• Dear Guest, Please note that adult content is not permitted on this forum. We have had our Google ads disabled at times due to some posts that were found from some time ago. Please do not post adult content and if you see any already on the forum, please report the post so that we can deal with it. Adult content is allowed in the glory hole - you will have to request permission to access it. Thanks, scara

2025/26 pre-season

This is why I get annoyed that players cannot strike a ball like that.
It isn't some SUPER difficult skill.
Bayern had 2 shots from 2 kids in 2 minutes and 2 goals, both perfectly placed.

It really isn't an impossible skill, but most of our team could never do that.
Bayern have players with good base technical level. Ours not so much tbh. Its why i'm no fan of the likes of Johnson, Richy etc. They have poor general technique. When you think about Kane and how cleanly he hit the ball or even Son as another example, we are really missing that in this squad now.
 
We lack a proper striker and a creator/#10. Otherwise we have decent choices.
In attacking terms those are arguably the two most important roles in any side. So you think we are lacking quality there, well then of course we are average, theres little to no quality in the key areas. We *might* even have decent choices elsewhere (and decent is not a level I think we should be targeting) but that leaves an unbalanced side in terms of quality.

We are going to need to be really strong defensively this season to make up for the paucity of ability at the top end of the field, and this isn't new. I'm been saying the same things for 2 years now.
 
Missed the first half with a dental hygiene appointment, wasn't as painful as the second half.
Did we have a shot on target?
However it was exactly how it looked, a settled team and coach against a new coach still trying to get his style over.
 
No surprises really.
Team is very tired from hard training sessions and flying to Hong Kong and Korea inbetween.
Without Solanke Madders Deki Udogie etc.

Obvious to everyone that we need a couple more Kudus's's
 
I know The Woolwich didn't have some of their new signings out when we beat them but Bayern look a lot superior to The Woolwich , with a bit of luck maybe they will get Bayern in the CL league stage.
 
Wow…why!?

Hopefully Frank is a quick learner.
It’s preseason so you experiment and try things out to see how flexible your squad is. I imagine he’s doing it to see if he’s an option for the left as opposed to because he’s better on the left.

I don’t think we’ll be seeing him there again any time soon.
 
Didn't see it and not at all surprised by the score, will probably be similar next Wednesday.
We really need some quality in our first 11, none of our starters today would get in the top 4 or 5 sides in the prem.
 
I knew that response would come and I’m not really buying it. We have a massive game in 9 days. We should be going in ready.

Part of the problem is….after Son’s departure we don’t really have a recognised first choice left winger/left forward.
Also where are the goals going to come from, Johnson looks like he is used completely different to what he was used for last year, ie scoring goals.

We will be a lot better defensively I just can't see how we are going to be exciting at all.

We are now Madisson, Son, Moore, Yang, Kulu down already. 4 of those aren't coming back this season (1 permanently) leaving us with Tel, Richarlison, Solanke, Odebert, Johnson and Kudus.

Hardly going to brick scare anyone is it. We've gone from having probably the best strike force in the premiership to one of the worst in two full seasons.
 
I knew that response would come and I’m not really buying it. We have a massive game in 9 days. We should be going in ready.

Part of the problem is….after Son’s departure we don’t really have a recognised first choice left winger/left forward.
Tel and Odobert will be fine. They are just 2 weeks behind everyone else because of U21 tournaments over the summer. The same as Gray is

#10 and CF are the real concerns
 
Also where are the goals going to come from, Johnson looks like he is used completely different to what he was used for last year, ie scoring goals.

We will be a lot better defensively I just can't see how we are going to be exciting at all.

We are now Madisson, Son, Moore, Yang, Kulu down already. 4 of those aren't coming back this season (1 permanently) leaving us with Tel, Richarlison, Solanke, Odebert, Johnson and Kudus.

Hardly going to brick scare anyone is it. We've gone from having probably the best strike force in the premiership to one of the worst in two full seasons.
We can’t be exciting without creativity
It’s toxic to play without a players who purpose so to do just that
 
I knew that response would come and I’m not really buying it. We have a massive game in 9 days. We should be going in ready.

Part of the problem is….after Son’s departure we don’t really have a recognised first choice left winger/left forward.
Said to my brother the other day, who's getting our goals this season?
Johnson was good getting the goals he did but now he's not on the right and with a different system can't see him getting many.
Early days of course but a bit of a worry as we really lack creativity as shown today and especially in the Luton friendly.
Bayern are a very good side but just like Ange's side last year, today we could easily have conceded 7 or 8.
 
Back