2021 Pre-Season Friendlies

[cgf]

Not long after checking in at halftime, Nianzou almost gives Uth the 3-2.

Jamie Lawrence sure covers a lot of ground in few strides...god damn are his legs long...

Cuisance is still slick; shame it hasn't worked out for him in Munchen.

Interested to see how Malik Tillman does...he's moving well & has played some nice passes; still a very interesting prospect.

 

[cgf]

Bouna Sarr losses track of Uth for the 3-2. Rough 10 minutes for the frenchman; as he's also picked up a yellow since checking in.

Another rough touch from Booth in his own third...maybe he just shouldn't get the ball unless he's facing the opposition's goal...

E:
Is Sarr trying to get a 2nd yellow in a friendly?

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Very surprised that Spurs only made one change at half-time.

 

[Havre]

Boy. I usually watch all Spurs games, but I had no idea they were already playing pre-season games. Hopefully Dier doesn't play well.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Boy. I usually watch all Spurs games, but I had no idea they were already playing pre-season games. Hopefully Dier doesn't play well.

Official stream on Spurs website if you can catch it.

 

[cgf]

Salihamidzic's nephew, Lucas Copado, has flashed nicely since coming on.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Spurs draw Leyton Orient. Pretty boring match.

 

[Havre]

Official stream on Spurs website if you can catch it.

Thanks. Couldn't be bothered. Will watch some when we get closer to the season.

 

[Evilo]

Bouna Sarr losses track of Uth for the 3-2. Rough 10 minutes for the frenchman; as he's also picked up a yellow since checking in.

Another rough touch from Booth in his own third...maybe he just shouldn't get the ball unless he's facing the opposition's goal...

E:
Is Sarr trying to get a 2nd yellow in a friendly?

He sucks.
Bayern buying him was a big lol.

 

[cgf]

He sucks.
Bayern buying him was a big lol.

Yeah, there are limits to how good of a player you can find who will be content barely ever playing, but Sarr isn't just untalented, he's a dumb player as well.

...just another reason they should've paid up for Baku

 

[S E P H]

Not watching Arsenal play rangers but Tavares scored even though it looks like we’ll draw

Sounds like Auba is looking absolutely dreadful, missing a number of sitters in either game.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Not long after checking in at halftime, Nianzou almost gives Uth the 3-2.

Jamie Lawrence sure covers a lot of ground in few strides...god damn are his legs long...

Cuisance is still slick; shame it hasn't worked out for him in Munchen.

Interested to see how Malik Tillman does...he's moving well & has played some nice passes; still a very interesting prospect.

What did you think about Booth and Rhein starting this game ahead of Cuisance? I think that means he’s behind them in the Nagelsmann early depth chart. And Roca is injured, so there should be playing time available for a young midfielder at the start of this season.

 

[cgf]

What did you think about Booth and Rhein starting this game ahead of Cuisance? I think that means he’s behind them in the Nagelsmann early depth chart. And Roca is injured, so there should be playing time available for a young midfielder.

I wouldn't read much into who started & who came off the bench...Chris Richards started over Nianzou, even though Richards is (most likely) heading back to Hoffenheim for another year, while Nianzou is a lock to be part of their rotation.

Though they have been actively working on a loan for Cuisance all summer, so it seems unlikely Nagelsmann has plans for him.

 

[Evilo]

Cuisance was awful in OM.
I dumped him in my keeper league after being disgusted with his football IQ. He's very very talented, but has nothing between the ears.

 

[bluesfan94]

Cuisance was awful in OM.
I dumped him in my keeper league after being disgusted with his football IQ. He's very very talented, but has nothing between the ears.

He’s fantastic for my FM save, however

 

[Evilo]

This is how promoted Troyes plays football. That is the pre season, but they played like this all year long last year in L2. Battles is a very interesting coach.

 

[Evilo]

Lyon will be fun to watch...

 

[Venkman]

United beat Derby 2-1. Chong and Pellistri scored. Nice assist by Shoretire on Pellistri's goal. Lingard was lively too.

Chong is going on loan to Birmingham this season.

 

[Savant]

 

[Savant]

Please excuse the copy/paste hatchet job:

Trent Alexander-Arnold captains the Reds in the first game of the evening against Innsbruck, with Jürgen Klopp naming a youthful line-up that also includes Owen Beck, Tyler Morton and Kaide Gordon.

Ibrahima Konate will then make his debut for the club in the second match, with starts for Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
James Milner will wear the armband against Stuttgart.

v Wacker Innsbruck: Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Matip. B. Davies, Beck, Clarkson, Morton, Cain, Gordon, Origi, Minamino.

v Stuttgart: Adrian, Bradley, Konate, R. Williams, Tsimikas, Milner, Keita, Elliott, Mane, Salah, Oxlade-Chamberlain.

 

[Savant]

1-1 after game one. Should have lost. Origi scored a very dodgy PK and LFC could not defend at all. No one knew where they were supposed to be and were pushed up way too high.

Most impressed by Owen Beck LB and Kaide Gordon RW.

 

[Chimaera]

Stuttgart are no mugs.

 

[cgf]

Stuttgart are no mugs.

They're not, but I'm not sure they didn't over-achieve. Their defense was pretty awful and though their counter attacking play outweighed their defensive frailty last year, they didn't show the ideas in possession for me to bank on their attacking play continuing to compensate for their piss poor defending.

 

[Savant]

Game Two another 1-1. Nothing special to report very blah. Took a work call.

Tsimikas was very good. I wouldn’t be shocked if he started MW1

 

[Chimaera]

They're not, but I'm not sure they didn't over-achieve. Their defense was pretty awful and though their counter attacking play outweighed their defensive frailty last year, they didn't show the ideas in possession for me to bank on their attacking play continuing to compensate for their piss poor defending.

I would say I agree they probably overachieved. But I also think some of that could be down to whether or not their attacking players are actually decent or not. I think they could be, and a few might have even more upside. But yeah, defending is going to be the issue.