Malaga CF vs Everton FC- Saturday 11/08/12 - KO: 20:00

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bluejock said:
Let's see how Naismith plays against a team that aren't AEK's reserves.

As for keeping players, if that's the highlight of pre season, we're in f*cking trouble.
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We'd be in even more trouble if we were selling players.

Really, this pre-season has been better than most pre-seasons.

We spent money on Pienaar and signed two players on permanent deals in July, as opposed to deadline day desperation loans on August 31st.

You're massively overreacting because we lost a meaningless friendly 1-0 against a good La Liga side tonight.
 
why didnt we try and arrange the AEK game after this one? would have had a nice feel good factor going into the new season. seems a bit odd to have an away game as the last friendly, ah well, lets hope we hit the ground running, at least we have a nice set of fixtures if we don't get 3 points against man utd
 
BoysInBlue said:
Hey, I'm not arguing. It is poor.

7th isn't **** though, considering our finances.

It's **** for the size of the club, and the history & stature of the club.

But in real life 2012, it's actually pretty decent all things considered.
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We have finished lower than 7th a lot more times than above in the last 60yrs all with more money and 'better' managers :)

So all in all that was a respectable but not great finish. Looking forward to some consolidation this year and hopefully the more attacking play from the end of the season can carry through
 
Hey, it's pre-season. When it's a good one, it's no guarantee of a good season, and vice versa.

I'm not saying I'm happy with a bad performance, far from it, but its about match fitness.
 
BoysInBlue said:
We'd be in even more trouble if we were selling players.

Really, this pre-season has been better than most pre-seasons.

We spent money on Pienaar and signed two players on permanent deals in July, as opposed to deadline day desperation loans on August 31st.

You're massively overreacting because we lost a meaningless friendly 1-0 against a good La Liga side tonight.
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No, I'm reacting to the fact that the only two games we've played anything approaching decent football were against League 2 Morecambe and AEK reserves.

This pre season has been garbage and with three weeks to go, I wouldn't count on all those key players still being here.
 
Groucho said:
Hey, it's pre-season. When it's a good one, it's no guarantee of a good season, and vice versa.

I'm not saying I'm happy with a bad performance, far from it, but its about match fitness.
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And testing out new tactics etc....he forgets about that though
 
kenada_blue said:
And testing out new tactics etc....he forgets about that though
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Wouldnt it be mind blowing if Moyes tried out new tactics during pre season, Try a proper 442, Play Barkley behind 2 strikers ANYTHING BUT THE SAME CRAP WEEK IN WEEK OUT

I mean its not like 99% of the squad dont already know the current one inside out, Its not like they have forgotten it during there 4 weeks off
 
everton_de_vina_del_mar said:
Wouldnt it be mind blowing if Moyes tried out new tactics during pre season, Try a proper 442, Play Barkley behind 2 strikers ANYTHING BUT THE SAME CRAP WEEK IN WEEK OUT

I mean its not like 99% of the squad dont already know the current one inside out, Its not like they have forgotten it during there 4 weeks off
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He doesn't even bother trying it out. Everyone knows how to do their usual day job, so mixing it up might just make us less one dimensional.

But what do I know. It's a broken record
 
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