Pre-season Friendlies Match Thread

[BedsVillain]

Would MON play JC as the lone striker ahead of Gabby? Discuss....

[PaulTheVillan]

Lovely, Dunne asked Carew if he wanted the ball on his chest. Then gets it spot on to his chest.

[Monty]

Luke Young has been living up to the criticisms of him like a stereotype. He jumps in so poorly, no positional sense whatsoever. By contrast, Petrov's looked our only footballer worth of the name at times, the rest can be so rudimentary on the ball.

[achilles]

JC looks/works/scores like a centre forward should do!

[TheSandman]

Luke Young has been living up to the criticisms of him like a stereotype. He jumps in so poorly, no positional sense whatsoever. By contrast, Petrov's looked our only footballer worth of the name at times, the rest can be so rudimentary on the ball.

Plus ca change.

[curiousorange]

I don't know if the transfer will come to pass but David Luiz will fit right in at Chelsea. A great player, but also a fouling, whinging arsehole.

[eric woolban woolban]

Where is Agbonlahor?

Hasn't featured in pre-season?

[Axl Rose]

has anyone else watching on the veetle coverage noticed the chat thing on the right of the screen? the username with the title 'yourdadsbellend'.....it brought a smile to my face...

[Monty]

Luke Young has been living up to the criticisms of him like a stereotype. He jumps in so poorly, no positional sense whatsoever. By contrast, Petrov's looked our only footballer worth of the name at times, the rest can be so rudimentary on the ball.

Plus ca change.

I'll tell you what else change. Reo-Coker is unbelievably poor on the ball. Like, unacceptably bad.

[Dave]

Where is Agbonlahor?

Hasn't featured in pre-season?

I thought he had played pretty much every game until this evening.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

What a great pass from their goalkeeper Roberto.

[SoccerHQ]

Would MON play JC as the lone striker ahead of Gabby? Discuss....

Not for me, Carew is much better in a two.

I wouldn't worry too much, Benfica are an excellent team, much better than what West Ham will come up with. I say that without knowing if the likes of Cardozo, Saviola, Aimar and David Luiz are playing? If not then time to worry but we did beat Feyenoord 3-1 last night so I wouldn't be slitting my wrists at this.

[Toronto Villa]

Looking at the score and performance, we fit in with the likes of Feyenoord, but are clearly a class below the top European teams. We're Europa League standard right now, and it shows both domestically and in games against European teams with significantly more technical ability.

[Matt Collins]

NRC would be a good player if he had even the most average of passing ability. I'd still play him ahead of Sidders though.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Been wondering for years where Tony Morleys hair was, the Benfica coach had it all along .