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15th August 2011, 16:36
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Reserve Team Player
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Reserves v Arsenal (15.08.11)
First League game of the season.
United Squad: Tomasz Kuszczak, Sam Johnstone; Larnell Cole, Michael Keane, Reece Brown, Ezekiel Fryers, Darren Fletcher, Paul Pogba, Darron Gibson, Danny Drinkwater, Oliver Norwood, Davide Petrucci, Jesse Lingard; Mame Biram Diouf, Will Keane. |
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15th August 2011, 17:14
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Unless he is in talks with regards to a loan deal..... |
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15th August 2011, 17:26
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Location: “United stands for attacking, attractive football played at high speed, with one-touch passing combinations, individual skill and unpredictability. That’s all conducted at pace, with intent.”
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However there's another reserve match on Thursday according to the website....a rearranged friendly at New Mills. |
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15th August 2011, 19:04
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Cole stuck at full back, Pogba out wide. Bit of a waste.
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15th August 2011, 19:19
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15th August 2011, 19:38
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very poor match from us - we have a much more experienced side and Arsenal have lost 2 players to injuries. Still they look much sharper.
Our team is so unbalanced its strange - we just have a bunch of central players - and some of them have to play on the flanks |
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15th August 2011, 21:08
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Least Fletch got his 90 minutes. Pogba looked nice in patches, Cole was decent too but overall we looked ponderous and Arsenal were Arsenal basically, moving the ball at speed and looked competent.
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15th August 2011, 22:43
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Was a decent game with a decent crowd. Pogba drifted in and out of the game but wholly looked good. Drinkwater was good in spells too.
Was told Larnell had spent most of pre season at RB wished he was further forward. Zeki could have been on the left, Keane on the right but don't think there was another CB so Zeki tucked in and Cole went out right with Keane on the left. |
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16th August 2011, 15:31
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16th August 2011, 15:44
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16th August 2011, 18:10
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I was impressed by Pogba's ability to play as an actual winger - making runs in behind the defense, taking his full back on 1-on-1, etc - instead of drifting inside and playing in his more natural style like I thought he would. Not that he should ever be played as a winger of course, but it's nice to know he has the intelligence and versatility to adapt to an unfamiliar situation.
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