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On paper, utd are favorites. There's no two ways about it..

Post match threads around here are getting boring. It's always either sack Jose/the board or sell Mikel/Oscar. Let's have a bit more creativity, guys! As was the case with the first match, obviously result and performance don't matter in the slightest. To the people trying to analyze individual performances, I give you the German Messi: What actually matters of course is the fitness and physical conditions of the players. I'm just about to start watching the rerun, but I reckon we'll need at least 2-3 more matches before we're even remotely physically ready for the new season.

Yeah, sure, I'll give him a call

First rerun in the morning, for me. Was planing to stay up for this one but I haven't slept for over 40 hours!

Wait, where/when did you see his junk?! The French Beckham!

I obviously have very different taste in men than you lot! @Barbara, give us some expert opinion, how good is Falcao on scale from Petr Cech to Ribery?

Honestly, this wasn't aimed at your post in particular, and I'm not at all saying that there aren't many valid criticisms, but just the series of negative posts one after the other all already writing him off just defy belief. Let's all put some trust in RLC!

Can someone please direct me to TalkChelsea? I seem to have accidentally clicked on TalkCynically.net Jeez, some people just feed on negative energy that I feel they pray and hope that everything goes wrong. Shut up and give the kid a chance AT LEAST till the end of this coming season before you even start to pass judgement.

YOU're an oxymoron!

On top of the ancient Beaufort in South Lebanon last week: This is the view from the top. You can see all the way from the Golan Heights to the west Galilee.

Proper Chels.

Meanwhile NY still riding their luck. How many more times do we hit the woodwork in this match?!

What type of grass is the stadium? Everyone seems to be either over hitting or under hitting their passes...

Yup. Then he went a minute later and gave them the equalizer!

That's normal but yesterday's result should not be used to justify that. If anything, using the result of a preseason match only serves to discredit those claims. But I think you could see from about 35mins that the players were already knackered. EDIT: WOW! What a save by JT!

No based on this match? I'd suggest you check the thread title at the top! People are using this 'loss' to justify their whining for new signings when this match shows less than nothing about the capabilities of the team. I'm not debating our need for new players, I'm saying that using this match to try to prove that is pure knee-jerk reaction.

I'm watching it now. Remy looking sharp. Excellent finish. Did Mikel really just play that incredible long ball to put Traore through? NYRB are really riding their luck in the first half. We should have been a few up already.

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Prime example is this year's CL finalists, Juve. Buffon apart, I think their entire 10 outfield players combined cost less than 25-30m.

Go back for the 5 or so seasons, check our results in preseason and compare how we did in preseason to how well we did in the following season and how much we win. I did it last season to make a point. Generally, (and pure coincidentally) whenever we do badly in preseason we end up having an excellent season and whenever we win all our preseason matches we tend to have a poor season. There is no correlation between preseason performances and the capabilities of a team. None. You cannot anything about what the team lacks or needs from these fitness training matches.

Based on our first preseason match which is beyond a joke. Seriously, just do what I said and go back and check our preseason results with our trophy count.

Typically we take out Mikel and concede 4 goals! What else did you lot expect?! LMFAO at people talking about the result and actually scrutinizing the performance! When will we learn? Preseasons have absolutely fuckall to do with results and performances. They are about fitness and getting the players back up to pace. We were never going to perform even remotely good in the first preseason match. Get some perspective. For anyone calling to ditch the entire squad and sack the manager based on preseason match, go over the last 5 or so seasons and compare our preseason results to what we actually achieved and won in the following season. Do it. It's fun Never make bets, Michael. At the end of the day only the betting companies are who make the money. Otherwise there would be no such thing as betting!

It will be broadcast live in the middle east and in the US (I think). There should be plenty of streams available.

Just found out that the game will be rerun on TV just after I come back from work tomorrow...The urge to sleep through it now is just too great!

Plus it's the gooners and Petr's first match against us. I'll be properly pissed off if we don't win and put them in their place.