Yes, I also said it in another thread. Apparently, some don't count for suspicious reasons according to caf. Our squad is ridiculously big, we could just sell 5-6 and you wouldn't notice.
Manchester United v Brentford | Pre-season Friendly Wednesday July 28 20:00 BST
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I saw them against Bolton at LFA, they're a dreadful team.
Agreed. I'm not even minding that he's not had lots of shots so far these games. His general overall play has improved leaps and bounds. Learning how to play on the wing has forced him to sharpen up things apart from his finishing.
It's probably because Greenwood hasn't banged in 10 goals yet in these 3 matches.
Chest out shrug at the top hold it
I thought it was really interesting to watch Greenwood today. A lot of the time he seemed to play more or less as a no 10 - moving in the central channel, getting into good positions, using his speed to challenge the defence when he got the ball and then mostly finding teammates on the flanks for some good opportunities.
OK not a big game but that was as good as if not better than Rooney v Newcastle and scholes v villa. Genuinely one of the best volleys I've ever seen.Pereira 2-1
DAYUM
Entertaining pre-season game with some great goals and we played some decent stuff while losing concentration at the back a few times. It is annoying that there are so many players still missing after the Euros however.
Pereira's goal though...
Pereira's goal though...
I think it's Andreas because it's the glancing side instep of the boot contact with slight curl rather than straight lace boot from (my hero)
It was like a curling free kick in the top corner, but from a volley! Shame it was from a player that isn't good enough to be fair but hey.
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Don't know what people are worried about. He scored something like 9 in his last 14 games in the league.
Uhuh, I’m with you.
Why have one of those expensive scouting departments carry out your due diligence when you can follow some click bait nob end on twitter?
It’s the future I guess.
But leave in Chong who is on loan at Birmingham?
Both Brentford goals were excellent too.
What happened to the girlfriend ?
Agreed, he played 20 misn today, is still a boy and will play a role we need a man to play. One more year at a relegation prem side or a good championship side would be amazing for him. People writing him off are deluded, jury is still out but its clear he has a special level of football intelligence.
As if you wouldn't dump your Mrs for Bruno on a night out!
So glad you made that point, Brentford first team, probably 2 or 3 first team players for us. They were also a lot fitter than us.
Not really from the team that started the game -
Based on last season first choice players:
Raya
Pinnock
Janelt
Toney
Canos
We also had a number of players missing so pretty happy with a 2-2 draw to be honest
This sounds like criticism for the sake of it. You're actually criticizing him for utilizing one of his strengths, getting into dangerous pockets of space and creating room to shoot.
The keeper didn't expect it and his save was anything but routine or comfortable. You can't even blame him, Lingard struck the ball well and it was moving away from the keeper. It wasn't a hard shot, but it made the keeper work.
The rebound caused havoc and Pereira was a recipient of Brentford's inability to clear their lines as a result of it. Lingard has literally scored several goals for united from that same position to the point that it's almost a trademark goal for him
Entertaining friendly, I'm glad the players looked much more solid than the last match.
Amazing wonder from Pereira, hope he'd find a bid after that.
Amazing wonder from Pereira, hope he'd find a bid after that.
Thank you, came here to write this!
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As for the actually content, I agree with some, and not with other things.
Don't see Henderson, Pogba or Lingard leaving this summer.
We also brought Sancho in to play on the RW as a starter. Sure for the start of the season with Rashford out he will most likely take up on the left and Greenwood on the right but I fully expect his permanent starting position to be on the right. Fluid, but still.
Good post though
join Werewolf. Dalot did nothing in this game to convince that he had a future, mugged for the last goal and offered very little. I had high hopes but not sure now.
I thought he was consistently awful. If he ends up being the RB backup, let's hope it was just rust in his first game back.
It was a careless shot. He had better options in great positions around him. That has always been his problem as a player. He lacks the creativity to bring others in and always goes for the shot even though he isnt amazing at it. You say that his shooting is his strongest attribute which is why we need to move him on considering his poor goal stats during his time here.
The bolded line is just a poor analysis from you of how its all happened. Your assuming the keeper did not expect the shot which is just a wild assumption. The shot was also not moving away from the keeper like you claim. I blame the keeper for not handling a week shot sent straight at him. A better team than brentford and its just a waste of an attack which is always the case with Lingard involved. Move him on!
Think you are being a tad harsh here, a shot on target with power is always worth it from a relative distance.
Lampard scored a large proportion of his goals like this for example.
You don't shoot, you don't score. Lingard was well within his rights to have a shot there.
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As for the actually content, I agree with some, and not with other things.
Don't see Henderson, Pogba or Lingard leaving this summer.
We also brought Sancho in to play on the RW as a starter. Sure for the start of the season with Rashford out he will most likely take up on the left and Greenwood on the right but I fully expect his permanent starting position to be on the right. Fluid, but still.
Good post though
Too much mental gymnastics for me to handle.
I think it was better than both of them because it was a slightly more difficult technique. He wasn’t running straight on to the ball like Scholes/Rooney. Definitely one of the best strikes I’ve ever seen.
Seems to me that it doesn't matter which defenders pull on the United shirt... they end up playing like clowns
How was it careless when he was in good range to take the shot? Who else was in a better position? Anyone else would've backed themselves to take that shot from that position and space allowed.
I don't think you've really watched Lingard if you see him as this greedy player who always goes for the shot.
Lingard has always been a team player, with link up play, short passing, dribbling, bringing others into the game, getting into dangerous positions and starting counter attacks being some of his biggest strengths, not shooting in isolation as you seem to think I implied.
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De Gea and Saul safelisted, Pellistri and Garner evil?
Too much mental gymnastics for me to handle.
it's the mental gymnasts that make WW extra maddening.Fair enough, i read on an article was the first team, but what do i know. No disrespect to you or team!PMSL Brentford first team erm ok
It's ok to lack knowledge but to then quote is a fact
Yeah no worries not expecting many if any on here to be an expert on Brentford's first team