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Preseason 2022

Sitting back, men behind the ball, let them have possession... Jose must be jealous of how we started ;)
 
Lilbaz said:
If the socks were dark blue it wouldn't be too bad.
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No not for me . The blue colour in the shirt is horrid.

Not paid to much attention this summer . Do we have a third kit ? Hope it’s nicer than this one . Don’t want to see us in it to much this season.
 
Right sod this . First time I’ve seen us pre season and it’s been a bit meh . Oops losing now sod it. I’ll wait till next week to watch us.

May I add that defending was as bad as the kit.
 
elltrev said:
Personally I think Hojbjerg’s passing is underrated. And I thought Bissouma’s strengths were ball-winning and dribbling / press resistance, rather than passing?
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I think PEH can play a nice pass but his awareness isn't great so misses opportunities to play dangerous balls quite regularly whereas Bentancur is more likely to spot those types of passes
 
We should be seeing some fluent moves and pattern of play this close to the start of the season, but I'm not seeing much of it.
I still maintain that I think we'll struggle early on this season.
 
Perisic definitely an upgrade. Good to have him. Bissouma can grow into the side. A bit shy but promising. Want him to demand the ball and run the midfield.

RWB is up for grabs. Moura probably edging it so far. Spence we haven’t seen much of, but could be a late runner to start the season at WB
 
I was expecting a tough friendly and so it has proven. I still maintain that our transfer business strengthened the squad and not the 'upper ability' of the team.

I would also love to see a different formation. So far it looks the same. Perhaps Conte is preparing a surprise for the league.

COYS
 
afsoc4life said:
I was expecting a tough friendly and so it has proven. I still maintain that our transfer business strengthened the squad and not the 'upper ability' of the team.

I would also love to see a different formation. So far it looks the same. Perhaps Conte is preparing a surprise for the league.

COYS
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I'd agree with that.
It's slightly improved the "first XI", but the main thing it's done is reduce the drop off when one or two players are not available/out of form. We've struggled with the last bit for a long time.
 
afsoc4life said:
I was expecting a tough friendly and so it has proven. I still maintain that our transfer business strengthened the squad and not the 'upper ability' of the team.

COYS
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Perhaps, but Perisic is definitely an upgrade on Sessegnon and similarly Bissouma on PEH, so thats 2 out of 11 improved.

I was hoping for a new RWB though who would make an immediate difference. We might still land an attacking midfielder who gives us a different dimension too
 
With Perisic & Bissouma we have notably upgraded two starting XI positions - can't remember the last time we done that in a summer window?
 
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