On ITV1 Sunday @ 18:00
Squad that travelled (from the OS)
Strikers
Sterling, Nolito, Aguero, Navas, Iheanacho
Midfielders
Fernando, De Bruyne, Delph, Silva, Fernandinho, Zinchenko, Toure, A. Garcia
Defenders
Sagna, Zabaleta, Kolarov, Clichy, Denayer, Adarabioyo, Maffeo, Angelino
Goal Keepers
Hart, Caballero
So interestingly Bony isn't among the "Strikers" - John Stones did play today in their Pre-season match...
Nasri is also missing...
More of note though is the defence: Otamendi & Mangala aren't in the squad
Nasri has now ordered king-size pizzas for the weekend.
And a burger king
Forgot about Sané!
New signing Leroy Sane has not travelled to Sweden with the squad due to a slight problem with his hamstring but Pep is excited to start working with the 19-year-old
There was a video on the OS of Nasri playing football tennis and he did not look out of shape at all! Certainly not by any normal standards anyway. Interesting that he's not in the squad this weekend though.
Also strange that a friendly is on terrestrial TV.
There's a training vid (the one with Zab & yaya scoring good goals). 50 seconds in you can see Nasri training by himself on another part of the complex
Bit of convoluted thinking but Everton have just lost Besic for 6 months. Maybe a Nasri/Bony makeweight deal for Stones??
Think Nasri is on his way out
We haven't sold any first teamers yet
Ok Demi left on a free & Wright retired...
From Skysports
Out
Seko Fofana - Udinese, £3.8m
Florian Lejeune - Eibar, £1.2m
Martin Demichelis - released
Richard Wright - retired
Jack Byrne - Blackburn, loan
Luke Brattan - Melbourne City, loan
Anthony Caceres - Melbourne City, loan
Aaron Mooy - Huddersfield, loan
Marlos Moreno - Deportivo, loan
Team.
Caballero, Zabaleta, Fernando, Kolarov, Clichy, Fernandinho, Silva, Delph, Nolito, Sterling, Aguero
No recognised centre half? Bit strange that.
He intimated he might give Fernandinho a go at centre half but to have no recognised centre half is strange indeed. Must be injuries!??
yer, Ota, Vinny & Mangle are all injured so didn't travel.
Tosin and Denayer travelled but obvs not preferred or Pep is experimenting
Good start Fernando...
If we're going to persist with playing out from the keeper all season I'm going to have numerous heart attacks.
Gunners could easily be 3-0 up
Make that 3 - 1 :D
Great ball from Sterling.
good halftime food there
Nolito = Navas mk2
Quote from: Swiss on August 07, 2016, 13:16:33
We haven't sold any first teamers yet
Ok Demi left on a free & Wright retired...
From Skysports
Out
Seko Fofana - Udinese, £3.8m
Florian Lejeune - Eibar, £1.2m
Martin Demichelis - released
Richard Wright - retired
Jack Byrne - Blackburn, loan
Luke Brattan - Melbourne City, loan
Anthony Caceres - Melbourne City, loan
Aaron Mooy - Huddersfield, loan
Marlos Moreno - Deportivo, loan
missing a few tone, the lads at nac
Nice goal but we're riding our luck at the back
Aye, its fair to say the approach to sorting the defence out is bemusing at the moment. But it was a great ball from Sterling - maybe it is sensible to play wingers on the right wing for their footedness after all. Overall I'd say we very much look a Work in Progress.
Hart on
Can't see any other changes
That's why it's important to have defenders...
Piss poor defending and piss poor keeping.
Well... that was shocking! Where were the players chasing back?
hart starting early this year
It's all part of Pep's master plan.
Let everyone else think we're shit then take them by surprise.
Maybe it's a message to the board... thee players are shit!
Navas can cross :o
Quote from: Ludo on August 07, 2016, 19:38:15
It's all part of Pep's master plan.
Let everyone else think we're shit then take them by surprise.
hart is really doing his best to convince us
It has been absolutely dreadful at the back. Hard to see any sort of plan there for next week at all. It has been very disappointing. Joe does seem to be getting the habit of getting his hands to shots and not saving them too.
Hard to believe how fit, athletic and slender Yaya looks.
Might have snuck a draw in the end but oh well
A good work out.
Winning or losing counts for nought.
Certainly plenty for Pep to work on, starting at the back - goalie and defence.
Big change from last season the boss is the boss not the players.
It's the fact we've known for the past year that the defence needs sorting and that includes the defensive work of the midfield too.
Hart unsettled