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Pre season isn't about final result although big losses against what should be lesser teams harms confidence. It is about seeing what works and getting fitness. For me pre season is going badly because none of the fringe players have shown any reason to even be a back up apart from aqualani which you would hope they would in pre season.

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pre season is about getting things right and it has not been right , no shape poor play shipping goals few if any of the established players getting played , i agree the actual result is not important , but the manner of the result is very much so , like tonight if tonigfht is another dire performance with a just over a week to go then question must be asked , but if it better then great .

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i dont care about the results or performances, 2 reasons, 1 because of the starting 11's we've put out, 2, because obviously kenny doesnt care about the results if he did he would have played some of our real players.

interesting to see sterling with the first team squad for the valenagara game, hope he gets some minutes.


Valenagara? LOL! It's Vålerengen for christ sake! Pay attention and show some respect to our Norwegian friends! wink

My opinion is that the results in pre season themselves don't matter that much. The important issues are 2:

1) Stick to the plan. If the idea is to show off as many fringe players as possible (=shop window), then so be it. If the idea is to gel the team and boost the confidence then that's fine too. The important thing is to have a plan so that we don't just let time pass and without any good coming out of it. Sending a XI out to be slaughtered might not be such a good idea IMO.

2) We have to protect the LFC values. This means that we perhaps can't afford to lose 0-3 & 0-3 against Hull and Galatasaray - at least without putting up a real fight!? in what way did we honour the club and the supporters who had bought tickets for those 2 games and wanted to see us or the opponents play some good solid footie? If we continue treating our opponents like this it will be hard getting any quality pre season games booked in the future. Who would want to spend time planning for a match that turns out like that. 10 splinter arses and one out of form striker at kick off?! LOL!



i knew it was wrong but i couldn't be bothered to look it up. are Vålerengen any good?

next summer i hope we play some little english teams, obviously have the big money spinning tour, but i much rather us play someone like accy stanley and tranmere help them out a bit, than us flying all over the place to play galatasaray and Vålerengen.

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IMO the whole pre season friendly has been a little bit alarming. not just the results or performance but pretty much everything. i would like to see our 1st team 11 playing in the next to games. they need to gel together and get used to playing with each other again. there is two games left but am not sure thats enough, wouldnt mind them playing another game maybe away from the spot lights

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Next friendly is at home against Valencia... I'm pretty sure the boys will be pumped up for the game... This game will be significant.

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we are playing Valencia, well then Mata might just say Im staying here Gaffa, I cant board that plane.

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Originally Posted By: fazakerley red 1

pre-season so far utter rubbish !!!!! and thats being kind


That's true but I remember we looked pretty awful for most of our pre-season games before the 2008-09 campaign and that was our best since the Premier League started

I only caifght the second half last night and their goal at the end was completely against the run of play but the opposition looked like a division 1 side - and conceeding 3 goals against them, Hull, Galatasaray - and let's not forgret those Asian teams - suggests to me we haven;t got a hope of challenging for any si;verware unless that's strengthened

A new left back & centre back shpould be a priority and a out-and-out defensive midfielder wouldn't be a bad idea either

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we are playing Valencia, well then Mata might just say Im staying here Gaffa, I cant board that plane.


Mata seems to be on his way to Arsenal from what I understand and read!! Would be good though if he did stay with us.

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Originally Posted By: Jim Tonez
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pre-season so far utter rubbish !!!!! and thats being kind


That's true but I remember we looked pretty awful for most of our pre-season games before the 2008-09 campaign and that was our best since the Premier League started

I only caifght the second half last night and their goal at the end was completely against the run of play but the opposition looked like a division 1 side - and conceeding 3 goals against them, Hull, Galatasaray - and let's not forgret those Asian teams - suggests to me we haven;t got a hope of challenging for any si;verware unless that's strengthened

A new left back & centre back shpould be a priority and a out-and-out defensive midfielder wouldn't be a bad idea either


Advocating the signing of another CM?? shocked You'll be lynched!!


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pre-season so far utter rubbish !!!!! and thats being kind


That's true but I remember we looked pretty awful for most of our pre-season games before the 2008-09 campaign and that was our best since the Premier League started

I only caifght the second half last night and their goal at the end was completely against the run of play but the opposition looked like a division 1 side - and conceeding 3 goals against them, Hull, Galatasaray - and let's not forgret those Asian teams - suggests to me we haven;t got a hope of challenging for any si;verware unless that's strengthened

A new left back & centre back shpould be a priority and a out-and-out defensive midfielder wouldn't be a bad idea either


Advocating the signing of another CM?? shocked You'll be lynched!!


gotta agree with jim here, lucas is good but a top quality DM would be a good idea, obviously we'd have to sell poulsen and spearing. but we do have coady who is developing very nicely.

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