Folks say that Shaw won't be missing the start of the season, as he should be able to overcome his rib injury in time. Match fitness however...
We also don't know the extent of Telles injury and how long it will keep him sidelined.
Manchester United v Brentford | Pre-season Friendly Wednesday July 28 20:00 BST
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We also don't know the extent of Telles injury and how long it will keep him sidelined.
Is it confirmed that Shaw will miss the start of the season?
Tomorrow we'll see if Ole has what it takes to challenging the League.
Jose has just won his first pre-season match 10-0, so anything less tonight will be "Ole Out, Bring Back Jose!"
He’s decided to start attacking? Was he playing against an under10 side or something?
Don't be silly. Don't compare a serial winner with a failed ex-Cardiff manager.
All the big teams in Italy play against amateurs early in pre-season. Napoli also won 10-0 a couple of days ago.
Bruno and vdb in training so may feature tonight.
Edit: appears bruno not in contention. Makes sense I guess.
Edit: appears bruno not in contention. Makes sense I guess.
Ole said Donny will but too soon for Bruno & Henderson.
They played Montecatini in .... er, Serie D.
Maybe I’m worrying over nothing but are we behind our rivals in terms of being ready for the opening weekend? Feels like City and Liverpool have had majority their main players back for weeks and playing.
just got Bad memories from the slow start last season.
just got Bad memories from the slow start last season.
Aka a bunch of semi pros. Its like us playing a Northern Premier League team. They all do it purely to get back into the swing of things, it's barely even a fitness thing at that point.
To be quite honest - I am seriously worried we could be in for a really tough start. What's the point of a bunch of pre-season friendlies for our youngsters when we don't have matches to give our expected first-11 time to gain match-fitness
It would be much better if we squeezed in an extra game in the middle of next week - rather that this one. That way our best players will get 2 matches before the Leeds-game
It would be much better if we squeezed in an extra game in the middle of next week - rather that this one. That way our best players will get 2 matches before the Leeds-game
Sounds delicious, I'll have a glass!
City's squad yesterday: Steffen, Cancelo, Dias, Ake, Mendy, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Pozo, Palmer, Rogers, Knight. All kids on the bench.
Liverpool's in their last game: Kelleher, TAA, Konate, Matip, Tsimkas, Elliott, Milner, Keita, Salah, Ox, Mane. Jota & Origi on the bench.
3(?) starters for City and maybe the same amount for Liverpool, both have only played 1 friendly. Would hardly say they've had the majority of their main players back for weeks.
Sounds like it's going to be the same team as first 2 games and maybe VDB. Good chance Brentford will be the stronger team. I'd like to see Elanga, Shoretire, Levitt and Hannibal get more mins since they've outperformed our so-called squad players so far. I know Ole said Bruno won't play, anybody know if Martial is available for some mins?
Nah, not even training with the rest of the squad yet.
Fair enough. That’s not as bad as I thought then.
City's squad yesterday: Steffen, Cancelo, Dias, Ake, Mendy, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Pozo, Palmer, Rogers, Knight. All kids on the bench.
Liverpool's in their last game: Kelleher, TAA, Konate, Matip, Tsimkas, Elliott, Milner, Keita, Salah, Ox, Mane. Jota & Origi on the bench.
3(?) starters for City and maybe the same amount for Liverpool, both have only played 1 friendly. Would hardly say they've had the majority of their main players back for weeks.
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Anyone know if McTominay is injured? He joined the pre-season training the same time as James, but hasn't featured in either of the games.
Maybe 3 for Liverpool ? TAA, Konate, Matip, Milner, Salah and Mane are all possible starters - at least 4 of them will start
City's squad yesterday: Steffen, Cancelo, Dias, Ake, Mendy, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Pozo, Palmer, Rogers, Knight. All kids on the bench.
Liverpool's in their last game: Kelleher, TAA, Konate, Matip, Tsimkas, Elliott, Milner, Keita, Salah, Ox, Mane. Jota & Origi on the bench.
3(?) starters for City and maybe the same amount for Liverpool, both have only played 1 friendly. Would hardly say they've had the majority of their main players back for weeks.
Aye would still be nice to have had a few more back for tonight with next season only being 2 and a half weeks away.
Ah yeah, I didn't count Konate as thought Matip would start but then forgot to count Matip.
4 then, either way it's not most of their main players having been back for weeks.Not confirmed but assumed by many.
his first real test
Martial still not bakc in full training? Not heard any rumours of a move and I thought he started his recovery at the same time as Donny without hearing anything since.
Strange. I thought Pogba should be at least back in training too and in contention for today. Seems like he isn’t even back in Carrington. Or maybe he’s in Paris with his agent
Seeing the squad for today, Pre season for the first team hasn’t started yet which seems odd with 2 and a bit weeks to go. But if all the other PL sides are in the same boat it’s ok.
But what if Leeds are say two or three games/weeks ahead of us in prep then that opening game could be a bad result.
Agreed, Leeds have their "first" (played 1 yesterday but 0 first teamers) friendly tonight which seems late to start but I'd imagine they'll have a few more first teamers playing than we will. Does all seem a bit delayed though, can see it being a sluggish few opening weeks for a lot of clubs.
Yeah definitely. Guess the opening few we will rely on the likes of Mata, Lingard and James to step up.
Ah okay. Fingers crossed then. Completely forgot about Dalot as a back-up as well, so we should hopefully be okay.
I could see there being a lot of upsets early on. Most of the mid-lower Prem teams should be ahead of the big clubs in preparation due to the Euros and Copa America
Slightly concerned about what the team against leads may look like. Fred, pogba, English contingent, cavani, Lindelof all not back yet. Martial and Bruno just started training. Telles out. Varane hasn't even started quar, going to be a very patchy squad for Leeds game.
Telles will be out until September according to the Man Utd app.
Don’t know if I’ve missed it somewhere but where is McTominay? Thought he was back?
I think it'll be a full squad but how fit they are might be questionable.
But then they've only had 3 or 4 weeks off. They can't be that out of shape. We've seen players out that long with injury and come straight back in looking fine.
I think it'll be fine.
Saw news that he should be back for next week maybe. He's currently training but not recovered enough to join the rest of the squad.
yeh its fitness im worried about. We will be playing a high intensity game against leeds thats what worries me.
His agent times his injury’s perfectly.
I think its time a few of them got back involved now(Sancho, Pogba, McTominay) but overall, with summer tournaments in the tank, they should be alright.
For ine or two, like Shaw, I think its better they have some football over the summer. Some players really don't need two months without games. Reckon he'll start sharper than he normally does. Same might be true of the bigger guys like Maguire and Pogba.
Still I'm looking forward to seeing the young guys again tonight. Really hoping one of them can step up in a big way.