Pros
Sanchez continued to look sharper in pre-season.
Andreas had yet another good game. Technically good in the first half and mentally strong in the second.
Demetri looked fairly decent at times going forward.
Majority of major players missing
Cons
Defensively still shaky. Not limited to this game only, or the youth involved.
Despite only being pre-season, tactical setup looks very reminiscent of last seasons approach of conceding the ball, irregular pressing, inviting pressure and struggling to retain the ball.
TFM, Axel need more loan time to develop.
I understand some of the more emotive arguments from the "knee jerking" crowd. I think the sentiment being that factors such as "they're kids", "it's pre-season", and "fitness levels" are perhaps somewhat negated when you observe that the likes of City, Dortmund and co, have played pre-season games with equal fitness levels to us with higher quantities of youth players involved, and yet have look fluid throughout.
The take home from this pre-season is that the style of play isn't going to change. We're just going to have better players playing that style of football. It needs to be accepted that we're not going to aggressively press high, we're not going to ball retain or dominate possession (against top six). We're going to work on grinding out results and sharpening our offensive transitions.