Originally posted by Mr_Trek:Mlada Boleslav - Olympique Lyonnais 1-4
Originally posted by iTim:[..]
You looking forward to attending the league game soon?
Pato, I've heard rumours of Di Maria, Vidal, Bling, Vermaelen, Hummels... We still need to offload players first. As good as Di Maria would be, van Gaal has already stated that the squad is unbalanced with too much in attack.
Originally posted by iTim:Will this be the first time you've seen Lyon play live, in the flesh?
Originally posted by Mr_Trek:[..]
Yes, it will be.
Wouldn't mind if Umtiti reprised this goal from yesterday, which in turn was very similar to his quite famous goal against Tottenham.
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Originally posted by iTim:ICC Champions
Some positive performances over pre-season. Heading into the tournament, I wasn't expecting it to go quite so well. Some points to take from it for me:
- Excellent wins over Real Madrid and Liverpool.
- Ashley Young looks like a different player.
- The youngsters (Keane, Blackett, and Lingard) have shown that they are ready to start gaining some real first-team experience this season.
- The back three is still shaky and I think we need a new CB before the season starts
- Herrera and Shaw both look very good, composed players.
- van Gaal has restored belief in the squad
Overall, that should give the whole squad a confidence boost. One more friendly to go, back at Old Trafford and if we make it six wins from six, we should be ready to hit the ground running in just under two weeks. The tests will be the usual foes, but I expect us to perform much better than last season in those games. No European competition will help, as it helped Liverpool last season. But we must get back into the Champions League at least.
Originally posted by iTim:Rojo reportedly handed in a transfer request following a £16m bid from Man Utd. What do you make of him Pato? I know we saw him at the World Cup and he looked comfortable defensively at LB, but I understand his favoured position is CB.
Also, our first look at this crazy Real Madrid side tonight in the European Super Cup. Will anyone be watching the game?