Jimothy Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 5 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said: Kante has gone, and he made a lot of what we were about last season, the way we played worked because of him, we now need to start to spend and fill that gap because he is a massive loss. He is a massive loss, but so was losing Cambiasso. Kante wasn't even a starter in the first few games of the season last year. We'll adapt. Amartey looks like he could fill the Kante role.
Itsthejoeker Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Did you think we'd win the league on the back of playing worse sides in the last pre-season?
Harry - LCFC Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 55 minutes ago, ben_lcfc said: What's the excuse going to be when we lose community shield next week? Jet lag? There's no attempt at putting together an argument there, just an insistence on panicking. You're assuming that we're going to keep playing poorly because we've not played well today. But as we've seen before, 'bad' pre-season results are often no indication of a bad competitive season.
Jimothy Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 I can't wait for the reactions should Messi or Suarez score against us on Wednesday. God forbid we don't shut out the worlds best strikers in a friendly
Babylon Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Every bloody year... Pre season games mean nothing. Some of our worst pre seasons have resulted in a great season. It's not an indicator of anything.
foxes_rule1978 Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Well I hope the management don't accept such a performance, and realise we need to strengthen massively. It was a complete mess today
LcFc_Smiv Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 1 minute ago, foxes_rule1978 said: Well I hope the management don't accept such a performance, and realise we need to strengthen massively. It was a complete mess today
Jimothy Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 1 minute ago, foxes_rule1978 said: Well I hope the management don't accept such a performance, and realise we need to strengthen massively. It was a complete mess today Friendly. Friendly. Friendly. Please get that word into your thick skull ffs!
RowlattsFox Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Who should we go out and buy? Some are saying spend but who? PSG are a very good side and they look like are going to be much more a team now zlatan has left. Better than anything we have faced previously in an environment not suited to us. Not ideal to get best heavily but not embarrassing.
samlcfc1 Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 I remember some on here saying we wouldn't compete in the prem after a 1-1 draw at Mansfield last year
foxes_rule1978 Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 4 minutes ago, Facecloth said: Friendly. Friendly. Friendly. Please get that word into your thick skull ffs! im aware of what it was, but the performance and result does not make for a positive reading, I'm disappointed with a battering I don't care who it is against or under what circumstances.
Deanosbeano Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Don't worry we will be fine for the coming season, Claudio will sort it, after all it was only a friendly
Jimothy Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Just now, foxes_rule1978 said: im aware of what it was, but the performance and result does not make for a positive reading, I'm disappointed with a battering I don't care who it is against or under what circumstances. We experimented. We left players out to give game time to others. We had new players slotting into a line up that barely changed last season. It's about building fitness, sharpness, understandings etc. I'm pretty sure Chelsea, with a very strong side, lost something like 6-1 against Mansfield or Oxford or someone like that a few years back and then went on to win the league.
possiblygeorge Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 7 minutes ago, samlcfc1 said: I remember some on here saying we wouldn't compete in the prem after a 1-1 draw at Mansfield last year A few 1 goal wins and a couple of draws and everyone was losing their minds
foxes_rule1978 Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 4 minutes ago, Facecloth said: We experimented. We left players out to give game time to others. We had new players slotting into a line up that barely changed last season. It's about building fitness, sharpness, understandings etc. I'm pretty sure Chelsea, with a very strong side, lost something like 6-1 against Mansfield or Oxford or someone like that a few years back and then went on to win the league. I understand friendlies throw up some odd results, but this was under a huge spotlight and a lot of people were watching and spent money to see this expecting more... this wasn't no rubbish pre season against lower league opposition...
Callabinho Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 2 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said: im aware of what it was, but the performance and result does not make for a positive reading, I'm disappointed with a battering I don't care who it is against or under what circumstances. That battering was dishes out by some of the finest players in Europe. They would probably beat anyone in the premier league, easily.
Jimothy Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Just now, foxes_rule1978 said: I understand friendlies through up some odd results, but this was under a huge spotlight and a lot of people were watching and spent money to see this expecting more... this wasn't no rubbish pre season against lower league opposition... I don't care who was watching, we're there to prepare not to entertain. So what if the world was watching, let them believe that was the real us, they were wrong about us for most of last year, they assume we'll fall away this year. I don't give a **** what they think, as long as we keep performing when it matters.
MrSpaM Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 The overreaction to this result is absolutely ridiculous, get a grip it's a friendly ffs
Babylon Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 5 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said: I understand friendlies throw up some odd results, but this was under a huge spotlight and a lot of people were watching and spent money to see this expecting more... this wasn't no rubbish pre season against lower league opposition... Then it's their fault for not realising friendly games are meaningless nonsense.
Collymore Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 35 minutes ago, foxinsox said: Some pluses: Hernandez looked good. Composed and skillful with a good long throw. I see him as a CB. Chilwell also didn't look out of his depth, though could have stopped their second. Amartey generally very good. 2 of our best chances fell to him. Both were just a yard off spectacular. Mendys and Musa the jury is out. Gray looked sharp. He and Mahrez will get us goals. Drinky looked good too. The rest of the team looked jaded and off the pace. Two weeks to go, two more games to get it right and Hull are no PSG! I agree there's no point in dwelling over a friendly performance but there's also no point in fooling yourself that there were any pluses! All the players looked awful (Gray being maybe the only exception) The only good thing to come from it was some match fitness. I get annoyed by the people getting too worried over games like this but equally it's irritating seeing people pretending there were loads of pluses when there clearly wasn't!
foxinsox Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 4 minutes ago, Collymore said: I agree there's no point in dwelling over a friendly performance but there's also no point in fooling yourself that there were any pluses! All the players looked awful (Gray being maybe the only exception) The only good thing to come from it was some match fitness. I get annoyed by the people getting too worried over games like this but equally it's irritating seeing people pretending there were loads of pluses when there clearly wasn't! There is always more to learn from (and post about!) In a loss than a win. Panicking is premature, but there were some positives amongst the negatives today. Plenty of time to put things right. Another plus: Other teams will have cooled about buying some of our players today!
Fox92 Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 42 minutes ago, Facecloth said: He is a massive loss, but so was losing Cambiasso. Kante wasn't even a starter in the first few games of the season last year. We'll adapt. Amartey looks like he could fill the Kante role. Wish people would stop bringing up Cambiasso. Kante is a bigger loss (or at least looks like a bigger loss so far). He was real box to box and it doesn't look like we have that.
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Howling at these over reactions Get a fvcking grip.
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