Our pre-season fixtures were announced today. The club starts pre-season on July 1st, with another pre-season camp in the Algarve from July 11-20. July 14 - Celtic FC July 20 - Strasbourg July 25 - Monaco (Trofeu Cinco Violinos at Alvalade) July 31 - Nottingham Forest
Not a bad level of competition for pre-season Highlander battle of the Green and White hoops, "There can be only one!"
Wow really hey? I haven’t seen enough of him to put him above Suarez so can’t really agree or disagree lol
Might be a stretch lol, but when he had his little run last year I thought he was gonna take the starting spot before he got injured. I also don’t rate Suarez as much as I probably should for someone who scored as much as he did tbh, not entirely sure what it is about him lol
Suarez scored a ton but he’s going on 29 years old now, and he seems to be acting like a diva, I think that Fenerbahce talk triggered him a bit. First good proposal and I think he’s sold to Turkey or Saudi. First official match today at Estrela Amadora, let’s hope for a good performance to kick things off.
Starting XI and subs Rui Silva; Vagiannidis, Eduardo Quaresma, Gonçalo Inácio, Rodrigo Dias; Altimira, Doumbia; Geny Catamo, Zalazar, Flávio Gonçalves; Ioannidis Subs: João Virginia, Diego Calai, Silas Andersen, Rafael Nel, Pedro Lima, Fresneda, Ousmane Diomande, Jesse Derry, Luis Guilherme, Eduardo Felicíssimo, Luis Suárez
Well you WERE talking about needing a little depth at Left Back Fck it though, rather our academy kid gets a chance than a middling import
In attack we look like a team who's been thrown together. Collective of players not a team - I thin preseason has covered for us with how good some players looked individually in lower pressure games. A first goal of the season looks like it'd calm some nerves Pitch looks like an additional defender with how disruptively shit it is.....
That pitch is shocking. Did a whole revolution of the squad and forgot to replace the weakest link in Borges.
We’re missing Maxi for sure, I think Doumbia has also been playing deeper today than he has before, I’ve liked Flavio though, Geny continues to be frustrating, Ioannidis looks heavy, Vagiannidis I still don’t see what we saw in him either.
after that final stretch of the season, one of two things would happen, either the coach goes or the players go… Varandas decided to press the nuclear button
Needed a couple of those when they've been on the break sadly. But at least no-ones been dumb, kept cool and waited for the chance to win it back. Lacking someone who's willing to try to carry the ball forward and take charge, playing like a team of sidekicks so far.
I take back what I said about Fotis lol, take him off. Him, Geny, and Inacio have been tragic. Edu is playing for two back there. Doumbia looks like a different player, might just be him playing further back or nerves in his first game.