Great confidence building result.
Herrera was a joy to watch, finally a midfielder who thinks f*ck all this passing backwards shite. I think he was awesome and would look even better alongside Strootman or Vidal. However if we can't get either of them I still think a Blind or De Jong would be a huge improvement on Fletcher, Cleverely and Carrick.
Defensively I'm not a huge fan of three at the back but they all did fairly well today, Smalling looking the most uncomfortable as always.
If we sign De Vrij or muppet dream Hummels I would be a lot more confident playing this way.
Shaw was very timid in his approach, looked a bit shell shocked to be honest but he will come good. He probably never dreamed of playing a pre season game in front of 70000 plus supporters.
Other plus points were Mata who looked class as usual, Kagawa in the last 30 mins looked a threat linking well with Herrera and even Cleverley and Young looked half decent.
A special mention to Reece James, looked very comfortable indeed and what a left peg. No nonsense finishing. Shaw may have some competition already!
