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Author Topic: Pre-season 2024/25 - Borussia Dortmund  (Read 157655 times)

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1290 on: August 04, 2024, 12:28:26 AM »
Last year we drew 3-3 with Brentford same levels of fitness.  We beat the other sides didn’t we?

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1291 on: August 04, 2024, 12:28:30 AM »
Playing 3 and losing 3 will certainly raise our brand profile over there.

Yeah but big shiny screen shirt pictures in New York etc.

I know, yes, yada yada preseason etc etc not important minutes in legs, missing big name players, all that stuff, but we've looked pretty awful from start to finish thus far.

We can't trust second string players to play things like our high line, for example. The drop off in quality in keepers from Martinez is immense - Olsen is proven shit, Gauci is mediocre, and Zych looks like a 12 year old playing with the sixth formers.

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1292 on: August 04, 2024, 12:28:35 AM »
I’m now officially worried.

Nah. This isn’t how it will look. We didn’t suddenly become shit.

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1293 on: August 04, 2024, 12:28:59 AM »
What positives can be taken from these 3 games?

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1294 on: August 04, 2024, 12:29:24 AM »
It's slightly concerning. We are not controlling games, can't keep the ball, and there are no signs of any coherent attacking patterns really.

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1295 on: August 04, 2024, 12:29:39 AM »
What positives can be taken from these 3 games?

No injuries, except for Olsen.

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1296 on: August 04, 2024, 12:29:46 AM »
What positives can be taken from these 3 games?

Heck strolling up Madison Avenue with his big swinging dick like he's back in town.

Nothing. Genuinely absolutely nothing.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1297 on: August 04, 2024, 12:30:00 AM »
It's going to be a tense and exciting end to the season, I just hope we stay up.

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1298 on: August 04, 2024, 12:30:11 AM »
Last year we drew 3-3 with Brentford same levels of fitness.  We beat the other sides didn’t we?

I think that’s the telling thing playing against sides at the same levels of fitness. This time around Columbus and Club America have started their season. For Columbus they are mid season. Both are current champions of their leagues. And the Leipzig game plan went to shit because Carlos was an idiot.

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1299 on: August 04, 2024, 12:30:48 AM »
We have looked really light up top.  Haven't seen enough from Philogene or Dobbin. Makeshift centre back partnership. 

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1300 on: August 04, 2024, 12:30:52 AM »
Last year we drew 3-3 with Brentford same levels of fitness.  We beat the other sides didn’t we?
Drew with Walsall, Newcastle lost to Valencia I think

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1301 on: August 04, 2024, 12:31:46 AM »
Beating a prem team for them is the lottery...for us this is just a run around.

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1302 on: August 04, 2024, 12:32:57 AM »
Last year we drew 3-3 with Brentford same levels of fitness.  We beat the other sides didn’t we?

I think that’s the telling thing playing against sides at the same levels of fitness. This time around Columbus and Club America have started their season. For Columbus they are mid season. Both are current champions of their leagues. And the Leipzig game plan went to shit because Carlos was an idiot.

Club America have played 4 games and are currently 9th.

It's not like we're facing Manchester City in December.

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1303 on: August 04, 2024, 12:33:18 AM »
Dobbin isn’t Bellingham

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Re: Pre-season 2024/25 - Club América
« Reply #1304 on: August 04, 2024, 12:33:39 AM »
Come back and save us JD!!

 


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