Pre season
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August 1, 2018 at 9:19 am #1660742
@alfie. Considering Mourinho has been bitching and moaning for a good month, I think he has a great opportunity to start his fittest eleven instead of his best eleven against Leicester. He has an opportunity to give players like Fosu-Mensah, McTominay, and Pereira starts and can leave the likes of Lukaku, Pogba, Matic etc on the bench. Who knows, what if the younger players do well? That would be a huge shot in the arm for the club.
Moaning Mou has been making excuses for at least a month so he might as well use them while they are ripe, haha!
August 1, 2018 at 9:20 am #1660743Mac, I think Alfie just came up with a polite way of saying you’re a bunch of lily livered, snivelling glory hunting cunts. That’s how I’d have put it anyway.
August 1, 2018 at 9:46 am #1660757@Wonderfuel – Yes I’m sure that’s what he was trying to say and just looking for any and every opportunity to say it again and again and again.
It always amazes me how fans like myself who supported the club when we were relegated and for 26 years without a title are labelled glory hunters yet those who only started supporting the team after our first PL title and who don’t care about style, tradition, entertainment just results and silverware are somehow the “true” fans.
August 1, 2018 at 9:56 am #1660759You’re from Kent, course you’re a glory supporter.
August 1, 2018 at 10:02 am #1660762Alfie07 – You posted a 06:52 and the match was in the middle of the night UK time. You have to give people a chance to comment mate.
August 1, 2018 at 10:04 am #1660764Another drab performance with JM overusing his players in order to give himself a future excuse when they start picking up injuries.
1. Sign Sandro, Sessegnon or Tierney
2. Sign Maguire, Mina or Alderweireld
3. Sign Pulisic
4. Sell Fellaini, Darmian and one of Jones/Smalling
5. Give TFM and Tuanzebe proper game time at us or on loan
6. Line up 4222 with Pereira as one of the attacking midfielders
7. Start playing attacking football
8. Stop over-playing players
9. Stop playing players out of position
10. Get rid of the GlazersAugust 1, 2018 at 10:08 am #1660766Fair enough MT, just seems people are quicker to post when we lose, regardless of ko time.
Hatters – I think he will pick a couple of those for the match, and I don’t think he’ll start Lukaku – though I would.
I seem to recall he has already named a starting three up top, though that included Martial who must be very close to wasting another chance with his absence.
August 1, 2018 at 10:09 am #1660767In a preseason friendly Jose made just 3 subs in the 68th, 79th and 82nd minute. Does he not know how a preseason works? Real made 11 subs in comparison.
August 1, 2018 at 10:10 am #1660768Alfie07 – I take your point however that previous matches have seen in-game posting whereas there was nothing from last night.
August 1, 2018 at 10:15 am #1660772Hold your fucking horses Alfie, only just finished watching it mate. In short, Sanchez was excellent but then I happen to think he’s been good throughout the tour. For a first game Fred looked very good, first time I’ve actually seen him. One or two of the others were solid but it was the same old story, Madrid dominated possession. I’m afraid McTominay, Herrera, Pereira and Mata can fill in and do a job but we’ll struggle if any of them are regular starters. We were totally dominated in the second half by what was effectively Madrid’s youth team and, in the end, we were hanging on. A win’s a win though I guess.
August 1, 2018 at 10:16 am #1660773Fucking hell you’ve come up with a new way to slag him off Mr Agenda…substitutions! You’ll be cussing his haircut next.
August 1, 2018 at 10:19 am #1660775His hair cut is quite atrocious.
August 1, 2018 at 10:28 am #1660784I think you ought to address your first 4 points to Woodwood CR.
August 1, 2018 at 10:49 am #1660793@manthistle. You really are clutching at straws when you suggest Mourinho doesn’t “know how preseason works” – you’re making yourself look ridiculous. If there’s anything Mourinho is faultless at, it is season preparation and fitness. He specializes in getting his teams flying out the blocks and conditioning is part of that.
The reason why he made no substitutions is he wanted all the players that will start the game in 9 games to get as many minutes into their legs as possible. Who cares if Real Madrid made 11 substitutions? It was their first game of preseason and their first La Liga game is in 18 days, therefore they are still gradually building up match fitness manthistle. It beggars belief that I have to explain the basics of preseason to you. I’m sorry mate but your confirmation bias against Mourinho is making your thought processes hazy at best haha.
August 1, 2018 at 11:12 am #1660800@manthistle, with one pre season game left our players need to be capable of completing 90 minutes. If not we’d be in serious trouble
August 1, 2018 at 11:14 am #1660801Trouble is homer, they don’t mate.
August 1, 2018 at 11:39 am #1660804hatters – Fair enough.
August 1, 2018 at 12:49 pm #1660822Yes jm, but the only way to fix this is by giving 90 minutes to as many of them as possible. Fred has now played 30 mins followed by 60 mins. Hopefully he can play 90 mins against Bayern.
August 1, 2018 at 2:46 pm #1660870jm1502,
Yes, by no means am I saying it’s all on José. I don’t think he’s been helping much on this tour, though.
August 1, 2018 at 3:05 pm #1660882Just saying CR, I’m sure Mourinho would have loved to have some or all of those players you mention but, unfortunately, transfers is Ed’s department.
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