 2017 AC Milan beat Bayern 4-0 in China today, including this strike from Calhanoglu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted July 22, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted July 22, 2017 Very dull match so far. 30 minutes in 0-0, we've been second best despite Rooney having a good chance. I expect us to line up similar to this on Thursday with Mirallas instead of Dowell but I don't think we're carrying enough threat in this line up. Time to fuck off Sigurdsson and go all in for Giroud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted July 22, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted July 22, 2017 Half time 0-1 as Rooney turns home Sandro's cross. Genk felt like there was a foul in the build up but don't think they have a case. Genk 0-1 Everton (Rooney 44') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted July 22, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted July 22, 2017 The Belgian league starts sooner than ours from what they're saying so they should be further on in their pre season process than us but I don't think we're looking too bad, just not exactly gelled yet. If I'm being a bastard I'd say Schneiderlin and Klaassen are looking rusty in midfield and contributing to us struggling to really control the match, Dowell has given the ball away a few times as well through questionable decision making, you could also argue that the full backs aren't offering much of a threat, not seeing anything massively concerning though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK85 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 24 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: Time to fuck off Sigurdsson and go all in for Giroud. Both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted July 22, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted July 22, 2017 A dull match and a sloppy performance to be frank but it's pre season so can take the positives, players getting minutes and a good workout. Looking forward to seeing a very different type of clash on Thursday though, nothing beats competitive action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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