| Should we be concerned...? 17:22 - Aug 1 with 1520 views | ThatMuhrenCross |
Appreciate these are only friendlies, and results mean nothing, but in all these friendlies so far there's been next to no decent moments. You'd think that against Wycombe and Oxford we'd at least be able to show some level of dominance.
Please someone reassure me, it's making me a little anxious. |  |
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| Should we be concerned...? on 17:26 - Aug 1 with 1403 views | FlittonBlue |
If you are looking for reassurance you've definitely come to the wrong place! |  |
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| Should we be concerned...? on 17:27 - Aug 1 with 1357 views | rexron |
I guess its ok to be concerned. 2 games today against 2 teams that are far away from PL.
I wonder if the manager knows his best team. Its time to play them together now. |  |
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| It’s an early pre season game; vallecano and union berlin are games.. on 17:27 - Aug 1 with 1341 views | unstableblue |
… to focus on
That’s when we should see a team emerging and getting closer to the starting 11 [Post edited 1 Aug 17:36]
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| Should we be concerned...? on 17:28 - Aug 1 with 1264 views | LankHenners |
If you're a simpleton, yeah.
If you're normal then you'd just shrug any pre-season result off, even if we won 10-0. |  |
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| Should we be concerned...? on 17:30 - Aug 1 with 1179 views | stonojnr |
No. | | | |
| Should we be concerned...? on 17:31 - Aug 1 with 1150 views | Axeldalai_lama |
I'd perversely maybe feel a bit worse if we had a settled poorer first team in friendlies that was kicking teams arses and being moulded into a team to take on the season.
I'm almost relieved that we look exactly what we are, a team that is barely half built, further out from the start of the season than the teams we are playing and clearly with more players to come and more training and building to hit the new first team.
I'll be concerned in a week or two if nothing changes though. |  | | |
| Should we be concerned...? on 17:31 - Aug 1 with 1128 views | peterleeblue |
I’d encourage you to google Sunderland’s pre season results last summer.
Largely under whelming.
Beat West Ham 3-0 on the opening day and by and large didn’t look back. |  | | |
| Should we be concerned...? on 17:32 - Aug 1 with 1127 views | RobTheMonk |
No lol. |  | | |
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| Should we be concerned...? on 17:33 - Aug 1 with 1060 views | unstableblue |
| Should we be concerned...? on 17:28 - Aug 1 by LankHenners |
If you're a simpleton, yeah.
If you're normal then you'd just shrug any pre-season result off, even if we won 10-0. |
Agree today’s result(s) is meaningless, especially the Oxford game
However, if at Union Berlin we lost badly but MORE importantly looked really disjointed then I think fans would be rightly concerned. | |
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| Should we be concerned...? on 17:34 - Aug 1 with 1045 views | StokieBlue |
You say the results mean nothing and are only friendlies then you read a lot into those friendlies that you say don't matter to draw some conclusions.
I don't think this is anything like the team that we will see a few weeks into the season.
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| Should we be concerned...? on 17:36 - Aug 1 with 981 views | LankHenners |
| Should we be concerned...? on 17:33 - Aug 1 by unstableblue |
Agree today’s result(s) is meaningless, especially the Oxford game
However, if at Union Berlin we lost badly but MORE importantly looked really disjointed then I think fans would be rightly concerned. |
Getting worried in advance over a hypothetical situation is arguably more daft. | |
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| Should we be concerned...? on 17:36 - Aug 1 with 981 views | cressi |
| Should we be concerned...? on 17:33 - Aug 1 by unstableblue |
Agree today’s result(s) is meaningless, especially the Oxford game
However, if at Union Berlin we lost badly but MORE importantly looked really disjointed then I think fans would be rightly concerned. |
The next 3 friendlies are more important get a bit of a settled side and get those players in that we still require. | | | |
| Should we be concerned...? on 17:41 - Aug 1 with 881 views | RIPbobby |
No |  | | |
| Should we be concerned...? on 17:51 - Aug 1 with 731 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Should we be concerned...? on 17:27 - Aug 1 by rexron |
I guess its ok to be concerned. 2 games today against 2 teams that are far away from PL.
I wonder if the manager knows his best team. Its time to play them together now. |
He probably doesn’t know his best team yet, and even if he did it’s likely to be completely different by the time the season starts. I suspect (hope) things will start to take shape over the next couple of weeks. I’d be worried if we’re still playing fringe players and out of position by the time we get to Vallecano, and you’d hope we’ll see a sharp team performance in Berlin. |  |
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| Should we be concerned...? on 20:00 - Aug 1 with 528 views | JammyDodgerrr |
These are friendlies and results mean nothing. |  |
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| Should we be concerned...? on 20:28 - Aug 1 with 470 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Pre season is the worst product in sports, fair play to anyone that actually travels to watch it. Didn’t we look mustard last year and then not win until September?
It’s all just trying to get closer to match fitness, many of the players won’t even be at the club in a few weeks. The systems and patterns of play will not develop in these games but on the training ground and real football.
My only focus is the transfer market. |  |
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| Should we be concerned...? on 20:33 - Aug 1 with 450 views | FrimleyBlue |
I'd be excited TBH
Seriously some of the football in this latter game today was beutiful to watch. Stick a midfield into the picture too and it could be a magic season
Important we fill some very important areas
We seriously need to look at LB, if it's Davis, fine of course, but the cover has to be better than Johnson or Greaves.
In regards to Greaves, please for the love of good can someone tell him he is able to look to the right and find fatawu
Maeda - Think reuser but with pace |  |
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| Should we be concerned...? on 20:36 - Aug 1 with 431 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Should we be concerned...? on 20:33 - Aug 1 by FrimleyBlue |
I'd be excited TBH
Seriously some of the football in this latter game today was beutiful to watch. Stick a midfield into the picture too and it could be a magic season
Important we fill some very important areas
We seriously need to look at LB, if it's Davis, fine of course, but the cover has to be better than Johnson or Greaves.
In regards to Greaves, please for the love of good can someone tell him he is able to look to the right and find fatawu
Maeda - Think reuser but with pace |
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