Relive every moment of every first team game since the beginning of the 2005/06 season. Our archive of matchday threads originally posted in the General Discussion Forum.
whuben wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 3:45 pm
One of the relegation years we won every pre season game, on the flip side the year arsenal went unbeaten they lost every pre season game
I know mate and some of our best seasons have come off dreadful pre-seasons.
I’m not getting carried away. Just pleased we can put out two patched together squads and manage to play decent football in both. That’s it. I’m taking nothing else from the results.
Right back to the doom and gloom (work not the transfer thread)
Really interesting idea playing 2 matches simultaneously. Means we get a lot more match minutes and dknt need to make a whole 11 change.
First time I've ever seen it. Anyone else ever heard of a team splitting their first team?
Also, really good to see a style of play developing. We seem more inclined to play it out from the back. Keepers encouraged to move the ball quickly when they catch it, CM pushing on to break lines. Good stuff!
WestHamIFC wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:03 pm
Anderson played more central, like a no.10, and looked class. Put a proper shift in too.
Funny old game, I thought the complete opposite, although I only watched the first half. Looked off the pace and gave the ball away a lot from what I saw.
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Denzil wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:19 pm
Funny old game, I thought the complete opposite, although I only watched the second half. Looked off the pace and gave the ball away a lot from what I saw.
JonG86 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:18 pm
Really interesting idea playing 2 matches simultaneously. Means we get a lot more match minutes and dknt need to make a whole 11 change.
First time I've ever seen it. Anyone else ever heard of a team splitting their first team?
Also, really good to see a style of play developing. We seem more inclined to play it out from the back. Keepers encouraged to move the ball quickly when they catch it, CM pushing on to break lines. Good stuff!
Think a few teams are doing it bud, season starts in just over two weeks so limited time for pre-season friendlies.