Pre-season 2024/25 - Borussia Dortmund

[Steve67]

Just woke up and thought I would check in. Should I have bothered? Have we been poor again?

[Garyth]

I pity the poor souls who paid to go to this match.

[Toronto Villa]

It shows how far we still have to go as a football brand that there really wasn’t many in the crowd before the rain came. Less now of course. The Sky 6 have spent years building their name through success or CL appearances. I’m glad we are a growing brand but we need to sustain it for years to be truly relevant globally.

[villadelph]

Just woke up and thought I would check in. Should I have bothered? Have we been poor again?

Ain’t great.

[Garyth]

Just woke up and thought I would check in. Should I have bothered? Have we been poor again?

We've been better in the 2nd half, with more control but no real attacking threat.

[Toronto Villa]

We really do miss the silky control, poise and composure in midfield of Douglas Luiz.

[Louzie0]

I think we’ve looked better with 10 than 11; more interceptions, a corner; playing in their half is another improvement.

[Toronto Villa]

Full time

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Relegation beckons

[Steve67]

Carlos red in a friendly I presume this means he will miss our first league game? Was it a deserved sending off?

[KRS]

Well that was a performance that doesn’t fill me with much confidence. Haven’t seen anything from the new players to suggest they’ve actually improved the team or squad as a whole. My main concerns are our CB options and still not having a backup for Ollie.

[Toronto Villa]

Carlos red in a friendly I presume this means he will miss our first league game? Was it a deserved sending off?

It was just petulant and stupid. He got dragged into a situation he shouldn’t have reacted to. He’s more than experienced not to have allowed it to happen. Yes Openda played it up a bit. But it’s on Carlos not to find himself in that situation. So yes is the answer.

[usav]

Carlos red in a friendly I presume this means he will miss our first league game? Was it a deserved sending off?

It will have no impact on the Premier League

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Fortunately we won't be playing Wimbledon this season. Other that, great to see Emi B back, Ned did okay, certainly better than Cash, Youri still class and Unai only has three things to fix and we'll be flying; the defence, midfield and the attack. Not a shot on goal in 90 minutes takes some doing.

[Louzie0]

Openda reminded me of Martyn’s ‘wasps’ thread.


Onwards and upwards, it would be nice to win a game, again, that’s what Unai does!
If nothing else, the pre season shows how good and how much missed our internationals are!

[Steve67]

Sounds like Unai needs to get back to a deep analysis and Monchi opening the wallet again.  Centre back, number 10 and another forward still needed? Despite having Ollie and Konsa to come back.