Official Match Thread. Man Utd V Barca. 0030 Mutv

Originally Posted by jem

no one wants to say we can't defend the europa then? yet.

We can if we go out of the CL in the group stages.

What was the score?

Originally Posted by Harri Jaffa

What was the score?

Top red

Originally Posted by saffers

I couldn't feel more confident going into the next season.

Neither could I. That's the problem.

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

Top red

Didn't watch it. Haven't trawled

Originally Posted by Harri Jaffa

Didn't watch it. Haven't trawled

Mad how this site is working and all the other sports Ones and google are down...

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

Mad how this site is working and all the other sports Ones and google are down...

Alright top redington of redington avenue. Just asking

Originally Posted by Harri Jaffa

Alright top redington of redington avenue. Just asking

1-0

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

1-0

Cheers. Just googled it

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

But it is about more than fitness
It's the one time at a top club that you get to really train and coach your team

During the season at a top club you only get recuperation and preparing for the next opponent in-between matches
In pre-season you can really drill players into the sort of team you want

Even if that's the case, preseason friendlies where the team is frequently changed aren't really matches to demonstrate it. Preseason friendlies are worthless for anything other than fitness. A step up from testimonials is the best that can be said for them.

Originally Posted by andyroo

Hull City we actually lost the second game but went through on aggregate

Is that supposed to have any significance?

Do you think if we weren't ahead on aggregate when 1-0 down we might have approached the last 30 minutes differently?

Originally Posted by plopborsky

just glad I was not online in 1995 , that's some shite preseason wins and then went on to get smashed by villa on the first day after selling our better players and then signing no one Remember preseason matters folks.

31 July 1995
Selangor
A4–1
Bruce, Butt, Pallister, Sharpe
50,000

2 August 1995
Selangor
A
2–0
Bruce, Scholes
20,000

7 August 1995
Birmingham City
A
0–1
13,330

9 August 1995
Bradford City
A
1–0
Keane
13,457

11 August 1995
Shelbourne
A
2–2
Butt, Beckham
12,500

13 August 1995
East Fife
A
4–0
Beckham (2), McClair, Sharpe
5,385

15 August 1995
Oldham Athletic
A
2–0
Sharpe, Jobson (o.g.)
8,766

We only lost one game tbf.

Still, the contrast between those opponents and who we've played this summer

Originally Posted by Jammy Dodger

Even if that's the case, preseason friendlies where the team is frequently changed aren't really matches to demonstrate it. Preseason friendlies are worthless for anything other than fitness. A step up from testimonials is the best that can be said for them.



Is that supposed to have any significance?

Do you think if we weren't ahead on aggregate when 1-0 down we might have approached the last 30 minutes differently?

Fitness is number one for sure, but you can also start to find a rhythm and tempo to your play. I think conversations about tactics and formations can get a little over cooked sometimes and the basics get a bit lost. I'd like to see us move the ball much quicker and be a bit bolder in making off the ball runs. We are still too static and cautious, and far too frequently the simple things -first touch that perpetuates a move rather than stalling it, and ten to fifteen yard balls a player can run onto- are lacking. Not from all, but too many.