afar

it's 11pm for me just about to head to bed

Terrible performance, only positive is Aarons, Woodman looks like he has a future but outside of that hard to find a player that impressed. It is pre season so got to factor that in. But worrying performances from all over the pitch. Cisse just doesn't offer anything unless the ball is played to him in the box, nothing. Williamson is getting worse, which I didn't think is possible, Anita and Colback offer nothing yet again. Sissoko, so wasteful in possession. Dejong another who doesn't do enough.

Shoulder to Shoulder ffs

23 million fuck, that went up fast

We've been even worse since we went ahead

"Looking for a streaking clementa " Co comentator says first time he's flashed today. lol Made me laugh

That's an awesome finish.

It's pre-season so again no time for panic. But in the Atlas game there were some good signs, here there has been nothing so far, absolutely nothing.

They are gonna score soon and that is utterly embarrassing.

This is much more worrying than the last game for me. The opposition is clearly a lot worse than we faced last up but there is a distinct lack of a cutting edge in our game. Against this caliber of opposition a team from the prem should be 2 or 3 up by now. The final ball and finishing has been shocking.

There were signs there for me last night to not to be too worried. The penalty was a big issue of course and he was at fault not just for giving the pen away but also allowing the forward to get into the position where he had to make a reckless challenge. However playing alongside Williamson must be hard on any CB, there was also little protection in that first half from Colback and Anita. At times on the ball he looked good, he was also decisive a lot of the times, sometimes making the wrong decision but at least having the balls to take the initiative. I think given the right coaching this lad could be special, but that something we haven't excelled at in th past. He's certainly got the physical characteristics to get there though.

4-5-1 sissoko on right, waste of fucking time on the left, De Jong just behind Cisse

Atlas were not a decent outfit for this evidence. Yes they scored a good goal for their second. But they press us high up the pitch played the game like it was the cup final, tried to kick lumps out of us and even time wasted in a friendly !! We dominated possession, especially in that second half, they lacked any real quality outside the goals and once when they hit the bar. They gave the ball away cheaply, basically I would put them on a par with a championship side. They won the game because they were much more up for it than we were, they were a lot more match fit and we were waseful in our possession, we had more than enough chances to win the game for sure.

There were some encouraging signs out there tonight, against a team that really was up for it but very limited, we dominated possession that's a good sign. Early days though, too early to read anything into the game. Clearly though we need some upgrades.

Not trying to be sterotypical at all here but in the "soccer" league I used to play in the mexican and south american teams always seemed to play like that, lots of dirty play in general for the level of football it was a bit ridiculous.

Yeah if that team starts on August whatever then we are in for a very long season.

Really they are awful, amazing that we got beat

anyone got their scarf yet ?

Making subs one at a time to waste time, lol.

I kind of want them to win now, just to see their reaction, they'll probably do a lap of honour !!

We need to start making some subs, not sure what he's waiting for

Ref played a good advantage for them, when they had a chance to break, so their guy punts it into touch and has a go at the ref, lol !!

lol they are not playing this like a friendly at all, pressing high in the first half, now lunging in for tackles and time wasting

We are all over them now tbh, they look knackered after that first half.

Should have been 2-2, good play though by De Jong