Pre-season Friendlies Match Thread

[Matt Collins]

Can you catch the england game on a stream somewhere?

[Legion]

I'll post a link in the U-19 thread.

[sfx412]

It's only a friendly.

Always is when we lose or draw against nobodies in pre season games

[The Man With A Stick]

It's only a friendly.

Always is when we lose or draw against nobodies

I don't recall any over-reactions when we win friendlies either.  Did I miss the open-top bus parade after the Inter game?

[Percy McCarthy]

It's only a friendly.

Always is when we lose or draw against nobodies

Yes I remember it well after the 0-3 against Doncaster, it was all anybody posted.

[Dave Cooper please]

It's only a friendly.

Always is when we lose or draw against nobodies

Yes I remember it well after the 0-3 against Doncaster, it was all anybody posted.

Oh, was that only a friendly then? I was sure at the time it was a proper cup game, it's why I was so pissed off.

[TheSandman]

It's only a friendly.

Always is when we lose or draw against nobodies in pre season games

I said the same against Peterborough.

[Matt Collins]

The 3-0 Donny game was in the cup!

[kippaxvilla2]

Look calm down it's not like it's Basingstoke or anything.

[Legion]

v Walsall Tuesday 27.7.10 7.45pm KO

[Guy M]

There does seem a bit of a malaise around the club lately but I think the results of pre-season friendlies provide very little idea of what will happen come the season.

The pro-MON support at the end of the season at away games was as strong as it was when he first arrived in my opinion and that was in drastic contrast to the mood on here.

I'd therefore argue that while there is a definite malaise around the club ON HERE, we the H&V posting public make up a VERY small cross-section of the Villa support and aren't necessarily reflective of the whole. I know my mood has benefited from my self-imposed restriction as to the time spent on here since the end of the season. Que sera, sera and all that.

[OCD]

I prefer it when our pre-season results are bad. When we win them all, we tend to start the season poorly and when we have a poor pre-season, we seem a bit more up for the start of the season.

[kippaxvilla2]

The thing I find puzzling is that almost every close season there is seemingly a one step away from a crisis situation.  We never seem to have event free summers anymore.  It's kind of a nervous feeling I get, can't quite fathom it.

[curiousorange]

From what I saw on the Villa Live thing, the performance was pretty good, just the result that went against us.

[achilles]

I prefer it when our pre-season results are bad. When we win them all, we tend to start the season poorly and when we have a poor pre-season, we seem a bit more up for the start of the season.

At least that way we have a low level expectation for the start of the season and it can only get better... thats the theory!