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Pre Season 2013
- Thread starter Jordinho
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Naughton and Huddlestone would be our best bet.
The Moonlit Knight
Banned
First 5 yards is in the head, not in the legs. To be able to play a high line your defenders have to have excellent tactical awareness, concentration and positioning first, pace second. One without the other and it won't work though. Personally I look at all of our current defenders and I am not sure any of them are truly suited to a high line, even Vertonghen.
The Moonlit Knight
Banned
Totally this. We don't know the intensity of their training sessions the day before the matches, and even in some cases the MORNING of the matches. It's why it also means nothing hammering teams in pre-season. The other team may already be knackered before they even take to the pitch.
The other constant with pre-season over the years is that younger fringe players always end up looking a lot better than they actually are in competitive games, because they play every game like it's a competitive match and aren't as prone to fatigue as older players.
braineclipse
Willie Hall
Livermore played as a CB in the EL at some point iirc. I think it was in one of the makeshift Redknapp games so some leeway should be allowed, but he looked very much out of place.
I would rather see Hudd there, he has some experience playing that position and doing alright at least.
I don't think Fryers is ready either.
I hope neither of them play there when the league starts.
inkpenspur
Allan Nielsen
What are you watching Mumorn?
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
I would be a little more comfortable with this pairing,but still cant believe we are in this position for the first game of the season
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
well I was watching Man Utd look brick.
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
Here's a sight for sore eyes...
...Younes Kaboul back in full training.
was he ever out of training?
I just have a feeling he wont play pre-season games because he may have problems that could affect him.
I mean you never saw Ledley King play in pre-season games did ya? I actually think Kaboul will start against Palace.
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Cecil Poynton
Hudd can't run and tackle and doesn't get off the ground when he jumps, apart from that he'd be a good centre back, at least Naughton can defend.
inkpenspur
Allan Nielsen
Well I guessed that much... stuck in Germany with only brick TV I wondered what footie you had found to watch. I didn't think I was being particularly provocative...
papaspur
Kasey Keller
don't fudging question mumorn; it's in the site rules now.
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
hehe im sorry if it come across that way, i thought it was pretty clear
they were playign AIK in a friendly, looked poor as they have been all pre-season. I'd like to say it's the Moyes effect, they were playing long ball, but we have hardly looked good.
inkpenspur
Allan Nielsen
hehe im sorry if it come across that way, i thought it was pretty clear
No offence taken Capt Soldado
Good, glad to see that Utd are going down the toilet
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
This has probably been suggested before, but if we did accept a bid for Bale, can we not teach this guy to speak Welsh, pin his ears back and send him to Madrid instead??