*****Official****** Dortmund game

[lets all have a disco]

Im sorry but you cant tell me it does not matter about results in pre season, in america guys here said it was dortmund and valencia where it mattered. But we are getting into a habit of losing. Winning breeds confidence and we dont look like we will have any confidence for the start of the season.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh,Like pre season matters.

[BlueMoonAwoken]

Im sorry but you cant tell me it does not matter about results in pre season, in america guys here said it was dortmund and valencia where it mattered. But we are getting into a habit of losing. Winning breeds confidence and we dont look like we will have any confidence for the start of the season.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh,Like pre season matters.

Im really trying to stay positive but we are not looking as though we can put 5 passes together.

[lets all have a disco]

Im sorry but you cant tell me it does not matter about results in pre season, in america guys here said it was dortmund and valencia where it mattered. But we are getting into a habit of losing. Winning breeds confidence and we dont look like we will have any confidence for the start of the season.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh,Like pre season matters.

Im really trying to stay positive but we are not looking as though we can put 5 passes together.

Mate you want get any sympathy on the board.
The general opinion is that Pre season means jack all despite the fact were shipping goals like a siv and scoring fuck all,all while looking like a team of strangers.
Mancini has got his work cut out to gel this lot sharpish,plus we may have two more recruits soon.

[trueblue64]

1 positive Koralov for me.

[craigmcfc]

Barcelona didn't have too bad a season after we beat them at the Nou Camp last season so there's hope for us yet

[Im_Spartacus]

What a waste of £9 to get ESPN. Nothing like City to wind you up on a Wednesday night.

I have absolutely no sympathy, will people never learn. Red bull x fighters on dave is much more fun.

I'm gonna make sure I'm so pissed on saturday that I don't remember watching the game, I surprised myself by even bothering going saturday tbh, now I'm thinking of reasons to stay in town on the piss

[Manx Blue]

All the goals tonight have been defend-able. Thought the first pen was a touch harsh, ours was sloppy goalkeeping. Missed the second pen. Their lad shot through a few legs from a tight angle, but still defendable, and the ball broke loose for their third.

I don't think we've done too bad, although we've lost impetus with the changes. We have four chaps to come In, plus jo has been an interesting addition to the teammthus far.

[dikdik]

THe commentator did mention Newcastle losing by 6 to Orient in a friendly before the start of last season... do I dare to hope?

[Beefymcfc]

What'd I miss, the pub was calling?

[trueblue64]

What'd I miss, the pub was calling?

Nothing............

[craigmcfc]

What'd I miss, the pub was calling?

An impressive performance by Kolarov. I'll leave it at that

[Redna]

My commentator spoke German but it came handy. 'Cos WC means the loo and that sums up the performance.
CTID!!

[1664agreatyear]

Kolarov looked decent,
Micah half decent too.

Defence is still very suspect

[pepsi_dave]

Ah well, nevermind eh..... thought we looked better tonight than we have done for most of pre-season.... amittedly the results dont matter at all, but you always want your team to win no matter what the occasion. Take a look at last seasons pre-season results.... we lost to Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs, Rangers, and we drew against Barnsley!!! We beat Celtic and Kaizer Chiefs and that's it, but we didn't have too shabby a season did we?

[blackburnblue]

Have we won a pre season game?

against Club America, but only after penalties.

portland timbers first game of US tour

[Murph]

Lots to work on, especially at the back.

[Sister of fu]

Boateng must have a chance to play at centre back as we are still as suspect as ever there. Lescott looks like he is carrying excess timber and Kolo is Kolo. I'm just putting it down to the mentality and intensity levels as I'm sure they will be up a notch or two come the 14th. Does anyone actually think there maybe negativity in the camp from players who do not have much of a future at the club??

[Abu Dhabi]

I was cooking, what happened?

[BlueMoonAwoken]

Boateng must have a chance to play at centre back as we are still as suspect as ever there. Lescott looks like he is carrying excess timber and Kolo is Kolo. I'm just putting it down to the mentality and intensity levels as I'm sure they will be up a notch or two come the 14th. Does anyone actually think there maybe negativity in the camp from players who do not have much of a future at the club??

It would explain some of the lazy attitude but then you dont give 100% for a friendly do you? id be giving 100% in every game and just not flying into tackles to avoid injury to me and other players.

[Colin the King]

Thought Kolarov's delivery and burst of pace were first class all night, he didn't deliver one poor set piece. Ireland sprayed some nice passes around when he came on and Shaun looked menacing at times in the first half. Bellamy did too when he came on, and Jo showed determination that he never did first time round.

Otherwise, we were a bit of a shambles. Richards and Zabaleta after him were lackadaisical in key positions, neither Kolo nor Yaya looked particularly strong, Yaya's pass to set out SWP off for our goal was top class but otherwise no contribution of note, Kompany got the run-around a good few times. Barry was totally anonymous most of the time, and when he did get a foot on the ball, seemed determined to make as complicated a pass as possible when there were three or four easier options. Can't remember Santa Cruz doing anything, literally.

Wouldn't be getting too wound up just yet, but defensively there's cause for concern. The only thing is, we played brilliant football in short bursts of 5 minutes at a time here and there, I'm hoping that's a glimpse of what's to come and that with more application and focus they'll play in that manner all the way through games.

Hopefully we'll get as close to a strongest XI as possible on Saturday, can't wait to see Silva in particular. But just like it'd be crazy to think we're heading for a title charge after winning 3-1, it's crazy to think it's the end of the world because we lost. Poor performance, yes, but we'll know on the 14th of August whether they're real concerns or not.