Leeds United vs. Everton - 3pm KO - 1st August

[marty mcfly]

Bet you he plays tomorrow because he hasn't done anything to his hamstring.

I hope you are right. I fear Martinez is telling porkies. I saw him reach down and feel it.

 

[marty mcfly]

Except they all weren't on the pitch together. Kone won't start, Rom is fine for Watford by all accounts. Barkley Cleverly and Mccarthy will be the starts out of that lot. I'm not kidding myself, I just prefer not to lose my mind over a preseason friendly with a mostly u21 team playing when we have another game tomorrow, too each their own

Yea they were with the exception of Cleverly and McCarthy.

 

[Connor]

They were bought by a billionaire and are in the champions league. I haven't really followed who they've bought but if they've lost players (I know they lost Denis Cheryshev) I'm sure they've replaced them with quality.

They might show up and might not but they problem is we are a very easy team to play against in friendlies because we aren't aggressive and allow teams to play the way they want. They could as easily turn on the style and hammer us similar to what Arsenal did.

Vietto, Dos Santos, Campbell, Ruiz, Uche and Aquino all left.

Of the players they've brought in, I have no clue who any of them are.

 

[Joey66]

Browning the only plus today

 

[Bigmaclad]

I hope you are right. I fear Martinez is telling porkies. I saw him reach down and feel it.

Maybe it was itchy

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

GOT Bells be all

 

[ilikecheese]

Gunna be a long old season lads. Prepare yourself for struggle after struggle

lol

 

[LinekersLegs]

Barkley, Cleverly, Naismith, Kone and McCarthy could likely all start against Watford. That's the spine of our attack and midfield.

Rom has a hamstring injury. We probably won't see him till the 3rd game of the season at the earliest.

Don't kid yourself. Our main problem last season was creating chances and this pre-season hasn't shown any reason to believe that is likely to change.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...ews/everton-allay-fears-lukaku-injury-9747536
martinez insists the £28m striker has not suffered a hamstring problem as first feared but, instead, was experiencing muscle fatigue.

 

[Blue Parkender]

Never thought i would say this but Cleverley is a far better player than Barkley at the moment.

 

[Connor]

Gunna be a long old season lads. Prepare yourself for struggle after struggle

I hope this experience against actual Football League players won't affect our Under 21's and 19's.

 

[marty mcfly]

Except they all weren't on the pitch together. Kone won't start, Rom is fine for Watford by all accounts. Barkley Cleverly and Mccarthy will be the starts out of that lot. I'm not kidding myself, I just prefer not to lose my mind over a preseason friendly with a mostly u21 team playing when we have another game tomorrow, too each their own

Nasimith will play on the left, Barry, Cleverly and McCarthy will be in the middle and Kone up front.

I would put money that's how we will start first game of the season.

 

[Groucho]

If you're fuming at a pre-season defeat of a side that was 50% reserves, football may not be your ideal pastime.

 

[LocalNative]

Man City are 4-0 down at half time to Stuttgart. These games don't really count for much. It all about fitness. Half the team was youth and most likely the first time they've played with one another.

Performance wise i'm sure they've played better than us in pre season. We're doing the same things as last year, crab football with slow passes no runs and too predictable. The score I don't care about but the performance was poor (again!).

 

[Robertor]

Can't believe people are actually moaning about a 50% academy side getting beat by a championship teams first XI lol

 

[riddick]

We're going to be hammered by Villarreal unless Rooney plays a blinder. They came 4th in La Liga and will pass us of the park.

isnt that what we are supposed to excel at?