birdman Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 (edited) Not good but whatever. Rocket up arse at half time. That said just don't want any injuries from this horrendous pitch. Don't actually care about the scoreline too much! Edited July 23, 2022 by birdman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Just now, Rolta said: The weather and pitch is shocking and neither team should be playing in it. Have you seen where the subs are sitting on deck chairs without a dugout?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Funny, if you continue with the same shit nothing will change. Ings and Ollie shouldn’t be on the pitch together. Call it pre season or whatever you want but it’s absolutely dire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amed Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Really boring and rubbish…. Nothing has changed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 For the players we have, that was dire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarcana Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Wingers? shall we try width. We seem to have one plan, everyone collect in the middle of the pitch and hope for an overlap. Its slow, its not great, however its pre season and we are playing in a swamp so ill give them the benefit of the doubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Both teams at the same stage of pre-season… Man Utd just looked sharper and fitter. Villa look lethargic and keep giving the ball away and have no idea how to attack. Can’t play like this when the season starts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Absolutely nothing as changed from last season. At least this should hopefully calm down the Europe talk again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Just now, OutByEaster? said: It's pre-season, it's not a disaster, but I think the manager needs to learn some things from that half. Some of these are things he's clearly not learned since November. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Icarium said: I know you shouldn't read too much into friendlies, but this is depressingly familiar Yep and some people think we can get 7th. We are fighting for a top ten 10 place with what we have. As I’ve said before, I’m concerned about our attacking play or lack of it. Doesn’t help when we concede cheap goals as well. SG has a lot of work to do and this preseason was supposed to be when that happened, I’m a little concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khizzy Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 If the match isn't called off at half time we need to sub off one of the strikers, bring on Luiz or Buendia and change our shape slightly because its just not working. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, KMitch said: Good thing we bought a Champions League quality DM... You'd never notice it, though. That's what I mean though. He's out there looking ponderous and getting dispossessed for fun. We manage to turn decent players into chumps, I don't fully understand it, we've had 2 different head coaches and 3 different people leading the training sessions in 2 years. A huge pool of CMs and different combos in that time too. Same shit midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaFaninLondon Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 This is horrendous. Can't defend despite adding Carlos and Kamara and still can't attack. Can't pass and move and constantly lump it upfield. Gerrard looks more and more like a poor manager but it's evident we also haven't done enough in the transfer window which I've said all along. What another awful season we've got to look forward to by the looks of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 This match should probably be abandoned in these conditions to be fair I just see unnecessary injuries happening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 This first half was typical of Gerrard IMO. I don't think I've ever felt that we can be more than the sum of our parts under his management, which tracks with his managerial experience to date. He can win games when our squad is stronger than others but in terms of outthinking better teams... I just don't see it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Not an encouraging half of football. Same struggles in possession, midfield not linking up well, resorting to hopeful punts forward. Coutinho has been really poor, I don’t know why we had a collective brainfart for their second goal, perhaps they were distracted by the brief monsoon. That being said, United have been very good with the ball, good movement and pressing off the ball too which has made it tough for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbluesky Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Ings isn't getting anywhere near the ball. I like McGinn but I don't think he's good enough for a side with ambitions of top 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Who is missing for you? You can maybe make a case for Buendia or Luiz, but this is pretty close to our best eleven and I think the manager thinks this is our best side right now. Missing 2/4 players who can string a pass together is pretty **** huge imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanmac Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Desperately need a striker. Ings and Watkins are just names that are good on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Going nowhere with this line up / formation. Can’t get my head around what Gerrard is thinking tbh. Bailey or Buendia would be immeasurably better than the dross Ings and Watkins serve up 90% of the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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