Stoke away friendly

[Goalposts]

Im not convinced by weiss

[Vegas Claret]

Jesus. It’s a friendly

No point asking him

[Rileybobs]

Jesus. It’s a friendly

So if we batter Lazio next weekend would it be wrong to praise the team?

[Pearcey]

Haven’t been able to watch but I’d rather us throw one in during pre season than during the season.

[Goliath]

As I said yesterday to much criticism. The squad as it is are a million miles of staying up. Broke coming in is a boost but we need more

[Bow]

It’s a meaningless friendly with half a squad.

[123EasyasBFC]

Defensively we have been good again, minus the corner we haven’t been remotely worried by Stoke but in the same breath we haven’t been worried Stoke one bit.

We look to have a striker coming in but without 2 quality midfielders coming in, we won’t be anywhere near creative enough

[Stacky_claret]

As I said yesterday to much criticism. The squad as it is are a million miles of staying up. Broke coming in is a boost but we need more

I might sell my ticket and not bother going if its that bad

[pureclaret]

At least Rovers are getting beat, Stoke are currently above them as things stand, this result has no bearing on our League position because we are in the Premier League.

not quite sure what you mean as not league games

[ollieclarets8]

One of those where Parker will probably have learnt more from a defeat than had we won. See how we do next weekend.

[TPClaret]

All friendlies should be behind closed doors, to stop fam melt downs

[Goliath]

I might sell my ticket and not bother going if its that bad

Go for it.

[Tinribs]

The amount of folk on here getting bothered about freindlies.They mean absolutely zilch they are fitness work outs,players getting minutes is what it’s all about, which is why I stopped attending them years ago.Wait 2 weeks for your in depth analysis when it actually counts.

[Rileybobs]

All friendlies should be behind closed doors, to stop fam melt downs

Where are the meltdowns, fam? Seems like people have just made reasonable observations on the 90 minutes just played.

[Holmechapel]

No 22 kicked the ball away and didn’t get booked ,now he’s thrown the ball in the crowd at gets a yellow.

[FCBurnley]

Feel sorry for our fans who travelled

[Stproc]

Well that’s it. I’m throwing my season ticket in the bin, burning the flags and shredding the shirt. This is such an important match and we’re bottling it. Manager needs to go after this.

[Holmechapel]

Ekdal looked class but is he quick enough for the Prem ,Hannibal looks as fit as a butchers dog.

[Procrastinate B]

Can’t read too much into the game. We looked alright, then the ref started his shenanigans. Poor goal conceded, ref continued his nonsense. We didn’t help ourselves.

Didn’t really tell us anything we weren’t already aware of, the Lazio game will likely be more of a preview.

[Leisure]

Feel sorry for our fans who travelled

why's that?

[brexit]

Would it be fair to say 35 years old KW is the best player on the pitch?

[Woodleyclaret]

Barnes Roberts Loum Flemming Pires Bayer Koleosho Ramsay Tressor all missing

[John Johnson 1605]

Im not convinced by weiss

What after seeing him play in a couple of friendlies ?

[agreenwood]

Be reyt.

[Stacky_claret]

Would it be fair to say 35 years old KW is the best player on the pitch?

Id be dissapointed if he wasnt lol

[Bow]

I’m happily resigned to us going down no matter what happens in the transfer window or friendlies. Just enjoy the journey and the wins when they happen, as well as another decent run at the championship in 12 months.

[Paddy1882]

From the ref and the Stoke commentary to the performance that was rank to watch.

[Down_Rover]

I might sell my ticket and not bother going if its that bad

Good luck with that. I suggest you market it outside of this forum

[jojomk1]

At least Rovers are getting beat, Stoke are currently above them as things stand, this result has no bearing on our League position because we are in the Premier League.

?????

A classic comment from a true Dingle

[Targetman]

That's not what the commentator said. He said the FA rule on it and frequently do carry the ban into a league game.

That commentator also said that Jordan Beyer played a lot of games for us last season!

[Vino blanco]

I know it's only a friendly and the team selection was a bit strange, but I'll repeat what I've said many times.... If we start the season with Laurent, Anthony and Edwards in the starting eleven, we are going to struggle.
Also, Weiss looked very shaky in goal to me.
On the positive side, Esteve, Walker and Hartman looked fine. Finally I wanted to comment on the ref, but I'm a bit lost for words.

[Jakubs Tash]

It’s a meaningless friendly with half a squad.

Why is it meaningless?

I watched today’s game as well as last week at Huddersfield and it’s quite clear we’re struggling with any threat to the opposition. A midfield who are one dimensional and a lack of pace and creativity. You tend to see patterns of play that the team have been working on over the summer in friendlies but it just looked a bit of a shambles to me with no focal point (which clearly doesn’t help).

Shall we wait to see it against a better opposition where it’ll be even more noticeable before it’s meaningful?

And before anyone says it, there’s no meltdown. These are observations and concerns from the two games I’ve watched over the last week.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Never read too much into the pre season friendlies but that was a bad game and slightly concerning (although the refs antics did completely destroy the game and since then it became nothing but a bit of fitness).

It didn’t really highlight a lot to any of us. Just showed the areas we are really weak, Centre midfield and up top.

Big week or so ahead. But I suspect that is as close to our starting eleven vs spurs as we are likely to see.

[warksclaret]

Barnes Roberts Loum Flemming Pires Bayer Koleosho Ramsay Tressor all missing

and maybe none of them starters

[CrosspoolClarets]

Ref ruined the game which was a shame but may help our fitness and sharpness.

Hartmann the standout for me. Superb both forward and back. Looks to be the signing of the summer. Though I very much hope the striker and defensive midfielder we need will eclipse that. Both positions we were lacking in today.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Barnes Roberts Loum Flemming Pires Bayer Koleosho Ramsay Tressor all missing

In fairness not one of them starts for us this season (perhaps you could argue Flemming)

[PremierLeagueClass]

Feel sorry for our fans who travelled

Why? I went and had a good afternoon in the sun enjoying the return of football. Couldn’t care less about the result of a fitness exercise.

[ClaretTony]

It was a game that very definitely won’t live in the memory

[Brunlea]

So there we go we can’t do it on a sunny afternoon in Stoke

[KRBFC]

Hopefully we can shift the likes of Brun Larsen, Benson, Delcroix, Worrall, Foster and I’d even loan out Koleosho. The squad is so bloated of players who aren’t good enough.

we’ve got about 8 wide players and I still think we need another. 3 keepers and we still need another. 6 centre halves and we still need another.

[123EasyasBFC]

Hopefully we can shift the likes of Brun Larsen, Benson, Delcroix, Worrall, Foster and I’d even loan out Koleosho. The squad is so bloated of players who aren’t good enough.

we’ve got about 8 wide players and I still think we need another. 3 keepers and we still need another. 6 centre halves and we still need another.

Shift Bruun Larsen? We only signed him 2 weeks ago

[TPClaret]

Hopefully we can shift the likes of Brun Larsen, Benson, Delcroix, Worrall, Foster and I’d even loan out Koleosho. The squad is so bloated of players who aren’t good enough.

we’ve got about 8 wide players and I still think we need another. 3 keepers and we still need another. 6 centre halves and we still need another.

Hilarious. Why would we send Bruun Larsen out on loan

[TPClaret]

Why? I went and had a good afternoon in the sun enjoying the return of football. Couldn’t care less about the result of a fitness exercise.

Exactly keyboard warriors having a meltdown over a pre season friendly

[Rileybobs]

Exactly keyboard warriors having a meltdown over a pre season friendly

Please can you repost a single example of someone having a meltdown? These stupid comments are so unconstructive.

[RVclaret]

Shift Bruun Larsen? Lad who’s just been signed and finished as top scorer last time? Because of a friendly?

Hahaha.

[Mattster]

Hopefully we can shift the likes of Brun Larsen, Benson, Delcroix, Worrall, Foster and I’d even loan out Koleosho. The squad is so bloated of players who aren’t good enough.

we’ve got about 8 wide players and I still think we need another. 3 keepers and we still need another. 6 centre halves and we still need another.

JBL, Koleosho and (to an extent) Foster showed they can play at PL level last time.

[Jakubs Tash]

Exactly keyboard warriors having a meltdown over a pre season friendly

Yawn....

Are we not allowed to post views on games now?

I think most of the 'keyboard warrior' comments have been fairly constructive and fair. If you don't agree, why don't you reply with something equally constructive instead of just taking the lazy narrative you have?

[Rileybobs]

Yawn....

Are we not allowed to post views on games now?

I think most of the 'keyboard warrior' comments have been fairly constructive and fair. If you don't agree, why don't you reply with something equally constructive instead of just taking the lazy narrative you have?

Ironically, TPclaret’s post is the best example of keyboard warrioring on this thread.

[KRBFC]

Shift Bruun Larsen? Lad who’s just been signed and finished as top scorer last time? Because of a friendly?

Hahaha.

He’s not good enough, he wasn’t good enough last time, just taking up a spot in an already bloated squad.

[RVclaret]

He’s not good enough, he wasn’t good enough last time, just taking up a spot in an already bloated squad.

He showed he can offer something already. Goal every 200 minutes. He played as a striker today which isn’t his role.

Both Foster and Koleosho should be important players too. I’d have all 3 of them starting at Spurs.