Pre-season friendly thread

[Wolvensam]

And we actually defended corners that game and didn't look a constant bomb scare on them...

 

[AndyWolves]

Mosquera at £4.5m looks like an absolute snip

 

[Deano]

Cutrone is off he's been told to find another club and he wants to go a tap in changes nothing.

Mosquera looked good as Jinky said he is raw so I can't see him starting any of the early games but with some work they might have a player on their hands there.

 

[Lupo]

Decent that, nice finish by Cutrone and nice to see Neves in Old Gold once more! Sa's keeping looks a bit, err, eccentric at times but then he does play in Marigolds

 

[AndyWolves]

Decent that, nice finish by Cutrone and nice to see Neves in Old Gold once more! Sa's keeping looks a bit, err, eccentric at times but then he does play in Marigolds

He's got that ability to pick up the ball with one hand which I always rate in a keeper

 

[Throbber3]

Still falls over too easily though.

FIFY

 

[Throbber3]

A word on Bruno Lage. The man doesn’t shut up . He is like a cat on hot bricks and he misses nothing. Constantly encouraging and asking things of his players . Very encouraging.

 

[Wolvensam]

A word on Bruno Lage. The man doesn’t shut up . He is like a cat on hot bricks and he misses nothing. Constantly encouraging and asking things of his players . Very encouraging.

I liked this too. There was one point he called MGW and RAN over to give instructions too. It's good to see and similar to what Nuno did in his first couple of seasons here - he hardly did it last year though.

 

[Kenny]

Cutrone is off he's been told to find another club and he wants to go a tap in changes nothing.

I expect him to leave but what is good (and will help him in his mission to find a new home) is his attitude. For a player we know can be moody and think fuck this shit when it's not going his way, he was the opposite of that today.

Roll back a few years and go down a level or 5 and we had a forward in Joe Mason who was told he had no future and he proceeded to put in some woeful efforts in pre season games.

 

[Norman Deeley]

A word to whoever in the scouting department unearthed Mosquera for £4.5m - you deserve a significant bonus, sir or madam...

 

[Freddeno]

A word to whoever in the scouting department unearthed Mosquera for £4.5m - you deserve a significant bonus, sir or madam...

it was me

 

[Norman Deeley]

Fabio unquestionably bulked up from last season
The other player who seems to have put some weight on - hopefully muscle - is Semedo

 

[Freddeno]

Im a bit worried by Hoever though, dont think he has what it takes so far..maybe he will improve

 

[Tony Towner]

Didn't watch the game, so not saying anything is right or wrong, but there's a lot of strong opinions based on a kick about

 

[Throbber3]

Didn't watch the game, so not saying anything is right or wrong, but there's a lot of strong opinions based on a kick about

That’s a shame. Perhaps you would have seen the positives that others did. There were a number on show from players, coach and in style. And Betis were no mugs. Nice to have a largely positive match day thread was my thought. Better than about 30 last year .

 

[prawnking]

Missed the second half but some encouraging reviews of Sa and Mosquera particularly.

I know it's just pre-season but at least we're underway and have some actual football to base our views on, even if it isn't competitive

 

[Kenny]

The only thing we can all say without any doubt today - The officials were fookin dreadful

 

[prawnking]

Didn't watch the game, so not saying anything is right or wrong, but there's a lot of strong opinions based on a kick about

A fair reminder. At least the new lads didn't look like total shite though!

 

[Kenny]

even if it isn't competitive

Betis did their best for 45 to make it competitive. Kicked anything that moved

 

[YoungWolf]

Didn't watch the game, so not saying anything is right or wrong, but there's a lot of strong opinions based on a kick about

Yep. The only friendly that truly matters in terms of performance is the last one anyway tbh. But it was nice to see Mosquera play, and I was encouraged by Gibbs-White's role.