Some of the young lads didn't really get a chance to show much but Ruben Vinagre, Dion Sanderson, Taylor Perry, Niall Ennis and MGW all impressed and will surely get more chances this season.

comment by GeminMallorca (U18318)
posted 10 minutes ago
Some of the young lads didn't really get a chance to show much but Ruben Vinagre, Dion Sanderson, Taylor Perry, Niall Ennis and MGW all impressed and will surely get more chances this season.
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Mgw and vinagre will, Ennis will be loaned out as will the other two I suspect though if they stay they might get cup game or two.

West ham 1 up from a peno

David Silva levels it with an absolutely brilliant goal
1-1

And one minute later City get a peno
2-1 City

Man Utd smack Leeds 4-0 down under. No Helder Costa on the tour tho'.

Sterling makes it 3-1

so we get to play City on Saturday then

4-1 Sterling again

Great opportunity to boost our profile in China by beating the premier league champions.

Fosun looking to bribe city as we speak.

Won't be necessary Cinci

No match thread?? Cant get the staff.

Didnt sound like much of a work out for our boys, though good for the fitness in that heat. Pleased MGW got a goal.

Full time in t'other semi, 4-1 to City.

Disagree , I thought it was an excellent work out. To be so on our game in the first friendly of the summer is virtually unheard of. Lots of good performances including from Traore and Gibbs White who made the most of their first team chances. It was almost like we hadn’t had a break. And that in very testing humid conditions.

Agree Spangles. As a pre-season game I thought we did well. Much of the first half was reminiscent of last season, except with two player changes, both of whom did well.

Traore could get a few more starts this season if he could repeat that, but I'm not sure he ever had to make a defensive challenge, did he? MGW, we know he has talent, but any chances he gets will definitely not be as a stand in for Jiminez.

Very poor opposition though.

Hopefully MGW looks sharp again at the start of this season, he looked liked he got worse as last season went on for some reason after a promising start.

Yes wulfrun, MGW did well today despite playing out of position. And he took his goal really well. It’s probably not yet totally clear where his best position will be in the long term. Probably as an attacking midfield player but he is very mobile and could fit anywhere around the middle. He could probably compete with either Moutinho or Dendoncker in our current set up if he progresses

And Traore does ok as a wing back in games where we focus on attack. He could terrify the opposition in the early Europa games. But against strong opposition he would surely be found out defensively.

comment by Vicious Sid (U8869)
posted 5 hours, 39 minutes ago
more comments on a midweek pre-season friendly than one of halfwits prem games

halfwit out
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Shut it fatso !

Good that we're looking sharp already. Much better than getting battered by Morecambe or Shrewsbury. We are at a later stage of preparation though than the mags, their first competitive game being over 3 weeks away, ours is next week.